Crossing the World: This Prince is a Little Sweet

"Okay," the little girl said.

"This infectious disease basically occurs every spring and autumn. What we can do is to catch it at the source and cut off the transmission route, so as to prevent the breeding of infectious diseases."

"So how do we catch it?"

The witch grandmother didn't quite understand what she said.

"Dysentery is a disease that can be spread by mosquitoes, or by contact, through water or food. Or it can be caused by eating unclean food."

Chu Xi listed the possible ways of transmission one by one.

"Grandma, do you have paper and ink?"

"some"

"Can I borrow it? I'll write down the prevention and treatment methods on a piece of paper, and you can just follow the instructions when the time comes."

"well……"

The mother-in-law turned around and got the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and placed them on the table in the living room.

Chu Xi picked up the brush and began to write slowly.

The witch grandmother was watching from the side, not quite understanding what she was writing.

"Girl, what is this mosquito net?"

The witch grandmother looked at Chu Xi and the first item she listed was the word "mosquito net".

"It's a mosquito net."

Chu Xi answered while writing quickly.

"The gauze curtain can indeed prevent mosquito bites, but..."

The witch grandmother was in a dilemma, as those things were basically only available to wealthy families, and the production cost was extremely high, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people like us.

At this time, Chu Xi had already stopped writing.

"Mother-in-law, what is this?"

"But this thing is basically used by wealthy people to make beautiful clothes. What are we going to do with it?"

Chu Xi suddenly realized, could it be that mosquito nets are not yet popular in this era?

"So, mother-in-law, how do you usually prevent mosquito bites?"

"We usually use herbs to fumigate or hang small sachets to repel mosquitoes."

The witch grandmother pointed to the sachet around her waist.

"What's the effect?"

Chu Xi glanced at her mother-in-law's sachet and asked softly.

"It's okay during the day, but the effect is much worse at night..."

When the witch grandmother thought of the buzzing sound of mosquitoes, she got a headache and her eyes looked a little tired.

This thing is really inexhaustible. The old man's sleep is already poor, and the thing keeps buzzing in his ears, which makes people irritated. She tried putting a dozen mosquito repellent sachets, but it didn't work. The mosquitoes still flew over and kissed you fiercely.

Even if you fumigate the entire room with herbs before going to bed, it won't have much effect. Once the smell dissipates, mosquitoes will still come.

It is estimated that most of these mosquitoes have become immune to the drug.

"This mosquito net is for use at night when sleeping. It can prevent mosquito bites."

Chu Xi saw the distressed look on the witch's face and could probably guess the reason.

"How do you defend against this thing?"

The witch grandmother was puzzled. Even if the mosquitoes bit through clothes, they could still leave big bites on people. They were very powerful.

How can that thin layer of stuff prevent mosquito bites?

"Then mother-in-law will know."

Chu Xi kept the secret.

"Girl, how much do you need for this gauze curtain?"

After the witch grandmother became familiar with her, she no longer called Chu Xi "little girl", but called her "girl" impolitely.

“Every household should have one.”

"What? This might be difficult..."

The witch grandmother was surprised that every household should have this gauze curtain, as it was not something that ordinary people could afford.

"Well, it is indeed a bit difficult."

Chu Xi pondered, but if there were no mosquito nets, prevention and control would be of no use at all, as mosquitoes are an important way of spreading dysentery.

"This yarn tent is hard to buy, can I weave it myself?"

Zi Yi expressed her doubts. She had just seen some elderly people sitting in their courtyards fiddling with the looms in front of them. The shuttles moved back and forth flexibly in their hands as they weaved the cloth with skillful movements.

"It should be possible. It doesn't necessarily have to be done with a gauze tent."

Chu Xi's eyes lit up and she slapped her head, wondering how could she have forgotten this.

The witch grandmother also became happy. Although she didn't know the connection between the two, she felt that Chu Xi would not lie.

"Mother-in-law, find me a girl who can weave tomorrow and I'll tell her how to do it."

Chu Xi said happily to her mother-in-law.

"well……"

The witch grandmother nodded quickly.

Chu Xi then explained the remaining points of attention to the witch grandmother one by one, and she took the lead in organizing her people to take action.

The next day, Chu Xi got up early in the morning and saw Aunt Qiu and a few others going door to door.

Aunt Qiu is one of the Miao tribe’s guard captains, responsible for managing all matters of the tribe.

"Aunt Qiu, good morning!"

Chu Xi greeted her.

"Mr. Chu, good morning..."

Aunt Qiu, who had a serious face at first, smiled and greeted Chu Xi after seeing her.

"Aunt Qiu, what are you going to do with these people?"

Chu Xi looked at the people behind Aunt Qiu and asked in confusion.

"Mother-in-law, I was told to check every household and dump out all the useless stagnant water in the house."

Aunt Qiu smiled and told her that Chu Xi was now the benefactor of their clan.

She had just visited several families and asked how their sick children were doing.

Those families all said that their fevers had subsided and they no longer had diarrhea, and the children’s conditions had obviously improved a lot.

She also witnessed that the mental state was indeed much better. Some of the symptoms were mild and no longer had any major problems today.

"Is that so? Then you go ahead and do your work first, Auntie!"

Chu Xi stepped aside to make way for Aunt Qiu.

"Mr. Chu, I'll have someone bring some food over later..."

"Then I'm sorry to bother you, auntie."

The aunt brought people into Xiaotao's house, and Chu Xi turned around and followed them back.

"Xiao Taotao, come out quickly."

Aunt Qiu called out.

Xiaotao hurriedly ran out of the house.

"Aunt Qiu, what's the matter?"

"Go check your jars and pots that have accumulated water. If they are not useful, pour out the water."

Aunt Qiu said as she began to check the water tanks in the yard. Pointing to the small tank full of dirty water, she said:

"Xiao Taotao, quickly pour out this useless stagnant water and clean the water tanks and jars."

"Auntie, why is this?"

Xiao Tao was puzzled. These water tanks and jars have always been like this. When it rains, there will be some water accumulation. She doesn't understand why they have to be emptied today?

"This is what mother-in-law ordered. Just pour it if I tell you to."

In fact, Aunt Qiu didn’t quite understand it, but there must be a reason for what her mother-in-law said.

Xiao Tao didn't understand, but when she heard that it was her mother-in-law who ordered her to do so, she quickly poured out the water in the water tank, and the water flowed all over the floor.

Xiao Tao looked at the puddles on the ground in surprise. There were many small brown bugs in the water, with their bodies hunched and twisting around.

"what is this?"

There were these little bugs in the several empty cans that Xiaotao emptied, and there were so many of them.

Aunt Qiu and the others didn't know what it was, but basically every household had these strange bugs in their water tanks or jars.

"These are jié jué, the larvae of mosquitoes."

Chu Xi's voice sounded behind them.

"Jie Jue?"

Xiao Tao thought the name was very strange and didn't understand how the little bugs crawling on the ground could turn into mosquitoes.

"Is this what mosquito larvae look like? Aren't mosquito larvae little mosquitoes?"