People always have the most simple wishes, hoping for a good living environment, hoping for their good health, hoping to earn more money this year, and so on.

Butcher Xiao didn't know what Zhou Xiao's identity was, but in their eyes, it must be the people above who could come down to investigate the environment, and he also told his wishes, hoping that the environment in the village would be better.

Zhou Xiao couldn't give Butcher Xiao an accurate answer at this time, but said: "I will report this matter to the above." ”

After receiving Zhou Xiao's reply, Butcher Xiao was a little disappointed.

Many villagers who followed Butcher Xiao also said:

"Now there are so many cancers in the village, it must be a problem of environmental pollution."

"Isn't it, there used to be a lot of long-lived old people in our village, but now many of them have cancer at the age of forty or fifty."

Mo Li estimated that the groundwater and air must have been polluted, which caused the mass cancer of the villagers, and she innocently asked, "Why don't you want to move away?" ”

The villagers said, "Where are you going?" The house prices in the city are so expensive......"

"If I could have moved, I would have moved a long time ago."

Who wants to stay in the village now?

Those who could move away, those who could afford to buy a house in the city, had long since moved away, and those who remained were the old, weak, sick and disabled, those who relied on the land to earn hard-earned money.

Zhou Xiao saw that Mo Li and the others' attention was on environmental protection, so he pulled the topic back and said, "The sampling that should be sampled is faster." ”

"Oh! Good ......"

Seeing this environment in the village, everyone must feel uncomfortable.

In the city, unless you have a water purifier installed at home, you don't drink tap water and drink bottled water instead.

But in the countryside, not far from the city, many people still unconsciously drink groundwater.

The groundwater in recent years is not the same as it was a few decades ago, and now there are so many factories that the groundwater has long been polluted.

Zhou Xiao suddenly thought: "Zhang Sheng, you and Captain Xiao go to his house to get some water." ”

"Okay!" Zhang Sheng took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to Captain Xiao and said, "Captain Xiao, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Oh, say this!"

In addition to sampling, Zhang Sheng is also responsible for the video and license plate of the experimental process, which are important materials in the experimental process.

came to Captain Xiao's home, and Captain Xiao warmly greeted Zhang Sheng into the house.

Captain Xiao's daughter-in-law even took out melons, fruits and cigarettes to entertain Zhang Sheng, but Zhang Sheng politely declined.

Here, Zhang Sheng saw Captain Xiao's father basking in the sun in the yard.

The old man sat alone on a stool, wearing a thick padded jacket, and a brazier at his feet.

Zhang Sheng greeted warmly: "Good afternoon, uncle!" ”

The old man barely bothered to look at Zhang Sheng, smiled, and then closed his eyes again.

Zhang Sheng asked with concern: "Uncle's spirit doesn't look very good." ”

Captain Xiao was used to it, and whispered, "You said my dad?" He also had cancer, rectal cancer, which had metastasized to the lungs and brain. I just went to Jiangcheng People's Hospital last week, and the doctor said that he was so old that there was no point in having surgery, and chemotherapy was useless except for making the old man painful. ”

Cancer, cancer, cancer again.

The word cancer is as simple and familiar as a common cold in the mouths of the villagers.

If the elderly only have lung cancer, they can be treated with symbiotic proteins after surgery.

If the elderly only have rectal cancer, they still have a good survival period after surgery.

However, the old man has both lung cancer and rectal cancer, and the cancer cells have metastasized to the brain, causing the old man's hemiplegia to be unable to speak, so the old man can only wait for death.

As children, all they can do is to make the old man happy and happy in his last days.

When Zhang Sheng saw this, he panicked and felt very uncomfortable.

Zhang Sheng is a medical student and knows that in the case of the elderly, if conditions permit, he can go to the United States for targeted therapy, which can prolong the survival period.

But ordinary people in Xia Kingdom, many of them have never been on a plane, where are the conditions to go abroad for treatment.

The expensive medical expenses in the United States cannot even be afforded by the middle class in the Xia Kingdom, let alone ordinary people.

Zhang Sheng felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and he also felt a deep powerlessness......

After more than an hour of busy work, the sampling was completed.

The experimenters sampled household waste, ditch water samples, Bailong River water samples, groundwater samples, and soil.

Finally, he thanked the villagers and prepared to leave.

Zhou Xiao suddenly mentioned, "Do you want to go to the factory opposite?" ”

Zhou Xiao pointed to the sewage outlet outside the factory and said: "We are taking samples here, the sewage has been diluted by the river water, anyway, we have to go to the industrial zone, there are ready-made factories here, it is better to go and see." ”

"Really?" Mo Li has been unhappy since she entered the village.

She grew up in a honey pot, and after graduating from graduate school, she interned in a hospital for a period of time before entering the Origin Tek laboratory.

She thinks that life is all good, and she also takes drinking pure water for granted.

