The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

After hearing the news, many wealthy merchants in Chongshui arranged people to go to Minzhou City to buy these seafoods in large quantities. When they came back, the news of the treatment for goiter would surely spread to other counties. By then, there would be more people in need of this kind of thing, and they could also make a fortune.

Lu Linlang did not plan to go this time. First, in the original owner's memory, the enemy attack on the capital seemed to have just begun in winter, so it was very likely that a war had already broken out on the border. Second, she wanted to see the situation of those mountain people. If a war really broke out, these mountain people could become a helper. As long as they were subdued or given enough benefits, more manpower could be added to protect everyone.

There is no news from General He yet, and I haven't received any response for the clothes I sent. I don't know whether he received them or if something unexpected happened on the way.

She asked County Magistrate Zhao indirectly, but he had no information either.

Yes, if County Magistrate Zhao heard the news, it is impossible that the people in the capital did not hear it, and it would not be so difficult for the people in the capital to think of fleeing when the enemy was at the gates of the city.

There was still no news from the people she sent, and Lu Linlang was very worried. These days, every midnight, she would dream of some scenes from the original owner's previous life. This was a very bad omen.

Considering the high priest's expression that day, Lu Linlang didn't know if he had guessed something, but when she found him, he refused to see her and didn't say a word.

Soon, all the mountain people were going down the mountain, and several villages near Xishan Village also became busy. They set up stalls on the flat land that was the only way for those mountain people to go down the mountain. Even people from the town and the county came with goods.

Lu Linlang originally thought that there were few people in the mountains, but when she arrived at the location, she found that there were actually a lot of people. She even saw those people coming down the mountain with their families. The men carried backpacks on their backs and bundles in front of them. The bundles were filled with animal furs, and the backpacks were filled with prey they had hunted recently.

There was little salt in the mountains, so they did not pickle the prey. They would come with fresh prey on the appointed day.

Lu Linlang took a look and saw that some of their backpacks were filled with rabbits, pheasants, venison, wild boar meat, and even living things. They were all wild game rarely seen in the mountains.

Everyone came to the market today. Lu Linlang brought her whole family. Lu Zhan saw a sika deer and liked it very much. He took his monthly salary and bought the deer from the man.

Lu Linlang observed these people carefully and found that in the October weather, everyone was wearing padded jackets, but the hunters in the mountains were still wearing single clothes. Only the women and children were covered with animal fur.

They are tall and strong, carrying bows and arrows. You can tell at first glance that they are not to be trifled with, but they are shy and socially anxious when doing business with others. Those who sell things to them treat them as suckers, and the price of the food they sell is even higher than in the county town.

Xiaolan also came over with her cousin and her family. Their family had already bought food for her cousin's family in advance. Her cousin's family would pay for the food with their own money or other wild game, so the price they got was lower than that of other people in the mountains.

"Mr. Lu, my cousin's baby is sick. There is no good doctor in the mountains. Can you ask Dr. Yun to help check it out? My cousin will pay for it." Xiaolan was afraid of being retaliated before, but Dahua did not deliberately bully her by relying on her relationship with Lu Linlang. Now she dares to talk to Lu Linlang freely.

"Where is the child? Let me see." Yunxi took the initiative to say that she didn't have the child with her.

"Over there, my parents-in-law and husband are also there. The child is seriously ill. We came down the mountain this time to find a doctor." Xiaolan's cousin said anxiously when she heard his agreement.

Lu Linlang was worried about not having a chance to interact with the people in the mountains, so she went to see the child together.

Xiaolan's cousin is called Qiangwei. She said that this was the name her husband gave her. She didn't have a name at home before, and her parents called her San Ya.

Qiangwei led them through the crowd and arrived at their destination. An old woman was holding two children in her hands, and a younger child was in a man's arms.

"Brother Heng, this is Doctor Yun, a famous doctor in the entire Xishan Village. Please ask him to take a look at the child." As soon as Qiangwei finished speaking, the man called Brother Heng bent down and brought the child to Yunxi. Yunxi first looked at the child's condition and then touched his cheek.

"He caught a cold because of the cold weather. He just needs to take a few doses of medicine. Those medicines are not expensive. Come back with me later and I will get the medicine for you." Yunxi said after the examination.

"Thank you, thank you Doctor Yun. We plan to stay here and return to the mountains when the child gets better."

Lu Linlang discovered that this man named Heng Ge was tall and strong, and had a similar facial feature to those men in the mountains. They all had one characteristic: they were serious. However, Qiangwei's mother-in-law had a smile on her face, which made her look different from other villagers. She looked more like an educated woman.

"Okay, I'll take you back to get some medicine so the fever can go away sooner rather than later so the child won't suffer." After Yunxi finished speaking, she said something to the others and went home first.

Qiangwei's mother-in-law didn't leave. She brought her two grandsons here to wait for her husband, who had just gone out to buy other things.

"Auntie, why don't you stay here tonight and wait until the child is better before going back."

Lu Linlang had just observed these mountain people and found that some of their habits were very similar to those of Uncle Zhong and the others. Those were habits that only people in the military camp would have left behind. It seemed that these mountain people had a lot of stories, but the people living down the mountain had never noticed their differences, only because these mountain people rarely dealt with the villagers and rarely interacted with them.

"No, thank you Mr. Lu for your help. Xiaolan just kept praising you to us, saying that thanks to you, all the goiters in the village have been cured. There are many wild animals in the mountains, so my old man and I need to take our grandson and the villagers back first. The mountains are dangerous, so it's safer to go back together."

There was a look of alertness in her eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.

Lu Linlang did not force it. Since they said so, there was no need for her to test them too much. She would take it slowly and she would eventually find out why they lived in the mountains.

The market ended at noon. Lu Linlang tried to talk to them, but everyone, young or old, regardless of gender, was very cautious and would not say anything that was not necessary about the situation in the mountains.

In the afternoon, one of the leaders shouted, and everyone stopped. They gathered up the things they had exchanged and followed the middle-aged man in the lead.

Lu Linlang counted them and found that there were actually two or three hundred people coming down the mountain. She originally thought that there were only one or two hundred people, but since so many people came down the mountain, she guessed that there were probably quite a few people on the mountain, perhaps thousands of people in total. Such a well-trained group was willing to be hunters in the mountains, and they only went out once or twice a year. Even the government had few records about them. This was not normal.