Chapter 914 Villagers Died of Illness
Aunt Niu thought of her family members who died of illness on the way, and lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
She is also in pain.
She was the only one left in the family, and all her family members died of illness on different roads. They were not even buried together. When you think about it, it's like five lonely graves on the roadside.
At that time, she really didn't know that the disease could be so contagious. She just thought that their family had always been together and their health was not good, so it was not surprising that they all got sick together.
Many people in their hometown also caught colds, had nothing to eat or drink, and had no way to see a doctor or take medicine, so they died directly.
Dying of illness is a very normal thing for a poor family like theirs, she really didn't think too much about it.
When her husband died, he told her that it was better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. Even if everyone in the family died of illness and she was the only one left, she had to live on. At least there would be someone to burn paper for the whole family in the future.
It was thanks to these words that Aunt Niu managed to survive.
Otherwise she would have wanted to go with the whole family.
"Aunt Niu, don't think too much. You have helped a lot recently. You are a good person." Fu Zhaoning patted her shoulder.
"Thank you, Doctor Fu. If you have any work to do, please ask me to do it. I am not afraid of hard work or suffering."
Aunt Niu wiped her tears and went about her business. Fu Jinchen withdrew his gaze from her and asked Fu Zhaoning, "If she was really the first one to bring the virus into the city—"
"It's not her fault."
Fu Zhaoning said directly, "How could she know so much? Besides, no matter who you are, you want to live. Only a saint would hide in a deserted place and wait for death just because he is sick."
That's a bit inhumane.
"What we need to do is to research and find a cure, and try to reduce the scope of infection, rather than looking for blame."
Fu Jinchen looked at Fu Zhaoning and felt that when she said these words, she exuded an exceptionally calm and wise temperament.
He felt deeply proud.
How could Xiao Lanyuan let his daughter go when she was so outstanding and special?
"Junior sister," Dong Huanzhi called her from a distance, "We are running out of medicinal materials. There are not enough for tomorrow's use!"
"Princess," Prefect You also hurried over, "Two other patients were found in the city with similar symptoms. They are on their way to the clinic. One of them is an old man living alone, and the other has seven or eight people in his family—"
"princess!"
Eleven also hurried over.
"Speak." The more difficult the situation, the calmer Fu Zhaoning's tone became.
Eleven looked at everyone present and said, "Someone who went to Niugou Village sent an urgent letter saying that a family in Niugou Village died of illness a month ago. They all said it was tuberculosis."
Niugou Village, which was the village that Aunt Niu and her family passed by, was also affected by the disaster, but the villagers of Niugou Village did not want to flee and remained there.
An Nian and Prefect You had previously sent people to the disaster-stricken areas to investigate, to see if the victims could still return.
I also want to see if Niugou Village can allocate a group of people there to help them expand the village and rebuild Niugou Village with more people.
I didn't expect to find this news.
"A month ago, it was around the time when Aunt Niu and her family passed by, but that family had already died of the disease by then, which means that the family was infected with the disease earlier."
Fu Jinchen said in a deep voice, "Is it possible that Aunt Niu and her family got infected in Niugou Village?"
"Aunt Niu!"
Fu Zhaoning called Aunt Niu out again.
She asked about the situation.
Aunt Niu turned pale and slapped her thigh.
"We passed by Niugou Village and saw an empty house at the end of the village. We saw that no one was there and it was very cold, so we stayed there for the night."
Her lips trembled. "To be honest with you, Doctor Fu, my husband had an idea at the time. If no one lived in that house, we shouldn't rush to Zhecheng anymore and settle down in Niugou Village. But after daybreak, someone in the village saw us and shouted at us to leave quickly, saying that someone had died in that house and it was unclean."
"We didn't dare to stay here any longer, so we had to continue on our journey." Aunt Niu burst into tears, "No, it couldn't have been contracted at that time, right?"
Fu Zhaoning and Fu Jinchen looked at each other.
This is really——
Very likely.
"Did you use anything from their home while you lived there?" she asked.
Aunt Niu’s face turned pale, not knowing how to answer.
No need to ask, it must have been used.
Bedding, pots and bowls.
"Yes, maybe their family was angry that we used their things, so they took the lives of my family—" Aunt Niu sat down on the ground and started crying.
She cried loudly, regretting it so much that her intestines turned green.
"Prefect You, should we check to see if any villagers from Niugou Village have entered Zhecheng?"
"We've already sent someone to check. In Niugou Village, other disaster victims passing by may actually stop by to rest—"
You Zhifu smiled bitterly, "Auntie Li's neighbor, Old Wu, also went in to rest!"
"Did the official who brought back the message ask about the current situation in Niugou Village? Are there any other villagers who are sick now?"
"As soon as they heard about this, they withdrew from the matter and planned to wait for a reply before inquiring again."
The officials did not dare to act rashly.
Because of Fu Zhaoning's repeated instructions, they now take it very seriously. If it weren't for Fu Zhaoning, they would have no idea of the seriousness of the matter and would definitely not have thought about it.
"Tell them to take precautions, stay away from the villagers, and ask about the situation."
Prefect You left in a hurry again.
Dong Huanzhi was anxious.
"Junior Sister, you don't still want to take care of the villagers of Niugou Village, do you? We really have no medicinal materials left."
The remaining medicinal materials are not enough to feed the patients here tomorrow.
If new patients come, there will be no place to accommodate them and no medicine left.
"Princess, you have done enough—" Eleven also looked at Fu Zhaoning worriedly.
If she still has to take care of Niugou Village, she may really be unable to get away.
The princess has been working so hard. She was supposed to return to the capital in half a month, but it has already been more than 20 days.
By the way, why didn’t the prince reply?
Eleven suddenly thought of this question and felt secretly puzzled.
There has been no letter from the prince for several days.
Fu Zhaoning was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Dong Huanzhi, "Will Tongfu Pharmacy agree to ship the herbs over?"
Dong Huan was stunned.
Tongfu Pharmacy certainly has a lot of medicinal materials in stock, but old man Situ, the owner of Tongfu Pharmacy, has always been a selfish guy, and he has never done anything that would lose money.
"The quantity required is too large. Master Situ won't agree unless you spend money to buy it," he said.
Fu Zhaoning gritted his teeth and said, "Then buy it."
There are too many medicinal herbs needed, and if we really want to buy them, it will cost a considerable amount of money.
But what can we do now?
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