"Let the old man see that you have too much damp poison on your body, which will cause poisonous sores. I will get you some medicine and a few plaster. You can take it internally or externally, and it will take a long time to heal." You Fang Langzhong, with a three-stroke beard, said after seeing the poisonous sores on Xue Qingshan's body.
Zhao Shi was very worried: "Lang Zhong, is this useful in the end? My son also found a You Fang Lang Zhong to read it before, and you said the same thing, but I drank the medicine and put the plaster on it, it really didn't work. ."
Lang Zhong stroked the beard on his chin: "That's because the damp poison on his body has not been cleaned up. If it is cleaned up, maybe it will be better now. Did he suffer from cold last winter? If so, then it is wet. The poison is not cleansed."
Zhao recalled that last winter, Xue Qingshan always complained to him that the house was cold and there was no firewood. For this reason, she carried the old man here to carry firewood every day. She couldn't carry more than that, and it was too eye-catching, so she could only take it little by little. Later, the third child also said how the firewood at home was used so quickly, and even went up the mountain to pick up firewood once in the cold weather.
"Langzhong, what you said is that I am pitiful here. I almost froze last winter."
"That's it, the body is infected with cold air, and the cold air is not forced out in the body. When these doses of medicine are finished, don't forget to stick the plaster, and it will almost be fine."
Lang Zhong took the medicine, but he didn't see him prescribing it or anything. He just took it from the box he brought with him. A few paper bags and a few dog skin plaster, I asked Zhao's fifty wen.
Zhao Shi was so distressed that he gasped, but he still had to pay for his son.
In fact, it is much cheaper to ask You Fanglang than to hire a doctor. Let Zhao look at it. Those doctors are desperate for money, and the medicines they prescribe are expensive and useless. Totally. It’s still cheaper to travel, and it’s enough to read dozens of articles once.
Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Zhao didn't feel so distressed anymore. After giving the money and taking the medicine, he sent Lang Zhong to the outside. He also asked if there was any particularity when taking the medicine and applying the plaster.
When she turned her head back, she instructed Widow Xue to ask her to help apply plaster to Xue Qingshan.
Xue Qingshan had too many poisonous sores on his body, so he had to cut the plaster into small pieces so that he could stick those sores.
Widow Xue thought it was too much for her, so she didn't want to, so she excused that Niu Niu should be breastfeeding, and went out with her daughter in her arms.
Niuniu was born last fall by Widow Xue, and she is now half a year old. All the babes of this age are white and fat, but Niuniu looks a little thin.
Because of this, Mrs. Zhao often scolded Widow Xue, saying that she gave birth to two milks in vain but had no milk, so that her granddaughter had to drink rice soup to survive.
In fact, Widow Xue is not without milk, but the milk is not enough for Niu Niu. The little girl is always hungry and crying. Mrs. Zhao, don’t look at her granddaughter, but she is very strange to this granddaughter. Last year, the Xue family managed to save some fine grains, and she secretly took them for white rice. To make rice soup for Niuniu.
Zhao wanted to put plaster on Xue Qingshan, but Xue Qingshan refused to let him, saying that he would make it himself later. In the end, scholars still know some etiquette and shame.
Zhao Shi didn't force it. Seeing Widow Xue carrying her granddaughter out, she began to ramble: "Chu Chou, that's all, you were rare at the beginning, you didn't even have milk, and you gave birth to a woman in vain."
Xue Qingshan explained: "Mother, don't blame her, it's not that the family didn't eat it. The adults can't eat well, where can there be milk to feed the baby."
Zhao Shi was unwilling to listen to this, and scolded: "You can't eat all the eggs and meat that the old lady brought?!"
Not to mention, Xue Qingshan really ate it.
During the day, the meals are always clear soup and lack of water, and Xue Qingshan will inevitably be greedy. Widow Xue also didn't like to eat these meaty foods, but she just filled Xue Qingshan's mouth. It's just that this can't be said, and Xue Qingshan felt itchy again at this moment, and it was ugly to tickle in front of his mother, so he supported Zhao's to go out.
