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Chapter 37
After she finished speaking, He Zhiran quickly brought yesterday's picked herbs, and then lit a fire to decoct the medicine.
In less than half an hour, the herbs were decocted.
The officers took the initiative to come over to take the medicine, but were stopped by He Zhiran.
"Master Peng said, let me pick some people I like to treat."
The two men's conversation just now was also heard by Zhou Lao Ba, knowing that this was indeed the boss's intention.
"Okay, we'll help you carry it, and give it to whoever you say."
He Zhiran walked in front, first coming to the Fang family's position.
Mrs. Zhao saw her coming over, as if she had seen a savior.
"Ms. He, I thank you on behalf of my whole family."
He Zhiran just nodded to her, and then arranged for the officers to distribute the medicine.
This time Fang Chuanzhou did not escape, but the symptoms were not very serious, just feeling a little dizzy and nauseous.
He Zhiran let the officers give him a bowl of medicine, and whispered.
"Uncle Fang, remember to come to my husband at night."
Fang Chuanzhou holding the medicine bowl: "Okay, I must go."
He Zhiran also let the officers give medicine to several other heatstroke patients in the Fang family, before heading towards the Li and He families.
Although the Li and He families were hostile to Mohists, they did not dare to show it at this time.
They were still waiting for the lifesaving herbs.
He Zhiran took a look around, these people's symptoms were not very serious, and some people even deliberately lay there groaning.
It is estimated that they do not want to continue on the road.
She did not expose them on the spot, selected a few elderly and young children, and let the officers give them medicine.
As for the others, she chose to ignore them directly.
Just as she was about to leave with the remaining bit of medicine, she heard Li Rou'er scolding loudly from behind.
"He Zhiran, you are inhuman for refusing to save lives. Mo Jiuye married a daughter-in-law like you, it's bad luck for eight lifetimes."
There was no such thing as not talking back in front of He Zhiran.
Just as she was about to curse back, she suddenly heard a crisp whip crack and Li Rou'er's scream.
Zhang Qing was best at wielding the whip, moving quickly and fiercely.
"Shut up for me, no wonder Ms. He is unwilling to treat you, if it were me, I wouldn't save you either."
This whip just happened to hit Li Rou'er's right arm, and also hit her exposed neck.
Li Rou'er clutched her neck, her eyes full of disbelief.
"Officer, this is unfair. He Zhiran didn't give us medicine to eat, not only did you not scold her, but you even hit me for speaking fairly?"
Zhang Qing was even amused by Li Rou'er's words, while fiercely whipping her again.
"I just don't like you, I'll beat you to death."
Seeing that Li Rou'er had offended the officers again, Zhu immediately pulled her aside.
"Officer, my young lady is ignorant, please spare her this time!"
As Zhu spoke, she had already kowtowed to Zhang Qing several times.
Seeing this, Zhang Qing's anger subsided a lot.
"Keep her uncontrollable mouth shut from now on. If I hear her talking nonsense again, it won't be as simple as two whips."
Li Rou'er was also extremely angry just now, which led her to speak recklessly in front of the officers.
Now that she had calmed down, she really became afraid.
However, her hatred for He Zhiran was even stronger.
She knelt behind Zhu and sobbed softly, while plotting how to make the exile journey more comfortable.
Seeing his usually most sensible daughter become like this, Li Liang felt a headache.
Fortunately, Zhu was sensible and apologized in time.
Otherwise, with the temperament of these officers, it would be hard to guarantee that they would not make things difficult for their Li family on the road.
Seeing the officers and He Zhiran walking away, Li Liang glared fiercely at Li Rou'er.
"From now on, be mute in front of outsiders."
"Dad..." Li Rou'er looked at Li Liang aggrievedly, wanting to explain something, but was stopped by the latter.
"Shut up now."
Li Rou'er immediately fell silent, and continued to wipe away tears in Zhu's arms.
He Zhiran looked at the remaining medicine soup in the iron pot, and distributed it all to those in the Fang family who were not suffering from heat stroke. It could play a preventive role.
She wanted these people to see that offending the Mohists had no benefits.
She would rather give the remaining medicine to those who were not suffering from heatstroke to take, and not give it to these enemies.
After traveling for more than two hours, the convoy finally entered Yunlai County before dark.
The officers seemed to be very familiar with this place. After entering the city, they went straight to an inn in the west of the city.
Seeing the inn, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Heaven knows how they survived the night camping in the wilderness last night.
Not to mention the cold and damp, they also had to guard against mosquito bites from time to time.
When they got up in the morning, there was dew on their faces and clothes.
Today was different. With the inn to stay in, they could rest well for a night.
Especially those family members who were suffering from heat stroke, although they had recovered a lot after taking He Zhiran’s medicine, they were still weak.
Being able to rest well would surely speed up their recovery. Zhou Lao Ba looked at everyone.
"Those who want to stay in a 10-person dormitory, one tael of silver; a room for two, five taels of silver; those without silver can spend the night in the hut in the inn yard."
Hearing this, He Zhiran was immediately filled with contempt. Such prices were clearly intended to fleece them.
However, on second thought, she let it go. These officers all relied on fleecing to get rich. How could they miss such an opportunity?
The other families let out sighs of dismay.
"Officer, we really don't have any silver!"
"Yeah officer, please take pity on us, don't let us stay outside!"
"Officer please do us a favor, even if you let us stay in a room for twenty it would be fine..."
Zhou Lao Ba waved his hand impatiently.
"Stop chattering. Those with silver hand it over now. Those without silver will sleep in the grass sheds outside."
The third daughter-in-law immediately took out some broken silver and approached Old Lady Mo and He Zhiran.
"Mother, sister-in-law, there are twelve of us in total. I was thinking of getting a ten-person room and a two-person room. What do you think?"
Old Lady Mo was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law's arrangement.
"Hmm, that's great. Let Jiuye and Zhiran go to the two-person room. I will stay with you sisters-in-law and Han Yue in the ten-person room."