Jiang Youchen was also panicked. He picked up a bucket of water, but he couldn't open the lid on the small opening no matter what he did.

Little Youran quickly ran over and pointed, "Brother, you've turned it wrong. You have to turn it like this!"

The large pot quickly heated up, and Jiang Youchen poured in ton after ton of purified water, filling two buckets in a row.

The village chief slapped his forehead again, "Sister-in-law Wang, quickly go and get some bowls and chopsticks."

Xiao Youran quickly waved her hand, "No need, no need, we have our own bowls and chopsticks."

The village chief's face stiffened; he felt rejected.

Xiao Youran then said, "However, we do need a large spoon. I'll trouble you, Auntie."

Sister-in-law Wang quickly replied, "My house is right next door, I'll go get it right away!"

Soon the water in the pot boiled, and as Xiao Youran was about to open the box, Wen Yuanbai stopped her, pointing to the small house behind him and saying to the village chief, "It's scorching hot here, do you think we could rest here for lunch?"

The village chief naturally understood his meaning; how could such noble people have lunch in full view of everyone?

The small hut that Wen Yuanbai pointed to was the one next to the ancestral hall where people rested and stored incense and candles. He looked troubled, "I'm afraid this would be unfair to our benefactor. Perhaps we should go into the village instead..."

He couldn't continue speaking halfway through, because Doctor Gu had already said that this was an epidemic.

Wen Yuanbai shook his head, "It's alright, we'll just have lunch and rest for a while. Let's get this over with quickly, getting the doctor is the priority."

Wen Yuanbai then gestured to Jiang Youchen, Sun Chengyuan, Zheng Bai, and the others, and carried the box of food into the house.

Xiao Youran opened the box, took out the instant noodles inside, and started distributing them.

Each person had a bucket, and everyone looked surprised, not understanding how such a light and airy thing could fill their stomachs.

Xiao Youran picked up one last time and demonstrated how to open it.

Aunt Wang's big ladle also arrived; it was a huge bamboo bucket ladle.

This time, without waiting for Wen Yuanbai's instructions, Jiang Youchen stretched out her arm, filled the container with hot water, and carefully poured it into the instant noodle cup.

A moment later, the whole hut was filled with a steaming, delicious aroma.

Doctor Gu ate with great relish, and at the end, he clung to the box of leftover instant noodles, saying, "Good disciple, all of this is mine! I'm all alone here, with no one to serve me breakfast or dinner, so consider this your way of showing respect to your master!"

Xiao You Ran: ……

Doctor Wang was envious, but since he had no official status, he couldn't very well step forward to compete for it.

The other younger members of the family naturally wouldn't compete with Doctor Gu for the box of instant noodles, so they had no choice but to let him carry it back to the carriage.

Finally, Wen Yuanbai instructed Jiang Youchen to throw the instant noodle box and fork into the stove and burn them completely.

Zheng Baiyuan was extremely curious and asked Sun Chengyuan a couple of questions in a low voice, but was shut down by Wen Yuanbai's cold voice.

He said, "This is a new food recently developed by the Ministry of War, intended exclusively for soldiers on the frontier. Today is a special occasion, which is why you are all here to taste this delicacy. No one present is to reveal even a single word about it."

Doctor Gu ignored him, stroked his beard, licked his lips, and went out.

Zheng Bai and Sun Chengyuan immediately fell silent, not daring to ask any more questions, but they were both wondering whether the instant noodles were brought by Wen Yuanbai or Xiao Youran. Why did Doctor Gu say that it was a gift from his disciple?

There was a square table and benches inside, and the group closed their eyes to rest for a while before going out again to get busy.

It wasn't until almost evening that Nan Zhuo returned with Lao Feng, dragging a cart full of millet and grain.

He complained, panting, "I thought that 36 coins a dou of rice in Wufeng County was already an exorbitant price, but I didn't expect that Pingnan County would be even more outrageous. Rice is 48 coins a dou, and millet is 16 coins a dou, and at that price, you still can't buy it!"

The village chief bowed repeatedly, saying, "To have all this is already an immense blessing for us! Thank you so much, our benefactor!"

Zheng Bai also said with a wry smile, "Last year's floods resulted in a complete crop failure, and this year grain is scarce and expensive. Even with money, we can't buy grain."

Wen Yuanbai asked, "What about the imperial court's disaster relief grain?"

Zheng Bai looked at Sun Chengyuan with a wry smile, "I suppose my father and your father had the same question: why, even though the memorials about the disaster have been submitted for three months, the court still hasn't sent any relief grain?"

The village chief was already calling on the villagers to line up and receive their grain.

The group worked until almost dark, around 9 PM, before finally distributing the medicine to all 200+ people in the village.

The group lay exhausted on the carriage, not wanting to say anything, except for Nan Zhuo, who kept reminiscing about the convenience and delicious taste of the instant noodles.

Xiao Youran closed her eyes but was overjoyed to see her luck value had risen to 238 points.

She was so excited about the bug where the system only looked at the numerical value and not the unit!

Furthermore, the addition of a spatial function was a stroke of genius.

She was torn about whether or not to ask Benben for medication to help the villagers recover.

But when I looked at the prescriptions written by the two doctors, they were incredibly varied, with as many as thirty or forty kinds of Chinese medicine, and I had to weigh them. I thought better of it; it was too much trouble.

Right now, all the counties are short of food... If I could suddenly conjure up several tons of rice... wouldn't I become rich again?

While thinking about it happily, I slowly drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Xiao Youran was woken up by Doctor Gu.

"Oh dear, this old man is going to die! Damn it, give me back my instant noodles..."

In her drowsy state, Xiaoyou heard someone crying and wailing outside.

Hearing the word "instant noodles" immediately woke me up.

This thing doesn't belong to this era; how could it be howled about to become known to everyone?!

She quickly got up, and Su Yue rushed in to help her dress and comb her hair, saying angrily, "Doctor Gu came early this morning. At least he knows that women can't enter the back courtyard. He's crying outside the side gate. Even when Zhao Mama brought him some fresh breakfast, he refused it!"

Xiao You Ran asked, "Do you know what happened?"

Su Yue said, “He told me that last night, Nan Zhuo’s guards stole and ate all the instant noodles he had stored. Madam also found it strange. Shouldn’t Nan Zhuo’s guards be crying to Young Master Wen after stealing his food? Why did he come to our house so early in the morning? Young Master tried to persuade him for a long time, but he just wouldn’t leave.”

Xiao You Ran: ……

Good heavens! Yesterday she brought out a box of instant noodles, 36 packs in total. They ate 16 packs for lunch and dinner, leaving 20 packs. Did Nan Zhu eat them all?

She didn't believe it.

There must also be his guards and subordinates.

After washing up, she quickly walked out of the side gate and saw Doctor Gu sitting on the stone steps next to her, wiping away tears and sobbing.

I don't know if those tears were actually wiped away.

His older brother stood helplessly to the side, unsure how to comfort the miracle doctor.

As soon as the side gate opened, Doctor Gu jumped up and stared at Xiao Youran with bright eyes. "Good disciple, you've finally come out!"

Jiang Youchen's lips twitched violently. So, he had been by his side for almost half an hour, but he had been completely invisible.