Donkey carts were still quite rare on the road during the famine migration, yet this family had two of them.
Each donkey pulled a flatbed cart behind it. One of the carts had a simple canopy set up on top, while the other was loaded with luggage.
The two donkeys were not half-dead like most of the livestock on the road. In fact, they looked quite well-fed.
It was obvious that this family had no shortage of food.
For this family of three to still have so many supplies during the famine migration, they naturally had their five guards to thank.
All five guards carried knives and had fierce expressions on their faces. Clearly, they had all seen blood before.
“Stop! Take another step and don’t blame us for being rude.”
Jing Yin had not even gotten within ten steps of them when one of the guards shouted at her, forcing her to stop.
“Get lost!”
These people didn’t care who was approaching.
As long as anyone dared to come closer, they would draw their knives without hesitation.
They had already been tricked by quite a few women and children along the way.
Sometimes, the people who looked the least threatening were actually the most dangerous.
So even though Jing Yin didn’t look threatening, they didn’t let down their guard.
“I have medicine.”
Jing Yin calmly looked at the man and woman surrounded by the guards.
The woman froze.
Her crying suddenly stopped, and hope burst into her eyes.
She hurried toward Jing Yin, but when she was still a few steps away, she stopped again.
“Madam!”
The middle-aged man in a gray robe hurriedly grabbed the woman and warily looked at Jing Yin.
His son had been born with an illness.
His health had always been poor since childhood, and they had spent large sums of money caring for him over the years, only managing to improve his condition somewhat.
Unexpectedly, the journey fleeing the famine had caused his health to deteriorate again.
The young girl before him might indeed have medicine, but nine times out of ten, it probably wouldn’t be useful for Bao’er’s illness.
Still, there was a tiny bit of hope in his heart.
Even if it could only stabilize Bao’er’s condition temporarily and allow him to hold on until they reached a city, that would be enough.
After pondering for a moment, the man stepped forward.
“Miss, may I see the medicine you have? If it’s useful, I certainly won’t treat you unfairly.”
“You don’t have a choice. Your son will have difficulty surviving even today. You can either let him die, or try whatever you can to save him.”
Jing Yin glanced at the little boy’s gray, lifeless face.
He truly wasn’t far from death.
She had seen countless faces like this during the apocalypse.
Hearing Jing Yin say this, the woman covered her mouth with one hand and began sobbing again.
The middle-aged man looked at the child in his wife’s arms.
Then he gritted his teeth and looked at Jing Yin.
“Fine! What do you want in exchange?”
“I want one donkey cart and one sack of rice.”
The items produced by the system alone were still somewhat unreliable.
She needed to find a way to obtain more food.
A sack of rice weighed roughly fifty pounds.
That would be enough to sustain the Old Jing family for quite some time.
“Fine! I’m not asking you to cure my son. If you can just help him hold on for a few more days, that’s enough. If Bao’er can truly recover, I’ll give you even my life if that’s what you want!”
On the other hand, if her medicine harmed his son, he would make her pay with her life!
Once the middle-aged man made up his mind, he stopped hesitating and decisively let Jing Yin approach.
【Ding! One critically ill human detected. A treatment mission has been issued. Host, would you like to accept the treatment mission?】
The moment Jing Yin approached, the system’s voice rang out.
Jing Yin raised an eyebrow, feeling delighted.
Complete one task and earn two rewards.
How could she not be happy?
(Accept.)
【Ding! Treatment mission issued. Successful completion rewards: 2 points and one set of premium silver needles. No reward if the mission fails.】
Jing Yin’s hand holding the bamboo tube trembled.
(Silver needles? Are you telling me to become Old Nanny Rong and give him a couple of needles?)
She didn’t know how to treat illnesses at all.
Aside from ordinary headaches and fevers, for which she knew which herbs could be used, her only real medical skill was basic wound dressing.
The system gave two dry chuckles and said nothing.
