For three days in a row, the situation in Dahe Village improved rapidly.
Those refugees who had been suffering from physical ailments looked much better after taking medicine three times a day.
The village patrol team sends people to Ping'an County and nearby villages every day to learn about the latest situation. A group of women are discussing together.
"I heard that the county magistrate does not give food for free. The refugees have to work in order to receive food. They have to build river embankments and canals. Both of these tasks are very tiring."
"Hahaha, the county magistrate, aren't you following our example in Dahe Village? You only get food if you work."
"It's much better in Dahe Village. At least we have a place to live and a quilt to keep out the cold. The refugees in the city can only squeeze through the temple."
"..."
The refugees who were working felt inexplicably psychologically balanced after hearing this.
People just want to compare, and when they compare, they will feel happy.
They get up at midnight every day to work, have a meal of porridge at noon, and then rest for a while. They work until the beginning of the afternoon, have another meal of porridge, and then have the whole night to themselves. They can do whatever they want, as long as they don't run away. Just leave the designated area.
When sleeping at night, more than a dozen people squeeze into a thatched hut. There is a house to block the wind and a quilt to keep warm. You don’t have to worry about being beaten or bullied when you sleep at night. After three or four months of wandering and running away, if you continue to live like this, you will naturally It makes the refugees feel very safe...
As for the ten heinous refugees, Cheng Wanwan has already found out their crimes. The four leading people ate at least thirty children along the way... and the remaining ones were humiliated many times along the way. All the young women have blood on their hands. These people deserve death.
She was not a government official and had no right to behead. She locked up these ten people and ate a bowl of porridge every day to keep them alive.
Cheng Wanwan was writing and drawing on paper, and was writing a lesson plan to teach Wu Xiaochui in the evening. This child learned very quickly. After Xiaochui learned it, the warehouse would be handed over to another person, and Xiaochui would be responsible for the financial aspect...
While she was writing, a figure walked in: "Cousin."
The visitor was none other than He Xiao. He saw Cheng Wanwan drawing many small grids on the paper with a charcoal pencil. He found it strange and couldn't help but take a second look.
But no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't understand it.
After all, he is also the proud son of the He family in the capital. He started studying at the age of three and started practicing martial arts at the age of five. He can be considered a relatively knowledgeable person, but when he came to Dahe Village, he saw many things about this Sui Ruren. not understand.
Cheng Wanwan closed the account book, raised his head and said cheerfully: "What's the matter?"
"I'm here to ask about what happened that night." He Xiao asked seriously, "On the night when the refugees attacked at night, why did the dozen or so women at the front suddenly fall to the ground and become unconscious? I have been thinking about it for several days. I didn’t understand, so I asked my cousin to clarify my doubts.”
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
They took advantage of the conductive properties of water and placed electric batons, which shocked a group of people.
She couldn't explain this.
"I think they were hungry for too long, their bodies were weak, and they were scared, so they fainted." Cheng Wanwan explained this and felt it made sense. "After all, they were forced to come here, and they might be pretending." Dizzy, right?"
He Xiao frowned, is that what happened?
He looked at Cheng Wanwan and found that her eyes were a little dodgey.
Some ancient martial arts families will inherit unique skills, and each martial arts gang will also have its own unique skills... My cousin's identity may be unusual.
The cousin has secrets, and so does he.
A gentleman should not insist on asking for secrets that others don't want to tell.
He Xiao nodded: "I understand."
"You understand something." Old Mrs. Zhao stepped over the threshold and came in. "I asked those women, and they said that they were numb all over, the corners of their mouths twitched, and they fell down uncontrollably... These symptoms were similar to those of Zhao at that time. Isn't wealth the same thing...Boss and daughter-in-law, this must be the boss blessing us in Dahe Village from heaven, right?"
Cheng Wanwan immediately agreed: "Yes, yes, it must be Zhao Youjin. He is protecting his wife and children, and everyone in the village."
