Chapter 226

They came empty and went back with a full cart. Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun got together, and they were discussing while driving.

Xu Ran asked Zhuo Yun, “Zhuo Yun, have you informed Brother Qin yet? They have to shut down the shop first whether it is true or not. There are so many people in the summer and after such a long time of rain, there will definitely be many people coming out to buy fruits and cooked food. It will be easy to get into trouble if there are too many people.”

Zhuo Yun nodded. “I’ve already told them. Brother Qin is a wise man and he knows what to do. He is probably preparing now. By the way, Xu Ran, can we take his family in?” After all, it was discovered in the town. Xu’s Village must be safer than the town.”

Xu Ran looked back at the food in his carriage and said to Zhuo Yun, “That’s what I was going to do, otherwise I wouldn’t have bought so much food.”

“The food is enough, but I’m still a little worried. None of us had experienced the plague, so we didn’t know much about it. We really don’t know what to do.”

Hearing  this, Xu Ran comforted  him, “We’re not sure if it’s true. We’re just on guard. Children are not allowed to go out. We just need to have less contact with the outside. We don’t have much to do with ourselves. We’re in good health, but we need to pay more attention to the children, especially Qing Shu. We must keep an eye on him.”

Zhuoyun didn’t feel any relieved, but even more worried. To Zhuo Yun, Qing Shu was like his life, which Gou Dan couldn’t completely compare with.

Xu Ran also felt that he had said something wrong when he finished, but he couldn’t say anything else. He simply let Zhuo Yun think about it himself. He began to try his best to remember how to deal with the plague on TV.

He cleaned everything inside and outside of the house, and then maintained ventilation. He paid attention to be clean when eating. It seems that as long as he keep it under control and not to touch the source of infection, it should be fine.

It seemed quite simple. Xu Ran felt a little relieved when he thought about it. He only remembered one sentence firmly, that is, not to touch the source of infection.

After they got home, Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun unloaded everything in the yard, and then rushed to the town immediately. This time, they went to pick up people, and buying too much things could easily arouse suspicion.

When they went to Qin Shuwu’s store, they found that the shop was closed, so they rushed to his house.

When they arrived, they saw Qin Shuwu asking his family to work and move things outside.

Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun walked over and asked him, “Brother Qin, what are you doing? Where are you moving to?”

Qin Shuwu was so busy and he scolded them, “It’s not like you don’t know about it. Why are you still running to the town? Do you know how dangerous the town is now?Zhuo Yun, you must take Shu Wen to live with Xu Ran immediately, and don’t come to town for a while.

“Brother Qin, where are you going?” Xu Ran interrupted Qin Shuwu and asked.

Qin Shuwu explained to him, “We are planning to go back to Qin’s Village. We had a house there, but no one had lived in it for a long time. Look at my family, both the old and the young. I’m worried about living in this town, so I might as well go to the village for a while.”

Xu Ran reached out to stop him and said, “Brother Qin, if you move back to the village like this, you will definitely be suspected. You’d better not go back. Come to my house! Zhuo Yun and I had bought a lot of food. It’s not a problem. You just have to bring the quilt and clothes to my house. You know that I have enough room for you, and I still have a bamboo house! It is also in the village, but much better than going back to Qin’s Village.

Zhuo Yun also saidd, “Big Brother, Xu Ran is right. You can’t be at ease anywhere with so many children.You should move to Xu Ran’s.  All of us can come up with a solution no matter what, can’t we?

They took turns to persuade Qin Shuwu,which made him a little hesitating, but it was definitely inconvenient to if they had to live in such a big family.

However, before he could speak, His father walked over and said, “Shu Wu! I will make the decision and go to Xu Ran’s house. We have to think for the children. Qin family has not gone back for so many years, so people will definitely overthink about it if we suddenly go back. If something bad comes out then, it will be troublesome. ”

Xu Ran quickly continued, “Brother Qin, that’s what the godfather said. You have to listen to him. Things are settled. Zhuo Yun and I came here by carriage. Since you’re all going to carry things anyway, you can just put them in our carriage. Don’t take too much stuff. Just bring the important things, like clothes and the quilt. We have everything else.”

Qin Shuwu had to agree since his father said so, and Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun had been persuading him. But he still felt a little sorry because there were too many people.

However, the two of them didn’t care whether he agreed or not, they moved things directly into the carriage, and the rest of the family seemed to agree with them.In fact when he thought about it carefully, Qin Shuwu knew that what they said was reasonable, but he never liked to trouble others, even it’s Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun.

