Gufeng City is different from the three border towns of Huju, Longxing and Fengming.
It is located between Fucheng and Leshan, far away from the border. It has few mountains and mostly plains. The number of civilians under its jurisdiction is not as much as that of the southern capital, and it is also far less than the border town. More people live there, which means that it can be reclaimed.
More fertile farmland.
It can be said that Gufengcheng lives up to its name, occupying the first place in Guanzhou Prefecture's grain output for consecutive years.
Because of the large number of people, this epidemic outbreak has revealed various disadvantages.
The number of infected people is larger, the area is wider, and the government offices are short of manpower. Even if the city responds promptly and sends doctors and medicines, it still cannot change the increasingly serious situation.
The rumors about Yongning City are not groundless.
The group of people who were the first to contract the disease and the ones who were most seriously ill were indeed taken away.
These people were judged by doctors as useless medicinal stones.
Naturally, drugs that are becoming increasingly scarce now will no longer be wasted on them.
Even the rice soup is very stingy and is only delivered once a day.
Being sick and hungry, few people could survive.
Every morning, someone will come and take away the dying person.
What is left to the remaining people, apart from the increasingly blurry silhouettes of their backs, is nothing but endless despair.
I was tortured by illness all the time, and suffered huge physical and mental trauma.
It's not that no one wants to run, it's that they can't run far at all and will collapse because their bodies can't bear it.
Those who did not die immediately were taken back again.
Gradually, no one ran away.
Day after day, all that's left is waiting...
Waiting to die!
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Yan Laoer and Yan Yu didn't even reach Gufeng City when they felt something was wrong.
Wherever the river passes, the vegetation is rich and the plants grow vigorously.
But in the area in front of them, there were lumps of earth one after another, as well as some deep and shallow pits, which looked like patches of different shades on the forest.
Not to mention how awkward it is.
"The soil is new soil..." Yan Laoer looked at it again and again, and gradually understood what it was.
"Daughter! You two may have gone to the wrong place. This... this seems... to be a cemetery!"
No wonder Yan Laoer didn't recognize it at first.
Fatherland has not allowed them to be buried for a long time.
Even those who were buried had to be relocated to a unified place in accordance with city planning.
Yan Yu's tone became serious: "If it were one person, there would be no need for such a big pit. How many people are there?"
Yan Laoer looked at the unfilled holes and took a step back unconsciously.
Yan Yu added: "There is no tombstone, not even a wooden sign."
"Graves!" Yan Laoer could only think of this.
Yan Yu acquiesced in this statement.
Because it’s so similar here.
The ancients paid great attention to what happened after death.
Such a careless burial, at this time and in this place.
This gave them a more intuitive and profound understanding of the seriousness of the Grain Feng epidemic.
"They can't do this. The river here is either close or far." Yan Yu looked at the surrounding terrain. "If he really died of the epidemic, it would be best to be cremated."
As they came out of the village, the river gradually widened and meandered down, and the river went deep into the hinterland of Gufeng.
If someone downstream draws water from the river for drinking, there is no guarantee that there will be no impact.
Moreover, we must also consider that this place is remote and there are many forests around it. Will there be snakes, insects, rats and ants making nests and burrowing underground...
"Daughter, let's not go there."
Yan Laoer didn't want to go any further.
He didn't expect that Gu Feng's situation was more horrifying than what he heard. Looking at the number of graves here, he knew that many people had died.
They have not been vaccinated since childhood, so their immunity is low and the risk of infection is too high.
Besides, his daughter is still young. This little person can't bear any disturbance. How can he take his daughter to take risks?
Finding someone can wait a little longer.
Yan Yu was also beating a drum in her heart.
Neither father nor daughter are stubborn, nor do they have the great spirit to put their own lives and deaths at risk.
They are just ordinary people, they really don't have that high level of consciousness.
Yan Yugang said let's go.
There was a sound in the distance.
It's the sound of wheels.
The two men looked over at the same time.
I saw a few people pushing carts over.
They walked very fast.
I am even more familiar with this forest.
Wandering around, he quickly walked up to the two of them.
Yan Laoer:......
Yan Yu:……
I don’t really want to meet people from Gufeng.
They already want to leave!
"Who are you!" the man pushing the cart shouted.
At the same time, Yan Yu also saw clearly what was being pushed on the carriage...
It's people.
All dead!
Her face suddenly turned pale.
It’s not that I’ve never seen dead people before, it’s just that I’ve never seen so many at once.
"We... those who are passing by, leave right away, leave right away!" Yan Laoer also saw it, and forced himself to calm down, feeling as if there was grass growing in his heart, and he wanted to run away.
Yan Yu was even more like this. He turned around and ran away.
"Stop!" The person pushing the cart came closer and looked carefully up and down.
"Which village are you from? Is there a road guide?"
When Yan Laoer heard this, he suddenly felt familiar.
When he and Qi Si went to Longxing, they heard similar words and similar tones all the way.
Anyone who can ask this question is basically an official.
Ordinary people ask you what you are doing with the road guide, but they don't care about it at all.
Only the people at the yamen gate will ask questions when they see someone.
"Yes! Yes!" Yan Laoer hurriedly reported his route information.
Thanks to his brother and Mr. Tian, the road he opened also includes Gufeng.
Just as he was about to dig out the road to show it to others, he suddenly stopped when he thought of something.
It’s not easy to give it directly, and I can’t give it either.
He was afraid of getting infected.
Who knows if these people are carrying germs without knowing it.
He was careful when passing things back and forth to Lao Yan, let alone an outsider.
But people obviously don't consider this.
Seeing that he had taken out half of his money, several people put the cart down and gradually gathered around him.
"Where is the way?"
If anyone says that he doesn't have it with him, they will take him back.
Yan Laoer saw this posture.
Tremblingly, he handed over the guide.
He quickly put it on the ground.
He pulled his daughter back a few steps.
A group of officials:...
Even if you didn't know it before, you can guess what's going on now.
Is this when they are a scourge?
You guys, look at me, and I'll look at you.
No one moved for a long time.
In the end, the person who had been talking slowly picked up the piece of paper.
He trembled for a moment before drooping his eyelids and taking a closer look.
Yan Yu was so tall that everyone had to look up.
Each of these people had their faces covered with cloths so that they could not be seen, but she just felt that their faces should all be dark now...
"Huh? Xiao'an Village?"
The man raised his eyebrows in surprise, raised his eyelids, and took a few steps closer.
Look more carefully.
His eyes fell on Yan Yu again and again.
Yan Laoer will not retreat this time.
He knows that with this program, people have to see whether your appearance is the same as what is described on the roadmap.
What should I do if I am asked to take off the mask?
Pick it off, show it to others, and quickly put it back on?
