Chapter 44 Rescuing People in the Storm
"Open the door quickly."
Chen Yun and Duan Yun hurriedly pushed the nurses' station towards the lobby.
The glass door rattled loudly as it was blown open. Duan Yun and Li Hongmei braced themselves behind the door while Chen Yun removed the bolt.
Splash—
The wind and rain, carrying withered branches and pebbles, swept into the hall in an instant. A branch brushed against Chen Yun's cheek, causing a slight stinging sensation.
"Hurry up... Xiuying, support your mom, everyone don't delay..."
"Go in, go in! Don't look back, hurry up!"
Urged on by Huang Lian's desperate cries, the group of about thirty people finally entered the hospital lobby.
"Someone come and help."
The wind seemed even stronger than in the morning, and once the door was opened, it was difficult to close. The strength of Chen Yun and the other three was no match for the gale.
Two young women quickly put down their things, ran up to help push the door open, and then inserted two crossed wooden planks.
The nurses' station was pushed against the door, finally keeping the raging wind and rain out of the house.
Chen Yun let out a long sigh of relief.
"My office is the first room on the second floor. Let's go up and take a nap first."
"Dr. Ye?"
Unexpectedly, Ye Yuanjun and his family were among those evacuated to the hospital. As soon as they stepped into the lobby, they saw him talking animatedly to the people around him.
"Dr. Ye, all the male comrades over the age of eighteen in our factory have gone to the security department to assemble. Why didn't you go?" Duan Yun asked with a frown.
Even Liu Baoguo, who was over fifty years old, and two old janitors responded to the call and set off, while Ye Yuanjun, who was in his prime, stayed at home... and his tall and strong eldest son was also there.
"I've caught a cold." Ye Yuanjun clenched his fist and coughed, his cough so loud it didn't sound like a patient at all.
After coughing to himself, he gave his eldest son and his mother a meaningful look, and with their help, he quickly slipped away.
Luo Qunchong pursed his lips and followed the others.
"Never mind him." Chen Yun waved her hand, then turned to Huang Lian and asked, "Sister Huang, how many people are there in total? Is anyone sick...?"
Many familiar faces live in the apartment building where Huang Lian lives.
Liu Congwu led the security department in salvaging the factory's public property in the wind and rain, while his wife Cai Fang and their two daughters stood quietly behind Huang Lian, waiting for instructions.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yun was one of the young women who had come to help close the door earlier.
She had an oval face and phoenix eyes, with two thick, black braids. She seemed full of energy, and her gaze at Chen Yun was bright and piercing. She didn't seem like the kind of person who would cause trouble out of jealousy.
"The elderly and children can go to the offices on the second floor. The rest of you can just find a place to rest in the lobby," Chen Yun instructed.
The staff hospital is a small place. There are a few offices on the second floor with beds for resting, but they can only be given priority to those who need special care.
The only place left for everyone else to stay is this hall.
“Okay, I’ll arrange it right away,” Huang Lian said.
"Aunt Chen." Huang Lian's eldest daughter, Hu Mei, greeted her shyly, then ran to the corner as if fleeing, hugged a little girl about her age, and whispered something to her.
"You are Gao Ming's lover... Chen Yun?"
As soon as Liu Yun opened her mouth, Cai Fang's brow twitched. Forgetting that her hair was still dripping wet, she rushed over to cover her daughter's mouth.
"Call me sister-in-law!"
Liu Yun's mouth was completely covered by Cai Fang, so it was impossible to hear what he was mumbling, but just by looking at his sparkling eyes, you could tell that he was determined not to give up.
"You brat, if you dare to say anything more, go back and see how your dad deals with you," Cai Fang warned sternly in a low voice.
Liu Yun nodded reluctantly.
To be honest, Chen Yun felt a little embarrassed, especially since Cai Fang looked like a frightened bird. Even if an outsider only suspected that Gao Ming and Liu Yun had a past relationship, they would subconsciously think that there must be something going on.
"I've heard quite a bit about you..."
"Go find your sister, don't delay Dr. Chen's work." Cai Fang grabbed Liu Yun's arm but couldn't budge him, so she quickly turned around and called Liu Yan: "Go to the restroom with your sister to change your clothes, hurry up!"
“You’re amazing.” Liu Yun stubbornly finished the sentence, then gave a thumbs up: “You deserve Brother Gao Ming.”
"..."
