Chapter 120
Xu Ming's words were undoubtedly like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart heavily. Up to now, people have frozen to death, starved to death, died of illness, and the most common thing is death. Especially for this kind of parasitic disease, which is currently unknown and has no targeted medication, it is unknown how many people will die from it.
Mu Nan had never experienced this before. If he had, he would have been prepared for it. When he came over from the private base, the temperature was rising, the snow was melting, and mosquitoes were increasing in number. Especially since they were isolated in the outer city where the sanitary conditions did not meet the standards, mosquitoes were becoming more rampant.
But that was all he experienced, so he prepared a lot of mosquito coils, toilet water and other anti-mosquito items. But he never thought about what kind of disaster would be brought about by those rampant mosquitoes when the frozen ground thawed again.
But he did have anthelmintic medicine, which was prepared by Qin Huai. However, Qin Huai probably never expected that one day this parasitic disease would mutate to become fatal.
Qin Huai prepared this anthelmintic originally because he thought that in the future when the environment is difficult, many things may not be able to be produced quickly, and fertilizers are always needed for planting. If natural fertilizers have to be used, it will be necessary to deworm the body, so he prepared some.
But he didn't prepare much, just a box of thirty boxes, with sixteen pills in each box, and a few boxes of comprehensive daily deworming products, specially imported from countries that like to eat raw food, with two pills in each box. But because the need was urgent, he only bought a dozen boxes. The total amount was just enough for the two of them to use for a lifetime, but there wasn't much more, so it was definitely impossible to donate it because they didn't have enough to donate.
This medicine is not enough to donate, but there is still some to save a friend's life, so as soon as Xu Ming finished speaking, Mu Nan said: "I have anthelmintic medicine at home."
Xu Ming and Yu Zibai immediately turned to look at him. Mu Nan said, "But I don't know if my medicine is suitable for the disease."
Xu Ming said, "Now we don't care whether it is effective or not, let alone for human consumption. Even if there is an anthelmintic for pets, we should use it if it can be used. If it works, it can save a life. However, we don't know Jian Chu's condition yet. We have to wait for the examination. Although the possibility of parasites is very high, other possibilities cannot be ruled out for the time being. So prepare the medicine first. Once it is confirmed to be parasites, take it immediately."
Yu Zibai looked at Qin Huai and Mu Nan, and moved his lips, but couldn't speak. Mu Nan couldn't stand such sentimental emotions and eyes. For him, people's excessive emotional exposure would make him not know how to deal with it, just like facing those very enthusiastic and familiar people, he would feel a little embarrassed and resistant, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "Then you guys stay here, we will go back to get the medicine first."
Qin Huai rubbed Mu Nan's hair and said, "Let's get the medicine first. If possible, it's best to see a doctor to see if it's useful. For the rest, we can only do our best."
After the two left, Yu Zibai sat next to Jian Chu. They had to wait for the examination, but there were too many patients with severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. They used their connections to move a bed, but there was no way to cut in line for the examination, so they could only wait.
On the way back, Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai and said, "It shouldn't be a big deal to take out this medicine. Will others think it's strange that we have anthelmintic medicine at home?"
Qin Huai smiled and said, "No, it's not a large quantity. Let's take the box we've already opened. There are two plates in a box, a total of sixteen pieces. There are exactly six pieces left in the plate we've already eaten, so let's take that plate."
Mu Nan nodded: "That's perfect. We used it before, so there are some insect repellents left at home."
Mu Nan ran out without brushing his teeth or washing his face, because he was still waiting for the examination, so Mu Nan took out some water from the space and quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face, and then had a simple breakfast with Qin Huai. He originally thought that he would not be able to eat, after all, he was nauseated in the morning, but after running around in the hospital for a while, his stomach was growling with hunger, so even though he couldn't swallow psychologically, his physiological needs forced him to eat a small bowl of noodles.
