Having said that, Li Daya from Dawanggou immediately showed off his calves.
Sure enough, there was a rotten spot on it, and it clearly didn't look like just a bite.
Even with such injuries, he was still able to walk several kilometers and run to the commune in the snow to report the situation.
"It's bitten like this!"
Zhao Tiechui also took a deep breath and had a more intuitive feeling about the harm caused by the rat plague.
"Oh! Director Zhao! This is still a light punishment!"
Li Daya shook his head. "The elderly and children in our village who have difficulty in moving are the ones who are bitten the most! I saw that many people had five or six rats hanging on their bodies!"
"Quick! Go to the health center for disinfection and treatment first. Captain Zhou and I will go to Tianjiatun to take a look..."
Zhao Tiechui, worried, sighed, but he could not escape this responsibility.
All I could do was to quickly go and see what the situation was like on the scene.
After Wang Zhongfa took Li Daya to treat his injuries, he followed Zhou Ergou and hurried to Tianjiatun to check out the situation on the scene.
In less than twenty minutes, Zhao Tiechui followed Zhou Ergou to Tianjiatun and was immediately shocked by the tragic scene before him.
The scale of Tianjiatun is nearly twice that of Linjiagou, with nearly a thousand people and more than 300 households.
Now more than thirty houses were burned down, making the entire production brigade look like a wasteland at first glance.
Many injured villagers gathered at the production team and lined up at the health center waiting for disinfection and treatment.
But many people already had high fevers and were lying on the ground groaning, their painful expressions making people feel uncomfortable to watch.
"Fellow villagers, Director Zhao is here and has brought us a donkey cart of medicine and food."
On Tuesday, the dog returned to the team headquarters and immediately started shouting.
The villagers, who were originally lifeless, suddenly became a little more energetic and lively.
However, most of them had just experienced such a terrible rat plague.
Some people even saw their loved ones die in front of them, so everyone felt very heavy.
“Fellow villagers, don’t be afraid.
On behalf of the commune, I assure you that everyone will have access to medical care and food.”
Zhao Tiechui walked along and looked at the losses of each household, his heart sinking more and more.
After arriving at the production team, he saw that the granary had been completely emptied by rats and began to sigh.
"This is the situation, Director Zhao! You must help our production team. I'm afraid we will finish the food you brought today in two days.
If there is not enough food in the future, everyone in our production team will starve to death."
Before leaving, Zhou Ergou cried bitterly.
"Got it! Got it! I'll definitely find a way.
Captain Zhou, the most important thing for you now is to stabilize the villagers.
First, keep the villagers in the village. In such heavy snow, don’t run around and don’t talk nonsense, okay?
As for the problem of food and medical care, I will report to the county and will definitely help you solve it."
Sitting on the donkey cart, Zhao Tiechui went back to the Red Star Commune with an extremely heavy heart.
As soon as Zhao Tiechui left, Zhou Ergou heaved a sigh of relief, a smile of success appeared on his face, and he shouted to the villagers surrounding the clinic:
"That's enough! No more acting. Let's go home!
Everyone also shared the food that the director sent.
Those households that have suffered losses will receive a larger share.
Our production team was lucky in this rat plague.
The actual loss is not that big, but... you are not allowed to tell anyone, understand?
If people from other production brigades find out, it will be difficult for us to ask the commune for compensation.”
Zhou Ergou, who was crying miserably with snot and tears in the last second, now had a happy smile on his face.
I was thinking in my heart that after experiencing such a plague of rats, even if the public grain tax this year cannot be exempted, at least I can pay half less!
"Haha! Captain, it has to be you!
If you hadn't told us in advance, there might have been a rat plague.
How can we be prepared to defend ourselves against rats?
If those preventive measures had not been taken, the losses would have been huge.”
"Yes! But even so, many families have really suffered. Where did these rats come from? It's terrible."
"Tsk! They deserved it. Who told them not to listen to the captain? I clearly told them that there might be a rat plague and they should be prepared.
The captain and I went door to door to talk to them, and our lips were almost worn out. Anyway, if they didn’t listen, they deserved to die.”
"And that granary is really dangerous! If our militia had come a little later last night, we would have been destroyed by the rats.
Fortunately, the captain brought back enough diesel to scare away the rats. "
…
It turned out that the losses in Tianjiatun were not great, and the number of deaths and injuries was actually not large, at most only one-third of what he reported.
There were indeed 31 houses burned down, but many of them were abandoned old houses, which were deliberately burned by someone on Tuesday morning.
Just to create a tragic scene so that Zhao Tiechui from the commune could see it with his own eyes.
As for the granary, it was even simpler. When he set out in the morning, he had already instructed the villagers to clear out all the grain in the granary first.
There wasn't much left, and if each family divided some of it equally, it would naturally be eaten up.
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