"Then I'll give you medicine."
"Don't! Mother, it's not almost noon now, then Houshan must be cooking again, you go and eat some, and get me some food by the way, just so that she can get some oil and water, lest the girl run out of milk. ."
Zhao scolded a few words in his mouth, and then went out.
Leaving Xue Qingshan to lean on the kang proudly, crossed Erlang's legs and hummed a little song. Humming and humming, the itching came again, and he couldn't help reaching into his clothes and scratching.
After Zhao left, everyone sighed.
Since that time, the Zhao family has fallen in love with Xiaoshantou here, coming every three to five, and always in time for the meal.
After she came, she couldn't say that everyone was eating and let her watch, she could only say a few polite words. But she doesn't know what it means to be polite.
It stands to reason that her own mother doesn't have much to eat, but every time she excuses the food she brings back to the old man, it is never eaten by old man Xue, but turned around and sent to Widow Xue's house.
"Whether this mother doesn't understand or pretends she doesn't understand, she's not afraid of being exposed one day?"
Wang Zhaodi has always been a poisonous mouth. Since she was able to get off the kang a while ago, she no longer eats Xiaozao alone, but eats it with everyone. These days, she also regained her former spirit, and she finally felt relieved after seeing this move.
At this time, it is not only the two sisters who are recruited on the table, but there are people in the third and fourth bedrooms. Interrupting from the middle to say that it is some meals, and nothing.
It's really nothing. With the current business of Wangji Caixing, another 100 Zhao's can be raised. The key is that everyone is not very comfortable.
After such an interruption, it was over. After delivering the meal to Widow Xue's house on the other end, Mrs. Zhao hurried back to cook for the old man, but Mrs. Yang had already prepared the meal after returning.
She didn't dare to say what she had done in front of the old man, she had to pretend that she didn't eat and accompany her to eat.
Old Master Xue glanced at the oil on her lips and sighed silently.
After Xue Qinghuai and Xue Qingbai discussed, the two partners paid for two helpers to plant Xue Qingshan's two acres of land.
Because they were afraid of being discussed by the villagers, they invited people from the neighboring village Xiahe Village.
Fortunately, Master Xue was careful when he allocated the land to Xue Qingshan, and arranged it in a remote place at the end of the village, so it didn't attract anyone's attention.
Now that you have hired someone, you will naturally have to do a complete set. From ploughing to planting and planting, these two helpers will do the job.
When it was agreed on the last day that the wages should be paid, the two helpers did not come. Xue Qingbai didn't take it to heart either, he only thought that the other party was in a hurry, but when he returned to the village, he heard that many people from the government had come to Xiahe Village.
The villagers of Yuqing Village only thought that someone had committed a crime, so the government came to arrest them specially. It was when they were discussing together that some villagers who had gone out came back with pale faces, saying that there was an epidemic in Xiahe Village, so they were closed down by the government.
This is a big mess. The two villages are adjacent to each other, and it takes less than a cup of tea to go back and forth. Xiahe Village has an epidemic, can Yuqing Village escape? There are also many villagers going back and forth between the two villages during the day, and the people in the village were panicked for a while.
Seeing this, Zheng Lizheng couldn't sit still, and took the initiative to discuss with Patriarch Xue. The two abandoned their previous suspicions and called the villagers to one place, said something to calm people's hearts, and ordered each family to strictly guard the door. At the same time, each family was ordered to conduct self-inspection. Anyone who has been to Xiahe Village recently, or who has been in contact with people in Xiahe Village, must sign up.
These people are to be isolated for the time being. If there is no accident, it will be fine. If there is an accident, the whole village will not be affected.
Immediately the village was boiling.
It was said that if nothing happened, why would people be shut down. Others said that if there was an epidemic, it would have been spread long ago, and it would be too late to say now.
