NFBE Chapter 235 Xie Wanning felt dizzy.
Chapter 235 Xie Wanning felt dizzy.
As time went on, the soup kitchens run by other powerful and wealthy individuals gradually withdrew.
In the end, only Li Mengqing and Xie Wanning's porridge stand was still distributing porridge.
In the evening, the main courtyard of the Marquis's mansion was brightly lit, and the food had already been laid out.
Xie Wanning arrived late, straightened her skirt, and slowly sat down.
Her gaze swept over Madam Xie and Qin Jiuwei, a hint of smugness in her eyes.
In a few days, the porridge distribution center will be expanded, and then all the disaster victims will surely praise her and call her a living bodhisattva.
At that time, who will dare to look down on her anymore!
Qin Jiuwei is short-sighted and can't see this, so she won't tell her.
Once her fame spreads, Qin Jiuwei and Madam Xie will be greatly astonished.
But by then, it was too late!
As she thought about it, Xie Wanning couldn't help but smile.
Lady Hou immediately noticed that Xie Wanning was acting strangely.
What's this silly girl so happy about now?
No one knows Xie Wanning better than Lady Hou; that brat must have gone off to do something.
She had been recuperating for the past few days, oblivious to what was happening outside the city. She only knew that disaster victims had arrived outside the city, but she didn't know the specifics.
She immediately turned to look at Xie Wanning, her gaze probing, "Wanning, you seem to be in a good mood today, what's the good news?"
Qin Jiuwei and Madam Xie immediately looked up at her.
Xie Wanning was taken aback by their gazes and was just about to think of a way to brush them off.
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.
"My lord!" The steward rushed in, panting, and said urgently, "Something's happened!"
"What's the panic!" Lord Xie frowned and scolded, "Speak calmly! What could possibly go wrong!"
The steward was sweating profusely and stammered, "My lord, something terrible has happened! Some of the refugees outside the city have suddenly fallen ill! They've contracted a plague!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Jiuwei's heart sank immediately.
It did happen after all...
The butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling uncontrollably, "The person who got sick initially only had a persistent high fever and severe bone pain, so everyone thought it was just a common cold... and took him to see a doctor."
He took a breath, his voice growing increasingly urgent: "But in the afternoon, that person... started oozing something black, like black mud, from his nose. He collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up at all, and just now, he died!"
"This disease takes only one day from the onset of fever to death! And it's extremely contagious! There's no incubation period at all! The people who shared a room with him are now starting to have fevers!"
As soon as the butler finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone's expression seemed to freeze instantly, their eyes filled with shock and fear.
Madam Xie was so surprised that she could barely hold her cup.
The cup slipped from her hand and smashed on the ground, scattering porcelain shards and tea everywhere.
But even such a loud noise couldn't bring anyone back to their senses.
"What, is it so dangerous?" Lady Hou tried to remain calm, but couldn't hide the tremor in her voice.
Having lived for so long, she has witnessed many epidemics, both major and minor.
But this was the first time she had ever seen such a strange epidemic!
"It seems that this disease can be contracted simply by contact, and once contracted, it causes fever, and the speed of infection is just too fast!" Lord Xie said worriedly.
You can get infected just by touching it!
Upon hearing this, Xie Wanning's pupils contracted sharply, and all color drained from her face.
My mind felt like it had been struck hard by a hammer; only this one sentence remained, echoing endlessly.
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her breathing suddenly became rapid.
Oh no, oh no, she even went to distribute porridge herself this morning!
He even personally served a bowl of porridge to a lowly disaster victim!
She's been in contact with them; could she have caught it too?! That disease can be fatal!
In an instant, Xie Wanning felt her forehead start to burn, her body start to itch, and she felt itchy all over!
She couldn't help but rub her hands together, her nails scratching bloody marks on the back of her hands, but she still felt extremely uncomfortable.
I wish I could jump straight into boiling water and scald myself raw.
Her mind was in complete chaos, and she couldn't think of anything.
My legs started to go weak, and I almost couldn't help but scream.
At this moment, Madam Xie, who was standing to the side, tightly gripped her sleeve, feeling a wave of fear wash over her.
Fortunately, I listened to Jiuwei's advice and didn't set up a soup kitchen. Otherwise, what would I have done if the epidemic had spread to the Marquis's mansion!
She took a deep breath, her eyes filled with relief and gratitude as she looked at Qin Jiuwei.
"Jiuwei, we owe you so much this time. It's a good thing we listened to you and didn't set up a soup kitchen, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!"
“The old lady is right!” the butler couldn’t help but say. “Luckily we listened to the young mistress. People at the Li family’s porridge distribution center have already contracted the plague! They have persistent high fevers! The entire Li family is in a panic, and the situation has become quite serious.”
What?! Someone at Li Mengqing's porridge distribution point has already been infected!
Oh no! What happened to her porridge distribution point?!
Xie Wanning's heart clenched suddenly, and she felt dizzy and her chest churned.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang.
Xie Wanning's hand slipped, and she fell directly off the chair and onto the ground, sprawling there like a rag doll, her forehead still dripping with sweat.
Everyone in the room immediately turned to look at her.
"Wan Ning, what's wrong?" Lady Hou noticed something was wrong and immediately asked.
"N-nothing, I...I'm just a little dizzy."
Xie Wanning lowered her head, stammering as she tried to cover it up.
She tried to get up by holding onto the chair, but found that her legs were too weak to move.
Lady Hou narrowed her eyes. "Xie Wanning, what's wrong?"
Her voice turned colder, and her tone was threatening.
Xie Wanning pursed her lips tightly, her eyes darting around, still trying to bluff her way out of it.
Faced with a major issue, Lady Hou remained clear-headed. She directly and sternly demanded, "Tell the truth! What exactly did you do?"
With everyone's eyes fixed on her, Xie Wanning could no longer bear it and said in a trembling voice, "I... I also secretly set up a soup kitchen..."
Upon hearing this, the room fell silent instantly, and everyone was greatly shocked.
"What?!" Old Madam Xie stood up abruptly, her eyes filled with shock. "You actually set up a soup kitchen?!"
Lord Xie's face turned even more ashen, and he slammed his hand heavily on the table.
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense! Your grandmother and sister-in-law both said you were not allowed to do it! Why did you still sneak off to do it? How could you do such a stupid thing!"
The Lady of the Marquis's face was extremely gloomy; she was practically furious.
"If even one of the disaster victims you're distributing porridge to is sick, do you know what the consequences would be? How can you be so reckless! You insist on doing the opposite of what I tell you to do; who are you trying to pick on?! Does the Marquis's mansion treat you so badly?!"
Xie Wanning shrank back, trembling from the scolding, and dared not utter a single word.