Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

at night.

After everyone had finished their meal, taken their medicine and lay down, the aunts finally had time to chat together.

All the men in the village joined the patrol team, adding more people to protect the entire village. Yun Zhenzhen believed that this little flu was just an insignificant stumbling block for the entire Qinjia Village and would be overcome soon.

Yun Zhenzhen looked at Qin Li and said, "You guys just came back from the city. Stay at home for the time being. Don't go out casually. Wear a mask. When the meal is ready, it will be delivered to your door and you can eat in the house."

Qin Li knew the seriousness of the matter, and since it was his mother who said it, as a son he naturally cooperated unconditionally.

On the way home, he told Yun Zhenzhen about the current situation in the city: "When I went to buy medicine, the clinic was packed with people, and coughing could be heard everywhere on the street. I think the flu has spread. The county magistrate ordered the city gates to be closed and a number of yamen runners were sent to maintain order in the city..."

"The herbs we bought today cost nearly fifty taels of silver. This is the largest expenditure on the village's public account so far."

"As for the letter you asked me to give to the county leader, I will also personally deliver it to him. You don't have to worry too much."

"I know all this and will explain the situation to the village chief." Yun Zhenzhen patted his shoulder and said, "Go back now and stay away from the children at home."

With experience in modern influenza prevention and control, she wrote some methods in a letter and asked her eldest brother to give it to the county magistrate when he went to the city to buy medicine.

I hope these methods can help the people of Yunding County overcome their difficulties.

After settling him down at home, she walked towards the ancestral hall.

Yun Jing was also fully armed. He followed his aunt and observed and recorded the medicine making process. After the patients drank the medicine, he would also record the patients' symptoms and body temperature in detail. In a short while, he had written more than a dozen pages.

That night, the high fever of two people subsided and they were no longer in danger of death.

By the afternoon of the next day, many people had recovered, and during this process, people were constantly being sent into the ancestral hall.

The symptoms are different and the compartments they live in are also different. Those who cough and those who don’t cough are separated to prevent the spread of the disease.

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In the city.

The county magistrate has ordered the closure of the city gates of Yunding County.

Hundreds of refugees outside the city began to gather around the dilapidated temple. Two porridge stalls were opened at the main entrance of the city. Two meals of porridge were provided a day, as well as a black-faced steamed bun, which was barely enough to fill their stomachs. The refugees' emotions were temporarily calmed down.

However, the flu has been spreading among the population, and many people are coughing despite their sick bodies. Some are even suffering from high fever and unconsciousness.

Because a small number of refugees entered the city, hundreds of people were infected. The existing medical clinics were overwhelmed by the crowds, and some even had insufficient reserves of medicinal materials and were sold out.

County Magistrate Wang was sitting in his study, looking over the intelligence under his command.

There were dark circles under his eyes and thick, matted stubble around his lips. He hadn't had a good night's sleep for several nights.

The same was true for Lu Yunfeng standing beside him.

Not only did he stay up late to think of ways, he also paid out of his own pocket to give away medicine for free to those who could not afford it, and purchased large quantities of medicine and transported it outside the city to treat refugees.

Although the promulgation of the decree has temporarily stabilized the people's hearts, it will not last long and a set of rules must be put in place.

Just now, the governor issued a special document regarding the situation in several surrounding counties.

Now there are thousands of refugees fleeing across Yuzhou. With their large-scale migration, influenza has broken out in many places. Now people in Yuzhou city are also in panic, and the most serious problem is riots.

In particular, there are more sick people among the refugees, and some have died due to lack of sufficient medicine and food.

In order to protect the public security of Yuzhou, the governor ordered all refugees to be driven out of the city, the city gates to be closed, and the people in the city to be treated separately. There was no more energy to manage the refugees outside the city for the time being.

In his letter, he stressed the need to stop refugees from entering the city, prevent unrest within the city, and control the spread of disease...

County Magistrate Wang put down his pen and frowned helplessly.

As early as when Ruyi'an reminded him, he had already asked the yamen runners to go to the nearby villages to verify the situation and emphasize the importance of staying indoors.

At present, the disease in the city is under control, but the situation outside the city is still very serious.

Because a large number of people in the city fell ill, the consumption of medicinal materials was very serious. Common medicinal materials such as ephedra and bupleurum were basically sold out, and there was no extra material to treat the refugees outside the city.

But if he really lets it go, he can't get over it. Those are human lives...

"grown ups!"

The bailiff at the door came running in quickly.

"This is the letter that Ruyi'an just sent over. It says it's about a cure for a disease. Please try it right away."

When County Magistrate Wang heard the words "Ruyi'anren", he suddenly felt calm, as if even the most difficult problem could be solved.

Lu Yunfeng also looked over, with the light in his eyes twinkling like stars.

He quickly opened the envelope and found a thick stack of papers inside.

It actually contained control methods that he had never seen before, as well as some common medicinal herbs.

County Magistrate Wang's breathing suddenly became short-sighted, and his eyes were focused on a prescription inside. The peculiar thing about this prescription was that it did not contain sold-out herbs such as ephedra, but instead contained heat-clearing herbs such as honeysuckle.

I didn't expect that she, a woman, actually knew pharmacology.

Do not!

He was narrow-minded. He had heard before that a woman in Qinjia Village had the ability to bring the dead back to life. She must be Ruyi Anren.

"Madam Yun...you are truly my benefactor, and a blessing to Yunding County..."

"Somebody come!"

Following a loud shout from County Magistrate Wang, the legal advisor immediately walked in.

"Now gather all the doctors in the city, unify their management, gather all the medicinal materials, boil the medicine and distribute it uniformly." County Magistrate Wang said in an orderly manner.

"We need to set up medicine-making stations both inside and outside the city. We can't abandon the refugees outside the city just because we can't manage them..."

The master looked up blankly and said, "But... sir, the ephedra and other herbs in the clinic have long been sold out. Even if we collect them all, they won't last more than two days. If we distribute them to the refugees outside the city, I'm afraid they won't even last today."

"Don't worry." County Magistrate Wang pulled out the inner page of the prescription: "You can use honeysuckle instead of ephedra. Honeysuckle is not difficult to find in the city. Many families dry it every day. We will send people to the mountains to find it..."

The master looked at the prescription in front of him and hesitated: "Sir, which doctor wrote this prescription? If I change it rashly, what if it doesn't work..."

"This was written by Ruyi Anren himself." Lu Yunfeng looked at him. "Given Anren's personality, since he was able to give us this recipe, it must have been tested in his village and must be effective."