Manbao selected six doses of the medicine from the box Teacher Mo had given, poured them into a medicine bottle, and gave them out to be equally divided among six people.

She also told the village chief frankly, "In this village, only they still have a chance to be cured. The bloodline of the others has already been determined and can’t be cured."

This result was much better than the village chief expected. However, except for the fairly young couple from the village’s end, the other four were quite old, and only one was a woman; the other three, unfortunately, were widowers.

So after walking around them, the village chief felt a bit troubled, "Can any of you still have children?"

The three responded, "...Village chief, even if we could have children, we don’t have wives."

There were no women left in the village who could have children.

But the village chief said, "If you can have children, our village could save some money and buy three female slaves for you from outside."

Manbao, listening on the side, was speechless. Such stubbornness about continuing the bloodline!

To her surprise, the villagers actually agreed, even the teenagers said, "Marry wives for Uncle Ye, and we won’t marry."

The village chief comforted them, "You can still marry. Our village has many girls, just not good for having children."

"Then I’ll marry Ma Yisha, she’s the most beautiful."

"No way, Ma Yisha is the one I’m going to marry," the always smiling teenager immediately darkened his face and said, "Ma Yisha has agreed to marry me."

"You’re not as strong as me, and I farm better than you. Can you let Ma Yisha have a good life?"

"So what, I look better than you. Anyway, we can’t have children. As long as I can support myself and Ma Yisha, that’s enough. Ma Yisha agreed to marry me, she said she wants to look at my face, not yours."

So the two teenagers fought in front of the village chief.

Seeing them causing trouble in front of the distinguished guests, the village chief was about to scold them, but then saw Zhou Man jumping up and cheering them on. When they finished fighting, she handed them medicine wine and said, "Why don’t you both go and ask Ma Yisha? She’s one of the concerned parties too, let her decide who she wants to marry."

The two teenagers, full of fighting spirit, looked at each other eye to eye and then ran off to find Ma Yisha.

The village chief, seeing Zhou Man so enthusiastic, suppressed his anger and said worriedly to her, "Madam, although the children can’t have children, they still need to get married and live their lives. Our village has boys and girls, and that’s fine. But..."

At this point, he was somewhat embarrassed, and although he appeared troubled, he still blushingly said, "But if they are married, they will get pregnant eventually. We can’t just abort the baby, right? I’ve heard it can be deadly."

Manbao said, "Yes, some people are not suitable for abortions, or the medicine is not used correctly, leading to severe bleeding and loss of life. So abortion medicine cannot be taken casually."

"However, avoiding pregnancy isn’t hard. I’ll provide the medicine for everyone to take."

Contraceptives, both for men and women, are available in the online store, and they are inexpensive. Due to the local herbal contraceptive being available in this world, the system categorized it as having no tech tax. Even for Manbao, it’s not costly.

Manbao immediately ordered two bottles—one for women to take and one for men—each containing a lifelong effective pill. According to the instructions, the key players in the drug besides various ingredients are the nanobots inside. Unless the drug is used again to eliminate them, they will ensure the person who took the pill will not conceive.

Manbao directly coated the pill with flour mixed with honey to make wax-like candy and distributed one to each person, including the village chief, except for the six with a chance of recovery.

The village chief, holding the medicine, was visibly conflicted, "Madam, us old folks probably don’t need to take this, right?"

"Take it, I made it anyway."

The village chief asked, "...Is it expensive?"

Manbao generously said, "It’s free."

Even the three children under three years old received one pill. "Don’t worry; it’s suitable for all ages, not bitter, and won’t affect development."

So everyone in the village, except for the six, took it. Now marriages can proceed with peace of mind.

Meanwhile, there was still no news from Teacher Mo on whether to upgrade Keke, yet the village celebrated five weddings.

In recent years, due to birth problems in the village, eligible singles feared getting married.

Now, without worries, everyone began looking for partners and getting married.

The most popular girl was Ma Yisha. Although she had accepted one boy’s proposal already, many boys were still hopeful, blocking her in the village every day, hoping she would reconsider.

Both Manbao and Bai Shan watched attentively, sitting on the wall, watching Ma Yisha being blocked by the boys, with her fiancé fighting with them.

Luckily, the injuries were not severe, needing just some bruise healing medicine wine.

Since it was not serious, the village chief, seeing the village lively for the first time in a long while, turned a blind eye, mostly scolding them and then punishing them with herding duties.

After eagerly watching for two days, Bai Shan finally noticed something abnormal and asked the village chief, "Why are it always the boys? Don’t their parents intervene?"

The village chief replied, "They can’t have children. The kids can be with whoever they want."

He paused, unable to resist saying, "Previously, Ma Yisha was supposed to be set for my third grandson."

The village chief’s third grandson was also involved in the fight but was no match. Without parental constraints and no future children’s burden, Ma Yisha followed her heart and chose the one she found most handsome and liked best to marry.

Her parents didn’t oppose, since they wouldn’t have grandchildren anyway. As long as both aren’t lazy, they can live well, so there’s nothing to worry about.

After all, once they’re gone, everything ends.

Bai Shan pondered, "So having offspring adds so many troubles?"

Manbao replied, "But without offspring, they’ll have fewer restraints."

True enough, fortunately, the village was remote, and the villagers were not eager to socialize with outsiders. Even without any guards now, they weren’t considering moving elsewhere.

Staying in this village, without future offspring’s constraints, no chaos would ensue.

And after all, the village chief had considerable influence.

Bai Shan had already negotiated with the influential village chief the costs for going out to seek meteorites.

The village chief, grateful for Zhou Man’s care, didn’t want money, only asked Bai Shan to handle their food and drink expenses while outside, without any other compensation.

Of course, Bai Shan wouldn’t treat them poorly.