The car bumped and swayed until 3 p.m. before finally arriving in Deyun County.

The destination is the subordinate commune of Deyun County.

The county leaders received everyone and originally planned to arrange a meal for them.

However, the number of days they were out was planned in advance.

Seeing that it looked like it was going to rain, and that the country roads would be difficult to travel on after the rain, the county leaders and the team leaders from several hospitals discussed it and decided to set off immediately.

And so, they hurriedly set off again.

Of the fifteen communes under Deyun County, thirteen were their final destination.

That's what everyone thinks.

When the car arrived at a commune, a group of medical personnel got off.

In the end, only Song Yan and his group were left.

Everyone knew they were coming to Deyun County, and Song Yan even heard from Head Nurse Yang that the place they were coming to was called Xiaoweishan.

I don't know about the others.

Now Song Yan could inquire more thoroughly with the local comrade. This comrade also shared the surname Song. "Comrade Song, where is our destination? How much further?"

Comrade Song looked at them meaningfully.

"Is something wrong?" Sun Jing could tell from Comrade Song's expression that something was amiss.

"I don't know how your leaders chose this location."

Other medical teams chose to be stationed in the commune, but you chose Xiaowei Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Lanjiang Commune.

When the medical team arrived at the commune, people from the various villages under its jurisdiction who wanted medical treatment would naturally go to the commune.

"It's not convenient for people from other villages to see a doctor in Xiaowei Village, is it?"

Song Yan astutely grasped the meaning of those three words: "inconvenient." "What does 'inconvenient' mean?"

Do you know why it's called Xiaowei Village?

Because this village is in the mountains, and the mountain roads are difficult to travel!

"Cars can't drive up there, so we have to walk eight miles," Comrade Song couldn't help but complain.

"Another eight miles?" Feng Funian was quite agitated. He had indeed heard that it involved walking several miles of mountain road.

It's a few miles of mountain road, but it's no big deal for young people to walk it.

He didn't take it to heart at all.

When he experiences it himself, it won't feel the same way.

Do they still have something?

There are medicines and other items.

For example, portable sterile pressure cookers, and instruments specifically designed for gynecology.

These events were all packaged into small parcels. The parcels weren't big, but they carried a lot of weight.

Do you have to carry all of this up the mountain path?

More than 200 kilograms of stuff.

The group of six consisted of Song Yan, Sun Jing, Gao Jinli, Feng Funian, Liu Hui from the Department of Orthopedics II, and Dr. Xu from the Department of Obstetrics.

There were eight people in total, including the county officials and the driver.

When spread out, it's not very heavy.

Everyone started estimating how much stuff they needed to carry.

Comrade Song couldn't help but sigh again. "Our county leaders have already warned you that Xiaoweishan Village is far away and remote, and the road is difficult to travel."

Your hospital leaders said, "We've already completed the Long March, what's this little thing?"

If we want to provide medical technical support, we should go to the most remote and distant places!

We are not afraid of hardship or fatigue; it is in difficult environments that we can hone our skills, right?

"Our leaders can't possibly discourage your ambitions, can they?"

Everyone turned to look at Feng Funian.

This person must be quite ill.

Comrade Song then added, “The commune has a health center. You have the skills and experience, so please give our doctors some guidance. That would be much better than seeing this patient.”

Xiaoweishan Village doesn't even have a village doctor, so I don't know who you're going to guide.

We're poor here, and Xiaoweishan Village is even poorer. You can't even afford medicine after seeing a doctor!"

This is just a case of helping someone in vain!

Do you know why the county leaders don't dare to invite you to dinner?

If I'm delayed in the county, it will be too late for me to get back from Xiaoweishan.

Walking at night in the mountains is not only unsafe, but also...

We can't just leave this big truck at the foot of the mountain!

We're poor here, and if the car gets damaged and no one's watching it, we can't afford to pay for it!

We have to drive this car back to the commune tonight!

Driver, you've worked so hard! There won't be time to eat once you get up the mountain!

We need to hurry on our way!

Sigh! If it weren't for your leader insisting that you stay in Xiaoweishan for the required amount of time!

Going up the mountain tomorrow is fine too!

If we go up the mountain tomorrow, there won't be enough time to provide support!

We can't keep the other groups waiting for you..."

Comrade Song's Mandarin isn't very good, but everyone can understand what he's saying.

Comrade Song was full of complaints; otherwise, he wouldn't have said so much.

Song Yan sighed, "You're not afraid of hardship or fatigue, you want to go to difficult places. What are the comrades in the county saying? Are they expecting you to shirk the responsibilities?"

Feng Funian, how much do you want to scam people?

The wisdom of the ancients is truly invaluable.

The journey was long and the load was light.

And it's all uphill roads.

They had only walked a little over a mile when they were all sweating. Except for Song Yan, all the women were panting heavily.

Actually, the women are carrying relatively less than the men.

Everyone thinks Song Yan is really amazing.

Although she didn't take many supplies, her backpack was the biggest.

But judging from her current appearance, she still seems very relaxed.

Song Yan's current backpack was switched by her when they started walking.

Her backpack was quite large, but it was actually puffed up with soft cotton inside.