My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 60 Isolation and Disinfection Work

Cheng Ruoan was stunned by what Nian Nian shouted from the archway.

Did Zhao cough up blood?

Just then, Lin Shi arrived at the back room, whimpering. Cheng Ruoan shoved Si Niu into her arms and hopped out on one foot without saying a word.

When she got back yesterday, she started using the medicine prescribed by Dr. Zhu. In order to compare the effects of the jarred bone injury ointment and the freshly boiled dressing, Cheng Ruoan applied the bone injury ointment to the upper half of her injured leg and the dressing to the lower half.

With the addition of the wooden planks used for fixation, her legs now feel incredibly heavy. Cheng Ruoan basically avoids moving them as much as possible, and if she has to move, she throws away her crutches and hops on one leg.

Soon, Cheng Ruoan skipped and rested until she arrived at the mule cart where Zhao was resting.

"Dahua, how is your grandma? Why is she coughing up blood?" Cheng Ruoan asked, reaching out to lift the curtain.

But before she could lift it, Da Hua grabbed it.

"Third Aunt, no!" Da Hua's voice was anxious. "Grandma didn't eat anything last night or this morning. She has a high fever that keeps coming back, and she's also in a daze."

She was probably frightened when she heard you talking about the plague outside this morning. She choked on her water and started coughing shortly after.

She was coughing badly just now, so I took a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and then I saw blood on the handkerchief.

He's already fallen asleep again.

Cheng Ruoan frowned. "Then let me go up and take a look."

As she spoke, she tried to sit on the edge of the mule cart first, and then move inside, but Da Hua stopped her.

"No, Third Aunt, isn't there a type of plague that causes coughing up blood?"

What if Grandma is also like that? Don't come over yet, all of you. Second Uncle has already gone to find a doctor. He asked you to take care of your other younger siblings and not let them come out.

Cheng Ruoan asked in bewilderment, "How could your grandmother have contracted the plague when she was perfectly healthy?"

They rushed on their way after setting off, and if it weren't for the bandits stealing children and delaying them for two nights, they wouldn't have encountered any refugees outside.

How could Zhao have had the chance to contract the disease?

“You weren’t at the dilapidated temple yesterday morning, so Grandma wandered around the area by herself. She even went up the main road to see when you would be returning. I didn’t go with her, so I don’t know if she spoke to or had tea with anyone passing by on the main road at that time.”

Da Hua's voice grew increasingly anxious, and she looked like she was about to cry as she spoke.

Cheng Ruoan's heart skipped a beat as she listened.

Because that's really how Zhao is!

She would wait for her three sons on the official road because she was worried about them. When she got bored, she couldn't help but chat and gossip with others.

Thinking of this, Cheng Ruoan broke out in a cold sweat.

Her gaze fell on the mule cart belonging to the Cheng family beside her...

"Dahua, have you seen your Aunt Tong and Grandma Cheng?"

Cheng Ruoan then realized that her mother and eldest sister seemed to be gone.

She wants to drive Zhao's mule cart further away, but she can't find anyone to help her.

"Grandma Cheng and Aunt Tong were also worried that Grandma had caught the virus, so they went to Hulu Village to buy firewood and lime powder," Da Hua answered her from inside the car.

Cheng Ruoan once again hated that her leg was still not healed!

Why isn't it done yet!

But... firewood and lime powder?

Cheng Ruoan recalled a popular science video she had seen before, which said that in ancient times, people mainly relied on steaming and boiling the clothes of patients with diseases to sterilize them at high temperatures, and also sprinkled lime powder in the places where patients stayed.

However, these methods are unlikely to be effective against highly contagious and rapidly spreading diseases outside.

But it's better than nothing!

What other methods were used for epidemic prevention in ancient times?

Cheng Ruoan paced anxiously around the mule cart.

Dead brain!

Remember it quickly!

Ancient epidemic prevention, ancient epidemic prevention...

"Oh right! There's also vinegar and fumigation for disinfection, mugwort, atractylodes, sandalwood... mugwort!" As soon as Cheng Ruoan remembered, she immediately flashed into her space and collected a large pile of dried mugwort.

This was after the villa had just been renovated. She read online that mugwort could remove formaldehyde, so she bought a lot and hung it all over the villa, telling the housekeeper not to throw it away. Later, the housekeeper didn't dare to touch it even when the leaves turned yellow and withered.

Cheng Ruoan: "Dahua, I put some medicinal herbs under the mule cart. After I leave, come out and use a tinderbox to light these herbs and fumigate your grandma's mule cart."

There are two white gauze items on the side of the car, called face masks. You just need to hang one strap on each ear.

"Put them on yourselves and your grandma first, then we'll fumigate you, okay?"

"Okay, Auntie, you should go inside now. Don't stand here."

"Okay, shout it out loud if you have anything to say."

After Cheng Ruoan finished speaking, he quickly walked into the dilapidated temple.

Since the mule cart can't be moved anytime soon, let's go find some hemp rope and strips of cloth to cordon it off and stop it.

Si Shaoheng told his brother-in-law that he had gone outside to check the situation. Cheng Ruoan knew that they were definitely not like Si Lang, who only checked the situation at the intersection. They might have already gone to Huilan City to see the attitude of the local government.

I won't be back for a while.

Right now, she has to do the disinfection work in the dilapidated temple all by herself.

Sprinkling lime powder might not be very effective, but she also has two large bottles of 84 disinfectant in her villa, each 2L, which, when diluted, should last her a day or two.

There were also several bottles of alcohol and hand sanitizer.

These were all masks she had stockpiled at home during her previous life when they were still in use; they hadn't expired yet, so she was just making do with them for now.

She couldn't give these things to Da Hua just now.

She discovered that after what happened, Da Hua's mind was clear and she was intelligent.

Perhaps it's due to the Xia family's genes, but in any case, he's not like Si Shilang back then, who could be easily crippled with a single electric shock.

But when Cheng Ruoan was hiding alone by the dry well in the dilapidated temple, mixing mineral water and 84 disinfectant in a basin, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.

Startled, Cheng Ruoan's hand trembled, and she tossed the wooden bottle containing the disinfectant into her spatial storage with a whoosh.

She turned around, her teeth itching with anger: "Li Xianglan! A person's shoulders have three lamps! If you pat someone on the shoulder for no reason, you'll get beaten up!"

"Third sister-in-law, what are you doing? Ugh, what's that smell? It's a weird smell!" Li covered her nose and peeked over Cheng Ruoan's shoulder.

She paused for a moment when she saw that both wooden basins on the ground contained only a basin of water.

How can plain water have a taste?

Is it...

Li's eyes widened in horror: "Cheng Ruoan, you...you poisoned me?!"

Cheng Ruoan: ...

Sometimes she really wants to call the police.

Li's mind was blank, as if it had been run over by a carriage; she couldn't think of anything normal.

"This is a disinfectant solution I bought from Dr. Zhu to prevent the plague."

Cheng Ruoan picked up an extra water ladle next to the wooden basin and handed it to Li Shi: "Take this basin and use this ladle to splash some water on the back room and all the places the children come into contact with."

I splashed water in this yard.

Li tilted her head: "Hmm?"

"Hmm what? Don't you know what's wrong with your mother-in-law?"

"I don't know, I just went to the toilet in the back. What happened to my mother-in-law?"

Cheng Ruoan: ...

She silently recounted the whole story, and Li screamed in terror.

“Even if my mother-in-law came into contact with passersby, she couldn’t possibly have contracted a disease! The refugees only arrived here today!”