Before he passed away, Li Laoliu was the village's only snake catcher. Usually, he would catch poisonous snakes and sell them in the town. Although some snakes are protected animals, the villagers did not have the concept of protected species.
Unfortunately, he also succumbed to the epidemic and died a few days ago.
Now, his two sons are in the village's isolation area. Director Wei and the village cadre hurried to find Li Laoliu's sons to get the snake medicine in hopes of saving Professor Zhang.
"Village chief, my dad had lots of snake medicine, but I'm not sure how effective they are," said the man in his thirties.
He is Li Laoliu's eldest son, Li Dazhong. When the other villagers were being isolated, he and his wife were also isolated. Though he was initially saddened by his father's passing, he has since moved on.
However, he is a man afraid of death, always feeling that his father's constant snake catching brought karma upon him, leading to his infection and death.
