Severe malnutrition cannot be treated without medication, but moderate and mild malnutrition that does not develop into severe conditions still relies mainly on nutritional supplements from regular meals.
Qiao Xuejun nodded. "That's good to see some improvement. Crops have been plentiful lately, so we'll be able to provide more nutrition in the future."
Dr. Zheng: "It's a good thing. Diversified food and diverse nutrition will make it less likely to get sick."
The main vegetables we can provide now are spinach. There are not many Chinese cabbages and cherry radishes planted, so the yield will not be high. They can only be used as occasional snacks.
Qiao Xuejun and Dr. Zheng discussed the main point of this trip: "I heard that the ice harvesters were injured and taken to the medical department. How are they doing?"
Doctor Zheng pointed to a bed on the side and said, "It's a stable fracture, not too serious."
Qiao Xuejun looked over there and walked over.
Seeing the familiar person on the bed, Qiao Xuejun greeted him, "Brother Yang."
He was lying on the bed with his legs tied up and splinted.
Next to him lay two other people, both from the ice harvesting team, also tied up.
Doctor Zheng said, "The sea monster was suppressed by the patrol's firepower and didn't engage in a fight. Their injuries were caused by the sea monster chasing them. Finally, they were hit by the sea monster and fell. Their injuries are not serious."
He pointed at one of them and said, "Especially this guy named Da Lei. He broke a rib and didn't feel any pain at all."
Da Lei was tied up in the chest and abdomen.
He scratched his head. “It hurt for a minute when I was thrown to the ground, but then I recovered and it didn’t hurt anymore.”
Doctor Zheng: "It's just a slight crack in the bone, but it's not dislocated. Don't do any heavy lifting. It will heal in two months."
"Two months?!" Da Lei, lying in bed, was surprised and anxious. "I'm not in any pain, and I need to take care of it for two months? I think I can go back to work right now!"
Their ice-harvesting team does heavy work. They have enhanced meals for this kind of heavy work and their share is a little larger than that of others. If they work enough hours, they can also get some extra woolen cloth or blue oil.
If I don't do this job, I won't get any extra salary.
Doctor Zheng said, "Just be patient. Two months is considered fast. If you mess around and displace the already cracked bone, that would be a serious problem. You'd then need surgery and nails."
Da Lei became visibly depressed.
"By the way, I have something for you." Doctor Zheng pulled out a few tickets from his pocket. "These are special meal tickets for patients in the medical department. They have your names written on them. You can't move them. A nurse will collect them for you when the time comes. Just give them to the nurse."
He gave nutrition meal tickets to the three people.
Several people took it with complicated expressions.
Yang Lao Er suddenly laughed and glanced at Da Lei: "Some people, are you satisfied now? They can also eat the sick meal."
Before, it was Da Lei who argued with him, saying that all the good things were eaten by the new city dwellers.
Da Lei's face turned pale and he said, "Are the meals we can get with this ticket the same as the ones people in the city got before? Are there also egg custard dishes?"
Doctor Zheng said, "Yes, it's the same. It's available before you're discharged from the hospital. You'll be discharged in about a week, and then you can get nutritious meals for a month to recuperate." Nutritious meals are not as good as patient meals, but they are richer in nutrition than ordinary meals.
He remembered something again: "Oh, yours is a little different."
Da Lei asked hurriedly: "What's the difference? Aren't there sprouts?"
"What are you thinking!" Doctor Zheng retorted, adding, "New city residents have to pay for every meal they eat and repay it later. You were injured while contributing to the base, so you don't need to be charged. This is considered a normal quota."
After hearing this, Da Lei's expression became even more complicated. He had said that before because he was envious of the city dwellers who could eat the best food, while he himself could not afford to do heavy work in the city.
He felt unbalanced and wanted to eat too.
But not in this way! However, now it has been confirmed that what Yang Lao Er said is right. City people can only eat because they are sick. Now they are also sick, and they can also eat.
Looking at the meal ticket and then at Yang Lao Er's half-smile and mocking expression, Da Lei angrily said, "It's all because of those guys who built the city wall earlier, talking nonsense about the base and the people in the city making a deal, that's why we have sick meals."
Qiao Xuejun opened her mouth to ask, but then she remembered that Zhao Xian had told her not to worry about it.
Doctor Zheng was surprised: "When did this saying become popular? It's been so long, and I haven't heard of it at all."
Da Lei said, "It was these two days, almost the day after Haibao came to negotiate. We went down the mountain to collect ice, and we heard those idiots who were building the city wall chattering."
Doctor Zheng said seriously, "Don't make such remarks. This is not the case. The distribution of supplies within the base is based entirely on demand and contribution. There are no special deals."
Da Lei felt guilty and nodded silently.
How could he not know it was true now? They now had the same opportunity to eat sick meals as the people in the city.
And because they contribute, they don’t have to pay extra for the nutritious meals they eat, which are needed by the new city dwellers.
The base still favors their indigenous people.
Qiao Xuejun frowned.
I heard this rumor the day after arriving at Haibao? What does it have to do with Haibao? Is it a coincidence?
She thought it was Shen Xingtang.
If it was Shen Xingtang who did it, then she could have started stirring things up the first day the sprouts were served. But it's not ruled out that she was stupid and didn't think of it at that time.
Qiao Xuejun thought about Zhao Xian's words about not caring about her, and stopped thinking about the issue. She asked, "What happened to the sea monster attacking you today? Sea monsters rarely appear in ice rinks, right?"
Yang Lao Er nodded. "There's a patrol booth near our ice quarry. Other patrol booths only have two patrolmen, but we have three! Sea monsters are smart and normally wouldn't dare come here."
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