Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Today, the sun came out in Jimu Village, which was rare. The moist mud gave off gusts of heat under the sun.

Yu Jiusi squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, muttering: "I hope... it won't rain again."

He led Team Leader B towards the porridge shed. It was noon at this time, and many villagers were walking unsteadily with bowls in their hands, heading towards the porridge shed in twos and threes.

Yu Jiusi thought he could see smiles on their faces.

But their faces were all numb.

Numbness to the disaster, numbness to the lost lives, and... numbness to their own lives.

Yu Jiusi's footsteps became as heavy as theirs. He followed the crowd, wanting to hear something from them.

He wanted to hear them say: "Many of the things in the house have been flooded. We should take them out and dry them in the sun today to prevent them from getting moldy and having to make new ones later."

He wanted to hear them say - "We've made it through, we've made it through, we've made it through."

He wanted to hear them talk about their future plans.

No.

They said nothing.

As he walked along, the only sound that reached Yu Jiusi's ears was the sound of sobbing.

Yu Jiusi really wanted to go up and talk to them. He didn’t want them to thank him, he even wanted them to scold him.

They scolded him for coming so late, asked him if he had forgotten about them, and scolded him for not wanting to give them more food.

Then he can repent with peace of mind.

He was late, but he did not forget them.

He didn't intentionally give them only some porridge for each meal, but they had been hungry for too long and couldn't eat too much at once. In two days, in two days, they would be able to eat rice.

Fragrant rice.

But why?

Why did they remain silent? Why were there numbness and despair in their eyes?

Yu Jiusi didn't even dare to look into their eyes, as he would drown in there.

He couldn't follow the villagers anymore and stopped panting.

"General, are you...not feeling well? You've been overworked in recent days." Team leader B was worried when he saw his pale face.

Yu Jiusi really wanted to say that compared with the villagers of Jimu in front of him, his tiredness was nothing.

But in the end he just opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

"Lang Jiang..."

Yu Jiusi raised his hand and interrupted Team Leader B, "Where is the village doctor? Have you found him?"

"Found it." Team Leader B had a complicated expression, "But... that old doctor... is dead."

"Dead?" Yu Jiusi's body shook violently.

He stretched out his hand to support himself on the tree trunk next to him, and finally steadied himself. "What was the cause of death? Did he die of starvation as well?"

Yu Jiusi thinks not.

A doctor with good reputation would have some silver and food in his hands, and some medicinal herbs could also be temporarily used as food, so the possibility of the old doctor starving to death was extremely low.

"I don't know whether he died of starvation or not..."

Team Leader B pursed his lips, with an expression that Yu Jiusi couldn't understand. "He distributed all the food and edible herbs in his home to the children nearby, and he himself..."

Team Leader B didn’t understand at first why someone could do so much for others?

If you can't even take care of yourself, why should you care about those who have no blood relationship with you?

But he couldn't help but think of him and Lang Jiang.

If the two of them were faced with such a situation, he would definitely give the food to Lang Jiang.

It's not because he is Lang Jiang's subordinate. At the critical moment of life and death, he must be a qualified stepping stone and must give up his chance to survive.

But Lang Jiang is more useful than him when he is alive.

Lang Jiang cares about the people, is smart, and has good martial arts skills. He believes that as long as Lang Jiang survives, he will definitely become a general, and will definitely... take good care of his parents for him.

"According to the villagers, the old doctor told them that he was old and had lived enough, but the children in the village were different. He said that the children were hope and he had to let them live no matter what."

"That's why he gave away the food and drank water to fill his stomach. Day by day, his health got worse and worse, and finally he fell seriously ill and passed away. If you count carefully, he should have died of illness."

The pain in Yu Jiusi's eyes was so full that it was about to overflow.

"boom--"

He punched the tree, "Ning Shunyou..."

"Lang Jiang!"

Team Leader B hurriedly stepped forward to pull his hand away. The bark was smashed to pieces by his punch, and blood began to ooze out from the joints of his fist.

"General, please don't be too angry. We all still need you now..." Team Leader B said with a fist.

Yu Jiusi closed his eyes and breathed rapidly.

He felt his mind go blank and waves of numbness came from his fingertips.

"Go..." After a moment, he opened his eyes and ordered in a hoarse voice: "Go to the city to find two doctors. Jimu Village cannot be without doctors now."

Team Leader B looked at him worriedly but did not move.

"I am fine. This is a military order, go!"

"Yes!" Team Leader B gritted his teeth and took the order and left.

......

After receiving their daily porridge as usual, the villagers returned home.

They did not put their belongings outside in the sun, nor did they take out wet items from their homes to dry.

Yu Jiusi and his men went in and out of every household in the village.

He walked silently across the muddy field ridges, walked silently through the dilapidated farmland, and stood silently outside the fences and wooden windows of every household, trying to get a glimpse of one corner.

In some houses, you can smell the stench even before you get close to them.

It's the smell of a long-rotten corpse.

The smell was not like that of dead pigs, dead dogs, or even dead rats, but an indescribable stench, a stench that could arouse the deepest fear in people's hearts.

It's even a smell that anyone can tell is that of a corpse of the same species.

"What are you doing!" A shrill, almost collapsed female voice came, "Ah - what are you doing! Put my daughter down! You robbers!"

"She is dead." What Yu Jiusi heard next was the hoarse voice of the soldier.

"What did you say?" The woman's voice was full of disbelief. "What do you mean dead? My daughter just fell asleep, she just fell asleep!"

Yu Jiusi concealed the sadness in his eyes and walked towards the yard.

The dispute in the courtyard continues.

The woman grabbed the soldier's arm tightly, trying to get her child back, but she was afraid of hurting the child, so she didn't dare to use force.

She kept repeating: "Give it back to me! Give my daughter back to me!"

The soldiers stood still and let her beat them.

"Okay—" the woman suddenly laughed.