Chapter 296 Protecting Dahe Village
Dahe Village has a population of over a thousand, which sounds like a lot, but they are all local farmers, so it is not difficult to manage.
Due to a shortage of manpower during this period, the village head asked people from other villages to help, resulting in the presence of unfamiliar faces in the village from time to time.
Blocking all outsiders and prohibiting all villagers from entering the city should effectively prevent the spread of the plague.
"Ask Doctor Zheng if he has any woad. If not, we may need to send someone to the city to buy more. If we don't have enough woad, we can use honeysuckle, forsythia, and astragalus. Boil them into a medicinal broth, and everyone in the village must drink some."
Isatis root is also known as woad root. The medicine made by boiling honeysuckle, forsythia, and scutellaria is called Shuanghuanglian. Both of these medicines have extremely strong antiviral properties.
After all, she had lived in modern society. Although she didn't understand medicine, she knew some basic drug knowledge. Most colds that are highly contagious are viral colds. If the virus is too strong, it becomes the flu. If it is difficult to cure and spreads, it will evolve into a large-scale infectious disease.
Most of these refugees probably starved, froze, or died of disease on the way, and many of the survivors should have developed antibodies.
The main symptom of this disease is high fever. To treat it, you must first reduce the fever and then kill the virus. Using the wrong method will only make the disease worse.
“When we go to the city to buy medicine, we need to arrange for strong men to go by horse-drawn carriage. They must cover their mouths and noses with cloth and try not to come into contact with anyone on the street. After returning to the village, they must be quarantined for three days before they can go home.” Cheng Wanwan said seriously, “I will have Er Gou lead the team, and the village head will arrange two more people.”
The second child was sick three days ago and will have some antibodies in his body. As long as the flu virus does not evolve, he will not be infected again.
Furthermore, her family members drink Banlangen (a traditional Chinese medicine) every day, so their immunity is relatively good. Although she feels sorry for her son, someone has to stand up at this time, otherwise the entire Dahe Village will be affected.
Next, Cheng Wanwan talked to the village head about some important details, and the two talked for more than an hour before they finished.
By the time we walked back, the sky was already beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.
Cheng Wanwan tiptoed to the ancestral hall and stood outside. She saw Li Xiu'e asleep by the table, and Zhao Shagen and Xiu'e's son were sleeping soundly on a bed frame, which must have just been moved there. Both of them had wet towels on their foreheads.
She put on a medical mask, then covered her face with a cloth before going inside.
It was still ibuprofen; we each gave them some. We skipped the fever-reducing patches; they're hard to explain.
As she was moving, Li Xiue woke up: "Aunt Dashan, why did you come in? Get out quickly, or you'll catch the illness."
Cheng Wanwan took a bowl out of the locker in the mall and carried it out from behind her: "This is the medicine I brewed. Sister Xiu'e, drink it quickly. I've already fed the two of them."
Li Xiue thanked him and drank the bowl of medicine clean.
Perhaps because her son was sick, she didn't have a fever and actually pulled through; her spirits were still relatively good.
Cheng Wanwan didn't linger any longer. When she left, she washed her hands with disinfectant from the locker before daring to step into her own home.
After all that trouble, it was already dawn.
Although Cheng Wanwan was very tired, she couldn't sleep because she had a lot of things to deal with.
After the patrol team members got up early to practice martial arts, they were summoned by the village head to a meeting under the big locust tree.
"Starting today, all soap workshops, house construction, tree planting, and irrigation canal repairs in the village are to cease operations, and schools are to close!" the village headman shouted. "Now, two people per group, guard every entrance to the village. Without my and Aunt Dashan's orders, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
The patrol team was stunned.
"Why can't we go out?"
"I'm going to town to buy meat later. Didn't I get paid yesterday?"
"Yes, yes, I need to get medicine for my mother."
Everyone disagreed with this decision.
The man in the village had a serious expression and said, word by word, "Last night, Zhao Gun'er and Zhao Shagen almost lost their lives due to high fevers. You must have heard about this. Da Shan's mother and I discussed it and we both believe that they were infected by the 'sickness' of the city's vagrants. This disease is too severe; even Doctor Zheng couldn't cure it. If you catch it, you're just waiting to die!"
