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

Chapter 77 I am good at calligraphy embroidery

The village chief and the others didn't return until dawn, but they all looked rather disheveled, especially the village chief, who had a bloody scratch on his face, obviously from being scratched by fingernails.

Yunyi didn't even need to ask to know that it must have been Li Lai's mother's doing. She quickly handed him the ointment: "Uncle Village Chief, I'm so grateful. Apply this ointment for two days and it won't leave any scars."

"My face is old, scars don't matter to me," the village chief waved his hand. "However, I have to tell you a few things. Li Lai is injured, not fatally, but his mother is unreasonable, even Village Chief Li is having a headache with her, so..."

“I understand. Don’t worry, Li Lai was scratched by a monkey. It has nothing to do with my family.”

The village chief opened his mouth as if to say something, but seeing Yunyi's smile, he gave up. It was good that the girl knew what she was doing.

"Uncle Village Chief, everyone has worked hard. Breakfast has been prepared at home. Please make do with this and then go back to rest."

The village chief didn't stand on ceremony. He led the group into the house, where they had a hearty breakfast before returning home.

Yunyi reassured her family and then went to Wang Tianshun's house.

The old man immediately handed her several medicine bottles upon meeting her: "These are some medicine powders I just made; they can save your life in a critical situation."

Yunyi accepted it without ceremony, and then handed a prescription to the other party: "Master, this is a prescription for scar removal. I would like to trouble you to make it."

Wang Tianshun took the prescription and glanced at it, his eyes widening instantly: "You...where did you get this? This is..."

“Master, I want to remove the scars from Er Ya and Wu Ya.” Yun Yi didn’t answer the question, but only stated her purpose, “But some of the medicinal herbs here need to be processed. I know that properly processed medicinal herbs are excellent, so…”

Wang Tianshun realized his mistake after asking the question. When he became the apprentice, the other party had said he was only using his name. Now, the ancient prescription was given away so readily, showing trust. Since that was the case, why ask about its origin? He nodded, "Don't worry, with the prescription, I can definitely make it for you. As for the herbs… except for the Heavenly Heart Grass, I have everything else. The Huichun Hall in town sells them…"

"Then I'll leave it to Master. I'll head back now. Oh, by the way, I've found a tutor to help Da Bao and the others with their early education. If Qiao'er likes it, she can go and learn from him too." Yun Yi stopped after taking two steps and made the suggestion.

Wang Qiao'er, who was helping to dry the medicinal herbs, said, "I've already received my basic education."

“I know. Da Bao has already completed his early education and is now learning the Four Books and Five Classics. You can go and study with him. Besides, it’s always good for him to learn more.”

Wang Qiao'er looked at Wang Tianshun.

"You can go if you want."

Wang Qiao'er hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I'll go."

"And Master, from now on you can just stroll over there for lunch and dinner, so my mother won't have to ask Da Bao to bring them to you. What do you say?"

"Alright." Wang Tianshun nodded. He couldn't cook at all. He used to be able to cook barely. Fortunately, Qiao'er can now cook, but she's only ten years old, and her cooking skills aren't much better than his. When Xia Songshi and her family lived here a few days ago, they became quite picky eaters. But after they moved out, he felt embarrassed to go and freeload. However, Xia Songshi would have someone deliver food to them every day, so if he went over, it would save him the trouble.

Yunyi took Wang Qiao'er home with her.

On the way, Wang Qiao'er seemed hesitant to speak.

"Little girl, just say what you want to say." Yunyi looked at her with amusement.

"Can you always be good to them in the future?" Wang Qiao'er bit her lip.

“They all call me mother now. As long as they don’t hurt me in the future, I will naturally continue to treat them well.”

"If you treat them well, I'll call you Aunt Yun from now on."

"Huh? You called my name?"

"No, it's Aunt Yun, the aunt of my aunt's family." Wang Qiao'er was a little anxious.

Yunyi smiled: "Then why don't you call me Aunt Yi? Or you can trace it back to your grandfather. I'm your grandfather's apprentice, so you can call me Uncle-Master."

“I’ll still call her Auntie,” Wang Qiao’er shook her head. “I don’t like studying medicine, but I’m Grandpa’s only relative. He’ll be sad if I don’t study it.”

"So what do you want to learn?"

“I want to be an embroiderer. I love embroidery needles.” Wang Qiao’er sighed, sounding somewhat mature for her age. “My grandfather said that my mother was once a very famous embroiderer in Jiangnan. She met my father because of her embroidery, but they died young…”

“Studying medicine won’t stop you from being an embroiderer.”

“But no one taught me needlework, so I had to figure it out myself.” Wang Qiao’er said, taking out a handkerchief. “Here, take this. I embroidered it myself.”

Yunyi took it and looked at it: "It's pretty good."

Wang Qiao'er smiled.

"If you want to learn, I can teach you."

"you?"

"Hmm." Yunyi nodded. "However, my specialty isn't Hunan embroidery or Suzhou embroidery, but cross-stitch. If you're interested, I can teach you sometime."

"Cross-stitch? Never heard of it." Wang Qiao'er's eyes lit up. "Then I want to learn." She paused for a moment, "I'll call you Master from now on."

Yunyi chuckled: "No need, I'm not formally taking on any disciples."

Wang Qiao'er also smiled, her mood clearly very cheerful.

The two talked as they walked home, just in time for the time when Jia Xiucai told everyone to take a break.

As soon as the seven treasures saw Wang Qiao'er arrive, they immediately surrounded her, chattering excitedly. When they learned that she was also coming to class, Er Ya immediately brought her a chair and shared her stationery with her.

After asking Wang Qiao'er about her situation briefly, Jia Xiucai tacitly accepted her arrival and even let her come with Da Bao.

Da Bao was clearly happy, because having someone to study with is much more fun than studying alone.

Yunyi went back to her room to process the medicinal herbs she had brought back, while Jia Liushi started making winter coats for everyone, and Xia Songshi went into the kitchen to make pastries.

Xia Wen and the others were too embarrassed to eat here after class, so they would run away faster than rabbits every time get out of class ended. Yun Yi suggested that she make some pastries for the children as a snack.

Everyone in the family was busy with their own things when they suddenly heard crying and shouting outside. The sound grew louder and louder, and soon it reached the door.

Yunyi had excellent hearing; she not only heard it but also clearly heard the other person's cursing. Without even looking, she knew that Li Lai's mother had arrived, and she hurriedly left the room.

"Yunyi, what's going on outside..." Xia Songshi ran out carrying a fire poker. "What's happening outside?"

"I'm going out to take a look." Yunyi walked out.