There are high mountains, gentle mountain breezes, small bridges and flowing water, and birds flying in the forest. Who can associate this kind of environment with death or viruses?
It has been a month since the "Ghost Burning Body" virus was discovered. It has been half a month since Ling Xiao entered Hongxia Valley, but he has not even found the source of the virus. Every time he thinks of this, he
My mood was very heavy.
However, with Tang Meiyu accompanying him and chatting with him along the way, his mood was not much worse, even if it was bad.
After walking for a long time on the mountain road, Ling Xiao and Tang Meiyu arrived at Xia Mazhai.
There are three villages in Hongxiagou. Xiamazhai is located in the innermost part of the gorge, with the most difficult roads, the smallest population, and the worst economic conditions. However, the scenery of Xiamazhai is also the most beautiful. To the west of the village is the endless snow-capped mountains.
, it is early autumn, and under the bright sun, you can see the white snow covering the top of the mountain, pure, shining, and very holy.
"Such beautiful snow-capped mountains, I really want to climb over those snow-capped mountains, climb to the highest peak, and see the scenery behind the snow-capped mountains." Looking at the capped snow-capped mountains, Tang Meiyu's eyes were full of yearning.
Ling Xiao smiled and said: "In our Goddess Village, you can also see these snow-capped mountains in the evening and evening when the weather is good, but it is more real and closer here. Behind these snow-capped mountains is the grassland of Tibet, stretching as far as the eye can see, in groups.
Herds of cattle and sheep, patches of alfalfa flowers, and galloping horses are all very beautiful.”
"Have you been there?" Tang Meiyu's eyes were suddenly full of respect for Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao smiled and said, "I saw it on the map."
Tang Meiyu, "..."
The village chief of Xiamazhai, whose surname is Lu, is Lu Dayou. He is a very kind-hearted middle-aged man. Following Ling Xiao’s request, he made the villagers anxious and lined up at the village headquarters to let Ling Xiao check his body and collect the money.
Pills for minor illnesses. To check the health of the villagers, Ling Xiao still used the method he learned in the "Huangdi Wai Jing", which was to detect the pulse with internal force. This method was more effective than the advanced instruments in big hospitals. He diagnosed the pulse based on the pulse.
He can immediately grasp the most real situation of whether a villager is sick or infected by a virus. The chance of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis also exists, but it is pitifully small. Therefore, he looks at every villager very carefully.
, for fear of missing a diagnosis or misdiagnosing one.
Tang Meiyu was also busy, helping Ling Xiao greet the villagers in line and comforting the anxious villagers at the back. Sometimes she used her SLR camera to take some valuable photos, and sometimes she used her mobile phone to take a few pictures.
Take photos with relatively low pixels, write text content, and then post them on Weibo.
This time, there are only two newly infected people diagnosed, named Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu. They are brothers, one is 38 years old and the other is 36 years old. They are both hunters in Xia Mazhai. Usually the brothers
They like to go hunting in the forest with a shotgun, or go to the snow-capped mountains to dig cordyceps on the grassland. The two brothers are in very good health and rarely take medicine once a year, but they never expected that such a strong hunter would be "ghosted"
The body-burning virus is infected.
As soon as they were diagnosed, brothers Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu were isolated and moved into an empty house in the village.
The current new regulations, in order to reduce the channels for virus transmission, once diagnosed patients will be isolated. Brothers Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu were put into an isolation room, and even their family members who came to visit them could only stay in isolation.
The window spoke.
Ling Xiao stood outside the window and looked at the Hu brothers, his heart was very heavy.
Brothers Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu were both very anxious. They were usually not afraid of blind bears, but this time they were so frightened that they became paralyzed, their faces turned pale, and they even lost energy to speak.
"Dr. Ling, are you sure? I just have a headache and a fever. How could I catch ghost fever? I am such a strong person, I can run shirtless for a day on the snowy mountains. Those who are much weaker than me can
If you haven't caught it yet, why did I get it?" Hu Tiangui looked panicked, and his lips trembled when he spoke.
Hu Tiangui's younger brother Hu Tianfu also said: "Yes, Dr. Ling, please give us two brothers another diagnosis. Did you see too many patients and make the wrong diagnosis?"
Ling Xiao sighed, "I've diagnosed you three times, and it won't be wrong. Don't be afraid, you will get through the difficulties."
"Get over it!" Hu Tiangui's spirit showed signs of collapse again, "I don't believe it! I'm so young and I didn't do anything bad. God wouldn't do this to me. You must have made a wrong diagnosis!"
"Yes! I don't believe it either! You lied to us!" Hu Tianfu also became excited.
The tone of the Hu brothers was not friendly at all, and their attitudes were very bad, but Ling Xiao could not be angry with them. No one could remain calm after knowing that they were terminally ill. He understood their mood.
"Hu Tiangui, Hu Tianfu, what are you two brothers so evil about? It's not Dr. Ling who got you infected with ghost fever. Dr. Ling diagnosed us and gave us medicines without confiscating a penny. You are not grateful and you still scold me.
Do you still have a conscience?" Lu Dayou, the village chief of Xiamazhai, was unhappy and rudely taught the Hu brothers a lesson.
"It's okay, it's okay, I understand their mood." Ling Xiao said.
