Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Liu Shuqing paused for a moment. It would be great if they could borrow the impact drilling rig, but he was afraid he would have to rely on Dr. Su in the future.

Therefore, whether he's full at one meal or full at every other meal, he knows exactly how to choose.

Liu Shuqing reprimanded, "Comrade Xiao Su was just giving suggestions; I'm the one who made the decision! If we don't get water this time, I'll take responsibility! Comrade Zhao, if you can borrow the drilling rig, that will be making amends. You can continue working as a registration staff member; if you don't want to, then go home and reflect on your actions!"

That was an extremely impolite remark.

Sister Zhao's face turned pale and then red, and she looked at Su Wanqing with resentment. She did not expect Liu Shuqing to protect this new educated youth so much!

Su Wanqing glanced at Liu Shuqing unexpectedly, and not wanting to put him in a difficult position, she said:

"Sister Zhao, since you don't believe me, let's make a bet. We'll bet on whether this well will yield water. If it doesn't, I, Su Wanqing, will give half of my year's work points worth of grain to the comrades who worked hard digging the well, and the other half to you! If it does..." She paused, "...you'll give me three months' worth of grain during the autumn harvest, how about that?"

Sister Zhao felt a burning greed in her heart when she thought of Su Wanqing's work points and grain for half a year.

She immediately said:

"Fine! Let's bet! I refuse to believe it! My cousin works for a well-drilling team, I don't believe they're wrong! Besides, you just said the well water will be enough for the whole village to drink, if not, then it doesn't count! And there's a two-day time limit!"

Even if she has enough water, she'll secretly fetch extra and throw it away in the middle of the night. In short, this time, Su Zhiqing is bound to lose! Half a year's worth of work points and several hundred kilograms of grain—it'll all be hers!

"Okay, then shall we all be witnesses?" Su Wanqing ignored her and turned to look at Liu Shuqing.

Liu Shuqing originally wanted to tell Su Wanqing not to speak so confidently, but looking at Su Wanqing's resolute expression and Zhou Yanshen protecting her, she finally sighed:

"Alright! Comrade Xiao Su, Comrade Zhao, it's settled then. Go and borrow the drilling rig now."

"Wait here, I'll go borrow it right now." Sister Zhao ran off triumphantly. After drinking Su Wanqing's medicine, she felt like she was back to normal.

Liu Shuqing quickly made arrangements: "Starting tomorrow, we will select fifteen laborers, led by Comrade Zhou Yanshen, and divide them into three shifts. We will work non-stop, concentrating our efforts on digging the well! The goal is to dig at least fifteen meters deep within two days! The other laborers will continue to work hard to dig the irrigation canal to protect the wheat!"

Those who participate in well drilling will receive an additional 12 work points per day, in addition to the regular work points for digging the ditch!

"12 extra work points a day?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd below erupted in chaos!

"I'm in! I'm strong!"

"Officer Liu, count me in!"

"And me!"

The decision to dig the well was thus finalized.

Zhou Yanshen immediately gathered the team members involved in drilling the well and began the preliminary preparations.

Su Wanqing and Liu Shuqing rushed to the threshing ground to conduct epidemic screening and prevention and control for the entire village.

The threshing ground was bustling with people.

Except for those who were truly too weak to get out of bed, almost everyone in the village, young and old, was present.

Liu Shuqing first sternly announced that anyone who had developed diarrhea symptoms must immediately step forward and be sent to the warehouse in the backyard of the command center for isolation.

Then, the screening began. Everyone lined up in a long queue, while Su Wanqing guarded a large pot containing a medicinal soup made with ordinary spiritual spring water and preventative herbs.

The regular spiritual spring is perfectly sufficient. She only has 1 cubic meter (one ton) of enhanced spiritual spring in total, so it's better used for acute illnesses. She can test the effects of the two types of spiritual spring by making a couple of cuts on her hand later.

"Hiss, why would I want to experiment on myself? If a patient happens to have been stabbed twice, wouldn't I be able to experiment on them?" Su Wanqing sincerely hoped that such a patient would appear soon.

Su Wanqing handed out bowls to the villagers one by one, scanning each person's complexion and taking their pulse. Unlike pulse diagnosis (which takes longer), this was much faster.

Whispers rippled through the ranks.

"This little girl looks so delicate, can she really handle it? Maybe she's just wasting her time."

"Exactly, it doesn't seem very reliable. What good can a bowl of medicine do? Even a traditional Chinese medicine doctor takes several minutes to take a pulse, and she just takes a quick bite and that's it?"

At this point, Granny Wang in the group became unhappy. Supporting her pregnant daughter, she started criticizing:

"You know nothing! A bunch of ignorant fools! Let me tell you, our Party Secretary Li suddenly fell ill on the road a few days ago, and he was on the verge of death. It was Dr. Su who brought him back from the brink of death with a few acupuncture needles! That's incredibly impressive! Do you think that slow-moving old Chinese medicine doctor could do that?"

Beside her, Wang Da Niang's daughter's mother-in-law, a mean-looking old woman, curled her lip in disdain and muttered under her breath, "Talking about something amazing. I think Secretary Li just had heatstroke and will be fine after a rest. That young girl doesn't seem like much..."

However, the reality check came swiftly.

"You had diarrhea today, didn't you? Why didn't you go to quarantine? Officer Liu, there's a fish that slipped through the net." Su Wanqing pointed out the burly man who was 1.8 meters tall without any mercy after just taking his pulse.

A commotion broke out in the crowd.

"How could Ergaizi, who's so strong and healthy, possibly have diarrhea?"

"Is this doctor talking nonsense?"

Officer Liu glared at him, and Ergaizi, who had been standing tall and proud, suddenly looked guilty. He scratched his head and went to the quarantine team, saying, "I used to poop twice a day... but this time it's just a little loose..."

Subsequently, several more people who tried to take advantage of the situation were taken out and quarantined.

Now, the voices of doubt were quickly replaced by astonishment:

"Comrade Xiao Su is amazing! How did she know just by looking at her?"

Soon it was Wang Da Niang's turn. Wang Da Niang picked up the bowl of medicine and gulped it down in one go. Then, pulling her daughter along, she warmly greeted Su Wan Qing:

"Comrade Su, we meet again! This is my daughter, Chen Xiuer. Our whole family hasn't had diarrhea yet, thanks to you. Could you take another look at her? She's pregnant and keeps saying she's not feeling well, which makes me uneasy."