Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 325
Seeing many official servants standing in his yard, Zhang Dalang's heart skipped a beat, and his heart pounded even more when he glanced at the chickens in the yard.

After he was able to enter the courtyard, Old Man Zhang immediately asked about his chicken cubs.

Zhang's family is a large chicken farmer, and the number of chickens raised is about a hundred every year. They are raised twice a year, once in summer and winter.

Naturally, it is impossible to keep so many chickens in the yard. Generally, half-grown chickens or adult chickens are kept next to the vegetable field in the backyard, and only some newly hatched chicks are kept in the front yard.

Half a month ago, the chickens raised in the backyard were sold one after another. Only a few old hens were left and brought to the front yard, intending to keep them to lay eggs and hatch chicks, so there were originally three hens in the front yard And forty or fifty chicks.

But at this time, there were only two empty chickens left in the huge chicken coop. In addition to the chicken feces all over the floor, how could old man Zhang, who has been raising chickens all year round, not see the problem.

He just didn't want to believe it.

Seeing his son at this time, the first thing he said was to ask where the chicken cubs were going.What he wanted to hear was that his son had put them outside to forage, not that he was infected with chicken plague as the officials said.

"A few were trampled to death, and the rest I locked up in the backyard."

Hearing this, old man Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, "My lord, look, my chickens are still fine, there can't be chicken plague."

Upon hearing this, the doctor who came with him took a few steps back immediately, quickly took out the bandage bandage for the patient from the medicine box, and covered his mouth and nose.

The officer glanced at him, then turned to Zhang Dalang and said, "Take us to the backyard."

Zhang Dalang was pounding in his heart, but he had already spoken, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the officials to the backyard.

When I got to the backyard, I saw Huang Tongtong and fluffy chicks lying on the ground in the chicken coop that occupied half of the backyard.Seeing this situation, Father Zhang only felt that his eyes were going black.

Zhang Dalang also had a look of astonishment, and his heart was shocked.died!They were all dead!
In fact, when he saw a few chicken cubs dead last night, he had a bad feeling in his heart, so he deliberately moved the remaining chicken cubs to the backyard.

Unexpectedly, he died in the end, and he died so neatly!

"What else do you have to say?" The officer looked at the chicken pen and said calmly.

Zhang Dalang was speechless, but in fact it was useless to say anything.

Seeing this, the official said to the people next to him: "The two of you cleaned up the chicken coop, burned all the feces and corpses on the spot, and." He looked at Father Zhang and Zhang Dalang, "The Zhang family is infected with chicken plague. Entry and exit are strictly prohibited from today."

"Yes." The two officials responded and went to Zhang's house to lock the door.

Seeing this, Zhang Dalang shouted as if waking up from a dream: "Wait, wait until my Quanzi and Mengniang are not infected, so they can't be locked up with us."

Father Zhang also came back to his senses, leaning on the wall and panting, "Yes, neither my eldest granddaughter nor grandson is infected. They can't be locked up with us."

"You are all infected, how could they not be infected." The official looked at the two children in disbelief, "There are no symptoms at the moment, which does not mean that there is no infection, it may be hidden, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic from affecting others, must be locked up with you."

"My lord, what we said is true. We all say that children are weak and easy to get sick. They are always the first to be affected by any disease. But old man, I have been feeling unwell since yesterday morning. Even my old lady It's no exception, and so is Dalang's wife. But these two children don't feel uncomfortable at all, it's really not infected." Father Zhang said eagerly.

"This is just your one-sided statement, which is not credible."

The epidemic is a matter of great importance, and officials dare not take it lightly.

"Several officials, can you listen to the old man?"

Just when the Zhang family was in a state of anxiety and was still thinking about how to persuade the officials, the doctor who had been with him for a long time finally spoke up.

Facing the doctor, especially an elder with gray hair, the officials still have some respect.

"I don't know what the old man's opinion is?"

"The old man has practiced medicine for many years, and he thinks his medical skills are not bad. Looking at the faces of the two children, they really don't look like people who are sick. How about asking the old man to take the number one pulse of these two children?"

For this, the officials have nothing to do, and none of them objected.

Seeing this, the old doctor called the two children to check the pulse one by one. After a while, he relaxed his expression and said with a light smile: "The pulse is normal, and there is no discomfort."

In fact, the officials also saw that the two children were normal, but the plague was too involved, and they were lowly and powerful, so they dared not treat them lightly.

Even if you want to release, you have to report to your superiors, and you will only dare to release them after you get instructions from your superiors.Otherwise, if something goes wrong, they can't afford it.

But the words of the Zhang family and the doctor also reminded them.Zhang's family has been infected with the disease from old to young, but these two children are all normal, which is really strange.

Why are the weakest and most vulnerable children not infected?
Conversely, if this secret can be cracked, does it mean that a way to crack the plague has been found?The worst thing is to find a way to prevent it.

This is a great achievement!
The leading officer thought about it carefully and said to the old doctor: "The old man said so, we also believe it, but this matter is of great importance, and we have no control over it. How about this, since the old doctor has stepped into Zhang's house, It's better to stay together."

"The two children of the Zhang family were not infected. It's really strange. The old man knows medical skills, so he left a detailed questioning study. If we can solve the secret of their non-infection, wouldn't it be a great merit for the common people."

The old doctor also had this intention, but at this moment, he heard the official's words, and there was nothing in his heart.

The only thing I'm not used to is staying in Zhang's house.At his age, how can he be used to living in other people's homes.

But now that things have come to this, there is no way he can get used to living here.Besides, if Zhang's family is really infected with chicken plague, his "contact person" will not be safe.

Let it go, for the safety of the family, if you don't go back, don't go back.

Staying, if the secret of the two children's non-infection can be solved, it may be a contribution to the medical profession.

In ancient times, there was Shennong who tasted hundreds of herbs, but today he risked his life, if he can break the secret, he will be a descendant of a medical family.

In this way, the old doctor stayed and was "confined at home" together with the Zhang family.

The officials came out from the Zhang family, but did not go out of the village to return to the city. Instead, they spread around the Zhang family and investigated the entire village.

Zhang's chickens had chicken plague, and other families in the same village must not be spared. Like the family at the beginning, they had already contracted it.

After careful investigation, a total of [-] families in Yaoerzhuang had symptoms, among which Zhang's family and Guo's family had the most serious symptoms, and the rest of them only experienced mild chest tightness and dizziness.

Officials ordered people who had symptoms not to go out, and at the same time sent people back to the city to report.In Xiaocha Alley, after Wen Shu sat there for a while, he also took action.

For others, a closed alley may mean doing nothing and being bored.But for her, it was a rare quiet time. She couldn't go out, but she could do what she wanted to do with peace of mind and wholeheartedly.

Therefore, after Hong Ying fell asleep, she took out the ice lotus that she had just obtained yesterday.

(End of this chapter)