After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 724 Mortality

Xiao Chiye saw that she had been gone for a long time: "Why did you take so long?"

"Pipi has a fever. It might be because you scared him last night and he's a little frightened." Xia Wanniang sat next to him and took out food from the space.

Xiao Chiye first poured her a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of her: "The people we captured yesterday had just arrived in Daxia not long ago, so we can't get any useful information from them."

Xia Wanniang scooped a spoonful of porridge into her mouth: "This is not surprising. We have cleared out the spies from most countries before. It is normal for them to sneak in."

Xiao Chiye picked up some olives for her and said, "They just received this thing. They don't know what it is. They just received a message asking them to pour it into the well. If they don't do this, their family in Jin will be in danger."

Xia Wanniang nodded: "What are you going to do with them?"

"We sent them to the mines to mine. Instead of killing them, we'd better let them contribute some value." Xiao Chiye took a mouthful of porridge.

Xia Wanniang smiled and said, "Good idea."

She told Xiao Chiye the letter Yu Nian asked for yesterday: "What do you think about this?"

"It's a good thing that they are willing to surrender, but it's not easy to get these things into the stilt houses." Xiao Chiye was also worried about how to transport these things in.

Xia Wanniang: "I am also worried that there is no better solution to this problem, but the transportation is the only problem."

If they had to carry them to the tribe one by one by manpower, they would probably be exhausted to death.

Xiao Chiye: "Find a way to get them out of the way, and then we can send them in. This might be okay. Otherwise, they don't have a mountain road, so how long will it take to carry them in?"

"This is the only way. Let's see when the mountain road here can be repaired." Xia Wanniang had no better idea.

Xiao Chiye saw that she had finished eating, so he took away the dishes and washed them: "You go to sleep first, I'll come in after I put the dishes away."

Xia Wanniang was indeed tired. She had been tossing and turning all night and was exhausted.

When Xiao Chiye returned to the room, he saw that she had fallen asleep. He carefully walked over to her, lay down beside her, and held her in his arms.

When Xia Wanniang woke up, the people around her were gone.

She stood up and checked on Pippi. The little guy's fever had subsided, but he was still a little listless. When he saw her, he reached out for a hug.

Xia Wanniang reached out and hugged him into her arms: "Pipi, come and play with auntie, okay?"

Pipi smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Xia Wanniang looked at Yu Wanwan and said, "You take a nap. I'll take care of him."

"This guy is very naughty now. If you don't like him, just send him back." Yu Wanwan was really afraid that she couldn't stand her own son.

Xia Wanniang took Pipi and went to the yamen to find Wei Zhen.

Wei Zhen had just dozed off for a while. Such a big thing happened yesterday, so before dawn today he organized the yamen runners to go door to door to notify people not to drink raw water recently.

When he saw Xia Wanniang carrying Pipi in, he was stunned for a moment: "Why is Madam here at this time?"

Xia Wanniang saw that all the yamen runners were not there: "Is everyone out today?"

Wei Zhen nodded: "Go door to door and inform everyone not to drink raw water."

"It's better to be cautious." Xia Wanniang said and looked at Wei Zhen: "Master Wei, do you have any records of children who died before the age of seven over the years?"

Wei Zhen looked at her in confusion: "Did something happen?"

"Nothing happened. I was just thinking about the child mortality rate over the years." Xia Wanniang wanted to make sure before doing anything.

Wei Zhen: "I only have archives from after the founding of North City. The records from the first one or two years were not very complete, so I don't know if the statistics are correct."

Xia Wanniang: "In the past, did people register their children's births here?"

Wei Zhen shook his head: "In the past, ordinary people would not go to the government office to register. Generally, they would go to the government office to register their household registration when they reached adulthood."

Xia Wanniang: "So that's how it is."

Wei Zhen led the way: "Madam, I will take you to the archives room. All these materials are kept in the archives room. Now every family with a newborn child will be registered by the village chief and sent to us once a month for registration."

Xia Wanniang: "Is it the same for death?"

Wei Zhen nodded: "The same goes for those who have died. Their accounts will be cancelled."