"That's so embarrassing." Cai Fang covered her forehead, and after sending the stubborn Liu Yun away, she smiled apologetically at Chen Yun: "My Liu Yun is good in every way, except he can't speak properly!"
"I think Comrade Liu Yun is very sincere." Chen Yun smiled, not taking Liu Yun's words to heart at all.
"From now on, don't respond to anything she says; just ignore her."
That's what they say, but Liu Yun's comment about Chen Yun's greatness had already eased Cai Fang's tension considerably.
This shows that the stubborn mule at home has already accepted it in her heart and will no longer always think that Chen Yun played some trick to marry Gao Ming.
Although the elderly couple always believed that their daughter's love was unrequited, and that it was none of her business whether or not someone got married...
"I was just about to ask you, Auntie, what's the situation outside?"
“It’s not good.” Cai Fang shook her head with a worried look on her face: “Many of the windows above the second floor of our apartment building have been blown out, and all the rain has blown into the house.”
Cai Fang lived on the third floor. The windows of the two rooms facing the mountain were all blown out. Before they left, the water in the room had already submerged the sofa legs, and the corridor was also full of water.
"You don't know, along the way we came... many places were flooded."
In particular, several houses built on a hillside that had been leveled were completely submerged by the mudslide. Fortunately, most of them were office buildings and no one lived there, so there should be no casualties.
There should be no casualties.
With the wind and rain continuing, no one can accurately count how many people have been injured or killed in this disaster.
"Auntie, find a place to rest first."
The stark white light bulbs overhead swayed in the wind blowing through the window cracks. After a brief period of chaos, everyone found their place and tried to rest.
The wooden planks used for decorations at the school's events are now laid out as bed boards, forming a long strip along the wall.
Although the hall was so quiet that only breathing could be heard, no one should be able to fall asleep right away.
There wasn't a single man in the entire hospital lobby; their husbands and children were still protecting the factory, the livelihood of everyone, from the wind and rain.
Where is Duan Yun?
Chen Yun went to the second-floor office to check around and, after confirming that no one had a fever or cold, returned to the lobby.
Her office was given to Ma's mother and two daughters. Ma Cuifen's fever had subsided in the afternoon, and she was fast asleep at the moment.
Only Ruanqiu and Li Hongmei remained at the nurses' station, so Chen Yun casually asked a question.
"Duan Yun, go and call Ye Yuanjun down to take over the shift." Li Hongmei gave the only chair in the nurses' station to Chen Yun, and said with a pursed lip, "He's a grown man, yet he can really sleep soundly. He has the nerve to let a pregnant woman take his shift."
Duan Yun is straightforward and has the qualifications to back it up. Others might be too embarrassed to interfere, but she can't stand it and insists on doing so.
“You went upstairs just now, didn’t you hear what Sister Huang said about Ye Yuanjun? Even I, an outsider, felt embarrassed listening to it.” Ruanqiu patted her face.
Ye Yuanjun hid at home and no one noticed at first. It wasn't until the Youth League Committee came a second time to notify the male comrades to gather downstairs at the Youth League Committee building that everyone discovered that Ye Yuanjun and his son were both inside.
When Ye Yuanjun's mother first notified them, she clearly said that her son and grandson had gone to provide support. However, when a female comrade passed by and glanced over, she saw that the father and son were still eating noodles inside the house.
"These two were worried that they wouldn't be able to finish their food and would have to hand it over for distribution, so they were just wasting their own grain at home..."
Chen Yun gave a dry laugh, speechless.
"And guess what Ye Yuanjun said... He said that he and his son twisted their ankles yesterday, and even if he went, he would only make things worse."
Just then, Ye Yuanjun and his eldest son Ye Hong followed Duan Yun slowly toward the hall, their expressions identical, filled with reluctance.
“Look…” Li Hongmei pointed at Ye Yuanjun’s leg: “He’s walking perfectly fine, he doesn’t look like he’s twisted it at all.”
Now Chen Yun is 100% convinced of Hu Gangtie's claim that Ye Yuanjun never even left the field hospital.
Such a cowardly and life-saving appearance is not worthy of the title of World War I field doctor.
"Director Chen, why don't you go to your office and get some sleep?" Duan Yun said.
"Just sit here! You won't be able to sleep upstairs anyway."
Having lived two lives, this was the first time Chen Yun had personally faced the power of a typhoon. The stronger the wind and rain, the more worried Chen Yun became about Gao Ming, who was still outside.
