Chapter 228 Chapter 228 Heavy Fog

After staying for five days, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang's physical condition improved significantly and they were almost fully recovered.

The two old men were greatly surprised. They frowned and thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason. They couldn't have really bought fake medicine.

Father Zhang stared at the air purifier in the living room, which was running 24/7. He picked it up and looked at it. "Could it be that this thing is working?"

Zhang Shuhui was puzzled.

"Dad, don't we have an air purifier at home? I transferred 1,000 yuan to my brother last week so he could buy two small ones."

Father Zhang smiled awkwardly.

Zhang's mother heard the conversation between the father and daughter and quickly explained, "I bought it, I bought it. Your brother bought it a long time ago, but your father and I didn't turn it on because we thought it was a waste of electricity."

Zhang Shuhui pursed her lips and said nothing.

Her parents' unusual reaction had already told her the truth. They said they didn't turn it on because they were afraid of wasting electricity, but in fact they didn't buy it at all.

My little nephew is already sick.

No matter how reluctant her parents were to pay the electricity bill, they couldn't stop her brother and sister-in-law from turning on the air purifier.

The atmosphere in the living room gradually became silent.

Zong Kangping smiled and broke the awkward atmosphere between the three of them. "I don't think it's all due to the air purifier. The Five Animal Exercises also play a significant role."

As he said this, he made a "stand" gesture.

"I've been practicing for over a month, and now I feel much stronger, my throat doesn't hurt anymore, and my back doesn't ache anymore."

Zhang's mother immediately agreed, "Right, right, that's right. It might be what Kang Ping said. People still need exercise. They can't live without it."

Zhang Shuhui smiled and said, "Then you and Dad remember to practice several times every day when you go back."

Zhang's mother also laughed: "When I get back, I will definitely practice every day, and even drag these lazy guys to practice with me."

As she spoke, she looked out onto the balcony, a hint of worry on her face. "Ah, it's been over half a month, and the fog hasn't cleared yet. Your brother and sister-in-law both fell ill the day before yesterday, and Xiaocheng's illness hasn't improved either. He's had a fever for a day."

Zhang Shuhui ignored it.

I was asked to buy an air purifier, but I took the money and refused to buy it. I was asked to practice the Five Animal Exercises several times a day, but I refused because I thought it was too troublesome.

Even if not everyone has a "magic room" at home, if you exercise more often to improve your physical fitness and put a few air purifiers to reduce the mushroom spores in the air, you will not get so sick.

——Although she and her husband felt uncomfortable when they were infected with mushroom lung, their physical symptoms were similar to those of ordinary flu.

Moreover, they were almost fully recovered after just one day in the "magic room", but their parents had to stay there for a full five days before all their physical symptoms completely disappeared.

The variables are clear at a glance.

Zhang Shuhui opened the refrigerator, took out two tomatoes and a piece of thawed pork and went to the kitchen.

She had already determined that her brother and sister-in-law had brought this upon themselves and that they had implicated her parents, who were already angry, and she was too lazy to listen to her mother talk about their family affairs.

Anyway, my parents’ illness has been cured.

Zhang Shuhui skillfully cut tomatoes and beat eggs, but she had no idea that the air purifier, practicing the Five Animal Frolics, and the fact that Zhang's parents had spent five days in the "magic room" had little to do with it.

The main reason was that He Junxia was afraid that the effect would be too good and arouse suspicion, so she stopped practicing after Zhang's father and mother moved in.

The two could only rely on the remaining fresh air in the room to recuperate. As they were old, their physical functions had declined, so naturally they recovered more slowly than young people.

Of course, her idea is not completely wrong.

Whether it is the Five Animal Exercises or an air purifier, these things have certain effects in preventing and alleviating diseases.

"Crash"

The wilted tomato chunks collided with the hot oil in the pan, instantly erupting in a fierce crackling sound. The roaring range hood immediately sucked away all the fumes from the pan.

Zhang's mother stood at the kitchen door and saw that her daughter didn't respond, so she had to shut up in disappointment, feeling helpless and angry.

Helplessness is towards my daughter, and anger is towards my son.

A 30-year-old man was greedy for the 1,000 yuan given by his sister. He bought a small box of medicine, saying that it was for medicine, which caused his family members to fall ill and have no medicine to take.

It's too embarrassing to tell anyone about it.

well!

Children are all debts!

Although Zhang's mother felt a little resentful, she couldn't bear to ignore it, so she tentatively spoke to the matter during dinner.

"Huihui, your brother has run out of medicine at home. Do you have any more medicine at home? Can you lend him some?"

Father Zhang also looked at his daughter expectantly.

Putting aside the issue of favoritism, the daughter's family is healthy, while the son's family is all sick in bed. As parents, we can't help but care more about the weaker party.

He Junxia and Zong Kangping didn't say anything.

Zong Kangping was not in a position to get involved in this matter. To borrow the medicine was actually to give it away for free. Whether to give it or how much to give was a problem.

And to be honest, his impression of his brother-in-law was that he was all talk and no action. If it was his family that needed medicine, his brother-in-law wouldn't necessarily lend it to them.

When he and his wife got married, his brother-in-law had his eyes on the betrothal money and wanted to use the 66,000 yuan betrothal money from his family to buy a car as a down payment.

In other words, the father-in-law and mother-in-law are sensible.

