After completing the task, Xixi giggled and reached out to touch her aunt.

Tao cautiously observed her surroundings, her courage completely gone. After feeling her niece's touch, she playfully complained.

“You’re still laughing? I was so scared to bring you out to play, now you need to go back and stay here obediently.”

Although Xixi didn't want to go into the bamboo basket, it wasn't time to come out yet, so she had to pout and obediently shut her mouth.

After gently placing Xixi into the bamboo basket, Tao clapped her hands in relief and continued to the kitchen, carrying out the medicine pot.

As dusk fell, the temperature in Lujia Village at night was several degrees lower than during the day.

Fortunately, the Zhu family members were all wearing protective suits, which prevented the cold air from invading their bodies.

The temperature was just too low, and even with the protection and warmth of the protective suits, they still felt goosebumps all over their bodies.

The group carried the unconscious Zhu Dabao and Pei Sining into separate medicine tubs, and then worked in pairs to rub their bodies with herbs.

Just as everyone was intently observing Zhu Xiaobao and Pei Sining's situation, the old man led a group of people in carrying several brand-new quilts.

"Everyone, it's cold at night. If you don't mind, you can keep these blankets."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Zhu quickly wiped her hands, took the quilt handed over by the old man, and thanked him repeatedly.

"Thank you, sirs."

"No need to be polite. I'm the village head. As for the rest... well, there's no tomorrow anyway."

"If you need anything, come to me anytime." The village head, thinking of the order the magistrate would give in three days, sighed and left with a heavy heart.

As Grandma Zhu watched Lu Li's departing figure, she couldn't help but sigh.

While everyone in Lujia Village was busy treating Zhu Dabao and Pei Sining, Chen Xiang, who was resting in the woods five kilometers away, looked at Zhu Yanyan with unbearable pain.

"Do you have the medicine or not? That's not what you said back then!"

Zhu Yanyan frantically searched for the medicine box, but actually reached into the medical room inside the space.

No matter how hard she searched, she couldn't find any medicine in the medicine room.

In a moment of urgency, she had no choice but to stand up and say, "I need to use the restroom."

"Go to the bathroom? My father is in so much pain, and you still want to go to the bathroom?"

Chen Xiang roared in frustration, and Zhu Yanyan roared back, "I should never have listened to this brat in the first place."

I thought she would at least be of some use, but I didn't expect her to be just like before, completely useless.

Zhu Yanyan ignored Chen Xiang's cursing and quickly disappeared into the bushes and into the space.

She strode in and pushed open the door to the medical room, only to find it empty and devoid of anything.

"What happened? Where are the medicines inside?"

She paced back and forth in the room in disbelief; there was nothing there, not even the shelves.

She spun around several times before finally sitting on the ground in despair, her eyes glazed over, lost in a daze.

After a long time, Chen Xiang still hadn't seen Zhu Yanyan come out. Frustrated, he went to the bushes and roared loudly.

"Zhu Yanyan?"

Worried that her daughter's innocence would be tarnished, Wen Xiuying hurriedly stepped forward to stop Chen Xiang, saying, "Lord Chen, you must not approach a woman who needs to use the restroom."

"I'm already feeling terrible, why should I care about anything else?" Chen Xiang angrily pushed Wen Xiuya to the ground, parted the bushes, and went inside.

To everyone's surprise, Zhu Yanyan emerged from inside, her face deathly pale, her forehead covered in cold sweat, looking utterly disheveled.

"Is it all done? Shouldn't you apply the medicine for me? Madam Zhu's ointment and decoction have long been used up."

"When are you going to give me your medicinal herbs? I'm dying of discomfort."

Chen Xiang didn't care about any of that. His eyes reddened, and he grabbed Zhu Yanyan and led her to the medicine box.

With trembling hands, Zhu Yanyan rummaged through the medicine box, trying to find the right pills for Chen Xiang.

But inside there were only some liniment, alcohol, and disinfectant cotton cloths; she had even used up all the painkillers for Zhu Borong.

She intended to take it directly from her spatial storage when she needed it, but to her surprise, the items in her storage suddenly disappeared.

"Zhu Yanyan, you dare to play me for fools? I'll kill you!"

Chen Xiang had lost patience with Zhu Yanyan and drew his broadsword, ready to strike.

At the critical moment, a scream came from Zhu Yanyan's own camp.

Zhu Zinan stumbled out of the camp, came up to the group, and pointed at Zhu Borong.

"Sister...Father..."

Upon hearing her brother's shout, Zhu Yanyan quickly got up and ran after him towards Zhu Borong.

At this moment, Zhu Borong's whole body was covered in rashes, his face was burning red, and he was scratching his body in discomfort.

"No way!" Zhu Yanyan noticed something was wrong from Zhu Borong's symptoms and backed away in fear.

The escorts, who had seen smallpox before, also noticed the red spots on Zhu Borong's body and pointed at him in horror, shouting.

"It's smallpox; he's contracted smallpox."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone quickly moved away from Zhu Borong, and even Wen Xiuying pulled Zhu Zinan to hide behind the crowd.

Faced with the current situation, Zhu Wen looked at Chen Xiang helplessly.

"Sir, what should we do?"

"Kill Zhu Borong and throw him off a cliff."

After a moment of contemplation, Chen Xiang drew his broadsword and handed it to the others, making a decisive decision.

"No, you can't kill my father." Upon hearing this, Zhu Yanyan quickly stepped forward and stopped the approaching guards.

"He has already contracted smallpox, and you are all indirect contacts. In less than two days, you will also be infected."

Zhu Yanyan's words made the guards who were about to step forward hesitate and turn back to look at Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang pursed his lips helplessly, snatched the broadsword from Zhu Wen's hand, and decisively turned to walk towards Lujia Village.

Seeing this, Zhu Wen hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "You're not going to Lujia Village, are you?"

"Grandma Zhu and the others must have the antidote. Whether you go or not is up to you, but I don't want to die here."

Chen Xiang didn't want to waste time here, so he shook off Zhu Wen's hand and walked quickly towards Lujia Village.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Wen jogged after him.

The remaining guards and prisoners looked at each other blankly. After a moment, they hurriedly packed their belongings and followed behind the two men.

After everyone left, only Zhu Yanyan's family remained, stunned and speechless.

Wen Xiuying, at a loss, pulled Zhu Zinan to her daughter and anxiously asked her what was wrong.

"Yan Yan, what should we do?"

"Lead the horse-drawn carriage to Lujia Village to get the antidote from Granny Zhu."

Although Zhu Yanyan didn't know why the medicine in the space medicine room had disappeared, she was certain that it was related to the Zhu family.

Could there be a time-traveling woman in the Zhu family's ranks? No wonder they've been escaping death so often lately.

Their attitude towards Zhu Borong and her underwent a complete transformation.

According to the plot, they should treat her as a lucky star, so why would they treat her as an enemy?

No, she had to find this time-traveling woman and drive her out of this world.

Thinking of this, her face darkened, and she decisively turned and walked towards her own carriage.