All along, Qiao Xiaomai's plan was to use the profits from selling Floral Dew to wealthy patrons and then redirect the silver earned into building roads and canals.
Once the canals and bluestone roads were completed, Heaven would surely reward her with merit for these deeds.
Now there were impoverished people seeking her help directly. This was an opportunity to do good without intricate schemes; as long as she provided Floral Dew to this pair of grandparents, she would be engaging in a virtuous act.
Building canals and roads were endeavors that benefited the nation and its citizens, achievements worthy of a place in history, immortalized for generations to come—truly remarkable merit.
Healing one person was also a good deed, but the merit was too minor—a scale too small for Qiao Xiaomai, who was eager to use the Divine Liquid, to occupy her attention.
She had previously ignored such minor acts, but now, with people seeking her aid directly, she could no longer turn a blind eye.
