Chapter 541: Mother Was Bullied
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
County Magistrate Wu attached great importance to Mu Dongmei’s (MO Ruyue’s mother’s) sexually transmitted disease, especially when her husband and son both died of it.
He immediately reported it to his superiors. However, the position of magistrate had been vacant due to the crime of framing MO Ruyue during the plague. County Magistrate Wu’s memorial had been sent directly to Tongzhi.
Tongzhi was also much more capable than the original magistrate. It was also because of the previous plague that he paid great attention to the sexually transmitted diseases.
After receiving County Magistrate Wu’s memorial, he immediately sent many people to assist him in capturing the person.
With the increase in manpower and many skilled soldiers, County Magistrate Wu was like a tiger with wings. Soon, he gathered and supervised all the people who had come into contact with Mu Dongmei’s family, the entire MO Family Village, and those who had come into contact with the MO Family Village.
The people who had followed Mu Dongmei to look for MO Ruyue were locked up that day and did not return home for several days. Many villagers went to the county government to report the case, but they were caught one by one.
The people who were arrested all knew the whole story and hated MO Ruyue to the bone.
County Magistrate Wu felt that these people simply did not know right from wrong and told them the seriousness of the sexually transmitted disease.
When those people heard this, they shifted their hatred to Mu Dongmei’s family.
She was the only one left in Mu Dongmei’s family who hadn’t died. Just thinking about it made everyone afraid. They were afraid that their family would be next.
The total number of people who had come into contact with the MO Village was 365. It was too many.
In order to make it easier to manage, everyone was trapped in the MO Village. The soldiers guarded the perimeter, just like how they did during the rat plague.
Those people cried and fought, causing a ruckus. In the end, County
Magistrate Wu used thunderous methods to directly kill two people, so they did not dare to make any more noise
In fact, those two people were prisoners on death row. He took the opportunity to drag them over to scare those people. As long as the effect was good, it was enough. Sometimes, he had to use some extraordinary methods.
MO Ruyue felt that it was her mistake not to have thought about how sexually transmitted diseases could be contagious. She felt very apologetic.
If she had thought of this earlier, there would not be so many people locked up now.
She had to do something.
She personally went to the MO Family Village and stood at the entrance of the village to talk to the people inside.
“You don’t have to be too afraid. Among you, perhaps only a few people will be infected.”
“You just have to wait for the doctor to take your pulse. Before that, you can live your lives at home as usual. It’s just that you can’t leave this village.”
“The onset of the disease varies. The fastest is two to five days, and the slowest is one to two months.”
“Within two months, none of you will show any signs of illness. At that time, the ban will be lifted.”
“Whether it’s for yourself or for your children and family, if you discover anyone with a problem, you must report it in time. Otherwise, what awaits you will be complete annihilation.”
“This can prevent infection, and there are ways to avoid infection. I’ll tell everyone how to prevent infection. Remember clearly and do as I say. This matter will be over soon.”
“This is also a helpless move. We can’t let people in the country and even more places end up like Mu Dongmei’s family because of you people. Now that Mu Dongmei has also contracted the sexually transmitted disease, she has already reached a relatively serious stage and can’t be cured.”
MO Ruyue stood in the MO Village and comforted them for two hours. Only then did those people gradually calm down. They recalled how terrifying the plague was before and how it was cured by this woman in front of them. Now, she said that as long as they behaved themselves, it wouldn’t pass very quickly.
Many people still believed in MO Ruyue. After all, she had experience in curing the mouse plague
Therefore, most of them were very obedient and even helped to subdue those who were disobedient.
These people were locked up in the village. Although there was still some land that could be used to grow food, they definitely could not make ends meet. They needed external help. They could not let these people starve to death without dying of illness.
MO Ruyue then asked County Magistrate Wu to send word to all the towns that every household would donate a corresponding amount of grain according to their actual situation. Even a handful of rice per household would do. Of course, she would take out a thousand taels of silver to buy grain, and would continue to donate it later depending on the situation.
After all, it was her mistake this time.
She wasn’t afraid that the villages and towns below wouldn’t donate. The method was very simple. If the people of MO Village were hungry and ran out secretly to their place, what would they do?
Those people thought that it was not the case. It was better to give them some food and let them stay in MO family village in peace.
When MO Ruyue was doing all these things, she had brought Si Bao and Tang Tang along.
Although the two children were very young, they were much smarter and more sensible than ordinary children.
MO Ruyue asked the two children after they had finished eating after a long day of running around.
“Did you meet many so-called bad guys today?”
Tang Tang and Si Bao looked at MO Ruyue blankly.
“The people of MO Village might have the virus. If they come out, they will harm others. Are they bad people?” MO Ruyue asked in a different way.
Si Bao and Tang Tang nodded.
“Then, if I lock them up in the village and forbid them from coming out, will I be a bad person in the eyes of their children?” MO Ruyue asked again.
“Because I’m the one who limits their movements, some people might even be locked inside until they die.”
“Don’t deny it first. What if the person who gave the order wasn’t mother but someone else? Then, was this person also very bad?”
Tang Tang and Si Bao agreed with their mother, but they felt that something was different.
“But that old woman bullied you.”
Tang Tang felt that her mother was being bullied.
“She bullied me because of her child. Her child died of illness. She thought that I could save him but couldn’t, so she died. She was resentful, so she said that to me.
Her mother did not deny that she was a bad person, but from her perspective, her mother might be a bad person too.
If her child was still alive, do you think it would be okay to poison me like you
Si Bao and Tang Tang finally understood what MO Ruyue meant.
“Mother, we really know our mistakes. We won’t do this again.”
Si Bao and Tang Tang spoke sincerely in unison. MO Ruyue finally felt relieved.
It seemed that the two children had really understood that they had not come for nothing today.
“We learn skills to strengthen ourselves and Imow how to help ourselves and others. We can’t rely on our own abilities to harm others or take revenge.
The heavens would always stand on the side of reason. Those who made mistakes would not be able to escape the punishment of the law.”
Seeing that the two children understood, MO Ruyue explained in detail what they had done earlier.
On the twenty-eighth day of the new year, everyone in the MO family village who had come into contact with the sexually transmitted disease finally stabilized.
County Magistrate Wu had collected a lot of resources from the towns and villages for the new year. He had sent all of them to MO Family Village.
This also made the people of the MO family village feel that they had not been abandoned by the higher-ups.
Although they were locked up in the village and restricted from going out, there were no shortcomings in their lives. It was even better than their previous lives of hard work.
Some people even felt that it was good to be noticed like this. They could eat and drink without going out to do work. Of course, this was the thought of a minority..
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