After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 277 How Many Good Younger Brothers Do You Actually Have?

Su Xiaoxiao was quite interested in the character An Yongshan.

She couldn't say she had no doubts at all, but in fact, Su Xiaoxiao felt even more strongly that An Yongshan seemed to have traveled from the same era as her.

He wasn't surprised at all by Su Xiaoxiao's modern home; in fact, he was quite used to it.

When Su Xiaoxiao returned home, she immediately cooked a pot of chicken soup for An Yongshan to warm him up. The wild pheasant was one she had hunted on the mountain and was very fresh.

At this time of year, the pheasants are rather docile. When it gets cold, they bury their heads in the snow and don't want to pull them out.

There's no need to draw a bow and nock an arrow; you can just go over and pull them out like radishes, hitting them every time.

Su Xiaoxiao put the wild ginseng she had picked from the mountain into the pot. After putting all the ingredients into the pot, Su Xiaoxiao kept adding firewood to the pot while warming herself by the fire.

Pei Yuan was angry with her and hid in the house, refusing to come out.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't care about any of that. The children all went to play at the Sun family's house, and Su Xiaoxiao sat alone in front of the stove, lost in thought.

The sky outside seemed to blend into the white snow. After the chicken soup had been simmering, its rich aroma slowly began to dissipate, filling the entire room.

Su Xiaoxiao ladled the cooked chicken soup into a large pot, then carried it to An Yongshan's room.

She knocked on the door a few times, and An Yongshan's weak voice came from inside.

"Please come in."

Su Xiaoxiao carefully opened the door with the chicken soup in her hand and went inside.

An Yongshan sat on the bed and gave Su Xiaoxiao a polite bow, "Miss Su, you've arrived?"

I don't know why, but it seems like I've never met anyone here who would say "Come in" after I knock on the door.

But An Yongshan spoke fluently, and he seemed quite familiar with and curious about the facilities in the room.

Why can I use the toilet indoors and have hot water automatically come out of the pipes for a shower?

There were also cabinets and sofas that Su Xiaoxiao had specially commissioned Wang Er to design. These modern pieces of equipment were indeed surprising, but Su Xiaoxiao didn't see any surprise on An Yongshan's face at all.

Moreover, he seemed to know how to use these things and kept the house spotless, maintaining its original state, which made Su Xiaoxiao very satisfied.

After gently placing the chicken soup on the table, she said to An Yongshan, "Drink it while it's hot."

Then he walked out of the room, and behind him came An Yongshan's voice: "Thank you."

Su Xiaoxiao then left An Yongshan's room and went to the courtyard, where she heard a knocking sound at the gate.

At this moment, she saw that the wind and snow outside were getting stronger and stronger. At first, she thought she had misheard, but upon closer listening, the sound seemed quite familiar.

She quickly trudged through the thick snow to the front door. She hadn't worn gloves when she came out, and her hands were red and frostbitten.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly opened the front door of her house and saw that it was indeed Li Taibai. He was covered in snowflakes and looked like he had been struggling in the snow for a long time.

Su Xiaoxiao also knew that the distance from his house to her own was not short.

Wearing only thin clothes, Li Taibai was shivering all over. His voice trembled as he sincerely said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Sister, my injuries have healed. My father asked me to come and see if there was any work to be done in your yard, so I could help out."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao was both amused and exasperated. "How did you manage to get through such heavy snow? Come inside quickly."

Su Xiaoxiao was afraid that Li Taibai would get cold, so she quickly ushered him into the house.

After entering the house, the chill emanating from Li Taibai gradually dissipated, and his trembling body calmed down. "My injuries are almost healed. Sister, I'm alright."

Li Taibai insisted on saying that, and Su Xiaoxiao said to him reproachfully, "Didn't I say that there's no rush for work? We can talk about it after you've recovered. What are you doing here in this heavy snow?"

"This little bit of snow won't bother you."

Li Taibai actually felt that he couldn't hold onto the money Su Xiaoxiao gave their family with peace of mind, and always felt a sense of guilt.

Su Xiaoxiao found one of her own cotton-padded coats for Li Taibai and put it on him. "No need, sister, I'm not cold."

"You're being stubborn, but I can see you're trembling. Hurry up and put it on!"

After watching Li Taibai put on her clothes, Su Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction, "That's more like it. Change your clothes and I'll take them to wash."

"No need, sis. Your hands will be freezing if you wash them in the river like this."

Su Xiaoxiao laughed when she heard this, "Don't worry, we have hot water at home. Hot water can come out of this pipe anytime, which is very convenient for washing clothes."

Su Xiaoxiao poured him another bowl of chicken soup. "Drink it, it'll warm you up."

Smelling the fragrant chicken soup, Li Bai subconsciously swallowed, feeling somewhat embarrassed to accept the bowl.

"Drink up, there's another pot after you finish this one."

Su Xiaoxiao showed him her pot, which contained a large pot of chicken soup.

Li Bai sat carefully at the table, swallowing the chicken soup spoonful by spoonful with great deference, as if he was very reluctant to finish it.

Su Xiaoxiao watched him silently drinking chicken soup, but at this moment his eyes began to well up with tears, which puzzled Su Xiaoxiao greatly.

Sure enough, a moment later, large tears fell into the bowl in front of Li Bai.

He secretly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, not wanting Su Xiaoxiao and the others to notice.

"What are you doing?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked Li Taibai with concern.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, it's all thanks to your help that our family's life has improved so much. The reason I cried while drinking this chicken soup is because the last time I had it was a year ago. Back then, my mother's illness wasn't so serious, and she got up to make chicken soup for me on my birthday..."

Li Bai began to reminisce about the good old days, and Su Xiaoxiao also knew that his mother's illness was actually a big blow to him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li from Ci'an Hall said that as long as your mother takes the medicine he prescribes on time, she will be fine."

Thanks to Su Xiaoxiao's help, all of Li Taibai's mother's medicine will be provided free of charge by Ci'an Hall from now on.

This put Li Bai at ease.

After Su Xiaoxiao had lunch with Li Taibai, she brought him some delicious pastries before telling him to go home.

Su Xiaoxiao told him, "Our workshop will start operating normally on the fifteenth day after the New Year. You can come and help me then."

Li Taibai agreed and bid farewell to Su Xiaoxiao, feeling a warm glow in his heart.

After Li Bai left, Pei Yuan came out of his room looking like a jealous little wife.

"Just how many good younger brothers do you have?!"

(End of this chapter)