sinovels Chapter 55 What disease?
Chapter 55 What disease?
"Should we still drive at night today?" Xu Chengle got into the tent and asked Yu Jingshan.
Yu Jingshan sat up from his sleeping bag, raked his hair, and replied with the wrong words, "My hair has grown."
"Ah." Xu Chengle approached and stroked his hair, "Do you still want to cut it?"
"Ah."
Xu Chengle rubbed her hands, "I'll shave for you."
"Okay." Yu Jingshan leaned over, wanting to kiss him.
Xu Chengle leaned back, "Don't kiss, I haven't showered for many days..."
"...I didn't wash it either." Yu Jingshan reached out and grabbed his neck, and quickly kissed his ear.
"Hey." Xu Chengle touched his ears, "Speak seriously."
"Well, don't drive at night, it's too dangerous." Yu Jingshan looked at his reddish ears and smiled, "It's quite safe here, you can stay one more night."
"Okay, then I'll go out and tell them." Xu Chengle got out of the tent, "Get up quickly, it's time to eat."
Mother Feng made a big pot of seafood fried rice with shrimp meat and crab roe.During the meal, everyone discussed the next route, and agreed to take Jinan, Shijiazhuang, and then to Beijing.
"How is it? I shave pretty well, right?" Xu Chengle put away the razor and admired her handicraft.
Yu Jingshan looked at the reflection in the car window, the round inch against the scalp was quite neat, he patted his head, "That's right, you will be responsible for it from now on."
"Hey." Xu Chengle swept the broken hair on his neck, tsk, although this hairstyle looks like he came out of prison, the guy in front of him still looks handsome.
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Two days later, they crossed mountains and rivers, crossed mountains and ridges, traveled night and day, and finally saw the road sign "Welcome to Shijiazhuang".
Beijing is within easy reach.
The joy of going home was shown on everyone's tired faces.
Yu Jingshan picked a high hillside road and stopped the car.
As soon as it stopped, Xu Chengle couldn't wait to jump out of the car and took the water tank to fill the snow.
He was thirsty to smoke.
In order to clean the muddy paws of the two dogs after the release, he used up all the water in the car, and has endured until now without any saliva to drink.
The water in the pot had just boiled, and there were one or two bubbles. He couldn't wait to turn off the electricity, pour it out, and prepared to blow it and take a sip.
Father Feng who was passing by stopped him, "Let's boil this water for a while before drinking it."
"Okay." Xu Chengle reluctantly put down the cup, plugged in again, and let the water boil a few more times.I've endured it for so long, and it's okay to bear it a little longer.
Father Feng took the battery from Yu Jingshan, "Let's have something to eat, let's go on a night trip, I think the snow has melted a bit."
"I also have this plan." Yu Jingshan said, "Try to be home tonight."
In the evening, when the sky was still bright, they drove into the main road of Shijiazhuang City with snow flowing. Surprisingly, there were many people and vehicles on the road.
Most of the pedestrians are carrying heavy bags, and their hands are full of bags, as if they are about to move.
Every once in a while, there will be a few people wearing red armbands guiding the roadside.
What is this going to do?
"Stop, let me ask." Xu Chengle rolled down the car window, and asked at the red armband next to him, "Dude, may I ask, what are you doing?"
"Are you from other places?" The red armband was not wearing a face shield, his nose was a little red from the cold, and his words were white.
"Ah." Xu Chengle replied: "We're going to Beijing, passing by here, why are there so many people?"
"It's not flooding, the government has built a temporary resettlement site." A red armband shouted to the pedestrians behind to speed up, and then said to them: "Hurry up if you are going to Beijing, I heard it will rain in the middle of the night."
"Oh, thank you." Xu Chengle rolled up the window.
They turned a bend, and there were also people wading through the water with their bags on this road, but there were a lot fewer people.
Xu Chengle saw not far ahead, two young men who were not very tall, wearing woolen caps and carrying heavy schoolbags. The snow water had almost overflowed their calves, and their pants were a little soaked. A gray-haired old man.
The old man was wearing thick clothes and was carrying a big cloth bag. It could be vaguely seen that the cloth bag contained something like a quilt.The old man was already staggering, but now he was even more unsteady.
The thin body made the cloth bag a little too big.
As the old man was walking, he was probably disturbed by something underwater, and his body fell forward, with his hands in the water, struggling and embarrassed.
The two teenagers were also staggered.
The snow and ice floating on the water swirled around with the spray.
