Chapter 71 To Help or Not to Help
"Where is the Qin family's doll?"
As the headman finished speaking, a woman with a sallow face stumbled over, holding a baby in her arms.
"Here, I'm asking the village chief for a treat!"
The little baby looked about half a year old, with a dark face, bloodless lips, and slightly open eyes staring unconsciously into space.
"Hurry up and feed him the porridge and water! Otherwise it will be too late!" the old doctor shouted.
The woman cried and brought the porridge to the baby's mouth, but the baby didn't react at all.
"Hurry up and eat, Gou Wa, this is your favorite white rice porridge!"
The woman trembled, picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful of porridge, but the porridge overflowed from her mouth.
"Gou Wa! What's wrong with you? Don't scare your mother!"
The woman cried loudly and fed the baby porridge one after another, but the baby couldn't even swallow.
"It's still a step too late!" sighed the old doctor.
Everyone wiped their tears silently, unable to bear to watch any longer.
At this time, a sound of footsteps was heard.
A delicate little baby ran over in front of everyone's gaze, followed by a tall, middle-aged man. The man had dull eyes, but he walked like a normal person.
"Xiao Jiu'er, why are you here? You're a baby, you can't watch these!"
Li was about to cover Xiaojiu's eyes, but Xiaotuanzi rushed directly in front of Gou Wa.
The crying Gouwa's mother suddenly found a chubby little baby coming over, stretching out his chubby little hands and directly prying open Gouwa's mouth.
"What are you going to do..." Gou Wa's mother was anxious.
The village head smiled and said, "It's okay, Gou Wa's mother! Meeting Xiao Jiu is your blessing!"
Blessing? My children are starving to death, what blessing are we talking about?
Gou Wa's mother felt heartbroken and tears fell like rain.
"Don't cry!"
The little girl blinked her big eyes like black grapes and spoke to her in a baby voice.
Gou Wa’s mother’s heart trembled. How could such a young child know how to comfort people?
Little Tuanzi took out the nutrient solution from his little pocket, pressed his little palm hard, and the nutrient solution sprayed straight into Gou Wa's throat. Although some of it flowed out, a lot still went in.
The old doctor's eyes lit up, and he quickly helped to pinch Gou Wa's chin, making him open his mouth wide, and Xiao Jiu fed him the entire nutrient solution.
After a while, Gou Wa pursed his lips and smacked his lips twice.
"Alive! It's okay!"
Everyone was wiping away tears and was extremely excited.
The villagers of Dahuai Village were standing far away and didn't know what happened. They only saw that not long after the baby passed by, Gou Wa woke up.
They have seen too many people starve to death.
The only one who could be saved was Gou Wa.
Is this little kid a god?
"Thank you, little miracle doctor!" Gou Wa's mother knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Jiu.
The little dumpling was at a loss and dived into Ye Buwei's arms with a whoosh.
Ye Buwei said: "No need to thank me, it's your baby's fate that shouldn't end!"
Seeing Gou Wa wake up, Liu Dacheng pointed at the remaining half bowl of porridge and shouted, "Old Mu's family, Old Yuan's family, Old Chen's family, Old Wu's family, Old Chang's family, Old Zheng's family, come and share."
There was only half a bowl of porridge in total, which was shared by six children. Each of them took two bites and it was gone.
Little Dumpling couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and stomped his feet, "Go back!"
"Okay, okay, let's go back!" The village head hurriedly greeted Liu Dacheng, "Brother Liu, I'll go back first!"
"Zhuang Lizheng..."
Liu Dacheng shook his gray beard. He wanted to continue begging, but he really couldn't say the words.
He brought the whole village here today, and has already put the village on the fire.
"Brother Liu, I will give you an answer whether I can help you or not!"
"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you!" Liu Dacheng's old face was full of tears, but he did not refuse, which meant there was still hope.
Several people returned to the village and closed the city gate.
The village head said: "Xiao Jiuer, whatever you want to do, I will listen to you!"
"Okay!" There was a sparkling light in the little dumpling's eyes.
The food in the space can finally be put to good use.
…
On the threshing ground, the village head stood in front of the entire village and said, "Fellow villagers, you have seen the situation outside. What do you think?"
The villagers all sighed.
"Oh, it makes me feel sad..."
"We want to help, but there are too many victims. We can't help them all..."
"When our village had water, we didn't help them. Now we can't help them either..."
The village head said, "The current situation is similar to when the canal was full, but there are some differences. First, we didn't know how long the water would last, so we didn't dare to help. Second, Xianchuan County is mountainous, and you can always find water by walking into the ravines. Those who die of thirst are lazy people."
"Now, every household in our village is overflowing with food, more than enough to last for years, and they are at their wit's end!"
The villagers were silent.
Everyone knew very well that if it weren't for Xiaojiu, Heihe Village would be facing the same tragic situation at this moment, and many people might have starved to death.
"We listen to Xiaojiu!"
I don’t know who shouted.
The others cheered up, "Yes! It was Xiaojiu who saved the village's food supply and increased the harvest several times over! Whatever Xiaojiu tells us to do, we'll do it!"
The eyes of the whole village were focused on the little girl's pink and tender face.
“Xiao Jiuer, if you want to help, just nod!”
"Move!" The little dumpling nodded cutely.
"Good!" The villagers roared like thunder.
They didn’t know why, but the moment Xiaojiu nodded, they felt much more relaxed and their minds suddenly became clear.
"Listen to Xiaojiu! We'll do our best to help!"
"I'll save as many people as I can, but I hope I can do it with a clear conscience!"
"Just think of it as accumulating blessings for future generations!"
…
Amidst the chaotic noise, the village head laughed: "So you've been wanting to help them for a long time. Look how happy you are!"
Everyone laughed awkwardly, "Not really! I couldn't make up my mind before! But when Xiao Jiuer spoke, I suddenly felt at ease!"
The village head cleared his throat and said, "We'll donate rice based on the number of acres of paddy fields each household owns, half a stone per acre. The donated rice will be stored in the ancestral hall. From today on, Heihe Village will be distributing porridge outside the city walls to help the people!"
"good!"
The whole village burst into thunderous applause.
Donating half a stone of rice from an acre of land is nothing to them today.
"Village head, if this batch of food is used up, should we continue to donate?"
The village head said, "Don't worry about this. Let's take it one step at a time. No matter what, we must put our own family first! We won't starve ourselves to death to save others!"
Now everyone is completely relieved.
He turned around and went home to move food.
Huo Danian came over and said hesitantly: "Village head, my family..."
The village head said, "Your harvest is not good, I won't force you. You can do whatever you want."
"Yanping, come here for a moment." The village head handed the key to the ancestral hall to Ye Yanping. "The task of collecting grain is now in the hands of you three brothers. There can't be any mistakes."
…
The villagers of Dahuai Village were waiting anxiously outside, and the hungry babies, both big and small, were crying together.
"Old village chief, I'm afraid there's no hope."
Everyone looked ashen and didn't even have the energy to cry.
At this time, a "click" sound was heard, and the heavy gate of Heihe Village opened.
"Zhuang Lizheng is here!"
Everyone in Dahuai Village suddenly fell silent, and all looked up at the city gate, waiting for the final verdict of fate.
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