After eating, the two of them drove to the hospital again with the medicine. By the way, they also packed a few steamed buns and a small box of chopped spicy cabbage in an insulated box. These were from the jar of sauerkraut that Niu Niu had found before. Xu Ming and Yu Zibai probably didn't eat them, and they didn't know how long they would have to stay in the hospital, so they brought some food to fill their stomachs.
When the two arrived at the hospital, Jian Chu had already woken up, but he was lying on the camp bed with his hands on his stomach, looking very painful. Mu Nan squatted beside him and whispered to him, "Jian Chu, are you okay?"
Jian Chu opened his eyes slightly, breathing weakly: "It hurts so much."
Qin Huai looked at Yu Zibai: "Have you done the check?"
Yu Zibai nodded: "The result should come out tonight."
Mu Nan saw some scattered bloodstains on the floor of one of the beds. The ward was relatively clean when they came in the morning, so they must have been there recently. So he subconsciously leaned towards Qin Huai and said, "Brother, there are so many bloodstains."
Yu Zibai said without even turning his head: "The little boy is gone, the one on the hospital bed before. He was only seventeen years old. Half an hour before you came, he suddenly vomited a lot of blood. He has been dragged away."
Mu Nan grabbed Qin Huai's hand with a sympathetic look on his face, and couldn't help asking, "Is there... that too?" He didn't say the word parasite. Jian Chu didn't know what was going on now. He felt that these three words were like steel needles piercing Yu Zibai's nerves. It hurt so much to mention them that he didn't want to mention them if he could.
Yu Zibai nodded: "Yes, it has penetrated the intestinal organs, so it is vomiting blood." If Mu Nan and his team's medicine has no effect on this parasite, perhaps it won't be long before Jian Chu will also...
After a while, Xu Ming came back. He had just taken the medicine to ask his doctor friend. After returning, he stuffed the medicine into Yu Zibai's hand away from the other people in the ward and whispered, "I asked around. One of the ingredients in it is effective against the parasites they sampled. The content is slightly higher than that in the anthelmintic medicine already available in the hospital. Now we're just waiting for the test results. If it's really a parasite, this medicine may save lives."
Yu Zibai was delighted, but soon became worried again: "How many pills does it take to be effective? There are only six pills. If Jian Chu takes it, then you..." If this medicine can save lives, he was worried that it would all be given to Jian Chu. What if someone else of them gets infected? It seems that the problem now is not just a matter of being careful to drink water. Looking at the people coming and going, being born and dying in the ward, he always feels that this parasite problem may not be easier to solve than the plague.
Qin Huai saw his concerns and said directly: "Give it to Jian Chu first. In this situation, saving lives is the most important thing. I will ask someone to find some connections and see if I can get some more medicine for backup."
Yu Zibai looked at them with red eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, thank you so much."
Qin Huai smiled and said, "Take good care of Jian Chu first. I'll leave the car here for you. If anything happens, drive faster."
Mu Nan also whispered in Jian Chu's ear: "Hold on a little longer, you'll be fine after taking the medicine."
Jian Chu didn't even have the strength to nod. He had hardly slept for the past two days. Plus, the medicine contained painkillers. Although it was still very painful, it was much better than before. So he didn't know whether he fell asleep from exhaustion or fainted. Anyway, he woke up for a while and fell asleep again.
Xu Ming said to Yu Zibai, "Remember to put the medicine away properly, and don't let anyone see you when you feed it. People have even been killed fighting over this medicine whose efficacy is unknown."
Xu Ming was not trying to scare them. Just now, when he was avoiding others and asking his doctor friend about this medicine, that person told him that just yesterday, a patient finally got the medicine from above, and because he was so anxious to give the medicine to his family, he ran towards the ward with the medicine in his hand. As a result, he was seen by a sharp-eyed person who rushed over to snatch the medicine, and it ended up turning into a fight between a group of people, and two people were killed in the chaos.
Hearing this, Yu Zibai hid the medicine even deeper. He even said that if Jian Chu showed improvement after taking the medicine, he must be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible, otherwise who knows what uncontrollable things might happen.
