After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

It was only after three days of treatment that they realized how many people in the village had been infected.

Ninety percent of the people in the village are still alive.

Not to mention those who have unfortunately passed away due to serious illnesses.

Whenever Si Jiu saw those ordinary villagers struggling in pain on their sickbeds, he felt unbearable heartache.

Jinzhou can be said to be an extremely prosperous state.

Even an ordinary small village like Jinzhou has such a serious disaster, what about other places?

Si Jiu didn't say anything, but Wen Baizhi could understand his silence.

"Zijin, we have done a lot and tried our best. This will be the best outcome."

Si Jiu leaned on her shoulder: "I just think that I haven't done enough, not well enough, or even that I came too late. Also, we were infected with smallpox one after another before, and we were delayed for so long. If none of this happened, if we had come earlier..."

Si Jiu is a typical person who won’t show off when he does something right, but once he does something wrong, he will endlessly consume himself.

Wen Baizhi comforted him, "Zijin, let's not talk about the fact that there is no such thing as "if" in this world. Even if those things didn't happen, if you had come here earlier than now, would the result be easily changed? This village has been plagued by problems for a long time, and smallpox has not been cured. If you hadn't come, the outcome would have been different. If you had come, you would have brought change and hope."

Si Jiu leaned on Wen Baizhi.

What she said always brought him comfort and pulled him out before he reached a dead end.

Just at this moment, the village chief came to call them to eat.

When Si Jiu stood up, Wen Baizhi carefully held his arm.

The two of them supported each other all the way to the dining hall.

When I arrived at the cafeteria, Rong Heng was already sitting there.

Rong Heng's expression was not much better than theirs.

Although there are others who do the work of preparing and decocting medicines, Rong Heng is still responsible for the most important task of seeing patients.

He was so tired that he couldn't even open his eyes, so he just stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth.

Wen Baizhi and Sijiu also sat down.

The village chief accompanied them and sat down.

This is also a good time to ask the village chief about the situation in the village.

Si Jiu took the steamed bun handed to him by Wen Baizhi and began to tear it bit by bit absentmindedly.

The village chief was very grateful to each of them and the smile on his face never faded.

After Si Jiu swallowed a small bite of steamed bun, he finally asked the village chief.

"Village leader, I want to ask about the smallpox infection in our village."

The village chief had known that this day would come.

He was actually prepared for them to ask him questions on their first day.

But they never thought that the first thing they did when they arrived was to treat the villagers.

It would be a lie to say that I am not impressed.

So now that Si Jiu finally asked, he would tell him everything he knew.

"In fact, people in our village began to be infected since the beginning of winter last year.

At first we just thought that the red bumps on our bodies were insect bites and the fever was caused by the cold weather.

However, I never expected that the situation would become more and more serious, and more and more villagers would experience the same phenomenon.

But I had taken good care of all those who were infected before, so everyone thought the outbreak in the village occurred this spring.

But no, it was last year.

At the beginning of this year, I went to government offices countless times, hoping to get help from the court.

If this situation only happened in our village, I wouldn't be so anxious.

The key point is that with our village as the center, this situation has occurred in the surrounding villages and towns.

However, the government only said that they would quickly find someone to deal with the matter, but no one has actually come to solve it.

We really have no other choice. The condition of the infected people is getting worse and worse, and the number of deaths is increasing.

Just then, spring planting began.

Food is our only hope for survival as farmers, but now it is also our only way to seek a final export.

We cooked all the seeds distributed by the court, but it was impossible for them to grow any grain after planting them.

We just hope that this method can make the court see us and save us.

That’s all.”

The village chief finished speaking with tears in his eyes.

Si Jiu and the others fell silent after hearing this.

It turns out that this is the truth behind Jinzhou’s poor harvest.

It turned out that they were risking their last chance of survival.

Si Jiu clenched his hands tightly.

"You did the right thing. It's the court's fault and you shouldn't be held responsible for it," he said seriously.

The village chief almost knelt down and kowtowed to him: "Thank you for your understanding, benefactor. We really have no other choice. If we can't pay the tenants, we will die. But if no one treats smallpox, we will die even more."

The lower-class farmers just want to have enough food and clothing. They don’t seek to be rich, but only want their family to be safe and healthy.

This is the simplest, yet the most difficult wish.

Si Jiu promised: "Don't worry, village chief. I will help you with the tenant grain you owe. I will also arrange for someone to go and see the patients in the surrounding villages and towns you just mentioned. Don't worry about everything. It is Dacheng's fault that we couldn't let you live in peace and health in Dacheng. It is also Dacheng's fault that you took risks with grain. Please rest assured that everything will be fine in the future."

The village chief's old face was already covered with tears: "Thank you so much, benefactor."

After asking about the cause and effect of the incident, we also need to question the teacher mentioned by Liu Si Niang.

But I have been here for three days and I haven’t seen any teacher.

Si Jiu then asked, "Before I came here, I heard Madam Liu say that you had a teacher here. It was also that teacher who pointed out a way out for her when she was in a desperate situation. I wonder if this god is still here now. I really want to meet him."

The village chief looked embarrassed after hearing this: "My benefactor, you may not know that the gentleman had left long before you came."

Si Jiu frowned: "Does the village chief know where he went?"

The village chief recalled, "I seemed to have heard him say that he was going to Kyoto. Si Niang said that you arrived in Jinzhou about a month ago. If we calculate based on the time he left, you might have met him on the road."

What a coincidence.

"Before he left, he told Si Niang to go to the main road every day to see if there were any people coming from Kyoto. If there were, then Si Niang's son might still be saved.

That gentleman is a good man. After coming to our village this year, he has worked tirelessly to teach the children to read and write. To be honest, it was he who came up with the idea of ​​boiling seeds.

Otherwise, we are all old farmers, and we cherish seeds very much, and we don’t even know that there is such a thing as boiling seeds.”

After the village chief finished speaking, Si Jiu understood that the person who had been pushing him forward to Jinzhou was none other than this elusive teacher.