Chapter 197 Bargaining
Jiang Mi looked around and saw that everyone was tidying up the room that those people had messed up, but the two of them were standing there, looking somewhat out of place.
"You must be careful. The epidemic will not end anytime soon. People's hearts are most terrifying at this time. They will do anything for their own benefit. I will still leave a few people to protect you. Don't go out at night."
Jiang Mi would never go out so late at night. It's too chaotic right now. Luckily, there are a lot of people in their restaurant, otherwise those people would be even more unruly.
"Don't worry, I won't. I don't know when this will end. The court said it would allocate funds to help the people and even sent some doctors to help, but there hasn't been a single one yet."
Huo Ran didn't speak. He had reported the situation here a few days ago, but he hadn't received any news yet. He didn't know what was going on. Could it be that someone was interfering?
"Forget it, let's leave it to fate. Right now, we can only rely on ourselves."
Huo Ran looked at Jiang Mi with intense gaze: "Yes, it's thanks to you, otherwise these people would be in a terrible state. You are a great hero, and this credit must be given to you."
Jiang Mi didn't care: "What credit? I don't care about these things. I just hope to get back to the way things were before so I can make money. I'm losing money every day like this, and all the money I've managed to save is about to be gone. This won't do."
Huo Ran smiled helplessly. The person he had his eye on was actually a little money-grubber. Fortunately, he had a lot of money, so he should be able to make a good impression on her, right?
"You should go back and rest early too. Your body is so precious, you've probably never done anything like this before, have you?"
Jiang Mi couldn't help but tease him a few times.
Huo Ran smiled and said, "Not at all. This is doing things for the people, it's a good thing. There's nothing precious about it. We're all the same. My purpose in coming here is to help the people live better lives."
Seeing how generous Huo Ran was, Jiang Mi felt that she only cared about money and that her vision was too narrow.
"Then I'll head back first. You should get some rest too; you must be exhausted these past few days." Huo Ran looked at the dark circles under her eyes and couldn't help but feel sorry for her. He really hoped he could marry her soon and let her take good care of herself. However, given Jiang Mi's personality, she definitely wouldn't stay obediently in the backyard. If a woman like her could stay quietly, she wouldn't be Jiang Mi.
Jiang Mi watched Huo Ran leave, and then went upstairs herself.
As soon as Huo Ran went out, Liu Min asked from behind, "Young Master, are we going back to Hongyang Village? Why don't you stay at the restaurant? If you want to stay, Miss Jiang will definitely agree. Being close to the water tower gives you an advantage, and besides, the restaurant has plenty of rooms, more than enough for us."
Huo Ran gave him a cold look: "Nonsense. The Jiang family already knows how I feel about Jiang Mi. If I continue to stay here, they will think I'm frivolous. I should observe proper etiquette. There's no need to go back to Hongyang Village. I should just buy a house nearby."
The young master is very generous, but buying a house at this time might take some time, since many people only need medicine right now, and money isn't as important.
Jiang Mi didn't rest after returning home. There were many more medicine packets than usual today. Now almost all the people in the town have received them. The next step is to distribute them to the villages below. Hongyang Village is the first to be affected. Everyone must recover as soon as possible to reduce the number of deaths.
This method of brewing medicine is too slow. After thinking about it, she decided to humbly ask the system for advice.
"System, is there anything that can be produced faster and distributed more conveniently to everyone?"
System: [Yes, we can just make them into pills. One pill for each person would be much more convenient to take.]
Jiang Mi hesitated: "It's convenient, but it's inconvenient for me, isn't it? Doesn't that mean I have to do an extra step? That would make it even slower."
System: [Of course not. You just need to switch the time spent wrapping the medicine to making the pills. Besides, you can make many pills at the same time, so you don't need to wrap them one by one.]
"That makes sense," Jiang Mi said, her eyes lighting up. "Then can you give me the method for making the pills?"
System: [Yes, you can, but you need to complete a task first.]
"What mission?" Jiang Mi asked warily, feeling that it wasn't as simple as she thought.
System: [Don't forget your mission is to clear your name and increase your "good woman" value. You're still far from that. Once you've made the pills, personally deliver them to the villagers of Qingyun Village, and you'll receive a vessel from me. This vessel will allow you to produce one hundred pills a day, and your Shushan County will soon be saved.]
"What? You actually..." Jiang Mi took a few deep breaths. "You know about my grudge with Qingyun Village. Saving them is not impossible, but is it necessary for me to go in person? Besides, medicine is in short supply right now. Of course, I want to give it to my closest relatives first. My maternal grandfather's family doesn't have any yet."
System: [Of course I know there are innocent villagers in Qingyun Village. Your actions demonstrate your magnanimity, which will earn you even more respect from the villagers and increase your "good woman" value. As for the others, you can certainly continue to help them.]
Jiang Mi was very unhappy; she simply didn't want to care about Village Chief Yang's family.
"I have no desire to be a 'good woman.' I only live for myself. If it weren't for you constantly giving me these ridiculous tasks, I wouldn't care even if the entire Yang family were wiped out... Ouch..."
The system's cold voice replied: "This is the consequence of your disrespect. If you dare to do it again, the electric shock punishment will be doubled."
Jiang Mi swallowed her anger; when you're under someone else's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head.
"Okay, I'll go, alright? My 'good woman' value has increased, so shouldn't I get some other reward?" Jiang Mi bargained. She had done such a good deed, so she deserved some benefit.
System: [Okay, I'll teach you how to grow rice later. Rice will allow you to produce a lot of food, and your Shushan County will become much wealthier.]
Although Jiang Mi was tempted, she still remembered the reward she had lost.
"What happened to the weapon you were planning to give me as a reward? Why didn't you give it to me?"
System: [You don't need it right now, and besides, that thing's value has gone up. I've thought about it, and you're not good enough for it yet. Let's see how you perform later.]
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mi cursed inwardly: This cunning system really doesn't want to suffer any loss!
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