The hospital is not a place to stay for long. The medicine was delivered and the car was left there for them. Qin Huai and Mu Nan went back in Xu Ming's car. Xu Ming had been on duty all night yesterday and was a little exhausted, so he planned to go back and have a sleep first and come back later to check on the situation.
On the way back, Mu Nan couldn't help but say, "This situation seems like the movie about the invasion of wireworms. Have you seen it?"
Qin Huai had certainly seen it. For a while, Mu Nan looked for various disaster movies to watch every day, and he watched a lot of them with her. Xu Ming had never seen it, so he asked, "What's it about? Parasitic nematodes?"
Mu Nan: "Yes, it's the mutated wireworms, which are extremely disgusting. They were dumped into the river by humans, and then people who went there to play drank it and got infected. There was a scene where someone died in the bathroom, and was burst to death by a bunch of wireworms. The person fell to the ground, and a bunch of wireworms mixed with blood gushed out."
As the image of what Mu Nan described formed in his mind, Xu Ming frowned: "It's a bit disgusting."
Mu Nan: "This is not just a little disgusting, we won't end up like in the movies, right?"
Xu Ming pondered and said, "It's hard to say. The living environment here is fine. We drink boiled water anyway. But Song Jia and Jian Chu can both be infected. The chance is too high."
Mu Nan suddenly turned to look at Qin Huai: "Song Jia and Jian Chu have one thing in common, that is, they work outside. You see, Yu Zibai is fine, Wu Zheng is also fine, could it be a problem in your unit?"
Qin Huai had suspected it a long time ago. Otherwise, everyone else in their courtyard was doing fine except Song Jia and Jian Chu. Xu Ming asked, "What about those four girls? They are in the same office, right? How are they?"
Mu Nan shook his head: "We haven't talked much, so I'm not sure."
Xu Ming sighed: "Whether outside or at home, everyone should be careful. I will ask more people about the situation in the next few days."
Qin Huai and the others were not idle after they returned. They had already disinfected and cleaned the house inside and out yesterday. When this incident happened today, they couldn't help but disinfect it again. Then they contacted the brick delivery person to send the bricks over quickly so that the roof could be covered as soon as possible.
In addition, Qin Huai also dismantled all the water pipes in his home. He had considered the problem of water pollution before, so in addition to asking Mu Nan to store more water in the space, he also bought a lot of water filters. Now he doesn't know which link of these sewer pipes has a problem.
Generally, this kind of household water pipes are purified at many levels. In theory, the water flowing from underground is not as easily contaminated as the water in the water tank before. But now that this problem has occurred, we must find a way to solve it. They can't solve the water source outside, so they can only install a water filter that can hold disinfectant tablets at home.
It is estimated that they will not drink the water from outside for a while, but even if this water is not drunk, it is still used for washing clothes and taking a bath. Although it is not drunk, what if there are bugs in it and they are washed on the clothes? Clothes are worn close to the body, and it is unacceptable to think about it. So even if they don’t drink it, they have to install a water filter.
However, the situation is unclear now, so Qin Huai told Mu Nan not to touch the water outside these days, even if it is equipped with a filter. If he wants to use water, he should use it directly from the space. He bought a lot of bottled water before. Not to mention using it for a few days, if he saves a little and uses bottled water exclusively, it will be enough for a few years, not to mention that Mu Nan had stored so much extra water before.
For dinner, Qin Huai asked Mu Nan to take out the ready-made things from the space. One reason was that he was too tired from today's work, and the other was that washing vegetables and doing other things also required water. Now he didn't know what the parasite was, so it was better not to touch it for the time being and just eat the ready-made food.
Just as he took out a bowl of soup from the space, he heard a shrill female scream. Mu Nan was so scared that he almost spilled the soup. Fortunately, Qin Huai caught it quickly. Qin Huai was about to go to the window to see what was going on outside when Mu Nan sighed, "The Huang family is making trouble again."
