Zhao Qinghuai hasn't come back for two consecutive days. Lin Ying said she's very comfortable at home because Zhao Qinghuai isn't here, so she doesn't have to act so miserable.

She had spent several days preparing the items, and since she provided them, it wasn't wrong for Zhao Qinghuai to feel guilty in return.

Lin Ying was still thinking that Zhao Qinghuai would probably have to wait a few days to come back, but she didn't expect that he would come back in just one day after working two night shifts.

Zhao Qinghuai returned excitedly and told Lin Ying, "The medicinal herbs you gave us are exceptionally good. They only drank the medicine for two days. They didn't feel anything the first night, but by last night, half of them had already recovered!"

Lin Ying was also somewhat surprised: "You recovered last night? You only took the medicine for one day?"

Zhao Qinghuai corrected, "To be precise, it's one day, plus the meal at night. Before each dose of medicine, I would have them steam their eyes with hot steam. Wasn't that your order? Last night, a few people were in the dark and didn't realize what was happening. When they went to the toilet and put on their shoes, they found that they could actually find their shoes, and that's when they realized they could see again."

His excited shout woke up everyone in the dorm, and they discovered that more than half of them could see it, and some others could only vaguely make out what they saw. We tallied it up: those who could only vaguely see were those who hadn't eaten liver, fruits, or vegetables yesterday. Those who could see clearly were the ones we had planned to eat first.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying understood that the medicinal herbs she provided were indeed much more effective than ordinary herbs, but not to the point of being miraculous.

Lin Ying was relieved; as long as it didn't stand out too much, it was fine.

As for the reason for the good efficacy, Lin Ying guessed it might be because of the well water. Atractylodes lancea was planted by Lin Ying in her space and irrigated with well water. Since she had the space, Lin Ying had not yet tested the effect of the medicine on her body.

Suddenly, Lin Ying remembered that she had been eating rice grown in her space all this time. Could it be that because the rice was irrigated with well water, the poison in her body had been cured without her even realizing it?

Lin Ying was about to ask Zhao Qinghuai if she had lost weight recently, but then she stopped. She had said that she had no plans to detoxify in the next few years, so she couldn't explain why there was suddenly less poison in her body.

Because she wasn't sure if she had been detoxified, but at least for now, before she could come up with an explanation, she couldn't remind Zhao Qinghuai if anything had changed about her.

Zhao Qinghuai had no idea what Lin Ying was thinking. He had already reported the fact that half of the group's eyes had recovered that morning. Perhaps, compared to Vitamin A, pharmacies in various places had Atractylodes in stock.

At least, this is one solution.

Of course, besides telling Lin Ying the news, he also came back because he wanted to go to the pharmacies in the town and surrounding counties to see if he could buy Atractylodes lancea.

He remembered that Lin Ying had said she was going to the town's commune a couple of days ago, and he could take her along in his military vehicle so she wouldn't have to ride in a truck in the freezing cold.

Without hesitation, Lin Ying grabbed her things, changed into warmer clothes, and followed Zhao Qinghuai out.

The news that Lin Ying had donated all the food from her home, except for grain, to the military spread throughout the compound the night before last. Unlike the soldiers in the military, who all felt that Lin Ying was acting out of righteousness, most people in the compound were watching to see how Lin Ying would put on a show of wealth later.

This incident has caused quite a stir, but there's not much to do at the farm anymore, and the first and second regiments aren't in a hurry either. The most anxious one is the third regiment, where Zhao Qinghuai is.

The temperature has now dropped to minus thirty degrees Celsius. They not only have to stand guard and patrol along the border, but also conduct fire prevention patrols in the nearby mountains.

They can see the guards and border patrols during the day, but once they enter the mountains, the mountains themselves are fraught with danger, especially in dark corners where visibility is very poor and the limitations are very high.

Therefore, bringing out the food they had at home was the quickest solution they could think of.

They planned to get through this first, and then they would figure out how to get food; they couldn't let their wife and children go hungry.

However, apart from Lin Ying, everyone else had gone through hard times and knew how painful it was to go hungry. The food at home was their sense of security, and asking them to take food from home was like taking their lives.

So, more than a month later, Lin Ying once again became the subject of discussion in the compound, and everyone was waiting for the day when Lin Ying would cry.

Zhao Qinghuai dropped Lin Ying off at the commune gate in his jeep and drove away.

Lin Ying arrived a little earlier this time, but she didn't expect there to still be so many people queuing inside. It's so cold outside, it's really impressive that everyone is still here queuing.

Lin Ying hurried into the commune and found that the stalls that used to sell cabbage and radishes were all empty.

Lin Ying knew that the cabbages and radishes were collected and sold by the commune; otherwise, with each family having only a few plants and another a few seedlings, the market would never be very large. However, now that every household was receiving cabbages and radishes, unless someone like Lin Ying was short of food, no one would really buy them.

Lin Ying asked the commune staff and learned that all the quotas beyond what was allocated had been sold to the military. The military had been buying them one by one over the past few days, so they were all sold out.

Helpless, Lin Ying thanked the person and then went to Uncle Wu's stall.

When Village Chief Wu saw Lin Ying from afar, he greeted her: "Girl, it's so cold outside. Didn't you say you were going to stay home and hibernate? Why did you have to come out?"

Lin Ying said helplessly, "Sigh, we didn't prepare enough things at home. My husband and I just arrived here, and we have to entertain guests and things like that. Now we're short of everything at home, so we have to come out to make up for it."

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Wu couldn't help but worry for her: "Winter is very long here, and we can't go without food. Tell me, what do you need at home, and I'll help you figure something out."

Lin Ying refused. Before this, she did want to ask Village Chief Wu for help, but she knew that there was a commune in the town, and everyone would sell what they couldn't eat to the commune. What they kept at home was just enough for their own consumption. If she asked, Village Chief Wu would definitely help her get some food, but she had other ways to get food and there was no need for them to suffer like that.

"No need. I originally came to see if I could buy cabbage or radishes, but it looks like I'm out of them. But I still have some coupons, so I can still buy grain. As for vegetables, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative later to buy some milk powder and malted milk powder. That should be enough."

After hearing Lin Ying's words, Village Chief Wu couldn't bring himself to offer help. Hadn't he heard people say that milk powder and malted milk powder were all good things? If this girl could get those, why would she care about their few cabbages?