Chapter 15
The woman’s death was just the beginning. Yesterday’s peace was broken, and today Lin Xing truly realized the horror of the plague.
Many people started to have fever one after another. Most of them were elderly people and children. It was useless even if they were given medicine in advance.
According to the doctor's report, the number of people with fever continued to increase, and by nightfall there were already dozens of people. The whistling wind and people's cries flooded into Lin Xing's ears. All she could do was to keep boiling medicine, hoping that she could save more people.
A gust of autumn wind blew across Lin Xing's face, dispersing the strong smell of medicine around her and making her shiver.
Lin Xing put down the work in her hands and went to look for Yu Hang. After looking around, she saw him reinforcing the shed in the corner.
She walked towards Yu Hang, who also noticed her and immediately stood up, accidentally bumping into something.
"Be careful, don't be so anxious." Lin Xing was frightened by his actions and reached out to help him, but there was still some distance between them.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all. You came to me because something happened?" Yu Hang patted his chest to indicate that he was fine, but he had just hit his head.
Lin Xing covered her mouth and laughed secretly. After she had laughed enough, she said seriously, "I just came to discuss the matter of those patients with you. Although these sheds can block the wind, it is too cold at night. It is better to let them rest in our house. It doesn't matter to us, but they can't stand it."
"Okay, you're really thoughtful. I didn't think of that. I agree with you wholeheartedly." Yu Hang raised his hands and jumped, "But I still need to discuss this with Shen Ling."
"Then I'll go find him, and you just concentrate on your work."
"No need, he's coming." Yu Hang raised his hand and pointed behind Lin Xing. Lin Xing looked in the direction and saw Shen Ling walking towards them in green clothes.
However, after two days of hard work, the clothes became gray, not just him, but everyone else's. Looking at Shen Ling approaching, Lin Xing felt that he should have a fan.
"You came at the right time. I have something to discuss with you." Guessing that Shen Ling could hear her, Lin Xing spoke at the right time.
"No matter what it is, as long as Manager Lin asks, I will not refuse." Shen Ling said and threw a wink, Lin Xing and Yu Hang rolled their eyes.
"Be serious. I want to move the patient to our house to rest. What do you think?" Lin Xing did not argue with him. Business was more important.
"It's a cold autumn night, this is a good idea. I don't mind, but there are some women accompanying us, should we ask them?"
"I was negligent." Lin Xing nodded, "Then I'll go back and make arrangements. It will be even colder if I'm late."
Lin Xing turned and left, returning to the place where she was boiling medicine. In fact, there were not many women accompanying her, and the trip was extremely risky, so she did not ask them to help here.
Next, Lin Xing asked the women one by one, and their answers were all the same: they were willing.
At this time, all the work has been completed. Lin Xing called everyone together and said, "I want to ask you a favor. Many patients have already developed fever and they cannot catch a cold anymore, so I want to let them rest in the house. Don't worry, when the work is over, I will give you a month's salary to thank you for your efforts. What do you think?"
Lin Xing bowed deeply. Listening to the noise around her, she was still a little nervous and didn't stand up.
"What are you talking about, Manager Lin? We will give up the house even if you don't pay us." Lin Xing raised her head and looked at the person who was speaking. He was a waiter in the restaurant.
"Yes, Manager Lin, please stop being polite." This man was a doctor.
"Huan'er, hurry up and help the shopkeeper up. Everyone else in the restaurant, follow me and help the patient into the house to shelter from the wind." After Uncle Gui said this, everyone followed him, and only Huan'er came to Lin Xing's side.
The two smiled at each other and quickly caught up with the crowd to help. Every time a patient was helped into the house, Lin Xing could hear a voice of thanks.
Lin Xing wanted to help support the patient, but Uncle Gui and the others wouldn't let her do it and told her to go and rest. After much thought, Lin Xing decided to help everyone make the bedding.
After they finished, Lin Xing's side was almost done too. After each of them found their own seats, they prepared to go to bed.
"Manager Lin, did you tell your husband's family?" A woman's voice came from behind the cloth. For safety reasons, they put something between them and the refugees, and also between men and women.
Lin Xing couldn't see the expression of the person who was speaking, she could only see the girls with her trying hard to hold back their laughter. She glared at them in reproach: "No, why are you asking this question all of a sudden, Auntie?"
"How about I find you a matchmaker? I know a few outstanding young men who are about your age and are making a living in the capital. They are worthy of you."
Before Lin Xing could figure out how to respond with high emotional intelligence, a voice came.
"Come on, do those people you introduced deserve to be our Shopkeeper Lin? I'm telling you, Shopkeeper Lin, don't believe her."
"Hey, how can you talk like that? Do you want to introduce Manager Lin to your son?"
"Don't talk nonsense, how can I have it?"
Hearing that the two were about to quarrel, Lin Xing hurriedly interrupted them: "Thank you very much, ladies, but I won't consider this matter now."
The two stopped arguing, but soon they started arguing again because of some friction that happened between them when they were young.
"Ladies, I'm going to be angry if you don't take a rest." Lin Xing felt that it was getting late and she couldn't let them continue arguing, so she started pretending to be angry.
