Tong Chen used his hand to remove the weeds on the stream, revealing the stream hidden below, he was about to scoop up a little with his hand to see the situation, but when his head was lowered, he clearly smelled a pungent smell, don't think about it, Tong Chen took advantage of the situation to scoop up a little water, the color is pale yellow.

Tong Chen's heart suddenly cooled in half, how could it be such water? Can you drink such polluted water? If you drink it, don't lose your life.

Wu Zhengxing's experience was also a bit bad, he asked several companies one after another, but people either covered it up or simply didn't say anything, he was completely confused.

But Wu Zhengxing did not give up, sat on a stone on the side of the street and rested briefly, he continued to inquire with the villagers, Wu Zhengxing also had an obsession in his heart, he still didn't believe it, what is the reason why so many people are unwilling to tell the truth? With so many people in the village, it is impossible for everyone to keep silent.

The development of things did not completely disappoint Wu Zhengxing, after visiting several houses, when he came to a relatively young man's house, Wu Zhengxing asked the question in his heart, and the man began to explain.

It turned out that the population of Weiyu Village was much larger than it is now, and it was a relatively large village nearby, but when a paper mill came to Weiyu Village, it didn't take long for all this to change, and the waste water after the production of the paper mill was discharged at will, and people's water began to be polluted.

"Mr. Zhang, why don't you report the situation to the relevant environmental protection department? Would you rather just drink this kind of water all the time?" Wu Zhengxing asked the biggest doubt in his heart.

The man surnamed Zhang looked helpless: "Who said no, within a few days, a few of us went to the county environmental protection bureau to report, not long after, the water we drank slowly became a lot better, everyone was overjoyed, but how long did it take, the water we drank changed its taste again."

"This should be the paper mill that has started to discharge sewage again, but after the environmental protection department's treatment, they shouldn't dare to drain the water so blatantly," Wu Zhengxing was a little puzzled.

"Hehe, let's not talk about this, the drinking water is polluted, of course everyone disagrees, many people immediately reported to the village committee, this delay is another period of time, and then it can't go on, the village committee elected a representative to start negotiating with the factory, this negotiation is a long time, and finally the paper mill said that it will not directly discharge sewage in the future, it will be treated and then discharged."

Wu Zhengxing interjected: "This is also a good way to deal with it."

"It's a good fart, they said that it will be discharged after treatment, but the water is still like that, it hasn't changed much, it still has color and smell", speaking of this, the man surnamed Zhang looked angry.

Wu Zhengxing immediately expressed his conjecture: "According to what you say, it should be that the sewage discharge has not yet reached the standard."

"Well, that's what you said"

"And what did you do with it?"

"Of course we weren't happy to drink this kind of water every day, and we didn't get sick from drinking it, so this time we had a few people to discuss going directly to this factory to ask for an explanation."

"Drinking such polluted water, although it does not have any effect on the body in the short term, but over time, it is very likely to cause various major diseases, which is very harmful," Wu Zhengxing echoed.

"Isn't it?" as soon as this sentence came out, Mr. Zhang suddenly became choked.

"My father died of cancer a few months ago, and the doctor made it clear at the time that a person's basic diet is very closely related to cancer, and sometimes even the direct cause, and I guess my father's illness is most likely affected by drinking such water."

Mr. Zhang paused for a moment and then said: "I regret now that I didn't properly investigate the cause of my father's illness in the hospital, and when I sent my father to the hospital, he didn't stay in the hospital for two or three days, and he died, but unfortunately it's too late to say anything now."

"I'm sorry, because this incident reminds me of your father again".

"It's okay, I sometimes feel sorry for myself when I think about it now, if I could have taken my father to the hospital for a check-up earlier, it wouldn't have been like this."

"Don't talk about this, how did they explain when you went to the factory?", Wu Zhengxing continued to ask.

When Mr. Zhang heard this, his face changed: "How can they explain that when a few of us went to someone's factory, they only asked what we were doing, and they didn't even let us in."

"What do they mean by that?"

"What do you mean? they don't even look down on us, or don't take us seriously at all."

"Then you... ？”

"What can we do? We didn't have a problem at the time, but then a group of us went to the EPA again, and another group continued to come to their factory for a long time, and finally they came out with a person in charge and said that they also attached great importance to this matter and would deal with it immediately," Mr. Zhang said, standing up from the small bench.

"Then how did they deal with it?", Wu Zhengxing also stood up.

"They sprinkled some white powder in the well, saying that it would purify the water and that there would be no problem drinking water in the future, and every household gave us a water purifier a few days ago."

"So what's going on now? The water I saw outside the village still smells."

"It's a lot stronger now, the taste before is much bigger than now, and now the water we drink will be filtered with a water purifier, but it's a little troublesome, and other laundry or something will be used like that."

Wu Zhengxing looked grateful: "Thank you so much, I have disturbed you for so long, Mr. Zhang, do you know where this paper mill is? I want to go and see."

"No thanks, you Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang called me, I was a little embarrassed to call me, you might as well call me Lao Zhang", Lao Zhang said with a smile.

"In addition, this factory is not in the village, it is still in the mountains, and it will take a while to walk."

"Can you tell me the way to this place, then?".

Lao Zhang hesitated a little and didn't speak immediately.

"You don't have to take me there personally, just tell me which way to go, and I'll go by myself," Wu Zhengxing immediately explained.

One of the most painful things in the world is that there are many thirst-quenching streams in front of you, and the water is not clean, do you choose to endure it or do you want to be desperate?

Tong Chen is facing this choice, but he has already made a choice, he would rather be thirsty than drink such water into his stomach, and the result is that he is happy in vain, and he is always in danger of running out of water.

At this moment, Tong Chen remembered the words of the magpie and understood the meaning.

After being disappointed for a long time, Tong Chen came to his senses, the sky was getting darker and darker, and he couldn't do anything today.

I haven't eaten or drunk for two days and two nights, and the only remaining water source is the water droplets in the wild grass, and now Tong Chen already feels a little trance, which is still when he is more accustomed to starvation, if before, he is afraid that he will be even more uncomfortable.

Fortunately, a shelter has been built today, and it should be better tonight, Tong Chen is actually more skeptical of his words.

Well, tonight should be another memorable one.