It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

"Oh, the three meals a day at home are so much better now than before, how can we be so precious about it?"

Song Zhi didn't say anything. She knew it was useless to convince Grandma by herself alone.

So she took the pulse of her uncle, aunt, cousin, and several younger members of the family one by one.

"Uncle has worked hard these years, and although he may appear fine on the outside, the accumulated problems will become apparent as he gets older. The same goes for aunt and the children."

"The pulses aren't strong, and they're actually quite weak internally. Xiaokang, needless to say, has weak Qi, blood, spleen, and stomach."

"So I decided that from now on, everyone in the family must eat an egg in the morning, and every two or three days we must make some nourishing soup to drink."

"I'll pay for this. Spending more on food is better than having a healthy body. It's better than getting sick and taking medicine later. Isn't that right, Grandma?"

Without giving anyone a chance to refuse, Song Zhi started to speak out. As it involved the health of her family, Mrs. Wu no longer objected.

"Then after the yard is fenced off, I'll buy some more chickens to raise." Mrs. Wu decided.

Seeing her goal accomplished, Song Zhi smiled and nodded repeatedly. "I've already made up my mind. I'm going to buy some mountain land near my home. Besides growing some beans, I'm also going to plant some grass fodder. That way, we don't have to worry about running out of feed for our livestock!"

When Wu heard her granddaughter say this, she slapped her thigh and said, "Look at me, I completely forgot about buying the land. I'll talk to the clan leader tomorrow."

Song Zhi reminded him at the right time, "It just so happens that the summer grain harvest is almost over. While we're buying land, let's ask our clan leader to go to the county government office and remind the county magistrate not to forget about our village's pilot project of building kangs."

After things were finalized, Song Zhi went to the backyard to continue the unfinished work.

Song Zhi melted the cleaned beeswax into the mugwort and mint oil in a certain proportion, while the younger ones helped to pack the tooth powder.

By the time Wu came back after washing the dishes and cleaning up, Song Zhi was already taking the final step.

She carefully poured the wormwood mint oil mixed with beeswax into the rouge box.

Wu approached the table curiously. Under the dim light, the mugwort mint oil exuded a refreshing scent and looked very beautiful in its emerald green color.

"Is this herbal ointment ready?"

Song Zhi nodded. "After it cools down, it will solidify into a paste. When you go out, just apply it on your wrists, ankles, and the back of your neck to keep mosquitoes away."

"Not only that, if you get bit by a mosquito, it can calm the itching and is very useful."

Seeing that her granddaughter spoke so convincingly, Mrs. Wu became even more excited about the finished product of the herbal ointment.

I also helped to pack it up.

Because the number of boxes was limited, Song Zhi first took the herbal ointment and used the unused boxes to store tooth powder.

Finally, the number of herbal ointment was one hundred and eighty-five boxes, and the number of tooth powder was sixty-five boxes.

"With so many things, I'll ask your eldest brother to accompany you to the county town tomorrow morning."

"No, these things may seem like a lot, but they're actually not that heavy. Let big brother stay home to help, and I'll take Xiao An to the county town tomorrow."

After saying that, Song Zhi took a few boxes of tooth powder and handed them to Grandma. "Grandma, take this tooth powder back with you. Have your uncle and the others use linen cloth dipped in the powder to clean their teeth. I'll make you a tooth cleaning device later."

Mrs. Wu took the tooth powder and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I understand. I'll tell your uncle and the others when I get back."

Song Zhi took out two more boxes of tooth powder and handed them to Song An and Song Cheng, "You two should clean your teeth carefully, otherwise when your teeth are damaged, we will eat ribs and meat, and those with damaged teeth can only watch!"

Song Cheng put himself in the scene described by his sister. He drooled as he watched his brothers and sisters eat the big meat. He could only watch from the side. The little guy said anxiously, "Sister, I will be obedient."

Song An simply couldn't bear to look at this anxious and stupid boy.

Mrs. Wu happily patted her grandson's head and said to her granddaughter, "Okay, it's getting late. We should go back first. You should take Huanhuan and wash up and go to bed early."

Song Zhi held the oil lamp and accompanied grandma to the door, then turned back to take her younger brother and sister-in-law to wash up.

After a good night's sleep, the first thing Song Zhi did when she got up was to run to the backyard to check the herbal ointment she made yesterday.

After cooling and setting overnight, all the herbal pastes have solidified.

Song Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and took the tooth powder to wash up.

After breakfast, the brother and sister hurried to the county town, carrying the goods on their backs and in their hands.

When going to Wei Yue Fang to deliver cakes, Song Zhi also generously gave Manager Zhou some herbal ointment and tooth powder.

It was the first time that Shopkeeper Zhou had heard of such a novel thing, so he accepted it with great joy. After sending Song Zhi away, he couldn't wait to open the box of the herbal ointment, and a fresh minty scent instantly filled his nose.

Shopkeeper Zhou scooped some and applied it on his arm which was red and swollen from being stared at. To his surprise, the herbal ointment felt cool on his arm and the itching that had been bothering him subsided instantly.

Shopkeeper Zhou immediately ran out of the shop, wanting to buy some more with Song Zhi to send to his family.

His family members are all in the south, where the heat and the number of mosquitoes are much more severe than in the north where he lives.

If we had such a magical object, our family would suffer less in this hot summer.

But he was still a step too late. Shopkeeper Zhou ran out of the door and could only sigh and stamp his feet as he looked at the busy street. There was no trace of Song Zhi.

Later, he must order more of this herbal ointment from Song Zhi.

Here, Song Zhi and her younger brother had just arrived at the official shop. The merchant who had made an appointment with Song Zhi yesterday immediately said, "Young lady, you are finally here. Could you please bring the tooth powder and green herbal ointment?"

Hearing the noise, the three people who were waiting in the shop also came out.

As Song Zhi climbed the stairs, she replied, "I have it, I have it. Everyone, please wait a moment. Let's go into the shop and discuss it in detail."

The merchants surrounding Song Zhi consciously made way for her to enter the shop.

Standing in the middle of the shop, Song Zhi first took off the backpacks on the two of them, then took out a herbal cream, opened it and showed it to everyone, "This is a herbal cream that can refresh the mind, repel insects and mosquitoes, and calm it!"

People who were close by could indeed smell a special odor, and someone asked curiously, "Does it really have as many benefits as you said?"

Song Zhi confidently handed it forward and said, "If you don't believe me, you can try it first and see how it works."