Chapter 70: The Impatient Mountain
Mr. Fan didn't refuse, but he didn't take it himself either. "Jingrui, go tell your cousin. If they make any arrangements, you'll be on your side."
Fan Jingrui immediately responded, "Yes, Grandfather."
Then he turned and walked towards the fifth prince's room.
The Fifth Prince, seemingly constantly observing the situation outside, opened the door almost immediately. "Cousin, please compile a book of all the epidemic prevention methods you know about as soon as possible."
This wasn't a difficult task, so Chu Ci naturally wouldn't refuse. "I'll start sorting it out after dinner. It'll take about half an hour."
Doctor Hua, unaware of the Fifth Prince's identity, harbored doubts. But as a physician, he knew when to stop. "Your arrangements are always the most appropriate."
After everything was arranged, Doctor Hua turned around, faced Chu Ci, and bowed solemnly.
"Doctor Hua, what are you doing? I really can't accept such a generous gift." Seeing this, Chu Ci hurriedly waved his hands.
"Young Madam, there's no need to be so modest. You truly deserve this respect from me. Furthermore, I have a humble request. To help people quickly learn about epidemic prevention methods, I kindly ask that you add my name as the author of the epidemic prevention manual."
After saying this, Doctor Hua bowed again.
"I promise, I promise." Chu Ci had originally intended to conceal her name. She knew her own limitations and understood that not just any reputation could guarantee her success. So, rather than letting the Fifth Prince (the Emperor) profit for nothing, it would be better to let Divine Doctor Hua take advantage!
Thinking of this, Chu Ci found several prescriptions for preventing and treating the plague. Considering that the people might not be illiterate, Chu Ci also thoughtfully provided pictures.
In this way, even if the people had no money to buy medicine, they could probably find all the herbs on the prescription by just going to the mountains.
Doctor Hua took the manual and couldn't help but stroke it gently, tears in his eyes as he exclaimed, "Excellent, very good."
"In this way, even if the government fails to spread the word, ordinary people will be able to spread it on their own. This manual will save countless lives!"
Saving countless lives? This is a very high evaluation.
But he had only written a few words, and even the excerpts and summaries were done by "Xing'er". Chu Ci felt guilty, "Well, I don't really understand this. So I have to trouble the genius doctor Hua."
"There is still a lot of work to do in the fields. I'll go to the fields first." After saying that, Chu Ci rushed to the door. She couldn't take it anymore. If she continued to be flattered like this, she would really become arrogant.
Chu Ci was dizzy and bumped into a small, soft figure. When he looked back, he found that it was the village chief's grandson who often came to play with him.
The little Douzi who was hit didn't cry, "Young Madam, Grandpa Dashan has caught a wild boar. He's heading to the pig pen right now."
Dashan? Wasn't he just cleaning up the fields with me this morning? He's actually gone to the mountains to catch wild boars in the middle of a meal? Is he really that desperate?
Chu Ci's erratic expression instantly returned to normal, "Xiaodouzi, go home first. Remember, you can only go out after your grandfather comes home."
In a hurry, he hurried towards the pigpen.
"Aohou, Aohou" Before getting close, I could hear the miserable howling of the wild boar.
Hearing such a voice, Chu Ci quickened his pace.
At the door of the pigpen, the village chief was already waiting anxiously.
Seeing Chu Ci coming, he hurried forward to greet him: "Young Madam, you are finally here. That fool Dashan has really grown in skill. Not only is he lucky, he encountered a wild boar right after he came up the mountain, and he was so powerful that he even destroyed the wild boar's den."
The village chief was just casually expressing his feelings, but Chu Ci felt uneasy for some reason. "Is Dashan the only one here?"
The village chief didn't understand why Chu Ci asked this, but he answered truthfully: "No, no, no, there are also Erniu and Monkey. All the famous people in our village have gone."
After hearing this, Chu Ci still felt that something was wrong and frowned slightly: "Oh, are you all so united?"
The village chief finally understood Chu Ci's intention, but he still subconsciously explained to the villagers: "After the typhoon passed, even though there was a shortage of food, everyone just endured it silently."
The village chief paused briefly before continuing, "Thanks to you, Dashan and his family's lives have indeed improved significantly. Dashan and his family probably didn't want to arouse the jealousy of others, did they?"
"Is that so?" Chu Ci murmured, but didn't ask any further. "Sorry, I'm overthinking it. Let's go over and take a look."
No wonder the village chief said that the mountains have become promising. Here, apart from a howling sow, two little wild boars that have not yet grown fangs and have almost no fighting power, there are also three dead boars.
The key point is that despite killing so many wild boars, the main force who went up the mountain to hunt wild boars did not suffer any injuries.
The pigpen was bustling with activity, with people surrounding the rescued wild boar.
The doubts that had been suppressed before surged up again, but Chu Ci did not want to spoil everyone's fun and asked, "Please be quiet!"
Everyone was always very patient with the financial sponsor. Soon, everyone quieted down, and Chu Ci didn't ask any questions and started to settle the accounts directly.
"Three dead wild boars, one ounce of silver each, three ounces in total. Two young wild boars, five ounces each, ten ounces in total. A sow, two ounces each, fifteen ounces in total. Who of you will come with me to get the silver?"
"Go ahead, Dashan. We can have so many harvests this time thanks to Dashan."
"Yes, yes, let Uncle Dashan go. Uncle Dashan won't lie to us."
Seeing that everyone recommended Dashan, Chu Ci said simply, "Okay then, Uncle Dashan, come with me to get the silver."
The village chief was about to say something, but Chu Ci stopped him with another thing: "By the way, village chief, could you please ask if there is anyone willing to take on the job of feeding the pigs?"
"Okay." The village chief just agreed.
Dashan, who was following Chu Ci, said, "Young Madam, can I come feed the pigs? Let my second son do the farm work."
He didn't pay any attention to the village chief whose face had turned completely black.
At this time, Dashan was honest and straightforward. He didn't know how to read people's expressions and just showed his character to the two of them in a straight line.
It was just a little too obvious, and made Chu Ci feel obviously uncomfortable.
"The village chief is responsible for this matter. You should go and discuss it with him! Your current task is to help everyone collect the silver." Chu Ci obviously did not want to fulfill Dashan's wish.
The village chief was humiliated, so how could he not have some thoughts in his mind?
Although I understand Dashan's desire to help his family, it is wrong for Dashan to climb up by stepping on me.
"Dashan, it's not right for you to do this. How can you always think about yourself when something good happens? Everyone's life is hard. How about this, let those who are in financial difficulty go first. Those of us who have already benefited can line up at the back."
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