A husband found in the village? I bought a regent for a penny!

Mu Nanzhao looked up. "Aren't you being too kind-hearted?"

“You could have destroyed all their food supplies, but you left them enough to survive the winter.”

Gu Xixi said, "Gu Tiezhu has completely gone mad and can no longer cause trouble."

"That's enough for me. There's no need to wipe out their entire family."

“Besides,” she smiled slyly, “if someone in the village were to starve to death, it wouldn’t be easy for Old Qian to be the village chief.”

"If he gets serious and investigates and ends up investigating me, how will we ever see each other again?"

Mu Nanzhao nodded, agreeing with this reason, and then asked, "What does Gu Qingye's life or death have to do with you this time?"

"You've already shown mercy by not continuing to target her."

Gu Xixi sighed, "You are not a woman, so you probably can't understand the suffering women endure in this world."

"Do you know that once this marriage is arranged, it will ruin the lives of two women at the same time?"

"I don't like Gu Qingye. She may deserve to be punished for her mistakes, but what did that man's sister do wrong by marrying Gu Tiezhu?"

Mu Nanzhao said, "Gu Qingye's parents have already agreed to the marriage, so what can you do?"

Gu Xixi smiled and said, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."

Mu Nanzhao stared at her smile, momentarily stunned.

After a moment, he turned his gaze away and said, "Anyway, no matter how much Gu Qingye throws a tantrum in the future, I will never marry her."

Gu Xixi felt a pang of bitterness in her heart.

Why does it seem like the more she tries to matchmake people, the more difficult it becomes?

However, she is currently exhausted both physically and mentally, and has no time to consider the romance between the male and female leads.

Even more dead rats were caught in the village today, and two large bonfires burned all day long.

This means that the rat infestation has officially invaded Huachidu Village, and there is no sign of it abating.

As the saying goes, what goes up must come down. If we haven't reached the peak of the rat infestation yet, given the current level of protection, will we be able to stop it later? And for how long?

Hopefully, the new rat poison I envisioned will be successfully developed soon...

There were seven or eight people outside making honey bait.

After taking stock, Gu Xixi confirmed that there was enough food for the entire period from tonight until noon tomorrow.

"Everyone has had a long day, let's go back and rest. We'll continue tomorrow."

The women put down their work and bid farewell to their hosts.

Only Sister-in-law Qin remained until the end.

Gu Xixi could tell what she wanted to ask from her expression, so she relayed Mu Nanzhao's last words.

Sister-in-law Qin clapped her hands with delight, "I knew I hadn't misjudged Mr. Chen."

"That's why everyone says that when it comes to being a teacher, character is the most important thing, and Mr. Chen is the best teacher!"

"I don't mind my dog ​​being with him!"

When Mu Nanzhao passed by, he heard this and thought to himself, "That woman was pointing at me and cursing, but that's not what she said."

Since Gouwa was mentioned, Gu Xixi whispered a few words in Qin Dasao's ear.

Sister-in-law Qin nodded repeatedly as she listened.

After Gu Xixi finished speaking, Sister-in-law Qin smiled and readily agreed, "Don't worry, I'll talk to that brat when we get back. He may not be the best student, but he's got a bit of cleverness."

Gu Xixi saw Qin Dasao off at the door.

The old doctor, who had been sitting in the corner grinding herbs, suddenly stood up and shouted excitedly, "Xi Xi! Xi Xi! Come here quickly, I have the results! I've succeeded!"

Gu Xixi rushed back, "So fast?"

The old doctor's face lit up with pride as he said, "Of course! With my apprentice and I working together, what can't we do?"

Yesterday, Gu Xixi found a castor bean plant at the base of her outer wall.

She thought that the seeds of this plant were poisonous, but when cooked, they were oily and fragrant, so they were often mistakenly eaten by humans, and perhaps they were good food for poisonous rats.

So he took it back and gave it to the old doctor.

As a result, today the old doctor ground up the roasted castor seeds and mixed them with oleander juice.

After repeated experiments, he discovered that the mixture itself was not very toxic, but if a few drops of hot vinegar were added, it would unexpectedly become more than twice as toxic as the sum of its parts!

The old doctor made a new discovery and excitedly spun around, talking nonstop: "The dosage of medicine that can save lives must be carefully considered. If the medicine is too weak, it won't work. If the medicine is too strong, it may even kill the person."

"The poison for rats is different; the more poisonous the better. Anyway, once it's ingested, there's no expectation that it will wake up again."

Gu Xixi smiled, "Yes, Master, I have learned a lot."

"I'll talk to Uncle Qian tomorrow morning and see if we can test the effect first."

The old doctor added, "You asked me to prepare a prescription for treating the plague? That's easy."

“Our sect already has existing ancient prescriptions, and we only need to make slight adjustments based on the patient’s symptoms.”

Gu Xixi thought for a moment and said, "I would also like to ask you for a prescription."

For dinner, Aunt Zhang made corn rice, a large plate of stir-fried cured pork with green garlic, a plate of scallion omelets, and a pot of pumpkin soup.

As she put down her chopsticks, she said, "I've been working too hard lately, you all need to eat well."

"We can't let people collapse from exhaustion before we've even finished exterminating the rats."

Aunt Zhang turned to the old doctor and said, "Especially for your old bones, once you touch the medicine grinder, you can't leave for half a day. If you want to live, don't fiddle with it tonight, go to bed early!"

Despite Aunt Zhang's fierce tone, the old doctor kept grinning.

He had lived alone for many years, so now he naturally enjoys the feeling of being cared for.

The next morning, Mu Nanzhao entered the land temple, and the people there were the same ones he had seen the day before.

But they all moved their things quietly, and their greetings became shy and soft.

"Mr. Chen."

Good morning, Mr. Chen.

Mu Nanzhao nodded. "Good morning."

After Lao Qian's outburst yesterday morning, they toned it down considerably, but it didn't turn out like this.

Did something happen after school ended?

When Mu Nanzhao walked to the school gate, he was surprised to find that no one was playing or making noise; all the children were sitting in their seats.

Gouwa stood up and said loudly, "Rise and greet the gentleman!"

The little ones stood up one after another and bowed to Mu Nanzhao as disciples, saying, "How are you today, Master?"

Although the voices were scattered and disjointed, and the gestures of bowing were not very standard.

Mu Nanzhao could see that they were already trying hard to learn, and his serious expression softened a bit.

"Please sit down, let's begin the lesson."

Gu Xixi took some time to tend to her tea trees, and when she returned, she ran into Old Qian who was rushing over.

There was another unfamiliar face next to Lao Qian, with a thick beard and a square face, who looked to be in his forties.

Old Qian introduced, "This is the village chief of Shitou Village, surnamed Zhao."

"Your distant uncle is actually from their village?"

Gu Xixi once asked the old doctor to treat Mu Nanzhao, never expecting there would be a follow-up.

So he lied to outsiders, claiming that the man was his distant maternal uncle.

Now that she's been exposed, Gu Xixi can only continue to lie, "Oh, because he's a distant relative, we lost contact many years ago. I only found out later that he was the distant uncle my mother mentioned."

She observed Village Chief Zhao's expression and asked, "You're looking for my uncle, is there something you need?"