The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

"What can we do? Even if Doctor Song's medical skills can cure the epidemic here, without the herbs, it's like a skilled cook without rice."

Master Qin looked at the victims and began to look worried.

Zhu Deming also looked solemn.

"Wait a little longer. The prefect must have already reported the matter to the court. Soon, the imperial envoy should be able to bring supplies to support us."

Song Yuntang felt that in the current situation, it was better to rely on himself than on the court.

The problems faced by the disaster victims in the county town have been going on for a long time.

So many refugees are displaced and starving. Lord Zhu reported this matter a long time ago, but he has not given a definite explanation until now. This shows the efficiency of the court.

If we still place all our hopes on the imperial court at this time, by the time the imperial envoy arrives, the entire Anyang County will have fallen.

"For now, we can't put all our bets on the imperial court. Given the current situation, Lord Zhu should think of other ways to control the plague first."

Zhu Deming nodded.

Because of this epidemic, the merchants in the county were first asked to donate grain, silver, clothes, quilts and medicine, and then the wealthy families in the county were encouraged to donate silver. In fact, they had already collected all the money, and even his own wife donated a thousand taels of silver.

Just when he was racking his brains over where to get some money this time, he saw Luo Gang running towards him in a hurry.

"There's medicine! Sir, there's medicine!"

A few people looked back and saw that behind Luo Gang, a group of people were pulling five carts full of medicinal herbs towards them.

Also coming with them were Doctor Zhou and Shunzi from Xinglin Medical Clinic.

Song Yuntang looked at the two of them with a little surprise.

"Doctor Zhou, Shunzi, why are you here?"

"Mr. Xu went to the clinic and told us to send a doctor with him here. I was worried about Master, so I cheated and followed him." Shunzi scratched his head a little embarrassedly, then looked at her with a worried look, "Master, are you okay?"

Song Yuntang smiled and touched his head.

Before, I just thought of teaching this child a skill so that he could have enough food and clothing because he had no parents.

After spending such a period of time together, he was learning seriously. Although she did not deliberately emphasize the master-disciple relationship, he always put her, his master, first in everything.

"I'm fine. But you, this is not a place for children to come. Go back with the convoy later and don't let your grandma worry about you."

Shunzi shook his head.

"I'm not going back. I want to stay with Master. I've already told Grandma before I came here. Master's medical skills are so great, he will definitely not let anything happen to me."

Xu Qingye, who was walking at the end, came to Song Yuntang with a gentle voice.

"This kid is young, but he's more stubborn than a donkey. Let him stay."

He turned and nodded to Zhu Deming and Master Qin beside him.

When Song Yuntang saw him, he felt a little happy, but more worried.

Xu Qingye had been ill for so long before, and his physical condition was worse than that of ordinary people, making him extremely susceptible to the plague.

"Didn't I tell you not to come?"

Seeing that his young wife was safe and sound, Xu Qingye finally felt relieved.

"In just a few days, I've lost so much weight."

The people around them looked away with a smile when they saw the couple being so affectionate with each other. They were not so worried for a while because they had the medicine for emergency.

Zhu Deming hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers to put the medicinal materials into the warehouse, and asked several doctors to pick out the medicinal materials and boil two large pots of them for the patients suffering from the plague to take.

Seeing that there were so many people here, Song Yuntang was worried that Xu Qingye would be infected, so he pulled him to his residence and put a face towel fumigated with mugwort on him.

Looking at the worried look on the girl's face, the man pursed his lips.

"What have you been doing these days? Where did those medicinal herbs come from?" Song Yuntang asked him.

"There is another batch of medicinal materials raised from the provincial capital, which will take five or six days to arrive. It may still not be enough for the current situation in Qingshi Town, but it should be enough to cope with the support from the court." Xu Qingye replied.

Song Yuntang was puzzled.

"How did you raise the medicinal materials?"

"I thought this plague came suddenly, and Anyang County had just experienced a heavy snowfall. It was already difficult to get medicine last year, so there definitely wouldn't be enough here. It wouldn't be safe for you to stay here for too long, so I went to the hot spring resort in the provincial capital to find my teacher, took his personal note, and went to meet the prefect."

Song Yuntang understood, "So these herbs were collected by the prefect for you?"

If she wasn't here, he probably wouldn't do these things, right?

After all, he is just a scholar at the moment.

In Yingshan City and Anyang County, there are many people who are more suitable for success than him, so there is no need for him to waste this favor.

Xu Qingye nodded.

"Right now, the prefect can only collect these medicinal herbs. From now on, we have to wait for the court's rescue."

He knew that as a doctor, she could not stand idly by and watch the plague in Qingshi Town. He didn't care about anything else and could only do his best to protect her.

"With these herbs, we should be able to hold out for another 10 to 20 days. However, I'm afraid it will take more than 10 to 20 days to completely eradicate the plague, as there are too many people."

After thinking for a while, Song Yuntang looked up at the man in front of him.

"Why don't you go back to the county town with the medicine carriage later? It's not safe to stay here for too long. You've already asked Mr. Tang for such a big favor, you can't delay your studies any longer."

The man calmly raised his hand and tucked the loose hair beside her cheek behind her ear.

"I've already asked the teacher for a month's leave before coming here, so I can stay here and help you for now."

He took her hand, checked the palm and back of her hand, and then took out a small box of frostbite cream from his sleeve as if by magic. After unscrewing the lid, he carefully applied it to the frostbite area on Song Yuntang's hand.

"I had anticipated the harsh conditions here, so I grabbed this from the clinic when I got here. I never thought it would actually come in handy."

Looking at the man's delicate and warm appearance, Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.

In her past and present lives, since her parents passed away, no one has ever taken such thoughtful care of her.

"Thank you."

Xu Qingye paused.

"I'm your husband, and it's my duty to take care of you."

"Nothing is natural, but I'm very happy that you are willing to do this for me." Song Yuntang looked at him and smiled. His eyes on the face mask were black and bright, and his face was clearly reflected in his pupils.

Xu Qingye's eyes were dazed for a moment.

Seeing that the chilblains on his hands had been treated with medicine, Song Yuntang withdrew his hand.

"I have to go treat those patients outside now. I'll ask Xia Ning to fumigate the room with moxa every day. You stay here and don't run around. I'll be back when I'm done."

After saying that, she smiled lightly, raised her hand to pinch the man's face, and walked past him out of the house.

Looking at the girl's back as she left, Xu Qingye smiled helplessly and could only sit down in the house obediently. He hadn't had a good rest these days because of the medicinal materials, so he took this opportunity to rest in the house.

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