Chapter 125 third quarter

The weather quickly warmed up, and the hustle and bustle of the shining star was the beginning of that restless spring. In March, Wang Ying seldom lived in the dormitory. She came only when she had something to do, and left after class.She heard us talk about the competition vividly, but she was not excited at all. She just scolded us and said, don't go to places with many people, because the atypical pneumonia from Guangdong is very serious.Yang Cheng also told me that, he basically didn't come to school, and told me to wash my hands frequently and avoid going out. In April, it seemed that the disease was more serious than we thought.During class, everyone sent text messages to students from other schools to inquire about the situation. There were all kinds of news. It is said that a professor in Zhongcai has died, and a dormitory in Beijiao has been recruited. The schools near them have not been spared. There are construction workers. Some students said that 120 came to the school to recruit people, and some said that there were already cases in Xueyuan Road, but it had not been announced yet.Fear spreads faster than the plague, and people are panicking everywhere. If someone coughs in the classroom, the whole classroom will immediately quiet down, and everyone can't wait to hold their breath.Gradually, there are fewer and fewer people in the big class, and the students are sitting apart from each other. It is said that in some classes, even half of the people are absent.

My dad and his school issued masks, and the usual thin, sterile masks are useless at all. According to the news, the 12-layer gauze mask is the most effective.All the pharmacies in the city were out of stock of Banlangen, not to mention the most common granules, not even the tablets.From time to time, a few ancestral prescriptions will be issued, and there is an endless stream of people in Tongrentang to collect medicines. Every family is brewing medicines, and the corridors are filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine.All products with the word "disinfection" became in short supply, and later even the white vinegar with disinfection effect was sold out.

Suspected cases, new cases, and deaths are still increasing. The greatest panic since the peaceful era is pervasive in Beijing.One after another, schools closed classes, and Qin Chuan and his international school were on holiday. Because of the initial concealment of the SARS incident, many foreigners stopped coming.At that time, he called me every night to inquire about the situation of our school. After all, we were in the core area of ​​the SARS outbreak, and the 120 emergency call sounded from time to time outside the street.We chatted about the latest news about being quarantined at school, worried about the situation of each other's family members, released our inner anxiety, and worried about when we would be able to get through this menacing SARS.

At the end of April, all the anxiety and fear exploded in a flash.Rumors of the closure of the city came from nowhere. For a while, the supermarkets in Beijing were crowded with people. Rice, salt, biscuits, instant noodles... Food and daily necessities were all sold out. Those who went a step late could only face empty shelves . From that day on, Wang Ying did not come to school for classes at all, and no matter whether it was compulsory or elective, there were different people attending the class, and even the teachers were afraid.There were already rumors that students and teachers had contracted SARS, and this news was finally confirmed. It was also confirmed that a teacher's dormitory building in Zaojun Temple was closed due to multiple infections.

Yang Cheng was restricted at home and was not allowed to go out. He emphasized to me that it was really serious and told me to go home as well.But I'm not like him and Wang Ying, it's okay to play truant openly, anyway, the school can't trouble them, and ordinary us can only be like trapped animals, anxious, confused, and at a loss. Nana was the first to break down emotionally. She was sitting in our dormitory when she suddenly had to pack her things and buy a ticket to go home.I grabbed her and she started crying. "Stop making trouble, it's so late, where can I buy a ticket?"

"I'm going to line up at Beijing Railway Station. I can't bite my teeth and buy a ticket. I don't want to stay here anyway!" "You went back, what about the school class?" "If it's a big deal, I'll drop it this semester. It's better than losing my life! Qiaoqiao, leave me alone, I'll go to my hometown if I die." "Then what about your family?" Qianxi interrupted us, "Train stations and airports are crowded places, and you have to take buses and subways along the way. Even if you take a taxi, you don't know how many people have taken that taxi. I don’t know how much more dangerous it is than our school. What if you bring the virus back home? Now it’s only you who are in danger, and then your whole family will be in danger!”

Nana sat down on the bed after listening to Qianxi's words. Xu Lin came to her side and hugged her shoulders comfortingly. She sobbed, "What should we do? What should we do?" "I don't know...but it's going to get better." Qianxi said the words that brother Xiaochuan often said, the night sky is clear, but the campus is quiet, everything is small and indistinct, we are so powerless in the face of disasters, and no one knows when we will get better.