"If any more wounded are brought in later, I'll trouble Dr. Ye to see them." Chen Yun pointed to the table that was used to sign papers in the past: "External wound suturing should be Dr. Ye's forte."
"The dean isn't here, so when did it become your place to assign me tasks?" Ye Yuanjun roared, his displeasure written all over his face. "We're all doctors, why should I listen to your orders? Do you really think you're the boss?"
Instantly, countless people in the hall turned and turned towards the hall, indicating that almost none of them were asleep.
“Although Dean Liu is two years away from retirement, he still responded to the call of the Youth League Committee and took on the task of relocating the masses.” Chen Yun paused here, then raised his chin at Ye Yuanjun with a half-smile: “Unlike some people, who are afraid of death and hide at home and dare not even go out.”
"you……"
"Just because I'm the head of the internal medicine department, even if the hospital director were here, I have the right to assign you work."
Duan Yun chimed in, "The hospital director instructed long ago that all hospital work is to be arranged by Director Chen, and we all have to follow his instructions."
Ye Yuanjun: "..."
Chen Yun gestured for him to go: "If Dr. Ye doesn't want to be on duty, he can go out and help out now."
Ye Yuanjun plopped down, his arms crossed and his face full of anger, but he could only glare at Chen Yun with barely daring to speak.
Chen Yun rolled her eyes.
"Director Chen."
Duan Yun carefully tugged at the hem of Chen Yun's white coat, gesturing for her to sit down: "Guess what I saw upstairs just now?"
The voice was deliberately lowered so softly that you had to get very close to hear it.
With the four heads huddled together, Duan Yun continued, "I saw Zheng Wen enter Dr. Fang's office."
"..."
"Good heavens! His wife is still lying in the funeral home behind here!" Li Hongmei exclaimed in surprise.
Two women got into a fight in the hospital lobby over a man. Although all three parties involved gave the same story and denied the allegations, the truth was already clear to everyone.
“The people are all dead.” Ruanqiu scoffed contemptuously, then vividly recounted what happened before the house collapsed to the two of them, finally clapping her hands: “If they couldn’t even help when they were alive, how could they help when they’re dead?”
"..."
Chen Yun suddenly thought of the purse that Song Shiwei had taken out before she died.
She only realized the man beside her was unreliable in the moment before she died, and preferred to entrust her affairs after her death to Chen Yun rather than Zheng Wen.
The purse should be in the desk drawer.
Once the rain stops, we need to quickly find a funeral home to cremate Song Shiwei's body. Although the rain was heavy, the temperature wasn't low, so we can't delay...
Just as he was thinking this, Yu Guang suddenly noticed that Ye Yuanjun stood up, walked to the nurses' station, and looked out at something.
Chen Yun quickly turned to look as well.
"There's someone there."
Upon seeing this, everyone stood up, and even Huang Lian and Cai Fang, hearing the commotion, came over.
An elderly woman was carrying a child on her back, and the two of them were struggling to walk uphill from the bottom of the slope.
The old woman practically crawled up the road by picking at the weeds and mud along the way, and she almost fell over several times because of the wind.
"Go pick them up," Chen Yun decided immediately.
Regardless of whether the old woman's destination was the hospital or not, it was too dangerous to let her continue walking uphill alone.
Duan Yun nudged Ye Yuanjun: "Dr. Ye, you and your son are strong, go out and meet the old lady."
Only two men were able to maintain their balance in such a strong wind and rain; a petite woman going out might just make things worse.
“This isn’t part of my job. I can go if I want, or I can not go if I don’t want to…” He turned around and plopped down again, looking smug. “Nobody can stop me if I don’t want to go.”
"What a despicable face." Chen Yun snorted coldly, then gestured for everyone to push open the nurses' station.
As soon as the door panel was removed, Chen Yun rushed into the rain without hesitation.
A premonition told her that the child on the old woman's back was sick, and that their destination was the hospital.
"Chen Yun".
"Director Chen."
Several figures chased after Chen Yun and rushed out.
The wind didn't come from afar; it seemed to explode simultaneously from all directions, coming from underground.
The raindrops hitting their faces felt like pebbles, and Chen Yun felt as if she had been slapped in the face. The four of them linked arms and took two steps back for every step they took. They finally managed to steady themselves by grabbing the wall.
