Gu Xingwu looked at Old Tang and stood still. He knew that Old Tang was the village doctor, and Li Tingyun said that his medical skills were not bad either. He was worried that his pretense of madness would be discovered.

"Drink the ginger soup before you leave." After saying that, Mr. Tang brought him a bowl, but his eyes never left Gu Xingwu.

Li Tingyun was afraid that Mr. Tang would notice something, so he took the ginger soup from Mr. Tang and handed it to Gu Xingwu: "Drink it before you go back to work."

"Okay!" Gu Xingwu nodded woodenly, drank the ginger soup in one breath, handed the bowl to her, and walked over to sit down.

Because of the cold, the team leader and the old branch secretary were very worried and came here.

Seeing Elder Tang, the old Party Secretary spoke up: "Old Tang, so many people have colds. Is there any way to cure them?"

Just as Mr. Tang was about to speak, Li Tingyun poured out all the herbs he had dug out from his backpack.

"These are what we dug up in the mountains today. I think they are all medicines for treating colds. Can you tell me which ones can be used? If they can be used, we will go up the mountain again tomorrow to dig some back." Li Tingyun didn't take anything back today, he brought them all here.

After looking through the herbs, Elder Tang said in surprise, "Did you dig all of this today?"

"Yes, when we went out in the morning, we saw many people with runny noses and coughs, so we didn't do anything else but just looked for medicine in the mountains." Li Tingyun replied.

"Great, great! This young comrade is truly a blessing to our village!" Old Tang said, separating out several types of herbs and adding, "Dig up more of these tomorrow."

"Okay, let's look in another place tomorrow. I guess there's nothing left in that forest today." Li Tingyun said.

Upon hearing this, the old Party Secretary called Xiao Zhuang's mother over and said, "Xiao Zhuang's mother, I'll leave this here to you and Daye tomorrow. Pick two more people to help out for a few days. Let Tingyun and the others go up the mountain to dig for herbs these next few days. We have to control this disease first, otherwise everyone will be infected. Not only will we not be able to finish the work on time, it will probably be delayed for a long time."

"Then I'll ask Dani and her sister-in-law to help." Xiao Zhuang's mother decided to find two acquaintances to avoid any problems.

"You make the arrangements." The old branch secretary had no objection. He turned around and said to Li Tingyun and the others, "If there's nothing else to do here, you can go back early. Your task these few days is to dig herbs for everyone."

"There's nothing to do when we go back. Let's wait and see if there's anything Mr. Tang can help with." After Li Tingyun finished speaking, he squatted down to help Mr. Tang sort the herbs.

Xu Erhua and Gu Xingwu also came over and looked at Li Tingyun and Mr. Tang.

Old Tang knew that Li Tingyun wanted to teach Erhua about medicinal herbs, so when he divided the herbs, he did not forget to tell them the uses of these herbs.

Xu Erhua and Gu Xingwu both listened very carefully. Xu Erhua kept asking questions, while Gu Xingwu had some doubts in his mind but did not speak them out. He wrote them down and would go back and ask Li Tingyun later.

Li Tingyun and his companions used the herbs they brought back to make a medicinal soup. Ordinary villagers could just drink ginger water, and only those with severe colds could get this kind of medicinal soup.

There were a few educated youth who showed signs of catching a cold and immediately became dissatisfied.

"Mr. Tang, why do they have to drink cold medicine while we can only drink ginger soup? Aren't you being partial?"

"That's right, even if we're not from the village, we're all working!"

"Mr. Tang, can you give us some of these?"

"Besides, these were all dug from the mountain and they're free, so why are you so stingy?"

When Mr. Tang heard this, he angrily pointed at them and scolded them: "Are you blind or deaf? Didn't you see that those who drank the medicine soup not only had coughs, but some also had fevers?

All the medicine today was dug up from the mountains by Li Tingyun, Xu Erhua, and Comrade Wang Liuli.

Do you think this is a weed that is so easy to dig?

Look at the hands of the three of them, they are all cut by thorns.

If you think this medicine is easy to find, why don't you go up the mountain and look for it yourself? If you're complaining today, don't even come to drink ginger water tomorrow. If you have money, go get treatment in the city!"

Everyone could see that Mr. Tang was furious. Tang Cheng was smart enough to apologize quickly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tang, they are ignorant. I will definitely scold them when I get back."

After apologizing to Mr. Tang, he turned around and looked at the educated youths and scolded them, "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you apologize to Mr. Tang?"

The educated youth could only apologize reluctantly.

Seeing their attitude, Mr. Tang became even more angry and continued, "You have never gone up the mountain to dig for herbs before, so you don't know how hard it is. I have been digging for herbs for most of my life, and I don't know how many mountain roads they must have walked to get these herbs back. Ahem…"

Seeing that Mr. Tang was so angry that he started coughing, Li Tingyun could only comfort him, "Mr. Tang, please don't let your anger ruin your health. Tomorrow we will go to some other places and bring back more for everyone to share."

Why……

Old Tang sighed, glared at the educated youth, and then continued to deliver medicine soup to the villagers in need.

The medicinal soup was soon used up. There were a few villagers whose condition was more serious, so Mr. Tang planned to go home and see if he could get the medicine.

"Mr. Tang, if you go home to get it, I'd rather go back with you later so you don't have to run back and forth." The villagers felt sorry for the old man when they saw that Mr. Tang was still sweating profusely in such a cold day.

After listening to this, Elder Tang nodded and looked at Li Tingyun and the other two: "You three should also come back with me to identify some medicinal herbs. If you find any on the mountain tomorrow, bring them back to me."

"Okay, let's clean up first." Li Tingyun agreed readily.

"Don't pack up. Just go with Mr. Tang. Leave this to me and Da'e." Xiao Zhuang's mother saw that they were busy all day and had not even had time to drink water since they came back.

"Okay!" Li Tingyun didn't hesitate. The three of them were very tired today. They would go back after getting to know the medicinal herbs.

When they walked out of the shed, they saw Secretary Chen from the farm and their team leader discussing the matter of the medicine.

"Captain He, the wind is strong at night. We have more people infected with the cold than you. Can you give us some medicine for treatment?" Secretary Chen asked in a begging tone. If they were completely wiped out, they would not be able to report to the emperor.

The team leader also knew that Secretary Chen was having a hard time, but he had no other choice but to say helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to help you, but several of our people are seriously ill today and haven't received any medicine."

"Yes, you see, the conditions of these villagers are quite serious and they didn't get any medicine today. If you want, all we can do is give you some ginger and make some ginger soup for everyone." The old branch secretary felt that this was all he could do to help.

Secretary Chen saw that there were still several people who had not drunk the medicine, and he felt embarrassed to say anything more. He took some ginger and thanked them repeatedly.

When Li Tingyun left, he turned his head and saw that Yu Zhenzhen and Qin Shuixiang were also having runny noses. Zhou Yumei seemed to have a worse condition and was coughing constantly.

"Let's go. We don't have enough medicine. There's no need to give it to these beasts!" Old Tang was very disgusted with Zhou Yumei and the other three because of Xiaoxin's matter.