How did a street urchin from the film crew end up in a Northern Song Dynasty drama called "The

"Understood, I'll go prepare right away," the young girl replied, and then hurriedly ran to the kitchen to boil water.

"Young man, what is the purpose of wiping different parts of the body with warm water?" The doctor next to him asked curiously.

"Have you ever had any contact with the girl in the house?" Jin Shuai asked in return.

"Of course I took her pulse, so there must have been some contact. Is there something wrong with that?" the doctor asked, his face full of doubt.

"You should go home as soon as possible, and during this time you must not have any contact with others. You need to drink a decoction made from Daqinggen three times a day. If you do not develop symptoms like this young lady within twenty days, you can go out and about," Jin Shuai explained with a smile.

"What...what does this mean, young man...don't scare me," the doctor said.

"Believe it or not, hurry up and go, or you'll be... hehe." Jin Shuai replied slowly with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Alright... I'll head back now. May I ask your name, young master? If I ever fall ill again, I can send someone to find you for help. Are there a few other people around here with similar symptoms to the girl in the house?" the man asked anxiously.

"This is our young master, Marshal Jin, from the Jin family," a servant hurriedly introduced.

"Do those people also live in this alley? Are they far from here?" Jin Shuai frowned slightly and asked.

“She’s the only one sick in this alley. As for the others, they’re not far from here,” the doctor quickly replied.

"Damn it, we're doomed! Quickly, go and light some mugwort and fumigate the entire alley. Be fast! Also, go to the dock immediately and buy 10 cartloads of quicklime and coal. Bring one cartload of quicklime here, and send the rest back to the manor. Remember, don't get too close to Steward Jin; keep a distance of about 20 paces when you speak. Have the steward open the back door and prepare a few separate rooms for backup. Then, have someone fill wooden buckets with cold water and place them in the courtyard, then pour the quicklime in and leave it alone. Prepare the bathwater for us, and have someone wait at the back door. If they don't have the money, have them deliver it to the manor, and the steward will pay for it. Do you all understand?" Jin Shuai ordered rapidly and solemnly.

"Understood..." the attendant said, turning to carry out the task.

"This disease is airborne and has an incubation period of up to 20 days. If someone is in a room, almost everyone they pass through will be infected. Go back immediately and inform the patients you've been in contact with; the elderly and children are most susceptible," Jin Shuai said to the doctor.

The doctor's legs were already shaking, and he said shakily, "Is this true? This...this...could it be the plague?"

"Hehe... Are you scared? Hurry home and take your medicine! It might be too late if you don't," Jin Shuai said with a smile.

The doctor clasped his hands in a salute and left. A little while later, Wan'er brought in dog meat and dog bones. Jin Shuai gestured for her to make a mask herself, just like him.

"Take the money first! Call that girl over, I have something to arrange," Jin Shuai said.

(Dear readers, chickenpox is highly contagious. I had it when I was 4 or 5 years old. My mom made dog bone soup, but lied and said it was wolf bone soup. She said it would cure me. My older brother said that I took ABC (a traditional Chinese medicine) to reduce the fever. After drinking it for two days, the scabs started to form and it was healed in 5 days. Now, it takes a long time for adults. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was called pox or smallpox. Modern medicine calls it caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It is self-limiting. After the scabs form, it is no longer contagious. Almost everyone will get it at some point in their lives. Some people say there is a vaccine, but now the chickenpox has mutated. Children will have a fever and develop red spots, like an allergic reaction. Parents should make sure their children are carefully examined.)