After knowing this, he directly asked him to deposit the betrothal money into his wife's bank card, and also gave his wife 50,000 yuan and several sets of silk quilts as dowry.

Zong Kangping sighed in his heart.

My wife is very nice, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law are nice people too, but my brother-in-law is really annoying.

But the eldest brother-in-law is my wife's biological brother after all. They grew up together and have a deep relationship. And it was my father-in-law and mother-in-law who took the initiative to speak...

According to Zong Kangping, it is okay to give them medicine, but not too much. Otherwise, if new diseases appear in the future, what will they do if they get sick and have no medicine to take?

We can't just rely on the magic room to cure diseases, right?

It’s just that it’s hard to say these words now.

He Junxia was just watching.

Although it appears to be a simple matter of borrowing medicine, medicine is now scarce across the country, and a box of anti-inflammatory drugs can cost thousands of yuan on the black market.

And it's not just about money.

Sometimes you can’t buy medicine even if you have money, and having medicine is like having an extra life.

——Clear energy is not omnipotent.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Shuhui's choice in this matter determined He Junxia's attitude towards her on major issues in the future.

After all, as a tasker, He Junxia’s primary task is to protect the grandchildren of the wishers, so naturally he puts them first in everything.

"Dad, Mom, it's not that I don't want to give it away, but we don't have much amoxicillin at home."

Zhang Shuhui was silent for a long time before speaking.

Mother Zhang sighed and pleaded, "Huihui, I know you're having a hard time, but your brother really doesn't have any medicine left."

"Just help your brother."

"Your nephew is lying in bed and can't get out of bed."

Zhang Shuhui also sighed: "Mom, to be honest, you and Dad have seen it when you took the medicine. There are only four boxes of amoxicillin left at home."

"When you leave, take two boxes with you for my brother. That's enough for the three of them to eat for half a month. I really can't give you more than that."

"Pengpeng and Jiajia are only five years old, three years younger than Xiaocheng. I want to save the medicine for them."

Mother Zhang wiped her eyes and said, "I know, I know everything. I thank you on behalf of your brother."

The meal ended in a bland way.

The next morning

Zhang's father and mother got into the car sent by the rescue team and left with two boxes of medicine and an air purifier.

Zhang Shuhui watched the car drive away through the living room window, and tears suddenly fell. She had no one to express the bitterness and grievance in her heart.

"Mom, why are you crying?"

"Mom didn't cry, it was just the strong wind that hurt my eyes."

"Mom, hold me and I'll blow you."

Listening to the child's innocent words, Zhang Shuhui cried and laughed, and a warm feeling arose in her heart.

She reached out and picked up her daughter, secretly swearing in her heart that she would treat Jia Jia equally no matter what in the future and would never let her suffer the grievances she had suffered.

…

On the thirty-fifth day after the white fog appeared, the fog finally dissipated, and the clear blue sky finally returned to human sight.

But everyone's mood at this moment is extremely complicated.

After being cooped up at home for so long, I can finally see the real scenery outside the window without worrying about being attacked by tentacle monsters. I am naturally happy.

But outside the house, there are not only spring flowers blooming, but also dense gray mushrooms that seem to have no end. Just a quick glance at them can give people goose bumps.

In addition, there are also death information transmitted through various social software.

This information comes from colleagues who are not very familiar with each other, close friends and relatives, classmates who have not seen each other for a long time, and even students in the class.

Some are already in their seventies or eighties, some have just gotten married and had children, and some are at the age when they love watching cartoons the most...

They were of different ages and genders, but they all passed away at the same time, leaving behind countless grief for their relatives and friends.

The impermanence of life is vividly reflected at this moment.

Zong Kangping put down his phone.

He turned to look at the two children playing in the living room, and his wife and father resting on the sofa. At this moment, apart from sadness and emotion, the only thing left in his heart was gratitude.

Fortunately, the most important people in his life are still alive.

*

The dead are gone, and the living must continue to live.

The country summoned a large number of medical experts to study new treatments for mushroom lung, requisitioned all pharmaceutical production factories, and pooled the country's resources to produce related treatment drugs.

However, things are far from as easy as imagined.

Mushroom lung, which has killed nearly a million people, is caused by spores released by gray mushrooms. They haven't even fully understood this gray mushroom, so how can they find the fastest and most effective treatment?

However, only the upper echelons and medical professionals knew about this news, and the vast majority of ordinary people were full of confidence in the country.

Because they saw the power of the state apparatus.

Pharmacies are slowly restoring their supplies, and hospitals are beginning to admit new patients. The dense gray mushrooms along the roadside are being cleaned up by dedicated personnel, and large air purifiers are operating 24/7, significantly reducing the number of spores in the air.

At the same time, in order to cope with the next white fog, each community established fog-proof channels as quickly as possible.

Those who need help from the rescue team can stay in the anti-fog passage and wait for the vehicle to arrive, so as to avoid being attacked by the tentacle monsters while getting on and off the vehicle...

Thanks to the concerted efforts of countless unsung heroes, people's lives have improved visibly.

After the number of spores in the air dropped below a safe level, more people finally started going out.

Zhang Shuhui met Tiantian's mother again.

But compared to the last time they met, she looked more than ten years older now. She seemed unable to hear what others said, and her eyes were fixed on Zong Yipeng.