On the swaying bus, Yan Xiao looked down at the list in his hand, and after reconfirming the information of the people who were going to visit today, he carefully folded the list and put it in his bag.

Today's sky looks a little gray, and the further you go, the more sparse the tall buildings outside the car window become, and the number of low-rise villages that are common these days is gradually increasing. Yanxiao knew that it was time to arrive.

A few minutes later, Yan Xiao's feet had once again stepped on the path outside Wangjia Village.

Yesterday, I went to the People's Hospital, and when Yan Xiao went, Zheng Xiaoli was sitting in the office with a thick stack of trace element test reports and looking through them.

Knowing the purpose of Yan Xiao's coming, Zheng Xiaoli no longer deliberately delayed time to make useless greetings, and after beckoning her to come in, she began to point out the list in her hand one by one to Yan Xiao.

"We took their blood samples that day and came back for trace element testing and biochemistry six items, and in the trace element item, everyone, more or less, had chromium higher than the normal value. Some elderly people who are in poor physical condition will have a much higher chromium value than in the data. ”

Although Zheng Xiaoli had turned the data into plain language and told it to Yanxiao, Yanxiao was still a little dazed, "Dr. Zheng, what does it mean that chromium is higher than normal?" Does this have anything to do with pollution? ”

Put away the list, Zheng Xiaoli organized the language in her mind for a long time, and then replied again, "Let's talk to you like this, chemical pollution is generally reflected in the human body for trace elements to exceed the standard, at present, the blood samples of the villagers in these villages near Xinyuan are concentrated in the body chromium beyond the normal range required by the human body, in chemistry, there is an industrial heavy metal element, called hexavalent chromium, the biggest harm of this heavy metal element, is long-term or short-term contact or inhalation, there will be a risk of carcinogenicity, the main part of carcinogenicity, is the lungs. But ......" glanced at the smile beside her, but Zheng Xiaoli stopped talking and did not continue.

"But what? Dr. Cheng? ”

"However, we have no evidence to prove that these chromium levels that are beyond the normal range are caused by Xinyuan pollution."

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Recalling Zheng Xiaoli's last sentence, Yan Xiao, who was walking towards the entrance of the village, was a little deflated.

Yes, Dr. Zheng is not wrong at all, without the joint accusations of the villagers and Xinyuan's internal pollution data, it would have been almost impossible to expose Xinyuan's pollution with just a small trace element test report.

And in recent days, I haven't received any calls to report the pollution.

Ay! Yanxiao couldn't help but sigh, let's finish visiting the villagers on the list first.

After inquiring about the way to the villagers he met on the road a few times, Yanxiao, who had been in a state of getting lost, finally found the right person.

In a clean and tidy yard, the aunt who had been chattering endlessly with Dr. Zheng at the previous physical examination site was drying clothes in the yard at the moment.

"Hello! Aunt? Yan Xiao shouted politely at the person behind his clothes.

Hearing this, the old man hurriedly poked his head out, looked at the stranger who had entered his yard suspiciously, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

Afraid of being misunderstood by the old man, Yan Xiao hurriedly raised the newspaper work card on his chest and explained, "Hello aunt, I am the editor of the daily newspaper, my name is Yan Xiao, this is my work card, you can take a look at it first." ”

The old man stepped forward suspiciously, squinted his eyes at the work card in Yan Xiao's hand, and looked Yan Xiao up and down again.

Yan Xiao was a little laughing and crying when she was stared at by the scrutinizing gaze, and continued to explain, "Auntie, we met before, and when the medical team from the countryside came to do a physical examination a few days ago, I also followed. You also told the female doctor who led the team that you had chest tightness, and I was next to you. ”

Hearing this, the aunt suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Oh, it turned out to be the comrade reporter that day?" This man is old, and his brain is not good, don't be surprised. ”

Yan smiled and shook her head, "It's okay aunt, by the way, did you go to the hospital later?" Is the chest tightness better? ”

Hearing Yan Xiao ask like this, the old man was a little embarrassed, "Not yet...... The kids are not available, my wife left early, and I don't want to run to that kind of place by myself, hehe. But the past two days seem to be better again. ”

nodded as if understanding, and in this way, Yan Xiao also diverted the topic and stopped asking more.