Qin Huai was a little confused: "Huang family? What's going on?"
Qin Huai worked outside every day, and he would not necessarily run into the Huang family's commotion when he took a break occasionally. After all, the Huang family did not make trouble every day, so he did not know. Mu Nan did want to gossip with Qin Huai sometimes, but was always interrupted by various things, so he forgot to say it. Now that he ran into them making trouble, he hurriedly gossiped: "Remember the girl named Gan Wei who Jian Chu said seduced him and Song Jia last time?"
Qin Huai nodded, still had some impression.
Mu Nan said, "Some time ago, that girl got pregnant. Since she was dating the eldest son of the Huang family, the child must be his. The Huang family has the means to have a child. With three mahjong tables, they even have the means to install solar energy. The eldest son and grandson must be taken good care of. At that time, they said that although they didn't have the means to hold a wedding, they still had to hold a wedding banquet. It wouldn't be a big one. They could just invite the neighbors and those who often go to their house to play cards."
Qin Huai said: "This is a good thing, the birth of a new life."
Mu Nan: "It's a good thing. I was thinking whether I should go and what gift to give. But the problem is that girl got together with her brother again. I heard them arguing a few days ago. They were very loud and asked Gan Wei whose child it was. Do you know what Gan Wei said? She said it was either yours or your brother's. Anyway, it's just the two of you. Wow, it's exciting."
Qin Huai stretched out his hand and flicked his forehead: "What excitement? Let's eat."
Mu Nan picked up the bowl and shoveled rice into his mouth. The Huang family who lived behind them were still quarreling. They could hear the sound of things being thrown in the house, and even vaguely heard someone calling her a bitch. Mu Nan didn't understand. The Huang family's conditions were really not bad. They had a large family, many able-bodied men, and profitable businesses. It would have been much better for her to just follow the eldest son peacefully. Why did she have to get entangled with the youngest son? And Huang's youngest son, didn't he know that Gan Wei was with his brother? How much did he like her? Was he really not as fun as his sister-in-law?
The whole dinner was eaten with the background sound of quarreling and swearing. Qin Huai didn't let Mu Nan eat too much for dinner. He took an anthelmintic pill this morning. The instructions required it to be taken on an empty stomach before going to bed at night. He didn't know if taking the pill and then eating something would affect the efficacy of the medicine, so it would be better to eat less in the next two days.
Yu Zibai didn't come back the whole night. The results came out in the evening. It was a parasitic infection. The doctor who sent them the results was Xu Ming's friend. When sending the results, he specifically told them to take two pills first and then do a check-up. If there are too many parasites, two pills may not be enough. After all, this is not a specifically targeted anthelmintic. It just contains some effective ingredients. Fortunately, current drug regulations have requirements. As long as it is not taken in large quantities, it will not cause much damage to other organs of the body, so increasing the dosage will not have much effect.
The next day, Qin Huai and Song Jia left in the car of the four girls. Among the four girls, only one girl had a swollen abscess like Song Jia, but it was on her leg. She was also very scared and cried in the house all night, thinking she was going to die. When Mu Nan sent messages to ask about their situation, she found out that they just needed to go to the hospital for debridement. So today they took a detour to send the girl to the hospital and let her go to register for medical treatment by herself. The others still had to go to work.
After Qin Huai went to work, Mu Nan asked about Yu Zibai and Jian Chu's conditions. He said that they had improved a lot, but might need to take two more pills. Mu Nan wanted to go to the hospital, but he didn't have a car and it was hot outside. The temperature had risen to 40 degrees. Although it was not yet to the point where people had to stay out at night and stay indoors during the day, it was still too hot for people to bear the sun and they would easily get sunburned and have heatstroke. So he could only wait until Qin Huai and Xu Ming came back in the evening to see if they should go to the hospital together.
