Qiao Xuejun gritted her teeth and asked the system: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
The system said aggrievedly: "Host, I was wrong, but they just entered the 200-meter range. I just detected it."
It's like this when you live in a small town in the countryside. The land is vast and the population and houses are sparse. When you shine a high-beam flashlight, you can only see this one house, with no other buildings blocking the view.
Qiao Xuejun chose to stay where she was and see who was coming so she could deal with it. After all, she had been discovered and was clearly photographed, so it was too late to hide.
Soon the person came over. When he appeared in front of her, Qiao Xuejun realized that they were a man and a woman, and they were wearing the uniforms of community investigators.
The male investigator looked serious when he saw Qiao Xuejun: "We are from the community and are here to investigate the situation. Are you a resident here?"
He held a flashlight in one hand and took out his work ID in the other hand to show it to Qiao Xuejun.
Qiao Xuejun took a look, confirmed the other party's identity, and nodded and replied: "Yes."
The male investigator frowned: "We were just conducting a population survey, why didn't you come out?"
Qiao Xuejun: "I..."
The male investigator didn't even listen to her finish her words. He said with disdain, "I don't expect you to help, but you are clearly at home. We called you for so long before, but you didn't make a sound. Are you deliberately avoiding us? We are so busy, you are hindering the community's work!"
Qiao Xuejun: “?”
Such a big hat is put on?
She was tired after working outside for a long time and was wronged like this. She immediately retorted: "If you are not busy with so much nonsense, who will be busy? If you have something to say, please say it. I don't have time to chat with you here."
"I'm sorry." The female investigator quickly stopped her colleague. She seemed much softer. "Recently, in order to deal with the outbreak of mad cow disease, the community has introduced a new policy that requires residents to cooperate in population surveys and registrations to facilitate the monitoring of virus infection dynamics at any time. We just finished the visit, and when the flashlight tilted, we just happened to find you, a fish that slipped through the net, so we turned back. He was so hot that he was stupid and had a bad attitude. I apologize to you, don't be angry, we will just register the basic situation and leave after registration."
Qiao Xuejun saw the severely chapped lips of the female investigator and said sincerely, "Thank you for your hard work."
In such hot weather, they were very conscientious. Moreover, since there was a confirmed case of mad cow disease in the village, they took the risk to come. After thinking about this, although Qiao Xuejun had a lot of resentment about her existence being exposed, she only complained that she was not careful enough and was a bit unlucky, and did not vent her anger on the on-duty personnel who found her.
But the male investigator still complained quietly: "I can't help at all, and I'm just causing trouble."
Qiao Xuejun ignored him.
The female investigator held a registration booklet in her hand and smiled, "It's not hard. You are the last household. We can go home after we finish. Your name?"
"Qiao Xuejun. Xue as in white snow, Jun as in king."
The female investigator wrote it down in the registration booklet and asked:
"age?"
"25."
"ID number?"
“…”
Qiao Xuejun answered the female investigator's questions one by one, and finally took her registration booklet and signed it to confirm the information.
"alright."
The female investigator took her registration booklet from Qiao Xuejun and said, "Thank you for your cooperation. Now we will explain to you the measures to cooperate with the community to deal with mad cow disease. I will tell you once. If you don't understand anything, tell me. Do you understand?"
"good."
The female investigator clearly told Qiao Xuejun the community's response measures.
Basically, residents are advised not to eat meat of unknown origin, stay vigilant, stay at home unless necessary, and never go out at night. If they see anyone acting suspiciously like a person with mad cow disease, they must call the police. If they are attacked by a mad cow disease patient, especially if they are bitten, they must report it.
Finally, he said that hanging mugwort at home can repel mad cow disease patients. The community has already gone to collect the mugwort, so residents can wait at home with peace of mind. The collected mugwort will be delivered to each household tomorrow.
"Got it." Qiao Xuejun thought about the situation on the mountain after listening to it, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I went out to collect firewood today, and saw someone going up the mountain to the west. He looked suspicious, but he was too far away, so I'm not sure if he was a mad cow disease patient. Anyway, I didn't see him when I came back."
The mad cow disease patient fell to the ground and couldn't get up, but...what if he could be saved? Since the community asked them to report it, she reported it. But she couldn't tell the truth completely, especially she couldn't let others know that she had contact with the mad cow disease patient.
The female investigator was surprised for a moment, then she took out her walkie-talkie and reported the situation to her superior with a serious expression.
"Thank you for the information. Mad cow disease patients are very dangerous out there. We will investigate thoroughly."
After investigating the situation, the two investigators were about to leave.
Qiao Xuejun looked at the sky which had completely darkened and called out to the female investigator: "Wait."
The female investigator stopped and looked at Qiao Xuejun with a puzzled look.
The male investigator looked at Qiao Xuejun impatiently. What's the matter? What a trouble! These villagers! What's the point of calling them? It's already so dark! The later it gets, the more likely you are to encounter mad cow disease patients on the road, and it's dangerous!
Qiao Xuejun turned and walked to the door, picked up two mugworts, turned and ran to the female investigator, and gave them to her: "This is what my family left over from the Dragon Boat Festival last year. Be careful."
The male investigator glanced at it impatiently and said, "What the hell is that..."
The female investigator smelled the medicinal fragrance and was surprised: "It's mugwort."
The male investigator's eyes changed instantly, and his face flushed. This is mugwort! Their safety along the way is guaranteed! Although Qiao Xuejun didn't give it to him, he was also a beneficiary, and Qiao Xuejun gave him two plants. Thinking about his previous attitude, the male investigator felt very guilty and was speechless.
He looked at the mugwort and gritted his teeth to apologize: "I'm sorry, my attitude was wrong just now and I shouldn't have said that."
Qiao Xuejun waved her hand indifferently: "It's not for you either."
The male investigator looked even more ashamed and embarrassed.
After the female investigator thanked them again, the two left.
Qiao Xuejun quickly closed the big iron gate, but she did not go back to the house immediately. Instead, she looked at the iron gate and fell into thought.
This rusty iron fence gate is a hidden danger. It can't be covered or blocked. It still needs to be processed to some extent so that people can't enter as if no one is there.
Like the couple we met cutting trees on the mountain today, could we make another layer of wood to block it? Or add a trap inside?
Qiao Xuejun probably came up with an idea, closed the door and walked back into the room.
After entering the room, Qiao Xuejun closed the door, locked it, and walked to the coffee table. Before she was about to push the floor open, she subconsciously looked up and down. At this moment, a beam of white light illuminated the window. There were curtains hanging on the window, and the light was blocked tightly by the curtains. The light stayed for a while and then moved away.
Qiao Xuejun was horrified. Who was it and why was he shining a light into her window?
The direction of the light was not the direction the investigators had left. If it wasn't the investigators, then who was it? Did someone see her? Was she being monitored?
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