Chapter 104 The eternal problem: save the big one or the small one?
This is a long story. Song Hongmei is not only the women's director of the compound, who is in charge of many things, but she is also responsible for many things in several surrounding villages. Some village heads report directly to her.
For example, Shilin Village is one of the poorest villages in the surrounding area. Song Hongmei has always wanted to lead this village out of poverty and become rich, so she often contacts the production team in the village to promote labor and keep an eye on production.
During the Chinese New Year, in order to let everyone have a happy and lively New Year, Song Hongmei spent her own money to buy a lot of things and gave them away for free to poor families who could not make ends meet.
Later, at the warm invitation of the village party secretary and the village chief, she stayed in the village to have the New Year's Eve dinner.
The unexpected incident happened during the New Year's Eve dinner.
In the production team's cowshed, some mischievous kid threw a small firecracker into the cowshed, scaring the cows in the cowshed.
It was a cow, and she was pregnant.
The cow was frightened and ran around in the cowshed, knocking down the wall. The pregnant cow also got into trouble.
In human terms, it means that the cow has a miscarriage and is about to give birth prematurely.
As a result, the cows cried out in pain, and the people in the production team were also worried.
This is a cow! It’s a cow!
It is the most valuable property in the entire production team!
After the spring comes, the land will be plowed, and plowing the land will inevitably require cattle to work.
They originally wanted to wait for the cows to give birth after the Spring Festival. At this time, the fields were frozen and there was not much farm work to do, so the cows could rest well and give birth to calves.
In this way, the production team had one more calf and one more productive force, which was much more useful than having more people.
But no one expected that such a thing would happen on the most lively and happy New Year's Eve.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Song Hongmei took charge of the situation, stabilized the morale, and asked Han Shi, the team leader of the production team, to call a veterinarian immediately.
There is no veterinarian in Shilin Village itself. The veterinarian is in a nearby village, which is a four-hour round trip by mountain road.
No matter how long it takes, a veterinarian must be called in to preserve the cows, which are an indispensable source of productivity.
When people are unlucky, bad things always happen one after another.
After Han Shi walked for two hours on the mountain road, he finally found a veterinarian in the next village. The veterinarian was so happy about the New Year that he drank a lot of homemade rice wine.
That was rice wine, not the dregs that Chu Yue used for her own entertainment, and the alcohol concentration was completely different.
So the veterinarian was so drunk that he was completely unconscious. No matter how much he shouted, he couldn't be awakened. Han Shi had no choice but to carry the drunk veterinarian all the way through the dark mountain road. After a lot of effort, they returned to the village, but the veterinarian still didn't wake up. He was still drowsy and his mind was not clear.
The hopes of the people around were all dashed as they watched the cow's condition gradually deteriorate. After only four or five hours of labor, the calf still could not be born, and the situation was getting worse and worse.
If this continues, the calf may suffocate in the cow's stomach, and the cow may also die due to excessive consumption.
It has become a long-lasting historical issue: should we protect the big ones or the small ones?
Some people said that they should just cut open the cow's stomach and rescue the calf first.
However, if a newborn calf is not cared for by its mother, its chances of survival are slim.
Some people also said that they should just give up the calf and save the cow first to minimize the losses.
But there was no veterinarian among the villagers, and they had no idea how to save the cow in the event of difficulty in giving birth.
Everyone was at a loss and had no idea what to do.
They watched helplessly as the cow wailed in pain. The situation was getting worse and worse. If the cow really died, their production team would have a very difficult time working after the next spring.
Han Shi, the team leader, was anxious and irritated. Song Hongmei, who witnessed all this, also kept frowning with a complicated expression.
With no way out, Song Hongmei unexpectedly met Chu Yue and Lu Zhanlin. She suddenly remembered that Chu Yue had delivered Wang Chunling, who was in labor due to a difficult condition. When faced with Chu Yue's questions, she subconsciously spoke out.
"Sister Chu, you can deliver babies for humans, but can you deliver a cow?" Song Hongmei shook her head immediately after she finished speaking, saying helplessly, "Alas... I'm really confused. One is a human and the other is a cow, there's such a big difference, how could you..."
Song Hongmei was talking when Chu Yue interrupted her, "Sister Song, I can't guarantee that it will happen, but I can go and take a look."
Chu Yue knew what a cow meant to this village, and could also feel the difficulties Song Hongmei was going through at the moment.
Even though she had no experience delivering animals, the medical knowledge about mammals was the same, and she had studied a small part of related veterinary medicine.
Instead of sitting and waiting for death, you must give it a try and take a chance, maybe there will be hope.
When Song Hongmei heard Chu Yue's words, her eyes lit up.
Lu Zhanlin asked from the side to confirm, "Do you really want to try it?"
"Yeah." Chu Yue nodded. "A cow that can keep Sister Song awake all night on New Year's Eve must be very important to everyone. I'm willing to give it a try."
After hearing what Chu Yue said, Lu Zhanlin did not object, but immediately said to Song Qi, "Song Qi, you drive the elderly and children back first. Chu Yue and I will stay here to deal with Sister Song's affairs. After you send them to the compound, be sure to send them home and ensure their safety. Be careful on the road."
"Yes, Captain Lu." Song Qi agreed and asked, "Captain Lu, where are you and your sister-in-law? This place is quite far from the compound. I'll drop them off and come back to pick you up."
Lu Zhanlin glanced at Chu Yue and Song Hongmei, nodded and agreed, "Okay."
that's all.
The group split into two groups. Song Qi supported Wang Chunling, shielding the little child from the wind and snow, as they walked along the path out of the village. Li Jinhua followed reluctantly. If she didn't take the car, she would have to walk back. She didn't want to walk! And the wound on her hand hadn't been treated yet!
Oh, her hundred dollars...
It hurts more than the wound on my hand just thinking about it.
On the other side, after Chu Yue decided to land, she didn't waste any more time and immediately asked Song Hongmei to lead the way towards the village commune.
Lu Zhanlin followed closely behind.
After a while, they reached the other side of the village and saw torches burning in the dark, blazing brightly everywhere, with a group of people gathered around.
This cow is the lifeblood of their entire village. If the calf cannot be born, these people will not be able to sleep all night.
Han Shi, the team leader of the production team, came over immediately when he saw Song Hongmei coming back.
"Sister Song, is everything alright?" Han Shi was a young man in his thirties, rugged and heroic. Seeing Lu Zhanlin and Chu Yue in their military uniforms, he frowned and asked, "Who are these two...?"
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