The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

"Okay!" The shopkeeper also said, "I will definitely pass on this message."

"Well, thank you, shopkeeper." Bai Zhaozhao said and left.

As soon as she walked out of Jishiditang, she heard someone say to her, "Miss Bai, do you think it will rain?"

Bai Zhaozhao looked at him, a hint of vigilance flashing in his eyes: "Mr. Zhong, are you following me?"

Zhong Jingfeng smiled awkwardly: "Not really, I just happened to meet the girl, and I remembered that my cousin He asked me to look after you before he left, so I..."

Bai Zhaozhao was relieved: "He hasn't come back yet, right?"

"Yes, his situation this time is a bit tricky."

"What does he do? Why is he so busy?" Bai Zhaozhao sighed casually.

Zhong Jingfeng was a little surprised: "You don't know?"

Bai Zhaozhao: Should I know?

Looking at her expression, Zhong Jingfeng wondered if he had guessed wrong. Did He Anyu have a crush on her? But they did know each other at the last banquet!

So Zhong Jingfeng tried to test him: "He is a Jinyiwei."

"Jinyi Guard!" Bai Zhaozhao was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this fifth uncle was so powerful. That's right, that Wang Jinnian was also very powerful.

"I thought you were very familiar with my cousin!"

"Uh, not very familiar."

"Yes." Zhong Jingfeng nodded and asked, "In the past, many students would be very weak after taking the exams, so they would need a lot of herbs to calm the nerves and replenish the qi. The Zhang family must have prepared all of these. Do you want Master Zhang to prepare more typhoid fever medicine because you think it will definitely rain?"

Bai Zhaozhao shook his head: "How can I know it will rain? I just saw a lot of ants migrating when I went to collect herbs recently, so I guessed it might rain in the next few days."

The ants and the like were of course made up by Bai Zhaozhao. The rain was mentioned in the original plot, which said that it rained heavily for three consecutive days and many candidates' papers were wet, so they had to ask for new paper and answer the questions again.

Of course, this had no effect on someone like Cheng Jiayu who could cheat, but Bai Zhaozhao also prepared a lot of oilcloths, sachets, and insect repellent powder for Bai Lin and the others.

It should be enough for them to deal with it calmly.

Zhong Jingfeng fell into deep thought. After a while, he bowed to Bai Zhaozhao and said, "Thank you for your reminder, young lady. I will go back and ask my father to make some preparations."

The provincial examination is very important and can be regarded as the prefect's political achievement. It would be great if Lord Zhong could make some preparations.

Two days later, a heavy rain arrived as expected.

At this time, Zhang Zhiyi of the Zhang family had just heard a report from his subordinates: "A new batch of typhoid medicine has been put into storage!"

He looked at the sky in disbelief: "It's actually raining! Quick, tell the shopkeepers to pack and sort the herbs!"

"Yes!"

This rain made almost everyone in the city uneasy. Thousands of students were still in the Imperial College. If they were affected, wouldn’t their future be ruined?

Ten years of hard study, now it’s your turn!

Uncle Bai also looked worried: "It's been sunny for a month, why does it rain at this time?"

Bai Zhaozhao was also helpless and could only comfort him: "I see cousin Hao knows some boxing skills and he is in good shape!"

Aunt Bai explained, "Your uncle is worried about your cousin from the third room. He has always been weak and is now nearly fifty years old. I don't know if he can handle it."

"Don't worry, Aunt San, I know Uncle San is not in good health, and I have taken care of him before!"

"Oh?" Uncle Bai was stunned. "You've been treated? Then it should be fine! Come on, Zhaozhao, take my pulse too, to see if I need treatment?"

"Go away." Aunt Bai rolled her eyes at him. "What are you treating?"

Bai Zhaozhao remembered something: "Aunt San, let me show you!"

It is said that Third Aunt has been taking her medicine for more than two months, but I don’t know how effective it is.

After taking the patient's pulse, Bai Zhaozhao looked solemn.

Uncle Bai's heart tightened: "Zhao Zhao, is there any problem?"

Bai Zhaozhao deliberately said calmly: "Nothing, I'm just pregnant."

"Okay, I'm fine, I'm fine... Ah! Ah! Are you pregnant?"

The couple stood there in a daze, at a loss as to what to do.

Bai Zhaozhao smiled and said, "Yes! Third Aunt is pregnant. It should be less than a month. Just rest more. Third Uncle, please buy some more servants!"

Reacting, Uncle Bai hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go buy it right away!"

Aunt Bai actually had some guesses, but now that they were confirmed, she felt relieved and quickly stopped him, saying, "It's raining, why are you going out?"

Uncle Bai was startled and helped her back to her seat: "Oh, my dear, please don't move. I'll tell my father the good news first, then I'll get an umbrella and go buy someone. It's raining, so what? It's even more important to protect my daughter when it rains!"

Bai Zhaozhao joked, "Uncle San, is it possible that it's another son?"

Uncle Bai laughed and said, "My intuition tells me that it's a daughter. I will love her very much. If it's really a son, let Bai Hao take care of her!"

Bai Zhaozhao: ...

The rain stopped that day.

More and more people came to Jishidiang, and the sales of typhoid medicine gradually increased. Everyone was afraid that their children would come out sick after the exam in two days.

Sure enough, on the day when the Imperial Examination Hall opened, the first people to come out were a group of yamen runners. They carried out thirty or forty sick students on stretchers. Some of them even looked dying. After their families recognized them, they carried them away with heartache.

The people gathered at the gate sighed. The weather in August was not that cold, and most of the students were weak. After a heavy rain, with the alternation of cold and heat, it was normal for them to get sick.

Then, candidates came out one after another. Some looked calm, but most of them were listless and many were coughing. People rushed over and took them to see a doctor.

On that day in Linyang County, there were long queues at various medical clinics, and the prices of medicinal materials for treating typhoid fever had risen a lot in many places.

Only Jishidiang withstood the pressure and did not raise prices, and its reputation quickly improved.

Bai Lin and the other two returned to the Bai Mansion, all in good condition. Patriarch Bai happily ordered people to prepare a table of wine and food.

Bai Hao couldn't wait to say to Bai Zhaozhao: "Sister, you don't know, when it just started to rain, I heard someone next to me yelling, saying that the test paper was dirty, and that he had lost his train of thought, and that he couldn't finish writing it again, and that he said he didn't want to take the exam anymore!"

"and after?"

"Later, he was taken away. No wonder I heard from a senior that some people died during the exam. I don't really understand him. It was just a wet test paper. He had time to rewrite it!

Moreover, Magistrate Zhong paved the road with wooden planks before the rain and even cleared the toilets. Otherwise, the students would have suffered a lot!"

"Then Lord Zhong is really a good official."

"That's right! Sister, let me tell you, there was another student who was even more miserable. After it rained, a snake appeared in his lunch box! He was so scared that he went hungry for two days! He probably won't pass the exam. It is said that he even ranked first in the exam! Fortunately, our lunch boxes were all locked!"

The first case! That's right! Bai Zhaozhao remembered that in the original story, Cheng Jiayu used a trick to get revenge on the first case who disliked him, and the snake was introduced into the first case's food box.