He clenched his fists with his hands behind his back, wishing he could punch Ni'er and make her shut her mouth.

Ni'er knew that this kind of person was extremely concerned about face, so she directly hit his sore spot and saw what kind of waves he could make in the future.

"Why, you don't dare to gamble?"

Hearing Ni'er's provocative words, the man laughed in anger, but then he thought, if he could lose to such a little kid, that would be a real loss of face.

Then he agreed, "Okay."

The man stroked his beardless chin, "What if you're wrong?"

Nier stared at the other person and said, "Go ahead."

The man rolled his eyes and gave a sly smile.

"Well, if you are wrong, compensate me twenty taels of silver."

Ni'er was well prepared, so it was not surprising that he could say this number.

The greed of people is like a snake swallowing an elephant, and they are not afraid of choking themselves to death. "It's really a lion's mouth that is too big."

The man had figured it out in his mind that he was sure to win this bet, and he would throw out some herbs when no one was paying attention. No matter what, this little brat was like Confucius moving house, and he would always lose.

"Why are you scared? This is the money my brother paid for his life. If the medicine is not right and someone dies, you are taking advantage of this small amount of money."

Nier raised her head and looked directly into the man's eyes.

"I have nothing to be afraid of. Twenty taels is twenty taels. You are the first one to ask a child for so much money."

The man felt uncomfortable after hearing this. This girl spoke with such sarcasm that she was unwilling to suffer any loss.

"Then it's settled. I can't just sit here and wait for your master to come. Are you going to boil the medicine or not?"

Ni'er was busy with her work and didn't look at him again.

"My master is very busy. I can't let him make a trip just because of the bet we made and delay his medical treatment."

He turned around and glanced at the medicine in the man's hand.

"Just put the pack in your hand aside. I'll grab another pack for you to boil first. What do you think?"

The man thought that he would be able to get the twenty taels of silver soon. Even if the girl had no money, her master had money. If it wasn't for the time being, she wouldn't be able to escape.

"Okay, let's do this."

The man was holding a packet of medicine in his hand. It was very light, but it looked very big and it was hard to find a place to put it. If it was smaller, he could put it in his arms. He looked around, trying to find a good place. Otherwise, he would be very tired holding it all the time and it would be inconvenient to work.

Nier saw what he was thinking, but she couldn't bring it up. He certainly wouldn't believe what she said. And from the confident look on his face, she knew he wouldn't just wait for the master to come over obediently. There must be something fishy going on.

The man saw that there were too many people here and wanted to move some of the herbs out, but it was not easy to do so. He decided to take them to a place where there were no people, take out some and throw them away. Then, without anyone noticing, he got the twenty taels of silver.

But if he took it away like this, others would inevitably become suspicious and wonder if he had secretly thrown away the medicine. Twenty taels of silver is not so easy to take.

The best thing is to put it under everyone's nose, so that no one will be suspicious and it will be natural to take the money.

The man was thinking about where to put it, and it would be easy to drop some herbs when no one was paying attention.

At this time, Nier turned sideways, and the man saw the burning stove.

I almost shouted out loud with joy, but I covered it up with two "cough coughs".

I had observed it before. There were smaller quantities of large cube-shaped medicinal herbs in the medicine package, and I didn't know the names of them.

I observed the people around me and quickly grabbed some things out while they were not paying attention.

I was holding the medicine in my hand and was about to put it in my clothes when someone turned around and my hand shook slightly in fright.

He let out a breath, pretended to pat his chest, and put the herbs into his clothes.

"I'll put this package of medicine here, everyone can see it. If anything goes wrong, you can't blame me."

As he spoke, the man placed the medicine bag not far from the stove. Besides, there were people coming and going here, so if anything went wrong, no one would suspect him.

Just put it there openly for everyone to see. If there is any problem, it must be that little girl's fault.

The stove is not big enough now. We have to cook medicine for so many people, but we can only put three casseroles.

The five patients who were just sent here have to take turns, and it is unknown when the patients before them will get their turn.

It seems that I need to make a clay stove quickly. It will probably dry quickly in such hot weather. If I make it today, maybe I can use it tomorrow.

Ni'er doesn't have time to do this. She has a lot of work to do and no one else can replace her.

It is very difficult to find materials for making earthen stoves now. The flood has only receded a little, and we can't go wherever we want like before. Now we can't walk or take a boat. It's really a dilemma.

It’s better to ask a few more people, maybe they can come up with a solution.

Anyway, I can only cook medicine for three people now. Some people have no work to do and are just waiting there, not knowing what to do.

Nier was just thinking about asking them to help think of a solution when she saw someone walking towards her from a distance.

Looking closely, it was the man who had returned from collecting herbs for his sweetheart.

"Doctor Niu, I know you are in need of help here, I'm here to help."

Ni'er knew that he meant well, but the stoves here were occupied, so he couldn't help even if he wanted to.

"Do you know where to find yellow mud and straw around here?"

The man originally wanted to come over to help and make medicine for his sweetheart so that she could drink it faster and not feel so uncomfortable. But when he saw so many people here, all gathered around a stove, he knew that the time for taking the medicine would have to be postponed.

But I can find a chance to cook the medicine quickly here, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Hearing Ni'er's question, I quickly thought of a few places. There was yellow mud, but I didn't know if I could dig it up.

The aunt who was making medicine heard their conversation and came over. I know a place quite close to here that has the yellow mud and straw you want. I think we can make a few stoves there so that it will be convenient to use.

Nier was a little excited. This was great.

"Aunt, where are you?"

Pointing in a direction, "Do you see that mountain? There is a small area of ​​yellow mud on the mountainside. I found it last time when I went to dig wild vegetables."

The man raised his hand, placed it on his forehead, blocked the glaring sunlight, and looked at the mountain.

"It's not far. We can be back in two hours at most. It takes some effort to dig the mud back. A lot of mud is needed to make a stove. And we don't have bricks here. We can only use yellow mud and straw to make a smaller stove. We can make a few more."

Nier thought she had to go find some straw, and there was some here.

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