When one of the teenagers was supporting the old man, he turned his head inadvertently and saw their car.It can be seen that he hesitated for a while, but he still stretched out his thin arm and waved it, trying to stop the car.
Yu Jingshan stepped on the brake, a series of water splashed, and the car stopped slowly.
Xu Chengle rolled down the window.
The young man said timidly, and looked at them with shining eyes, "Hello, that... can you give us a ride, my grandma has bad legs and feet."
Xu Chengle: "Where are you going?"
The boy pointed to the front, "Just turn left at the intersection ahead, and go to the second intersection, that's fine."
"By the way?" Xu Chengle looked sideways at Yu Jingshan.
Yu Jingshan nodded.
"Okay, let's get in the car." Xu Chengle called Henghenghaha to the last row to sit down.
Heng Heng raised the dog's head resting on its front paws, raised its eyelids a little arrogantly, and reluctantly went to the back row with its tail between its legs.
After the three people got into the car, the car restarted.
Both the old man and the young man sat cautiously, putting the big bags on their laps.
Xu Chengle handed over some toilet paper and asked them to wipe off the water on their bodies.
The boy who waved to them thanked them embarrassedly.
Xu Chengle looked at the two teenagers who were only about thirteen or fourteen years old, and asked, "Are you going to a temporary resettlement site?"
"No." The young man said, "Let's go to our relative's house. The relative's house lives on a high floor. We will go back when the water recedes."
"Cough, cough, cough." The old man was about to say something, when he suddenly bent down, covered his mouth and began to cough.
The boy patted the old man on the back worriedly, giving her comfort.
"Would you like some water?" Xu Chengle asked, he felt that the old man would be unable to breathe in the next second, and he himself would soon be unable to breathe smoothly.
"Ah, no need." The boy said shyly, "We brought water."
Seeing that they were uncomfortable, Xu Chengle stopped talking.
The old man coughed a few more times, looking weak.
Before long, their destination arrived.The two teenagers put on their big bags again, carefully helped the old man out of the car, thanked them in every possible way, and bowed before leaving.
It was getting dark, Yu Jingshan turned on the headlights.Under the light, you can see the road ahead, with dirty snow floating on a piece of dirty muddy water.
On both sides of the road were piled high snowdrifts left by previous snow plows, which had not yet melted and stood there like a roadblock.
It was seven o'clock in the evening.
Three hours later, they arrived in Beijing with difficulty.
"Finally arrived in Beijing." Xu Chengle was a little excited.
"Ah, finally." Several people in Zhou Xian's car were equally excited, this journey was not easy.
They want to get home right now, take a good shower, and get a good night's sleep.
Xu Chengle called Cheng Xiao and put on the speakerphone. He said excitedly, "Brother, we've arrived in Beijing. We'll be home in about an hour and a half."
"Great." Cheng Xiao said, "Be careful, come back soon, Mama Yu is waiting so anxiously."
"Ah." Xu Chengle heard the voices of An Ran and Mama Yu on the phone, telling them to pay attention to safety, "Understood, we will pay attention to safety. Is the situation at home okay?"
"It's pretty good. Our terrain is high, and there's not much water." Cheng Xiao said, "But the water in Beijing is very deep, right?"
"It's a bit deeper than when we were in Shijiazhuang." Xu Chengle leaned against the car glass to see the depth of the water.
The water has flooded the sidewalk.
"Ah, that's right." Cheng Xiao thought of something again, "I heard that many people in Beijing are sick now, and many of them have died."
Xu Chengle asked doubtfully, "Ah, what's the disease? It's so scary."
"I don't know yet." Cheng Xiao said, "I saw a lot of people in Huaxia talking about the symptoms of cough and cold."
"..." Xu Chengle glanced at Yu Jingshan.
Cough... that old man just now...
"Is this disease contagious?" Xu Chengle became nervous.
"I don't know. It's said that experts are still studying it. It's all passed on privately, and the official hasn't made a clear announcement yet." Cheng Xiao said: "Come back soon, we're all waiting here, Mama Yu will make it for you It's delicious."
"Oh." Xu Chengle hung up the phone.
The joy of going home was gone in an instant.He thought of the old man who coughed so badly that he looked like he was dying.
Wouldn't it be so coincidental?
What if it's such a coincidence?
It's not necessarily contagious...
What if it gets infected?
Xu Chengle unilaterally muted the voice communication on the tablet.
"Could that old man be... We won't be infected too, right? Just for a short while." Xu Chengle said a little speechlessly.
"Don't scare yourself." Yu Jingshan drove steadily, "This is just a guess, but just in case, don't take off your mask when you go back."