Chapter 238 Malaria 3
Su Ran took Luo Menglin and ran to Li Yu'e, "Sister Menglin, please see if these medicines can be used."
Li Yu'e poured out all five bags of medicine. Luo Menglin picked up the medicine and took a quick look. "They are all medicines for treating malaria. The packages are sealed. They should be real medicines. I just don't know if they have expired."
"It doesn't matter if it's expired, as long as the effect hasn't worn off." Su Ran looked at the many medicines on the ground and said excitedly, "That's great, now Xiao Zheyu can be saved!"
Xiao Zheyu had been shivering for no apparent reason a few days ago and complained of being cold. Luo Menglin examined him and found that he had malaria, a severe form of malignant malaria. If he didn't get any medicine, he would probably die soon.
They went to the trading point to buy medicine, and went to the medical station to look for medicine, but couldn't find any. They paid a high price but couldn't buy a single medicine. They didn't expect to be able to buy so many medicines at once today. As long as they pay more attention, this batch of medicine should allow Lingxu Gang to survive the high incidence of mosquitoes.
On the other side, Xia Xiaoman drove the car to a remote place, checked the gold in the bag and found no problem, then put the gold and the off-road vehicle into the space, changed his clothes, and took Maodan back to the community avoiding the main road.
On the way home from the small road, Xia Xiaoman was directly surrounded by mosquitoes. With a casual slap, he could kill more than a dozen mosquitoes. Maodan kept shaking his head frantically, shaking off all the mosquitoes that landed on his head.
Seeing its embarrassing look, Xia Xiaoman laughed at it without any hesitation: "I told you to stay home but you didn't listen. You can't stand the mosquito bites anymore!"
Although he was laughing, seeing Maodan was surrounded by mosquitoes, Xia Xiaoman took out mosquito repellent and sprayed it on him, then took out a hood and covered Maodan's head to prevent him from being bitten by mosquitoes.
When I got home, it was still early. The weather was hot and humid, and Xia Xiaoman had no energy to exercise, so she took out the vegetable seeds she had bought before, picked out a few pumpkin and winter melon seeds, and the fast-growing Chinese cabbage, wrapped them in paper towels, sprayed them with a little water, and placed them in a dark corner.
After the seeds germinated in two days, she planted them one by one in disposable water cups for cultivation.
According to the previous farming method in her hometown, she would scatter seeds on the ground, pull them up and plant them separately after the seedlings grew. But this method may waste some seeds.
Seeds are precious now and she doesn't have the capital to waste, so she can only use the most troublesome method to cultivate them one by one.
After I put the seeds in place and was about to light a fire to cook, someone knocked on the gate of the yard.
Xia Xiaoman went up to the second-floor balcony and looked out. Seeing that it was Sun Haiyun standing outside the door, she went downstairs and opened the door.
"Aren't you at work at this hour? Why are you here?"
"Auntie Xing is dying. Do you want to go over and see her?"
Xia Xiaoman was stunned when she heard this, "What's wrong with her?"
Sun Haiyun said in a deep voice: "I heard that he had malaria, which also triggered other diseases. He stayed in the medical station for a few days and suddenly died."
Xia Xiaoman thought of the shrewd old lady, sighed and said, "Wait a moment, I'll pack up and drive out." As she said that, she went back to the house to settle Maodan, moved the animal trap buried in the yard, drove the pickup truck out, moved the animal trap back, and then got in the car and started the engine.
"Is Aunt Xing at the medical station now?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Sun Haiyun shook his head. "No, he's at the military hospital. All military families are treated at the military hospital."
"Military hospital? Can we go in?"
"Sure, Wang Shijin has already greeted the security guard." Aunt Xing has lived in Shuiyue Bay for many years and has helped many people. At the last minute, she wanted to meet the people in Shuiyue Bay. She wanted to know how they are living now and what they look like. She could also explain to Old Man Luo when she got to the underground.
They entered the military hospital smoothly all the way, and Xia Xiaoman followed Sun Haiyun to the inpatient department.
In the hospital corridor, nurses were running back and forth in a hurry. Many soldiers in uniform were sitting against the wall at the edge of the corridor, their faces as pale as snow. Some of them were shaking and shivering uncontrollably, some were unconscious due to fever, and some were squatting at the foot of the wall vomiting.
Xia Xiaoman couldn't help but frowned. "Why are there so many patients? Didn't the higher-ups know about malaria a long time ago and not take any protective measures?"
Sun Haiyun shook his head and said nothing. He didn't understand. Even if there were no supplies to make protective equipment, letting these soldiers wear long sleeves and long pants and wrapping their heads with cloth could protect them from mosquito bites. How could so many people suffer from malaria?
After walking through several corridors, the two came to a small single room. There were five wooden boards in the single room, with a width of less than half a meter between each board, which was used by nurses to change dressings.
Aunt Xing was lying on the innermost wooden board. Wang Shijin sat at her feet with a heavy face. Fu Baiwei sat beside Aunt Xing with red eyes, holding Aunt Xing's hand.
Xia Xiaoman glanced at Aunt Xing. The old lady had lost weight again, with only skin and bones left. Her face looked a little pale, and her eyes no longer had the shrewdness they used to have.
She sighed, walked to Wang Shijin and wanted to ask him about Aunt Xing's situation. Just as she was about to open her mouth, she noticed that Wang Shijin's hands were shaking slightly.
Xia Xiaoman frowned and asked in a low voice: "Why are your hands shaking? Do you have malaria too?"
When Wang Shijin heard this, he raised his head suddenly, his face not looking very good. He hesitated for a while, then stood up and motioned Xia Xiaoman to go out and talk.
Walking out of the ward, he said, "Don't tell anyone that I have malaria. I don't want Aunt Xing to die in peace."
Xia Xiaoman was puzzled, "How did you get malaria? And those soldiers outside. You are in the army, so you should be more informed than us. Knowing that there is malaria, didn't you take any precautions?"
Wang Shijin was silent for a while, then said, "Some time ago, the higher-ups found a place suitable for building an underground city. That place was a village field. We were sent to dig the underground city, and when we were about to start, a group of villagers rushed out and stopped us from digging."
"The villagers were quite emotional. We explained for a long time but they still wouldn't allow us to start the construction. Then we didn't know what happened, but we started fighting. In the chaos, the cloths on our faces and our clothes were torn."
"We didn't pay much attention to it at the time, until a few days ago when some people started to have fever, vomiting and chills. People from above came to check on us and found that many people had malaria."
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