Several people are unconscious?
Lin Xi frowned and quickly scanned the faces of the three people in front of her.
However, she noticed nothing unusual about the three people's faces.
It seems that this is not just a problem affecting the entire village.
Otherwise, one would definitely be able to discern something from the expressions on the faces of these three people.
If that's the case, then it must be something those people went through together.
Lin Xi withdrew her gaze, looked at the old man in front of her, and asked.
"What do these people have in common? For example, have they been to any places together, or done anything together?"
Upon hearing this, the three people in front of them thought about it carefully for a while, but they all shook their heads in unison.
The people who are unconscious include men and women, young and old, and they are all of different ages and genders.
Moreover, these people live at different ends of the village, and they are not related by blood.
So they really couldn't think of anything they had in common.
As for whether they did anything together or went anywhere together.
They couldn't keep an eye on those people all the time, so they really didn't know.
Seeing this, Lin Xi could only ask them to explain in detail about the people who had fainted.
The old man in front of him nodded, then sighed and spoke.
"Including those who fell into a coma last night, a total of four people in our village have fallen into a coma so far..."
The old man in front of me is surnamed Xu, and he is the village chief of their village.
Their village doesn't have a particularly large population, but the people there get along quite well and rarely have conflicts.
Xu, the village chief, has been in office for almost twenty years. The biggest problem he has ever dealt with was whose dog killed whose chicken, which ended with the dog owner paying compensation.
I never expected that something so big would happen so close to my retirement.
Village Chief Xu's hair has turned quite a bit white these past few days from worry.
The incident of the villager falling into a coma dates back to three days ago.
Three days ago, in the morning, a family at the end of their village suddenly said that their old lady couldn't be woken up.
When everyone first heard the news, their hearts sank, thinking that the old lady had passed away.
But when everyone rushed to the house at the end of the village, they found that the old lady there was truly "unwakeable".
The person was sleeping soundly in bed, breathing evenly, with rosy cheeks and a slight smile on their lips, as if they were having a sweet dream.
Although it looks like he's sleeping normally, strangely, he can't be woken up no matter how much you call him.
They called out softly, they called out loudly, and some even took a wet cloth to wipe the old lady's face, but she still didn't wake up.
If the old lady hadn't been breathing normally and showing no other abnormalities, her family would have taken her to the hospital long ago.
But now that the person can't be woken up, there are no other problems, which leaves them somewhat at a loss as to what to do.
In the end, we could only tell other people in the village about this and see if they could help us think of a solution.
Unfortunately, most of the villagers also came and came up with some other ideas.
For example, if you play the old lady's favorite song, she will sing along whenever the song is played when she is lucid.
Unfortunately, this time the old lady didn't even open her eyes, let alone sing along.
Besides playing the old lady's favorite songs, some people suggested bringing her some of her favorite foods and placing them under her nose to stimulate her sense of hunger with the smell of food.
The old lady's family quickly made her favorite braised pork knuckle and immediately placed the steaming, fragrant pork knuckle under her nose.
The others in the room couldn't help but swallow their saliva when they smelled the aroma of the braised pork knuckle, but the old lady, who loved this dish the most, still didn't react at all.
They tried everything, but couldn't wake the old lady up, and everyone was at a loss.
They then asked the old lady if she had done anything unusual before going to bed, and her family said there was nothing unusual.
After the old lady went to the market, she stayed for a while and then went to sleep.
Although the old lady was not young, she was very healthy and would go to the market on market days in town.
Although I might not be willing to buy anything, I just love to join in the fun.
Moreover, they have a strong addiction to going to the market and won't come back until the market is over.
Sometimes, they would even go to the teahouse or mahjong parlor in town and sit for an afternoon, watching others play cards all day before slowly walking back.
Fortunately, their village is located between two towns, and there are rural buses that run between the two towns every day. The last rural bus runs until 9 p.m.
Moreover, the old lady has a senior citizen card, so she can ride for free. She can get on the bus in town and take it a few stops to reach the village entrance. Her family never worries that she won't be able to come back.
Yesterday, just like before, the old lady didn't go home until dark.
She had already called her family in advance to tell them that she had dinner in town and would be back later, and asked them not to wait for her.
Because the old lady had done this before, her family didn't find it strange.
Moreover, the old lady is very punctual. She almost always gets home at the same time every time she comes home late, around 9:30 pm, and this time was no exception.
After returning home, she chatted with her family for a few minutes, then said she was sleepy, and went to wash up and go to bed.
From the moment she returned home until her behavior there, nothing seemed out of the ordinary to her family.
So they never imagined that once the old lady fell asleep, she would be unwakeful.
After hearing this, everyone felt there was no problem, which made them even more confused.
In the end, all we could do was let the old lady's family observe her for a while longer. If she still didn't wake up, we would have to take her to the hospital.
With such a big incident, half the village went, and of course, Village Chief Xu went as well.
However, he didn't have any good advice at the time. He just told the old lady's family to observe her for a while and see a doctor if things got really bad. He then gave a few more instructions, such as asking for help if anything happened, and then left.
After all, at the time, the situation seemed to be just a family matter for the old lady and her family.
As the village chief, he can only lend a hand when they need it, and he can't interfere in other family matters.
Before the old lady's problem could be resolved, he heard wailing and crying coming from another house in the village in the afternoon.
Upon hearing the commotion, Village Chief Xu hurried over.
The person crying out was a middle-aged woman from the village.
The woman cried and shouted that she couldn't wake her husband.
Village Chief Xu knew the couple well; the man liked to drink, and he would often have a drink at home whenever he had nothing to do, and he also frequently went to the tavern in town to drink with others.
Moreover, this person doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance; he gets drunk very quickly and then falls into a deep sleep, sometimes sleeping from morning till night.
So when Village Chief Xu saw the woman calling for her husband and couldn't wake him, his first thought was that the man had passed out drunk again.
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