The thin man held the small ball that emitted a strong blue light in his hand, and the fat man was a step too late and could only hold the larger ball in his hand.

The fat man said to the thin man, "Give me the ball too, and I will go to the city tomorrow to find a buyer, and sell it for money, and we will each have half of it." ”

The thin man didn't agree, "You sell the big one first and see how much it's worth." ”

The fat man knew that the thin man was guarding against him, and he was afraid that he would run away with all the money.

The fat man didn't argue, "Okay, you just wait for my good news." ”

The fat man left with a larger jewel ball.

The thin man was alone at home, looking at the small ball shining with blue light in his hand in the dark, and he was happy, thinking: I have finally made a fortune, with this sapphire in my hand, I will definitely be able to sell it for a good price, and when I have money, I will marry a daughter-in-law, leave this Niushan Island, buy a big house, live in the city, and hire a few servants to serve Lao Tzu every day......

The thin man put the blue glowing ball back into the metal box and stuffed it under the bed.

Lying in bed until midnight, feeling uneasy, he took the ball out of the box again, put it under the pillow, and pillowed the blue ball, so that the thin man fell asleep with peace of mind.

Early the next morning, it was slightly bright.

The skinny man woke up, and unlike when he usually woke up, the skinny man felt dizzy today.

I didn't drink yesterday, why did my head hurt so much, could it be that I was blown by the wind when I slept last night?

Regardless of the discomfort of his body, the first thing the thin man did when he woke up was to reach out and touch the ball under the pillow.

Touching the ball, holding the ball in the palm of his hand, taking it out and looking at it carefully, to make sure that what happened yesterday was not a dream, the thin man calmed down, "It's good that the sapphire is here, my good days are coming." ”

The thin man struggled to get out of bed, and as soon as he sat up, he felt a churn in his stomach.

"Wow......"

The thin man vomited for a while, spitting up on the bed and on the floor.

The thin man clutched his stomach and complained in his heart, there must be something wrong with the meat buns I bought yesterday, eighty percent of them were food poisoning, and I had to go to the health center to buy some medicine.

The thin man put the ball in the pocket of his underwear, and without bothering to sort out the vomit on the ground, he put on a coat and went out to the only health center on Niushan Island.

It was a faint day, the sun had not yet risen, and a few rooster crows were heard occasionally.

The skinny man's home is very remote, isolated in the westernmost part of Niushan Village, and there is a reef from the skinny man's home to the health center.

The reef is located on the western coastline of Niushan Island, with a cliff on one side and a reef on the other, which extends into the island, connecting with a patch of weeds and shrubland.

There is a path trodden by people in the weedy field, and there are several large garbage cans on the side of the road, which is where the residents of Niushan Village on Niushan Island dump their garbage.

The thin man carried the jewel ball in his arms, and as he walked along the path of the weedy field past the large garbage can by the reef, a sour smell came to his face.

The thin man was nauseated for a while, and couldn't help but vomit again.

This vomiting was different from the vomiting in the morning, the nausea continued, and the thin man felt like his stomach and intestines were going to be vomited.

Looking at the scarlet liquid vomiting on the weeds, the thin man was frightened, how could he vomit blood?

The thin man felt that something was wrong, took out the mobile phone in his pocket and called the fat man.

The phone rang twice and it worked.

The thin man was weak and weak, and his voice was very panicked, "Fatty, I'm sick......"

The fat man on the other end of the phone was very noisy, and the fat man was a little impatient, "If you are sick, go to the health center, take some medicine to eat, it's okay, I'm busy here, I'll call you when I have good news." ”

The fat man hung up the phone first, and the thin man wanted to call back again, but he was already weak and sat down next to the trash can.

——

As the sun rose, smoke rose over Niushan Village.

As usual, a waste picker went to the garbage can on the grass on the reef at the west end of the village, ready to pick up some useful garbage and send it to the scrapyard to sell for money.

Unlike usual, as soon as the scavengers approached the garbage can, they smelled a strong smell of blood, and when they got closer, they saw a person sitting paralyzed next to the garbage can.

"Hey, why are you sitting here? It's so dirty. ”

The scavenger greeted the thin man who was slumped next to the garbage can, thinking, "Didn't you get drunk last night?" I slept next to the trash can for the night and vomited all over the place.

The thin man didn't react.

The scavenger took another step closer and patted the thin man on the shoulder.

It didn't matter if it was a beat, the thin man fell to the side of the trash can.

The scavenger took a closer look and was startled, the thin man lying on the ground, his face was black, his face was covered with blood, and his whole body was already stiff.

When I came to pick up waste early in the morning, I found a dead man next to the garbage can.

——

Lianhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Office.

Gu Yanan received a call that there had been a kindergarten diarrhea incident on Niushan Island, outside the eastern urban area of Lianhai City, and that the local CDC staff had taken samples from the kindergarten and the samples were on their way to the laboratory of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Soon, the sample was delivered, and Gu Yanan arranged for laboratory personnel to test the sample, and the test results came out two hours later.

Norovirus was detected in the vomit of children.

Now in autumn, it is the season of high incidence of norovirus.

Originally, there was only one outbreak of norovirus in a kindergarten, and only the county and district disease control staff needed to investigate and deal with it, but the old staff of the Eastern District CDC in charge of Niushan Island had just retired, and the newly recruited college students from the on-site department were not familiar with the on-site flow disease investigation, so the leaders of the Eastern District CDC called Gu Yanan, hoping that she would bring new people, and Gu Yanan readily agreed.

Gu Yanan drove to Niushan Island alone.

Niushan Island, with an area of eight square kilometers, is an island in the eastern coastline of Lianhai City, which is connected to the eastern urban area of Lianhai City by a six-kilometer-long barrage embankment.

Niushan Island is a famous scenic spot in Lianhai City, integrating cultural landscapes such as green mountains and blue seas, lush forests and strange stones, natural beaches, and island fishing villages.

In addition to the natural and cultural landscapes, there is also a nuclear power plant on Niushan Island.

There are more than 800 indigenous residents on Niushan Island, all of whom are villagers of Niushan Island Village, and there are two kindergartens and a health center on the island.

Gu Yanan drove on the embankment with a normal speed of 80 miles, and suddenly a police car honking whistled from behind during the drive, overtaking Gu Yanan's car and moving forward.

Gu Yanan muttered in his heart, such a fast speed, it is estimated that there are 120 miles, the maximum speed of this sea embankment is 80, and the speeding is not a little bit, could it be that there is a criminal case on Niushan Island?

Gu Yanan finally drove across the cross-sea embankment to Niushan Island, and was about to drive across the highway fork to the west end of Niushan Island, but found that the road in front of him was blocked by a cordon, and the crowd of onlookers stood around the cordon.

The road ahead was blocked, and Gu Yanan could only park.

Gu Yanan parked the car on the side of the road, got out of the car, and walked to the cordon.