TWWMABMTBH Chapter 96

But after all, they had graduated, and the specific reason why Rong Ziyan wasn’t beaten to death was no longer traceable. It could only be treated as a bit of after-dinner amusement.

The journey to a village always felt long, but when they left, time seemed to pass quickly.

At the airport, Rong Ziyan and his group sat in the waiting area. They had just received a notification that their flight was delayed due to weather conditions, and the Civil Aviation Administration didn’t know when it would take off.

Luo Xia and the others had been through a bumpy ride and had all fallen asleep from exhaustion. Rong Ziyan, however, was surprisingly energetic and even had time to organize the data he had collected on his laptop.

“Why don’t you rest for a while, too?” Old Wu handed Rong Ziyan a cup of hot water.

Rong Ziyan nodded, signaling Old Wu to rest as well.

“Sir, I always feel like you don’t get tired,” Old Wu said.

Rong Ziyan looked at him strangely. “Why would you say that?”

Old Wu shook his head. “It just gives that kind of impression.”

Rong Ziyan had work to do, so he didn’t continue the conversation. About two hours later, the plane was finally ready for takeoff. Rong Ziyan woke everyone up, and they boarded the plane together.

This time, their destination wasn’t as remote as before. It was actually a well-known major animal husbandry village, a truly prosperous place.

The only puzzling thing was why such a place would have a large-scale epidemic outbreak.

On the way, everyone had already formed their own speculations.

But they never expected that when they actually arrived, they would be shocked.

The sick creatures weren’t chickens at all. They were turtles lying in a pond!

Luo Xia couldn’t help but ask, “Shouldn’t you have contacted the animal husbandry station about this?”

The village chief, acting like they were old friends, handed Luo Xia a cigarette. “The people at the animal husbandry station didn’t handle it well! That’s why they reported it to higher-ups.”

The village chief explained the whole situation to everyone, and that’s when they understood how the misunderstanding had occurred.

It was all a misunderstanding.

Currently, the control of epidemics in China’s animal husbandry industry is extremely strict. This is why, in high-incidence areas of poultry epidemics, Rong Ziyan and his team could find places to collect sample data.

So, after Rong Ziyan and his team finished dealing with the previous village, they were in a lull, as they hadn’t found the next village yet.

But this village’s animal husbandry station couldn’t cure the turtle epidemic, so the system sent a notification.

The old veterinarian at the animal husbandry station was old and had forgotten to fill in the classification when registering, ultimately leading to it being classified under the large category of animal husbandry.

And when Rong Ziyan and his team were doing the screening, Luo Xia didn’t pay attention, so the group just came directly here, causing a not-so-small misunderstanding.

The village chief understood the situation and knew they had arrived by mistake, but the matter was urgent, so he couldn’t care less. It didn’t matter who the doctor was, as long as they could cure the turtles in their village.

“I say, experts! Why don’t we go into the village and sit for a while?” Seeing that Rong Ziyan and the others were planning to turn back, the village chief quickly pulled them inside.

Having worked on farms for years, the village chief had quite a bit of strength. Luo Xia and the others were just regular researchers, and they were quickly stopped from leaving.

Rong Ziyan saw the village chief’s intentions and took the initiative to speak. “No need to rush to rest. Let’s take a look at your sick turtles first.”

“Alright, alright, then thank you for your trouble, come this way!” The village chief knew Rong Ziyan was the leader, and upon hearing these words, his heart that had been halfway up his throat finally relaxed. He quickly led Rong Ziyan towards the pond.

The gap between rich and poor was obvious. In stark contrast to the previous village’s dilapidated state, the village Rong Ziyan and his team had arrived at was not only neat with well-maintained roads, but even the small houses where the villagers lived looked very tidy.

The worst of them were still exquisite two-story buildings with white walls and red roofs, which gave off a unique charm. Many houses even had cars parked in their yards.

The village chief, seeing Rong Ziyan looking around, introduced him to the place. “Our lives have gotten better in recent years. First, we built the roads, then we got internet access, and more kids from the village are going to school, so gradually, many families have bought cars to take their children to school.”

“That’s a good thing. How long have you been raising turtles in your village?”

“It’s been six or seven years!” The village chief looked very proud. “I’m not going to lie to you! Although it’s hard, our village is united. We relied on experts for the first two years, but we can do it ourselves now!”

“Life has been getting better right before our eyes.” The village chief was a bit of an attention seeker, and since Rong Ziyan was willing to listen, he became more talkative.

The people following them, like Luo Xia, also felt a lot more relaxed. After all, this village’s situation was much better than the previous ones they had visited.

After they arrived at the turtle pond and saw the sick turtles, everyone’s mood became even more relaxed.

“Viral hemorrhagic fever, that’s mumps, not a big deal.” Rong Ziyan picked up a sick turtle and examined it carefully. He quickly had an answer.

Luo Xia didn’t reach out. He just looked at the turtle in Rong Ziyan’s hand and, upon hearing the diagnosis, realized that it was indeed that illness.

There wasn’t a particular reason for their slow reaction. Turtles were an uncommon species, and even veterinary students rarely encountered people coming to them with sick turtles or tortoises.

Luo Xia hadn’t seen many cases, so he didn’t react immediately.

But the old doctor from the village’s animal husbandry station who had rushed over felt something was amiss. “Then why hasn’t it gotten better after so long?”

Because he also made the same diagnosis in the beginning. The symptoms of mumps were just those few: systemic edema, small spots or brick-like bleeding on the turtle’s carapace and plastron, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and grayish-white erosion of the salivary glands.

The sick turtles in Rong Ziyan’s hands all had these symptoms. So initially, the old doctor also made the same diagnosis.

But after using the correct medication, there was no improvement. In fact, it had gotten worse.

Rong Ziyan found it a little strange after hearing this.

“Did you send a sample for testing?”

“We didn’t have time yet. We just sent the virus sample up and haven’t gotten the results yet!”

Rong Ziyan called Luo Xia over. “Let’s find a way to examine it first.”

Then, Rong Ziyan and Luo Xia took samples for investigation and used their own equipment for a preliminary assessment.

They came to the same conclusion.

In other words, the diagnosis wasn’t wrong, and the medication was correct. Under these circumstances, if there was still no improvement, and if the possibility of the pathogen mutating was ruled out, there was only one possibility left: someone was sabotaging them.

“Do the turtle farmers in your village have any enemies?” Rong Ziyan took the village chief aside to ask him.

The village chief thought about it. Although his fellow villagers had been doing well these past few years, they weren’t the kind of people who were arrogant or aggressive. Even if there were occasional disputes among neighbors, they quickly resolved them. It wasn’t like what Rong Ziyan was saying, that someone would want to ruin the whole village’s livelihood. It was too terrible.

The old doctor was also puzzled.

Rong Ziyan went back to the edge of the pond and suddenly reached in with lightning speed to pull out a turtle.

“This…” Rong Ziyan stared at the turtle for a while, then handed it to the village chief. “This turtle isn’t from your village, is it?”

The village chief looked at it and was also shocked.

It really wasn’t!

Old Wu leaned in to take a look. He was a bit confused because, in his view, all turtles had beady eyes. The one Rong Ziyan was holding didn’t look any different from the others in the water.

Rong Ziyan gave him a brief explanation. “They raise Chinese softshell turtles, which are a native species. The one I just caught is a foreign species.”

“What’s the difference?”

Rong Ziyan thought about it. “Chinese softshell turtles are more handsome!”

Chinese softshell turtle: 【Suddenly Proud】

The author has something to say: Old Wu: How can you see that a turtle is handsome!