I travel back and forth between ancient and modern times, hoarding goods to raise my grandchildren a

"cough cough"

"cough cough"

Mrs. Yu coughed for a long time before she stopped.

"What's wrong? Why are you coughing all of a sudden?"

Xu Mama, who was standing beside her, said, "Madam, should we call the royal physician to come and take a look?"

Mrs. Yu waved her hand: "No need, I'll just go back and lie down for a while."

To conserve food, most of the servants in the household only ate once every two days.

The same applies to the physicians in the government offices.

I don't know if that old man was delirious from hunger or what, but whenever I called him over to give acupuncture, he always gave the wrong injection.

She and the master had discussed it, and since the family physician was becoming increasingly useless, they decided to find a time to kick him out of the mansion, which would also save some food.

"cough cough"

She coughed a few more times.

After returning to my room and drinking a couple of sips of water, I lay down.

Not long after, I felt dizzy and fell asleep.

[Ding-dong, countdown to returning to the modern era: 18:23:34]

Yu Wanwan brought the imperial physician back to her residence and performed a full set of diagnostic methods on everyone. Even after confirming that everyone was alright, she was still not completely at ease.

On my way back, I heard even more coughing.

Moreover, I saw several people suddenly faint on the road.

The epidemic was discovered too late; it had already spread.

She stared at the system's countdown and couldn't help but feel anxious.

The eldest son, Pei Yuchen, carried the sixth son over and said, "Grandma, I also want to go out and volunteer like Brother Zhou Nan and the others, delivering food and water to people who can't go out."

The word "volunteer" was coined by Yu Wanwan at home not long ago.

The Emperor did indeed deploy a large number of Imperial Guards and soldiers to investigate the epidemic and maintain order.

But she thought of the period in modern times when people couldn't go out, and even if they didn't die from disease, they were at risk of starving to death while confined at home.

Even with the current situation outside, it's highly likely that people would still starve to death even if they could go out.

But as long as you can go out, there is hope.

If we're not allowed to leave the house, there's absolutely no hope.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for ordinary people to cooperate with the government's measures and stay at home obediently.

If they force their way out, the epidemic will get completely out of control, and even if she goes back to the modern world to get the medicine, it may be of no use.

So in order to keep the people calm, she had no choice but to send Zhou Nan to deliver food to them.

The manor has enough grain to feed five or six hundred people for about two meals.

It should be able to hold out until tomorrow.

Yu Wanwan patted the eldest child's head: "You stay at home and watch over your younger siblings, don't let them run around outside. This is also part of the volunteer work, and a very important part at that."

Otherwise, if they run away, our people will have to go out to look for them, which will delay the distribution of grain to everyone.

If they go out and contract the disease, our household will be in complete chaos.

The eldest brother lowered his eyes and pondered Yu Wanwan's words for a moment.

She then changed her tune, saying, "I will definitely take good care of my younger siblings."

"Ah."

Yu Wanwan was no longer idle.

She used to share food and water with the housekeeper and the others.

Most of the water that was previously delivered was returned in buckets.

Now we can use these recycled water buckets to fill them with water and send them out again.

She helped hold the bucket while a maid from the manor poured water into it.

Busy times always fly by. By the time Yu Wanwan and the servants had finished distributing all the grain, the moon had already risen.

Dinner had already been prepared in the kitchen.

There are imperial-style braised beef, braised pork belly, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, and milder options like steamed sea bass, stir-fried vegetables with garlic, and lotus root and pork rib soup.

During the pandemic, it is even more important to pay attention to supplementing nutrition in order to improve immunity.

Therefore, even though Yu Wanwan had little appetite, she still tried a little of every dish.

It also makes sure the children eat a little of everything.

After the meal, he also reminded everyone to drink a bowl of soup.

At the dinner table, Yu Wanwan noticed that her second son, who usually had a good appetite, was eating much slower than ever before.

Even the sixth brother finished a bowl of soup with a small spoon with the help of the eldest brother, while the second brother still had more than half of the pork rib soup left in front of him.

Before Yu Wanwan could even ask, Lao Si noticed.

"Second brother, you're eating so slowly today, are you sick too?"

Yu Wanwan was about to look at the fourth brother with new respect.

I never expected him to have such a thoughtful side.

The next moment:

"If you get sick, you should stay away from your grandmother. I heard from the servants that this disease is a plague, and it is very contagious. If there are grandparents in the family, you should be even more careful."

If they get infected, they'll easily die from the disease. If you pass the disease to Grandma, then we won't have Grandma anymore.

Yu Wanwan: "..."

It's just speechless.

"Thank you so much for your concern, but I'm only eighteen, the prime of my life, and my body is even better than yours."

How can she make the fourth brother remember that she is a strong and healthy young woman?

The fourth brother made a "shh" gesture to Yu Wanwan.

"Okay, I understand. Grandmother, I won't say it again."

"Brother Zhou Nan once said that women care most about their age and are most afraid of being told they are old, so they will tell others that they are only eighteen years old."

"I will tell others that my grandmother was only eighteen years old in the future."

“Ha,” Yu Wanwan said, both amused and exasperated, “You’re such a good grandson.”

She feared that the fourth son would drive her to an early death, so she focused her attention on the second son.

"Are you really feeling unwell? Should we call the imperial physician to come and take a look at you?"

The second son shook his head.

She sighed, "No, I'm fine. I'm just worried about my grandparents."

“My maternal grandparents live close to the capital. They are getting old and now they have no food. If they get sick again, I don’t know if they can survive.”

Yu Wanwan tried to find information about the second son's maternal grandparents' family from the original owner's memories.

Unsurprisingly, nothing was found.

The original owner of this body, who was insane, knew nothing about her grandchildren's maternal grandparents' family, let alone their fathers.

She chose to ask directly.

Where does your maternal grandparents live?

“In Tongzhou, my maternal grandfather was the headmaster of Tongzhou Academy.”

"The headmaster of Tongzhou Academy?"

Yu Wanwan really didn't expect that her second son came from a scholarly family.

Seeing how much her second son could eat, she almost thought he came from a family of gourmets, with either a master chef or a master chef in his family.

Wait, the headmaster of Tongzhou Academy?

The academies in the capital are unable to operate due to food and water shortages.

The academies in Tongzhou must have already closed down.

Wasn't she just planning to go find the teacher to bring back and teach the children?

"I'll take you to see your maternal grandfather and the others after I finish my work tomorrow afternoon."

This time when she goes back, she will bring several cars and download some driving tutorial videos.

Driving there would be faster than having someone travel overnight.