Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 239: Greed for Money and Death
The woman burst into tears at the top of her lungs, her voice was shrill and she wailed to the sky, as if her husband was already dead.

Qu Shaoyang was so annoyed by the noise made by this woman that he really wanted to kick her twice.

"I'm a doctor. Tell me what you have to say. What's wrong with your man? Tell me what the symptoms are."

Just when Qu Shaoyang was about to lose control, Doctor Chen appeared in time, stopped Qu Shaoyang, and patiently asked about the woman's condition.

"He, he was short of breath and coughing, and the sputum he coughed up seemed to have blood in it. He said his chest hurt and he had a fever that burned his hands."

The woman stopped crying, carefully recalled her husband's symptoms, and told them to Doctor Chen.

Upon hearing these symptoms, Qu Shaoyang's heart suddenly tightened.

Oh no, why does this sound so much like the symptoms of the initial outbreak of plague?
But that’s not right. Didn’t they say that all the people who had entered Liu Erman’s room were separated?

Why are these people fine while others are showing symptoms?

"Shaoyang, you guys wait here, I'll go over and take a look."

Doctor Chen also realized that something was wrong, so he offered to go and see the patient himself, and asked Qu Shaoyang and the others to stay.

"Dad, I'll go with you."

How could Qu Shaoyang feel comfortable letting his father-in-law go alone? Forget it, let him go with him.

Over there, Doctor He followed with his medicine box on his back, and two members of the security team also took the initiative to follow.

"The rest of you stay and fumigate the house with medicine bags immediately."

The woman's husband was ill, and it was possible that she was also carrying the germs.

This is also the reason why Qu Shaoyang had repeatedly told the villagers that they must wait outside if they came to find them.

This woman was unreasonable and barged in. Now we can only do some remedial work and hurry up to disinfect.

Qu Shaoyang and his group followed the woman and came to a house at the east end of the village.

Qu Shaoyang took a look and found that this house was not far from Liu Erman's house, just two or three houses away.

"Shaoyang, you guys wait outside first. Lao He and I will go in and take a look."

The situation is unclear now, and Doctor Chen doesn't dare to let his son-in-law take risks.

Qu Shaoyang didn't argue and waited outside with the other two people.

After a while, Doctor He came out in a hurry.

"Shaoyang, your father told you to go around and ask around to see if anyone else is sick. Anyone with a fever or cough will be considered."

Doctor He did not dare to approach Qu Shaoyang and the others, and stood at the door and shouted loudly.

What else is there to not understand after hearing this? The man in this family should be infected with the disease.

Qu Shaoyang did not dare to delay and immediately went to ask the surrounding households.

I originally thought that these families lived too close to Liu Erman's home and somehow they were infected.

But after walking around, I found that everyone else's house was fine, except this one which had a problem.

By asking other families, Qu Shaoyang also learned some things about this family.

The sick man was called Wu Ergou. He was a well-known idler in the village, and his wife was an unreasonable shrew.

Wu Ergou has a good relationship with Liu Erman. Whenever Liu Erman makes money, Wu Ergou goes to him to eat and drink for free.

"Tell me, have you been to Liu Erman's house? When did you go? Was he dead at that time?"

Qu Shaoyang went to find Wu Ergou and asked him if he had ever been to Liu Erman's house.

Wu Ergou was lying on the kang, shivering due to the high fever and coughing from time to time.

Hearing Qu Shaoyang's words, his eyes flickered and he quickly shook his head. "No, I haven't been there." "Bullshit, you haven't been there. Everyone in the circle is fine, but you are sick.

Not only did you go there, you also stayed there for quite a long time. So, why did you go?
I tell you, now that you have said it, quickly separate your wife and children, maybe they can still be saved.

If you don't explain clearly and waste time, your whole family will die."

If it weren't for the fact that Wu Ergou was a patient, Qu Shaoyang really wanted to beat him to death.

This couple are both fucking weird.

Wu Ergou hesitated for a long time and finally admitted that he had indeed been to Liu Erman's house.

Just when the villagers discovered that Liu Erman was dead and Lao Zhao sent someone to deliver the letter, Wu Ergou secretly went to Liu Erman's house.

These two people used to hang out together often, and Wu Ergou knew that Liu Erman actually hid some money.

This kid was obsessed with money. Regardless of Liu Erman's horrific death, he searched Liu's house for a long time and even turned over Liu Erman's clothes.

Later I heard that those who found Liu Erman’s body were all arranged to stay in an empty house.

Wu Ergou was afraid that others would know that he had been to Liu's house, so he concealed it.

Unexpectedly, Wu Ergou felt unwell yesterday evening, and by this morning he was unable to get up.

Wu Ergou had high fever, chills, severe chest pain, and coughing up blood. He knew something was wrong and quickly asked his wife to find a doctor to treat him.

"Besides your family, who else have you met in the past two days?"

Qu Shaoyang was speechless. These people were really courting death.

One was greedy for women and tried to keep a man who ran away secretly; the other was greedy for money and even dared to rummage through a dead person's house.

This person, who has no sense of reverence, will surely bring disaster upon himself.

At this point, Wu Ergou couldn't hide it anymore, so he thought carefully about who he had met the day before yesterday and yesterday.

Doctor Chen quickly took notes, and then Qu Shaoyang asked Wu Ergou's wife who she had contacted in the past two days.

After asking everything, Qu Shaoyang sprayed some liquor on the paper, waited for a while, crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it to the two people outside.

Let them find Lao Zhao and quickly take care of all these people and check if anyone is feeling unwell.

These companies also took the time to disinfect.

Also, notify other members of the security team to keep an eye on the village, send someone back to report the news, and transfer more personnel as soon as possible.

The Wu family had three rooms. Wu Ergou stayed in the east room, while his wife and children were all moved to the west room and separated temporarily.

Doctor Chen and Doctor He discussed a prescription based on Wu Ergou's current condition, and rushed to boil the medicine, and then used acupuncture and other methods to try their best to treat him.

After this commotion, everyone in the village knew that Wu Ergou was ill, and those who had contact with him were all panicked.

For a time, the whole village fell into panic. Faced with the horrible disease, many people thought of fleeing.

Fortunately, the village leader, Lao Zhao, was very understanding and went from house to house to comfort everyone and told them not to panic.

At the same time, over in Maoer Mountain, after Liu Dongshan received the news, he immediately arranged for people to go to Badaojiang Inspection Station to report and ask for help.

At the same time, they gathered people and rushed over to block all the intersections in and out of the village, allowing only entry but not exit.

The last time Zhou Chuanren went to Badaojiang to report, the people left behind in the yamen didn't care much. They just hummed and agreed, but did not take any action.

This time Liu Dongshan gave some silver to the person who reported the news. It turned out that money can make the world go round.

In addition, when the inspection office learned that someone had died and that patients were infected in the village, they took the matter seriously and quickly arranged for someone to deliver a letter to the county town.

(End of this chapter)