Lian Lizhi said, "Grandma, don't say that. I'll take responsibility. I was given a second chance at life. As long as Xingran grows up safely and you all live well, I won't feel ashamed of Qing-ge when I get to the underworld."

Old Mrs. Li: "No, I'm an old woman, I'm not worth dying for."

Lian Lizhi: "Grandma, don't argue with me. I originally wanted to be with Qing-ge..."

Grandma Li: "You're still young, you can find someone better in the future."

Lianlizhi: "I won't look for anyone else, just let me—"

Suddenly the door was pushed open, and Li Ruo, rubbing her forehead, said helplessly, "Are you going downstairs right away?"

Old Mrs. Li, Lianlizhi: ...

They looked at each other for a moment, then asked in unison, "You heard everything?"

Li Ruo nodded. "No one is allowed to shorten their lifespan. Rebellion has nothing to do with you; it's our own choice. I had this idea after I woke up from my coma, and my father agreed when he appeared to me in a dream."

Sure enough, after telling so many lies, they just started spouting them off without thinking.

"Your father agreed?" Old Mrs. Li's old eyes widened. "He had anticipated that you would rebel?"

Li Ruo nodded again.

Grandma Li breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Then this old woman has nothing to worry about. I can live a few more years without worry. Ah Zhi, go to sleep early, hehe."

Li Ruo: ...

Lian Lizhi was somewhat disappointed. "Well, I guess I'll just have to go down and find Brother Qing later. Go to sleep early."

Li Ruo: ...

He chuckled, "Yeah, go to bed early."

The following day, after a night of torrential rain and strong winds, although the rain stopped, the weather suddenly turned much colder.

Li Ruo secretly took out a thermometer and measured the temperature. Goodness, it was almost zero degrees Celsius. In a while, there might be severe weather with rain and snow.

Li Ruo gave each of her family members and several key members of Ziyang Peak a gray cotton down jacket, saying it was something she had stockpiled before.

The storeroom inside was filled with a jumble of things, and even Old Lady Li couldn't figure out what was inside.

It always feels like it will never run out...

Grandma Li scratched her head, thinking she must be getting senile.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ruo asked Lao Wang to send two more padded jackets to Xie so that he could change into them.

At this time, because of the cold weather, the newly arrived refugees and families who had previously worked alone could no longer hold on and wanted to stick together for warmth.

The best option would be to join Black Wind Stronghold and Purple Sun Peak.

At this point, no one else but them could still hold a full-moon celebration; that's real power.

"Girl, please have pity on us. We'll do anything as long as we have some porridge to eat."

In order to survive, everyone abandoned their identity and dignity, and begged in humiliation.

Yang Huahua looked at those people, not knowing what to do, when another one arrived.

"Young lady, do you have any medicine? My child has a high fever and is dying," the man said anxiously.

The child in his arms was a little over two years old, with his eyes closed, his face pale, and his lips purple.

It rained so heavily last night, and it's so cold now. It's like God is trying to kill us.

Yang Huahua recognized the man. He had several brothers who ran their own business not far from Ziyang Peak, and she often saw them.

"Wait a moment, I'll go tell Miss Li."

Li Ruo was right next to the spinach shed when she heard the shouts, so she and Liao Fusheng went over.

Liao Fusheng said, "I've met that person before; his whole family are honest people."

Having seen so many people, Liao Fusheng has now developed a keen eye for talent, able to accurately judge people at a glance.

It's like breaking through a bottleneck in one's cultivation.

Li Ruo touched the child's forehead. "It's really hot. Let's give him some fever reducer."

Let's do Li Xingran some good karma, so that every time his big day comes around it's either lightning or thunder.

"Thank you, thank you!" The man was so grateful that tears streamed down his face.

Liao Fusheng told him to take the child to the work-point room and have someone light a stove with charcoal to boil water.

After feeding the child the medicine, about an incense stick's time later, the child's forehead began to sweat, and the fever gradually subsided.

Liao Fusheng said, "He just caught a cold. After the fever subsides, give him some hot porridge and then this medicine."

The man knelt down with a thud and kowtowed several times. "Taoist Master, please let us join you. I have three brothers, all of whom are quite capable."

His brothers were also down below, and seeing that Ziyang Peak had saved their nephew, they all came over to express their gratitude.

Liao Fusheng looked at Li Ruo and said, "Their family seems to be fine."

Li Ruo asked, "What can you all do? So many people need to survive. Let's all talk about what methods we can use. We can't just wait to die. What if we run out of food on Ziyang Peak?"

Since she and Xie Xiao had decided to rebel, they needed to recruit soldiers and horses, but they couldn't just recruit people casually.

She asked all the refugees who wanted to join Ziyang Peak to give their opinions.

When people are pushed to a certain point, they'll risk everything.

Someone said, “Young lady, my family runs a pharmacy in the town at the foot of the mountain. We had a chest of gold and silver in savings. We thought the flood would pass quickly, so we hid it somewhere and gave it all to you.”

Yang Huahua angrily said, "What's the use? You can't eat it."

Li Ruo: "Uh... let them continue."

Another person said, "Young lady, we are the landlords of the town. We have fields and tens of thousands of catties of surplus grain, but they are in the water. If you can move them here, you can take care of the fields and grain."

He also produced a pile of land deeds.

Li Ruo's eyes flickered. "Ahem, continue."

When everyone heard that there was hope, they noticed that there were several wealthy families, including those who owned grain shops and medicine shops.

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