Zhou Jiaojiao didn't wait for his answer and said to herself, "If I'm not mistaken, the medicines that Doctor Lin prescribed are all very common herbs. I'm afraid they can't cure the disease. We can only rely on our own immunity."
"That's right." The village chief now felt that Zhou Jiaojiao's medical skills were better than Doctor Lin's.
But after thinking about it for a moment, he didn't find it strange. After all, Zhou Jiaojiao was a "noble lady" who had returned from the capital, while Doctor Lin was just a barefoot doctor in the countryside, and he himself felt that his medical skills were not very good.
"Then the medicine for preventing colds you mentioned is valuable. Can we get it together?" After the village chief figured it out, he asked the key question.
Zhou Jiaojiao nodded and said, "They're not very expensive, but some of them are quite valuable. However, I didn't have the money to get them from the Liu Mansion in Xi County. Anyway, it doesn't cost any money, but it takes a little effort. If it can cure my body and ensure that I don't get sick, it's worth it."
What Zhou Jiaojiao meant was that she wanted the village chief to persuade everyone to provide medicinal materials and overcome the difficulties together.
The village chief thought it made sense.
However, he still had some expectations and did not immediately notify the villagers that night.
Before Zhou Jiaojiao left, she casually asked, "Village Chief, what did Chen Lin come to talk to you about?"
"Chen Lin, she said that there is food left by Changliu in the nearest Yun County. Changliu also knows a doctor in the county town. She suggested that we change the route and go to Yun County. We can buy medicinal materials in the county town and supplement some of our food rations." The village chief did not hide it.
Zhou Jiaojiao felt a chill in her heart. As expected, Chen Lin had tried every possible means to go to the county town to eat at the rich people's houses. Now that he was out of food and ammunition and could not bear it any longer, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the villagers had caught a cold and get everyone to go to the county town.
Zhou Jiaojiao would never let her get her wish no matter what.
She nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and went back.
But when you rest at night, please ask Chu San, who is on guard tonight, to keep a close eye on Chen Lin.
Chu San grabbed his hair, not quite understanding why, but he didn't ask any further questions and just obeyed obediently.
Although Zhou Jiaojiao did not feel too uncomfortable during her pregnancy, she still suffered from drowsiness, always waking up at night after drinking water, and leg cramps from time to time.
Chu San always helped her get up in time to go to the bathroom, and when she fell asleep, he would quietly rub her cramped legs.
Zhou Jiaojiao had a good night's rest and called Chu San to rest as soon as the sun rose.
After one night, more people started coughing. At first, there were only a few children, but now, many adults were coughing as well.
The village chief knew he couldn't wait any longer, so when everyone was sitting together and eating breakfast to fill their stomachs, he stood in the middle and said loudly, "Are you all feeling a little cold?"
"If we keep going on like this, something bad will happen. Don't be reluctant to use the herbs. Zhou Jiaojiao helped us find them, and they didn't cost us anything. If we brew the herbs in advance, we can cure the cold before it breaks out. We'll be the ones who benefit."
"We're all from the same village. I hope we'll have as many people as we have now in the future. So, every household must contribute the same amount of herbs. I'll arrange for someone to make the medicine, and everyone will get a share. Children and adults who have caught a cold should get treatment first. Don't just bear it. We've all managed to avoid starvation while fleeing the famine. We can't just refuse to take the medicine and starve ourselves to death."
The village chief's arguments were crude, but anyone in the village with a clear mind understood what he meant.
Immediately, several families stood up and said.
"Village chief, I am willing to provide herbs for the boil. Just pick out the herbs and give me an amount." The first person to speak was the hunter Fang Guanghong.
The second one is the Huang family.
Chen Lin was not happy to see this change and said hurriedly, "Village Chief, your approach is too frivolous. Why don't we just go to the county town to find a doctor for treatment? Why do we just listen to Zhou Jiaojiao and boil the herbs we have? What if the doctor in the county town runs out of herbs? These are life-saving herbs for us."
As soon as Shen Lin said this.
Someone hesitated.
The village chief snorted angrily and pointed at the Chu family, saying, "Look for yourselves, isn't anyone in the Chu family sick? Even someone in the Huang family next door is sick, but they haven't, because they took the medicine in advance."
"Zhou Jiaojiao is from the capital, so she's more knowledgeable than the doctors in the county town."
Huang Shuangming stood up and said, "Yes, I saw that Brother Chu and his family had children who didn't get sick, so I thought the medicine must be effective. Besides, wasn't it Sister-in-law Chu who treated everyone who was scratched by wolves before? Her medical skills are definitely better than ours."
The village chief stroked his beard and nodded: "That's the truth."
Shen Lin looked kind and said, “Village Chief, you can’t have any luck.”
"Chen Lin, you don't have to say anything. We can save our lives by boiling medicine now. What if we get outside the county and can't even get in? Can you guarantee that we can get in? Besides, I think the first few children who caught the cold are in a bad condition. If we don't get treatment, do we have to walk for three or four days to Duyun County, where the gates are wide open, and then we can find a doctor to treat them?"
"After three or four days, the child might become mentally ill."
The villagers who were originally hesitant suddenly came to their senses, came to their senses, and hurriedly took the child to find Zhou Jiaojiao for treatment.
Zhou Jiaojiao did not refuse. She took out the silver needles, inserted the needles one by one, and then took the patient's pulse and prescribed medicine.
She had taken precautions back in Xi County and prepared many medicinal herbs for common diseases, which she kept. What Chen Lin stole were all rice, flour and other food.
Now she can take it out and use it to treat the children.
Zhou Jiaojiao was treating the children.
The village chief called the whole village to collect medicinal herbs, and then cooked them together. After cooking, each person was given a small bowl, and no one was left out.
When the village chief said that colds are also easily contagious.
The other two branches of the Zhao family, who were originally unwilling, immediately became very concerned and hurriedly handed over the herbs.
only.
The Zhao family only gave portions to ten people, and none to Shen Lin and her child Zhao Xiaochuan.
The village chief frowned and said, "You are the last family left. You should have heard the rules clearly. We charge you for the herbs based on the number of people. If you don't give enough, we can only give you the bowls you have."
"Village chief, don't ask me for it, ask Chen Lin. My elder brother, after his wife passed away, he forgot his mother. Now he has left so many good things for his wife, but he has not been filial to me as her mother. It would be better for him to die. He is really unfilial."
Mother Zhao beat her chest and stamped her feet.
The eldest and second daughters-in-law of the Zhao family next to them also followed suit to "persuade".
"Mom, don't be angry. My third brother has been the most filial since he was a child. How could he do this? It's obvious that some people think that marrying into our Zhao family will distract them from their husbands and only care about themselves. It's too unfilial."
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