After saying goodbye to Da Niu and his mother, it was already dark. Yun Zhourong and Ji Minxiu exchanged a glance and then secretly ran to the granary.
Fortunately, the village's granary was large enough; otherwise, it would have been difficult to find a place to store those twenty tons of grain.
The next morning, Yun Zhourong had the village chief gather everyone near the granary.
Although the villagers were all puzzled, they all came over because it was Yun Zhourong who had spoken.
Yun Zhourong didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "Last night I dreamed of Lord Snow Demon again. He said that he was very satisfied with the offerings from the villagers during this period and asked me what reward I wanted. So I prayed for half a year's worth of food for everyone."
"hiss!"
"What?! Half a year's worth of food!"
"My family's food is about to run out, and it's hard to find work these days. I was really worried, but then the Snow Fairy brought us food!"
"My goodness, Doctor Yun is so kind! She doesn't seek wealth for herself, but she actually helped us get food!"
"The female doctor Yun is truly a living bodhisattva!"
"Yes, thank you, Doctor Yun! Thank you, Doctor Yun!"
"..."
After hearing Yun Zhourong's words, the villagers were first overjoyed, and then they all knelt down and kowtowed with immense gratitude.
Upon seeing this scene, Yun Zhourong was flattered and quickly said, "Everyone, please get up. This was originally given by Lady Snow Demon to thank you. It has nothing to do with me."
"No, Healer Yun, Lady Snow Demon only sought you out. If you only sought wealth and status for yourself and kept it a secret, we would never have known."
The village chief stood up and said to Yun Zhourong with utmost sincerity, "Only a selfless person like you would choose to help us in the face of temptation. You are a truly great philanthropist!"
Yun Zhourong really wanted to say that this was just a beautiful misunderstanding, and that she hadn't made any choice.
However, Ji Minxiu quickly grasped her hand and said, "Cousin, this grain was obtained by you for the villagers. Your kindness is beyond question."
Hearing this, Yun Zhourong stopped trying to explain.
Indeed, if she hadn't asked Ji Minxiu for help, the villagers wouldn't have received these life-saving rations.
She certainly deserves this gratitude.
So she stopped explaining and accepted the villagers' gratitude without hesitation. "Village chief, you flatter me. I believe that if you were in such a situation, you would definitely choose to save the whole village. Nothing is more important than human life."
These words moved the village chief deeply, and he nodded with tears in his eyes, "Yes, human life is the most important thing."
But in truth, he also understood that in the current situation, human life was the least valuable thing, and only a truly virtuous person like Yun Zhourong would value human life so much.
If it were him, he would probably think of his own wealth and glory first, rather than seeking benefits for others.
He truly couldn't even match one ten-thousandth of Yun Zhourong's temperament.
Afterwards, because the amount of grain received this time was relatively large, the villagers spontaneously helped each other, calculated the amount of grain for each household, and then delivered it to each household one by one.
They once again demonstrated an unprecedented level of cohesion, which greatly pleased Yun Zhourong.
In times of difficulty, only by uniting can we go further.
The villagers were distributing grain when the county magistrate arrived.
Seeing so much food, they were all stunned and exclaimed in disbelief, "This...this really came from the Snow Demon?"
He had heard before that the snow demon had delivered food to the village once, but he was worried that it was spreading rumors and had kept the news secret. He thought that someone was probably behind it.
But now, seeing so much grain again, even he began to doubt whether the Snow Demon really existed.
After all, in such a famine year, who could possibly produce so much grain all at once?
Not to mention they were given to the villagers for free!
Yun Zhourong could speak with confidence when facing the villagers, but she felt somewhat guilty when facing the county magistrate.
However, she still tried to remain calm and said, "Yes, it was the Snow Demon who appeared to me in a dream. I couldn't find him on my own."
"So that's how it is."
The magistrate was somewhat disappointed after hearing this, but quickly continued to ask, "The snow demon needs offerings. If we make offerings, will it appear?"
Yun Zhourong shook her head, "I don't know either. It's always Lord Snow Demon who comes to me on his own initiative. I don't know if offering sacrifices to him will make a difference."
She was already giving him a heads-up, since Ji Minxiu could only appear near her; even if she made offerings in other places, it wouldn't make a difference, as he definitely couldn't get there.
"Hmm, I see. That's indeed difficult to handle." The magistrate understood the implication in her words and gave up after thinking about it.
Such wishful thinking is indeed unacceptable. If he were to enthusiastically encourage the people to build temples and make offerings, only to find that it was ultimately useless, he would not be able to withstand the people's anger.
Most importantly, if this gets back to the imperial court, he'll be accused of superstition as an official, and he'll likely lose his job.
“Yes, yes, after all, the Snow Demon is a demon, and it’s hard to guess what her temperament is like.” Yun Zhourong further dissuaded the magistrate from his idea.
"Well, let's not think about it then. I've come here to discuss something with you. There are too many people around here, so let's go back to the post station first," the magistrate said.
"good."
Yun Zhourong nodded, then took Ji Minxiu's hand and returned to the post station with the magistrate.
Upon entering the room, the magistrate immediately took out two hundred taels of silver.
"Of this, one hundred and twenty taels is the reward you received for capturing the wanted criminal, and the rest is a reward for inventing the smallpox vaccination technique."
"Thank you, sir."
Yun Zhourong happily accepted it; after all, no one would complain about having too much money.
"Furthermore, I would like to ask you about smallpox vaccination, if that is permissible..."
"My lord, this book, 'A Brief Account of Smallpox Treatment,' was written by me. It contains all the information related to smallpox treatment."
Before the magistrate could finish speaking, Yun Zhourong took out a small booklet.
She had written this beforehand, just waiting for this day so that it would be easier to promote smallpox vaccination.
The magistrate quickly began to read it, and after seeing that the contents were indeed very detailed, he excitedly stood up and bowed deeply to Yun Zhourong.
"The female healer Yun is so righteous, I bow to her!" The magistrate was truly shocked, and at the same time felt very guilty.
Because he couldn't give the credit to Yun Zhourong.
"You flatter me, sir."
Yun Zhourong was flattered and quickly stepped aside, then took out ten goose feathers. “These goose feather tubes contain cowpox vaccine, which can remain active for about half a month. If you want to promote cowpox vaccination, you can go to the village’s Old Cow Girl. I have taught her how to inoculate her.”
"Very well, I've got it."
Upon receiving the ten light goose feathers, the magistrate felt as if they carried the weight of a thousand pounds, his heart filled with conflict and heaviness.
"My lord, what should we do next?"
At this moment, the head constable responsible for escorting Yun Zhourong and the others to their place of exile walked in.
Upon hearing this, the magistrate subconsciously clenched his fist hidden in his sleeve, his mind wavering.
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