Chapter Six Home

  In the days that followed, Ye Shi's family of three would appear at Gao Yuan's home every morning, except for returning home at night. Gao Yuan's home was not big, but it wasn't small either - a two-section mansion with a small backyard. However, the backyard was tidy and filled with knives, guns, sticks, and other weapons, rather than being a garden. The house had three main rooms, as well as two side wings that were usually used as storage for Gao's family business. The rent they collected would be piled up inside. Normally, the large house was occupied by Gao Yuan alone, and except for the main room, all other areas were dirty like a garbage dump. After the three of them arrived, the first thing they did wasn't to wash Gao Yuan's clothes, but rather to clean up his house.

  Two women and a child were working all day like busy mice, but it was still not enough to satisfy Gao Yuan. He didn't want them to work so hard, but telling them to stop would be pointless. In the end, he had no choice but to ask Zhang Yi to lend a hand as well. With Zhang Yi's help, the work finally sped up, and after five days of cleaning, they were able to haul away over ten truckloads of garbage. Gao Yuan's house was finally starting to look like a home again.

  Gao Yuan was a carefree person who didn't have many clothes to wash even if he changed outfits several times a day. Now that he's bedridden, he doesn't even need to change out of his pajamas, so Ye Shi took it upon herself to take care of Gao Yuan's meals.

  So, Gao Yuan felt a bit over the top and asked for more money, but Ye Shi naturally wouldn't agree, saying that if so, she would return the 10 taels of silver to Gao Yuan and not come to work anymore. Gao Yuan had no choice but to propose again that the three of them, mother and son, would eat here, so as to avoid Ye Shi having to run back and forth and still cook a few meals. This time, Ye Shi finally relented.

  He secretly let out a sigh of relief and instructed Zhang Yi to pick up some good ones every day, after all, he had just received a windfall, and even if he only ate for a year, it would be impossible to finish.

  Ye Shi saw Zhang Yi bringing back some chicken, duck, fish and meat every day, she and Ye Jing'er were thoughtful and naturally knew that this was Gao Yuan's secret intention, and her heart couldn't help but feel grateful. Only Ye Feng was young and didn't understand things, eating every day with a shiny mouth, originally his thin and small body had become strong and sturdy, and there was even some flesh on his face.

  Looking at Ye Jing'er's originally pale face gradually having a rosy glow, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel delighted.

  In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and Gaoyuan's recovery speed was astonishing. Even Dr. Qiu, who came to visit every few days, couldn't help but marvel at it, saying that this was something he had never seen before in his life. He had originally thought that Gaoyuan would have to lie in bed for several months or even half a year, but looking at him now, he would be fully recovered within a month at most.

  As for his physical recovery speed, Gao Yuan was also inexplicable. In his previous life on the mortal combat arena, he had suffered countless injuries. Even in this era with such advanced medical technology, it's not like he should be recovering so quickly. Now, every day he just took some unknown Chinese medicine paste, and for some reason, his wound healing speed was astonishing.

  Only half a month later, Gao Yuan was able to get out of bed and move around.

  Zhang Yiqi supported Gao Yuan as he surveyed his home. To say the least, this was Gao Yuan's first inspection of his own private territory. Since coming into this world, this was also his first time getting out of bed.

  "Master, this is the main house, if you look over there, that's the kitchen and woodshed, and on the other side of the wing is the warehouse, where we store the collected rent, by the way, it's almost September now, soon it will be time to collect the rent, at that time, the old grain inside needs to be cleared out." said Zhang.

  "Where can we move the old grain to?" Gao Yuan looked around the room, "It seems like there's no space either!"

  "Master, you've forgotten, haven't you? Our old grain is still a worry for us to get rid of. How could you forget that Lord Lu is the county magistrate? We sell all this old grain as new grain to the county. Every year, each county has to send military rations to the prefecture, and it's stipulated that they must be new grain. But our master is who he is, with connections in the army, so when Fufeng County sends up its grain supplies, no one ever checks them. It's not like that elsewhere. Why does our master have to give face to even the county magistrate in Fufeng? Because County Magistrate Wu is the largest landowner in Fufeng."

  He couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, and after messing around for half a day, he finally realized that he had still been duped by the imperial court's wealthy families.

  "It's really clean!" After looking at the house, Gaoyuan was very satisfied. In his previous life, housing prices were high, and a matchbox-sized house would cost hundreds of millions. Now, he didn't spend a single penny, but he owned such a large house, plus over 100 acres of land. Just thinking about it made him feel comfortable.

