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

Ding Xiaomei's eyes widened: "Could it be... that a spring has really appeared?"

Secretary Zhou puffed out his chest: "How could it be fake? We were all stunned. You weren't there, you didn't see it! The water was bubbling and churning like it was boiling, and in no time it became a clear, bright little lake. It was absolutely miraculous!"

Those around gasped in shock: "What? A small lake appeared? The kind you can drink from?"

"Really? Is that even possible?"

One of the cadres who returned with Su Wanqing, panting, said, "It's true! It's true! Deputy Commander Zhang told us to come back and inform everyone to immediately grab buckets, basins, and anything else that can hold water, and go to the lake to fetch water! We don't need to apply to the higher-ups for water anymore; the lake is full of clean mountain spring water!"

At this moment, Deputy Commander Zhang stepped forward and began to give instructions in a loud voice: "Everyone, don't panic. Go and fetch water in batches according to your assigned areas. Send a team to guard the lake day and night, making sure livestock don't get near it and that nothing dirty falls in. Send the water you fetch to Liulinwa first; the people there are waiting for water to take their medicine!"

"Great! There's water!"

"Finally, there's water!"

Su Wanqing glanced around and noticed that there were far fewer people accompanying her. Ding Xiaomei quickly explained, "Oh, Commander Liu came by earlier and took Professor Zhou and his medical team to Liulinwa. He said there are many patients there and they are short of doctors."

Su Wanqing nodded: "Then let's go back and rest first."

Before leaving, however, she handed a large bag of pills made from enhanced spiritual spring water to Deputy Commander Zhang, instructing him to mix them into the water being transported to Liulinwa, boil them, and give them to the patients to drink.

Deputy Commander Zhang accepted the pills with some skepticism, not thinking they could be of much use. After settling Su Wanqing and the others into their lodgings, he hurriedly led his men in batches to transport water to Liulinwa.

The accommodations here are very poor; they are just rows of makeshift rain shelters, and the ground is damp and hard.

With Lu Mingxuan and Little Arend joining at the last minute, there weren't enough supplies to go around.

Fortunately, Secretary Zhou had brought his own tent, so everyone squeezed in and slept, making it a truly unique camping trip.

Tents were placed next to each other, and the sounds of wind, rain, and snoring outside blended together. You could hear everything clearly if you turned over in bed.

Under these circumstances, even the most ambitious ideas of Su Wanqing were extinguished. She and Zhou Yanshen simply fed the child and put him to sleep, and she herself quickly fell asleep while holding Zhou Yanshen.

The next morning, before Su Wanqing was even fully awake, there was a commotion outside.

A moment later, Zhou Yanshen lifted the tent flap and came in, gently shaking her awake. He first kissed her forehead, then used a warm, damp towel to wipe her face.

Su Wanqing groggily opened her eyes: "What time is it?"

Zhou Yanshen said in a low voice, "It's only seven o'clock. But Commander Liu is waiting outside. He said that the batch of medicine you sent over last night is very effective. It's just that the quantity is not enough, so he asked me to come and ask if there is any more."

Su Wanqing rubbed her eyes and sat up: "They brought quite a lot. I'll go get it for them."

Since she had been woken up, she decided not to stay in bed any longer. After getting ready, Su Wanqing took out a large bag of flour balls made with enhanced spiritual spring water from her spatial storage—she could make as many as she wanted.

As soon as I stepped out of the tent, I saw Liu Changhe and an embarrassed-looking Deputy Commander Zhang already waiting outside.

Liu Changhe rubbed his hands together, forcing a smile: "Comrade Su, please eat first, no rush... We just came to ask first. Since we have the medicine, there's no need to rush."

Su Wanqing handed over the large bag of pills: "The amount I brought this time isn't much, but it should be enough. Take it and dissolve it in water, give everyone a bowl to drink. It should be enough to suppress mild cases, and even those with severe cases can recover."

Liu Changhe gratefully accepted the medicine with both hands, his eyes reddening: "Yes, yes, thank you so much! This medicine really saved lives! You didn't see what happened over there yesterday, it was incredibly dangerous! We were busy for several hours, and before the patients at the front could be stabilized, a whole bunch of them collapsed. The entire shed in Liulinwa was in complete chaos, with people vomiting and crying everywhere..."

Su Wanqing raised an eyebrow and looked at Deputy Commander Zhang: "Didn't I ask Deputy Commander Zhang to send over the medicine I gave you yesterday? Why didn't you use it?"

Speaking of this, Liu Changhe was furious: "Old Zhang forgot about the important matter! Yesterday, you were over there, getting the water receding and the springs emerging, and he was so happy that he was thinking about delivering water all night. He didn't even remember the medicine you gave him."

We'd run out of medicine, and I was frantic with worry when he slapped his forehead and said, "You left a packet of medicine." We quickly distributed it to the newly diagnosed patients.

The result... was truly miraculous! Those who had used other medications still had diarrhea and fever, but those who used your medicine all stopped having diarrhea within half an hour, their fevers subsided considerably, and some were even able to sit up and drink porridge!

Deputy Commander Zhang stood to the side, his face flushed, muttering under his breath, "How was I supposed to know this medicine was so effective? I should have given it to those who were delirious with fever first..."

Liu Changhe glared at Deputy Commander Zhang, then turned back with a forced smile and said:

"Weren't we in a really tough time last night? The older and weaker ones got worse and worse, vomiting and having diarrhea in the latter half of the night, barely breathing. We couldn't sit still any longer, so we rushed over to ask if we had any more medicine. Luckily you still had some, otherwise we really wouldn't know how we would have gotten through this. Secretary Zhou is right, you're truly our lucky star, wherever you go, you can solve any problem."

Su Wanqing smiled but didn't expose her.

She knew perfectly well that Deputy Commander Zhang hadn't believed her medicine at first, which was why he hadn't taken any out. Later, when he was completely out of medicine, he resorted to force-feeding it to the person as a last resort.

Who would have thought that that small, unassuming packet of pills would be more effective than all the fever reducers and antidiarrheal medications in the hospital? That's why they rushed over before dawn to beg for the medicine.

Just as I was thinking this, the space suddenly flickered.

Su Wanqing's heart skipped a beat; she knew another reward was coming.

Upon opening it—

[Congratulations! You have resolved the flood disaster here, preventing a chain reaction of calamities caused by the floodwaters and indirectly saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. You have earned 30000 merit points.]

You have obtained "A Complete Explanation of Hydrological Monitoring and Early Warning System Technology".

This is a comprehensive monitoring system technology solution that integrates water level sensing, rainfall telemetry, dam stress monitoring, and flood peak data extrapolation.

The system can deploy monitoring stations along major rivers, reservoirs, and important dikes, and transmit real-time hydrological data to the basin dispatch center via wired transmission. Combined with the built-in flood peak projection model, it can provide early warnings of the arrival time of flood peaks and water level limits three to seven days in advance.

With such a system, this once-in-a-century flood could have been accurately detected at the very beginning of its peak formation upstream, and downstream resettlement sites could have been prepared for evacuation five days in advance, thus avoiding the passive situation of hundreds of thousands of people being trapped by the flood.