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This year seems to be much colder than last year.One month into winter, there was a heavy snowfall which was rarely seen in decades.

Fortunately, Zheng Daliang had already made preparations, and the firewood shed was piled full, so she bought some carbon for preparation. The walls of the house are thick, and a little burning of the stove can trap the heat. It is much more comfortable than last year, and it is considered a good life in the village. family.

However, under such calm, a disaster is quietly brewing...

A few days later, someone from a family at the head of the village fell ill.At first, the high fever persisted, and everyone thought he just had a cold.Unexpectedly, one night not long later, the patient suddenly had vomiting and diarrhea, and could not stop it, and died before taking the medicine.Immediately afterwards, two more people contracted the same symptoms and died.

This aroused Zheng Daliang's vigilance and uneasiness, and he was going to go to the city to grab some medicines for preparation.

It was only when I entered the city that I realized that the flow of people in various pharmacies had increased significantly!After inquiring, she found out that the same disease had been found in several villages near Cangzhou City, and even poor people in the city were infected.Fortunately, it is not contagious between people, otherwise the city may have already started to be closed.

Zheng Daliang deliberately asked the old man to find out, it seems that a similar situation happened a long time ago, and many people died that time...

She suddenly felt bad!This kind of epidemic may be just a viral stomach flu in modern times, just take two anti-inflammatory drugs.But in the ancient times with extremely poor medical and sanitary conditions, it could easily turn into a fatal disease!Thinking about their village, let alone a doctor, there is not even a master herbalist. Once the entire Cangzhou Prefecture is infected with the disease, what will happen to this area?Zheng Daliang dare not imagine.

Daliang, who originally planned to grab only a few pairs of medicines, exchanged all the taels of silver he brought that day with traditional Chinese medicines and took them home.For this reason, grandpa also criticized her for spending money indiscriminately, but within a few days, the whole family saved their lives because of Zheng Daliang's foresight.

It was the little Si Niang who got sick first, and Daliang decocted medicine in time to control her high fever.Then someone in Shi's family also fell ill. Fortunately, Shiqiao was prepared after hearing Daliang's words.

At this time, the situation was already showing signs of getting out of control, and half of the village's households were infected with the disease.Feeling scared, Shiqiao persuaded his grandfather and father to pull up the girder and enter the city again. He fought his way through the drugstore that was already crowded with panicked people, and bought some expensive medicines that were several times higher than the normal price.

The medicine has been bought, but the disaster has just begun.This unknown disease in Cangzhou prefecture area broke out on a large scale quietly!More and more people are dying!

Some unscrupulous drug dealers took the opportunity to make a fortune and hoarded it, making it difficult for serious merchants to purchase goods.The price of a pair of related herbal medicines in pharmacies in the city has been raised to one tael of silver, and not everyone can buy them at any time.

The government urgently mobilized herbal medicines to nearby state capitals, but the transportation was inconvenient due to the cold weather and it took a lot of time.A large number of people in urgent need of medicine poured into the city, and the state capital was afraid of unrest, so it had to start restricting the flow of people entering the city.

During this period, Grandpa and Sanzhu got sick one after another, and the grandmother of the Shi family and the old lady of Shiqiao fell down one after another.Daliang was in a hurry. Even though she knew that fever and diarrhea were signs of inflammation in the body, and that such strong symptoms might be caused by a virus infection, she could do nothing about it. Generally, Chinese herbal medicine was not as effective as Western medicine in this regard.

After careful observation, Zheng Daliang felt that the problem lay in the water source.Most of the sick people are poor people. Because their families are poor, they must ensure certain heating and food in winter. Many people are reluctant to use fuel to boil water, and maintain the habit of drinking raw water. If the well water is frozen, they will choose to drink river water.

Once sick, they don't pay attention to water sanitation in order to buy medicine and food. It is difficult to get well even with medicine, and they fall into a vicious circle.For example, in her family, Si Niang's illness may be due to her young age and poor resistance. Grandpa and Sanzhu don't like to drink hot water like Daliang and sister, and they mainly drink raw water.

However, Zheng Daliang is all speculation, and he dare not talk nonsense. It is always right to ensure a healthy diet when you are sick.Anyway, there is enough firewood at home, so it is necessary to burn more.Therefore, I told my elder sister that the food must be eaten hot, and the water must be boiled before drinking.

