Wang Ping'an walked all the way home, although the five-mile road was not considered far, but there were still many thatched cottages along the way, and the refugees who came to escape saw Wang Ping'an and also flocked forward to beg for food, hoping to get some food from his hands.

  Wang Ping'an didn't have much on him, only a pouch of money. He couldn't give some to every commoner, so he gave it to some elderly people and children. The pouch was given away too. In the end, he took off his outer garment and gave it to a woman who was barely clothed, and then took off his undergarment and gave it to a child. Finally, he even took off his outer pants and gave them away! When he returned to Wulicun Village, he was only wearing a pair of large underwear, and had even given away the shoes on his feet!

  As soon as he entered the village, some villagers saw him and exclaimed: "The young master is back! Oh dear, how did you end up like this? Did you encounter bandits?"

  Wang Ping'an hugged his shoulders with both hands and said: "I didn't meet any robbers, it's just because the weather is too hot, I took off my clothes to cool down!"

  The villagers were stunned and thought to themselves: "Indeed, it's cool enough!"

  Wang Ping'an saw his own gate tightly closed, walked forward and knocked on the door, shouting: "I'm back! Open the door!"

  The gatekeeper inside hurriedly opened the door and saw that it was the young master, who was shocked and exclaimed: "Young Master, how did you become like this? Did you encounter robbers?"

  Wang Ping'an entered the gate and said: "Nothing, nothing, it's just too hot outside, I want to cool off a bit!" As he spoke, he let out an "ah-choo" and sneezed!

  "The gatekeeper called out: 'Young master, hurry up and put on some clothes, be careful not to catch a chill!'"

  Wang Ping'an rushed into the front hall, Yang was sitting in the hall and talking to the butler. Suddenly seeing Wang Ping'an rush in like this, Yang jumped up from his chair and exclaimed: "Son, how did you become like this? Did you encounter bandits?"

  The housekeeper was also startled and followed with a shout: "I'll go report to the official right away!"

  Wang Ping'an shook his head and said, "What official business? I just came back from the governor's mansion! Nothing to do with that, I'm just exercising, taking off my clothes and running around, getting all hot!" Ah-choo, ah-choo, he let out two more sneezes.

  "Still hot, be careful not to catch a chill!" She glared at the housekeeper, who immediately took off his own outer garment and draped it over Wang Ping'an's shoulders. She pulled her son by the hand and pushed him into the study!

  Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu were in the study, these days Wang Ping'an was not at home, they had no object of contention for favor, their relationship actually improved, they were sorting books in the room, chatting and laughing.

  Suddenly, they saw the young master rush in, still looking like this. The two little maids were stunned together and didn't react to what was going on! Yang said: "You two dead girls, what are you still dazed about? Danruo, go prepare hot water for a bath, and Lianluo, hurry up and make the bed, let the young master warm up first!"

  Two little girls quickly responded and hurried to prepare. Ke Lianwu opened the quilt, Wang Pingan directly jumped on it, laughing: "Good, good, still at home, even the bed has someone to spread!"

  Yang asked, "What's going on? Isn't anyone serving you at the governor's mansion? Didn't that Cow guy acknowledge you as his nephew? That makes you Young Master Nephew! He didn't even arrange for a maid to attend to you? You went there to treat his father's illness!"

  Wang Ping'an said: "Not only did no one make my bed, but I also had to make the bed for my uncle!" He recounted the important events that had occurred in the governor's mansion over the past few days.

  Yang was surprised and asked, "What's going on? Not only do you have to see a doctor, but also accompany Old Cow Head to grow small white vegetables? If he wants to eat small white vegetables, he can just come to our house to get them. Our family has a piece of land that is specifically for growing this!"

  Wang Ping'an laughed and said: "It's not that he wants to eat it, but he likes to grow it. The governor's mansion has everything, how could it possibly lack a small white vegetable?"

  Just as they were talking, Wang Youcai also came in. He had just returned from outside and there were many things to do on the land these days. As soon as he entered the house, he heard the gatekeeper say that the young master was back. Without even changing his clothes, Wang Youcai rushed over to see his son!

  Wang Youcai entered the house and asked: "Ping'an, you're back! I heard that your clothes are gone. Did you give them away to poor people with a kind heart?"

  Wang Ping'an looked at his father and burst out laughing. It turned out that Old Man Wang was only wearing his undergarments, and his outer jacket was nowhere to be seen! He laughed and said, "Dad, how did you end up coming back like this too!"

  Yang shouted: "You old man, how could you give away clothes again? Next time I won't dress you well, go out with just your underwear on!"

  Wang Youcai waved his hand and asked Ke Lianwu to go find another coat for him. He said, "I saw a child who was thin and bare, and this weather is unbearable for him. I gave the clothes to his mother, at least let the child wear something. This one piece of clothing might just save a life!"

  "You two are really alike, always so quick to offer your unsolicited opinions!" Yang said with a complaint, but didn't say anything else.

  Wang Youcai sat down beside the bed and said loudly, "That's my son, who else could he resemble?" Patting Wang Ping'an's hand, he asked, "How have you been doing these days at Governor Li's house? Tell your father all about it!"