"Xiao He, you know who Zhao Youjin is, right? He is my eldest son, your cousin's man, and the biological father of Dashan and their four boys." Mrs. Zhao said proudly, "Our eldest son was very good when he was alive. Zhengyi, if someone in the village has something to do, he will go to help without saying a word. He is strong and can fight seven or eight people by himself. Because he is so powerful, he joined the army, but he did not expect... But our family Even if the boss is dead, he is still more powerful than many living people... Xiaohe, despite your great martial arts skills, if you are really up against our rich family, you may not have a chance of winning..."
Cheng Wanwan twitched the corners of his mouth.
Zhao Youjin is just an ordinary rural man, with a stronger physique and strength, and he only knows a few moves... Under the filter of Mrs. Zhao and his mother, he turned out to be a martial arts master comparable to He Xiao...
"Mom, let's not talk about this for now." Cheng Wanwan interrupted the old lady showing off her son, "The plague is almost under control. The soap workshop will resume work tomorrow. Please let me know."
Mrs. Zhao nodded, the important matter of making money cannot be delayed.
The soap workshop resumed work, and classes were about to start at the school. Dahe Village slowly returned to its usual peace and tranquility.
But, it’s just Dahe Village.
That afternoon, all the villagers from nearby villages came.
Li Zheng did not dare to let these people enter the village, so the group talked in a mountain col sheltered from the wind outside the village.
Cheng Lizheng from Chengjia Village sighed and said: "The county magistrate gave me a new prescription and some medicinal materials, but they have been used up. You can go up the mountain to look for honeysuckle and forsythia, and you can always find it, but skullcap... we don't grow it here either." It’s just fun, how can you fix it?”
Sun Lizheng of Guihua Village said with a sad face: "Four elderly people have died of illness in our village. There is a serious lack of medicine. Zhao Lizheng, please help us."
"Yes, a child died in our village..." Li Lizheng wiped his tears, "He was only two years old. The only son in the family died like this. The parents almost went crazy."
"We went to the county in the morning. There were still many sick people in the county, and we didn't dare to go in."
"Only your Dahe Village has the plague under control. Have all the skullcaps in the county been bought by your Dahe Village? Give some to us."
"Zhao Lizheng, please help us!"
Li Zheng knew that the plague in other places had not yet been controlled, but he did not expect it to be so serious.
Without a single ingredient, the medicine cannot be boiled, and more people will definitely die.
On the first day when Dashan Niang felt that this was a plague, they in Dahe Village bought nearly one hundred taels of medicinal materials. At that time, the city had a surplus of the three main medicinal materials. They could buy as much as they could... But, specifically He really didn't know how many skullcaps there were. These medicinal materials were piled in the warehouse of Dashan Niang's house. Every time they were taken, Dashan Niang's approval was required. Doctor Zheng prepared the medicine himself, so he didn't know how much was left.
"We do have some skullcap left in Dahe Village." Cheng Wanwan's clear voice came. She was wearing a mask on her face and her voice was still clear. "But you need to spend money to buy it. You can't give it away for free."
The skullcap that Dahecun bought before was actually not much, and it was all used up yesterday, so she had to buy it in the mall to make up for it.
Fortunately, these medicinal materials were piled in her home. Even the person in charge, Doctor Zheng, didn't know how much she used every day and how much was left, let alone other villagers.
Scutellaria baicalensis sold in the mall is not expensive because it is artificially bred and produced in large quantities, and the price is 40 cents per catty.
In this era, skullcap was only produced in the north and needed to be transported and dried manually, so the price would be higher.
Cheng Wanwan said quietly: "Just pay according to the price in the city, two hundred and twenty cents per catty."
Everyone in the village was breathing a sigh of relief. They thought that Dahe Village would be a lion, and they were even mentally prepared to be slaughtered.
...The situation of the Sui Ru people is far above those of them.
Cheng Lizheng: "Chengjiacun wants ten pounds of skullcap."
Li Lizheng: "There are few people in our village, so I'll give you five pounds first."
Pay the money first, and then transport the skullcap out. Everyone is rushing back to prepare medicine to save lives...
