Plague Doctor

"Hello, Uncle Quan? I'm Pengbin. Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time. I have been very busy before and didn't have time to go back and see you... Um, um, listen to me first. Our family wants to move back to the village. Stay for a while, yes, our whole family will go back, my mother, my wife, my children, my father-in-law and mother-in-law..."

Guo Pengbin was pacing in his living room, talking on his cell phone. The worry on his face was not reflected in his tone.

Also in this unit, my wife Yu Qi was busy packing her luggage, and three elderly people were also helping.

Their six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter were running around happily, not knowing their current situation.

The TV has been turned off. Even if the TV is turned on, there are no detailed reports about what happened in New York on the other side of the ocean. However, Guo Pengbin has learned from the Internet that it is absolutely true that New York was destroyed by the "Life Will Alliance" and the city's eight million people were destroyed. People died and those who were taken were taken away.

Guo Pengbin is not a native of Dongzhou. His hometown is a remote and impoverished village quite far away from this big city.

After graduating from school, he worked in Dongzhou, and then settled down and bought a house. Later, his father died of cancer and he took his mother out. He also transferred the several acres of land and two yellow mud tile houses left by his father to Uncle Quan and his uncles. Guo Pengbin has already I haven’t been back to that small village for several years. The last time I went back was to worship ancestors during the Qingming Festival.

He originally thought that he would work in Dongzhou until he retired. By then, his two children would have grown up and started a family, and he could enjoy his old age with his wife...

"Uncle Quan, it's not a stay for a few days, it's not a vacation... it's a move back, I don't know, it's possible in a year or two... My job? It's gone, the company has closed down, um, yes... I still have it I have some savings, and I plan to go back to rest for a while and do field work with you..."

As Guo Pengbin said this, a bitter taste came out of his mouth. He had lost his job, but there was no such thing as compensation, and it seemed that there would be no back wages. In today's world, it is difficult to find another job right away, but another bigger question is, is Dongzhou still safe?

Is such a big city still safe?

Who knows where those alien monsters will attack next?

Look at the current situation in New York, and during the "Ten Plagues of Egypt" period, the places where disasters broke out all over the world were cities, many of which were large cities; look at Dongzhou again, there have been constant disasters in the past few years. Now I simply can't stay any longer.

Guo Pengbin can't control what others plan, but he only has one thought now, taking his relatives back to his hometown of Hewei Village for refuge.

Hewei Village is far away from the urban area. Over the years, young people have continued to leave. Now there is probably only a population of less than a hundred people, and they are all old people. They live in a one-story yellow mud house that has been in disrepair, with some old scalpers. , old donkeys, and old horses cultivated large tracts of fields. Once they are too old to farm any more, those fields will wither and Hewei Village will officially die.

But now, things are different...

However, Guo Pengbin had to ask a question first: "Uncle Quan, has anything strange happened in the village recently? Weird people? Have you seen the news, that kind of strange disease? Has any doctor been to the village?" His heart was clenched. It was very tight, for fear of hearing some ominous news and even cutting off the way home.

"No, I haven't heard of it..." Uncle Quan's confused voice came from the mobile phone, "What kind of strange disease?"

Guo Pengbin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Hewei Village has water, electricity and Internet, the elderly basically have no access to the Internet, and the chance that someone has visited that website is very small. He is still a little uneasy, but now he can only go back and take a look.

He knew that they could not be the only ones with such thoughts and actions, especially now that there was a wave of unemployment. Many people could not make a living even if they stayed in the city. Why not leave? The news about New York is going viral. According to past experience, traffic control will definitely come down soon.

By then, you may not be able to leave even if you want to.

"Uncle Quan, let's talk about it when we get back. That's it for now. We'll drive back by ourselves and set off later. We should be able to arrive in the early morning."

After nearly ten hours of driving, except for refueling, he was ready to drive back all the way without stopping. Maybe only by stepping back on the land of that quiet little village would he feel the slightest sense of security again, instead of being frightened every minute like now.

"I've made an agreement with Uncle Quan." Guo Pengbin hung up the call and said to the others. But when he saw his wife, mother and mother-in-law were still slowly cleaning up this way and that, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Oh, you guys are really , Just take some important things with you, don’t take anything else with you, just go away.”

As he spoke, he looked outside the balcony. The strange screams of patients suffering from delirium had been heard before.

You really need to leave as soon as possible. If you stay here for one more minute, you will be in danger for one more minute.

"There is a shortage of everything in the village, and it takes a long time to go out to the city..." My mother was still rambling, and she was not entirely sure of the current crisis.

"Let's go!" Guo Pengbin said louder, almost furious: "If you don't leave, you can't leave."

"Okay, okay, why are you so loud?" His wife Yu Qi stopped with a little dissatisfaction and asked the two old people to listen to him. He hugged the younger daughter and dragged the eldest son's hand. They all felt a little because of their father. Anger scares.

Guo Pengbin sighed, silently grabbed the suitcase, closed it, and asked his father-in-law to carry the suitcases together.

His parents-in-law grew up in the city and have never lived in such remote rural areas. Fortunately, they understand the rules and have no objection to procrastination. He and his wife are only children, and the whole family is here.

Not long after, they

After finally going out and taking the elevator downstairs, I met another family who was also carrying large and small bags and seemed to be moving out.

The two families did not know each other, but Guo Pengbin and a strong man from that family looked at each other. If there is a tacit understanding, I wish everyone good luck.

After going downstairs to the parking lot outside, he went straight to his car. The adults, Guo Pengbin and Yu Qi, put their luggage in the trunk and carried their children into the car. When the whole family got in the car, Guo Pengbin couldn't help but feel lucky that he had the foresight. I bought a seven-seater MPV.

"Have you fastened your seat belts? Sit tight." Guo Pengbin called out, drove the car out of the parking lot, and drove out of the community. "Mom, you haven't fastened your seat belt yet! Fasten it quickly." He paid attention while paying attention. While looking at the road conditions ahead, I also paid attention to the conditions inside the car behind me.

The adults looked solemn, but the two children were chirping excitedly, having fun with some elders, looking forward to this journey.

As expected, the traffic was very congested. Guo Pengbin headed towards the highway outside the city, but was constantly blocked by traffic jams and traffic lights.

He looked at the long red light and quietly took deep breaths, trying to relieve the anxiety in his heart.

Hurry up, hurry up...

Leave the city, leave these high-rise buildings, leave the danger, go back to the remote village, go to a place where the whole family can be safe...

Love the Plague Doctor.