Because she was worried about Bai Mo, Bai Ying didn't sleep well all night.

The next morning, after getting up and washing up, she wanted to apologize to Bai Mo and make peace with him, but when she opened the door, the room was empty.

The quilts on the beds of my second and third brothers were neatly folded, and the sheets were not even wrinkled, as if no one had slept in the room last night.

Bai Ying had to hide the disappointment in her eyes.

"Yingzi, come and eat!"

Chu Xianglan had already prepared breakfast. When she saw Bai Ying get up, she quickly called her over to eat.

On the table stood a bowl of corn grits porridge, two steamed buns made of bean flour, and a plate of pickled vegetables made of spicy cabbage.

Seeing that Chu Xianglan was the only one in the room, Bai Ying asked in confusion, "Mom, where are Dad and my older brothers?"

"Your father and eldest brother finished their meal early and went to the fields. Your eldest sister-in-law took the children back to her parents' home. As for your second brother... I haven't seen him since early morning. I don't know where he went. Just eat your food and don't worry about him!"

Chu Xianglan didn't take this matter to heart.

The second child was wild and had his own ideas. He always liked to run outside when he was not busy in the fields. She wanted to discipline him at first, but he was stubborn and had a bad temper. If he didn't want to talk, she couldn't get any information out of him even if she beat him with a stick until it broke.

The second child came and went so often that the family had no idea what to do with him and just ignored him.

Bai Mo's behavior made Bai Ying look more obedient and sensible, which made Chu Xianglan feel even more sorry for the child. She took out a specially cooked egg and placed it in front of Bai Ying.

We have two old hens at home, which only lay one or two eggs every day. All the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar we need throughout the year depend on these eggs, so my family members are reluctant to eat them.

Chu Xianglan only cooked this one egg for Bai Ying to nourish her body. She was afraid that it would be snatched away by the greedy eldest daughter-in-law, so she didn't dare to take it out in advance. She waited until everyone else in the family left before she took it out and gave it to Bai Ying.

"oh……"

Bai Ying lowered her head to hide the disappointment in her eyes.

The corn grits porridge was already warm enough to drink. Bai Ying drank it all in one gulp, then quickly ate a steamed bun with some pickles. She picked up the boiled egg and said, "Mom, I'll take the egg and eat it on the way."

Chu Xianglan nodded with a smile, "Well, hurry up and go to the health room to take up duty."

Bai Ying carried her medicine box and went to the brigade clinic to be on duty.

She was the only barefoot doctor in the brigade.

The primary condition for selecting barefoot doctors is not medical skills, but the requirement that the health workers are both red and professional.

The training she received at the county hospital was also very basic, the same kind of training that a field clinic would provide, disseminating health knowledge, preventing epidemics, treating common illnesses, and treating common wounds...

Simply put, they treat minor ailments such as headaches, fevers, diarrhea and injuries. For serious illnesses, barefoot doctors cannot treat them and can only recommend patients to go to the county hospital for treatment.

Every barefoot doctor who has obtained a rural doctor qualification certificate has a copy of the "Barefoot Doctor Manual".

This book was first published in 1969. The cover shows a girl with two pigtails, who is Wang Guizhen, the first barefoot doctor in China.

The book is a thick one, which contains detailed information on basic rural health knowledge, an overview of human anatomy and physiology, Chinese medicine treatment and acupuncture and massage, prevention and treatment of common rural diseases and infectious diseases, pregnancy and childbirth, battlefield rescue, first aid for accidental injuries and poisoning, general medical and nursing technical operations and common knowledge of medication.

The first page of the text contains a collection of teacher's quotations, urging everyone to launch a patriotic health campaign centered on eliminating the four pests. The mobilization calls for attention to hygiene, reducing disease, improving health, and crushing the enemy's germ warfare.

This is not an exaggeration. During the war, the enemy countries did launch biological weapons against China, including but not limited to plague, typhoid, and anthrax.

Many parts of China were victims of germ warfare, resulting in massive casualties. In Chuzhou, Zhejiang Province, hundreds of thousands of victims developed foot rot, a condition that left them with persistent leg and foot rot. The wounds could only be superficially cleaned, with no cure other than amputation. From their teens to their eighties, these victims lived with these rotten feet until their death.

In her previous life, before Bai Ying was drained of her marrow by the vampires of the Lin family, she spent the last bit of her remaining breathing time reading this book. She had already memorized the knowledge in the book by heart.

Despite this, Bai Ying did not forget about the book after her rebirth. She still carried it with her and took good care of it.

She was on duty at the brigade clinic, and when no members came to see a doctor, she would patiently review the knowledge in the book over and over again.

This book was her last comfort in her previous life and also her spiritual support.

Since Qin Xiangguan took the lead in implementing rural cooperative medical care in 1966, each member has paid 2 yuan to the brigade every year. When going to the brigade clinic for medical treatment, they only need to pay a registration fee of 5 cents, and there is no consultation fee and half of the medicine cost is reimbursed.

The brigade had to add a portion of the money collected, and the bulk of it was mainly used for epidemic prevention and purchasing medicines. At the beginning, barefoot doctors did not receive any subsidies and had to record work points like the members. Sometimes they even had to pay for the members' medical treatment out of their own pockets. They could not do without money, so they changed to receiving subsidies every month.

Barefoot doctors mainly rely on foreign medicine pills to treat diseases, namely the four elements, namely penicillin, streptomycin, oxytetracycline and tetracycline. As long as the right medicine is used, the effect will be immediate.

This little job is really easy for Bai Ying, who has been deeply engaged in manual work for many years.

In addition, it was not long after the Chinese New Year and it was not yet the busy farming season, so not many people in the brigade were sick. They only had minor illnesses like the flu, eating something bad, and diarrhea, which could be cured with some anti-inflammatory drugs.

Soon, it was noon.

Bai Ying didn't have to go home for meals, as the brigade provided her with meals.

Bai Ying took an aluminum lunch box to the brigade canteen to get food and happened to run into Secretary Liu, the brigade leader and other cadres.

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