The annals record that no daughter had been born in Wujian Village for nearly fifty years.

Therefore, the men in the village all marry wives from outside the village, but the number of wives brought into the village is not enough to meet the proportion of men in the village.

This situation was so strange, she had a bad feeling...

Lu Ruoyu frowned, thought carefully, and then said: "I have heard about this village. I heard from the villagers that some families without sons would move to Wujian Village to live.

Then, not long after, a son would be born, and slowly, the population of Wujian Village would grow...

However, there were more boys than girls, so the men in their village could only marry girls from other villages.

Furthermore, I have observed that the men of Wujian Village seem only willing to marry women from poor families or from other places."

After hearing this, Song Jinshu's heart skipped a beat. She hoped it wasn't what she thought!

"Do you know where Wujian Village is? I'd like to go see it myself sometime!"

Jingyang County is neither small nor remote, with mountains connected to one another. Some villages are very remote.

Most of the villages they had visited before were relatively flat, so they had never set foot in Wujian Village.

Lu Ruoyu thought about it and frowned: "If you want to go, can you wait for me for a few days? After the hot spring town is done, we can take more people to take a look!"

There are many men in Wujian Village, and there must be quite a few middle-aged men as well.

Song Jinshu is a woman after all, and he is worried about her going alone.

"okay!"

Somehow, Song Jinshu felt a little anxious and had an inexplicable anger in his heart.

I hope she is just overthinking this.

Suddenly she remembered something and asked, "Oh, by the way, since there are so many men in Wujian Village, a lot of them should be out digging canals!"

Lu Ruoyu pursed her lips, her face looking a little grim. “Captain Cao brought people there before, but the village didn’t cooperate much and only gave a small number of people of the right age.”

Later, Cao Dutou didn't believe it and wanted to go to the villagers' homes to check in person, but was stopped.

The number of people working on the canal was just enough, and my subordinates, thinking that digging the canal was more important, did not allow Cao Dutou to clash with the people of Wujian Village.

Song Jinshu narrowed his eyes, there must be something fishy going on!

She has to go on this trip!

"I understand. County Magistrate Lu, wait until you're done and tell me, then we can go check it out together!"

"it is good!"

Song Jinshu's eyes fell on the cover of the chronicle. She initially wanted to see the climate changes in Jingyang County.

The climate in Jingyang County is suitable for two planting seasons, with sowing at the end of June and transplanting rice seedlings in mid-to-late July.

There is still a lot of time now, so she thinks she should go and see the situation in Wujian Village first.

For the next half month, Lu Ruoyu went out early and came back late, and Song Jinshu was also busy with other things.

Finally, Lu Ruoyu found her that day.

The two hit it off and immediately decided to go to Wujian Village to investigate tomorrow.

After Shen Fenghua knew their decision, she also wanted to go together, and Song Jinshi agreed.

To be on the safe side, Song Jinshu mobilized the available manpower of the county government and hired the only escort agency in the county on credit.

The group headed towards Wujian Village in a grand manner.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the villagers on the road did not dare to greet Song Jinshu as usual, and ran back home to discuss the matter.

After walking for about three hours and climbing five mountains, we finally arrived at Wujian Village!

Song Jinshu was so tired that he saw stars and gasped for breath. He took the water handed to him by Lu Ruoyu and gulped it down.

Shen Fenghua looked at Song Jinshu's embarrassed appearance and said sarcastically, "My Lord, you are used to being idle on weekdays. Today is a good time for you to exercise and lose some extra fat."

Song Jinshu, who was already tired and wanted to curse, exploded upon hearing this. She shouted angrily, "Shen Fenghua, what are you talking about? I'm not your mother, not your wife, so what's my flesh got to do with you?"

He's really spoiled! He only has the five senses but no moral values!

Shen Fenghua just suffered its big cold stare like this.

"You...a good man doesn't fight with a woman!"

Song Jinshu rolled his eyes at him again. A man with such a bad mouth like Shen Fenghua was really doing his mother and future wife a disservice!

The others looked at each other, not daring to come forward.

Lu Ruoyu was quite speechless. These two had been arguing all the way, and I wonder if they were tired?

Shen Fenghua is the same. She can never win an argument with Song Jinshu, but she still enjoys it.

"We'll be there in two more miles!"

"What? There are still two miles to go?" Song Jinshu said in shock.

She regretted not listening to the advice and insisted on taking a shortcut to climb the mountain.

If they didn't take a detour, it would probably be midnight when they got back.

Now that you're here, just pack up and continue on your way!

……

Finally, around a quarter past noon, they saw the boundary stone of Wujian Village, and the villa was not far away.

This is the time to go home and eat after finishing farm work.

Their group had already attracted the attention of the villagers. The moment they saw them, someone ran back to the village to call for help.

Song Jinshu walked in front with his head held high and his chest puffed out. How could the head of Wujian Village dare to make trouble when the leaders came to inspect?

He brought the villagers in a threatening manner, but when they saw Song Jinshu wearing an official robe and the uniform representing the government behind him, the villagers suddenly wilted.

The head of Wujian Village is surnamed Niu, and is known as the Niu Village Head…

Although he was old, he had a sharp eye and immediately asked the villagers to put down their farm tools with a smile.

"Oh! This is our county magistrate, not a bad guy! Everyone, put your things down!"

As he said this, he walked forward with a smile and bowed solemnly to Song Jinshu.

Don't hit someone who smiles at you. Song Jinshu helped Village Chief Niu up and said, "You don't have to be so polite, Village Chief. The Japanese official recently came to inspect the countryside and happened to be here today."

She briefly explained, then looked at the villagers blocking the road and said, "I don't have anything to do today. Everyone should go about their business. If it's time to go home for dinner, go home! Don't keep your wives and children waiting anxiously!"

However, the villagers did not listen to her and go home, but looked at the village chief beside him.

Village Chief Niu was satisfied when he saw this. All the children in their village were well-behaved and good!

He was still smiling, and at his eye signal, the villagers took their farm tools and went home.

When Village Chief Niu turned around, his smile froze, but he quickly recovered.

Song Jinshu was paying close attention to him, so he naturally did not miss this scene.

Her eyes darkened. It seemed that Wujian Village really did have a secret.

"Lord Song and all the other officials haven't eaten yet, right? How about coming to my house for a meal?" Village Chief Niu invited warmly.

Song Jinshu shook his head: "No! We will leave after we finish our inspection."

She came suddenly in order to catch them off guard. Now was a good time to inspect.

If we continue to delay, something might happen...

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