There was no way to go out, so he cleaned the house. Although there were only two rabbits, two big and one small, left, the female was pregnant and needed to be taken good care of. After cleaning the rabbit nest, Mu Nan took a quick shower. The rabbits were very smelly, and if he didn't shower, he would have no appetite for lunch.
In the afternoon, Mu Nan would usually take a nap for one or two hours. Sometimes he would sleep so deeply that he would sleep until four or five o'clock when Qin Huai got off work. However, today, not long after he fell asleep, he heard some noise outside, a clattering sound. Mu Nan thought there was a water leak in the house. After all, Qin Huai had just taken down all the pipes yesterday and installed purification and isolation. He was afraid that Qin Huai did not install it tightly, so he had to get out of bed to check.
When an arm came horizontally to cover him, Mu Nan tried to resist with clever strength out of the conditioned reflex trained by Qin Huai, but almost in an instant, he felt a chill on his face, and his entire consciousness began to dissipate. He wanted to pry open the hand covering his face, but although he was still conscious, he was completely powerless.
Qin Huai had also taught him how to deal with this situation. Mu Nan tried hard to hold his breath, slowly softened his body, closed his eyes and accumulated strength. He couldn't panic. This time he had prepared many weapons in his space, but he only had one chance. He had to lower the man's vigilance and wait for him to get close before giving him a fatal blow. If the other party was just asking for money, then he would pretend to be unconscious. It didn't matter if he emptied the house. He had to stay calm. Only by staying calm could he find a chance to survive.
If there was no other choice, he would take out a bunch of cabinets from the space and cover himself. Although this would completely expose the space, as long as he was still alive, it was better than anything else.
But soon Mu Nan's heart skipped a beat, because after the man knocked him down, he did not search the house, but touched his face. Mu Nan could even feel the other person lifting his clothes. Although his consciousness began to become uncontrollable and a little scattered, his sense of touch was still there. He felt like something cold like a knife was scratching back and forth on his chest and abdomen, as if looking for a suitable place to start.
Mu Nan was a little panicked. He originally wanted to close his eyes and try to keep himself awake, but he didn't expect that person to lean close to his ear and whisper with a smile: "I know you are awake."
Mu Nan felt cold all over instantly. This voice was Liang Yu's.
Liang Yu gently stroked his cheek, his eyes full of obsession: "When I first saw you, do you know what I was thinking? I was thinking that with such delicate skin and tender flesh, it must be very soft when the knife is stabbed into it."
As Liang Yu spoke, his fingers smoothly stroked down his chest. That boneless area covered with flesh and internal organs was his favorite. He liked the soft touch, the pleasure of pulling and tearing with his hands, and he liked seeing this fair and tender little boy in pain even more.
Liang Yu said to Mu Nan with dissatisfaction: "It would be great if you were a little more obedient, like those people, we could be good friends with a piece of candy and a little food, then we could chat, drink tea, and then die without knowing anything, how happy it would be. Why are you so wary of me? Isn't it good for us to be good friends?"
Liang Yu threw away the towel filled with sevoflurane and picked up the rope beside him: "Because you didn't listen, I changed my mind. It must be wonderful to feel the taste of death while awake. Do you want to see what color your intestines are?"
Mu Nan tried hard to open his eyes. He really wanted to call him a pervert. He had never seen such a perverted person in his life. But he couldn't curse. He didn't know what had just covered his mouth and nose. He had no strength in his body. Just as Liang Yu approached with the rope, Mu Nan waited for the distance, a little closer, a little closer, he would use his last bit of strength to give the other party a knife.
However, just as Liang Yu was trying to tie him up with a rope, and Mu Nan found the right opportunity to take out a knife from the space and stab Liang Yu, something unexpected happened. The impact force generated by a huge explosion directly shattered the windows in their room, and his knife had already hit Liang Yu's body. He originally just stabbed it in, and he didn't have the strength to stab it deeper, but the huge impact force caused both him and Liang Yu to roll on the ground twice. The knife not only completely penetrated Liang Yu's abdomen, but also directly opened a huge deep cut.
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