It's really hard to get used to. She's a bright young woman from the 21st century. Making her kneel down is incredibly awkward for her; she only kneels to heaven, earth, and her parents.
Of course, this excludes the time when I didn't study hard as a child and was punished by my teacher by being forced to kneel.
"Alright, alright, didn't I just think you were so capable? Get up now." Magistrate Liu wasn't particularly annoyed by the man's earlier rudeness.
He looked at the plague-stricken people, cleared his throat, and said loudly, "Please rest assured, everyone. I have now found a good way to cure the plague. Everyone just needs to cooperate. Of course, if anyone doesn't cooperate, regardless of whether you are sick or not, you will all be punished with a beating..."
Magistrate Liu spoke passionately, delivering a scathing critique of the people in a mix of gentle persuasion and harsh criticism.
No one dared to utter a sound after that. All they remembered was that if they caused any more trouble, they would be beaten and thrown into jail!
In severe cases, it can also implicate family members.
After inspecting this area, Magistrate Liu will go on to inspect other places.
He Tiantian and Zhao Xiaohe did not leave. Zhao Xiaohe had already gone to help distribute masks and was busy serving medicine to the people.
He Tiantian arrived at the entrance of a tent where some women, children and other children were being housed.
A mother was holding her dying child tightly in her arms. The child looked very young, about two or three years old.
He Tiantian is also a mother, and she felt very bad seeing this.
So he went over and checked the little girl's breathing. Fortunately, she was still alive.
"Sister-in-law, you can't hold her like that. You need to lay the child flat; she's struggling to breathe," He Tiantian said, trying to pull the little girl out.
However, the woman reacted very strongly, and she pushed He Tiantian down.
"No, go away! My child will die in my arms, so she won't be afraid... Xiaoying, don't be afraid. Mother is here, Mother will always hold you..."
A wave of bitterness welled up in He Tiantian's heart. She found a secluded spot and secretly bought an antibiotic from the mall.
Remembering the little girl's frail body, she bought another vial of immunoglobulin.
While talking to the woman again, He Tiantian secretly injected the medicine into the little girl's body.
Only after seeing these patients suffering from the plague did He Tiantian realize how close death truly was.
From time to time, the sounds of a woman wailing and a man's suppressed sobs could be heard from outside.
People are dying here every minute. The soldiers cover the dead with white cloths and take them to a mass grave in the suburbs to be burned.
In other words, those who died in this plague did not even have a coffin or a decent funeral.
As night fell, the temperature in the city seemed even warmer than in the countryside.
After finishing her work, He Tiantian took Zhao Xiaohe back to the government office. Both of them were covered in sweat.
However, due to the drought, the two of them can only have one basin of water a day, including drinking water.
If this continues, He Tiantian estimates that she will be unbearably smelly in less than three days.
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