Liang Xiaonan didn't want to be troublesome. Xiao Xi and Wei Yangfan were just passers-by in her life. She only needed to eat her buns well, drink her porridge well, fill her stomach, and don't miss the train.
But after eating and drinking enough, she got on the train and was surprised to find that the person sitting opposite her was Xiao Xi.
"Why did you take this train?"
"How did you..."
Both of them were surprised. They asked the same surprised question and laughed again: "What a coincidence!"
There are no books without coincidences. There are many things in this world that are so coincidental.
Xiao Xi said: "There is only one bus to Kyoto. The bus passed yesterday, so I had to buy today's bus."
"I just saw your comrade giving it to you."
"That's from the Armed Forces Department of Cao Xiaoyuan County. Oh, by the way," Xiao Xi took out the bag of garlic, opened it, gave half of it to Liang Xiaonan, and said, "Comrade Xiao Liang, take these garlic. There has been a big outbreak of meningitis recently.
, you should eat more garlic, one is for prevention, and the other two can also treat it.”
Meningococcal meningitis? Can garlic cure meningococcal meningitis?
Seeing Liang Xiaonan in a daze, Xiao Xi explained: "You may not know it in the countryside of Yu County, but now there is an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in the city, which is epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. There are now millions of patients, and the hospital can no longer accommodate them.
Already."
"Ah, so many?" Liang Xiaonan had a headache. He was frightened when he heard words like "popularity" and "big explosion".
Before she came to Blue Star, she had experienced an epidemic and a highly contagious epidemic. Although no one died, she did not dare to go anywhere. Oh, that taste was very sour.
The current outbreak is meningococcal meningitis, which can be fatal. If it happens, it will cause serious sequelae.
"Every hospital is full of patients with high fever. You haven't seen them. They vomited and squirted out. It's so bad that the hospital can't accommodate them at all!" Xiao Xi said, "They are basically young people who have been traveling outside for free.
There are too many cross-infections.”
Seeing that Liang Xiaonan was deep in thought and silent, as if he was frightened, he hurriedly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, it's fine in the sleeper car."
Liang Xiaonan said: "I am more worried now whether I can go out or come back?"
Xiao Xi told her not to think too much and to go back quickly after going out to do errands.
"Can garlic treat this disease?" Liang Xiaonan asked, "Can garlic kill this virus?"
Xiao Xi said that the doctors in the army had said to mash the garlic, extract the juice, add boiling water, prepare a 20% solution, and drink it once every 4 hours. If the condition is serious, drink it every 3 hours.
"If you don't want to make juice, you can eat raw garlic cloves. You can eat about 3 cloves a day for a few days."
Liang Xiaonan was a southerner in his previous life. Although he has worked in the north for more than ten years, his taste has never changed.
The influence of childhood habits on a person is almost lifelong. She will never eat garlic, especially raw garlic. If she is asked to eat three raw cloves a day or drink garlic juice, she shudders just thinking about it.
Thinking of this, she looked at the garlic in Xiao Xi's bag. The purple-skinned garlic was very small. It was at least one-third smaller than the garlic she had seen in the supermarket in her previous life. The garlic cloves were also small. Three cloves seemed to be small.
Still bearable.
"This garlic is really small." She said involuntarily.
"It's not too small. This garlic is very good." Xiao Xi took the net bag and looked at it. It's not too small. Isn't that the size of garlic? And this is the best one selected for him by the Ministry of Armed Forces.
"You can take it with you. I don't want it anymore. I'll go back in a few days."
Liang Xiaonan returned the garlic to Xiao Xi. After all, it was thousands of kilometers from Cao Xiaoyuan County to Kyoto, and it would take several days to get there in reverse. Xiao Xi needed the garlic even more.
Xiao Xi shook her head and did not take it back: "Comrade Xiaoliang, don't be polite. It's almost November. There aren't many garlic plants. If you go to the market, you won't be able to buy it."
Liang Xiaonan suddenly remembered that yesterday when she was in the black market, she kept being asked "Do you have garlic?" and "Do you sell garlic?" It turned out to be this question.
