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Chapter 726 Birth, Aging, Sickness, and Death

"Oh, stop talking."

Fu Ting shook his head: "It's all shady, I understand it now, it's really too difficult for ordinary people to get ahead, how could they pass the exam! People like me can't pass the exam, what is it if it's not shady? "

Fu Ting came back a few months later, Chen Nian came to Fu Ting's house to inquire about the situation after hearing the news, Fu Ting shook his head and sighed.

"Then what is Brother Fu going to do next? Will you still take the exam?"

Chen Nian doesn't know how to comfort him now, after all, he has never felt the same way.

"Take the exam, why don't you take the exam, or have I not read all these years for nothing?"

"Brother Fu, you are in your 30s now, and you failed the exam this year. It will take another three years if you want to take the exam again." Chen Nian said.

"I am only 45 years old now. When the chief minister of the cabinet was 46 years old, I was still a scholar, but at the age of [-], I was even the first name Jieyuan. Later, I won the tribute student in the Grand Competition held by the Ministry of Rites. Among them, Huiyuan finally won the first prize in the palace examination presided over by His Majesty, so I am still very young now." Fu Ting said.

"But didn't you say that there was a shady scene earlier?"

Unexpectedly, Fu Ting smiled when he heard this remark: "If I can win the first prize in the shady exam, wouldn't that show my talent?"

"Brother Fu's tenacious character is really a role model for my generation!" Chen Nian couldn't help admiring.

It's just that when he left, Chen Nian thought that in the imperial examinations at this time, although there are sometimes frauds, most of the time they still rely on their own abilities.

After all, cheating is a felony.

It's good that Fu Ting has this vigor. At least now, even though he is taking the exam, he still takes care of his family and knows that he needs to make money to support his family.

If you can do this, you will pass the exam.

Anyone who has a dream is great.

Day by day, Chen Nian has fully adapted to the current life, but with the experience of entering the dream space in the past, Chen Nian will warn his identity from time to time, and often recall some things in reality.

It's just that the development of the world is always somewhat unexpected. After the fall of the second year, the northern region suffered a severe epidemic.

Although Chen Nian didn't study medicine originally, and Chen Nian was exposed to some common diseases in Huichun Hall on weekdays, but he could tell that it was dysentery.

Although he majored in food, dysentery itself is an infectious disease caused by bacteria, and the main symptoms are obvious, that is, fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dehydration and other symptoms, which he actually learned when he was in school. I've been to courses like Microbiology and Bacteria.

For a while, the streets in the county no longer had the lively atmosphere of the past.

Those who have been old for three days can hear crying from outside, and even the coffins in the coffin shop are out of stock.

Chen Nian knows the horror of ancient infectious diseases. Due to the underdeveloped medical technology, the treatment methods are limited. If they are detected and treated early, people may still be saved.

So as soon as Chen Nian found out that there was such a sign, he immediately made preparations, stopped the business at home, stopped selling braised pork, and cleaned the house more than once every day.

Moreover, he also hoarded a lot of food, as well as vegetables that could be stored, and some bacon that was dried during the Chinese New Year, so that at least the food and drink for the next period of time could be guaranteed.

If you can’t go out on weekdays, don’t go out. If you have to go out, you’d better wear a mask. Although old-fashioned medical-grade masks can’t be made, at least one layer of masks can still provide an extra layer of protection.

And Song San bought a lot of vinegar and wine, intending to use these to kill viruses, Chen Nian didn't say anything.

Although he knows that these two things are actually useless, if it is the wine drunk at home in later generations, it may still have a little effect, but the wine at this time is only ten or twenty degrees Celsius at best.

And he didn't say it because he didn't need to explain this kind of thing. Even if it's useless to buy, it can be used as a psychological placebo.

At the same time, Chen Nian told Xiao Tao and Fu Ting's family to take corresponding protective measures.

But even so, Xiaotao's parents were still tricked.

As soon as they found out, they quickly let Xiaotao come to Chen Nian's house.

When Xiaotao came to Chen Nian's house, she was still holding the rubber band in her hand.

"Brother Chen Nian, my parents are sick, they said they were afraid of infecting me, so they let me come to your house for a few days, but after my parents said they would let me live alone for a while, and then live with you. "

Chen Nian nodded, thinking that Dong Daniu was right.

So Xiaotao was welcomed in.

"Brother Chen Nian, my parents told me that I can practice jumping rubber bands here, and when they recover from their illness, I will go back and show them."

"No problem, Xiaotao, you just stay here for a few days, practice rubber band dancing, and leave your family affairs to brother Chen Nian."

"En!" Xiaotao nodded, obviously not realizing anything yet.

