Chapter 350. Fire Burn
The first to fall was the children’s mother. Despite him immediately boiling medicine for the family, it couldn’t stop the spread of the infection.
Now, besides his eldest son, everyone in the family has been infected, and each day more are dying. Even his brother-in-law’s family wasn’t spared, and the children’s mother quietly passed away early on, her body taken out early in the morning and buried behind the house.
There is grain available now, but no lives left to eat it.
Zhang Dali regrets deeply, blaming himself for his wishful thinking and for listening to his wife’s words, ultimately bringing harm to the whole family.
Now, he can only hope his son remains safe and can continue the Zhang family line.
He himself has also been infected, the medicine is gone, and he doesn’t have the strength to go to the mountains to gather more. Zhang Dali simply decided to give most of the grain to the eldest son to take to his room. They are destined not to survive, so there’s no point in wasting food.
But life often doesn’t follow one’s desires, just as Zhang Dali felt he was about to cough out his lungs, the eldest son also got infected. Although the symptoms were mild, vomiting, diarrhea, and dry cough had started. At this moment, Zhang Dali felt his life plunge into darkness, spewing blood before rolling his eyes and passing out.
Days later, a foul stench of death wafted from the Zhang family’s yard, and for a long time, there were no signs of life from the Zhang household, but still, no one dared to approach.
Qin Shu gazed from afar at the Zhang family’s earthen house, his expression solemn.
The stench so strong indicated the people had died for more than a day or two. This weather was peak season for mosquitoes and flies. If.... Qin Shu couldn’t help but shudder.
He could not let the bodies remain exposed; a solution had to be found, otherwise, even if all Zhang’s family were dead, they might not escape the threat.
"Father..."