"When did you start to feel a persistent high fever and growing weaker?" Zhou Jiaojiao didn't respond to her previous question. Instead, she pointed out, "You're like this because you've contracted an epidemic, not just because of premature labor and a long journey."

The woman was shocked, and then she became anxious. She subconsciously wanted to sit up and reach out to pull her, saying, "Miss, please, save my Dalang and my husband..."

"Don't move." Zhou Jiaojiao frowned, "I didn't say the epidemic can't be cured."

"Can the epidemic be cured?" the woman exclaimed, and she looked better than before.

"Why can't it be cured? Every disease can be cured. It just depends on whether the medical skills are up to par. However, don't worry too much. Although I have ideas for curing the epidemic, no one has tried it before. Besides, it requires medicinal materials and some time."

The woman was very happy when she heard this. She quickly moved away from Zhou Jiaojiao and said, "Miss, I won't get too close to you, lest the message get to you."

"Well, I'll prescribe some medicine for you first. I also need to talk to your husband about this. After all, the plague is no joke. Since you have it, so do the others in the team."

"But do you realize where you contracted the infection?"

Zhou Jiaojiao felt that this was the key issue. The epidemic would not come without any signs. She had not yet developed any symptoms, which showed that the infection time was no more than three days.

"If we calculate according to this time, we should have come from the nearby Hezhou. I was resting on the side of the road and accidentally saw some refugees lying on the ground. I didn't know whether they were dead or alive." The woman said with a light cough.

"You rest first. I'll go out to discuss this matter and then arrange for someone to make medicine for you." Zhou Jiaojiao recalled the map in her mind and found that going north would not pass through Hezhou.

"Thank you, young lady. By the way, there has been heavy snow in Hezhou recently, and many people have frozen to death. There has been no news of any outbreak of the disease so far..." The woman subconsciously told her all the news she knew.

Zhou Jiaojiao nodded and turned to leave.

Outside the carriage, Li Hezhen held Li Dalang's hand, waiting nervously and worriedly outside the door. When he saw Zhou Jiaojiao coming out, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Sister-in-law Chu, how is my wife..."

"She's physically weak and caught a severe cold, but that's not the most important thing." Zhou Jiaojiao stared at Li Hezhen's face, paused, and after seeing him smile wryly, she said, "She's been infected with the epidemic."

"Epidemic?" Li Hezhen was stunned and stood there, staring at her for a long time without any response.

Chu San walked unhappily in front of Zhou Jiaojiao to block her view, lowering his head and asking nervously in a low voice: "Madam, how are you? What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Zhou Jiaojiao subconsciously wanted to pat his shoulder to comfort him, but she stopped herself and asked Chu San to stay away from her. "Husband, take Bao'er away from me. This disease is highly contagious. We adults can handle it and treat it well, but Bao'er is too young. I'm afraid the medicine won't be of much use to him."

Chu San's face turned grim. He resisted the urge to walk towards her and backed away with Bao'er in his arms. Even so, he looked quite annoyed.

"My wife, the epidemic cannot be cured, so you should stay away from it as soon as possible. Maybe you are not infected." As he said this, he frowned and glared at Li Hezhen, feeling that he was really going to kill his wife this time.

Li Hezhen finally came back to his senses. His face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, Sister Chu, I've caused you trouble."

"Don't worry, the epidemic can be cured." Zhou Jiaojiao spoke helplessly to remind the two. If they didn't say anything, Li Dalang would look dazed, confused and scared, and he looked like he was about to cry.

"But it requires a lot of medicinal herbs." Zhou Jiaojiao read out all the medicinal herbs needed.

She asked Li Hezhen: "Does Brother Li have these herbs?"

"...We're still short of a few ingredients." He finished speaking, pursed his lips, and said, "I'll arrange for someone to go back to the county town to buy some."

"Okay, you arrange the people first." Zhou Jiaojiao did not object.

"But everyone in the caravan needs to be checked."

"good."

Li Hezhen went to Wang Meng with a sullen face to discuss the matter. Don't even mention how scared and angry Wang Meng was. On this side, Zhou Jiaojiao asked Chu San to go back and explain to the villagers that she had to stay and deal with the disease, not only to build a good relationship with Li Hezhen, but also because she herself might have a latent disease, so she would not go back to the village to avoid being infected.

Chu San carried Baoer back to the Chu family. When Chu's mother and others heard the news, their faces changed instantly.

Chu's mother and others became anxious instantly.

"What should we do? Is Jiaojiao okay?"

Chu's second wife also said, "Third brother, I have some silver here. Can the caravan go to the county town to buy medicinal herbs? Otherwise, why don't we go there ourselves with the silver?"

Mrs. Chu knew that she couldn't help, so she didn't say anything. Instead, she stood up, took Baoer in her arms, and took good care of him.

"Can my third sister-in-law really cure the epidemic?" asked Big Brother Chu with a frown.

Although Chu Erge was skeptical, he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he asked, "Mom, should we tell the village about this?"

"I don't know how long it will take to get treatment."

"I have to tell you." Mother Chu thought for a while and made a decision. Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, she explained, "Everyone is afraid of getting sick, let alone an epidemic. Jiaojiao can't hide it at all. In this case, let everyone know that Jiaojiao is a good doctor. No one will have bad intentions towards her. After all, doctors are hard to find."

"Mom, I'm going to accompany my wife. I'll trouble you to take care of Bao'er. As for the milk problem..." Chu San frowned and said, "I'll go to the nearest county town to see if there are any milk-producing ewes."

"Third brother, take the silver." Mrs. Chu hurriedly handed him some.

Chu San hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. "Second sister-in-law, thank you very much."

"What are you thanking me for? No need to thank me. If it weren't for you and my third sister-in-law, not only would I not be able to get the money, I would probably have starved to death or frozen to death." Mrs. Chu did have some insight into this.

If Zhou Jiaojiao hadn't helped collect food in the beginning, and if Chen Lin hadn't provided food and herbs, the journey wouldn't have been so smooth. Thinking of this, she suddenly asked curiously, "Third brother, do you want to ask Chen Lin if she has these herbs first?"

"No rush. Let's see what the Li family's attitude is. I can't let my wife waste her energy helping them in vain. Even if they don't have the ability, they have to be polite. Besides, they may not be incapable."

"Okay." Mrs. Chu stopped making random suggestions.

This way.

The team stopped, and after Li Hezhen discussed with Wang Meng, he arranged for two people to ride back to the county town on horseback to buy medicinal herbs. They were quite fast. In just half a day, before it got dark, the two returned and brought back the necessary medicinal herbs.