In a year of natural disasters, the young woman had billions of resources to build a paradise.

Granny Zhao nodded and praised him for a while longer.

Cheng Nian's response was perfunctory, and she seized the opportunity to ask about her medicinal herbs, "Did I bring all those things with me?"

"I brought all the necessary supplies, but the medicinal herbs were really difficult to carry because of the rain."

Granny Zhao explained, "I only brought a little of each kind in case you need them. We can buy more after we settle down."

"How can that be? Those are my lives! And if you say so, the torrential rain will keep going, and after the county is flooded, all my medicinal herbs will be ruined!"

Cheng Nian felt very distressed. "Can't we just send someone else to get it?"

Granny Zhao shook her head firmly, "There's just too much stuff."

Aside from valuables, managing to take even half of the items is already quite an achievement. The more stuff they carry, the slower their journey becomes—how could their masters possibly endure that?

As for the rest, the old lady didn't plan to send anyone to fetch more. The torrential rain had already started, and nothing was more important than human life, even the lives of servants.

With that said, Cheng Nian stopped talking. Half was enough anyway, and he didn't want to let others take risks for nothing.

"But with such heavy rain, will Dr. Liu still be able to make the epilepsy-relieving pills?"

He frowned. "I used up several kinds of medicinal herbs to make those five bottles, and now I've lost them. It's really something."

"It was my fault for not disciplining my servants properly; I've already sent them away."

Madam Ye's face turned red, and she looked very guilty.

Inwardly, however, he was sneering. This time, that old bastard might not wake up! Even if he did, so what? Without the medicine, a little more stimulation would surely kill him!

Granny Zhao was worried, "Doctor Liu did send a message saying that the batch of medicinal herbs he requested has not arrived yet and he can't make them in a short time."

"I'll go see what you all brought."

Cheng Nian got up. If there was really nothing she could do, she could only try to recuperate slowly.

"Everything is in one place, it hasn't been packed yet. I'll have Wanxia take you there."

Granny Zhao took out the storeroom key.

Seeing this, Madam Ye said to let the old lady rest well and then left.

To everyone's surprise, Cheng Nian returned in a hurry after leaving for a short while, holding a box in her hand. "Where did this come from?"

Granny Zhao remembered, "This is the medicine that Doctor Jiang gave us. She said it was just some ordinary pills. What's wrong?"

"Mengshi Guntan Pills! And Epilepsy-Relieving Pills! These are no ordinary pills!"

Cheng Nian was extremely excited, "I wonder where that courtesan came from."

This title made Granny Zhao very unhappy.

She rarely wore a long face. "I used to call her Doctor Jiang! I only changed it to Doctor Jiang because of you! She is of noble character and has superb medical skills. She deserves the title of Doctor Jiang. Dr. Cheng, please don't call her that anymore."

“It’s my fault, it’s Dr. Jiang who’s to blame.”

Cheng Nian immediately changed her mind, but she still strongly disagreed in her heart.

But since we're eating at the Ye family's house, we still have to appease them a little, right?

After all, Dr. Jiang saved the old lady twice, and considering the medicine... we still need to be more respectful.

He took out the two kinds of medicine, saying, "These are even better than my epilepsy-relieving pills!"

Mengshi Guntan Pills are mainly used to expel phlegm and reduce internal heat, while Yixian Pills have the effects of dispelling wind, resolving phlegm, calming epilepsy, and stopping convulsions.

This explanation left Granny Zhao both relieved and regretful.

Today, the old lady was so angry during the day that she fell ill. She tried all of Jiang Mianmian's methods, and although she calmed down, she still didn't wake up.

Fortunately, the roads in and out of the manor had been repaired, so Wei San was immediately ordered to find Cheng Nian no matter what.

If I had known we had such good medicine at home, the old lady might have woken up much sooner! She wouldn't have had to suffer so much!

No, perhaps if the medicine had been given a few days earlier, the old lady would not have fallen ill at all!

Granny Zhao slapped her thigh. "Wei San, go! No matter what, you must invite Miss Jiang to our estate! Whether it's a short stay or a long stay, bring ten or twenty people with you—you must bring her here!"

Such a great favor cannot be expressed in any way! Even if the old lady were to wake up, she would surely insist on doing the same!

[Merit +100, Total Merit Points 458.]

Jiang Mianmian, who was busy at work: "???"

Huh, isn't this strange? How come moving house has given me so many merit points?

Never mind, let's empty the Ye family's place first! Hehehe~

From the moment she climbed over the wall, she started collecting supplies along one corner to avoid missing anything. Even so, she managed to collect supplies from at least four small courtyards and one large courtyard. By that calculation, the Ye family must have at least four courtyards!

Although the cave is large, it is still not as comfortable as living in a house like this. We still need to build one in the future, so that Jiu Niang and the others can each have a big courtyard!

Jiang Mianmian secretly set a small goal.

Turn the corner and you'll see another small courtyard!

Upon opening the door, I was surprised to find that medicinal herbs were growing in the yard!

Unfortunately, much of it had already been destroyed, so she quickly salvaged it and stored it all in the warehouse.

Once inside the main house, it was finally confirmed that this small courtyard was the Ye Family Clinic!

The room contained several rows of huge medicine cabinets, all filled with top-quality medicinal herbs, looking no worse than a traditional Chinese medicine clinic.

The east wing has many medicine shelves with herbs of varying degrees of dryness, while the west wing has many processed medicinal materials.

Unfortunately, there were no tools such as mortars and pestles or baking baskets.

Jiang Mianmian didn't let anything slip by, taking it all. She worked for another half hour before finally getting all the Ye family's supplies sorted out and climbing over the wall.

Just as I jumped off the wall, I heard a gasp.

"Ah!~"

The dark figure darted into the corner.

Jiang Mianmian stared warily at that spot. "Where did this thief come from! Daring to hide outside my Ye family's gate?"

They climbed over so many walls without incident, but who knew there were people hiding outside the Ye family's walls? They had no choice but to strike first.

"Sister Mianmian?"

That voice sounds familiar!

Jiang Mianmian asked in confusion, "A rat? What are you doing here?"

In the corner, a rat stood up with a bamboo basket on its head.

He showed his face, and he was crying, "Sister Mianmian~"

This wasn't a question, but rather a voice brimming with grievance.

"Come on, I'll go back with you, and we can talk about it slowly."

Jiang Mianmian took an umbrella out of her backpack and handed it to him. "Use this. Will that bamboo basket keep out the rain?"

There was an anger in her voice that she herself was unaware of.

The child who was so confident last time we met, how come he's acting so aggrieved today?

She had carefully planned the preparations, ensuring they would last until she had settled Jiu Niang before descending the mountain.

I intended to find them after salvaging the supplies, but I never expected to run into them here.

The mouse wiped its face, fiddled with the umbrella a couple of times, and exclaimed, "Ah, is this an oil-paper umbrella? It's so easy to use, so light and delicate."

"It's not oil paper, it's... waterproof cloth."

Jiang Mianmian breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that his attention was quickly diverted.

It seems the problem isn't serious.

However, upon arriving at the dilapidated temple, they heard wave after wave of weeping.

"Why did he steal the last bag of rice after taking the steamed buns and dried meat?! Waaaaah!"

"I searched through so many swill buckets today, but I couldn't find anything to eat, boohoo~"

"Many people have left the city, where will we find swill to eat?"

"Don't cry, don't cry, Brother Mouse has already gone out to think of a solution."

"Yes, we won't starve! Don't be afraid!"