All in all, they can say anything, but they are born and raised here, and no one wants to harm anyone. Most of them take the initiative to come forward, including Xue Qingbai.
He was the one who first went to Xiahe Village to ask for help, and he was the one who usually dealt with the two helpers. Zhou Shi was crying like a human, but it was useless to say anything. Xue Qingbai also insisted on coming out. If it's okay, it's fine. If something happens, he doesn't want to implicate the family.
Of course, there are some who are not very conscious, but Yuqing Village is so big, who is doing what, where is it, and the neighbors or villagers next door are somewhat numbered. After being reported by others, a few more villagers were singled out. Not to mention shame, they were also scolded by many people.
There were dozens of people in total, and because there was no place to settle them, they were sent to the wheat field.
Everyone brings some wheat straw, thatch, etc. from home, builds a straw hut, and usually brings meals from each family. There is also a specially built stove to boil water for consumption, and the excrement is buried in the ground.
It is thanks to a few old people in the village that it can be handled in such an orderly manner. After all these years of living, I have experienced a lot of things, and I still understand some of the prevention and treatment of epidemic diseases.
The atmosphere in the entire Yuqing Village was sluggish, and the Xue family was not much better. After all, Xue Qingbai was still on the wheat field. The Zhou family changed from the virtuousness of the past, and sat in the yard crying and scolding for a whole morning, without naming names, but all the words were aimed at the Zhao family.
Because of fear, the Zhou family now deeply hates the Zhao family. If it weren't for her forcing the third and fourth to work for Xue Qingshan, Xue Qingbai would not have gone to Xiahe Village to hire people, so naturally there would be no such thing.
"Third aunt, third uncle must be fine, don't get too angry."
Xue Tao'er cried with red eyes, and also helped Zhao'er to persuade the Zhou family.
Zhou shi was able to stand up with the support of the two of them. She sneered at the direction of the main room: "Come on, I killed my second son, and now I will make the third one in. For your elder son, you can't wait to put it on. All the sons have been tossed to death, I really don't know if it is your own!"
In the main room, Mr. Xue sat cross-legged on the kang smoking, the smoke filled the air, and those who didn't know thought it was a fire in the house.
He didn't say anything, just smoked the cigarettes one after another.
Zhao shi sat across from him with a stiff face and didn't say a word.
The house was dead silent.
Zhao Shi couldn't help it, wiped his tears and said, "Can't I just watch the boss die..."
After a long while, Mr. Xue sighed, but he still didn't say anything.
Zhao'er couldn't hold back and went to the wheat field to see it.
From a distance, the wheat field was surrounded by a fence, and it was filled with straw huts one by one. Where had she seen such a scene, and she thought that Xue Qingbai was also inside, and the mother and son of Zhou's family washed their faces in tears all day long, and she didn't know what would happen in the end.
Xue Tingyan sighed, led her to change direction, and walked towards the wheat field from the side. Because there are too many people, many grass huts have been built to the edge of the fence, and it happens that Xue Qingbai's grass hut is facing the outside.
The grass hut was not big enough for one person to lie down. Xue Qingbai was sitting in front of the grass hut looking at the sky. Seeing that Xue Tingxiang came with Zhao'er, he forced a smile: "Why are you here? Don't worry about me, it's a big deal. Besides, this is just in case, it's not really sick. Son, I usually see you as optimistic, but now you are so sad, the third uncle is not used to it."
That being said, when something like this happened suddenly, no one felt bad. In particular, Xue Qingbai was still a client and was kept in such a place for isolation, so even though he said so himself, he could still see a bit of anxiety between his eyebrows.
Zhao'er was amused and said, "Uncle Third, you are fine, don't worry, Aunt San and Sister Tao'er Shuanzi are all fine. We are all waiting for you to come back safe and sound."
Xue Tingxiang also said: "Third uncle, don't talk to the people inside when you have nothing to do. When there is news from the government, this matter is almost over."
