The next day.

Xiaoying goes to the market to buy some rice. There is no rice left at home.

The cylinder has also bottomed out.

So Xiaoying pinched the flat purse, and when she found that there was still some money in it, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there is enough to buy rice.

Xiaoying said a word to her grandfather and went out.

Although the streets are still foggy. But people are still going back and forth. From time to time, I hear people talking about something. It's probably all trivial things in life. Or something about this haze.

There is a street in the village that is lively at all times. Because this is the heart of the village. There are the necessities of people's lives. Salt, oil, whole grains, rice, etc., etc.

"Auntie, here you are, the oil we have here is ground from high-quality soybeans, it tastes fragrant and authentic!"

When the eldest lady heard him say this, she couldn't close her mouth with joy.

"The black fog in our village is so serious that I don't dare to go out. I'm always worried about what is wrong with my body, but fortunately, the food is still safe! ”

"Auntie, don't worry. We are all from one village, and we guarantee honest trading! ”

"Okay." The eldest lady took out a small cloth bag and took out the money with a trembling rope, her eyesight was not good, so she counted the money and counted it. The middle-aged man who sold oil obviously saw a lot of this situation, and he was not in a hurry, he waited patiently, and after about ten seconds, the eldest lady counted the money and handed the money to him tremblingly. took the oil trembling and walked away with a cane.

"Auntie, go slowly, come back next time!"

"Hey, hey, lad." The eldest lady hurriedly responded, her steps did not decrease, she walked too slowly, and it did not affect the answer.

Stay until the eldest lady is far away. The middle-aged man stayed alone for a while, bored, and muttered: "The black fog is not leaving, and now the business is deserted." ”

The middle-aged man who sells oil is surnamed Zhang, and he is not very old, only in his forties, but he looks old-fashioned, and everyone calls him Lao Zhang.

"Hey. Fat Lee! What do you do in the shop? He poked his head out and shouted.

"Chop some minced meat, make dumplings to eat tonight!"

"Yo, life is so good, and dumplings are wrapped. I can't sell this oil. Can I go over and eat at night? He was envious.

"Hey, it's not because the meat can't be sold, it's not easy to do business now. If you want to eat, come here. Li Fatzi was depressed, poked his head out of the shop, and looked at Lao Zhang who was shouting at him opposite.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, the haze is so big, how dare you come out." Fat Li asked.

"So what's the solution. The haze is coming. Our family has to eat and drink. I still have to live my life. Lao Zhang said. I don't care if others come out or not, I have to come out anyway. ”

After he finished speaking, he added, "I watched others do the same, go to the field, buy groceries, work, cook, stroll, chat, and I didn't see anything big happening." If you want me to say, the person who has that disease may have some lesion hidden in the body, which happens to be triggered by this haze. Look at me, I've been healthy and healthy, and I'm not sick. ”

"Don't talk nonsense. The incubation period of this disease is long, and the onset is sudden. It's going to be a good day. Maybe all of a sudden, it won't work. Chunhua, who sells flatbread, also interjected.

"Hey, don't curse me. As far as your crow's mouth is concerned, Lao Tzu has to live for another hundred years. "Lao Zhang is gone.

Everyone burst into laughter. The street finally has a bit of a lively atmosphere.

"Anyway, I think it's a bad breed to hide at home. Lao Tzu is not afraid of heaven and earth, what is there to be afraid of in such a little black fog. Isn't it just a darker fog than usual? ”

After everyone finished laughing, Aunt Liu, who sold coarse grains, said, "Hey, do you know? Lao Jin at the head of our village doesn't dare to come out now, and now he hides in the house every day. ”

"No wonder I can't look at him, he bought a lot of things last time. It turned out to be a reserve of food. Chunhua added.

"Actually, it's not to blame him, this old Jin is also to blame for being pitiful, his wife died because of this illness. There are two sons at home, how can they be careless. The last time he came, I saw that he had lost a lot of weight. ”

"Hey. ……”

For a while, everyone was a little speechless.

"There are indeed a lot of people in our village who died because of this." After a while, someone asked sullenly.

"Quite a few. What's going on all these years...... There must be thirty or forty of them. Not to mention those who get sick, there are a lot of people who get sick. I really don't know how far away it is. Someone answered him.

Yongning Village is quite large, so ordinary people can only know some of the conditions of the people who are close to them.

"To be honest, sometimes, in my heart, I'm really a little scared." Lao Zhang said.

Li Fatzi was silent for a while, and then answered: "I was also a little stunned, saying that I was not afraid in my heart, and the haze was in front of me all day long." You can't watch it without looking at it. If you look at the mountain in the distance, it looks like a devil is roaring. Sometimes I feel like they've gotten into the meat I sell, ready to poison me if I'm not looking. ”

……

"Shall we move out?"

"That's right. Now there are people in the village who want to move out. Otherwise, we'll follow the big army. ”

"Let's go? How to go? Lao Tzu has never been out of this mountain since he was so big. Besides, is it safe on the road? The road leading to the outside in our village is very difficult to walk, and I heard that there are often mudslides or something, so maybe it will die on the road at some point. Our family is young, the third son and my wife are not in good health, in case I don't get sick on the road there are three long and two short, who do I reason with? ”

"That is, if I want to say that I want to move away, I have to think about it, I have lived for a lifetime, how can I just leave. It's all emotional. In our big mountain, outsiders can't easily come in, and we can't easily get out. ”

"Lao Zhang, are you leaving?"

"This ...... I'll have to think about it. "There's always a lot of things for middle-aged men to think about. The sound of laughter and slapstick came from the house, which made the man's grim face relax slightly, however, his brow quickly furrowed.

Be careful! The life of the family was all in his own hands, and the man suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

He lit a cigarette and smoked.

At this time, the single Da Yao said: "Fortunately, I don't have any burden. I've got to get out of here at this time. We can't stay here anymore. I've been feeling sick for the past few days, and I don't know if I'm sick with it. After saying that, he felt an discomfort in his throat, coughed a few times, and quickly drank some water.

"Pure nonsense, how can anyone curse himself."

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