Chapter 646: Promoting the Trade-in Program

Five hundred merit points are not that easy to earn.

Gu Xiaoxi thought about it for a while and simply called Lu Jiansen upstairs.

"I want to go out on a mission and do some good deeds. Chinese New Year is coming soon. What do you think about us doing a trade-in event?"

Lu Jiansen pondered for a moment and asked, "Is this urgent? If not, I'll go talk to my uncle-in-law. He's the city leader. If he takes the lead, this matter will be easy to handle. After all, this is also a good thing to serve the people. If it's done well, it will also be my uncle-in-law's political achievement."

Gu Xiaoxi's eyes lit up, "Yes! Then go talk to my uncle and see what he says. I'll prepare some items that can be exchanged for new ones."

"Okay. I'll go talk to my uncle now." Lu Jiansen held his little girl in his arms, kissed her, and then left.

Gu Xiaoxi also immediately returned to the space and used the system's all-purpose packaging machine to package all the stockpiled rice and flour. Some were packaged in one-jin, five-jin, and ten-jin packages, making it convenient to exchange old for new.

Hundreds of boxes of various vegetables and fruits are also prepared in the space.

In addition, she returned to her own space office and made dozens of ointments and Chinese medicines.

She was busy for a long time, and only came out of the space office when Lu Jiansen sent her a message.

"Xiaoxi, my uncle has agreed to promote the old-for-new campaign, and it was approved at the meeting. We have also reached a cooperation agreement with the supply and marketing cooperative and the hospital this afternoon. We can go to the Tangnan Coal Factory in Huaicheng tomorrow."

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, "Go to Tangnan Coal Factory?"

Lu Jiansen nodded, "Yes. A month ago, a mining accident occurred at Tangnan Coal Factory, killing three people and injuring more than ten people. The city leaders went to express their condolences a few days ago, but the people are still somewhat resistant. Just today, someone went to the city to cause trouble. My uncle-in-law meant that we should start this old-for-new activity from here. And by the way, I would like you to examine the injured again..."

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "That's no problem."

After confirming that he was going to Tangnan Coal Factory, Gu Xiaoxi made some more preparations.

I had dinner with my family in the evening, talked for a while, and then went to bed early.

The next day, Gu Xiaoxi and Lu Jiansen went out early in the morning.

Each of them drove a car, and the car and the trunk were full of things.

Yan Xueqi also sent two people, and brought two comrades from the supply and marketing cooperative and two doctors from the Municipal People's Hospital, and went to Tangnan Coal Factory with Gu Xiaoxi and others.

In order to save trouble for Xiaoxi and the others, Yan Xueqi had the supply and marketing cooperative purchase all the items they had prepared through special channels, and then had the comrades at the supply and marketing cooperative carry out unified points calculation and redemption.

In this way, when Gu Xiaoxi arrived at the place, he only needed to examine people.

When he arrived at the place and just set up the redemption table and displayed the goods, Gu Xiaoxi discovered that 100 merit points had been credited to his account.

This feels like a good start, and makes people very happy.

However, when someone came to redeem something later, she no longer received any merit points.

After thinking about it, she took the list given by the staff and went door to door to treat the injured in the mine accident.

The first victim was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He had elderly parents and young children to take care of. His home conditions were very poor and the roof was leaking.

But because of the mining accident, his left leg was amputated.

Gu Xiaoxi also felt a little sad. The pillar of the family had fallen. This was a devastating disaster for the family.

It is normal for people to have opinions about the coal plant.

It was the coal plant's failure to implement adequate safety measures that led to the accident.

Originally, she could just take the patient's pulse, prescribe some medicine, and relieve the pain of the injured leg, but in the end, she not only gave the patient acupuncture, but also installed a prosthesis for him for free.

The injured man burst into tears the moment he stood up with his prosthetic limbs.

"I thought I would never be able to stand up again in my lifetime. I thought this was the end of my life. But now I can stand up again. Dr. Gu, you are my second parent..."

As he said this, the man was about to kneel down to Gu Xiaoxi.

Gu Xiaoxi quickly supported him, "Don't get excited, don't get excited! This is what I should do. I came here because I heard about your situation from Deputy Mayor Yan and thought I could help. No one wants disaster to happen, but now it has happened, we must do our best to minimize the damage. I hope you can cheer up and live a good life in the future..."

"I will, I will... I didn't expect that the city leaders still care about me..." The man was grateful and moved, and tears fell again.

After the incident, although the coal factory and leaders came to visit him, they were unable to resolve his practical difficulties.

But this time, Vice Mayor Yan and Doctor Gu helped him solve his big problem.

Compared to a little compensation money, this is what he needs most.

Gu Xiaoxi left with the family's profuse gratitude and soon went to the second family.

The injured person in this family is the second son, who is not married yet. Three of his lumbar vertebrae were broken. He had surgery in the hospital and is currently recuperating at home and cannot take care of himself.

It may be that the family members did not pay enough attention to the patient and did not know how to take care of him, so the condition worsened after he was recuperating at home.

Originally, the family did not want Gu Xiaoxi to treat patients, fearing the cost. However, Gu Xiaoxi stated her identity as a military doctor and explained that she was specially appointed by the city leaders and that she would not charge any fees. Thus, she was given the authority to treat patients.

After checking the patient's pulse, she performed acupuncture and repositioned the lumbar vertebrae.

Afterwards, she made three pairs of waist repair patches for the patient, asking him to change them every day.

"Doctor Gu, how long will it take for me to recover from my current condition?"

Gu Xiaoxi smiled and said, "After using these three sets of waist bandages, you should be able to get up and walk around. As long as you don't use too much force and bend your waist too often, you will be well again after the Chinese New Year. Then you can go to the hospital for a checkup."

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" the injured young man thanked repeatedly.

You know, the doctor at the hospital told him that he would need to be nursed back to health for at least half a year.

"You're welcome. Have a good rest. I'll be at your coal factory today. If you need anything, you can ask your family to come to me. If you want to buy New Year's goods, you can also find some old items at home and exchange them for other items. The old-for-new event arranged by the city today is quite large. Don't miss this opportunity."

Gu Xiaoxi said this because when he looked around, he saw that his house was full of old and broken things, even the porcelain bowls for drinking water had chips on them.

"But I don't have any usable old things at home!" the young man's mother suddenly said.

She knew there was a trade-in event, but she couldn't think of anything to exchange.