snow corpse

Two-thirds of the time was spent eating melon seeds, chatting and drinking tea in the room. "Qin Ming didn't even look at Li Dabao, but stared straight at the goose feather heavy snow outside the window.

The houses here are poorly decorated, and most of the floors have no tiles or wooden floors, and are still hard and dirty concrete floors.There are only a few thin quilts on the simple wooden bed, and I can be woken up several times by the cold when I sleep at night.These are the few quilts that the village chief found out after searching through the warehouse full of spider webs, and divided them among the three.As the only lesbian, Li Dabao can only end up with a quilt with a bed and a cover. Every night, he is wrapped up as a caterpillar in the quilt and scolds the other two big men. With a good style, Li Dabao rubbed his frozen and stiff feet in pain.

"Why did you ask me to do it under such heavy snow?" Li Dabao wailed, "One must have a conscience and a sense of guilt! Let's not say that the two of you sleep soundly every night, after considering that I have widowed eyes. Is it the feeling of being so cold until dawn?! If you don’t let me drink some hot water and knead some melon seeds, I will be a dying individual!”

"Don't worry." Qin Ming's sudden comfort almost made Dabao shiver.But the next sentence made her spit out the water she just drank.

"You still have fat."

"Hahahaha - ouch! - what are you doing!!" Lin Tao's eyes cracked.

Li Dabao wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth with his hands casually, and knocked the teacup heavily on the table with his mouth flat.Stuck his neck and glared at Lin Tao.

Seeing that Li Dabao's expression was that you disapproved of Lao Qin's shrew expression, Lin Tao could only sigh aggrievedly, and resigned himself to wiping off the tea on his face.Of course, Qin Ming stared straight at him with an undisguised expression of disgust on the way, which was really...very embarrassing.

The three of them were talking when footsteps suddenly came from the door. What was different from the usual footsteps was the sound of kicking footsteps combined with another kind of dragging sound. The three of them looked at each other and immediately understood who it was.

"Hehe, they're all here."

The person who entered the door was an old man in his early sixties, that is, Han Ningye, the head of the village. The villagers generally respect him as Master Han.The house where Qin Ming and the others lived temporarily belonged to his family.Han Ningye's ancestors were considered a wealthy family, and the family is full of wealthy children and grandchildren, but it is also happy.At that time, the villagers were relatively simple, and they didn't have much thought about eating and drinking, but they were no more thoughtful than they are now.The Han family has a good reputation in the local area, and they are honest and honest, so Han Ningye has been the village head of this Yunan Village since he was born, and he has not been laid off from generation to generation.

Han Ningye was wearing a red padded jacket and a woolen cap on his head and looked at the three of them with a smile. His plain attire image won the favor of outsiders.It's a pity that this kind old man can find that his right leg is somewhat disabled without looking closely. The entire ankle is turned out very badly. It is this foot that makes the dragging sound when walking on weekdays.The right leg is also more than a circle thinner than the left leg.Anyone who has a little knowledge of medicine can probably see that this is the sequelae of polio.

"Master Han, what's the matter with you?"

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"Hey, what can I do for an old man? I just found a good thing. I thought that a beautiful girl like Dabao would not freeze to death in our mountain valley, so I hurried to send it to you." Han Ningye put the small melon-sized metal gadget in front of Li Dabao as he spoke.

"Hand warmer!~" Li Dabao was so happy now, he quickly grabbed the hand stove and put it in his arms like a baby.The water in the hand warmer is not scalding hot, but Li Dabao's hands have been frozen for a long time, and now he feels that the temperature of the hand warmer is scorching, even if it is like this, he is full of joy and will not let go.

Seeing that Li Dabao really liked it, Han Ningye grinned cheerfully, the creases on his face were all wrinkled together.

"Alright, you guys talk, I'll go cook for you." Han Ningye put his rough hands into his pockets, and Qin Ming saw the swollen purple chilblains and dust on them with sharp eyes. "You have come all the way from the city, and we are not very used to the food in the mountains, but the snow keeps falling, so you have to eat something if you don't like it! Otherwise, how can you have the strength to fight the cold, right?"

Li Dabao quickly nodded and said yes, and Lin Tao also chimed in, saying that the wild vegetables in the mountains are delicious, and they cannot be eaten in the city.Han Ningye smiled even more happily, "Come on, do you want to eat wild vegetables? There are still some in the kitchen. The ones under the snow are hard to dig, but fortunately, I prepared some a few days ago. Then I will go..."

"Wait a minute, Master Han—"

Qin Ming, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"What's the matter, Chief Qin?"

"I want to ask you—" Qin Ming thought about it and said, "Is there anything around this village or in the mountains that can cause people to be allergic?"