"Auntie, I'm here to talk to you about the pollution here." As he spoke, he smiled and handed the information he had held in his hand to the old man.

"Investigation of the pathogenicity of Xinyuan chemical pollution?" The old man looked up suspiciously, "What is this?" Pollution causes disease? ”

"Well, yes, Auntie, I suspect that the residents in this neighborhood have some uncomfortable symptoms because of the light or severe heavy metal poisoning caused by Xinyuan's pollution. Recently, I have been visiting the families of our patients to gather them together and do a detailed survey and petition from the villagers, so as to urge the relevant departments to deal with the chemical plant and rectify our living environment. ”

After carefully explaining the contents of the information to the old man, Yanxiao took out a printed petition from his bag, "Auntie, look, this is the petition I am talking about, if you agree, you can press your fingerprint on it and sign your name." ”

However, the old man, who was still smiling just now, suddenly began to become a little embarrassed after listening to Yan Xiao's words. Looking at Yan Xiao, who was looking at her sincerely, and then at the empty petition in Yan Xiao's hand that did not have a handprint, the old man hesitated and took a step back before he spoke, "...... Girl, what you said is polluting or not, my old lady doesn't understand, and I don't want to cause trouble, I'm just old and a little sick, otherwise, you better ask others. ”

With that, the old man turned around and climbed the steps back to the house.

Yanxiao refused to give up easily, and hurriedly chased after the old man as he walked, saying, "Auntie, this is not causing trouble, this is protecting our own rights and interests." If we can unite and speak up bravely and let pollution stop in our generation, it will be a good thing for the children and grandchildren below! ”

Hearing this, the old man stopped tremblingly, withdrew his hand that was about to pull the door of the house, turned his head to look at Yan Xiao who was a little excited, "Little girl, you just suspect about pollution, right?" Do you want us to be the first birds without proof? Do you know that my son works in a chemical plant, and the family points to the salary he receives every month, if I sign this letter, what if my son is fired from the chemical factory? Even if we are willing to sign and reflect it, then when the chemical plant closes down and there is no factory to work, what will we eat? What to drink? Northwest wind? ”

After a pause, the old man seemed to feel a little out of shape, calmed down his mood and tone, and then slowly spoke again, "Little girl, we are not like you city people, we have to live first, right?" ”

After saying that, the old man finally opened the door and walked in.

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Walking on the path out of the village, I don't know if it was because of the bad weather, or because of the blow just now, Yanxiao's expression at the moment was a little sad. Kicking the stones on the ground listlessly, a heavy sigh came out of her mouth.

I thought that the villagers who were deeply affected would enthusiastically sign up, but I didn't expect this to be the case at the beginning, people's hearts, it's really unpredictable. Now it seems that even if there is no Xinyuan to stop it, this work will not be carried out so easily.

All kinds of miscellaneous thoughts flashed in Yanxiao's mind, and he deliberately went out early today, but he returned with a feather. It was still early, and she walked aimlessly along a yellowed and slightly pungent river, and before she knew it, when she looked up again, Yanxiao realized that she had actually arrived at the gate of the chemical plant.

"How did you get here?" Yanxiao muttered under her breath, knowing that she couldn't get anything from here, but she couldn't help but look up at the door.

At this time, the gate of the chemical plant was closed, and only some vehicles were quietly parked in the spacious yard in front of the plant, and no one wandered around the yard during working hours.

Xu looked strange on tiptoe and stretched his neck, and someone in the security room had already gone out, pointing and interrogating him with a smile.

Embarrassed to stick out his tongue, he waved his hand at the man with a smile, and was about to withdraw his eyes and raise his feet to leave, but after a glance, he suddenly saw a familiar figure in front of the building walking towards the door.

When the man approached and saw her outside the door, there was also a hint of surprise in his eyes.

At this moment, Yanxiao only felt that one of his mouths was a little unclosed in surprise.

"You...... You...... How did you end up here? ”