At first, Ye Moxun treated patients and prescribed medicine for free. Later, as his medical skills improved and his prescriptions became more effective, he was able to prescribe the right medicine for each patient's condition and then he said he would start charging for his services.

Everyone was dumbfounded. They were struggling to even afford food and clothing, so where would they get the money to pay for medical expenses?

"I'll owe you for now. Give me an IOU, and you can pay me back when you make money," Ye Moxun said calmly with a slight smile on his face. "Don't worry, I won't charge interest."

The crowd fell silent. After discussing it amongst themselves, they sent Lin Fuhai as their representative to ask questions. "Young Master Ye, we are all refugees who have fled from disaster. We have long since run out of money. Songlin Village is sealed off in the mountains, and we probably won't be able to leave for the next few years. It will probably be some years before we can earn money."

"No rush, let's write the IOU first. We'll consider repaying the money when Songlin Village can contact the outside world." Did he really expect them to repay the money? Of course not. He just wanted everyone to be in debt to others, just like him.

He learned this fancy trick of writing IOUs from Song Tantan.

Song Tantan: "..." I'm not taking the blame.

Because the medicinal herbs were kept at the Song family's residence, Ye Moxun always treated patients there. Recently, the snow had been falling even heavier, so he simply decided to stay at the Song family's residence, eating and sleeping there every day.

Zhong Qingyi became all alone, staying at home by himself in a cold and desolate manner, which looked rather pitiful. So he would go to the Song family every day, sometimes bringing some rice, and sometimes taking a ride on his skateboard. If he found any small prey in the traps, he would bring it to the Song family.

Strangely enough, ever since that day when they hunted a pack of wolves and a python, they have been able to find small prey in the traps they dug from time to time. Sometimes it's a wild rabbit, sometimes it's two pheasants. Not only Zhong Qingyi can find them occasionally, but other villagers can too.

So the fact that there were pythons in the traps before doesn't seem so strange anymore. Who cares why snakes are out in the dead of winter? Now they just want to collect more prey to feast on.

With only five days left until New Year's Eve, everyone is going out more and more diligently, hoping to find more game to eat during the New Year.

The elderly and children are not allowed to go out. At most, they can only stroll around the yard a few times. Strong men must go out in groups of at least four people to be allowed to go hunting.

This was a decision made after Song Zhuiyan, Zhong Qingyi, and Lin Fuhai discussed it. At the time, the whole village gathered together for a meeting.

"...If anyone dares to run out to hunt on their own, they'll be buried in the snow and we won't be able to find them. If anyone is reckless and runs around like that, don't blame us for not coming to save you. We're not very familiar with these mountains, and we don't know what kind of wild beasts are around. Don't let them tear you apart and eat you without anyone knowing." Lin Fuhai said a long and rambling series of warnings and threats.

This warning was quite effective. It turned out that once the villagers caught their prey in the trap, their minds were racing and they were eager to try something new. It was impossible for them not to go out.

Every day, with only a little food to eat and porridge, and the weather being terribly cold, who could stand it without some meat to boost their energy? We had to go out and get some meat, but everyone valued their lives and dared not go out alone, always going out in groups.

Fortunately, they had skateboards, otherwise it would be difficult for them to go out. No one dared to go far for fear of danger. Of course, the main reason was that Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi would come out to patrol every day.

Anyone who insists on going too far will be tied up and locked up for a few days, and will only be released if they genuinely admit their mistake.

With the New Year approaching, Song Tantan didn't want to spend all her time working in her spatial dimension, feeding livestock, and farming. She was exhausted. The spatial dimension was like spring all year round, and the three acres of paddy fields could grow rice in all four seasons. A few days ago, she spent seven days working hard to turn over the soil on the three acres.

It took another three days to plant the rice seedlings. Seven days later, I had to go pick up weeds and move the fertilizer from the biogas digester to the paddy fields. Farm work is really tiring. She will only be six years old after the New Year. Is it easy for her?

"Your aunt knows you're exhausted, so there are still several thousand kilograms of grain in the supermarket and a thousand kilograms in the granary back home. You can still farm during the New Year without any problems. There's no need to push yourself to this point." Song Zhuiyan pressed down on her short legs, feeling extremely sorry for her.

"Look how much weight you've lost, you've lost all the fat on your body."

Ye Moxun looked at it and saw that it had indeed lost some weight; the five dimples on its hands had become lighter, and if it lost any more weight, the dimples would disappear.

“When spring comes, everyone will clear the land. I only plant one crop a year in this space. Farming is really exhausting. I thought that my aunt could raise pigs and farm all by herself without any problems, so I thought I could do it too.” But she only realized how far she was from the task after she started.

“You’ve done very well. It’s just that you’re still young, while your aunt is an adult and is used to it, so it’s naturally much easier for her. There’s no point in comparing.” Song Zhuiyan chuckled and tapped her forehead, agreeing. This girl was just as competitive as she was.

"Auntie, I saved a lot of rice seeds, but can rice be grown here?" This is in the mountains, and it's in the north. It seems that wheat and millet are more suitable for growing in the north.

“As long as there is water, it can be grown. There are plenty of streams in the mountains, enough to irrigate the paddy fields. However, the climate here is low, so I estimate that we can only grow one season of rice at most. But it’s okay, we still have corn seeds at home, and I also saved some millet seeds. We won’t have to worry about not having anything to grow.” Song Zhuiyan was good at farming, and she had already thought about these things.

Song Tantan's eyes lit up. "There are also sweet potatoes that we can plant. The supermarket also has potatoes. We can get some to plant and see if they can survive."

"Well, let's talk about farming after the New Year, after the snow melts. Right now, let's think about how to celebrate the New Year," Ye Moxun interrupted them.

Right, this is their first New Year after they traveled through time, so they definitely can't be careless. They'll definitely make a lavish New Year's Eve dinner, but the others will be sad.

"Let's go out and take a look." In the part of Song Tantan's old home in the space, there is a mountain. There are actually quite a few wild things on the mountain, and she can bring them out with a thought.

She decided to put some small prey into the trap, but she had to do it when no one was around.

The next day, Song Tantan and Song Zhuiyan went to the trap before dawn. Their intention was to pretend to have found the prey and then shout to attract everyone to come and share it. However, when they arrived at the trap, they found that the branches that had been supporting the trap had collapsed, and a silly roe deer was standing in the deep pit.

This made Song Tantan extremely happy. Without thinking, she put the silly roe deer into her space, swapped out the two jackals, and then got some wild rabbits, pheasants, bamboo rats, and other animals from the mountains near her space home and threw them into the trap.

"Are there bamboo rats on snowy days?" Song Zhuiyan frowned, thinking of the blunder of releasing the python last time.

"So we'd better hurry home and not let anyone find out. We'll pretend we don't know anything and not care what they think." All Song Tantan wants to do now is go home and eat roe deer meat.

Zhong Qingyi gets up quite early every day. There wasn't much water left in the house. He had just stepped out with buckets when he saw Song Zhuiyan carrying a roe deer back.