  "It's all thanks to the Ye family, to be honest, young master. Before this, except for the main house, the other rooms were so dirty that you couldn't even put your foot in them. But now it's improved, and you should really buy a few more servants back, you're not like you can't afford it, soon you'll be a high-ranking official!" Zhang Yidao said.

  "We'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later!" Gaoyuan didn't take it to heart, as a latecomer, he had an instinctive rejection of human trafficking.

  Standing on the high platform of the main house, the two looked at Ye Jing'er who was busy in the kitchen. Zhang Yidao said, "She's really capable, she can do everything, and the dishes she makes are really delicious."

  He gazed intently at the woman in the kitchen who was diligently cooking, and a warm feeling suddenly welled up in his heart. He slightly closed his eyes, recalling that this scene was what he had always yearned for in his previous life - every day going out to work, returning home, watching his own woman cook delicious food in the kitchen, then sharing dinner together. He was supposed to fulfill that dream, but with the sound of gunfire from the rooftop, everything came to an abrupt end.

  A pang in his heart, Gao Yuan's tall figure swayed slightly. Yang Yi on the side was startled and quickly reached out to support Gao Yuan, looking at his pale face, "What's wrong, young master? Are you okay? You shouldn't exert yourself, why don't you go back to your room and rest?"

  "It's nothing!" Gaoyuan shook his head, "It's nothing!" He took a deep look at the figure who was busy and knew nothing, for the first time, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

  In his past life, he had been struggling to survive, dancing on the tightrope between life and death. He was never short of women, because he was never short of money, but he had never experienced what love was like. Now, seeing the woman in the kitchen, the deep-seated dreams hidden within him were suddenly stirred up. Wasn't this exactly what he had always wanted?

  "Come on, let's go take a look in the back!" He turned around and headed towards the backyard.

  The backyard is neat and tidy, with knives, guns, clubs, and stone locks all available, it's obviously a place where kung fu is practiced regularly, this place actually makes Gao Yuan very fond of it.

  "Zhang Yi, turn back and prepare a few things for me, hum, it should be possible to find a carpenter and an ironworker to complete it?" said Gao Yuan.

  "Alright, young master, what can I get for you?" Zhang asked respectfully.

  "Turn around and I'll draw a picture for you, just make it the same way," Gaoyuan said with a smile, thinking of some training equipment from his previous life, simplifying it a bit would also work. Looking at his own recovery speed, it would take at least half a month to fully recover and start practicing with large movement quantities, probably needing more than a month, but with this time, it was enough for Zhang Yi to get these things ready.

  "By the way, Zhang Yi, my family really needs a capable person to help out. Would you be willing to come and work with me?" Gao Yuan said with a smile. These days, Zhang Yi had been taking care of him and managing everything at home, and was indeed very diligent and hardworking. Especially since Gao Yuan felt that he was also easy to get along with. "How about coming to be our housekeeper? Of course, my family is small, can't compare to Uncle Lu's big household."

  After hearing Gao Yuan's words, Zhang Yi was both surprised and delighted. Although the Gao family was small, he would still be in charge if he came over. On the other hand, although the Lu family was large, he was only a personal attendant there, to put it bluntly, just a young servant, and their status couldn't be compared.

  "I'm just a lowly person, I'm just a slave who has sold myself to the Lu household, what I say doesn't count." Zhang stuttered.

  "Uncle Lu wouldn't be so petty, would he? If you're willing, I'll go talk to him when he gets back." Gaoyuan smiled and said, "I'm not patient enough to deal with family matters. If you take over later on, this household will be yours to manage from then on, how about it?"

  "I'm willing, I'm willing." Zhang said repeatedly.

  "It's settled then!" Gao Yuan nodded.

  "Master, could you tell Master that I'm coming over and he wants one more person?" Zhang Yi lowered his head, his face flushing bright red.

  Gao Yuan was taken aback for a moment, suddenly remembering what Zhang Yi had said before, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Ah, I get it! So your mistress is a well-nourished woman with big breasts and buttocks, right? Is she also in the mansion?"

  Zhang nodded repeatedly.

  "Come on, then let's go together. If it really doesn't work out, I'll pay the money to buy it back. Our home needs a woman to take care of it." Gaoyuan said with a smile.

  Leaning on Gao Yuan all the way back, when passing by the kitchen, Zhang Yi suddenly smiled and said: "Young master, maybe soon there will be several more women in the house!"

  She glanced up at Ye Jing'er who was still busy in the kitchen and smiled slightly, saying "Don't talk nonsense!"