"Boss, we've discovered a suspicious person who's been hanging around our pig farm these past few days, and he's been looking at us furtively.
I suspect that Xiaozhu's illness was related to him," Zheng Wu said.
He had been observing Lao He for several days and found that he was almost always near the pig farm, even at night.
He seriously suspected that Lao He wanted to steal the pig!
Xie Yunjiao also discovered Lao He. She had an impression of him because his family was very poor and he had eight children, the youngest of whom was only seven or eight months old.
The whole family depends on him to make money from farming.
Lao He is clumsy and doesn't know how to weave bamboo, so he can only watch the villagers make money while he does nothing.
His wife was skillful but weak. She collapsed after giving birth to her last child and was bedridden. She never even had time to feed her child a sip of milk.
The child was pitifully thin, with a sallow complexion and big eyes, and looked very pitiful.
Xie Yunjiao also took care of Lao He, wanting him to help do something at the bamboo weaving factory so that he could improve his life.
But Mr. He has too many children. One moment he has something to do, the next moment he has something to do. He has to run home to check on them after just a few tasks, which delays a lot of things!
Village Chief Gu couldn't stand it anymore and had to persuade him to leave.
Village Chief Gu gave him a fee to persuade him to quit, but he refused to take it, saying that he should not accept rewards without merit.
Xie Yunjiao originally had a good impression of him, but she didn't expect him to do such a thing and sneak around her pig farm.
It's hard not to doubt him.
Xie Yunjiao walked out and called out to Lao He.
As a result, Lao He was frightened and ran away as fast as he saw a ghost, and disappeared in a moment.
Xie Yunjiao chased after him, but when she arrived near Lao He's house, she found that soldiers had come and arrested Zhou Jinhai.
Xiaoyu cried and grabbed Zhou Jinhai's hand and refused to let go. As a result, the soldier hit her with a knife, which scared her so much that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
"Obstructing the police in their work is seeking death!" said the officer.
Xie Yunjiao hurried over to help Xiaoyu up and asked, "What happened?"
"I don't know either. They said there was something wrong with our braised meat and that we ate bad people." Xiaoyu said, "But our meat is all good meat, there is nothing wrong with it. How could we possibly eat bad people?"
Xie Yunjiao also found it strange. Zhou Jinhai and Xiaoyu were both honest people. How could they sell bad meat to others to eat?
"Brother Cha, is there any misunderstanding here? Why don't we check it out first?" Xie Yunjiao said.
"Stop talking nonsense. If there's nothing wrong, we'll release him." said the officer.
At this moment, Lao He from next door suddenly screamed and shouted: "Wife, Fourth Baby, Fifth Baby..."
His voice was mournful, as if something terrible had happened.
Suddenly, an officer hurried over and said something to the officers who were arresting Zhou Jinhai. Everyone's expression suddenly changed.
"Is it a plague?"
"Yes, the doctor has confirmed it is the plague."
Although they had deliberately lowered their voices, they were too excited and could not control their voices at all, and Xie Yunjiao and others heard it.
When Zhou Jinhai and Xiaoyu heard the word "plague", their legs went weak with fear.
Plague is no joke. Not only does it spread quickly, it can also kill people.
Usually, once someone in a village gets sick with the plague, other people will soon be infected.
Team annihilation is also a common occurrence.
If there really is something wrong with their meat and it causes others to get the plague, I'm afraid the problem would be serious!
At this moment, Lao He stumbled out and rushed to Xie Yunjiao: "Gu Huai's family, please, save my wife and children."
Xie Yunjiao followed Lao He into his room without hesitation.
Their house is shabby, but it is kept quite clean, giving people the feeling that they are a family who take life seriously.
The room was quiet, as if everyone was asleep.
Xie Yunjiao was taking the pulse of Lao He's wife and children. Suddenly, her face froze and she thought in panic that it might be too late for her to take protective measures at this time.
Old He knew that Xie Yunjiao was knowledgeable in medicine, and he had no other choice but to look for Xie Yunjiao.
"Gu Huai's family, what happened to my wife and the others? Why can't they be woken up?"
"Old He, please accept my condolences. They are all gone." Xie Yunjiao said.
"Gone?" Lao He took a step back and fell to the ground, saying with a sad face, "That's impossible. They just fell asleep. If I call them again, they will wake up."
The eldest child, He Sheng, the second child, and the third child all went to school, so my wife stayed at home with several other younger children.
He was fine when he went out, but why was he gone when he came back?
He just discovered that they had stopped breathing, but he didn't believe it. He thought he must have made a mistake, so he invited Xie Yunjiao in.
"And you should come out first and don't stay in there any longer."
Xie Yunjiao had left the house at some point and looked at Lao He with a serious expression.
Old He couldn't listen at all and even grabbed his wife's hand, unable to believe that she was gone.
"Old He, come out. They all died of the plague. It can infect people and kill them!" said Xie Yunjiao.
Old He was slightly startled, and looked at Xie Yunjiao standing at the door in disbelief. He said in a trembling voice, "What did you say? They have the plague?"
Lao He's voice was so loud that the officers outside heard it and knocked on the door. "What's going on with the people inside? Who has the plague?"
Xie Yunjiao wanted to open the door and go out to explain things to the officials, but she found that the door was blocked by the people outside: "What do you mean? There are people who died of plague here. It's contagious. Open the door and get out now."
It is not known how many people Lao He and his family have come into contact with, but they often move around in the village. In addition, he has several children attending school, so it is not impossible that he has infected other children.
She had to contact Village Chief Gu as soon as possible to discuss a foolproof plan.
"No, there are dead people among you, and they died of plague. Don't come out and harm others." said an official.
Xie Yunjiao's face darkened. If she couldn't get out, Hexi Village would definitely be in chaos.
We don’t know whether the epidemic can be controlled by then. If it is not properly controlled and several children are harmed, it will be terrible!
If she were outside, she might be able to find a way to save them, but now she is here and can do nothing.
What's more, there were several dead people in the house, which made me feel scared.
Xie Yunjiao tried to negotiate with the officers, but they simply refused to listen and blocked their way out.
Zhou Jinhai was temporarily tied up and thrown into their family's woodshed.
Xiaoyu and others were also taken under control.
The officers did not dare to make a hasty decision. They only sent one person back to inform their superiors, and the others stayed on standby.
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