Aunt Hua kindly reminded him, "Don't be so busy shopping that you forget to go back. Old Man Liu will be gone by noon at the latest."

If Aunt Hua hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten about it. Jin Yuyao thanked Aunt Hua gratefully and went to look around with the basket on her back.

This small town is called Qingyun Town. It is not very big and has only two prosperous streets.

One street was filled with shops selling vegetables and meat, another with restaurants, clothing stores, and jewelry shops. Jin Yuyao didn't see a Ping An Tang pharmacy until she reached the very end of the street.

Jin Yuyao entered the drugstore and saw that it was deserted and the clerk who was serving the medicine was taking a nap.

He opened his eyes after hearing the voice: "Are you here to see a doctor or get medicine?"

Jin Yuyao looked at the waiter and asked, "What do you mean?"

The waiter patiently explained, "As for medical treatment, we don't have any doctors these days. We can only get medicine."

Jin Yuyao asked casually, "Where's the doctor?"

The young man looked embarrassed and didn't want to say more, so she asked, "Are you collecting medicinal herbs here?"

The young man said in embarrassment: "Sister-in-law, you have also seen our situation..."

The young man was about to refuse when a man in his fifties came out and asked, "What's going on?"

The guy then told the story about Jin Yuyao.

The shopkeeper then looked at Jin Yuyao.

Seeing that Jin Yuyao was wearing coarse cloth clothes that were washed white, and her hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin, he said, "What medicinal herbs do you have? Bring them over so I can see them."

Jin Yuyao put down the backpack, took something out and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took it, looked at it, and said, "Although these herbs are very common, yours are of better quality. I'll take them. How many do you have in total?"

Jin Yuyao asked the shopkeeper to take a look at the medicinal herbs in the backpack.

The shopkeeper looked at it and decided, "I'll take them all. It's a total of one tael of silver. Do you think it's okay? If you don't think it's okay, go to the street ahead and have a look."

Jin Yuyao hesitated for a moment and then said, "Okay."

She thought the price was reasonable, so the shopkeeper gave the silver to Jin Yuyao.

The waiter sighed and took out the herbs. Jin Yuyao took the backpack and left Ping'an Hall.

When Jin Yuyao went out, a woman came in.

Then I heard the old woman complaining, "It's so expensive to even see a doctor these days. Shopkeeper Li, when will you get a doctor?"

Shopkeeper Li smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know either. Ever since Doctor Sun was driven out by them, I've looked for many other doctors but none of them would come."

Jin Yuyao had originally thought of selling medicinal herbs in the future, but it seems that this clinic may not be able to accept medicinal herbs in its current situation. She has to go to the clinic that Manager Li mentioned to have a look.

Jin Yuyao found out the location of the clinic and went straight there.

Jin Yuyao looked at the storefront and found it was very big, twice as big as Ping'an Hall, with a plaque that read "Huichun Hall".

After she entered Huichun Hall, she saw that it was bustling with people, which was in stark contrast to the deserted Ping'an Hall.

Jin Yuyao went up to a waiter and asked, "Excuse me, do you sell medicinal herbs here?"

The clerk lowered his head to pick up the medicine, and without even looking up, he said impatiently: "No, go away, go away, don't delay our business."

He didn't expect this guy to have such an attitude and was about to retort.

An auntie leaned close to Jin Yuyao's ear and whispered, "Miss, people here are just like that. Don't get angry with them. We really have no choice but to come here."

Jin Yuyao thanked her sister-in-law, left Huichun Hall and saw that it was almost noon.

She had to hurry up to buy some things she needed, otherwise she would miss the ox cart and really wouldn't be able to go back.

Jin Yuyao took some cloth and went back to make clothes for her three children. The weather was getting warmer, but the children were still wearing cotton clothes.

She quickly bought some rice, noodles, meat and lard.

Jin Yuyao didn't dare to delay and quickly walked towards the city gate.

When we got to the city gate, we heard Xiao Feng complaining, "Let's go. We agreed to meet her at the appointed time. If she can't come, who can we blame? We've left so many of us waiting for her. She might have already gone home."

Jin Yuyao ran two steps and panted, saying to Old Man Liu: "I'm sorry, I'm late. Sorry."

Old Man Liu said calmly, "Just in time, we were about to set off."

"Thank you"

Aunt Hua smiled and said, "Hurry up and get in the car. It's not even noon yet."

Whatever Xiaofeng said along the way was retorted by Jin Yuyao.

Xiaofeng later gave up the idea.

When they arrived at the village entrance, Jin Yuyao gave Old Man Liu four cents and walked back.

From a distance, I saw three children staring eagerly towards the town, waiting for me.

When Wang Baozhu saw Jin Yuyao, she shouted, "Sister, mother is back, mother is back."

Wang Mingzhu and Wang Siyuan also saw it, and the three children ran towards Jin Yuyao together.

She saw the three children running towards her with smiles on their faces, and her heart felt warm.

Wang Mingzhu and Wang Baozhu saw that Jin Yuyao was carrying a lot of things, so the two children helped Jin Yuyao carry the things.

When I got home, I saw that all the things I moved in last night had been sorted out.

Jin Yuyao asked doubtfully, "Did you three sort it out?"

The three children nodded.

Jin Yuyao happily patted the heads of the three children and praised them, "You are awesome. You have helped me with so much work."

The three children reacted differently to Jin Yuyao's praise.

Wang Mingzhu smiled shyly, Wang Baozhu happily held Jin Yuyao's hand, and Siyuan clapped his hands happily: "Mom praised me. She said I was great."

Jin Yuyao took out the meat from the basket and said, "You must be starving. I'll cook for you right away."

She washed the lard and cut it into small pieces, put clean water in the pot, and put the lard in.

Wang Mingzhu opened fire wisely.

Wang Baozhu and Wang Siyuan looked on in confusion: "Mom, what are you cooking?"

Jin Yuyao replied while stirring, "It's making lard."

The two children looked at each other with confusion on their faces.

There are more than 50 households in Shangshui Village, but they are all very poor and each family can only consume a few kilograms of oil a year.

Some families don’t eat stir-fried dishes at all. They just steam the dishes and sprinkle some salt on them. If they have sesame oil, they add a drop of sesame oil. If they don’t have sesame oil, they don’t even add any.

We can only eat a little meat during the Chinese New Year.

Jin Yuyao saw that the oil was almost done, so she fished out the oil residue.

Find a clean jar and put the oil in it.

Jin Yuyao steamed rice and saw the bamboo shoots dug by the children. She fried bamboo shoots with meat and made a wild vegetable and egg soup.

She placed the meal on the stone table and the three children looked at it in amazement.

Wang Mingzhu could only swallow her saliva as she looked at the delicious food, but she looked away sensibly.

Wang Baozhu asked cutely, "Mom, is this really for us to eat?"

Jin Yuyao smiled and said, "Of course, don't just stare at me. Let's eat quickly, or it'll get cold soon."

Jin Yuyao sat down, and the three children looked at each other. Only the second child, Wang Baozhu, sat down.

She was also wondering why her elder sister and younger brother didn't eat when her mother told them to.

Wang Baozhu took a bite of the bamboo shoots and pork stir-fry and couldn't help but say, "Mom made it so delicious. If you two didn't eat any, I would have eaten it all."

Wang Siyuan sat down only after he saw his second sister start eating, fearing that Wang Baozhu would finish eating.

Wang Mingzhu then slowly sat down and began to eat.

Occasionally, he would look up at others.

Soon the three children finished all the food.

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