Jing Yin pursed her lips and handed the bamboo tube to the middle-aged man.
There was a small amount of water inside.
She had added one drop of Spirit Spring Water and some Red Potion to it.
She naturally hadn’t used an entire bottle of Red Potion.
Only one-fifth of the bottle had been added.
The Spirit Spring Water could greatly enhance the effects of the Red Potion.
She and the system had already had a “heated” discussion about it.
One-fifth was more than enough to completely cure the child.
The main reason was that she was rather reluctant to use it.
After all, having the Red Potion was practically equivalent to having another life.
If it weren’t for the donkey cart, she really wouldn’t have been willing to part with it.
“This is medicine. Make him drink all of it.”
Jing Yin didn’t immediately take her payment and leave.
Instead, she handed over the medicine first.
She wasn’t worried that these people would refuse to give her what they had promised.
The middle-aged man took the bamboo tube and was about to pour the medicine into the child’s mouth.
But when he reached his wife’s side, his expression suddenly turned desperate.
His son was already unconscious.
There was no way to get him to swallow the water.
Seeing their helpless state, Jing Yin frowned.
Then she walked over.
“I’ll do it.”
She took the bamboo tube from the middle-aged man, held the little boy’s jaw, and skillfully poured the medicine into his mouth.
About fifteen minutes after the medicine went down, the little boy suddenly coughed twice.
Under the delighted gazes of the couple, the boy slowly opened his eyes.
His complexion visibly improved before their eyes.
Jing Yin cleared her throat.
“The medicine has been administered. You’ve seen the result yourselves. Get my payment ready.”
“Of course!”
The middle-aged man immediately instructed his guards to prepare one of the donkey carts.
Then he quietly brought out a sack of rice and several pieces of cured meat.
The sack of rice weighed roughly fifty pounds.
The three pieces of cured meat weighed around ten pounds altogether.
Under normal circumstances, this amount of food wouldn’t even be enough to buy a life.
But now they were in the middle of a famine migration.
Even with silver, there was no food to buy.
So this was already quite a lot.
“My name is Wang Dafu. Thank you, Miss, for saving my son’s life. May I know your name?”
Wang Dafu had his men carry the goods over and looked at Jing Yin with a hint of respect.
“We just happened to meet. There’s no need to mention names.”
Jing Yin lifted the cured meat and rice with one hand, looking completely unstrained.
Wang Dafu’s pupils contracted slightly.
That kind of strength was definitely not something an ordinary young girl could possess.
Fortunately, they hadn’t offended her earlier.
Wang Dafu silently breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.
“Miss, this is all the food I can give you. Please keep it safe, and make sure no unrelated people see it.”
His guards were famously fierce, so no one lacking sense dared approach them.
He was simply worried that after obtaining the food, this young girl might be targeted by others.
After all, she had saved his son’s life.
He didn’t want the girl to lose her life because of the food.
“Mm. Thank you for the reminder.”
“Miss, these are banknotes. Please take them as well.”
Wang Dafu pulled out a stack of banknotes and handed them to Jing Yin.
His most straightforward way of repaying someone had always been money.
It had been the case before, and it remained the case now.
Jing Yin accepted the stack of banknotes.
There had to be at least a thousand taels.
Silver might not be useful during the famine migration, but once they settled down in the future, money would still be very important.
Naturally, Jing Yin didn’t refuse.
She tucked the banknotes into her clothes, though in reality, she put them directly into her space.
“Miss, if you’re traveling alone, would you like to come with us? Having more people together would give you some protection along the way.”
The woman beside him couldn’t help speaking up.
It had only been a short while since her son drank the medicine, yet his complexion had already become rosy.
If this young girl stayed with them, her son’s life would have some additional protection as well.
More importantly, it wasn’t safe for such a young girl to carry so much food by herself.
If such a kind-hearted young girl lost her life because of the food, she would feel terribly guilty.