What Wang Guilin didn't say was that he actually had a bad premonition in his heart. He remembered that the plague that Aunt Wang told him seemed to be caused by the hot weather and too many people dying.

Now the further south we go, the hotter the weather becomes. Not everyone can survive by grabbing food like they did. There are many people falling down on both sides of the road. Sometimes they fall directly in the middle of the stone road, and they have to step over past.

With more people dying and the weather getting hotter, will the plague also occur?
Wang Guilin was wary, "We will walk around the corpses when we see them in the future and we are not allowed to touch them."

When some refugees see someone falling in front of them, they might pull them aside to find a secret place to share the food, or they might just cut it up on the spot. Those who don't eat people will also groping around them to see if there is anything they can use. If I don't have anything, I will take away all my clothes.

Several people were rushing under the scorching sun. The most difficult thing for them now was not food, but water.

During the break, everyone found a shaded place to sit down and sent someone to find water, while others waited in place.

Their food is prepared secretly in the middle of the night, and they never dare to open fire to attract people during the day.

After resting for a while, there was a noise from the front.

"What's going on?" Mother Fang asked curiously.

Brother Fang took a look and said, "Maybe someone has fallen down again. They are dividing the meat."

Mother Fang looked away with a bad expression, hating herself for asking so many more questions.

Whenever a person falls down on this road, countless people will pounce on the person's body and cut it up on the spot.

Some people even took advantage of their physical strength to gather a group of people and set up stalls on the spot, selling human flesh like pork.

Now that there is a shortage of water, they are pouring out human blood and selling it as water.

Many people bought it.

The man who had rested for a while and looked for water came back.

Everyone looked expectantly, but the other party just shook his head and said no more.

Seeing that the other party failed to find water, everyone else's eyes darkened.

When the time came, he licked his dry lips and continued to walk forward with heavy steps.

……

Some time after Dong Zhongren came to visit, something happened again in Taixi County.

The people on the streets became sparse and most shops were closed.

Completely different from the prosperity of the past, there is a feeling of panic that pervades the entire city.

The east city gate has been completely closed, prohibiting entry and exit.

The place where refugees are housed in the West Gate is full of busy people wearing masks, and the gate is filled with the smell of herbal medicine.

A few days ago, Wang Xiujuan confirmed that a refugee carrying the smallpox virus came to the gate of Taixi County and completely broke out after being quarantined for three days.

Hundreds of people were infected at once.

Subsequently, news broke out that thousands of people were infected.

A total of more than 4000 people are now infected with the smallpox virus.

All these people were assigned to isolation areas according to the severity of their illness and were managed separately from other refugees.

Chang Yuan dispatched a large number of troops to help maintain order.

The refugees were very desperate when they found out that they had the smallpox virus. Later, they heard that Ning Changrong wanted to have them imprisoned elsewhere. When they were isolated in isolation, they panicked, fearing that they would be directly burned to death. They rushed to the soldiers to siege the city defense. , if the soldiers were not all prepared in advance to kill dozens more people to establish their authority, I am afraid it would not have been so smooth.

Under the great disaster, there will be a great epidemic.

The refugees came in waves, at least hundreds of thousands.Wang Xiujuan had already been prepared in her heart, but when she really confirmed that the plague had occurred, her hands and feet felt cold.

She didn't recover from the whole day and night at home. She was so scared that Ning Qingxi didn't go anywhere and stayed with her all the time.

"Milk."

Wang Xiujuan opened her eyes and found Ning Qingxi lying beside the bed, and was immediately awakened by her movement.

"Miscellaneous, are you okay? You scared me to death! If I hadn't seen that you weren't sick or had a fever, I would have been worried that there was something wrong with you."

"You've been sleeping all day and all night!" Ning Qingxi's tone was choked and panicked.

Wang Xiujuan stroked her head. After being diagnosed that day, she had been helping until midnight. When she came back, she went to bed and slept all day and all night.

She touched Ning Qingxi's little hand and comforted her, "It's okay, I'm probably tired."

"Fortunately, you don't have a fever, otherwise I would have thought you were infected." Ning Qingxi looked frightened.

"You silly kid, you forgot that our family has been vaccinated and has antibodies to the smallpox virus in our body. Besides, I was wearing a mask tightly and did not come into direct contact with them. Otherwise, do you think the milk is really like this? Are you stupid? You know you may have an epidemic and you rush in for a check-up?" It is indeed the duty of a doctor to treat illnesses and save people, but Wang Xiujuan in ancient times was not a doctor, she was just an ordinary old lady, an old lady who just wanted to be with her family and live a peaceful life.

The two talked for a while, and suddenly there were footsteps outside the door again, "Ah! Mother-in-law is awake? Great, mother-in-law, please wait, I will bring you porridge." Li Dafeng's whirring voice sounded.

Before Wang Xiujuan could say anything, Li Dafeng's voice disappeared at the door.

Ning Qingxi explained: "The whole city is panicked, and no one is in the mood to do business. Most of the shops are closed, and the second aunt and the third aunt are all at home."

"My father is keeping an eye on the epidemic prevention strategy you have set. There has been no large-scale outbreak of the disease today. General Chang has transferred a lot of troops from Taizhou Prefecture."

Ning Qingxi briefly told what happened that day.

After listening to this, Wang Xiujuan knew in her heart that everything was going on in an orderly manner.

Li Dafeng walked in with porridge, followed by Ning Lao Er Ning, Lao San and his family.

"Mom, wake up."

"Mom, you finally woke up."

"That's great. Fortunately, Mom, you're fine. I knew there was no way Mom would be fine."

Everyone gathered around Wang Xiujuan and expressed concern.

Li Dafeng frowned, put down the porridge, and waved his hand, "Go, go, mother has just woken up. You all making so much noise will affect my mother."

Everyone saw that Wang Xiujuan didn't look well, and they didn't dare to speak anymore. They just looked at her with worried eyes.

Li Dafeng personally carried the porridge, sat beside the bed, scooped some porridge with a spoon, and wanted to hand it to Wang Xiujuan to feed her.

Wang Xiujuan turned her head away in embarrassment, "I'll do it myself. I'm just too tired to move my hands."

Li Dafeng saw that Wang Xiujuan could hold the bowl, so he smiled and put the bowl in her hand.

"Mom, please eat slowly. Then I will go out with everyone first. Call me after you finish eating."

Then he led everyone out, leaving space for Ning Qingxi and Wang Xiujuan.

"Where is your father?" Wang Xiujuan asked.

"My father should still be busy. After such a big incident, all the people in the county government were summoned to Ximen. The second uncle and the third uncle are on the night shift, so they are free at home during the day."

"Are the masks enough? Do we still have alcohol?"

Wang Xiujuan asked worriedly while eating.


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