Chen Yun squinted, his vision cut off by the flying rain and the strands of hair covering his face, leaving only a few slits through which he could see the road ahead.
The drainage ditch was completely ruined, with muddy water carrying branches rushing down. The old woman, who was a dozen meters away from them, suddenly slipped and fell, her outstretched hand grabbing at nothing.
"ah……"
She only had time to scream before she fell forward, and the child on her back rolled off her raincoat.
The child was curled up in a small ball, and before he could even cry for help, he was swept away by the mud and water.
"Jingshan!" The old woman, ignoring her injuries, scrambled to her feet and rushed toward the child.
Unfortunately, he tripped over a tree branch and fell to the ground after only two steps. This time, his calf was cut open by gravel, and blood was flowing freely.
Chen Yun's heart sank suddenly, and before she could even think, her body reacted.
She shook off Ruanqiu's hand, opened her arms, lifted her feet, and took advantage of the wind to start running.
"Chen Yun".
The white figure ran away very quickly, and Ruanqiu could only see a small white dot gradually blurring in the rain.
Just as the white dot was about to disappear, Chen Yun jumped up and lunged forward.
Got it...
Just before landing, he mustered all his strength to turn his body to the side and slammed hard into the mud.
Chen Yun held the child's hand tightly.
The child looked to be only three or four years old, with an abnormal flush on his face, and his forehead remained burning hot even after being soaked in the cold mud.
Chen Yun held the child tightly in her arms, turning her head left and right to find a place to grab him.
Sitting in the water is much more stable than standing up, even though you're still sliding down, the speed is much slower.
"Grab me."
Just then, two hands reached out at the same time, and one person helped Chen Yun up by supporting one of her arms.
It was Ruanqiu and Liu Yun.
The two women held onto Duan Yun and Li Hongmei with their other hands, while the two women clung to the telephone poles firmly planted in the ground.
Are you alright?
Only Ruanqiu knew that the moment she saw Chen Yun jump up, her tears instantly streamed down her face.
She was both worried about Chen Yun getting hurt and touched, her nose stinging as if she had been punched a few times.
The group helped each other walk step by step toward the hospital.
As soon as they entered the hospital gate, the wind, partially blocked by the wall, lessened considerably, and Huang Lian and the others ran out to help support them.
"The child has a high fever, let's take him to the examination room first." Chen Yun walked into the hall, her gaze lingering on Ye Yuanjun's face for only a second before quickly looking away: "Notify Dr. Zuo to come and stitch up the old lady's wound."
"good."
The group left a trail of muddy water where they passed.
But at this moment, no one in the hall said much; instead, some people quietly praised Chen Yun and the others.
“This Dr. Chen is amazing.” Liu Yun’s sister, Liu Yan, nudged her friend Hu Mei. “He’s nothing like the smiling tiger you described.”
"That's pretty impressive."
"I've heard of Dr. Chen's great reputation for a long time. It's great that our factory workers have such a good doctor in our staff hospital."
"Why does it look like Chen Yun is injured?"
Huang Lian looked at the blood on her palm with suspicion; it seemed to be from when she helped Chen Yun in earlier.
In the examination room, Chen Yun also discovered that her elbow had been cut several times by pebbles.
Wipe the boy's face clean with a towel, then take off his clothes and throw them outside.
His face was flushed like a boiled shrimp, his lips were dry and cracked, his eyes were closed, and he was breathing rapidly.
Chen Yun pressed the stethoscope against the boy's thin chest and listened intently.
There were fine, intermittent moist rales in the lungs, and the heartbeat was fast and strong.
"How long have you had the fever? Have you had diarrhea?"
The elderly woman, who was waiting to have her leg wound treated, replied tremblingly, "I had a fever this morning, but I don't have diarrhea."
"Mild pneumonia."
Chen Yun put away her stethoscope, said only two words, then wiped her hands clean with a towel, pinched the boy's mouth, and used a tongue depressor to check his tonsils.
"The tonsils are also inflamed, and it should be the high fever and seizures caused by tonsillitis with pus."
"Let's try physical cooling first." Chen Yun turned around and glanced at Duan Yun.
After more than a year of adjustment, Duan Yun already knew what preparations he needed to make based on Chen Yun's diagnosis.
As soon as Chen Yun finished talking about physical cooling, she had already prepared half a bottle of warm water and brought it to the bedside, repeatedly wiping the boy's forehead and armpits.
