Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 234 The other side's illness
New year new life.

On the first day of the New Year, people wear new clothes, dress neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other a happy new year.

The Qu family is now one of the largest families in Maoer Mountain. They are wealthy and have a good way of making money. There are countless people rushing to curry favor with them.

Therefore, on the first and second days of the New Year, the Qu family had guests coming in from morning to night.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Qu Shaoyang and Chen Xiuyun returned to Chen's home with their child.

As soon as she put the child down after entering the door, Li took out a big red envelope and said it was for her grandson.

Chen Yunzhe and Chen Yunhan, one took out a pair of gold bracelets and the other took out a gold lock.

This was bought specially when they went to Yingkou. I didn't prepare a gift for my nephew last time, so I made up for it during the Chinese New Year.

It was a gift from uncle to nephew, so it was difficult for Qu Shaoyang and his wife to refuse it. So, they decided to return the gift after the two brothers got married and had children.

No matter how close the two families are, when the son-in-law and his daughter come back with their grandson, they are honored guests and must be treated well.

All the good wine and food were brought out, and Doctor Chen and his two sons accompanied Qu Shaoyang in drinking.

At night, the couple was not allowed to go home and stayed at Chen's house.

Qu Shaoyang and his family of three stayed at Chen's house until the sixth day of the first lunar month. Liu Dongshan happened to arrange a dinner party, so they took the opportunity to go home.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Doctor Chen hosted a dinner party at home, so Qu Shaoyang could only arrange to host a dinner party for relatives and friends on the eighth day.

Across the river, people on this side celebrate the New Year with joy, while on the other side, almost every family carries a coffin and wears mourning clothes.

An unknown disease is spreading in the villages along the river, and people are dying from it every day.

The threat of death makes those who are still alive live in panic every day, not knowing when they will collapse.

This kind of situation must be reported to the state and county and other relevant departments. The government arranged people to come and check it out and also gathered some doctors to come and treat the patient.

However, faced with the severe disease, these people had no way out and could not find a treatment plan.

Finally, they came up with a solution, which was to close the village.

People from the villages along the river are not allowed to go out and are left to fend for themselves.

After all, it is the border between two countries, the villages are not that densely populated, and the flow of people is poor.

The best solution they can think of is to control the villages where the disease is currently spreading and prevent it from spreading to other densely populated towns.

The disease was severe, the death toll increased, and the village was closed off, with no one allowed to enter or leave. The surviving villagers were in constant fear, and eventually someone set their sights on the other side of the river.

The government did not set up defenses on the riverside, and the river was frozen at this time. If you can escape to the north side of the river, there may be a glimmer of hope.

So, some people began to sneak to the riverside under the cover of night, trying to escape to the other side.

There are always people guarding and patrolling Maoer Mountain.

People on the other side of the river also knew this, so they avoided the densely populated villages and ran towards the wilderness far away from the crowds.

In these people's minds, as long as they can cross the river, there is hope of survival.

At this point, they no longer wanted to think about how they would survive if they escaped to the other side of the river, and what kind of trouble they would bring to others.

The instinct of survival made them not think about these things and just want to escape.

But it was winter, freezing outside, and there was nowhere to hide in the wilderness, so I froze to death.

Those who managed to cross the river could only approach the villages cautiously and try to hide in people's warehouses, barns, etc. for temporary shelter.

"Dad, come out quickly. There's a thief in our barn. Come quickly."

On the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, a daughter-in-law from a family in Hulutao Village wanted to go into the barn to get some food, but she found a person hiding in the barn. The woman screamed and turned around to call her family.

When the man heard this, he immediately picked up a stick, rushed into the warehouse, and pulled out a thin man from the warehouse.

As soon as the man saw the other person's clothes, his head buzzed.

"Oh no, this is Goryeo on the other side, why are they here?"

Hulutao is not far from Maoer Mountain. The security team patrols day and night to guard against it strictly and often sends people to the surrounding villages to carry out publicity and inspection.

So all the villagers in Hulutao knew that there was a disease on the other side of the river, and many people died.

The village also spontaneously organized some people to patrol at night.

Everyone understood that at this moment, they must not let Goryeo from the opposite side come over.

The man never imagined that someone from Goryeo would cross the river in the middle of the night and hide in his warehouse.

At this time, the man was kneeling on the ground, mumbling something.

But the man was in no mood to listen to him. He swung the stick and hit the other person on the head.

The man was hit and knew that something was wrong, so he rolled up and turned around and ran out.

Naturally, the man refused to give up. He chased after the woman with a stick in his hand, shouting loudly as he did so.

The man's shouting alarmed other people in the village. When someone came out to take a look, they realized something was wrong and immediately picked up their belongings to chase after him.

The Korean man was chased and had nowhere to hide. He could only return to the river and run to the other side.

After driving away one Goryeo, the villagers were still worried, so they went door to door to check if there were any Goryeo people hiding in any house.

As a result, they really found two more people, and the crowd was so angry that they beat them with sticks and drove them away.

"Brother, do we need to inform the Maoershan Security Team about this?
I feel like there may be more than just these few people coming." Several older people in the village gathered together to discuss.

Some people say that it is better not to make a fuss during the New Year, just mind your own business and take care of your village, and don't worry about anything else.

Some people also said that we cannot just ignore it. What if someone from Goryeo really brings the disease here?
If this news really gets out here, no one will be able to escape.

In the end, most people agreed to report the news.

So he sent two young men to Maoer Mountain to report the news to the security team.

"Brother Shaoyang, these are the two people from Hulucao Village.

They said that this morning they found that a few Koreans had crossed the river at some point and were hiding in their village.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Qu Shaoyang's family held a banquet to entertain relatives, friends, and some key members of the security team.

There was still some time before the banquet started, and everyone gathered together to chat and laugh.

They were chatting animatedly when suddenly a young man who was in charge of daytime patrols under Zhou Chuanren ran in hurriedly and shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door.

After this shout, the room instantly became quiet.

Everyone was stunned, looking at the young man who broke in from outside and the two people behind him.

Qu Shaoyang stood up and walked up to the two men. "Well, can you two tell me what happened?"

The two of them told Qu Shaoyang everything about what happened this morning, when a villager discovered Gao Li hiding in his warehouse.

After hearing this, Qu Shaoyang knew that he was in trouble.

(End of this chapter)