When Han Ningye heard this, he immediately realized that the case had made some progress. Their small village has been very stable for more than 20 years, but suddenly such a murder case made everyone panic. The villagers have not solved the case for so many days They dare not even leave the house.As the village head, all he can do is actively cooperate with the police.

So when Qin Ming asked him, he thought carefully. There are all kinds of strange bugs and plants in this mountain, which can make people allergic. Qin Ming asked such a general question for a while, and it was really hard for him to explain why.

"There's everything in this mountain, and there are too many things you've seen and haven't seen..." Han Ningye frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't think of a fart, "Chief Qin, your description is too broad, old man I can't tell. Whose family didn't go to the back of the mountain to make a cut and get some rash red envelopes?"

"It's true..." Seeing Qin Ming's serious expression, Lin Tao was also puzzled by Monk Erzhang, "There is nothing else in this mountain, but there are many bugs and trees, so we can't find them one by one, right?"

Qin Ming's jaw was tense, he hugged his hand with one hand and rested his cheek on the other without speaking, as if he was lost in thought.Li Dabao and Lin Tao looked at each other and immediately understood that this old Qin was wandering in the sky again, and hurriedly thanked Han Ningye.

"Hey, Mr. Han, you should go to work first, Lao Qin will definitely not be able to think of anything for a while. We are not familiar with the situation on this mountain, but please worry about it."

Han Ningye responded repeatedly, "Then if there is any old man that I can help, you must tell me. I can see that your work is not easy, old man. After all, it happened in our village. If I can help the old man, I will definitely help you." I will go back and think about what can cause people to be allergic..."

"It looks like an allergy. It's better to be like a rash, with red packets and pus."

Han Ningye nodded his head and listened to Lin Tao dancing with him, and after a few greetings, he dragged his legs and hurried away. Before he left, he didn't forget to ask Lin Tao to help him carry some piles of firewood to the woodshed. His old lady was afraid of the dead. Now even if you are killed within ten meters of the woodshed, you don't want to take a step further.

But even though the mountain was connected to electricity, firewood was still used for cooking and boiling water. Fortunately, Police Officer Lin was more helpful. Since the police intervened after the murder of someone, he was the one who helped fight firewood from the firewood room to the kitchen.This time was no exception, Lin Tao agreed with a smile.

In the evening, everyone had an early meal together.It was dark early in the mountains, and the temperature was frighteningly low. Li Dabao even had a hand warmer for meals.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very peaceful.Han Ningye has two sons. The eldest son is working in the city in his 40s, and the youngest son is studying in a university in the provincial capital. Now he can go home to accompany his father after the winter vacation.The youngest son, Han Yifeng, is still a handsome boy in his early twenties.After careful questioning, he found out that Han Ningye was old enough to have a son, and although he was precious to this son, he did not condone it.

Although Han Yifeng was born in the mountains, he was well-bred. Li Dabao couldn't help but look at him for the first time when he met him.After a few days, I found out that Han Yifeng is still a student of a prestigious university, so I couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

"By the way, Section Chief Qin, I roughly remembered what you asked me today..." Han Ningye brought a plate of dishes to the table, and then wiped his hand that was stained with vegetable soup on his apron. "There is such a plant, and most people in the village are allergic to it."

Qin Ming paused as he picked up the food, put down his chopsticks and said, "Master Han might as well talk about it."

"It's all thanks to Yifeng, otherwise I really wouldn't remember it. When Yifeng was a child, he followed me to the back mountain to collect herbs. He accidentally ran into a sumac tree. He was fine at the time, but when he came back at night, he started to have a fever. It's swollen, painful and itchy. My mother and I didn't take it to heart, who's on the top of the mountain so that the child won't be bitten by insects... Even so, I still applied some purple syrup to the baby .” Han Ningye still has some lingering fears when he talked about the events back then.

"After a few days, the condition became worse day by day. The small rash turned into small blisters, and the small blisters merged into large blisters. The large blisters gradually turned into pustules, and then the pustules festered. Wherever the pus flowed, there would be another New blisters appeared. Just like what you described to me, pus and long blisters. Now my mother and I were in a hurry. We took the baby to the village health center. The doctor saw it and found out it was He was poisoned by lacquer poison. The baby was so itchy that he could not sleep every night, so his mother hugged him and pressed his hand to prevent him from scratching... I heard people in the village say that balm can cure lacquer poison, so I picked it back and used it with salt I smashed it up and applied it, but it didn’t work for several days. I was anxious but didn’t dare to say it. My mother was so anxious that I shed tears every night. I found a lot of folk remedies and tried it, but it didn’t work. The pustules slowly deflated, and the scabs fell off. I don't know what kind of folk remedies worked, anyway, Yifeng peeled off layers of skin when he was recovering."

Han Ningye's wife, Zhang Haiying, also brought out the dishes