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Chapter 909: Chapter 912: Minor Moves
The situation in the village hadn’t improved much, and these past few days, more people had been infected with the plague.
Many began to get restless, as they were unwilling to simply die in the village.
Leaving might give them a chance at life.
Tie Niu saw their slight movements and felt the urgency in his heart, but who could tell him what to do?
Tie Niu was feeling extremely uneasy and could only go to Tan Zhenghong for a chat.
Now, there weren’t many in the village who could communicate normally.
He said helplessly, "If everyone in the village starts fleeing, the situation will become even more uncontrollable."
If the villagers were to spread the disease elsewhere, causing more deaths, the Imperial would definitely take harsh measures. n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
Because those in power would not stand by and watch a plague destroy their realm.
"I really don’t understand, they haven’t been in contact with anyone else, and we’ve told them to be careful with their food, they shouldn’t be getting the plague," Tan Zhenghong was puzzled.
If it was transmitted through breath, then those who were sick should be clustering around those already infected.
But that wasn’t the case now, so it had to be something else.
Tie Niu rubbed his throbbing temples, the villagers’ lives were simple; they woke up to arrange breakfast, went to bed after dinner, and the rest of the time they sat at home chatting or doing odd jobs, he really couldn’t figure out where there could be a danger.
Qiao Duo’er, who had been half-listening on the side, suddenly had an idea, "Is anyone in the village drinking unboiled water now?"
"Definitely, it’s so hot it could kill a person; drinking some well water is immensely refreshing," said Tie Niu without any hesitation.
Besides a few particular households in the village, the rest liked to drink well water directly in the summer.
"The problem might be right here," Qiao Duo’er said seriously.
Right now, with traditional burials, the groundwater could easily be contaminated.
If indeed it was a problem with the water, neither rivers nor wells would be spared.
Because the water cycle is a complete system, there is no such thing as not affecting the river if you contaminate the inflow.
At this moment, Tie Niu was extremely grateful for his wife; she always got diarrhea from drinking well water, so for many years she felt that well water wasn’t clean and insisted that everyone in the family drink boiled water.
If it weren’t for her, the Tie Family’s members would not have remained intact as they were now.
"I’ll go door to door to remind everyone to boil the water before drinking, and also, I plan to clean up an empty house to place those with the plague all together. Would that work?" Tie Niu asked.
Tan Zhenghong nodded, "Lord Qin has already been promoting this method, it can reduce a lot of risks."
Having gotten an answer, Tie Niu no longer hesitated and quickly gathered people to put this into practice.
He didn’t know how effective this would be, but it was certainly better than just waiting.
Seeing the village head still bustling about, those who had already packed their belongings decided to wait and see for a while longer.
The difficulty of leaving their homeland, coupled with the fear of death, reflected their feelings at the moment.
On the fifth day, the atmosphere in the Tan Family grew even more somber.
Because everyone had accepted that Almond wouldn’t be coming back after today.
Early in the morning, Qing Xin, as usual, fed Almond her medicine.
Even though the medicine went down, Almond was now breathing less in and more out.
Qing Xin sighed, "Big sister, is there no other way?"
Having assisted in so many births, she should have grown accustomed to life and death by now, but each time she witnessed a life passing away, she couldn’t help but feel sad.
"If there were, could I hide it from you?" Qing Yue shook her head; she too hoped that Almond would not die.
Everyone had already tried their best these five days; if she still could not be saved, it was her fate.
