The old man was leaning there, looking weak and very weak.
He kept coughing and felt uncomfortable in his legs and feet.
Zheng Qing'er immediately diagnosed him and said worriedly: "Uncle, your health is very bad. What's going on? Where are you people here?"
The old man sighed and said helplessly: "Isn't it bad? If it wasn't bad, I wouldn't stay here and would have gone to work long ago."
"Work? What do you mean? What kind of work do you still do when you are so old?" Zheng Qing'er asked.
The old man looked sad and said: "You are from other places, you don't understand the situation here. If you don't work, we will die. There is really nothing we can do. I am already quite old anyway."
, just wait here to die."
Jiang Nan felt strange and asked, "What's going on, old man, has something happened here?"
The old man nodded and said: "You see that every house here is closed, but they are actually going there to work. In fact, they are working to pay for their lives."
Bai Ling said anxiously: "How could this happen? In the past, weren't the people here quite peaceful? What happened?"
The old man looked at Bai Ling and said, "Are you from our place? Which family do you belong to?"
"I'm Bai Ling from Baijia. Uncle, do you know me? Do you know where my family members are?" Bai Ling said anxiously.
"You are from Baijia. You are Bailing. I remember you. Everyone here knows you. With such a talented person, why did you come back? Did your parents ask you to come back? It's not like that."
The old man was very puzzled.
Bai Ling felt something was wrong and said: "My parents usually call me and say they are doing well. I haven't been back for a long time. I don't know what happened. Please tell me quickly."
The old man said with a sad face: "Hey, girl, it's not that your parents lied to you, it's because they don't want you to worry. In the past, we lived here in peace and contentment. However, since last year, a group of people suddenly came, and everything has changed here.
It’s changed.”
"Who are they and what's going on?" Bai Ling asked quickly.
The old man fell into memories and spoke slowly.
"Their origins are unknown. At first they said they were here to inspect and develop some kind of thing. In fact, they were secretly and quietly exploring resources.
Later, they said they had discovered a gold mine and encouraged us here to help mine it.
At the beginning, we were all very happy. This was a good thing. We became rich along the way, which was of course very good. Our living conditions immediately improved, and our living income increased a lot.
However, slowly something went wrong. Especially a few months ago, people here got a strange disease in droves, and it was not easy to cure at all.
However, there are medicines that can cure these people.
However, the medicine was so expensive that we had to help them work to pay off their debts in order to save their lives.
So, now it has become a vicious cycle. Our people here work day and night to help them for free and get life-saving medicines. Therefore, many people work day and night without taking care of their families, just to survive.
ah."
When the old man talked about this, he burst into tears.
Zheng Qing'er was furious and said: "Damn it, isn't this a trap? I set up a trap for you people here from the beginning to let you get in. Now it can be said that you can't protect yourself, so you can only compromise."
"Yes, yes, but what can we do? We have no evidence, and the reason for getting sick is all because we are too greedy for money. People really die for money and birds die for food." The old man's voice was choked with sobs.
Zheng Qing'er said anxiously: "Old man, just do this. I will give you a detailed examination to see what disease you have."
"Really? You are a doctor. Do you want money? I don't have any money to give you." The old man said helplessly.
"Don't worry, I'm doing it for free. Just lie down and I'll show you."
Zheng Qing'er began to examine the old man in detail.
When the examination was over, she became very angry.
"Damn, according to my preliminary estimate, they are caused by some kind of drug. It is a kind of chronic poisoning. It will not cause death immediately, but it will be very uncomfortable, and the whole body will slowly rot, and you will be in pain."
Jiang Nan was shocked. What kind of people are these? They dare to harm the people here like this. They are so lawless that they cannot be ignored.
What's more, it's also related to the safety of Bai Ling's parents and family, so action must be taken.
"Zheng Qing'er, is there any way to solve this situation?" Jiang Nan asked.
"I still need some time to prepare the medicine. Let's see, old people, if you take their medicine, will you only get better temporarily and relapse soon?" Zheng Qing'er said.
The old man nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that's it. We seem to be controlled. Therefore, the people here are basically in jail now. As long as they go in to help, they can't get out at all. They are very strict.
Besides, people here don’t dare to run away. We have no money for medical treatment, so we have to rely on them.”
"I understand, I will definitely not be able to spare them." Zheng Qing'er was particularly annoyed.
Jiang Nan said: "Zheng Qing'er, think about how to prepare the medicine. Bai Ling and I will go there."
"Old man, do you know where they are?"
"Well, I'm old and confused. I forgot. Don't do stupid things. It's best not to mess around. You are still young, so be careful."
"We don't know the place, so how are we going to find it? This place is more than ten kilometers away." Bai Ling was a little anxious.
The old man suddenly thought of something and said: "If you really want to go, it's easy. If you walk more on the street, they will find you soon, just like catching young men. Yes, just like that."
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"I understand, let's go. Zheng Qing'er, is it okay for you to be alone?" Jiang Nan said.
"It's okay. Go quickly. I'll find you later. When you find a place, give me a status." Zheng Qing'er smiled disapprovingly.
Jiang Nan nodded and went with Bai Ling.
They walked on the street for a while, and sure enough, two burly men came over immediately.
"Hey, what do you do and where do you come from?"
Jiang Nan stood still and said calmly: "We came here to pan for gold and got lost. I wonder if you can help?"
The two people looked at each other, and one said: "This is not easy. We mine gold here. If you want to make a fortune, you can come with us. As long as you work hard and endure hardship, you can definitely make a fortune."
"Okay, thanks."
"If you have money, let's make it together, come with us."
Jiang Nan and Bai Ling looked at each other and immediately followed them.