  Yang spoke quickly and didn't wait for Wang Ping'an to speak, she started talking first, and Wang Ping'an could only supplement from the side.

  Wang Youcai stroked his beard and said, "So the quota for new disciples is in hand. Good! The big stone in my heart has finally been put down!"

  Yang was also delighted, clapping his hands and saying: "Isn't that right? It's still Magistrate Shi who is the most useful. Others are no good! Look at those with the surname Ha or Qiu, one has money and the other has fame, but they're not as useful as a single word from the powerful Cow official, and the matter was settled directly!"

  Wang Youcai said: "I told you so, being an official is still better!"

  "Wang Ping'an suddenly said, 'Dad, on my way back from the city, I saw many refugee huts along the way. But as I got closer to our village, there were fewer and fewer huts. What's going on? Did you and mom not allow the refugees to stay here?'"

  Yang said with a sigh, "Not allowed? Who can control such things? It's not that we don't let them, and they won't stay. But our family's land wasn't affected, this is really thanks to you, son, for having foresight! Alas, at first I was a bit nearsighted!" Paused for a moment, then said: "Only slightly better than your father's mouse eyes!"

  "What's wrong with you, dragging me into this? I'm not short-sighted!"

  "You're just a rat, aren't you!" Yang said with a flourish.

  The old couple told the story of what had happened in those days. It turned out that as refugees poured into Xuzhou, villages outside the city were also affected by the disaster. The poor people had nothing to eat and could only steal young crops from the fields. In their hunger, they even ate tree bark and grass roots, not to mention the immature crops. This was unstoppable, although all the able-bodied men in each village went out day and night to guard the fields, they still couldn't stop the refugees from stealing crops. As a result, many conflicts broke out, and many people were injured on both sides of the refugees and villagers.

  It's a helpless situation, when disaster strikes, everyone is powerless. Refugees know that stealing crops is not right, and villagers also know that being uncharitable is heartless, but what can they do? If refugees don't do this, they will starve, and if villagers don't do this, there won't be a harvest this year, and next year they will also starve. The Xuzhou government has not released grain until now, so the common people have no choice but to struggle like this, and nobody can find a solution!

  The Wuligou Village was different, however. The other day, Wang Ping'an treated poor villagers for free and even sent them soup and medicine, so his reputation spread far and wide. Everyone knew that the young master of the Wang family in Wuligou Village was kind-hearted, so even if they stole crops, they wouldn't steal from their village. Moreover, they wouldn't gather at the edge of the village, but rather set up grass sheds in a nearby forest. And if new refugees wanted to enter the Wang family's land, those who had received kindness would take the initiative to stop them.

  Yang sighed and said, "Son, to be honest, when you sent me the medicine before, I wasn't very pleased in my heart. But now it seems that those medicines didn't cost much money at all, and can't even compare with this year's harvest. I think our village in Xuzhou is probably the only one that didn't suffer losses this year!"

  Wu Ping'an shook his head and said, "At first, I didn't think about these things, nor did I expect so many refugees to come to Xuzhou!"

  Wang Youcai patted his hand and said, "So, good deeds will be rewarded, heaven won't let kind-hearted people lose out!"

  Wang Ping nodded silently, at this time Ke Lian took out the overcoat, Wang Youcai put on his clothes and said: "Ping'an, take a rest for now, get up later to eat."

  "Wang Ping'an suddenly said: 'How much cash can our family use now?'"

  Yang was taken aback, immediately shook his head and said: "Son, being a good person is nothing, but no matter how big the bowl is, you can only eat as much rice as it holds. If you want to squander all your family's wealth to help others, mother will never agree, even if I'm short-sighted, I've accepted that!"

  Wang Ping'an laughed and shook his head, saying: "Now the price of rice in the city is soaring. If we go to buy grain at this time, wouldn't it be letting the merchants take advantage of us? I'm saying that we should buy some medicinal materials. I'll make a list, and Father can send someone to all the pharmacies in the city to grab the medicine. Tomorrow, I'll go to the city and tell Zhao Bi about it, and have him buy down all the medicines from his family's pharmacy as well. This might require quite a bit of money!"

  Yang still shook his head and said: "No rice, no medicine can be accepted!"

  "If it's a matter of money, there's no need for Master and Mistress to spend theirs. When I came here, my adoptive father gave me a large sum of silver as dowry, which should be enough to buy the medicine, and there might even be some left over!"

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  Sedative hypnotic drugs

  Western ginseng stewed with longan meat

  Formula: (per serving, one dose) American ginseng 3g, longan pulp 25g, rock sugar 15g.

  Production: 1. Western ginseng slices are made translucent, longan pulp is removed of impurities, and ice sugar is crushed into powder.

  Longan pulp and American ginseng are put into the pot, add 500ml of water, place on high heat to boil, then use low heat to simmer for 30 minutes, add ice sugar powder to complete.

  Dosage: Take once every three days, persisting for a month has therapeutic effect.

  Function: Tonifying Qi and Blood, benefiting Heart and Spleen. Indicated for insomnia, palpitation, menopausal syndrome, mental fatigue, etc.

  Taboo: Those with stomach heat should eat with caution.