The sound over there became smaller, but it didn't stop, which seemed like an attempt to cover up one's faults. Lin Xing sighed helplessly. Only then did she realize that the people around her were laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.
"Is it so funny?" Lin Xing patted A Yue who was sleeping on her left. A Yue did not reply but pointed at Lin Huan who was sleeping on Lin Xing's right, motioning her to look over there.
OK, Lin Xing then realized that Huan'er had also been trying to hold back her laughter. She stood up and hit everyone, then lay back and covered herself with the quilt, ending the topic.
Gradually, the quarreling of the old ladies stopped and their breathing became steady, but two of them were still awake.
Chen Ling and Yu Hang turned over one by one, one after another, and then the two who had exchanged secret signals sat up at the same time.
Afraid of waking others, Shen Ling said in the smallest voice: "What's wrong with you? Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"Didn't you sleep either?" Yu Hang asked, imitating the way Shen Ling spoke.
Shen Ling lay down again and looked at the shed above his head: “You are not used to sleeping on the ground for the first time, right?”
"Oh, me too."
Shen Ling was really pissed off. These two people were talking nonsense, one more than the other. He had been humiliated by them so many times. After thinking for a long time, he came up with a way to fight back.
"Brother Yu, you have to work hard." Shen Ling covered his head and fell asleep. He was determined not to answer anything Yu Hang asked, but Yu Hang said nothing and just sat there.
Gradually, sleepiness came over him and Shen Ling closed his eyes. Blurredly, he seemed to see Yu Hang getting up and leaving the shed, but the next second he lay back down. It must have been an illusion.
Early in the morning, everyone got up one after another. As soon as Lin Xing opened her eyes, she found ginkgo leaves falling beside her. The wind was quite strong last night, and the ginkgo leaves were blown in. If she remembered correctly, the ginkgo tree was a little distance away from them. It seems that her decision was very wise.
When Lin Xing heard the doctor say that no new people had fever last night, she was very happy. It seemed that their measures were still effective and today would definitely be a good day.
The aroma of food wafted in the air again, and it was time to eat. Lin Xing still chose to distribute the food. She noticed that many people had smiles on their faces, but two of the ladies seemed to have scars on their faces, but they could not be seen clearly through their masks.
After Lin Xing served the last person, she noticed someone sneaking around in the distance, "Little brother over there, have you not eaten yet? Come over here and serve your meal."
The little boy walked over hesitantly. The distance was not very long but he felt like he was running a marathon. When he finally came over, Lin Xing had already served him the meal and handed it directly to him, but he did not take it.
Lin Xing asked in confusion: "Little brother, what's wrong? Is the food not to your liking?"
The little boy shook his head hurriedly: "No, sister, I'm not hungry."
"Even if you're not hungry, you have to eat something, otherwise you won't grow taller." Looking at the thin boy in front of her, Lin Xing sincerely advised him to eat.
But the boy refused to go and kept looking towards the room where the patient lived, which Lin Xing noticed.
"Little brother, are you afraid that if you eat it, the patient will have nothing to eat?"
The boy nodded and then shook his head.
How kind! Lin Xing patiently continued to persuade: "Brother, don't worry, we are delivering food to the patients first, and now everyone in the room has eaten enough."
The boy was willing to take the bowl, but he ran away without saying anything.
"What a little kid."
Lin Xing also went to eat, she was starving. After dinner, she started to boil medicine again. Lin Xing felt that she never wanted to touch Chinese medicine again in her life. She really wanted to vomit. Ugh.
Suddenly, there was an unrhythmic sound of drumming. Lin Xing looked up and saw many children playing around a big drum. She met the eyes of Shen Ling who was standing aside and asked him what was going on by mouthing words.
Chen Ling looked very proud. Yu Hang happened to come to Lin Xing's side. She turned to Yu Hang and asked, "What's going on? Chen Ling is even forming a band?"
"I don't know either. He said mysteriously in the morning that he wanted to make this place lively, and then this big drum appeared." Yu Hang took over the work in Lin Xing's hands to help.
"It's really not quiet anymore. It's noisy now. He is really something."
That being said, Lin Xing quickly got used to the sound of the drums. It was indeed quite lively. Everyone became more energetic when distributing the medicine, and even the little boy became happy.
Lin Xing handed the medicine to the little boy and told him to finish it. The boy left a message before leaving. After saying that, he ran away quickly. Maybe he was too shy so his voice was very soft, but Lin Xing still heard it.
Thank you for not abandoning us.
By the afternoon, the number of patients had not increased and everyone had some free time, sitting together and listening to the drums. There was no identity here, everyone was just an ordinary person and could speak freely. Some people even proposed matchmaking to Shen Ling, which made everyone laugh.
Just when everyone was having a great time chatting, Lin Xing noticed that many people were walking towards them. She touched Yu Hang beside her and motioned him to look over there.
Then the two stood up and made an excuse to leave the crowd, "What's going on? Are they here to support us?"
"I don't know. It seems like the time is right. I delivered the message before we got here."
Yu Hang's words did not completely let Lin Xing let down her guard. They chose to ask these people individually and let Chen Ling stay behind to control the situation, fearing that it would cause panic among everyone.
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