After leaving Tan County, we walked further and found that although the people in Yuzhou were also affected by the disaster and the conditions were not good, with poor people everywhere, they were much better off than in Wuzhou. The people here had a better mental outlook and did not seem to have been oppressed for a long time.
Zhou Jiaojiao, holding Baoer, walked down when the team arrived outside the Yuzhou provincial capital.
"Madam, where are you going?" Chu San was resting, and he opened his eyes the instant he heard the noise.
"I'll take Bao'er to the bathroom and throw away some diapers at the same time." Zhou Jiaojiao used the supplies she took out from Shen Lin's space to prepare a lot of diapers for Bao'er. Considering that there was no time to change them on the road, it was too cold on the road and the water was frozen. Moreover, they were in a hurry and could not boil water, so she decided to be extravagant and change the diapers directly. After all, she could afford it.
Chu San quickly followed and said, "Let's go together."
"You should rest first. It's been a while since you last rested." Zhou Jiaojiao felt a little distressed when she saw that he was not in good spirits. After thinking for a moment, she took out a candy from her pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, reminding him, "Remember to rinse your mouth after eating the candy, otherwise you will get a cavity and I will pull it out for you."
Chu San's cheeks were dark red: "My dear, I don't like candy."
"Oh? Really?" Zhou Jiaojiao gave him a strange look.
Chu San's face turned even redder, and he subconsciously straightened his back, looking like a tough guy who doesn't like sweets.
Zhou Jiaojiao shook her head helplessly and turned to walk outside.
Chu San followed closely behind. They also saw some refugees living in simple tents on both sides of the city gate. Most of these people were lying in the tents, and their appearance could not be seen clearly.
Zhou Jiaojiao wanted to deal with Baoer, but Chu San stepped forward and took it over, not letting her do it. Zhou Jiaojiao then took the still warm water bag and washed Baoer's little butt.
Chu San threw away the dirty diaper and quickly changed into a clean one.
With a snap.
A skinny boy walked over and actually bent down to pick up Baoer's used diaper.
Zhou Jiaojiao and Chu San looked at each other at the same time.
The boy was a little wary and whispered, "You threw it away because you don't want it, right?"
"Yeah." Zhou Jiaojiao frowned slightly when she saw him wearing only a dry, colorless cotton coat in such a cold winter. She asked, "Are you going to pick up the cloth and use it?"
"I... I have a younger brother who doesn't have warm pants. I can wash this and stuff it into his pants to keep him warm." The boy pinched the diaper and stared at Chu San nervously, as if he felt that his body was more threatening. He was also worried that they would regret throwing it away after hearing that it had this function.
"But this diaper is dirty. You'll get sick easily if you wash it."
As soon as Zhou Jiaojiao finished speaking, she heard a violent coughing sound. She frowned and looked towards the shed next to her. It was someone coughing.
"Is anyone in your family sick?" Zhou Jiaojiao asked.
Perhaps because he saw Zhou Jiaojiao's gentle eyes, the young man subconsciously took two steps back and nodded, saying, "Well, my mother has been coughing recently. She must have caught a cold."
"Take me over there to have a look." Zhou Jiaojiao smelled a rotten smell in the air and felt something was wrong. She couldn't help it and insisted that the boy take her over.
Chu San followed closely beside Bao'er, holding the sleeping Bao'er in his arms.
"Right, right here." The place where the young man and his family were was a dilapidated thatched shed, with people of all ages lying underneath. Zhou Jiaojiao saw at a glance a red pustule on the exposed leg of a middle-aged man.
She turned around quickly and put masks on Chu San and Baoer.
After Zhou Jiaojiao finished, she let the boy wake his father up.
"I want to see the wound on his leg."
"Are you a doctor?" The young man was a little surprised. Perhaps his voice was a little loud, and there was a sound of giggling and crawling beside him. After a while, several people surrounded Zhou Jiaojiao, Chu San and the other two from a distance.
Chu San frowned, reached out and took the long knife at his side, and thrust it into the snow. In an instant, the refugees around him retreated a long distance.
Even the boy and his father subconsciously fell to the ground, feeling a little panicked.
"Don't be afraid, my husband just doesn't want people to get too close. Let me show you first." Chu San blushed, and Zhou Jiaojiao was much gentler, calming the boy and his father.
"Well, that's troublesome, girl."
There were actually very few female doctors in the Great Chu Dynasty. However, at this time, it was obvious that many refugees were injured, and they wished there was a doctor who could come out and take a look, so they were naturally polite to Zhou Jiaojiao.
Zhou Jiaojiao took out a silver needle and pricked the wound that was filled with pus. She looked at what was flowing out of the wound, felt the patient's pulse, and finally confirmed that the patient was infected with an epidemic disease.
"Are there many of you who suffer from this disease?" Zhou Jiaojiao asked.
The boy's father was a little worried. "There are many, like me. We have fever and then sores..."
"Why didn't you go to the state capital to see a doctor?"
The young man, feeling depressed, rushed to explain, "People who are sick cannot enter the provincial capital, but the prefect has sent a doctor to see us. However, the doctor in the provincial capital said that he wants to treat us, but I heard that there are no herbs. We can only drink some simple soup to solve the problem first."
"Oh, I see." Zhou Jiaojiao understood.
It seems that the doctor in the state government must have found out what it is.
But I can't think of any way to treat it, so I have to delay it.
She didn't say anything to avoid causing panic.
"After we go to the state capital to sort things out, I'll find a way to prescribe medicine for you. The main reason is that medicinal herbs are hard to find..." Zhou Jiaojiao gave the same reason.
The boy was a little disappointed, but his father thanked him gratefully: "Thank you so much, girl."
"No trouble."
"Husband, let's go." Zhou Jiaojiao looked at Chu San, and Chu San followed her back to the team. No refugees came to bother them.
"Madam, is there something wrong with those diseases?" Chu San has been with Zhou Jiaojiao for a long time and can already observe Zhou Jiaojiao's temperament. If there is nothing wrong, she won't keep thinking about it.
Zhou Jiaojiao shook her head: "If it's for me, it's not serious, it's just an epidemic."
Chu San's mouth twitched. "My dear lady, you are the only one who can describe the epidemic so simply."
There's no way around it. She's standing on the shoulders of giants, using a recipe that has already been solved in later generations. It's not anything particularly amazing.
Chu San, however, admired her very much.
"Since it can be solved, what are you thinking about, my lady?"
"No." Zhou Jiaojiao hesitated for a moment but still didn't say it clearly. She wanted to use this incident to see if she could lower Shen Lin's luck further. After all, they were going to Youzhou, and no one knew the relationship between Shen Lin and the male protagonist Zhao Changliu. What if the two could restore their relationship, and Shen Lin's luck would slowly recover?
Zhou Jiaojiao didn't dare to take any risks, so Chen Lin had to be dealt with. It would be better to create rifts and conflicts with Zhao Changliu.
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