Chapter 52 Chapter 52
Soon, the sky brightened and the sun came out.
The base also set up tents under the shade of trees for the residents to sleep in. The conditions were simple, but no one complained. Following the large group to Province Y was their own choice, and they had already prepared themselves for the difficulties and twists on the journey.
The only thing that is really bothering is the mosquito bites at night. I was wearing a vest and shorts, and my skin was directly exposed to the environment, which was like a buffet for mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes are the intermediate hosts of many viruses, the most common of which are malaria and dengue fever.
The base distributed some wormwood for free, which can repel mosquitoes when burned. But some people don't like the smell and think that mosquito bites are no problem. This is how people in rural areas get by. So they just throw away the wormwood.
And then I got caught.
The initial symptoms were frequent shivers, and I was actually afraid of the cold even in a 50-degree weather. But my mental state was fine, so I didn't think much about it and thought it was just ordinary heatstroke. I went to the medical team and asked for a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water.
The next day, his condition took a turn for the worse. His face was red, and his forehead was so hot that it burned my hand. He was twitching from time to time, and he fell into a coma. His family didn't dare to tell anyone, hoping that he might have suffered from heat stroke.
By the third day, his condition had become very bad. He was lying on the ground, breathing out more than breathing in, and if you were not careful, you could not see the rise and fall of his chest at all.
He relied on his parents' support to travel.
At this point it could no longer be concealed. The nearby patrol team noticed the abnormality and came to check it out immediately. As a result, they saw a pale man who looked like he was about to die.
The first thought that popped into my mind was: Could it be an infectious disease?
The two patrol team boys were panicked for a few seconds, but immediately calmed down. They each lifted up one of the men and moved them away from the crowd to prevent the virus from spreading to healthy people.
The man's family was worried that they would just get rid of the man, so they followed them crying.
Director Wu, who received the notification, rushed over with the medical team to check on the man's condition.
According to mosquito bites, symptoms include cyanosis of the index finger and lips.
Due to the lack of medical equipment, it is not difficult to conduct a detailed examination. The doctor can only listen to the patient's heart rate and detect the body temperature, then open the eyelids to observe the pupil reflex. In the end, he can only shake his head at the family with regret.
"You should say goodbye to him for the last time. It should be today."
In peacetime, malaria is still an infectious disease with high risks and high mortality rates. Men are so careless that they don't use wormwood to repel mosquitoes. Isn't this just letting mosquitoes eat their fill?
The man's wife cried bitterly, hating herself for not persuading him more, otherwise this kind of thing would not have happened.
The medical team has seen many cases like this, where people don't follow the doctor's orders and commit suicide. It's not just the man in the team who does this, so they will be busy in the next few days.
In the late night, the man died. His blood was full of malarial parasites and needed to be burned urgently. Even if his family members were unwilling, there was nothing they could do. They could not harm others for their own selfish interests.
The man's death sounded a warning to others, and they all began to use wormwood. But within a few days, some people still fell ill intermittently, and 90% of the people infected with malaria were from the capital base.
Some people seized on this point and began to incite them, saying that the people at H base did not treat them as their own people at all and that the mugwort they gave them was fake, so basically no one at H base was bitten.
Liu Qin, whose husband and son both died of malaria, immediately hated the people at the H base after hearing this man's instigation.
If it weren't for them, her husband and son wouldn't have died! She must avenge them.
As a weak woman, she could not do much, but one night during her rest period, she heard the conversation between Director Wu and others and learned that malaria can be transmitted through blood. Then she thought about her own symptoms today, which were exactly the same as her husband's, and a plan emerged in her mind.
When the team stopped to rest, Ye Xun and his friends were cooking. When they got off the car, they happened to meet a lone goose flying.
The earth's climate is a mess, so they don't find it strange at all to see wild geese in this season and this location.
Ye Xun grabbed a handful of corn kernels, found a place away from the team and scattered them, then waited for the geese to take the bait.
This goose has been starving for several days. It accidentally separated from the flock and could not find food. These corns will be its only meal in the next few days and also its last meal.
It came down from the air, stopped not far from the corn kernels, and moved towards this side little by little.
The closer he got, the more anxious he became, and the last few steps were almost a run.
While it lowered its head to peck at food, Qin Wei, who had been waiting for a long time, finally found his chance. He closed his left eye slightly, aimed at the slender neck, and shot the crossbow in his hand.
At this time, when the wild goose felt the sound of the crossbow arrow flying through the air, it was too late to dodge. The arrow pierced its neck and blood splattered all over the ground.
Qin Wei walked over, picked up the wild goose that was still breathing, pulled out the arrow stuck in its neck, wiped it with a tissue, and after sharpening the blunt arrowhead with a whetstone, it could still be used.
There was a large amount of bird meat in today's meal, and everyone was looking forward to it.
When Qin Wei was still a mercenary, the dish he cooked the most was barbecue, so his barbecue skills were superb. He controlled the heat and time very well, and the geese he roasted were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
As a hunter, Qin Wei had the right to determine the ownership of the wild goose. He did not move his chopsticks, and no one else would do so either.
He gave one of the two legs to Ye Xun, kept one for himself, and gave the two wings to Wang Yu and Yu Fei respectively, which made the two little girls look at him with gratitude.
There was only a few pounds of meat on the goose, so Qin Wei took away the four best parts of the goose at once. The rest was not even enough to fill a bowl, so Xie Wei and the others distributed it at will.
Just as they were enjoying their meal, screams of fear were heard from outside the car, one after another.
Qin Wei quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked in the direction of the sound. Ten meters away, he saw a crazy woman with messy hair, a hideous face, about thirty years old, behaving insanely, holding a dagger in her hand, and before she chopped someone, she would use the dagger to cut the palm of her hand first.
As if sensing Qin Wei's gaze, she turned her head abruptly, looked at him across the crowd, and then rushed in that direction like a fly.
Qin Wei wanted to close the car door, but it was blocked and he couldn't close it for a while. Seeing that the woman was right in front of him, he raised the bloody dagger in his hand and was about to stab her, but an electric saw suddenly appeared. The next second, the woman screamed, and the dagger and her palm fell to the ground.
The dark red blood gushing out from the fracture quickly soaked the ground red.
He looked back and saw that it was Ye Xun, with blood still dripping from the chainsaw in his hand.
The others didn't expect that such a handsome young man could be so ruthless. They were stunned for a moment, but soon reacted and pinned the woman, who was holding the stump in her hand and trying to escape when no one was paying attention, to the ground.
The patrol team arrived late and the situation was under control. The injured people were taken to the medical team for bandaging.
Women are no exception. They have to pay the price for their mistakes instead of dying easily.
However, the doctor knew at just one look that she was dying, and even if she was not prosecuted for her crimes, she would not survive more than three days.
"This person is infected with malaria. Anyone who was injured by her, please stand up!"
Everyone stepped back, leaving a few people standing there in panic, their wounds still oozing blood, when they heard such tragic news.
No wonder that damn woman is so crazy, she just wants to drag more people down with her.
Among the more than 20 injured people, only one girl sprained her ankle in panic and survived. The rest were all taken to the team for final isolation.
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