"Dr. Ling, you don't have to be polite to them. These two guys have such bad tempers. You can understand it, but I can't stand it. Really, you two just stay here and wait for the expert team.
For further confirmation, and then receive treatment." Lu Dayou locked the isolation room.
"Lu Dayou, what are you doing? Why did you lock the door? Let us out!" Hu Tiangui slapped the door panel in panic, making a thumping sound.
"Lu Dayou, please open the door for me, or I will come out and kill you!" Hu Tianfu also panicked and was very frightened.
Lu Dayou said: "You can't blame me for this. If you want to blame, just blame you two brothers for their bad lives. I let you out, and you may feel better, but have you ever thought about what might happen to your mother-in-law?
Son, what should we do? You are infected with ghost burning, and it is your fate. Just accept it and stay here temporarily for the safety of your family."
The two Hu brothers suddenly lost their temper. One was leaning against the wall, and the other was squatting on the ground holding his head. Both brothers looked in a daze and in great pain.
"Doctor Ling, if you want to treat them, come to the village chief's office and ask me for the key. I'll go there first." Lu Dayou left.
Ling Xiao and Tang Meiyu remained in front of the window of the isolation room, looking at brothers Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu with sympathy.
"Doctor Ling, if you tell us the truth, can we still be saved?" Hu Tiangui looked at Ling Xiao, with tears in the big man's eyes.
Perhaps due to the infection from Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu, the corners of Ling Xiao's eyes actually became a little moist. He thought for a moment and then said: "After the efforts of the expert team, the ghost burning virus is no longer as scary as it was at the beginning...
…You still have hope.”
"How much hope?" Hu Tianfu looked at Ling Xiao longingly.
In fact, hope is a very vague concept. It can be 90% hope, or it may not even be 10%. Ling Xiao said there is hope, but he just wants to comfort the Hu brothers. I really want him to say how many percent it is.
But he couldn't express his hope. If he expressed it but couldn't do it, the Hu brothers would feel even worse at that time. However, if he said it directly, the Hu brothers might not be able to accept it and would collapse prematurely.
.How to say it?
"Doctor Ling, tell me, how much hope is there?" Hu Tiangui said anxiously.
"Fifty percent." Ling Xiao said, "However, I need you to cooperate with me."
"What do you want us to do?" Hu Tiangui suddenly became excited after hearing Ling Xiao say there was a 50% chance.
"Well, I want to know about your situation first." Ling Xiao said.
"You ask, we will tell you everything." Hu Tianfu said eagerly.
"My first question, didn't you receive my minor illness pills?" Ling Xiao asked.
Hu Tianfu said: "No, my mother-in-law and my baby received it."
"Why don't you get it?" Ling Xiao asked.
"This month, my brother and I have been digging Cordyceps on the grassland behind the snow-capped mountains. We just came back the day before yesterday. We didn't know about the body-burning virus at all. We went home and only found out about the infection here after listening to my mother-in-law.
If you catch the disease, you will die. I thought I was strong and had strong resistance, so I would not be infected, but I didn’t expect that I started having a headache and fever the night before yesterday, until you diagnosed me today..." Hu Tianfu said here
Said he didn't want to go.
Ling Xiao's heart moved, and he vaguely felt that he had caught some inspiration. He asked Hu Tiangui slightly excitedly: "Is this the same for you?"
Hu Tiangui nodded.
"Okay, let me ask you a second question. Where have you been walking around since you returned home?" Ling Xiao asked again.
"I haven't traveled anywhere else. My brother and I live right next to each other at the end of Xiamazhai Village, not far from Daxue Mountain. This time when we came back from digging for Cordyceps, my brother and I were sorting out the mountain products and preparing to take them to the mountain together with the Cordyceps.
I go to sell in the outer market and I am so busy that I have no time to hang out. If my mother-in-law hadn't insisted on me coming to the village today, I wouldn't have come here," Hu Tianfu said.
The feeling of catching some kind of inspiration in Ling Xiao's heart became stronger, and he asked again: "So, what you mean is that before the outbreak of the Ghost Burning Body Virus, you went to the Snowy Mountains, and then you didn't go anywhere else when you came back.
Go, is that so?"
Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu nodded in unison.
"Brother Hu, please tell me where you have been and what you have experienced in the past month, okay?"
Hu Tiangui said: "Doctor Ling, why are you asking these questions?"
Hu Tianfu also said: "Yes, what does this have to do with treating diseases?"
Ling Xiao said seriously: "Brother Hu, this is very important. Please tell me, otherwise I won't be able to save you."
Tang Meiyu on the side also felt something. She looked at Ling Xiao excitedly, "Ling Xiao, have you discovered anything?"
Ling Xiao nodded, "I have a little feeling, but I'm not sure yet. I'll tell you later." After a pause, he said again: "Brother Hu, please tell me about the past month.
Here, where have you been and what have you done, okay?"
Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu looked at each other.
After thinking about it for a moment, Hu Tiangui looked at the snow-capped mountains outside the window and slowly recounted, "A month ago, my brother and I..."
Ling Xiao took out his notepad and listened and memorized.
Tang Meiyu was afraid that he would miss something, so she took out her mobile phone, opened the recording software, and recorded the stories of the two brothers Hu Tiangui and Hu Tianfu verbatim.