"A year ago,......" the old man thought for a while and continued: "At that time, the first phase of Qinglian Community in the western suburbs of Lianhai City was delivered to the owners, and many owners asked us to do carpentry work when they were decorating. ”

"Do you have any contact with the other two carpenters? Did they have any of your son's symptoms? ”

"I am an acquaintance with the other two families, we are peers, we often help when we work, and we usually have contact, they are all fine now, they are not sick, unlike me, my only son is sick, I can't go out to work, and my savings before this illness are almost gone......"

The old man spoke, and began to wipe his tears again.

Lu Li wanted to comfort the old man a few words, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only remain silent.

Gu Yanan's psychological quality was better, and he judged in his heart that the possibility of problems in the Qinglian community was small, so he then asked: "During your work in the Qinglian community, who did your son come into contact with?" Or maybe you went out and took some other job?"

The old man wiped away his tears and continued: "My son is usually very diligent, if I can do the work in the Qinglian community alone, he will take on some other work, I remember that there was a flower and bird market owner who asked him to do carpentry, that is, to make some shelves for flower pots, these jobs are very simple for him, I let him go alone, the time is not long, only seven or eight days." ”

Lu Li suddenly came to the spirit, the flower and bird market, this is a good place for zoonotic pathogens to hide.

"Which flower and bird market? Which boss? Do you remember? ”

The old man nodded, "I have a record book, as long as I have worked in the place, as well as the boss who contacted me to work, as well as his contact information, I will record it in detail, and I will know it when I check it." ”

"Where's the logbook?"

The old man stood up and took out an army-green canvas duffel bag from the cupboard in the ward, and took out an old, yellowed notebook from it.

"We often change out of the rental house, so I take all the important things with me, and I don't know how long I will stay with my son in the hospital this time, so I moved all my luggage to the hospital."

The old man explained while flipping through the old notebook, turned to the middle page, stopped, and handed the old notebook to Gu Yanan.

Gu Yanan took the notebook and glanced at it, and then handed the notebook to Lu Li, who neatly wrote down the contact information and address on the notebook.

Inquiries about patients and their families have come to an end.

When Gu Yanan and Lu Li left the hospital, it was already dark, and it was almost time to get off work.

When she returned to the CDC, Wang Xiaoxiao was about to lock the door after work, and when she saw the two coming back, she hurriedly asked about the situation.

Lu Li shook the investigation book in his hand and said, "Find a little clue and go to the Qingheyuan Flower and Bird Market in the western suburbs tomorrow." ”

"What am I going to do tomorrow?" Wang Xiaoxiao asked.

Lu Li scratched his head and looked at Gu Yanan.

Gu Yanan is the director of the emergency office, and she usually decides on her work assignments.

Gu Yanan assigned Wang Xiaoxiao a task, "Tomorrow, you will find out all the cases that have similar symptoms to West African trypanosomiasis in the past three years. ”

"Find it from our pandemic online?"

"Not only our pandemic network, but also the medical records of hospitals in the city."

"Huh?!" Wang Xiaoxiao exclaimed, this workload is very large, "Lianhai City is a municipality directly under the central government, and there are 18 hospitals above the third grade in the city, including various districts, and hundreds of hospitals above the second grade, do they have to check all their medical records?" ”

"Well, check them all, I will send an official document in the name of the CDC and ask them to cooperate, the current cases are all in the form of online electronics, and it should be quite convenient to check."

Wang Xiaoxiao stretched out his arm and made an effort, "Have a good night's rest, prepare for the start, and find out all the cases with sleeping sickness symptoms in the city tomorrow to ensure that the task is completed." ”

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The western suburbs of Lianhai City, Qingheyuan Flower and Bird Market.

Early the next morning, Lu Li and Gu Yanan followed the contact information provided by the old man to find the owner of the flower and bird market that hired patients more than a year ago.

Qingheyuan Flower and Bird Market is the largest flower and bird market in the western suburbs of Linhai City.

The boss that Gu Yanan and Lu Li found had a large store in the Qingheyuan Flower and Bird Market, which sold all kinds of flowers and birds.

The owner is a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a fat body and sparse hair, which is a little overhead.

Gu Yanan showed his work card and explained his intentions.

The boss was very cooperative, "Comrade doctor, if there is anything you want to know, as long as I know, I will tell you." ”

Gu Yanan asked, "A year and a half ago, that is, last spring, did you ever hire a young carpenter named Chen Dali here?" ”

The middle-aged boss touched his head, which had few hairs, and pondered: "It's been a long time, and I can't remember it clearly." ”

"If you think about it carefully, or you will have a record of doing carpentry work here, your façade is so big, in addition to the buying and selling of flowers and birds, there should be some records of other trivial matters, Chen Dali's father said, a year and a half ago, Chen Dali made a flower shelf for placing flower pots here in you, a total of seven or eight days."

"When you say that, I remember, I used to make some fancy shelves for customers, and the carpenter who came to work at that time was a young man, and the introducer called him 'vigorous', but the specific surname is not clear, but I have his contact number, and I will go to check it for you."

The middle-aged boss went back to the flower room and rummaged through a pile of miscellaneous items for his notebook for recording.

Gu Yanan and Lu Li took the opportunity to enter the flower room and check the situation around the flower room.

The flower room is about 100 square meters, and the air smells of damp earth, which is a little stuffy.

Inside, there are several rows of flower shelves in order, on which are placed all kinds of flowers and plants, common succulents, and uncommon orchids.

At the top of the flower room are several stainless steel hanging beams, on which are rows of bird cages, red-billed finches, Japanese parrots, starlings, ...... There are many types of birds.

In addition to the smell of earth, the air in the flower house was mixed with the smell of bird droppings.

Lu Li approached the birdcage, and suddenly, a crisp sound, "Hello boss!" Hello boss! ”

Starling was trained very well by the owner of the flower house, and when he saw a guest coming in, he took the initiative to call, "Hello boss!" Hello boss! ”

"This starling is really festive, and it has attracted a lot of business for the boss." Lu Li pointed to the starling in the cage and said with a smile.

The owner of the flower house had already found a record book from a pile of miscellaneous items that had hired a small worker as a carpenter.

Flipping through one of them, the owner of the flower house said with a little surprise: "The carpenter who made the flower frame for us at that time was really called Chen Dali, and he worked for a total of eight days, and I gave him 5,000 yuan in wages, which was very high for hiring a carpenter at that time." ”