Chapter 24 The beginning of the great plague in Tongmen Pass

Li Zhi smiled awkwardly.

He didn't want to either.

But the money was spent.

And what his elder brother said was right, money is something outside of one's body, it would be bad if it delayed mother's treatment.

Su Baishou's skinny fingers were placed on the old lady's wrist, and his expression became more and more solemn.

Originally, the old lady thought it was nothing, but looking at Su Baishou's eyes, she began to panic.

Could it be that she really had an incurable disease?

Su Baishou asked: "Have you always felt weak, dry mouth, and always hungry and dissatisfied recently?"

"Yes..."

Su Baishou loosened his hand, pondered for a moment and said: "It's diabetes."

"Diabetes?"

Li Zhi was a little unsteady for a while and almost fell down.

"Isn't this disease something that only the rich and powerful get? Why, why did my mother get it?"

Su Baishou shook her head: "Nothing in this world is absolute."

[Xiaoke?]

[Isn't it just diabetes?]

[This disease is very difficult to cure. Even in modern times with advanced technology, many people are suffering from diabetes. In this era, medical care is so backward, and there is no special equipment to measure blood sugar. No wonder the old lady died six months later.]

[But now it is discovered early. As long as the old lady exercises more and eats less sweets, there should be no big problem.]

Gan Fanren listened to his daughter's voice and roughly understood that this disease would not be fatal as long as she took good care of herself, and she felt much more relaxed.

Su Baishou simply prescribed a prescription and told the old lady to eat less sweets.

When he left, he saw the dried meat drying in the Gan family and the grain on the ground.

Thinking of the recent high grain prices,

Su Baishou said, "I'll waive the money for the medicine. Can you exchange it for grain and dried meat?"

Of course.

The thing Gan Fanren lacked the most was food.

He packed the food and asked Li Zhi to deliver it to Su Baishou's home.

Su Baishou's family only had a little granddaughter, who was about the same age as Li Zhi.

But she didn't look as anxious as Li Zhi, and looked innocent and cute. When she saw Su Baishou coming back, she hurried out to greet him.

"Grandpa, the world is in a mess recently, and you are not feeling well, why do you still want to go out for a medical consultation?"

Su Baishou smiled and said, "Grandpa, your old bones are still obedient. If you don't make more money while you can, how can you afford the dowry for my wonderful granddaughter?"

"Look, Grandpa brought you some dried meat during this visit."

The little girl smiled sweetly when she saw the dried meat in Li Zhi's hand.

Li Zhi blushed and hurriedly handed the dried meat out.

Under the cold moonlight, Li Zhi calmed down a little.

Other people's grandpa is a doctor, and he is just a rough man, so he is not worthy of coveting other people's granddaughter.

He held the medicine in his hand, quickened his pace, and returned to the inn.

Hui Niang helped him boil the medicine, and urged the old lady to drink it.

Gan Tian sighed slightly: [It's a pity that my virtual city system level is too low, and the gold coins are not enough. I can't open the hospital for the time being, otherwise I can find a way to get some blood glucose meters and medicines. ]

Gan Tian opened the system, looked at the gray hospital and clicked lightly.

[Help, it costs two thousand taels of silver to activate the hospital. It's not worth two thousand taels even if I'm killed. ]

Gan Fanren has never seen two thousand taels in his life.

But with his daughter's system, making money is actually a very easy thing.

Gan Fanren is not worried about this.

As long as he arrives in the capital and has a place to stay, he will work hard to make money.

Two thousand taels of silver is not a problem.

Gan Fanren patted Li Zhi on the shoulder.

"Now that we have found out, we should pay more attention to it in the future."

"When we arrive in the capital, we will definitely find a cure."

Li Zhi looked at Gan Fanren with gratitude.

"Thank you, big brother. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid my mother would..."

He is a tall and strong man, but at this moment, his eyes are blurred with tears, looking at the ugly and cute face.

Although it is quite touching, Gan Tian feels a little bit hot to the eyes.

She quietly turned her eyes away and looked away.

She noticed that it was raining outside the window again.

In novels, authors rarely describe the environment. If they do, it is most likely related to the character's state of mind or fate.

Most of the content in the novel revolves around the protagonist.

The description of supporting characters is only a small part.

Gan Tian didn't remember whether the book mentioned this rain, but she felt that this rain revealed some unknown atmosphere.

[I always have an unknown premonition, feeling that this rain seems not so simple.]

"Everyone have a good rest, we will leave early tomorrow morning."

This Tongmen Pass is not simple, it is better to leave as soon as possible.

Gan Fanren planned very well.

But the next day, it was discovered that the water level had risen again.

The water level was already half a person high.

Fortunately, they lived on the second floor, so nothing happened.

The room on the first floor was already half flooded.

The streets were full of government officials to clear the public security.

"Will God let us live? There was a flood a month and a half ago, and many people died. The bodies have not been dealt with yet, and now there is another flood."

The shopkeeper looked at the water outside with a frown.

[I remember that the novel briefly mentioned that there was a plague after the flood, and many people died. The novel just mentioned it briefly, and I didn't even remember it.]

【What do the government officials do? A month and a half has passed, and the corpses have not been handled properly. How can there not be an epidemic with so many corpses?】

Gan Fanren was shocked.

"Shopkeeper, you just said that the corpses were not handled properly before?"

The shopkeeper sneered: "The government officials are always thinking about how to extort money from the people, how can they care about handling corpses?"

"Handling corpses is not as important as making money."

Speaking of this, the waiter also complained.

"The unclaimed bodies filled up the charity house, and there was no place to put them. We had no choice but to dump them in the nearby mountains. The smell was so strong that people living at the foot of the mountain got sick from the smell."

[Oh my God, this is not getting sick from the smell, this is not getting infected with the plague!]

Gan Tian felt a little flustered after hearing this.

Gan Fanren's face also changed.

"We have to leave as soon as possible." "We

can't stay in this place any longer."

Plague is not something that a scholar like him can solve.

They still have to leave as soon as possible.

The inn is located high enough, and they live on the second floor, so they are not affected by the flood.

When the water receded, the Gan family left in a hurry.

In order to leave as soon as possible, they cooked a lot of fast food during the days they were trapped in the inn.

Fried rice, fried noodles, and cakes filled their bags.

But when they left, they found that there were only two ways to get out of Tongmen Pass.

One is the official road.

The official road has a high toll and is not safe now.

The most important thing is that because of the flood, rocks fell from the mountain and blocked the official road.

Now the official road is not accessible.

The other path requires crossing a wooden bridge.

But now the wooden bridge has been washed away, and they can only wait until the bridge is repaired before they can leave.

The food they prepared before seemed to be useless.

The Gan family was forced to live in the inn.