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In the next few days, both Anning Town and other villages were in panic about the epidemic, especially those families who had fished in the river, who were afraid that they would be the next to get sick.

More and more refugees were coming to Anning Town from other places. The county magistrate had previously behaved unusually kindly, setting up tents outside the city to distribute porridge, hoping to make some political achievements.

But outside the city, people were short of food and clothing, and most people's injuries could not be treated.

Even though they tried their best to fish out bodies in the river outside the city, there were still corpses appearing from time to time. The refugees were afraid to go down to the river to take a bath, which led to infections in their wounds.

No one knew the source of infection, but after six or seven days, the epidemic broke out again on a large scale among the refugees outside the city.

At the same time, those refugees who had not yet shown symptoms had to stay away if they wanted to survive. Early one morning, as soon as the city gate was opened, hundreds of refugees rushed in.

Even though the guards tried their best to stop them, dozens of people still ran into the city. In order to survive, they stole things, which was a small matter. Even worse, some people directly ran into a yard and tied up the owner and took over his home.

The epidemic is scary enough, but people thought that as long as they were careful, they would not be infected. However, after something like this happened, it is no longer enough for them to just be careful. After all, the townspeople cannot decide which home the refugees choose.

The county magistrate dared not delay any longer, and immediately ordered the city gates to be blocked and sent his runners to check every household. In addition to catching the refugees, the plague had to be eradicated.

The doctors were taken to the county government office in a group. The residents of the town stayed indoors. If anyone had a fever or skin abscesses at home, they should hang a black cloth strip at the door in time, and the county government would distribute medicine. If they did not report it, they would have no way to get medicine and could only wait to die at home.

When several households heard the news, they quickly hung black cloth outside their houses. The second yamen runner really delivered a few packets of herbs, but at the same time he sealed the door with wooden boards from the outside.

Naturally, each village had to carry out the order issued by Anning Town. In order to prevent outsiders from entering the village, the village chief asked those men who had never gone to salvage anything and whose homes had no outsiders to dig holes at the entrance of the village.

Once the road leading to the village is dug up, it will not be easy for those who are not familiar with Anning Village to come here by taking a detour through the mountains.

After the pit was dug, the village chief organized a patrol team. They changed shifts every two hours, with two people in each shift. They didn't need to do anything. They just checked the door of each house. If there was a black cloth, they would notify the village chief to deliver medicinal materials.

Furthermore, many families raise livestock and have to work in the fields, so they cannot really stay indoors.

Therefore, the second thing the patrol team has to do is to ensure that everyone goes out in an orderly manner from house to house, and they must stagger their time to prevent one person from getting sick and infecting others.

Since the village was sealed off, Anning Village has been peaceful for a few days. No one has been infected with the disease in any family, and the villagers have begun to worry about their work in the fields again.

If they were told that in order to prevent infection, they could cooperate by working only half a day at staggered times, but once they felt that there was nothing wrong, the villagers thought that such an arrangement was unnecessary and would no longer obey it.

The patrol team was made up of villagers, and they were all busy with their work at home. Since no one listened, they didn't bother to care and just went about their own work.

Naturally, the brothers Yan Zhenshen and Yan Zhennan would not be let off by the village chief, and they had to be drafted into patrol. However, before it was their turn, they saw groups of villagers passing by the Yan family, complaining and gossiping.

Yan Zhennan was a little confused: "What's going on? The lockdown has been lifted, so why didn't the village chief inform us?"

"I don't know." Yan Zhenshen didn't think it mattered. Their home was far away from the village. Instead of wandering around the village every now and then, it was not as safe as staying at home.

"I'll go ask." Yan Zhennan said as he was about to run out the door, but Qiao Qingyun, who was teaching Yan Zhenbei in the main room, stopped him.

"I was seven years old when the last epidemic broke out. All reports from various places had to be reviewed by my grandfather first. There were many cases like your village."

"What do you mean?" Yan Zhennan was a little confused about the situation in their village.

"Someone concealed the truth and seemed to be doing fine, which made the villagers relax their vigilance and no longer follow the arrangements made by the village chief. Then they came into contact with the family that concealed the truth. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the infected people were separated earlier, so some people could be saved."

Qiao Qingyun shook his head helplessly: "If it is not discovered in time, there will be no one left in a village."

Perhaps people in the town will feel that the village is better than the county town after the city is locked down, at least they have food, drink and freedom.

But the reality is often just the opposite. The county town is always under surveillance by guards and yamen runners, and no one dares to go out at will.

At the same time, doctors can gather together to better study prescriptions, and if there are sufficient medicines, the epidemic can be better controlled.

What people in the county need to worry about most is the food problem. According to Qiao Qingyun, there is no shortage of food in Anning Town. If those grain stores raise the prices arbitrarily, there is still Lu Zhicheng in the city.

Who knows, this person might, in a fit of rage, accuse those who don't care about the lives of the people of being bandits and arrest them.

However, there is only one village chief who can take charge of the village. When the situation is serious, the village chief can act as a backbone and make the villagers willing to follow his arrangements.

But once the problem is alleviated to a certain extent, most people will relax their vigilance and even have other thoughts.

"Narrow-mindedness is not just a prejudice of scholars against country folk. It can be proven in many things, just like now."

Qiao Qingyun would rather let go of people who he couldn't persuade.

The two country folk looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Should we go talk to the village chief?" Yan Zhennan was a little undecided, but still felt that he should talk to him.

Qiao Qingyun curled the corners of his mouth. He thought that he was the kind of person who was cold and indifferent. But although his man was sometimes like a child who had not grown up and did things without considering the consequences, his heart was really warm.

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate. We can just remind them, but don't force anything. After all, it's not our responsibility."

Yan Zhennan listened to Qiao Qingyun on other matters except for the matter on the kang. He nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry. I'll go to the village and tell the village chief. I won't take care of other things."

Just as Qiao Qingyun was about to say that he would go with him, he saw Chu Xiao, who was basking in the sun in the courtyard, come out and stretch himself: "Second brother, you stay at home. I will go with your eldest brother."

As he said this, he glanced at Yan Zhenshen and said, "Let's go and take a walk around the village. I want to see which evil spirits are hiding in the village and causing trouble for people. I will also pray to God to send down a thunderbolt to smash all the evil spirits into pieces."