The handsome old man smiled slightly after hearing Zhang Xudong's words, opened his shirt, pointed at his chest, and said lightly:
"Will it hurt more than this? This is the souvenir that White Dog left for me with his branding iron."
Zhang Xudong looked at the hideous scar on the old man's chest and remained speechless for a long time.
It turns out that these things really happened, and they were not exaggerated shots made by directors in previous lives for movies and TV.
I still underestimated these veterans who have experienced many battles.
"Okay, old man, we'll do it if you say so." Zhang Xudong said to the old man and then said to Dean Lu:
"Director Lu, please arrange for this old man and Grandpa Zheng to be hospitalized, and ask Doctor Zhao to examine them.
If all goes well, we'll arrange for Grandpa Zheng's surgery tomorrow morning and this old man's surgery in the afternoon."
Director Lu led the two old men and Grandma Zheng out of the meeting room, and Zhang Xudong began to diagnose and treat other elderly people.
When the last old man left, Zhang Xudong stood up, stretched his waist, and looked at his watch. It was already eleven five.
Zhang Xudong went to Dr. Zhao's office, asked about the conditions of the two old men, and discussed with Dr. Zhao to determine the time for tomorrow's surgery.
"Hey, Aunt Zhao, how is the little boy who had the operation that day doing now?" Zhang Xudong asked when he thought of the strong little boy.
"He's going to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and his family is out of money. The production team is worried that his family won't be able to pay him back in the future, and they don't want to advance him too much money, so he has no choice but to go home and take care of him."
Zhang Xudong also shook his head helplessly and said:
"He has injured his bones and needs to eat something nutritious. It seems that being able to fill his stomach is good enough."
Doctor Zhao said helplessly: "I have already exceeded the regulations and prescribed him an extra dose of recovery powder. There is no other way to help him."
"What is recovery powder? Does our hospital have this?" Zhang Xudong asked curiously.
Doctor Zhao looked at Zhang Xudong's curious expression and gave a wry smile before explaining:
"It's called recovery powder, but it's just roasted wheat bran and soybean powder mixed with a little sugar. It only started appearing here in the second half of last year.
Just drink it with water. Although it doesn't have much nutrition, it's much better than those food substitutes made from straw or tree roots.
Even this is not something you can buy casually. Our doctor needs to issue a diagnosis certificate before the patient can get a recovery powder ticket and buy it at a designated place.
The amount on one ticket is only enough for one patient to drink for two or three days. I had to give the child's mother a certificate so that he could buy two."
"But whether they can buy it or not depends on their luck. Sometimes it's out of stock, so even if you have money and tickets, you can't buy it."
Zhang Xudong didn't know what to say after hearing this. In this particularly difficult period, no one had the power to change much.
Zhang Xudong took out two yuan and five kilograms of food coupons and handed them to Dr. Zhao:
"Aunt Zhao, I won't go see that little boy. Please give these to him for me. I can only help him up to this point.
I have something to do this afternoon, so I'll be out for a bit. I'll come back in the evening to check on the two old gentlemen. I'll be leaving first."
"You don't eat lunch in the hospital cafeteria?"
"Aunt Zhao, I won't steal your food. I'll go eat for free. I'll see you later."
Zhang Xudong said this and walked out.
Walking on the narrow road in the county town, Zhang Xudong looked at the red slogans on the low gray brick walls on both sides of the road, and felt a unique atmosphere of the times coming towards him.
"A carrot weighs a thousand pounds, and two donkeys can't pull it."
"Ants gnaw bones, a teapot cooks a cow, and even without machinery one can build a locomotive."
"The pig is as fat as an elephant, but its trunk is short. If the whole village slaughters one, it will be enough to eat for half a year."
'Surpass Britain in three years, catch up with the United States in five years.'
'The bolder the people, the more productive the land.'
'Spend all your money on steel.'
"Launch a campaign to create counties with 2,000 jin of wheat, cooperatives with 3,000 jin, large-scale high-yield fields with 5,000 jin, and high-yield fields with 10,000 jin."
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As Zhang Xudong walked, he read the slogans on the wall word by word, sensing a sense of unstoppable momentum.
I feel the determination and confidence of contemporary people to overcome all obstacles and crush all barriers on their way forward.
I also felt the persistence and madness of people of this era.
If it weren't for the three years of famine, no one knows where the wheel of this era would have gone.
A person is really not even worth a sesame seed in such a historical torrent.
Any slight surge will be crushed to pieces.
Only by going with the flow can you live a more relaxed life, and being low-key is the right way to go.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xudong felt a little relieved.
It’s not that I don’t want to help those who are suffering, it’s just that they have to go through this suffering.
Otherwise, their fanatical minds will never calm down.
Zhang Xudong, who had figured it out, woke up with ease and was resurrected with full energy.
Zhang Xudong looked around and found himself in front of the second floor of the department store.
I've been in this era for about ten days now, but I haven't been to a modern department store yet. I don't really know what it's like inside, so I'll go take a look.
Zhang Xudong swaggered into the department store carrying a backpack.
Fortunately, there were only five big red characters written on the wall as soon as you entered the door: "Serve the People", and no warning words such as "No beating of customers allowed".
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