The widowed sister-in-law is embarrassed, she criticizes the villain like he only wants to be a love

The next morning, the escape team finally left Panfeng Mountain after walking for a day and night.

Seeing the vast flat land ahead, many villagers cheered excitedly.

"We are out of the mountains. There are so many mosquitoes on the mountains that they can bite people alive. We didn't see so many mosquitoes in autumn in previous years."

"There is a drought this year, and the temperature in autumn is even hotter than in the dog days of previous years. Mosquitoes like to stay in the warm and humid mountain nests."

The large team slowly walked up the official road. Some people said that if they walked another twenty miles, they would reach Cangtong County.

Along the way, Yan Shu discovered a strange phenomenon.

In the dry crop fields on both sides of the road, groups of refugees were digging for something in the soil from time to time.

Yan Shu said to Jiang Ci beside him: "The farmers in the fields have all harvested nothing. What are they looking for there?"

"It seems to be catching a rat."

Liu Wenniang looked at the group of people curiously: "How come so many giant rats suddenly appeared? In previous years, it was not easy to catch one of these rats in the field."

Yan Wu nodded in agreement: "This thing is very clever. It will run away when it sees people from a distance, and it also likes to dig holes everywhere."

As soon as Yan Wu finished speaking, a fat guy scurried onto the official road.

After a while, the second and third ones ran over one after another.

Yan Wen took off the bow and arrow from his back, aimed at a giant rat and shot it on the spot!

Yan Wu ran forward and picked it up and took a closer look, his handsome face full of smiles.

"This guy is so fat. I estimate he weighs three kilograms."

Yan Ersheng smiled and said: "Let's make a fire and roast it when we have a rest at night. This big rat is so big, the meat on its body must be fat and oily."

The ancients ate rat, and the jade food in the phrase "Qi Shan Jade Food, Impoverished Food Brings Abundance" refers to dried rat rat and canned rat rat.

In their eyes, there should be no difference between eating rat meat and eating rabbit meat.

What Yan Shu was concerned about was not whether the rat meat was delicious, but that there must be a reason why so many rats suddenly appeared.

After a while, hundreds of giant rats sprang out from all directions, and the villagers started to fight over them excitedly.

The group of refugees in the field were even more chaotic.

Yan Ersheng called his three sons, and together with Yan Dahu and Yan Xiangyang, they used bows and arrows to kill the rats. After a while, the two families worked together to kill more than 20 rats.

The villagers in the four villages plus the hordes of refugees in the fields numbered thousands at least, but just after catching one wave, another wave appeared, and it seemed like there was no end to the rats.

Everyone was excited, but Yan Shu frowned and looked solemn.

Jiang Ci just looked at everything around him with cold eyes and said calmly: "The sudden appearance of a large number of rats is not a good sign."

Yan Shu nodded: "If it's not a sign of the earthquake, it's a rat infestation. Did I find that there are an unusually large number of mosquitoes around here?"

She discovered this phenomenon since she left Panshan Village.

It is now mid-October, and even though the weather is still hot, there should not be more flies and mosquitoes than in July and August. However, along the way, mosquitoes and flies are like a meeting of heroes. In the evening, you can clearly see the mosquitoes and flies circling overhead. It was completely black.

"There are indeed a lot more than usual. Is there a connection between the increase in mosquitoes and the rat disease?"

Yan Shu looked at Jiang Ci: "There are multiple viruses in rats. Mosquitoes can spread the viruses from rats to humans through bacteria and blood."

Jiang Ci looked a little more solemn: "Sister-in-law, you mean that a plague is likely to break out nearby?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, so we have to get out of here as soon as possible."

Yan Ersheng, the Yan brothers, Yan Dahu, Yan Xiangyang and his son came back carrying dozens of giant rats.

They threw the rat on the ground and happily planned how to cook it for dinner.

Liu Wenniang and Aunt Mei laughed and scolded: "Why are you catching so many on such a hot day? They will go bad if you can't finish them."

Yan Ersheng suggested: "Let's eat part of it and pickle the rest with salt and dry it into dried meat to eat slowly on the road."

Yan Dahu laughed heartily: "I estimate that we have shot at least more than 40 in a short time. Ersheng, we brothers haven't hunted so happily in a long time."

Yan Shu and Jiang Ci came over.

"Dad, if a large number of giant rats suddenly appear, I'm afraid it will cause a plague. We'd better not eat these rat meat."

Yan Ersheng and Yan Dahu were both stunned.

Yan Dahu asked: "Four girls, do you think there will be a plague?"

"Shuo rats carry a large amount of plague viruses, which can be transmitted to humans through mosquitoes, thereby quickly spreading the plague among people. If you eat the meat of this thing, you may also develop another hemorrhagic fever. The spread of the two viruses Although the routes are different, the fatality rate is very high.”

Plague and hemorrhagic fever are clearly distinguished in modern medicine.

Plague is a highly communicable disease. The causative bacterium is Yersinia pestis, while hemorrhagic fever is caused by hantavirus. The former is a communicable disease, while the latter is not communicable. However, in this ancient time when medical conditions were backward, no matter which type of disease you contracted, Disease fatality rates are very high.

Yan Shu felt that the current environment was like a breeding ground for snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Once the chain effect broke out, the consequences would be disastrous.

Yan Ersheng and Yan Dahu frowned at the same time.

"I believe what Fourth Girl said, Ersheng, we can't risk the lives of our whole family just for a bite of meat. We'd better not eat this rat meat."

Yan Xiangyang once had his life saved by Yan Shu. He was very convinced of Yan Shu's medical skills, and naturally he did not dare to try it easily after hearing what Yan Shu said.

Not to mention Aunt Mei, it doesn't matter whether she eats meat or not, she just hopes that her family of four can arrive in Xinyang safely.

Yan Ersheng and the three brothers of the Yan family have always listened to Yan Shu's words. Since Yan Shu said they couldn't eat it, they would definitely not eat it.

"Then we won't eat it! My daughter, this matter is not trivial. We need to inform our seventh uncle and the village chief."

Yan Shu glanced at the nearby villagers, who were still catching the rats happily, and suddenly told them that they could not eat the meat that reached their mouths, fearing that most of them would object.

All she can do is bring her words to the audience. Whether she listens or not depends on her personal destiny.

Yan Shu went to his seventh uncle in person and told the old man the current situation in detail.

The old man sat in the bullock cart and pondered for a moment.

"Third brother, go call the village chief over."

"Yes!" The seventh uncle's third grandson left in a hurry.

The seventh uncle sighed: "Fourth girl, your concern is very necessary. It is best for everyone not to eat blindly on the way to escape."

When he was young, he personally experienced the severe drought 50 years ago. After suffering, he understood the value of life better.

In his opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to save his life and survive.

Yan Fugui rushed over quickly. He was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked. He wiped the sweat randomly with his rough palms.

"Seventh Uncle, what orders do you have from me?"

The seventh uncle glanced at Yan Fugui.

"You go and discuss with the village chiefs of other villages and ask the villagers to throw away all the rats they caught and no one wants to eat them."

Yan Fugui looked astonished: "Why? You guys have been working so hard to catch it for a long time, why can't you eat it?"

"Just now, the fourth girl said that the sudden appearance of a large number of giant rats in the fields may cause a plague. For safety reasons, it is best for everyone not to eat them."

Yan Fugui frowned. Just now he thought he could have a good meal of meat today, but...

"I'm afraid the villagers won't want to."

The seventh uncle snorted softly: "Hmph, I can't control other villages, but if anyone in our Xinghua Village doesn't want to, the whole family will leave the fleeing team."