dognovel Chapter 398
Chapter 398
"I don't know what sweet words the Xiaolang team used to coax them. If they leave the Fenxia team, they will definitely suffer." Zhong Tiyun also said.
But, what does this have to do with them!
Zhou Shuwan thought coldly.
Qi Mingyu saw that she was worried, so he picked up a piece of beef and put it in her bowl, and said softly, "Why don't you eat anymore?"
Zhou Shuwan smiled at him, picked up the beef and put it in his mouth, squinting his eyes in satisfaction.
Grandma Pang watched the two interacting with a gratified smile on her face.
She picked up her chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish and put it into Qi Mingyu's bowl: "You should eat more too."
Qi Mingyu smiled and nodded, putting the fish into his mouth.
The hot pot dispels the chill of winter and brings the family closer together.
After dinner, Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu returned to their room.
Zhou Shuwan walked to the window, looked at the falling snow outside, and sighed softly: "As long as the leader of the cannibal gang is not caught, I will always feel uneasy."
Qi Mingyu finally understood what she was worried about, so he walked over and gently hugged her shoulders: "Don't worry too much, Wanwan. Even if she really wants to do something bad, in this kind of extremely cold weather, anyone would have to honestly succumb to the natural disaster."
Zhou Shuwan nodded: "That's right."
Qi Mingyu continued, "The base found another batch of coal today. Residents living in the community can exchange supplies for coal in the future, which can alleviate their worries for the time being."
"By the way, I saw bricks and cement placed over there in the factory. Are they going to expand again?" Zhou Shuwan asked.
Qi Mingyu nodded: "Yes, Xiao Xiao is doing his best to ensure the safety of all personnel in the base. From this point of view, I admire him very much."
Zhou Shuwan smiled and said, "Mingyue also agreed to Xiaoxiao's proposal. I was worried that they wouldn't be able to make it since they were having so much trouble together. After the new factory is built, maybe they will get married."
Qi Mingyu's eyes flashed, and he just hugged her tighter without saying a word.
The extreme cold seemed to be fixed at minus 60 degrees Celsius.
For several days in a row, the temperature did not drop again, even after two more heavy snowstorms.
News came from Chen Fen's team that the three girls who voluntarily withdrew from the team were removed from the security team.
Zhou Shuwan had never heard Qi Mingyu mention this matter, so he asked him about it as soon as he came back in the evening.
The other party nodded and said as a matter of course, "I've had someone investigate. Team Xiaolang does like to recruit valuable people. They run around the base and have a strong presence. Since arriving at the base a year ago, they've used the same method to lure over twenty people with special talents over. Originally, this is none of the Security Team's business. Civilian organizations have their freedom too. As long as it's harmless, they can turn a blind eye. But those three female members were carefully selected by the Security Team. If they have poor character, how can they do their job well?"
There was one more thing Qi Mingyu didn't say.
If the Xiaolang team asked these three female players to use their power to harm the base, would they do it or not?
Because of their flaws in character, not only others but also Qi Mingyu no longer trusted them.
The three female team members thought they had found a good backer, and ruthlessly abandoned the Fenxia team that took them in when they were in trouble. However, they did not expect that things are unpredictable, and in a blink of an eye, they were expelled from the security team.
Then, the Xiaolang team immediately changed their attitude, robbed them of all their supplies, expelled them from the team, and became the laughing stock of everyone.
Of course Zhou Shuwan wouldn't worry about these people.
When the temperature stabilized at minus 60 degrees Celsius, she suddenly became restless and even began to ask the whole family to ventilate the house on time, opening a small gap in the windows of the living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom every morning and evening to allow air to flow.
To be honest, the temperature in the house was quite warm, but as soon as we opened the window, we felt freezing cold all around. The whole family even had to wear down jackets to endure this unbearable half-hour of ventilation time.
In addition, she also asked the whole family to wear masks.
You should wear it except when eating, sleeping and resting.
Except for Grandma Pang and Mu Mu, everyone else in the family has to go to work. She requires those who go out to work to wear masks at all times and to disinfect thoroughly after returning home.
She prepared an ultraviolet disinfection lamp and installed it on the balcony.
After returning home, change your clothes and put them on the balcony for disinfection. You also need to disinfect your body with alcohol, and then change into clean home clothes.
This situation made the whole family feel nervous.
Perhaps for this reason, Grandma Pang soon fell ill.
Grandma Pang was old and had lived in the apocalypse for a few years. Although her whole family took good care of her and provided her with as comprehensive nutrition as possible, she still fell ill due to the extremely cold weather.
It wasn't just Grandma Pang. In just a few days, everyone in the base, from the elderly to children to young people, caught the flu.
Fever, runny nose, cough, hoarseness...
Starting from the night when Grandma Pang had a fever, Zhou Shuwan quickly took out the mugwort he had stockpiled and used it to fumigate the house.
Zhou Jianghai and Zhong Tiyun had heard her mention it before, but they were surprised to see her hoarding so much mugwort. Their expressions changed when they saw her doing so.
Zhong Tiyun asked in a low voice: "Wanwan, what's going on?"
Zhou Shuwan said solemnly, "I can't really say, but grandma's symptoms are similar to..."
Her eyes swept over Mu Mu's face, who had been listening intently, and she swallowed the words that were about to blurt out, whispering, "It's similar to a disease I've seen before. It's a kind of influenza that breaks out during extreme cold periods. Its scientific name is the Pseudomonas virus. This virus is highly contagious and very difficult to cure. It attacks everyone indiscriminately, from the elderly to children. There is no specific medicine. Later, when too many people died, people noticed that wormwood has a certain inhibitory effect on this virus. Although it can't achieve the effect of a complete cure, long-term consumption and disinfection can suppress the activity of this virus."
"Will it cause massive casualties?" Qi Mingyu repeated.
Zhou Shuwan nodded. "Yes. It's just like the coronavirus we had before. It attacks different organs and causes a strong viral reaction, such as persistent high fever, dry and sore throat, loss of taste, persistent cough, lung damage, difficulty breathing, etc. The most serious case is white lung, which can lead to death..."
"Before the apocalypse, people had all sorts of advanced medical equipment and a wide range of medicines, so they might have been able to withstand it. But now, it's hard for hospitals to even stock the most common antibiotics. There's no other way but to fight it head-on."
Zhong Tiyun was extremely nervous after hearing this. She turned to look at Grandma Pang who was lying unconscious on the bed. "What about your grandma? Is there any solution?"
Zhou Shuwan took a deep breath and said, "Yes, that's what I said. Eat mugwort and fumigate the house with it to suppress the virus as much as possible, and then use conventional methods to treat the virus."