After her husband died in battle, she relied on the villain cub to make a comeback.

Digging ditches involves not only talking about it on paper, but also doing it in practice.

The sun goes down.

Ye Zhizhi went home with a few boys holding shovels.

It happened that there was someone selling tofu at the entrance of the village.

Ye Zhizhi was greedy for the sweet and sour stone pot tofu, and rushed forward to buy four or five pieces without saying a word.

"Today we are frying pancakes, making mapo tofu, stone pot tofu, soft tofu, and eating tofu mixed with spring onions!"

The leaves and branches are happy.

But on the way home, a piece of bad news made the smile disappear from her face.

"Ma Fu's mother ate Guanyin soil and strangled herself to death."

Aunt Xu said with a pale face, "Mafu is very lazy and eats well. Sun Cuihua grows all the food in the family. There is not much of it. There is a severe drought today, and the bark of the trees on the mountain has been removed."

Xigui is the only golden grandson left in the family. The old lady used to not show much love to her, but now she is afraid that the Ma family will not succeed, so she saves food... I just went to see her, and her belly was bulging. "

Er Zhu curled his lips, "It's really a cycle of karma and retribution. She accused Si Zhu of stealing money, and her son treated my mother...

Xigui is a bad bamboo that produces good bamboo shoots. She has done something right. "

Ye Zhizhi was a little silent.

It is said that death is like a lamp going out.

When some people are alive, you think she is so suffocating that you wish you could beat her to death. But when she dies for her grandson, you suddenly feel that she is not that bad after all.

In fact, having said that, they are all illiterate and spend their whole lives facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky. The biggest evil many people have done is just because they are poor, stealing your eggs and pulling your baskets.

After all, people like Mrs. Xiao and Xu Lanlan are in the minority.

Ye Zhizhi sighed, "This is the first time I've seen someone starve to death in the village."

The crisis brought about by the famine cast a haze over the entire Tianshui Village.

Ye Zhizhi took five taels of silver to Si Zhu and said, "Mom knows that Xigui is your little friend. It's not easy for them to be orphans and widowers. Please give the silver to Xigui on your behalf."

Si Zhu wiped away tears and nodded.

Sanzhu on the side suddenly said, "Mom, if one day..."

"Huh?" The child didn't say anything for a long time, Ye Zhizhi lowered his head.

"It's okay, mother." Sanzhu smiled, "I will study hard, farm, and let you eat a bowl of rice, throw a bowl of rice, and watch a bowl of rice!"

In the world of children, eating, drinking, sleeping and having fun are a big deal.

Ye Zhizhi touched Sanzhu's head and said, "Then Auntie is waiting to enjoy the blessings with Sanzhu."

The Ye family had a tofu feast for dinner, with each person getting a bowl of millet porridge and a green onion pancake, with a look of satisfaction on their faces.

After dinner, the men still sat on the edge of the field and sighed, while the children ran around barefoot as if they didn't know what it was like.

Until Li Zheng and his two sons hurriedly buried Mrs. Feng in the ground, the sad atmosphere could not be dissipated.

As long as it doesn't rain for a day, this kind of thing happens all the time not only in Tianshui Village, but also in the entire south.

Ye Zhizhi pursed her lips and said, "Go to rest early. There is still a tough battle to fight tomorrow."

This battle is difficult to fight.

Because not only Tianshui Village, Xingshui Village, and Chengjia Village came in, many people starved to death in order to save food rations, and the most serious thing was.

The water in Chengjia Village was cut off!

The only well in the village can no longer produce water!

The people in Chengjia Village had no choice but to go to Lijia Village, a neighboring village, to fetch water.

But water is a precious thing now.

It is the key to good food growth and the source of survival for the people!

Lijia Village requires a bag of sweet potatoes or whole grains before they are allowed to fetch water for half a month.

Isn't this going to force people to death?

Since you are shameless, don't blame me for grabbing it!

So good thing, the two villages started to work like this.

Fortunately, today the county magistrate of each village asked everyone to come to the town, saying that they had something to say.

"I heard that your Majesty sent a minister of household affairs and a general of the state to sort things out..."

"Is it to open a warehouse and put out grain to help the big guys?"

After being introduced by County Magistrate Chen, Zhou Shuhe walked to the front hall with a serious face. He cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, please calm down for a moment."

There were nearly two hundred people in the 42 villages. They all looked at Zhou Shuhe with hope, hoping to hear from the adults about opening warehouses and releasing grain!

"Farmers depend on the sky for food, and God rewards them. Just like in the north, the weather is smooth and the harvests are good every year. If they don't receive rewards, it will be a misfortune for us. Elders starve to death in order to leave food for their children. Today, there are many cases of elders starving to death. If you’re someone else, how do you know you’re not the next one?”

Zhou Shuhe's words made many people present panic.

Everyone knows that famines kill people. In recent years, floods and locust plagues have killed many people, especially recently, making them feel fear again.

Not only will people starve to death, but many more will die of thirst.

The place where they have lived for generations will soon be devastated and starved to death...

An older clan elder below started to cry, "Oh my God, we people in Chengjia Village have never done anything evil. Why would you do something evil to us..."

"Everyone be quiet for now! His Majesty has given us a good solution, which is to dig canals to divert water." Zhou Shuhe raised his voice and clapped his hands and said, "Now Miss Ye and her eldest son will tell us in detail about diversion of canals! "

What?

The crowd erupted.

"Miss Ye? How can we let women participate in our men's affairs?"

"Dig a canal? There are dragon veins on the canal. It's something that shakes up our Qinghe County. Who dares to dig it!"

"No, are you going to get paid for digging this thing? How much money do you give us per day?"

"Since Your Majesty is willing to pay us to dig, why can't you directly provide food instead of not cleaning up this mess?"

"Don't worry about drainage. Now I don't even have water to drink. I woke up so early and ended up with a girl standing here giggling. I knew she wouldn't come..."

The men from the 42 villages stood in the front hall and courtyard, and they were like hundreds of ducks, quacking and quacking when they talked.

Ye Zhizhi took the gong he had prepared in advance and struck it with two bangs.

Hey, the crowd subconsciously became quiet.

She stood on the stage with Xiao Xingzhi.

This was the first time that Xiao Xingzhi spoke in front of so many people, but he was not nervous at all. There was a lot of people in the audience. The person on the stage said that he needed someone to please. He coughed lightly and said, "Open the warehouse and stock up on food." It can only solve the temporary difficulty, but it cannot solve the problem of our lack of water. If there is a drought next time, we will still be helpless.

But digging canals is different. I saw that the canal has a large amount of water. Even irrigating Yongfu Village, which is the farthest away, is not a problem. It can ensure that our fields have water for a lifetime. "

Xiao Xingzhi was wearing a blue and white gown. He was good-looking and charming, and he had the aura of a scholar about him. When he spoke, people couldn't help but subconsciously surrender and be quiet.

He said, "I did the math last night. Our forty villages can produce more than 300 people in total. It only takes two or three days to dig from the canal to the countryside-"

"Say boy, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"To dig from the canal to the countryside, you have to go through the mountains, right? There are hard rocks there. How can it be dug in two or three days? What you are saying is too ridiculous."

"Everyone is digging canals, but who is going to irrigate the millet in the fields?"

"I still want to ask, how much do you pay me a day for this?"