Soon a miracle happened, and after half a month, Si Niang's illness was cured!This greatly boosted Daliang's spirit, and he hurriedly told Brother Shiqiao and other villagers about her discovery.

However, knowing the cause of the disease, many people were unable to isolate the source of the disease. People in the village continued to fall down. Those who could survive would suffer, and those who could not survive would die. Almost every few days, some people were carried out of the village and buried.

Gradually, Daliang realized that something was wrong.Because no one died in her family, and the child was cured, the villagers looked at her with weird and crazy eyes.

At the critical moment of life and death, it is unpredictable what kind of means people will use to protect themselves, Zheng Daliang felt something wrong in his heart.But in order to ensure that there is firewood at home and to earn more money to buy medicines, Zheng Daliang and Shiqiao, who were already in the slack season, had to go up the mountain to cut firewood and hunt more frequently than in summer to subsidize their family.

She had no choice but to ask Zheng Erniang to stay at home as much as possible, and not to leave the yard no matter what happens when someone comes, and to be vigilant for the safety of her family and herself.

One day not long after, Zheng Daliang, who was supposed to go up the mountain with Shiqiao, had to stay to help Ajie take care of the patient because of Sanzhu's relapse.Suddenly three vicious villagers broke into the house, clamoring for Zheng Erniang to hand over all the medicine!

These bastards once came to the Zheng family to ask for medicine, but given the current situation of the Zheng family, how could it be possible to give them medicine for free.They came here with a stern face, but they actually wanted to take advantage of the fact that the man who was the head of the family was not around!

Back then when the Zheng family was poor, this group of people ignored them and even made trouble, and now they are still doing evil things like taking advantage of the fire and bullying weak women!Looking at the ferocious faces of the three villains, Zheng Daliang couldn't imagine what kind of terrible situation would develop if Zheng Erniang was alone at home? !

Filled with anger, she rushed out of the door with a brisk stride, grabbed the firewood clip by the door, her eyes were as wide as copper bells, and she shouted loudly: "Get out!"

The three villains didn't expect her to be at home, so they all took a step back in fright, but seeing her thin body and not knowing that she could fight martial arts, they regained their courage and stepped forward to throw her to the ground.

Zheng Daliang couldn't bear it anymore, so he swung the firewood clip and hit him!They were all loose men from the village, how could they be the main opponents who practiced martial arts all the time, their noses and faces were bruised and swollen in less than half a moment, and they left a fixed exit line unwilling and helpless: "You wait for us!" Run up...

When Shiqiao came back and heard that his future daughter-in-law was almost bullied again, he wished he could crush his teeth!He can't help the bully in the city, he's a coward!If the villagers let him go and ignore him, is he still a man? !

He rolled up his sleeves and went to the door to beat up each of the three of them, and said, whoever dares to embarrass the Zheng family in the future will be embarrassing Shiqiao and his family!Grandpa Shi is Li Zheng, and he can be regarded as half an official, so he can somewhat shock him.

However, Zheng Daliang and Shiqiao are still worried. After all, it is an extraordinary time. If someone is poor and crazy... except for the old, weak, women and children in the family, they are sick, and they really have no place to cry when something happens.

In the end, the two couldn't come up with any good ideas, so they had to take turns going up the mountain to cut firewood every day, at least to ensure that the amount of firewood used in the house was kept at a minimum.Daliang didn't care about hiding his strength any more, he would chop as much firewood as possible every time he went up the mountain.

In this way, the Shi family's wealth has been better in recent years, while the Zheng family, which has just started to improve, has suffered.The food stored in the house is fundamental to life, and Zheng Daliang would never dare to sell it.Things like charcoal stoves and quilts cannot be exchanged for money. With these in the severe cold, grandpa and Sanzhu's illness is still difficult to recover. If they are gone, they will freeze to death.Other expenses can only be barely supported by the money Daliang has saved for business this year.

Seeing that the piggy bank is getting more and more empty, and the medicines in the family are getting less and less, but the illness of grandfather and San Zhu has not recovered.Zheng Erniang had to repeatedly boil the herbal medicine that could only be boiled two or three times until it was bland and tasteless...

Just in the midst of struggling, New Year's Eve is approaching, and the whole village is in a miserable wind and rain. How can anyone be in the mood to celebrate the New Year?The arrival of New Year's Eve only means that more severe tests are coming.