And Chen Nian immediately cleaned up a room, took his own clothes and let Xiaotao wear them first, then washed all the clothes that Xiaotao took off, and got some hot water for Xiaotao to take a bath by herself , and then he needs to observe for a few days to see the situation.

It's not old age discrimination, the main reason is that he is also worried that if Xiao Tao really carries bacteria on his body and infects his parents, it will be terrible.

The body of the elderly is no better than that of the young. If you really get this kind of disease, it is really difficult to cure.

And Xiaotao is also very obedient, although she doesn't have a very clear concept of this disease, but he knows that if he is not obedient, he will be causing trouble to Brother Chen's family.

After tidying up the house, Chen Nian told his parents not to have any contact with Xiaotao recently, and to leave the usual meals for Xiaotao at the door first.

After that, he went out and came to Huichuntang, got some medicinal materials by virtue of his relationship with Huichuntang, and then came to Dong Daniu's house and knocked on the door, telling him through the door how to fry these medicinal materials, and I asked again if there was any food at home, and after getting a positive answer, Chen Nian went back, and said that he would come over every day to ask, if Dong Daniu and the others needed anything, just let them know.

In this way, Xiao Tao was isolated for six or seven days, and Xiao Tao had no symptoms of dysentery on her body. After that, Chen Nian let Xiao Tao come out and change into clean clothes.

He still goes to see Dong Daniu every day.

But Dong Daniu is not like them. Since the two of them got sick, their health has been deteriorating. Even if they drink medicine every day, they still haven't improved much.

Chen Nian saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he also asked the old doctor and Sun Ban'an who had recovered, all the available methods have been used, and all the medicines that should be taken have been taken, but the condition has not improved. There is no special way to do this either.

And Chen Nian never told Xiao Tao the news.

In this way, more than half a month later, Xiaotao's parents passed away.

Chen Nian still didn't tell Xiao Tao the news.

But Song San's family was well protected due to the old age, the two elders are all fine, and Xiao Tao has not contracted any diseases.

But the plague is still going on.

The medicinal materials in the Huichuntang are gradually running out. With more and more sick people, it is still a bit stretched to use all the staff in the Huichuntang, not to mention that their own people are also gradually getting sick. .

"Son, you can go to Huichuntang to help out. After all, there is also your master. Dad knows that if you go there, it will be dangerous to come into contact with those patients every day, and Dad also knows that you are actually half-baked in studying medicine, but since you did This line of work requires awareness.”

Song San suddenly said to Chen Nian that day.

When Chen Nian heard this, he hesitated for a moment: "Father, if I leave, you are at home..."

"We're fine. Your father and mother can still work, and there's still plenty of food and drink at home. We won't run around."

Chen Nian nodded. The reason why he hesitated just now was not because he didn't dare to take that risk, but because he was worried that the life of the two elders would be inconvenient after he left, because if he left this time, it would definitely not be possible in a short time. Stepping into the house again.

Otherwise, going back and forth is tantamount to bringing germs home.

He had studied in Huichun Hall for four years, and naturally developed feelings for him. If he hadn't taken care of his parents, he would have gone to be a volunteer long ago.

"Father, I actually thought about going there before, but I'm worried about you and Xiaotao."

Song San smiled and waved his hands: "What's there to worry about? Hurry up and go, but you must protect yourself, and don't be arrogant if you feel uncomfortable. You should take medicine and take a rest."

Chen Nian nodded again.

But when he was packing his things, Xu Erni was talking to Father Song San, and Chen Nian vaguely heard it.

In fact, it was Xu Erni who didn't want Chen Nian to take this risk, and blamed Song San for letting his son go to such a dangerous place.

But Song San said that it would be fine if his son didn't study medicine in Huichuntang, but since he has studied medicine, he can't be a turtle at this time.

It's like a person who used to be a soldier should join the army when he encounters a national crisis.

"Mother, don't worry, Dad is right. In fact, I have long wanted to go. What Dad just said just touched my heart."

Chen Nian also comforted him.

Xu Erni didn't make a sound after hearing this, but helped Chen Nian pack his things while wiping away tears.

And even though Song San said that just now, he was also reluctant to let Chen Nian, but he knew that Chen Nian had to do this, and he secretly stuffed more than a dozen taels of silver into it while Chen Nian was not paying attention.

"Brother Chen Nian, where are you going?"

Xiao Tao also heard their conversation just now, but at first he thought that Chen Nian would come back as soon as he left the house, but now he has already started to pack his luggage.

"There are not enough people in the Huichun Hall, so I have to help those who are sick, Xiao Tao, can you just stay at home and be good? Listen to the old lady, and I will bring you delicious food when I come back. "

Xiao Tao just stood obediently at the door, waving at Chen Nian.

