An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

Zhongcun is not too far from here and can be reached in half an hour's walk along the mountain road. Although Wu Zishi felt that it was not appropriate at first - after all, the matter had not been reported to the general, but Sang Ling's words were firm, and he did not dare to complain later.

After discussing with his wife, he led a team of soldiers to take them there to ensure their safety.

The seven masters and servants did not separate. They rested before dawn and then set off again.

This was a village consisting of more than a dozen households. Looking from the gate plaque at the entrance of the village, the long dirt road was full of traces of tracks. It had rained in the past two days, and there were mud pits all along the way. Wu Zishi led them directly to the medical worker's location, packed up the things they brought, and then went to where the girls lived.

In order to concentrate on diagnosis and rescue, all people were placed in an abandoned brewing yard.

"Not all of them are from this village. I heard that after we provided relief here, many more came." Doctor Wang pointed to the southwest corner.

The houses inside were not big enough, so some people spread out mats in the outer courtyards to sleep in. Except for the little girl from the village who was injured, the people from other villages basically had nothing to eat, but they didn't have any diseases.

While Sang Ling was still listening to the doctor's explanation of the situation, Dai Chengjun had already gone into the house.

When she followed in, the daughter of the Dai family had already tied up her sleeves with a ribbon. Sang Ling didn't say much, but went over to tie her sleeves and said, "If I didn't know you, I wouldn't know you were the daughter of the Ci Cao family."

Although the daughter of the Dai family had complained along the way, she was still outstanding compared to other noble women. During the days when she worked as a female doctor in Gaoyaoling, although there was not much work to do, she still worked from nine to six, and she never once complained of being "tired" from beginning to end.

"What do you mean?" Dai Chengjun quickly helped to divide the medicine, with a meticulous look. Sang Ling also took the ointment handed over by Wang the doctor, and replied to her, "Not at all squeamish." Then Dai Chengjun said, "You can be a squeamish lady, or you can ask me to work."

The two of them chuckled and then went back to their work without saying much. Wei Chu was taking care of his daughter on the couch, while A Zeng and the others were outside helping to move things...

It was not until the evening that everyone returned to their temporary residences.

That night, Sang Ling and Dai Chengjun stayed together. The daughter of the Dai family just turned her back to wipe the tears from her face, and only turned back to talk after her emotions calmed down.

“I’m afraid there won’t be enough medicine.”

There weren't many medicines left that Doctor Wang had brought, and the herbs they brought could only last for a few days at most. They could save those with less serious injuries, but there was still an old woman and four daughters who were in critical condition, which would be a problem for their future.

"Otherwise, we can start planting tomorrow." Sang Ling was applying ointment to the eczema on his feet and replied, "I observed that the soil here is fertile. If we plant it at this time, it will survive."

"It won't last long enough for picking."

"First prepare for the long term. If it's not enough, find a way to buy it outside."

"I just don't know if we can still buy it at this time." Dai Chengjun said, "If we want to buy medicine, we can only go north to find a place."

The two of them fell silent. The silver moonlight in front of the window flowed on the earthen wall. Dai Chengjun thought for a moment and said, "Otherwise, take them back. I counted and there are seven girls left behind in this village, plus the old woman, a total of eight. It's not that our family can't afford to support eight people."

Sang Ling was also thinking about this, and continued her words, "The rest of the people from other villages are not sick or injured anyway, so we don't need to pay attention to them after they are settled."

"Yeah." Dai Chengjun looked at her sideways, "It's not that difficult if you think about it this way."

"The most important thing now is those five. Three of them haven't woken up yet. They need to get their bodies well before they can set off again." Sang Ling pursed his lips and felt that although this arrangement was acceptable, it would still be difficult to actually implement.

It is not easy to lead eight people north together, unless they follow Nie Ce's large army back to Beijing. Otherwise, if they go alone, not to mention whether they have enough money, the customs clearance documents will be a problem.

"When the time comes, we will have to make them all slaves before we can set off," she said softly.

“Yeah.” Dai Chengjun nodded, realizing this as well. His eyebrows knitted together like a small mountain. “It’s actually quite difficult. With so many people on the road together…”

She didn't dare to think about it any further. Although she had never had to worry about money since she was a child, the expenses of the seven masters and servants along the way were already terrifying in her opinion. If she brought a few more people back, she didn't know if the money she had would be enough.

Even if we don't live as luxuriously as we did when we came here, it's still hard to predict.

Sang Ling glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and smiled comfortingly, "There will always be a way out when the car reaches the mountain. The most important thing right now is to save the little girl. At least she can eat, drink, defecate and urinate normally, and walk normally, that's all."

Dai Chengjun nodded heavily and said nothing more.

Among those girls, the five older ones knew how they were injured, but they all kept it a secret.