Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 185 Talent Monopoly

A moment later, the courtyard gate opened, and a man staggered out, still unwilling to give up: "Zhao Mingyan, you... I don't mind your roughness. If you've thought it through, come find me. As long as you send that brat away, I'll let you wear gold and silver, I..."

"Get out!" Sister Qiao, carrying a child on her back, rushed out wielding a kitchen knife.

The man was so frightened that he turned and ran away, but he hadn't gone far when he suddenly fell to the ground with a thud, and by sheer coincidence, he bumped into a rock.

When he looked up again, his mouth was full of blood, and when he opened his mouth, a front tooth fell out.

But the man didn't dare to delay, so he got up and ran away as fast as he could.

Yunyi's lips twitched. She glanced at Hongyi, who shrugged innocently. She had only thrown a small stone.

"Miss Yun?" Sister-in-law Qiao, also known as Zhao Mingyan, saw Yun Yi.

“Sister-in-law Qiao.” Yunyi nodded.

"Why are you here? You..."

"I've come to see you and Brother Qiao."

"Come in and sit down." Zhao Mingyan wiped away her tears, tucked the kitchen knife behind her back, and then ushered the person into the courtyard.

"I heard Brother Qiao is injured?" Yunyi asked directly.

Zhao Mingyan raised her hand to wipe away her tears: "He is injured, his leg is injured. The doctor said he can only lie down from now on, and he can no longer be a man. But what does it matter? As long as he is here, this family will not fall apart."

"Can I go see him?"

Zhao Mingyan nodded, and with Yunyi, pushed open the door to the west room. As soon as she opened the door, she suddenly exclaimed, "What are you doing?" Then she rushed over and knocked the thing out of Qiao Yue's hand.

Yunyi glanced at the particles scattered on the ground and realized they were arsenic.

"Yan'er, I can't drag you down, I..."

"What are you saying? DouDou is still so young, how can you bear to let him live without a father?"

"But I..."

“But what? We’ve known each other for five years and been married for three. We should know each other well. Now that I’ve married you, no matter what you are like, you are my husband. If you really died one day, I would never have thought of remarrying. I would raise DouDou. But you are still alive. This is God’s blessing to me. As for the rest, they are not important.”

Qiao Yue couldn't hold back her tears.

"Can you please stop crying and let me see his injuries?" Yunyi couldn't help but knock on the door frame.

"Yes, Miss Yun has arrived." Zhao Mingyan hurriedly wiped away her tears and let Yun Yi in.

"Miss Yun... Miss Yun." Qiao Yue tried to get up, but only moved his head.

"Alright, you can lie down now." Yunyi waved her hand. "Pull back the blanket, let me check on you."

Qiao Yue glanced at his wife.

Zhao Mingyan stepped forward and lifted the blanket covering Qiao Yue.

Qiao Yue's face flushed slightly.

Yunyi reached out and touched his injured thigh, then took his pulse before covering him with the blanket again: "Logically speaking, there should be many cases of broken legs here, and the doctors here should be the most skilled at treating these kinds of injuries. How could you say you can't cure it?"

Zhao Mingyan sighed, "The doctors with good medical skills have all been requisitioned by the Marquis of Zhenbei. The doctors who are now practicing in the clinic are either not skilled enough or dare not treat patients." She sighed again, "Of course, there are some good doctors, but their consultation fees are too expensive, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people like us."

Yunyi understood. She hadn't expected that the Marquis of Zhenbei would be monopolizing talent here. However, she couldn't worry about that for the time being. Instead, she focused on treating Qiao Yue.

Qiao Yue broke his leg after falling from a height and being hit by a heavy object, resulting in a comminuted fracture. This requires surgery to reposition the bone, followed by recovery.

However, due to the limited conditions of that era, the surgery would be more difficult, and there is a high possibility of long-term complications.

As for not being able to do things that men do, she didn't find anything through pulse diagnosis, but she can have her master examine her later. After all, men and women are different, and in this era, she won't do anything that would attract attention.

"Don't worry, I can cure it."

"What?" The couple seemed not to understand.

“I told you, I can heal your leg and help you stand up again, but due to limited resources, there might be long-term effects.” Yunyi explained the possible consequences. “If you’re willing, I’ll set the bone.”

“I am willing.” Zhao Mingyan nodded, then knelt down. “Miss Yun, you are a great benefactor to our family.”

Qiao Yue couldn't get up, but he nodded nonetheless.

“We’ll talk about that later. As for treatment…” Yunyi glanced around the room. “The conditions here aren’t good. I can perform the surgery, but the recovery afterward is crucial. I can’t stay here long-term. Can you manage on your own?”

“I…” Zhao Mingyan hesitated. They had no elderly relatives to help them, and the children were still young. If it was just about taking care of their food and drink, she could manage on her own, but there were still chores to do. After all, they were just sitting around doing nothing and their savings were dwindling.

“If you are willing, you can come with me after I set Brother Qiao’s bones.”

"Go with you? Where to?" Zhao Mingyan was taken aback.

“Xiajia Village.” Yunyi smiled. “I have a lot of family members. Didn’t Brother Qiao know the He family before? They’re with me now.”

"But we went..."

“I have many houses there, and they’re under construction right now. If Brother Qiao is willing, once his leg heals, he can easily earn several taels of silver a month.” Yunyi began to paint a picture of the future for him, after all, Qiao Yue was a bricklayer, exactly the kind of talent that was in high demand in her area.

"Me? Can I do it?"

"How will you know it won't work if you don't try?" Yun Yi smiled. "Of course, if you think I have bad intentions..."

“No, why would we think that? Besides, what do we have that you would scheme against?” Zhao Mingyan smiled. “Your words make us feel ashamed.”

"Sister-in-law Qiao, I saw someone harassing you just now. It doesn't matter if you do more or less work, but if he comes again, can you bring a kitchen knife every time?"

“Let’s go.” Qiao Yue nodded first. “We’ll go.”

"Alright, you guys get some rest early today. I'll go prepare some things, and we'll set the bones first thing tomorrow morning."

The couple finally showed their first genuine smiles in days.

Yunyi and Hongyi went up the mountain and cut down a few straight tree trunks, then shaped them into planks to use as fixation for their legs. Although they had medicinal herbs in their space, they still went to the pharmacy.

After leaving the pharmacy carrying two large bags of medicinal herbs, I was about to go to the snack shop next door to buy some food when I noticed a familiar figure in front of me. After hesitating for a moment, I chased after him.