The lady was lying on her side on the ground. Her disheveled hair covered her face, and her clothes were dirty. Scarlett's first thought was that she was a villager from this village. She might have just returned from the fields and fainted in front of her house for some unknown reason.
The loud sound just now was caused by her head smashing against the door. Her forehead was bruised and bleeding a little.
Scarlett had encountered scammers in her previous life, but none of them had risked their lives.
The lady had really fainted.
Scarlett squatted down and wanted to see which family she was from so that she could send her back. However, as soon as she turned the lady's body over, Scarlett realized that something was wrong.
There were symmetrical light-colored skin lesions and light red spots on her face. The borders between the spots were blurry, and there were also spots on the back of her hands.
Scarlett frowned slightly. This was clearly …
"Sister! We're back! "
At that moment, Tom was carrying an old book bag. He ran towards Scarlett like he was flying.
Scarlett turned to look at him. Her eyes were sharp. "Don't come over!"
Scarlett had never spoken to tom in such a stern tone. Tom was stunned.
"Sister …" He took two more steps forward.
"I said, don't come over!" Scarlett's tone was even colder.
This time, tom didn't dare to move at all. He stood about ten steps away from Scarlett in a daze.
He saw Scarlett and naturally saw the lady lying in front of Scarlett's house.
His intuition told him that this lady had something to do with this.
He asked, "Sister, who is she?"
"I don't know. You should go back to the bell Clan first."
Originally, she had planned to ask tom to come over for dinner, but now that something like this had happened, the safety of the family could not be completely guaranteed. She could not harm tom.
Tom was unhappy, but since his sister said so, he would go back first.
"Well, brother-in-law, I'll leave first." He turned around and said to Ethan behind him.
Scarlett was slightly stunned. Ethan was back too?
Not only Ethan, David also came along.
David helped his deskmate with his homework, and his deskmate gave him a basket of pomelos as a token of gratitude. He gave half of it to Ethan. He was worried that Ethan could not carry it, so he sent it back to the village.
As for Tom, he always bullied Ethan. David was also a little worried that Ethan would go home with him, so he wanted to keep an eye on them.
Ethan and David both noticed the lady lying on the ground at this time.
"You'd better not come over." Scarlett said to the two of them.
David frowned strangely. "She's dead? You didn't kill her, did you? "
"Hey! What are you talking about! "Tom could not stand this pretty boy who always slandered his sister.
David snorted. "Did I say anything wrong? Something must have happened to that lady. Otherwise, why wouldn't she let us go? "
Ethan walked over with a cold expression.
"You … don't come over." Scarlett said.
Ethan still walked over.
He actually saw that something was wrong from afar. When he walked closer to take a closer look, he was finally certain of his guess.
When David saw him walk over, he quickly followed.
"Hey! Why are you all going over! Sister, I … I … "tom anxiously scratched his head.
David came to Ethan's side and looked at the lady with red spots all over her face. He had a bad feeling. "Brother Ethan, this is …"
"Leprosy." Ethan frowned.
David's body swayed and he almost fell!
"This, this, this, this … this lady is a leper …" David was so shocked that he stuttered.
Leprosy was one of the most terrifying infectious diseases. It was said that as long as one person in a village was infected, the whole village would be infected. Moreover, there was no cure for this disease. Those who got it could only wait for death.
In the previous king time, there was a tragedy where tens of thousands of people died because they did not pay enough attention to leprosy.
When the current sun Kingdom's emperor ascended to the throne, the first thing he did was to build Leprosy Mountain. All the lepers were sent to the mountain for centralized management.
"You touched her?" Ethan calmly looket at Scarlett .
Scarlett nodded her head.
However, she had only touched her once. Her skin was not damaged, so the chances of her being infected were not high.
However, other people might not think so.
If other people knew that Scarlett had been in contact with a leper, they would definitely send her and the patient to Leprosy Mountain.
Leprosy Mountain was a place where once someone went up, they would never be able to come back down.
David pulled Ethan a dozen steps away and said in a frightened voice, "You heard what she said. She touched that leper. You must immediately send her away! Otherwise, your entire village will be infected! "
Ethan frowned.
David stomped his feet and said, "hey, Brother Ethan, what are you hesitating for? Haven't you always wanted to get rid of that evil woman? She was the one who touched the leper. There is an 80% to 90% chance that she was infected. According to the imperial court's laws, she should be sent to Leprosy Mountain. This is a legitimate opportunity to get rid of her! "
Fenglin had thought about it. Ethan was a scholar. If he really did something like abandoning his wife and children, it would ruin his reputation. The current situation was simply a timely rain. He could not only preserve his reputation, but also get rid of that evil woman!
"No one will be sent to Leprosy Mountain," Ethan said calmly.
David was stunned.
Ethan walked towards Scarlett with his walking stick. "Bring me a dry cloth."
Scarlett did not ask any questions. She went into the room and brought out a clean cloth.
Ethan took the cloth from her hand and squatted down in front of the old lady.
Realizing what he wanted to do, Scarlett said, "I'll do it."
"No need." Ethan wrapped the cloth around the lady's face, blocking her mouth and nose. "Carry her inside."
"Okay." Scarlett nodded.
"Hey! Brother Ethan! "Scarlett stopped him.
Tom had heard most of the story. It turned out that the lady was a leper from who knows where. His sister was afraid that he would be infected so she did not let him go.
But was he, tom, such a disloyal person?
Tom ran over to help his sister and brother-in-law carry the old lady into the backyard.
David anxiously stomped his feet.
Crazy!
You're all crazy!
Then, he also gritted his teeth and entered the room, taking the risk of being infected!