Chen Yun handed over the task of cooling down Duan Yun, while she went to the pharmacy to apply for a bottle of Analgin injection.
The high fever has lasted for more than eight hours. At this point, the only option is to use aminopyrine, which can quickly reduce the fever, to minimize the damage to the brain nerves caused by the high fever.
After getting the medicine and giving the boy the injection, I went to the office on the second floor to get a prescription for follow-up treatment.
"Chen Yun, are you injured?"
Zuo Lingling had just received the task and picked up the gauze from the pharmacy when she turned around and saw a bright red patch on Chen Yun's white coat arm.
"Could you disinfect it for me while you're at it?"
Chen Yun didn't look up, but simply walked past her into the payment area, carrying an enamel mug in her hand.
How deep is the wound?
Zuo Lingling hurriedly asked, and Chen Yun, having prepared the sugar and salt water, took a moment to look at it while stirring.
"It's not deep, just rinse it with hydrogen peroxide."
"You're really brave. I wouldn't dare to rush out like that."
She watched from the second floor as Chen Yunyi rushed out to save people without hesitation, and her heart almost jumped out of her chest the moment she fell.
“I know that old lady.” Chen Yun sighed, stirring the food with her spoon. “The child’s father was a martyr who sacrificed his life while helping us build the factory. Last year, on the day I received my salary, I happened to run into the two of them, the grandmother and grandson, who were collecting their pensions.”
"I knew who it was as soon as you said it."
"Ask everyone if they brought any food. Tomorrow morning, we can use the stove at the toll booth to cook some porridge or noodles for the elderly and children to have a little something to eat."
Most people have been hungry for almost a whole day, and the combination of hunger and cold will likely lead to more people getting sick.
"There are still quite a few honeycomb briquettes in the warehouse. I'll go and light the stove in a bit, and let the weaker ones sleep by the stove."
"become."
The boy was temporarily placed in the examination room to rest. The aminopyrine took effect quickly, and his body temperature began to slowly decrease after half an hour.
Why aren't you moving?
In the corner of the room, after making all the preparations for sewing, Zuo Lingling held the sewing needle but hesitated and dared not start.
"No...it hasn't been sewn up."
She had previously trained as a barefoot doctor by suturing pig skin, but this was her first time suturing human skin, and she didn't even know where to begin.
As soon as he finished speaking, the already dim light above his head suddenly went out.
"..."
"flashlight."
Every year when the factory is working overtime to meet orders, other living facilities areas often experience power outages.
The hospital always keeps flashlights and candles on hand, and after so many times, everyone knows where the flashlights are even blindfolded.
Snap—
The flashlight came on, and the candle was lit as well.
But the flickering candlelight made Zuo Lingling even more frightened; she licked her lips again and again but dared not make a move.
"I'll do it." Chen Yun put on rubber gloves and took the suture needle.
The first needle had to pierce through the rolled-up flesh. The old woman, whose wound was numbed with anesthetic, felt as if the needle wasn't piercing her own flesh.
"You see, if we stitch like this during the suturing process, the wound will have a smaller scab and the area will be easier to manage after suture removal..."
Chen Yun would carefully explain each stitch to Zuo Lingling, and the short wound was quickly sutured in one or two minutes.
"Dr. Chen, how is my Jingshan doing?"
The old lady had no time to care about her wound; as soon as Chen Yun finished, she immediately asked about her grandson.
"The fever has subsided. We'll continue with penicillin injections for a few more days to monitor the situation."
Chen Yun smiled, then rolled up her sleeves and extended her hand: "I'm giving you my hand."
"You still say the wound isn't serious."
Zuo Lingling truly admired Chen Yun, who managed to complete the stitching despite having so many wounds, without her hands trembling at all.
"It's not deep, just a lot of openings."
At that moment, he must have landed on a lot of gravel, which is why he was cut in several places.
"If Captain Gao saw this, he'd be heartbroken," Zuo Lingling said.
Ruanqiu recalled Chen Yun's jump earlier and looked at Chen Yun's lower abdomen with concern: "Is your stomach alright?"
Chen Yun smiled and shook her head.
The little one in her womb, who was still just an embryo, was as quiet as Gao Ming. Despite Chen Yun's efforts over the past two days, she hadn't protested at all.
On the contrary, it made Chen Yun feel full of energy, as if she could handle even more busyness.
Whether it's a boy or a girl, they'll definitely be a tough little one in the future.
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