"Young master, do you buy these herbs?" Xiao Li asked the young man packing the medicine.

The young shopkeeper examined it carefully and found it to be top-quality houttuynia cordata. He nodded and said, "I'll take it. I'll take as much as you have. Just send me as much as you can in the future. The weather is getting hot soon, and this is a good herb for relieving summer heat."

Doctor Wu also looked over and nodded in satisfaction at the young shop assistant. The young shop assistant smiled smugly, took the houttuynia cordata, weighed it, and said, "It weighs exactly one jin. The purchase price of houttuynia cordata is twenty wen per jin. Here are twenty wen for you." After saying that, he counted out twenty copper coins and handed them to Xiao Li.

After Xiaoli thanked him, she didn't leave immediately. She said to the young shop assistant, "Young master, last time I came to town, I saw a little girl faint. You guys saved her. I wonder if she's better now?"

The young waiter quickly waved his hand, "I'm just an apprentice, I dare not call myself a master. Just call me Wu Xiaoqi. You mean Xiaojiu'er? She fainted from hunger last time, but she's fine now."

"I heard something happened to her family. Has her mother come back yet? Is someone taking care of them?" Xiao Li asked with concern.

Doctor Wu carefully examined Xiao Li. "Young lady, why are you asking about them?"

Xiao Li curtsied to Doctor Wu: "It's like this, I'm from Mojia Village. Last time I passed by here on my way to the market, I heard someone say that their mother had run away and no one was taking care of them. I felt sorry for them, so I wanted to ask about it. I brought some food with me and wanted to give it to them."

Seeing the little girl's sympathetic expression and not looking like a bad person, Dr. Wu sighed and said, "Those two children are really pitiful. Their father is gone, and their mother has run away and taken all the money from the house. Now the two children rely on the neighbors for help and occasionally do odd jobs to exchange for some food. Life is not easy for them."

After thanking Doctor Wu, Xiao Li left Derentang.

Arriving at Chen Niang's house again, Xiao Li heard some noises inside and took things out of her basket—actually, from her spatial storage. There were twenty pounds of corn, twenty pounds of potatoes, two tied-up rabbits, and a small basket of eggs.

Xiao Li nodded in satisfaction, knocked on the door, and heard someone come out to open it. She was about to enter the space when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure standing beside her. Xiao Li turned around, feeling embarrassed…

Chen Niang stared wide-eyed at Xiao Li, suddenly realizing what was happening.

"It's you? So you're my benefactor. You were the one who sent the grain last time, weren't you?" Chen Niang stared intently at Xiao Li, as if afraid she would disappear in an instant.

Just then, the door opened, and Xiao Jiu'er came out and saw her older brother and a little sister standing at the door.

"Brother, you're back. And who is this?" Xiao Jiu'er ran quickly to her brother's side, looking Xiao Li up and down.

Xiao Li rubbed her forehead, looking at her headache. "Let's take the things inside first, we'll talk later."

The three of them carried everything into the yard. Chen Niang quickly closed the door, pulled his sister down to kneel, and said, "Little Jiu'er, this is our benefactor." The two siblings then kowtowed.

Xiao Li quickly helped them both up. Looking at the brother and sister, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

For a moment, the three of them stared at each other in silence.

"Ahem... You all live your lives well, and whatever you do, don't let anyone else find out about this grain. I'll be going now," Xiao Li said first.

Chen Niang quickly grabbed Xiao Li's sleeve and said, "Benefactor, may I ask your name and where you live? I will definitely repay you in the future."

"Please don't call me that anymore. I was just doing a small favor. Consider it a good deed. From now on, you'll have to rely on yourselves. I won't be coming again." Xiao Li finished speaking and was about to leave.

Chen Niang quickly pulled her sister down to kneel again. "Benefactor, thank you for saving us no matter what. If it weren't for the food you brought, Xiao Jiu'er and I might not have made it this far."

“Benefactor, my name is Chen Niang, and this is my younger sister, Chen Jiu, nicknamed Xiao Jiu’er. Our father has passed away, and our mother is missing. Please let us stay with you. I can do many things, and so can Xiao Jiu’er. Just give us a bite to eat, please take us in, benefactor.”

Chen Niang felt he couldn't let his benefactor leave like this. After all, he was still young, and supporting himself and his sister was incredibly difficult. Chen Niang knew this was somewhat despicable, but he was willing to do anything to save his sister's life. He would definitely repay his benefactor in the future.

Besides, since my benefactor was able to provide so much grain, his family must be quite wealthy. Perhaps they could take me in, even as a servant.

Since their mother passed away, the brother and sister haven't had a decent meal. They're always on guard at night, and they never dare let their little sister go out alone, fearing she'll be kidnapped by kidnappers. They also have to deal with harassment from local thugs. If they didn't have a place to stay, the brother and sister would probably have become beggars.

Xiao Li looked at the two kneeling figures and felt a pang of dilemma. If she took the two children back with her, her parents would be terrified. But if she just left them alone, she couldn't rest easy. She was truly in a dilemma.

“Benefactor, if you don’t take us in, we’ll all be dead. Chen San, a rogue in town, is our distant uncle. He’s already got his eye on our house. He says he’s going to sell us siblings to slave traders. Then we’ll be left with nowhere to go. We siblings are willing to sell ourselves into slavery. Please, benefactor, take us in.” If it weren’t for this incident, Chen Niang wouldn’t have been willing to force his benefactor.

Xiao Li thought for a moment and came up with an idea.

"Don't call me benefactor, call me sister. My name is Mo Xiaoli, and I live in Mo Family Village. My family is just barely making ends meet. If you want to follow me, then this is how it ends..."

After giving instructions to the two, Xiaoli left.

She first went to Derentang Medical Clinic to sell a fist-sized Ganoderma lucidum she had dug up on the mountain last time; money makes things easier. After selling it for twenty taels of silver, Xiaoli went home.

Xiaoli got home just in time for lunch. After her afternoon nap, she planned to go for a walk in the mountains to see if there were any prey in the traps and also look for some saplings. Last time, her brother brought back a bunch of cherries that were big and sweet, and Xiaoli planned to go look for them.

In the afternoon, Yun Yuniang heard a noise outside the door. She went out to check and found two children lying unconscious at the door.

"Brother Qingshan, come quickly."

Mo Qingshan rushed over, "What's wrong? Oh dear, what happened?"

Yun Yuniang touched the child's face: "Let's take him inside first and give him some water."

So Yun Yu Niang told Mo Qingshan to take the two children home. Xiao Li also came out and was shocked to see Chen Niang and Xiao Jiu'er; things weren't as planned.