Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

"Thank you, ma'am!" Aunt Huang held the medicinal herbs and bowed repeatedly to Lin Yinan in gratitude.

"You don't have to be polite, auntie. These herbs can be found everywhere. It's just a simple job. If you have realgar at home, you can add some to the mosquito repellent grass. The effect will be better."

"You can cut these mosquito repellent grasses, dry them in the sun, weave them into tinder and store them. When you need them, you can light them to repel mosquitoes."

"Okay, okay. When his father goes to the county town to sell things, ask him to buy some back." Aunt Huang nodded gratefully.

"In that case, we won't bother you anymore."

Lin Yinan said this and turned around and walked out of the yard.

Aunt Huang chased after him and said, "Madam, please have some food before you go back. The food in the kitchen will be ready soon."

Lin Yinan shook his head and pointed at Qian Wu who was looking for them not far away, "Aunt, you don't have to be polite! Our food is ready too."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qianwu walked up to her.

"Madam, the meal is ready, go back and eat."

Hu Shao, who was walking at the end, waved to Aunt Huang.

As they watched the group walk away, Aunt Huang murmured, "Master Xiao Hu and his sister are both good people!"

At this time, her eldest son said, "Mom, that lady looks very much like the city lord whom I met in the county town at the end of the year."

"really?"

"Mom, I saw it clearly at the time. I couldn't be wrong."

"Really her?"

Aunt Huang quickly knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction where Lin Yinan and the others were leaving.

"The City Lord is truly our savior!"

Her husband helped her up, took the mosquito repellent from her hand and walked into the house.

"I'll go get some mosquito repellent grass and cook the meal. Hurry up and boil a pot of water for Nizi to wash. Her arms are almost torn from scratching."

"Hey! I'm going right away."

On his way back, Hu Shao followed suit and picked mugwort and wormwood from the roadside.

Every time he rested in the village, he couldn't sleep well because of mosquitoes.

Looks like I can sleep well tonight.

When he lay down, he couldn't fall asleep. He sighed hundreds of times and when he turned around, he met Yun Shiyi's deep and sharp eyes.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'll go to sleep soon." He closed his eyes tightly and lay there motionless.

Yun Shiyi folded his hands in front of his chest and listened to his heavy breathing.

"What are you thinking about?"

Hu Shao opened his eyes and turned to look at him, "Eleventh Brother, why do you keep following my brother-in-law?"

There was silence for a long time. Just when Hu Shao thought he would not speak, he heard Yun Shiyi slowly speak.

"My life was saved from the mass grave by Third Master Yun. Whatever Third Master Yun wants to do, that's what I want to do."

Hu Shao did not ask him why he was in the mass grave. Everyone had a miserable past, just like him.

He put his hands behind his head and kept chewing on Yun Shiyi's words.

It was his sister who saved his life!

The sun rose and the moon set, the morning light was dim, the sunlight shone into the house through the window, and Lin Yinan woke up.

She opened her eyes, put on her clothes, and walked out of the house quietly.

As soon as she left the house, she was stunned by the scene in the yard.

There was a pile of freshly cut mugwort, wormwood and calamus in the yard.

Who is so diligent?

As if guessing what she was thinking, Yun Shiyi gracefully descended from the roof.

"Hu Shao cut all these by himself."

"He didn't sleep all night and just went to cut this?" Lin Yinan's face was full of question marks.

Yun Shiyi's voice was flat and even, "Maybe it's because I can't sleep."

After saying that, he turned around and carried a bucket of water into the house. The master had warned them that the lady liked cleanliness, and they were not allowed to get close to the lady when they were smelly.

Lin Yinan looked at the yard full of mosquito repellent grass and wondered what Hu Shao wanted to do.

Qianxia's voice came from behind, "Madam, I'll go light the fire and cook breakfast."

After a simple wash, Lin Yinan walked outside the yard and met the secret guard who had returned from weeding, and Hu Shao who was carrying a large bundle of mugwort behind him.

Has he gone crazy cutting mugwort?

"Sister, you're up." Seeing her, Hu Shao greeted her in high spirits.

He quickened his pace to put the mugwort into the yard, took off the sickle from his waist, and brushed off the grass clippings on his body.

"Hu Shao, why are you cutting mosquito repellent grass?"

"Sister, please teach me the tinderbox you mentioned yesterday for repelling mosquitoes. I want to teach it to the people in the village below later." Hu Shao said seriously.

This was something she had looked up on the Internet when she was in the countryside. The Internet said that this method of repelling mosquitoes had been passed down from ancient times to the present day. Lin Yinan was puzzled.

"They don't know?"

Hu Shao picked up a piece of wormwood and put it under his nose and smelled it. "I tried it last night, but it wasn't as effective as this."

As he spoke, his face darkened.

"If we had known about this method of repelling mosquitoes earlier, Shouzhu and Erwa might not have died. They were just like Nizi, bitten by mosquitoes all over their bodies, and then had a high fever that wouldn't go away. They were burned to death. Poor them, one was five and the other was eight years old."

"Sister, I thought about it last night. I won't go to Chi'an with you. I want to tell all the villagers about this herbal method of repelling mosquitoes."

From what he said, the two children who were bitten to death by mosquitoes must have been infected with dengue fever or malaria.

Lin Yinan's cold expression softened and she said softly, "Since you want to do it, sister supports you."

"Come, I'll teach you how to make a matchlock."

Qianwu brought a small stool at the right time, "Madam, I want to learn too."

The three of them sat in the yard, and Lin Yinan patiently taught them how to use the tinderbox step by step.

Qianwu rubbed it several times without success, and Lin Yinan said, "It's best to let these mosquito repellent grasses dry in the shade before rolling them up."

"It's easier to roll it up after it's dried in the shade, and then light it when you need it, and use the smoke from its burning to repel mosquitoes."

After learning how to make a tinderbox, Hu Shao stopped making the remaining tinderboxes and tied them into bundles with ropes and hung them under the eaves.

Lin Yinan returned to the house and found a handwritten Chinese herbal medicine book by Lin Fu from the space, which contained some common Chinese herbal medicines.

"Take this booklet. If you see any useful herbs, you can teach the villagers to identify them."

In this age of shortage of medical care and medicine, this booklet is very practical.

Hu Shao's eyes suddenly turned red, "Sister, you are so kind!"

"Sister admires your daring and fearless spirit, as well as your spirit of caring for the villagers. We have all suffered, and our goal is to live a life with food to eat and clothes to wear." Lin Yinan looked at his slowly growing eyebrows and said earnestly.

As the two were talking, the village chief and his wife came over with a basket of freshly baked cakes.

The village head's wife saw the wormwood hanging in the corridor and said, "Hey, Master Xiao Hu, what are you cutting so much wormwood and wormwood leaves for?"

"This is used to repel mosquitoes." Hu Shao said.

These things are everywhere. The village head's wife was a little skeptical, "Do you think they can really repel mosquitoes?"

Hu Shao was about to speak when Aunt Huang came into the yard holding a basket in one hand and holding Nizi in the other.

"Aunt, this stuff is more effective than the herbs we used to pick."