The next morning, Jiang Yue and her two friends went out early. They spent the morning shopping and bought some clothes. Hong Kong didn't feel as prosperous as Shanghai at the time, so after shopping for half a day, they didn't want to shop anymore and went home with their families.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yue went out and Aunt Fang accompanied her little apprentice to study. Jiang Yue went out this time to replenish the supplies in the space, because many of the prepared supplies had been used up and there had been no opportunity to replenish them. Food and water were plentiful, but medicine was almost gone, with only enough for three to five people. It was specially prepared for Jiang Yue, the three of them, and Chen Xin, one portion for each person in case of emergency.

After wandering around the streets for a while, Jiang Yue found that Hong Kong was too crowded with densely packed houses, making it quite difficult to find a secluded place to store her belongings. This caused a lot of trouble for her stockpiling trip.

After disguising herself, Jiang Yue went into almost every pharmacy and bought some items. She figured it would be easier to buy them in the US, but she was worried she might not have the chance once she got there, so she stocked up on some anyway.

Actually, Jiang Yue also wanted to buy an inflatable boat, but she couldn't find one after searching for a long time. Finally, she found a small boat-building workshop and originally intended to just buy one, but all they had were 5-6 meter wooden sailboats. In the end, Jiang Yue paid to have a sailboat made that was no more than three meters long and no more than three meters high. After hearing Jiang Yue's requirements, the boat shop owner didn't want to make one for her because he thought it was too much trouble. But Jiang Yue said that she didn't care what kind of wood it was, as long as it could be used normally without any special treatment, and most importantly, she was willing to pay more money.

In the end, the shipyard owner agreed. Jiang Yue even paid an expedited fee to have it done within six months. She left a deposit, signed a contract, and left her phone number so the owner could sit down and she could deliver it directly to his home.

On the third day, Jiang Yue planned to buy some fruit. According to common sense, there should be some on the ship, but she still wanted to prepare some herself. Jiang Yue urgently needed a car because it was too inconvenient, and she couldn't keep driving home. What if the neighbors noticed something was wrong and reported her? There was nowhere to rent a car, and she couldn't even borrow one since she was unfamiliar with the area.

In the end, I couldn't come up with a good solution, so I could only buy a little bit every day for the next six months, like ants carrying grains of sand. There's also an important thing: I need to find something to do during these six months. I can't just stay at home every day. The only skill I can use to make a living is traditional Chinese medicine. I'll see if there are any places that are hiring traditional Chinese medicine doctors these days.

After returning home, Jiang Yue told Aunt Fang that she wanted to find something to do. Aunt Fang didn't have any other opinions and always listened to Jiang Yue. However, in the end, it was Aunt Fang who handled the matter. This was because the place Jiang Yue rented was in an area where wealthy people gathered, and the security was relatively good. One day, when Aunt Fang and some neighboring aunties went grocery shopping together, one of the aunties gossiped to Aunt Fang, "Has your young lady found a job yet, being out early and coming home late every day?"

Aunt Fang shook her head and said, "Not yet. My young lady is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, so it's not easy to find a suitable one."

"Your young lady is studying medicine? That's amazing!"

Aunt Fang smiled and said, "Of course, my young lady formally apprenticed under a famous master. When she became an apprentice, the whole of Shanghai..." Aunt Fang's voice suddenly stopped. She thought for a moment and didn't continue. What if the Japanese still remembered? Aunt Fang hadn't forgotten that Jiang Yue's name had been wanted before.

"What's wrong? Why didn't you mention what happened during the apprenticeship ceremony?"

“It’s alright. She studied under a renowned master and ran a clinic for several years. It’s just that she couldn’t stay in Hong Kong for long, otherwise my young lady would have opened her own clinic.”

Then someone said, "Cuicui, your family runs a clinic, right? Do you need a doctor?"

"I don't know either. I don't know anything about my husband's work."

It was quite a coincidence that when Jiang Yue was teaching her apprentices at home, Cui Cui came over and her wife invited her to come over for a visit.

The reason was that the owner of the restaurant said that the doctor's mother had passed away and he had to go back to his hometown for her funeral, which would take several months. He was worried about where to find someone to replace her for those months. Cui Cui happened to hear this and told his wife, which led to the current situation.

Jiang Yue thought to herself, "This is just what I needed!" She tidied up and went over. After taking the woman's pulse, she found that the doctor's diagnosis was even more accurate than the doctor in her shop. After discussing the salary and rest days, she made a decision on the spot.

Now that her job problem was solved, Jiang Yue went to work the next day. When she opened the shop, some of her regular customers thought she had changed doctors. Jiang Yue explained that the old doctor had gone back to his hometown. At first, they didn't believe in her medical skills, but after taking her pulse and telling them where she felt uncomfortable and what her symptoms were, they immediately believed her. You can tell whether a doctor is good or not as soon as you start practicing, especially a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. Then Jiang Yue established herself in the shop.

A month or two later, business was much better than before. These three days were her rest days, and Jiang Yue took the time to go to the post office to see if Chen Xin had replied. She went several times but there was no reply. Fortunately, Jiang Yue had prepared for the worst. She went to the dock and asked if the ship would be back tomorrow. She planned to go there the day after tomorrow to find that person and see if there was any news.

On the last day of her rest day, Jiang Yue borrowed a car from her neighbor's boss for the day. The boss saw that Jiang Yue had a driver's license and lent her the car. Jiang Yue drove to the dock and found the dock management staff. She gave them a few packs of cigarettes and told them who she was looking for. The staff member called and said that Jiang Yue was looking for him. A while later, he came out carrying a small suitcase.

When he found Jiang Yue, he had already forgotten about her. Jiang Yue took out a receipt he had written when he received the money and handed it to him. After looking at it, he handed the box back to Jiang Yue and hurriedly ran back before she could say anything.

Jiang Yue greeted the staff and hurried to the parking area. Before even getting home, she opened her suitcase as soon as she got in the car. Without looking at anything else, she opened the envelope, took out the letter, and read it. Chen Xin had let Jiang Yue know she was safe and sound. Knowing that her parents were alright, she was immediately relieved. She also greeted Jiang Yue and Aunt Fang, and finally wished Jiang Yue and her family a safe journey to the United States to reunite with her parents.

The message also used coded language to describe the increasingly dire situation, stating that the Japanese knew they couldn't occupy China and that most people had started looting and smuggling national treasures. Furthermore, the KMT was passively resisting Japan. Chen Xin also subtly implied that the Japanese probably wouldn't last more than a few years, and that a war between the KMT and the CCP was inevitable. He told Jiang Yue not to come back after going to the United States.

Chen Xin thought Jiang Yue knew nothing. It was already 1942, and there were only a little over three days left before the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. After that, there was the civil war until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.