Finally, Chen Nian came to Huichun Hall. After seeing Chen Nian, Sun Yunrou thought that someone in Chen Nian's family was sick again, but she suddenly saw the burden that Chen Nian was carrying.

"You are..."

"Shopkeeper Sun, I'm here to help. I've brought all my change of clothes."

As a result, when Sun Ban'an heard this, his face immediately turned serious: "What are you doing here? How can you help? You have parents at home who need to be taken care of, so what are you doing here?"

"Now we have more and more people infected with the plague here, and your manpower is not enough..." Chen Nian explained, but before he finished speaking, Sun Ban'an reprimanded: "The half-baked kung fu you learned is here. It can only add to the chaos, even if you saved my life before, but now is not the time for you to mess around, go back quickly, we don't need people here!"

Chen Nian sighed: "My father told me to let me help. Now we have food and drink at home, and I really want to help out. Shopkeeper Sun, please let me stay. It’s still okay to help carry people to cook medicine and so on.”

Sun Ban'an stared at Chen Nian for a long time, but he didn't see any dodge in Chen Nian's eyes, and finally heaved a sigh.

"Oh, did your father ask you to come? You didn't sneak out, did you?"

"My father asked me to come, and my mother packed these things for me." Chen Nian said.

"Then your mother and the others really feel relieved to let you come out?"

Chen Nian recalled his mother's expression: "My father is fine, but my mother is actually a bit reluctant, but I still want to come, and I know the danger, but I still want to stay."

"All right." Finally Sun Ban'an agreed.

And Chen Nian stayed here to help.

In fact, he came out of the old age with a certain fluke mentality. He felt that he was a modern person and should not be infected by the ancient plague.

But Chen Nian still underestimated this plague after all, when he first arrived, Chen Nian ran directly to the shed where the sick were kept.

Delivering medicines and feeding medicines, helping patients clean their beds, and carrying excrement and urine.

Because patients with dysentery may be better with mild symptoms, but if the symptoms get worse, they can't go to the toilet. They can only put the urinal on the bedside, but even so, some people pull it on the bed before they can get up .

Although this job is dirty and tiring, I usually clean the internal organs and pig intestines at home. The pig intestines I just bought naturally have stuffing in them, so they need to be cleaned inside and out.

So I gritted my teeth and persisted in this job.

It's just that in the eyes of everyone in Huichuntang, his behavior is not afraid of death at all, because he is not a member of Huichuntang himself, but he can do this.

After a day, everyone admired Chen Nian.

Sun Yunrou watched Chen Nian come and go in and out of the shed, he couldn't hold back a few tears from his busy schedule.

Even Chen Nian's master, the old doctor, kept sighing that Chen Nian was a good boy.

Finally, after a busy day from morning to night, Chen Nian planned to go to rest first and then help when he got up, but he felt a cramping pain in his abdomen as soon as he lay on the bed.

He was still hit.

"Damn, how can I still be recruited? Didn't it mean that modern people have good physiques, have been vaccinated with various vaccines, and in ancient times, only themselves spread the bacteria?" Chen Nian cursed secretly while squatting in the toilet. .

After running seven or eight times in this way, Chen Nian finally accepted his fate. It seems that he came to the ancient times by entering a dream. Even if the soul does not belong here, the body is still the body here.

"It's killing me!"

Chen Nian sighed and said, now he only feels the burning pain in his back.

Everyone in Huichun Hall took shifts, so they soon knew that Chen Nian was infected with the plague on the first day.

"Hey, how can you not be recruited with your busy methods!"

"It's all right now, you're also infected with the plague, how can I explain to Song Laosan later!"

Sun Ban'an said with a sigh, his face full of sadness.

Although Chen Nian was exhausted, he still managed to force a smile: "Don't be afraid, Shopkeeper Sun, I'm still young, and the little plague is nothing, but I just caused you trouble when I first arrived. I'm really sorry."

"Don't say such things now, take a good rest and drink the medicine later." Shopkeeper Sun said with a sigh.

Chen Nian was really uncomfortable. After all, he came to help, but he lay down on the bed on the first night and had to be taken care of by others.

Chen Nian ran to the toilet more than a dozen times in one night, his face was drained of blood, coupled with the busyness of the day, he managed to fall asleep with difficulty.

Because Chen Nian was sick, he had to stay in the house. Those patients saw that Chen Nian was still feeding himself with excrement and urine during the day, and that Chen Nian, who was drinking water and medicine, had already lay down at night, and they all felt uncomfortable. feel good.

It was just that the next day, Chen Nian woke up and touched his stomach.