We're all from the same village, so naturally people know what happened last night. The news spread like wildfire, and everyone knows that the two children are very sick.
However, no one expected it to be this serious.
Zhao Shagen was an incredibly strong man, as robust as a young calf, yet he suddenly fell ill...
“We don’t know the specifics yet, but we can’t just sit here and wait to die.” Cheng Wanwan stood beside the village head and said calmly, “You are the patrol team of Dahe Village, responsible for protecting everyone in the village. Not only do you fight off bandits, but you also fight off the disease… Protecting us from the invasion of refugees and from the torment of the disease is the mission of every member of the patrol team. It is because of you that Dahe Village is peaceful and prosperous, and it is getting better and better! Therefore, the village head and I hope that you can continue to fulfill your mission!”
In the past six months, Dahe Village has undergone tremendous changes, leaving the surrounding villages such as Guihua Village, Chengjia Village, and Lijia Gou far behind.
Looking back at each breakthrough, it is inextricably linked to Dashan Niang.
The fact that Dashan Niang became Sui Ruren is different from what they were supposed to do. As members of the patrol team, they were supposed to obey orders from above.
"Yes! Mission accomplished!"
"Mission accomplished! Protect Dahe Village!"
The patrol team below stomped their feet and shouted in unison, startling the sparrows in the big locust tree, which flew away in all directions.
The village head nodded in satisfaction: "Wang Yongcheng, take a few people and visit the whole village. If anyone in any household is sick, regardless of whether they are old, weak, women, or children, take them directly to the ancestral hall and isolate them. Be firm, but not rude. Do you all understand?"
Wang Yongcheng straightened his back: "Yes, village head!"
Cheng Wanwan spoke gently: "In half an hour, someone from the village will go to the city to make purchases. Anyone who needs to buy supplies should register at my house, and they will help you buy them."
Three people were assigned to go to the city to make purchases this time: Zhao Ergou, Zhao Anjiang, and Zhao Youliang.
This is Dahe Village, the village of the Zhao family. Since the family's surname is Zhao, when faced with danger, the village head prioritizes sending men from the Zhao family to take the lead.
Shen Zheng put down his book, walked out, and said, "Auntie, I'll go with you too."
The fact that the refugees were still running around in the city meant that his father had no idea how serious the situation was, and that countless people in the city were still infected.
The influx of refugees and the spread of plague will lead to disaster if left unchecked.
Cheng Wanwan hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, then you can come along."
If we simply prevent it, it will be detrimental to the child's growth. Shen Zheng has also taken a lot of Banlangen (Isatis root), so his body's resistance should be okay.
Shen Zheng was delighted and immediately picked up a mask from the table and put it on.
This is a linen mask that Cheng Wanwan bought in the mall. It has a layer of meltblown fabric sewn into the middle to protect against viruses, which is much better than just covering yourself with a single layer of cloth.
She planned to have the village head distribute the supplies to the village patrol team; at this critical juncture, crucial measures had to be taken.
She was about to tell Er Gou and Shen Zheng to be careful when they went to the city when she saw Cheng Zhao standing beside her, seemingly wanting to say something but stopping herself.
She knew what the child was thinking and said gently, "No matter how outstanding you are, in the eyes of the people of Chengjia Village, you are just a child. No matter what you say, they won't listen. Why add to the argument? Xiao Zheng will report the seriousness of the matter to the magistrate when he goes to the city. The magistrate will surely issue a decree to stop the spread of the plague..."
She was an adult, and a ninth-rank lady of the Sui family; no one would disobey her.
However, Cheng Zhao is still too inexperienced. If he becomes a scholar, the people of Chengjia Village might follow his lead. Right now, they can only place their hopes on the county magistrate.
Cheng Zhao had also anticipated this, and he nodded, saying, "I understand what Second Aunt means. I'll go and help take care of the patients these next few days..."
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