But after entering the village, she found that no matter how good the place is, there will be forgotten corners, Xia is still a developing country, everyone's living standards have made significant progress in recent years, even if it is Captain Xiao's village, everyone is not worried about eating and drinking, and even many people have bought cars, but if you want to get a better life, you have to work harder.

Mo Li thinks that his power is too small to do anything great, but it is still possible to figure out what the factories on the opposite side of the village do, provide evidence for law enforcement, and create a better ecological environment for the people in the village.

Although it is on the opposite side of the river, there is no road on both sides of the river, and Zhou Xiao drove more than ten kilometers around to the opposite side.

There is also a village opposite, but the economic conditions are a little better than that of Xiao Butcher, and almost every household has a cement road, which may be the reason why there are many factories here.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Xiao and others found an open space and stopped, looking for someone to inquire about the situation of the factory.

"What does the factory in front of you do? Leather shoes! The neighborhood is full of shoe factories. ”

Shoe factory.

Industries with low technology content and high returns, but they are also highly polluting industries.

The leather shoes that cost more than 10 yuan or 20 yuan in the factory are sold outside with the brand logo, and they are dozens or even hundreds of yuan.

Don't underestimate these small workshop-like factories, the bosses behind them have millions of dollars, and they all drive BMW and Land Rover.

Zhou Xiao and the others walked around the neighborhood to see if there was a chance to go to the riverside sewage pipe.

"Is something ready?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"Of course!" Xu Yang held several plastic bottles in his hands.

In order to be less conspicuous, plastic bottles of mineral water are a little better than reagent bottles in the laboratory.

Zhou Xiao said: "I saw the ridge in front of me, I could go down to the river, I, Zhang Sheng, and Xu Yang went down, and Zhang Sheng took a video with his mobile phone." Mo Li, you are in the car, Chen Hao, you drive. ”

"I'm going!" Mo Li insisted: "According to the division of labor, I am responsible for the sewage part, and I will replace you with Xu Yang." ”

Zhou Xiao knew that Mo Li had emotions in her heart, so she said, "Then Xu Yang is waiting for us in the car." ”

When they approached the river, they were choked by the pungent smell.

Mo Li filled a few bottles of water with plastic bottles and filled the tumbling yellow-white foam into them.

This taste is very familiar to Zhou Xiao.

Zhou Xiao is a student of biology, and one of the courses is about the design of environmental biology, which is about the BOD value (biological oxygen demand) and COD value (chemical oxygen demand) of sewage, which are important biochemical indicators of sewage.

This is the taste of a mixture of organic contaminants (including phenols) and sulfides.

"Alright, let's go, get a few more." Mo Li whispered.

"What are you doing?" The loud shouting startled everyone.

Two strong men blocked the way of Zhou Xiao and the others.

"What the hell, what the hell!"

Mo Li hurriedly put the bottle in his hand into his bag.

These two people did not come down from above, but came out of the back door of the factory, so Zhang Sheng and they did not find out.

In recent years, Jiangcheng's environmental protection is still relatively strict, in order to avoid trouble, these factories generally do not discharge pollution at night, unless there are more orders, like today.

During the day, when the sewage is discharged, there will be people watching, and Zhou Xiao and others are being targeted.

In broad daylight, Zhou Xiao is not pestle in his heart.

Zhou Xiao said: "Let's come and have a look." ”

"What's in that woman's backpack! Take it out and take a look. ”

Zhang Sheng said: "This brother, you can't do this, you are not JC, why!" You have to be reasonable. ”

"If you want to take it, you can take it, where is so much nonsense! Labor and management don't understand culture, don't reason with me"

The Chinese characters are all tattooed on their hands, and this kind of person is generally a bastard in the village, maybe they have squatted in the bureau for a few years, and they only listen to the boss when they get money to do things, and they can't be reasonable.

Zhou Xiao nodded and said, "Mo Li, take out the bottle." ”

"But!" Mo Li is reluctant! The bottle is full of data, which will not only improve the experiment of digestive bacteria, but also try to prove that the relevant departments have banned the factory here, and also provide a clean environment in the village opposite.

Mo Li also knows the current situation, and no one can leave without handing over the bottle.

Mo Li took out the plastic bottle, and the strong man snatched it.

He also scolded and said: "What kind of shameless wild reporter are you, I don't know what kind of place this is!" Dare to take samples in the river, don't die! ”

Zhou Xiao calmed down, spread his hands and said, "We can go now, right?" ”

"What a walk! You're still taking a camera with your phone! The man scolded: "Search, search, see if there is anything left, these reporters are very thieves." ”

The situation at the scene was not good, not only Zhou Xiao was surrounded here, but also the cars not far away.

And the people surrounding the car are basically factory workers, and most of these workers may also be villagers.

Occasionally, a passing villager took a look at it and walked away, not surprised by the incident.

This is the industrial chain, and it is also a very difficult problem.

It is true that these small workshop-style factories are serious pollutes of the environment, but it is undeniable that they bring income to the village, and many young people work here, and perhaps count on this salary.

In the face of environmental protection and life, the ghost cares whether your river is clean or not.