"Hey, it doesn't hurt anymore! Hey!"

Then he touched his forehead again: "Head, I don't have a fever anymore,"

"Sure enough, it's still not enough to rely on yourself to hold on. If you really want to cure a disease, you have to depend on it."

So Chen Nian stood up again.

After eating, Chen Nian became lively again.

"Hey, why are you down again? You just got the plague last night, and now you're running around again, don't you want to die?" The old doctor was resting last night, and he didn't know about the old things until the morning. His heart ached, but at this moment Seeing Chen Nian running around on the ground, he couldn't help scolding.

"Master, I'm fine."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm afraid you've burnt your brain. This plague is so fierce, how could it be cured so quickly?"

"Master, I'm really well. If you don't believe me, touch my head. I don't have a fever and my stomach doesn't hurt."

The old doctor raised his hand and touched Chen Nian's head, and sure enough, he no longer had a fever.

"It's really strange. There are hundreds of patients in Huichun Hall these days. I have never seen a person whose front foot just got sick and the back foot healed."

"Maybe it's because of my special constitution." Chen Nian said with a smile, "Then master, you are busy first, and I have to take care of the patients."

After speaking, he went into the shed again to help the patients who had urinated yesterday empty the urinals and clean up the bedding.

But when he packed it up to an old man's house, the old man's eyes were full of tears: "We are sorry for you, my son has never taken care of me like you, obviously you are all infected with the plague like us, so don't do it again." I'm busy, let's take a rest."

After the frail old man finished speaking, the others also persuaded him.

At this moment, no matter if they are young or old, their eyes are all red. They have never seen such a desperate young man. If it is just for their own family, it is fine, but now Chen Nian is doing it for myself these people.

"Yeah, don't do it in the old age, we are not relatives, we can't afford you to treat us like this! You are also infected with the plague, if you continue like this, you will die!"

"Brother, don't hold on, we all know your kindness, but with your current state, how can we ask you to help with these things?"

"You also have family members. I also went to Song Laosan to buy meat. At that time, I bought two taels and Song Laosan gave me half a tael. If you have troubles here, how can we have the face to do it in the future? meet him?"

Chen Nian listened to everyone's words, looked at everyone's red eyes, stood there holding the urinal in both hands, and said sunnyly: "I don't even know what you are talking about, I am really good, if it weren't for me now Holding the urinal, I have to do somersaults for you on the spot. In fact, I don’t know why. Anyway, I did get the plague yesterday, but now I don’t feel any discomfort on my body. In short, everyone waited in peace.

There is not enough manpower in Huichuntang right now, I will get you some medicine later. "

But where are people willing to believe?
How can anyone recover from the plague so quickly?

"Chen Nian, I don't know if I can survive this plague. If I can't, I will definitely repay your kindness in my next life!"

"Count me, Zhang San, too!"

"And I, Li Si."

Looking at everyone, Chen Nian was very touched, but he still wanted to bring positivity to everyone: "Okay, don't say these words, I will do this for you, I am willing to do it myself, if you really want to thank me , just rest well, take medicine well, and get out of here alive, otherwise I won’t be able to wait for your next life.”

After speaking, he left the shed.

In the next two months or so, Chen Nian got the plague three more times, but each time it was uncomfortable at night, but when he woke up in the morning, the bacteria were clearly arranged by his hacker.

But if you repeat this several times with another person, even if you are physically strong, you still have to be cool.

But after so many times, Chen Nian finally developed antibodies in his body.

But although everyone couldn't figure out the situation, and didn't know why Chen Nian could be alive and well during the day without looking tired, but they felt more and more distressed about Chen Nian.

It's just that my heart hurts. During this period of time, there are still people who didn't survive this test, were covered with cloth and carried out, and some people were carried in again.

There are people who heal here and come out of this shed.

Among the sick people, there are many people from Huichuntang.

Therefore, Chen Nian's work continued to increase. In the end, in addition to taking care of patients and decocting medicine, he was also responsible for cooking.

Although he knew it would be better to separate the cooks from those who took care of the sick, but now that there was no one available, everyone couldn't be left hungry.

During this period, Chen Nian also went home several times, but he always stood outside the wall and asked about the situation of his family through the wall. Fortunately, none of the family members were tricked.

As time passed, the plague gradually came to an end.

"Hey, it's finally over, but this time it's not bad. The epidemics in previous years basically didn't end in two or three years." Sun Ban'an sighed.

This time, the people in the Hall of Rejuvenation basically had a round of plague, but they were all cured in the end, and no one died.

But for Chen Nian, he saw people die one after another in that shed, and he even knew many people, even if he didn't know them, they were all familiar.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death..."

(End of this chapter)