But now that this is the case, his objection is invalid, then let’s just move!

Qin Shuwu’s family also had carriages. Two carriages must be enough for the things, but they would have to come here once more to pick up these people.

Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun were planning to go back first when they saw Guoguo coming with a broken wooden car from the alley inside.

Xu Ran was about to say something when he heard Guoguo say something went wrong.

“Dad,  Uncle Zhuo, something bad happened. Now the people in the town know about the plague and several people have died. I went to the Yamen and found that Zhubu has already gathered Yamen runners. Dad, let’s go back quickly. Otherwise, it would be too late.”

After hearing Guoguo’s words, both Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun were shocked. They didn’t expect things to spread so quickly. It had only been two hours! How did happen that the whole town knew about it, but it was not the time to think about that now.

Xu Ran shouted “brother Qin” and Qin Shuwu came out of the house in a hurry, “Xu Ran, what’s the matter?”

Xu Ran said, “Brother Qin, something bad happened. Pack up your important things and get into the carriage right now, or it would be too late.”

Although Xu Ran did not say much, he knew that there must be a big problem after seeing Xu Ran’s anxious expression and the sweaty face of Guoguo beside him, so he rushed in and brought the children out one by one.

Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun moved everything onto the carriage. Guoguo also began to move things to the broken wooden car he had found somewhere. The three people moved very quickly. When the Qin family got into the carriage, Xu Ran and the rest had already moved their things to the carriage. Qin Shuwu was the last one to come out, and then he locked the door and jumped on the back of the carriage, driving the carriage to go in the front.

Although there might be a lot of things in there that haven’t been cleaned up, but now they can’t care about these things. Xu Ran and the others followed behind Qin Shuwu and started running outside the town. Once they’re out of town, they didn’t have to worry again.

They met Tangtang on the way, who was coming to pick them up. Xu Ran yelled at Tangtang, “Turn around and don’t go to town. It’s not safe in town now.”

Hearing Xu Ran’s words, Tangtang stopped the carriage and let Qin Shuwu and other people sit in his carriage to lighten the weight of the carriage and run faster.

Now everyone only had one wish, that is to get to the Xu’s village as soon as possible, they would be safe as long as they reached there.

After reaching Xu’s Village, Xu Ran didn’t even enter the house and jumped out of the carriage.

Xu Ran didn’t know if Wu Mei and the rest had already knew about this, but he still ran over and told Wu Mei that she should inform the other two families. Then he ran to find the village chief.

He didn’t care what happened to the rest of the village, but if people from ouitside the village came to the town for shelter, they would take them in, and it would be a big problem if something happened.

“Village chief, is the village chief home? Something bad happened.” Before Xu Ran could reach the village head’s house, he started shouting.

The village chief was enjoying the cool in the yard. Even though the rain had just stopped, it was still very hot this day. When the village chief heard Xu Ran’s voice, he immediately got up and opened the door of the yard.

Seeing that he was running in such a hurry, the village chief quickly asked, “Xu Ran, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?”

Xu Ran said as he panted, “Something bad happened. There are people in the town who were infected with the plague. Now everyone in the town knows that. We just came back from the town. Call the villagers together and explain the matter quickly before the news spreads. Tell them not to take in anyone from other villages anymore. Children should not be allowed to go out recently.”

“The plague?” The village chief asked in shock.

He was also someone who had been through the plague. It was already ten years ago, so he absolutely knew how terrible it was. He quickly asked Xu Ran, “Xu Ran, is this true? Is there really a plague in town? ”

Xu Ran said, “Village Chief, how can I possibly make a joke with you about such a big thing? wasn’t it said that a while ago, there was a storm and the reservoir broke the dam to cause a flood? You should know that floods are usually followed by the plague.I don’t think the plague started in town, but it has already arrived in the town. It will soon reach the village nearby. Our village is not far from the town. When the time comes, there will definitely be people fleeing into the village. Village chief, we have to be prepared first! ”

When the village chief thought about it, he agreed. Xu Ran would not make a  joke about such a big matter. He said, ” How about You go back first and I will immediately inform the villagers. The people in the village probably still hate you now. Even if you told them, they might not believe it. It’s better for me to tell them about it!  I can’t do anything else, but it can certainly be done to keep outsiders out of the village.”

Xu Ran nodded. “Alright, village chief, I’ll go back first. The rest is up to you! And I’m not going out recently.”

Xu Ran left after he said that, thinking that the village chief would make the decision himself.