For several days in a row, Zhen Wanwan racked her brains but still couldn't figure it out.
Even as the wedding date approached, he wasn't in a good mood.
Instead, it added to her worries, a situation that prompted several elderly women, including Grandma Li, to tease her.
It is said that this is common for girls before they get married.
This harmonious yet strange situation was shattered by the letter brought by Feng He.
"What! The people outside Anqing City have been infected with the plague overnight!"
Upon seeing the word "plague," Zhen Wanwan's eyelids twitched. This thing was like a catastrophe for our backward era.
The only way to deal with this is to lock everyone up and let them fend for themselves.
Grandpa Zhen and Grandma Li were quite frightened, and their hair turned even whiter overnight.
After a rainy night, Aunt Zhou also developed a fever and was too sick to get out of bed.
Zhen Wanwan hurriedly delivered the cold medicine, and only then did she slowly recover.
It only takes three or four hours to get from Anqing Prefecture to Guangling County, even though people have been sent from the prefecture to intercept the refugees.
However, it is inevitable that some people will sneak in, so now everyone in the county is on edge.
I rarely go out unless there's a reason, and even when I do go out, I check everything carefully before I dare to go back inside.
Old Mrs. Li and Aunt Zhou, worried about running out of food and salt in the future, spent a lot of money to buy a cartload of grain and salt without Zhen Wanwan's knowledge.
Zhen Wanwan secretly went to the small house in the county town and took out the fruits of her hard work in farming during this period.
The warehouses and cellars were filled with grain, and she also stored grain in the department store's warehouse.
She prepared a letter to send these things to Zhuyuan while she was at home.
As for the department store, if someone wants to buy more than 100 kilograms, they will raise the price to sell it.
Ordinary people sell at the normal price, but each household is limited to purchasing only 100 jin per year.
If anyone tries to bribe the people to buy grain, they will be blacklisted by the department store and will never be allowed to do business with them again.
Some people, however, refused to believe it and, after being caught by Zhang Qiaozui, directly posted the names of those who had made mistakes on the door, creating a blacklist.
Every time someone from the blacklist comes over, Wang Ba San kicks them out.
From then on, no ordinary person dared to provoke the department store, since the prices at other grain shops were ridiculously high.
They could only buy a dozen kilograms of grain even if they sold everything they owned. The grain in the department store was good quality and reasonably priced. Who would be so foolish as to mess with them?
Do you still want to have food in the future?
Because of the department store, the people of Guangling County were relatively at peace.
But outside Anqing Prefecture, the area was about to become a living hell, which made Zhen Wanwan very uneasy.
Although Zhu Yuan wrote to her that he had recruited renowned doctors from all over the country to gather in Anqing Prefecture to treat the plague.
Zhen Wanwan was still worried, so she wrote another letter to Zhuyuan, informing him of how to isolate patients and prevent human-to-human transmission.
The next day, Grandma Li knocked on Zhen Wanwan's door in a panic.
"Wanwan! Have you seen your second brother?"
"Second brother? Isn't he at home? Or did he go to see Lord Feng?"
Grandma Li stomped her feet angrily, tears streaming down her face.
"Waaaah... Your second brother is such a troublemaker! Last night he came to me and your father and said he wanted to go out with Lord Feng on something. I knew something was wrong as soon as I heard that, so I refused on the spot..."
"I never expected... I never expected that he would still sneak out! I searched the whole village, and I even checked your estate!"
“I heard from the old man at the village entrance that he left with several soldiers in the direction of Anqing Prefecture… Waaah… Do you think he was going to that plague-ridden prefecture?”
Old Mrs. Li was filled with regret at this moment, realizing that she hadn't tied him up with a rope the night before.
Last year, his family finally managed to escape from Xinyang Prefecture, and before they could even enjoy a peaceful life, he brought about his own demise.
They ran to that plague-stricken place that everyone avoided.
Zhen Wanwan quickly reassured Old Madam Li and calmly analyzed the situation, saying, "Mother! Don't worry! My second brother always has a lot of ideas, he'll definitely be fine with Lord Feng!"
"Moreover, I recently gave him a few pills that my master refined. If he unfortunately gets infected, they can save his life!"
Grandma Li's tears stopped abruptly. She uncertainly pulled Zhen Wanwan aside and asked, "Will everything really be alright?"
"It's alright! Trust me!"
The story about giving away medicine was made up by her. If she hadn't said that, how could Old Lady Li have felt at ease?
Ke Zhenwanwan was no longer going to sit idly by and wait for her fate. After seeing Old Lady Li off, she locked herself in her room and slipped into her spatial dimension.
"Old Cat! I need to talk to you about something!"
As the Tmall Genie slowly booted up, Zhen Wanwan revealed her purpose.
"Do you have any medicine that can cure this plague? No matter the price, give me a definite answer!"
"Beep beep beep... Searching... All-curing medicine, please pay one thousand taels of silver!"
Hearing such an exorbitant price, Zhen Wanwan almost ground her teeth to powder!
Before I could even utter a couple of complaints, Tmall Genie added something.
"Friendly reminder: One drop can cure all ills; it can be consumed with water!"
Zhen Wanwan's eyes lit up, and her gaze towards Tmall Genie changed.
This all-curing medicine is about the size of a wine jar. Since a single drop can cure all diseases, can it be mixed with well water and fed to sick people?
After all, the well water has a promoting effect, so the medicinal effect should not be diluted; on the contrary, it should enhance the medicinal power.
If that's the case, she wouldn't be afraid even if dozens or hundreds of people were infected with the plague, or even if the people of an entire city were to fall ill!
This time, Zhen Wanwan didn't feel any pain at all. She neatly took out the banknote and handed it to Tmall Genie.
Then he carefully carried the medicine that could cure all diseases out of the space.
She had to find a way to go to the prefectural city herself.
But the first hurdle is getting past Old Lady Li. Thinking of this, Zhen Wanwan rubbed her head, feeling a splitting headache.
She was determined to go to this city, but she didn't want Old Lady Li and the others to worry about her.
Time waits for no one, so Zhen Wanwan brought her two children and knocked on the door of Grandma Li and Grandpa Zhen's room.
She could still hear Old Lady Li sobbing outside. Zhen Wanwan steeled her heart and resolutely went inside.
Now she bears a heavy responsibility; if she delays even a day, those sick people may very well die.
"Father, Mother! There's something I want to tell you!"
Grandpa Zhen sighed and looked at Zhen Wanwan with a puzzled expression, "Wanwan, is there something you want to say?"
Zhen Wanwan glanced cautiously at Old Lady Li, then said directly, "Last night my master appeared to me in a dream and gave me a divine medicine, instructing me to go to the prefectural city to treat patients... I've come to say goodbye to you and Mother!"
Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhen was no longer dejected, and Grandma Li stopped crying. They both looked at Zhen Wanwan in disbelief.
But he hesitated for a long time before he could say anything to refuse her leaving.
After all, this was a task given to his daughter by an immortal.
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