Chapter 301 Skin Cancer
Streams of white smoke rose from the floating city, and the air was filled with a faint smell of grass.
Xia Xiaoman took out a telescope and looked at the sky. A swarm of locusts flew forward at a high speed. Just when they were about to fly to the floating city, they suddenly changed direction as if they had touched an invisible barrier, bypassed the floating city and continued to fly forward.
This scene was so magical that Xia Xiaoman was stunned.
She originally thought that even if the pine green could repel locusts, it would not be able to prevent some locusts that were not afraid of stench from flying over. Unexpectedly, all the locusts flew around without leaving a single one behind.
Xia Xiaoman stared at the locusts in the sky, and only looked away when all the locusts had gone away.
Just when he was about to put out the brazier, he looked down and saw Maodan lying on the ground with his eyes closed. Xia Xiaoman went over and patted Maodan, "Maodan, Maodan, wake up!"
Maodan opened his eyes with great effort, looked at the poop shoveler, closed his eyes again, and lay weakly on the ground.
Maodan slept for two whole days before he finally recovered. Xia Xiaoman finally understood why Maodan didn't like to stay in places with pine green. Maodan would feel dizzy and sleepy if he smelled the smell of pine green too much, so he was very resistant to pine green.
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There were four waves of locusts in this locust plague. Maodan fainted four times intermittently. In the end, he had gotten used to the taste of Songqing.
After burning the pine trees four times, only a bare stalk was left of the pine trees in the backyard. People who didn't know would think it was a stick stuck in the ground.
Realizing the importance of pine greens, Xia Xiaoman took out the spare saplings in the space and planted them. This way, the next time a locust plague occurred, she would at least not have to worry about not having enough pine greens.
"Sister Pei, is this the place? Be careful... I'll help you in..."
A familiar voice came intermittently from outside. Xia Xiaoman put down the sapling, climbed up the wall and looked outside.
Fu Baiwei supported Chen Peiqiong with one hand and opened the door of Chen Peiqiong's house with difficulty. Xia Xiaoman asked, "Fu Baiwei, what happened to Sister Pei?"
Fu Baiwei was startled when she suddenly heard Xia Xiaoman's voice and almost dropped Chen Peiqiong.
Looking back at Xia Xiaoman sitting on the wall, Fu Baiwei explained, "When we were repairing the road, Sister Pei suddenly had a fever and fainted. Her fever was quite serious and she couldn't walk, so I sent her back."
Seeing that it was not a big deal, Xia Xiaoman jumped off the wall and continued planting saplings.
The next day, when she went out to find Li Yu'e to buy tapioca vermicelli, she met Chen Peiqiong who was going out to class. Seeing that Chen Peiqiong didn't look very good, she asked with concern: "Sister Pei, why don't you take two days off to rest? I see that you look a little worse."
Chen Peiqiong shook her head slowly. "It's okay. I rarely get sick. Even if I do, I get better quickly. I think I'll be fine after another night's sleep."
Seeing that she didn't listen to his advice, Xia Xiaoman was too lazy to care about her. She exchanged 30 kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli with Li Yu'e, and when she got home, she used the vermicelli to make a hot and sour vermicelli meal.
The hot and sour noodles covered with red oil are particularly appetizing. Paired with the frozen mung bean soup, this meal is perfect.
After eating and drinking, Xia Xiaoman went for a walk in the yard to digest the food. Thinking of Maodan's pine sprouts, he pinched a handful of pine sprouts and put them under Maodan's nose.
Maodan sniffed it and immediately dodged away in disgust. But Xia Xiaoman kept chasing it and put Songqing in front of it when he found a chance.
Now every household grows pine greens, and Maodan must get used to and overcome the smell, otherwise how can he guard the house in the future? Others picked a handful of pine greens and threw them at him, and he was fainted in a few seconds.
Maodan was almost driving Xia Xiaoman crazy. No matter where it hid, the shit shoveler would chase it with that stinky thing.
Suddenly, it heard footsteps outside. In order to divert the attention of the shit shoveler, it pretended to be alert and stared at the wall, deliberately showing its teeth.
Seeing it like that, Xia Xiaoman thought there were criminals outside, so she quickly climbed up the wall and took out a dagger. She stopped halfway through taking out the dagger.
Outside the fence, two strangers helped Chen Peiqiong back. She jumped off the fence and looked at the two people who were supporting Chen Peiqiong, "Who are you? What happened to Sister Pei?"
The woman in the middle of the two explained, "My last name is Cao, and I'm a colleague of Teacher Chen. She fainted during class, and we took her to the medical station. The people at the medical station examined her and said she had skin cancer...it was in the late stages."
"The medical station didn't have the right medicine to treat her. When Teacher Chen was conscious, she found out about this and asked us to send her home."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned when she heard this, "Sister Pei has skin cancer?!"
Teacher Cao nodded and said, "Well, the doctor has confirmed that her fever is caused by skin cancer."
"Do you live next door to Teacher Chen's house? Could you please take care of Teacher Chen? Teacher Zhang and I have to go back to class." As she said that, she pushed Chen Peiqiong to Xia Xiaoman's side.
Without waiting for Xia Xiaoman to refuse, Teacher Cao took another person away.
In times of natural disaster and chaos, she had already done her best by sending Chen Peiqiong to the medical station and back. She really didn't have the energy to spend more time taking care of Chen Peiqiong.
Xia Xiaoman helped Chen Peiqiong sit aside, opened the door of Chen Peiqiong's house, and helped her in.
Chen Peiqiong was given a glass of cold boiled water by Xia Xiaoman, and her dizzy mind finally became a little clearer. "Xiaoman, thank you for your help."
Xia Xiaoman wrung out the wet cloth and placed it on her forehead. "It's just a simple matter. Why bother? How did you get skin cancer? Did the doctor say anything?"
Chen Peiqiong seemed to have not yet accepted the news that she had cancer. She was stunned for a long time before she spoke: "I don't know either. The doctor said...it might be because I stayed outdoors for too long and was exposed to ultraviolet rays for a long time, so..."
"Ultraviolet light?" Xia Xiaoman frowned thoughtfully.
If she remembered correctly, the ozone layer was destroyed, and the ultraviolet radiation would also increase. And Chen Peiqiong seemed to have been going outdoors frequently since the beginning of the eternal day, either to plant crops in the planting area or to dig wild vegetables in the mountains. She was outside for at least 15 hours out of 24 hours a day.
Xia Xiaoman was worried. She patted Chen Peiqiong on the shoulder and comforted her dryly, "Sister Pei, don't worry too much. I heard that skin cancer has a high chance of being cured. I'll ask for you tomorrow. Maybe I can find a treatment plan that's suitable for you now."
Of course, the most important thing is that she needs to get checked to see if she has skin cancer. She has been exposed to the sun for several days after the earthquake, and who knows if she will also get skin cancer.
Chen Peiqiong was indifferent to what Xia Xiaoman said. If there really was a treatment plan, she would not have left the medical station and come back to wait for death.
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