With the help of the local official staff and the reconnaissance team, everyone drove to the edge of National Highway 413. The village was in the mountain and there was no way to go, all relying on their feet.

Fortunately, there were so many people, the five old cats carried equipment and supplies and other things, while the other young people carried lighter bags, and Abu guided the way by a Miao man, and everyone headed towards the village where Ran Xun lived.

"Spring is here, and it has been raining recently, so the grass in the woods is growing wildly."

In fact, there is a narrow path in the jungle, which is covered by lush vines and weeds on both sides. The big dog waved in front of him with a characteristic folding knife, and when it hits the weeds on the knife, it is immediately cut off.

The ground director Abu looked at the knives with envy, which was a good thing for the Miao people, and it would be better to go into the mountains and forests to open the road.

The woods were not very hot, but they were particularly wet. After walking for more than ten minutes, everyone's faces began to sweat. I don't know if it was sweat or dew in the forest, and my clothes became sticky and stuck to my body.

"Everyone hold on, and it will be there for another half an hour."

After walking for nearly an hour, the old Professor Sun couldn't hold on. He was mainly erect and never expected that one day he would walk through the forest of academicians. This time he investigated, he really invested heavily, but his body was really not good. He had to lose weight immediately after he went back.

An Xia's face became paler, she was weak and she was already panting when she left. When the old cat saw An Xia start to pant slightly, the leader told her that Miss An Xia was in poor health and had sacrificed her life to save Lu Baichuan, so she must ensure that she could take her to her destination safely and take care of her as much as possible on the way.

The old cat quickly stepped forward, supported An Xia, and then pulled her forward. An Xia felt much more relaxed in her body, and half of her body weighed on the old cat.

"Thanks."

She knew she could not hold on anymore, and it was not the time to show off her strength.

The old cat helped An Xia walk for half an hour, changed into a leopard, walked forward for nearly twenty minutes, and suddenly realized that there was no grass growing in the open space.

"This is the valley field, we're here."

The local director Abu smiled, but he was sure that this village was relatively remote and very inside, so it was definitely impossible to develop tourism, so this village has always been very poor, and all the girls in their village have been married.

"I'll take you to find the patriarch."

The local director Abu was in a horse. When he saw the people in the village talking to the people in the village in Miao language, someone soon ran to the village chief's house.

An Xia looked at the ethnic minorities in the village. The woman was very shy, carrying a bracelet made of silver, some people had it on their feet, and there were crisp sounds of bells when walking, while the man looked alert.

The patriarch's house was a bungalow, with a large open space at the door, and the view was wide. When he learned that the official came, the patriarch stood at the door to welcome everyone in. When he got into the house, An Xia observed it all over the house. There was a TV in the patriarch's house, and then there were various furniture, but they were all old furniture from the 1980s and 1990s, as well as many chairs made of bamboo, small tables, etc.

Except for the most expensive items in the family of the patriarch, the other things look average and even a bit shabby. If the patriarch is like this, it can be seen that the people of his tribe have a lower living standard.

Accompanied by the official staff and the explanation of the ground director Abu, the clan leader learned that these people were from Kuncheng, so Dai Jin lived in their hospital. The hospital gave Dai Jin a free medical treatment, which was exactly the same as what Brother Ran Xun said in the morning, and his vigilance towards everyone was better.

When they learned that everyone wanted to test the water source that people in the village drank, the village chief took everyone to a well not far outside his yard and told everyone that this was the place where people in the village drank water for generations. There was a stream not far from the village, but the water there was generally very little drink, and it was used for washing clothes and farming.

The inspector immediately took samples of the two water sources. At noon, everyone had a local hearty lunch at the patriarch's house, including fish, sausage, bacon, a cold dish mixed with plants, and a plate of chili and potatoes. The portion of the dish was not large, and An Xia was worried that so many people would not have enough to eat it.

But Professor Sun and An Xia took a bite and quickly stuffed rice into their mouths. It was salty, it was really too salty!

These meats and vegetables are so salty that they are bitter. Look at the patriarch and the commander Abu. Put a piece of meat on the rice. You can eat half a bowl of rice and a little chili. You can finish a bowl of rice. The high-salt diet has been confirmed.

In the afternoon, An Xia and his senior brother followed the local guide Abu to wander around the village, intending to ask the whole village and collect samples. Lao Mao sent a gray squirrel and a teacher to accompany him. The team member named the teacher knew a lot of Miao language and communicated with the locals with almost no barriers.

Although the Miao people are very alert to outsiders, when An Xia distributes biscuits to children, cool oil and wind oil essence to women, as well as candies, hairpins and toys, everyone's vigilance gradually becomes much less, at least they have a much better attitude towards them. Anyway, An Xia doesn't ask about it too privacy, just asks everyone's eating habits and daily living habits, which is nothing that cannot be said.

It was dark early in the mountains. After visiting seven or eight families, it became dark. The village chief’s daughter-in-law ran out and called An Xia and others to go back for dinner. Because the village chief’s house was the largest, Professor Sun negotiated with the village chief that everyone lived in the village chief’s house, and they were given 100 yuan a day for food and accommodation.

Originally, Professor Sun said he would give him three hundred. After all, more than a dozen people were more than twenty yuan per person, not much at all. But for the people in the village, three hundred was the money they might not be able to save even if they worked hard for a year. The village chief refused to ask for money at first. After the persuasion of the local director Abu and the local official personnel, he knew that Professor Sun was sincere in giving money, but in the end he was willing to collect one hundred.

One hundred were too few. He ate the bacon made from authentic farm pigs and drank the fruit wine made by the locals. Professor Sun planned to secretly leave an envelope at the patriarch's house and give him the remaining money before leaving.

In the evening, An Xia reported to Professor Sun. They visited seven families today. Among them, after taking the pulse, she determined that three people had kidney stones and two had gallstones. She had made records. If she wanted to be diagnosed, she could go to the hospital for further diagnosis.

The quality inspection personnel's crude test of the water samples also showed that the people in the village were eating hard water, which contained more calcium and magnesium, and whether there were other metals, needed further testing.

An Xia immediately reported that she chatted with the women in the village. They all went to the stream to wash clothes and never used well water. A girl once said, well water consumed too much soap, and this is actually because the well water is hard water, so it is not easy to bubble.

With this discovery, Professor Sun was a little excited. Five of the seven households had various stones. The water quality may really be one of the willingness to cause frequent stone diseases. There is also a high diet of salt, which is also the characteristic here.
Chapter completed!