Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 164

On New Year's Eve, although Ye Xi's illness had improved, she looked much thinner and her complexion was not very good.

This year, the housekeeper did not give Ye Xi any reward. Because the servants could not get any benefits this year and also thought it was unlucky that Ye Xi was sick during the New Year, they tried not to serve in the yard and hid away.

Only Xia Mu was still preparing food and boiling medicine for Ye Xi.

"Xia Mu, it's New Year's Eve, you should go down and have a rest. I'm responsible for you this year and didn't let you have a good New Year."

Ye Xi looked at Xia Mu cleaning up the dishes and gave instructions.

"Don't say that, young lady. It is Xia Mu's duty to serve you."

Xia Mu wanted to quickly put away the dishes and give the girl the medicine. She also had to change the hot water bottle for the girl, which was probably cold.

"You won't die if you take less medicine. Go to the front yard and see if you can get some reward money. Don't waste time here." Ye Xi said.

"It's New Year's Day, young lady, please don't say that word, it's unlucky, I won't mind.

It's normal to say that it's unlucky not to take medicine from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month.

It’s better for you to take the medicine tonight. I hope it will make you feel better soon so that you can have a good new year.

If the girl really can't bear it, at least wait until the first or second day of the Chinese New Year before taking the medicine."

After saying this, Xia Mu took the dishes and went out.

Ye Xi found it a little funny. Although she was much better now, she still thought that if she was really seriously ill, would she not even take medicine to avoid the taboo day?

However, in ancient times, if women had gynecological diseases, there were almost no female doctors. They would rather die than see a doctor. In comparison, avoiding taboo days and not taking medicine seems understandable.

Just now when Xia Mu was here, she could chat with her and she didn't feel lonely at all. But as soon as she left, she felt extremely lonely.

She had never felt so lonely since she came here, maybe because today was New Year's Eve?

In the past, I was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ye at home. After I got married, Pei Zhu was with me. Last year, I was accompanied by maids, but this year I am alone.

"Cough cough." Ye Xi couldn't help coughing twice and comforted herself that everything would be fine in the future. She was so sentimental because she was sick now. That was all.

Late at night when the dew was heavy, a lonely figure stood outside Ye Xi's yard. He stared at the tightly closed door motionlessly, hesitating whether to go in.

After that night, Wei Jue began to reflect on why he had always been unable to get what he wanted. His final conclusion was that he was too doting on Ye Xi and always granted her requests, which led to Ye Xi's unscrupulous behavior.

So he decided to change his strategy. He would ignore Ye Xi for a while and let her feel how difficult her life would be without his favor.

This was a warning to her, to let her know that her disdain for him would only make her life more difficult.

She should not only cherish the days with him, but also learn to please him.

So much time had passed, and he deliberately ignored her situation, but he knew that based on the temperament of his subordinates, if he hadn't been to her yard for so long, those servants would definitely think that she had fallen out of favor and would not have taken good care of her.

She should have felt the gap. He was waiting for someone in her yard to come and inform her that she wanted to see him.

That way he would go down the stairs, and she would be more obedient in the future, so he could have the best of both worlds.

However, he waited and waited but Ye Xi never asked for peace.

Today is New Year's Eve. He finally couldn't help but come to her courtyard. He was still hesitating whether to go in.

Because he had persisted until today, and even spent several months trying to make her surrender. If he stepped into this small courtyard, everything he had done before would become a joke.

How would Ye Xi view him? He didn't even dare to think about it.