As soon as Xue Qingbai heard that you shouldn't talk to the people inside, he immediately cheered up and said, "You don't even need to talk about the third uncle, but you don't see that my grass hut is not built like anyone else."
Don't tell the truth, these grass sheds were built around the wheat field. Everyone's inertia is that the entrance of the shed faces the center, which is convenient for entering and exiting. Outside the fence, there is only a very narrow road leading to the toilet outside.
Ordinary people just want to build their own house, how to get in and out easily, and forget that if there is an epidemic, they are most afraid of cross-infection, so it is better to have less contact between people. I have to say that although Xue Qingbai is a bit taciturn, he is not stupid.
The three said a few more words, and Zhao'er and Xue Tingxiang left.
On the way back, Zhao'er sighed: "I hope things will pass quickly."
Xue Tingyan's eyes flashed and he said, "It will pass soon."
Xue Tingxiang didn't say anything wrong, and within a few days, word came from the government.
This is due to Zheng Lizheng. He not only took the initiative to isolate the villagers with Patriarch Xue, but also took the initiative to go to the county office after everything was settled here.
He went to the county government mainly to find out, and at the same time, he did not forget to express his worries and the various reactions of Yuqing Village to the matter. The magistrate of Xu praised him for his well-organized handling of things. Although it was a false alarm this time, if there is any disease in the future, Zheng Lizheng's way of handling things will undoubtedly save most of the villagers.
You must know that the most difficult thing to prevent and control in the countryside is the occurrence of various epidemics. This is what local parents and officials are most afraid of.
Zheng Lizheng successfully showed his old and experienced side in front of Xu County magistrate. Even if Xue Tingxiang became a scholar, Zheng's family was declining in the village. After such a battle, his position in Lizheng can be temporarily guaranteed.
Not to mention this, the incident this time was indeed a false alarm. The cause of the incident was that a medical clinic in the town reported it to the official.
In recent days, this medical center has been seeing villagers suffering from willow disease one after another. If there are only one or two, it can rise to seven or eight, and the hospital unexpectedly learned that several of these patients were People from the same village, where can they still sit still, naturally they should report to the officials first.
Upon receiving the report, the county magistrate immediately ordered people to seal down Xiahe Village.
It's not that he is being too cautious, but that this flower willow disease is contagious, not only through sexual intercourse, but also through daily contact. Especially after he found out that the origin of the disease was in a woman, and this woman was a village woman on the surface, but in fact she was a secret door.
In this case, the magistrate Xu could not take it seriously.
As for the closure of the village, the main purpose is to check whether someone has been infected, and the villagers in the village who have a head and tail with this woman but have not yet become ill.
Zheng Lizheng returned to the village when he got the news, and it was widely advertised, and all the villagers could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
In the past, Yuqing Village would isolate the villagers, and it was only regarded as a plague such as an epidemic. I am not afraid of this kind of disease. A man who does not have a mother-in-law still needs to find a secret door. Besides, the villagers are poor and can't afford to prostitute.
All the people who were quarantined in the wheat field went home, and they couldn't afford to prostitute for a while, which became a topic of jokes among the villagers.
But this is not over yet. Zheng Lizheng also brought back the county government's announcement document when he came back this time. Everyone must be vigilant, and even list all the signs of flower willow disease in detail, so that no one has done it secretly without telling it. ,Hurt self and others.
It is reported that there are too many people with this woman, not only from this village, but also from other villages, but this woman can't tell the truth at all, she can only send it to a few nearby villages, so that the villagers can protect themselves.
The most obvious feature of the flower willow disease is that there will be many poisonous sores on the body. Of course, there are also conditions such as fever, sore limbs, and even hair loss, but because these characteristics are not obvious, everyone's eyes are focused on the sore.
For a time, the villagers were all in danger, and Xue Qingshan was not unheard of, and many villagers even lamented how he became like this now.
When such a thing happened, it was immediately pushed to the cusp of the storm.