Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Doctor Zhao suggested that mugwort be burned in every corner of the village, and some be distributed to every household. Mugwort should be burned every day to fumigate the house, which would prevent the spread of the disease.

Doctor Zhao also wrote down some medicinal herbs and prepared to mix them into small packages, which he would then distribute to the villagers. He asked them to take them home, sew them into sachets, and wear them on their bodies for protection.

Doctor Zhao definitely does not have enough of these medicinal herbs. In the past two years, not only has there been drought outside, but the drought inside the body has also been severe. Many medicinal herbs have stopped growing, so the medicinal herbs Doctor Zhao has are running out, and there is almost no stock left.

But Xia Shengsheng has it here! So she told Doctor Zhao that if she needed any herbs and how much, she could just make a list for her.

She would find a way to get it together.

Doctor Zhao looked at Xia Shengsheng with a puzzled look at first, but after a while, he felt relieved.

He made a list of all the needed medicinal materials, handed it to Xia Shengsheng, and asked Xia Shengsheng for help without hesitation.

"You are responsible for preparing the herbs. Once they are ready, have someone deliver them to me. Ask some more people to help. Otherwise, with my old arms and legs, it will probably take me several days and nights to get them all done!"

"Got it, Doctor Zhao!"

Xia Shengsheng also plans to buy some strong liquor from Qiqi and distribute it to the villagers so that everyone can wipe their homes every day to prevent the virus.

If you want to leave the village, you must take good protection. It is best for each person to be equipped with several masks, so as to effectively prevent the spread of the disease.

Originally, Xia Shengsheng wanted to teach the villagers how to make masks, but he was afraid that the masks he made would not be as protective as those made by modern machines.

For everyone's safety, I bought two large boxes of masks directly from Qiqi, including ones for adults and children, a total of more than 2500.

If distributed, each person can get about five.

If it is used up, I will prepare it for everyone later.

After all this, Xia Shengsheng went home to prepare, and as soon as she entered the yard, she met Tao Wuji.

"Is there anything I can help with? If there's anything missing, I'll ask someone to buy it somewhere else!!"

The people Tao Wuji can use are not just the guards who stayed in the Xia family.

Therefore, he has sufficient supplies. If he needs something and can't buy it nearby, people who have business dealings with him will give him some face because of his status, and he can buy it somewhere else.

So I asked him if there was anything I could do to help.

“Not for now. If you need Mr. Tao’s help in the future, I will definitely not be polite to him. I have some stock in my house, which I bought when the drought just started. Now they can come in handy.

I will go and sort them out first, and send the herbs that can be used to Doctor Zhao, and then distribute the rest to the villagers."

After hearing this, Tao Wuji could only nod and told Xia Shengsheng to just ask if he could help.

"Oh, right! Didn't I say that you don't need to call me Master Tao? You can call me Old Tao or just Wuji. If you call me Grandpa Tao, it makes us seem more distant, right?"

Xia Shengsheng was about to turn around and go back to the house, but when he heard Tao Wuji's words, he turned around again.

Looking at Tao Wuji, he seemed to suddenly understand something. In order to avoid some people from thinking too much, he made it clear today.

"Master Tao, we are actually just business partners. To put it nicely, we can be considered friends, and we have experienced a lot together. We can be close friends in the future, but the rest of our identities will not change.

You are older than me, so it is not appropriate to call you Lao Tao. Your name is for your closest relatives to call you by, and I have no right to call you by that name.

Calling you Master Tao is a way of respecting you, and it is also a definition of our relationship. I hope that in the future, we can still keep some distance. After all... you understand, right?"

Xia Shengsheng felt that she had made it clear enough. If she said it more bluntly, Tao Wuji would be embarrassed.

She had never noticed that Tao Wuji treated her differently before.

Ever since Tao Wuji fell seriously ill, he always treated her as his wife Jingwan. After he recovered from the illness, his attitude towards Xia Shengsheng seemed to be even more different.

Daily concern and caring for each other is just a small matter, and the way they talk is not like before, as if the two of them are very close.

Xia Shengsheng definitely had no thoughts about Tao Wuji, and she didn't know if her feelings were wrong.

Maybe Tao Wuji didn't think about it that way, but in order to avoid any accidents, it is better to make everything clear, so as not to let others think that the two of them are in an ambiguous stage, which would be bad if any misunderstandings arise.

Tao Wuji understood Xia Shengsheng's refusal. In fact, during his previous interactions with Xia Shengsheng, he had a good impression of this person.

But at that time I didn’t think about going anywhere else.

After all, the person he has always loved is his original wife Jingwan.

If Jingwan had not asked him to give her personal maid to him as a concubine before her death so that she could take care of him and his son, he would not have felt at ease even if she had gone there. He might have been raising his child alone until now, without any other woman!

He remembered what happened during the time he was sick, including mistaking Xia Shengsheng for his wife Jingwan.

After he recovered from his illness, he never mentioned it again, and he mistook Xia Shengsheng for his wife in order to avoid embarrassment.

But since then, every time I see Xia Shengsheng talking about someone, I seem to see Jingwan's shadow.

It made him unconsciously want to get closer to Xia Shengsheng.

I also fantasized about getting married and raising a few children together.

Unexpectedly, he was poured with a bucket of cold water. His original fantasy finally came to nothing, which made him feel a little sad.

But he understood that someone as straightforward as Xia Shengsheng would definitely not like being indecisive.

Since the other person has no such intention and has rejected him decisively, he should not insist on it any longer, so as not to hurt the friendship between the two friends and cause embarrassment when they meet again in the future!

So I could only smile helplessly and said, "I understand. You can call me whatever you want in the future! After all, we are still business partners.

Although the business cannot continue now, natural disasters will eventually pass, and man-made disasters will also subside. There will be a time for us to make a fortune together in the future. I can't lose you as my rich man. If you go find someone else to cooperate with, I will lose a lot of money!"

Seeing that Tao Wuji was more relaxed, Xia Shengsheng felt relieved. After he had explained everything, he felt much better. He spoke a few more words to Tao Wuji before returning to the inner courtyard.

But just as he turned the corner, he saw a big carrot with five small carrot heads and a Roaring Sky Dog wagging its tail, looking like a stupid dog.

They all crouched as if eavesdropping.

"You guys have nothing to do, right? Have you finished your classes? After class, I'll pack my things and go to Doctor Zhao's hospital to help him divide the herbs!"