Fu Ling was still sobbing, and when she heard Ye Xiaocui's question, she shyly threw herself into Ye Xiaocui's arms.

"Ouch, ouch, my hands are covered in fish scales, I don't want to get your clothes dirty."

Fu Wan walked into the kitchen and lifted the pot lid. Sure enough, a lot of water droplets condensed from the steam on the lid slid off.

She beckoned to Fu Ling, "Come here, I'll apply the medicine for you."

Upon hearing this, Fu Ling ran over and saw Fu Wan smear a few drops of water from the pot lid onto her lips; the water was warm.

"Wow, this feels so good!"

Fu Ling was shocked and amazed, and Qin Mingzhu was also stunned.

She initially thought "pot lid water" was the name of the medicine, but she never expected it to actually be a pot, lid, and water!

"Godmother, will this... will this work? Or should we go to the hospital?"

Upon hearing that they were going to the hospital, Ye Xiaocui hurriedly came over.

"What's wrong? Why do we need to go to the hospital?"

She looked at Fu Ling's mouth and noticed the red and swollen wound on it.

"Ouch, this is a cracked lip! It's nothing, it'll be fine with water from a pot lid!"

Hearing Ye Xiaocui say the same thing, Qin Mingzhu felt that her worldview had been reshaped once again.

She originally thought that only the bottles and jars in Bai Qianzhou's box could be considered medicine, but she didn't expect that this simple pot lid water could also be medicine!

It's a medicine that everyone knows!

Why is that?

Fu Wan scratched her head in response to Qin Mingzhu's question.

"Because the steam from boiling this water will condense into distilled water, which can be used for disinfection and helps wounds heal faster."

Actually, the steam from cooking rice would be more effective, but the Fu family didn't cook rice this morning, so they could only use the water from the pot lid used for steaming buns.

Qin Mingzhu seemed to understand but not quite, while Fu Ling felt no pain in her mouth after the warmth of the steam.

"Go, go brush your teeth, then eat a steamed bun!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu immediately perked up and ran off to get water to brush their teeth.

Fu Wan squeezed some toothpaste onto her toothbrush, then turned to look at Fu Ming, who was already gone from the room.

"Hey, where did my brother go?"

"What about Brother Ye Lin and the others?"

Ye Xiaocui picked up the bowl containing the fish and shrimp. "Oh, your uncle and the others went back early this morning. Luckily, I had prepared the dough last night, so I managed to get them a few steamed buns."

Your second cousin's wife went into labor last night!

As for your brother, he took some steamed buns and stewed two fish, then sent them to Anning!

Fu Wan was surprised to hear this. Liang Cuifen had actually started labor. She wondered if she had given birth safely.

Ye Xiaocui tidied up the stove again, and as she turned her head, she didn't forget to remind Fu Wan.

"Your dad went out early this morning and told me to tell you not to forget to call Boss Zhao back!"

To be honest, if Ye Xiaocui hadn't reminded her, Fu Wan would have completely forgotten.

Seeing the two children obediently munching on steamed buns in the yard, Fu Wan also picked up a bun, ate it in a few bites, said something to Ye Xiaocui, and then turned and went to the village committee.

Even with some sunshine, it's still a bit chilly on December mornings. Occasionally, when you run into a villager who greets you, their breath comes out in strings of hot air as they speak.

Fu Wan arrived at the village committee office less than five minutes later. Accountant Liu was checking the accounts when he saw Fu Wan coming over and smiled at her.

"Ah Wan is here. Did you come to make a phone call?"

Fu Wan smiled at her, "Yes, Uncle Liu is busy."

"That's right! With the New Year just around the corner, I need to take stock of the village committee's accounts this year and see if we can distribute some money to everyone!"

"No, I still need to reconcile the accounts. We'll talk about it later."

After saying that, Accountant Liu picked up several ledgers and buried himself in checking them again.

Seeing this, Fu Wan didn't disturb him, but quietly went into the room where the telephone was.

The phone rang for a short while before Zhao Gang's voice came through. Hearing that it was Fu Wan calling, Zhao Gang laughed even harder.

"Comrade Xiao Fu, you've really messed things up for us again. I stayed at the camp half the night last night. Oh dear, it really wore us out."

Fu Wan laughed and said, "This is not what I wanted to do. It's just that these people are blind and keep coming into our waters."

"They violated our waters, and we expect them to return unscathed?"

"Haha, you're right. You're a real blessing to people like us, young comrade."

I won't go into the specifics of what was uncovered, but you've done a great job. Get ready, the county committee should be sending someone down to offer their congratulations in the next couple of days!

Zhao Gang couldn't say much about the details, but he was only notified this morning that the county committee was coming to Fujia Village to offer their condolences.

Fu Wan thought she had misheard. "What? The county committee is coming down to offer their condolences?"

"Yes, haha, let me tell you, the municipal party committee might even come. This is a big deal. If these people really succeed, our maritime security will suffer a huge blow!"

So you all deserve a lot of credit for wiping out the enemy agents this time. The county leaders are just offering their consolation and encouragement; I'll be with them, so there's no need to be nervous.”

Fu Wan replied, "Okay, I'm not nervous. With the leaders here, why would I be nervous?"

"Alright, that's enough for now. I have a meeting to attend. Contact me again if needed."

Zhao Gang is also a very busy man. If Fu Wan hadn't called at the right time, he wouldn't have been able to answer the call.

The new county party secretary had just taken office when enemy agents appeared in the sea area. Fortunately, the military, police and civilians cooperated and the battle was fought very well.

Since the county party secretary had just taken office and already had such a great service delivered to his door, he naturally remembered Fu Wan's family and thought he would stop by to see them on his way to the camp.

Zhao Gang told Fu Wan in advance so that they could be mentally prepared and not caught off guard.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Fu Wan thought for a moment and then called Qingshan Village again.

"Hello, this is the Qingshan Village Committee..."

Fu Wan quickly greeted him, "I'm Fu Wan from Fu Family Village, Uncle. I'm looking for Ye Jianguo."

Upon hearing that it was Ye Jianguo, the people on the other end became very enthusiastic.

"Looking for Ye Jianguo, right? You wait, I'll go get him for you!"

Fu Wan responded and waited for less than two minutes before hearing footsteps.

"Awan, I am Ye Lin."

"Brother Lin, how is my second cousin's wife?"

"Everything is great. They had a daughter, and everyone is overjoyed!"

Hearing that Liang Cuifen had given birth safely, Fu Wan was relieved.

"Since you're busy at home right now, you won't be going out to sea for the next couple of days. We'll talk about it next Sunday when the weather is clear."

Ye Lin readily agreed, "Okay, I'll talk to my dad about it later."

After finishing her phone call with Ye Lin, Fu Wan went home.

Just as I reached my front door, I heard voices coming from the yard.

"Oh, Ye Xiaocui, now that your family is rich, you don't recognize your poor relatives anymore, right?"

I'm going to call everyone here and see how you young people are bullying us old folks!

"Oh my god, this is outrageous! I came all this way to see my nephew, and this heartless niece-in-law won't even give me a sip of hot water!"