To prevent rats from getting in, the granary was sealed off except for the ventilation openings; the two people could only enter through the main gate.
They slowly pushed the door open, and when it didn't make a sound, they felt relieved.
Once inside, they immediately closed the door.
Ji Minxiu had Yun Zhourong stand in the corner before returning to the Huaxia Villa.
The total grain of seven thousand catties was delivered little by little by Ji Minxiu's assistant Lin half a month ago.
Right now, he's put them all in the attic and tied them up with rope.
He placed his hand on the grain, and after being summoned by Yun Zhourong, he took it all with him.
"So much food!"
Turning on the small flashlight, Yun Zhourong saw the bags of grain and excitedly stepped forward to examine them, but quickly asked in confusion, "Lord Snow Demon, why is there something else in these grains?"
“I added brown rice and wheat bran to the polished rice. If the grain I give now is too good, and then I give the poor grain later, it will easily cause dissatisfaction among the villagers.”
Ji Minxiu explained, "When we leave, we will definitely leave enough food for the villagers. If the food is of too good quality, it may cause trouble."
"Troublesome?" Yun Zhourong couldn't quite understand this.
“There must be many wealthy people who don’t lack food. If they know that the food here is good, they might take advantage of the villagers’ greed to lure them into stealing the food.”
Ji Minxiu explained, "If the grain is not good and cannot be sold at a good price, they will not care too much."
You should know that the rice he brought out was all modernly milled, which would be considered a rare and high-quality product in this day and age.
If those wealthy businessmen discover it, they will definitely come and rob it.
However, if it's hidden under wheat bran and brown rice, it won't attract much attention.
As for why it's essential to add refined rice, it's because long-term consumption of brown rice and wheat bran can easily cause indigestion, and adding refined rice can alleviate this to some extent.
These days, life is tough, and just surviving is a blessing, but he still wants to do everything he can to give the villagers the best.
"I see, I understand now. Lady Snow Demon is truly thoughtful." Yun Zhourong was filled with admiration after hearing this.
After finishing their business, the two hurried back under the cover of night.
They had done a lot today and were both tired. They lay down and fell asleep quickly.
The next day, Ji Minxiu and Yun Zhourong were brushing their teeth when they heard a commotion outside.
The toothbrush, toothpaste, and brushing technique were all taught to me by Ji Minxiu.
Yun Zhourong was also a clean girl, and she used willow branches most of the time when she was in the Earl's mansion.
The rest of the family used salt.
However, salt was expensive, and she was not entitled to use it at that time.
After Ji Minxiu brought her toothpaste, she was overjoyed and immediately developed the habit of brushing her teeth morning and night.
Now, I feel uncomfortable if I don't brush my teeth for a meal.
They exchanged a glance, quickly rinsed their mouths, and hurriedly ran out.
"Are you all crazy? What are you trying to do?!"
Then, Liu Pingkang and his courier guards were seen standing behind the gate of the post station, while the outer area was surrounded by villagers carrying farm tools.
"Of course, I'll take you down!"
The village chief's son stepped forward, angrily saying, "You're the county magistrate's brother-in-law! We'll trade you for grain and see if he still stands idly by!"
"You are repaying kindness with enmity! Have you forgotten that if it weren't for our leader pleading for you, you would have been burned to death long ago!" The other post station workers were all furious upon hearing this.
"Liu Yicheng, we know we've wronged you, but there's really nothing we can do now." The village chief sighed apologetically upon hearing this.
"Waaaah, Lord Innkeeper, our child hasn't eaten all day and has fainted from hunger!"
"We haven't eaten for three days, we're starving!"
"Why waste words with him? If he truly cared, he wouldn't have abandoned us!"
"Yes, grab him, get out of here, get out of here!"
"..."
The villagers grew increasingly angry, their faces filled with determination, and the situation was extremely tense, on the verge of exploding.
In this situation, if a conflict breaks out between the two sides, casualties are inevitable.
Yun Zhourong and Ji Minxiu never expected that the situation would develop to such a serious degree in just one day.
I was also relieved that everything had been prepared yesterday.
So she grabbed Ji Minxiu and ran forward, saying to the village chief, "Village chief, everyone calm down, I have food here!"
The villager paused, then said suspiciously, "Yun, if you're here to mediate a fight, you should probably forget it. There's no other way to go now."
"Yes, Doctor Yun, if there were any other way, we wouldn't want to come to this."
Upon hearing this, the villagers chimed in, "We've all cooperated with the smallpox vaccination program, but right now we really can't survive."
"I know everyone's struggling, and I'm not here to mediate, but because I genuinely have food!"
Yun Zhourong said very seriously, "Whether you believe it or not, come with me and take a look. Even if I lied to you, it'll only take a little while, and there's nothing to lose, right?"
"this…"
Upon hearing this, everyone hesitated, looked at each other, and couldn't make up their minds for a moment.
If anyone else had said such things, they wouldn't have cared at all, but this person was Yun Zhourong, who had saved their entire village, which made it difficult for them to trust him.
In the past two weeks, apart from those who were initially infected and became more seriously ill, most of the people who were vaccinated against smallpox have not developed symptoms, or if they have, they have only mild symptoms and are hardly dangerous.
Therefore, everyone now believes that vaccination with cowpox can indeed protect against smallpox.
He was deeply grateful to Yun Zhourong, so he was exceptionally tolerant and patient with her.
"Please trust me one more time. If there's really no other way, I'll fight them alongside you!" Seeing that everyone was persuaded, Yun Zhourong quickly pressed his advantage.
"Okay, I'll trust you this one more time!"
Finally, the village chief spoke first, "You saved my grandson, so I'll give you this face!"
"Then...then let's trust Doctor Yun for now."
"Regardless, since Doctor Yun has said so, we have to give her face."
"We're willing too."
"……"
Seeing that the village chief agreed, the villagers looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then agreed as well.
"That's great, thank you!" Yun Zhourong breathed a sigh of relief after finally calming the villagers down.
"Yunyi Nu, these villagers can be terrifying when they go crazy. Are you really confident?" Liu Pingkang, on the other hand, was grateful but also very worried.
"Don't worry, I'm confident."
Yun Zhourong nodded reassuringly to him, and then led the villagers back together with Ji Minxiu.
The two were always inseparable, and the villagers had gotten used to it, so they didn't say much.
The group walked for a while and finally arrived at the granary.
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