Chapter 46 Can You Take Responsibility?
"Everyone here has relatives who have been afflicted by the plague, but you haven't been infected yourself. Compared to others, you have a higher chance of fighting the plague. I'd like to ask for a favor. If you agree, I will reward you generously."
The villagers of Anju Village looked at the little girl in front of them who was only a few years old. They spoke in an adult tone, but there was no surprise in their eyes.
"What does Miss Gu need us to do?"
Gu Feixue hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "I want you to help me carry all those infected with the plague out into the sun."
As Gu Feixue expected, everyone present looked surprised and puzzled.
There are also some people who are hostile to Gu Feixue's ideas.
A sturdy middle-aged man angrily said, "You want us to abandon these sick relatives?!"
Gu Feixue frowned slightly, but she also knew that everything has a process, so she said patiently:
"Don't be impatient, my dear, that's not what I meant. Let me explain."
Seeing that everyone was suspicious and uneasy because of the words of the warrior, Gu Feixue could only be honest:
"As we all know, there's no better cure for the plague. Keeping them in stagnant air will only worsen their condition. Getting them out of the house will not only allow the sun to dispel the external pathogenic plague, but it will also adjust their condition and increase the chances of recovery."
When everyone heard this, they immediately started talking:
"Letting them out in the sun can cure the plague? How did you know that?"
"Yes, yes. No one has ever heard that the plague can be cured by simply basking in the sun. Are you kidding us?"
Gu Feixue's face was filled with sincerity when she heard this. "To be honest, I read all this in medical books. They say there isn't necessarily a 100% cure rate. After all, no doctor, no matter how skilled, would dare to claim they can cure every patient. But they also say that by using sunlight to eliminate some of the external evil, the chances of survival can be increased."
The words "medical book" shocked most people. Gu Feixue knew that books in this era were not available to ordinary people, let alone something like a medical book.
However, few people present doubted the truthfulness of what she said, because during this period she had helped the people of Anju Village successfully bring water to the wasteland.
From then on, these people took what she said very seriously.
However, Gu Feixue didn't expect that the person who stood up to refute her this time was the village chief who had stood up to thank her for bringing water to the villagers:
"No need. You can't guarantee that this will cure them. If it not only fails to cure them but makes their condition worse, can you take responsibility?"
Gu Feixue's eyes gradually turned cold. She looked around, her gaze passing over the anxious, suspicious, or hesitant expressions on everyone's face.
Then he looked at the old village chief who was in the lead, and the words he said were not as gentle as before, but rather aggressive:
"Then can you take responsibility? If my guess is correct, those villagers in Anju Village who were said to have caught a cold weren't actually infected with a cold, but the plague!"
Gu Feixue ignored the shock and fear on the old village chief's face and continued, "If you hadn't reported it to your superiors when you first discovered it, how could it have infected so many people?"
The old village chief seemed to have aged ten years upon hearing this. He looked at the villagers around him who were staring at him with suspicion. He finally couldn't help himself and started crying.
"I have no choice but to keep it a secret. Anju Village is originally a refugee village. If others find out that someone has contracted the plague, the whole village will be finished. No one will provide food to a village infected with the plague, and we will all starve to death..."
The old village chief's true feelings made everyone present's eyes red, even Gu Feixue could only sigh in her heart.
The old village chief bears the burden for everyone, but does not trust the government that provides them with food every day.
"How do you know the relief grain wasn't distributed to the plague-stricken villages? A quarter of the daily relief grain went to those villages you'd never heard from. They were fed the same rice porridge you were fed, and those infected didn't even have to work to get their food."
Gu Feixue, who came up with the idea to cheat food and empty the pockets of those wealthy businessmen, knew best that there were all the places in Liangcheng that needed food. If there were no people suspected of having the plague who could not be diagnosed and had to be quarantined, why would there be a need for so much food?
"What you said... is true? The prefect really won't give up on us?"
The old village chief's eyes were filled with tears, and his tone contained not only hope but also endless regret.
Gu Feixue shook her head: "If everyone wanted to give up on you, I wouldn't be here right now."
Yes, if she really wanted to give up Anju Village, why would she go there alone? She could just watch Anju Village being blocked off. Why bother coming here and risk being infected?
Many people vaguely remembered that not long ago, in order to bring water to the villagers who were reclaiming wasteland in Anju Village, the girl from the Gu family who followed them all day long running between the river and the wasteland was only seven or eight years old.
At such a young age, he was able to come up with such an ingenious method of diverting water. He must have learned the books of sages since childhood.
Then what she said now about sunlight exorcising evil spirits is very likely to be true.
"Village Chief, I don't blame you. You're doing this for the sake of the villagers. And I believe she wouldn't harm us, otherwise she wouldn't have helped us so many times."
At this time, a young man stood up. He looked young, but gave people a calm impression.
"Da Zhuang, have you thought it through? Your parents, brother, and sister-in-law have all been infected with the plague. If..."
The old village chief had already believed Gu Feixue at this time, but he still reminded her.
Liu Dazhuang said with a firm face, "My parents, brother, and sister-in-law have been infected with the plague, which is already very dangerous. If there is a possibility of a cure, why not give it a try?"
Liu Dazhuang's words shocked many people present.
Yes, if you try, maybe there is still a chance of survival. Otherwise, are you really going to lie in bed and wait to die?
So more and more people are speaking out:
"Village Chief, I am also willing to believe Miss Gu. My mother is dying. If there is hope, I am willing to give it a try."
"Yes, Village Chief. The people who fled with us earlier said that Miss Gu found a lot of food when they were about to starve to death, which allowed them to survive."
Everyone said in unison that they were willing to believe Gu Feixue. Gu Feixue sighed, seeing that it was getting late and they could only get half an hour of sun at most.
"Village Chief, how do you decide?"
The old village chief looked at everyone's eager eyes, then glanced at the slightly anxious Gu Feixue, and finally sighed and said:
"Forget it, I'll just listen to Miss Gu. Even if the result is still the same, I will thank Miss Gu on behalf of the villagers of Anju Village for her care."
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