"When did the meningitis outbreak start?" If she had known that garlic was in such short supply, she would have grown some garlic and brought it with her!
"It started in the spring of this year. It was originally said that meningococcal meningitis was happening, but not so many people were infected. Recently, it has started to occur at a high rate, and it is said that it will continue to increase."
"How much does garlic cost per pound now?"
"The prices are very confusing now. In previous years, raw garlic only cost 5 cents, but this spring and summer it costs about 10 cents. Now 5 yuan is not uncommon. The key is that you can't buy it even if the price is high."
Xiao Xi sighed. In fact, Wei Tuan was also very worried. He even thought about signing up to go to the frontier to participate in production in person. There was now too much passion and insufficient food in the country.
As the two of them were talking, the passengers on the upper berth and the passengers next door came over to talk about the garlic problem. When everyone heard the news, they realized that garlic was in short supply and was more valuable than food. The tighter the supply, the harder it is to buy garlic. If you want to buy it, you can only buy it on the black market.
Go buy some, the prices are ridiculously high.
"Would you like lunch? It's 30 cents a portion. There's vegetables and meat." The conductor wore a red badge on his chest, held a pen and a stack of meal cards, and shouted, "Not much, first come, first served."
Xiao Xi asked for one and also asked for one for Liang Xiaonan. Liang Xiaonan said that she was rich, but Xiao Xi insisted on treating her to a meal.
The conductor tore off the ticket and handed it to them: "Keep it safe and don't lose it."
While the two were chatting, Liang Xiaonan learned that Xiao Xi's family was in Beidai Province, she was a subordinate of Wei Yangfan, and her family was from a rural area. However, she had been promoted to an officer now and would not change her career back. She would become a full-time soldier.
Xu said the two rural children had a common language, so Xiaoxi talked about the Wei family.
"The old man of the Wei family is of great status. Now he is enjoying his old age. He has five sons and one daughter. Four of the sons are martyrs. He doesn't even have any children left. My wife is mentally stimulated and needs someone to take care of her."
"Wei Tuan's father was seriously injured. After he changed his career, he opened a restaurant in Modu. He worked on his own and did not need the care of the state. Wei Tuan was also able to endure hardships in Kyoto. This family is very honorable and admirable."
When Liang Xiaonan heard Xiao Xi say this, she realized that the old man of the Wei family was really respectable, and his four sons were all martyrs. He really got goosebumps just thinking about it!
In addition, it sounds like the Wei family is really the leading wealthy family in the Porcelain Kingdom, and the old lady of the Wei family is also a lady of the family, and Wei Yangfan's mother is also a famous scholar.
"Wei Yangfan grew up with his aunt since he was a child because his parents worked. He and his aunt have a very good relationship."
He and Liang Xiaonan were talking about the Wei family, and his voice was very low. His intention was not to show off the Wei family, nor to gossip deliberately, but, well, how should I put it, he is a big-headed soldier, and he really can't do the kind of work like Sister Hu.
Son!
Liang Xiaonan didn't want to inquire about other people's affairs, but she suddenly had a strange feeling. She had met too many people named Wei in the past few months, Wei Yangfan, Wei Xishi, and Wei Jihai. She thought of the last time Zhou Yan said that the unit where Zhang Xinyi went was
In Zhou Weiyu's electronics group, is it possible that all the people named Wei are members of the same family?
"Wei Xishi is Wei Yangfan's aunt?" she asked calmly.
"Yes, how do you know?" Xiao Xi laughed to herself after asking this question.
Although he had expected this, Liang Xiaonan's heart still sank. Wei Yangfan and Wei Xishi were aunts and nephews, and Zhang Xinyi recognized Wei Xishi as her godmother. Are the Wei family and Zhou Weiyu's family now regarded as Zhang Xinyi's backers?
"Oh, have you met Comrade Wei Xishi? Her savior is also from Yu County,"
Xiao Xi said with admiration, "She personally accompanied her benefactor back to Yu County. There is a villain who is harming her benefactor's family. I heard that the perpetrator is a pair of siblings saved by her mother. They are really villains. They are even married.