Chapter 170 The road is lined with patients
From Naxiang Commune to the northernmost mountains of Yuqin County, Lin Sanqi drove a large truck at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
There is no way, the road conditions are really too bad. This kind of dirt road is more suitable for tractors, and the tonnage of large trucks is still too heavy. Fortunately, the large trucks have been modified and have enough power.
Lin Sanqi drove carefully on the muddy road while checking the map.
Suddenly he noticed two children walking by the roadside. They were walking very slowly, with their hands hanging down and their toes dragging on the ground, looking very strange.
If this wasn't an urban novel, Lin Sanqi would have suspected that this was a zombie from a doomsday novel?
The truck slowed down again. The dirt road was not wide, and Lin Sanqi was afraid that the car would scratch the two children.
When you are on a business trip, if you crush someone's chicken to death, you may have to pay dozens of yuan in compensation, let alone two living people.
Just when the pedestrians and the truck were about to meet, the little boy suddenly fell slowly to the middle of the road, blocking the truck's way.
Lin Sanqi's eyes widened, and he quickly grabbed the pistol, thinking to himself, could he be so unlucky? Was he being robbed?
There are vast mountains and primeval forests all around. If you really encounter a robbery, there will be no one to help you. If you are beaten to death and buried in the ground, the case will never be solved.
At this moment, Lin Sanqi's back was wet.
Just when Lin Sanqi was getting nervous, the little girl squatted down, pushed the little boy and started crying. As she cried, the little girl slowly fell to the ground and became silent.
At this time, Lin Sanqi really regretted not installing a camera on the truck.
Even if this wasn't a robbery, it was at least a scam, right? Otherwise, how could he have just happened to fall in front of his own car?
Lin Sanqi was scheming in his heart: Why should the child learn such cheap and rubbish things when there are so many other things to learn?
But after waiting for more than ten minutes, no group of people rushed out, shouting and killing, and demanding that he leave money for the passage. No two old men jumped out, crying and accusing him of hitting someone. Without 200 yuan, there was no way he could leave.
The two children lay in the mud without moving, not even when a snake slithered over them.
Lin Sanqi then realized that he might not have encountered criminals, but patients, and that something had happened to the two children.
The thought quickly came to my mind that the female receptionist at the guesthouse had said that something happened at Xiang Commune. Could it be related to this matter?
Lin Sanqi did not dare to be careless. He replaced his pistol with the submachine gun given by Dean Fang, then jumped off the truck, leaned against the side of the car, faced the woods, and moved towards the two children little by little.
He kept shouting, "Don't hide, I can see you all, come out quickly, or I'll shoot you!"
After waiting for a while, I found that there was no sign of a ghost in the woods except for a few birds singing. It was so quiet that it was scary.
Lin Sanqi looked around vigilantly as he slowly squatted down, one hand still on the trigger of his submachine gun, and with the other hand he gently pushed the two children on the ground.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up!"
At this time, Lin Sanqi was actually still quite vigilant, and he even guarded against children.
Because he had heard from an old man in the village who had served in the army that when they were hunting monkeys in the south, the children would also carry weapons and often act pitiful on the roadside.
Our soldiers began to feel sorry for the children and were about to help them, but the children threw a few grenades at them, causing great harm to our soldiers.
Women and children cannot be trusted on the battlefield. Lin Sanqi, who is now full of inner thoughts, also does not trust the two children. Who knows if they will suddenly attack and throw a handful of lime powder in his eyes.
Well, I’ve read too many martial arts novels.
After pushing for a long time, the two children still did not move. Lin Sanqi reached out and touched the little girl's carotid artery. There was a pulse, which meant that she was still alive.
Then Lin Sanqi felt the little boy's carotid artery and confirmed that both of them were alive, but the situation did not seem very optimistic.
Lin Sanqi threw the submachine gun behind him and observed carefully. He found that the two children had very sallow faces, sunken eyeballs, hot foreheads, and most importantly, small lines appeared on their skin.
Lin Sanqi studied medicine, so he naturally understood that this was a typical sign of dehydration. Now the two children were in a state of shock. If they were not given emergency treatment, they might not see the sun tomorrow.
Lin Sanqi looked up and saw that there was no village and no pedestrians passing by. This made him feel puzzled.
To save or not to save?
If I save the person, I don’t know if I can save him or her. If not, will he or she be beaten to death in the Qin County primeval forest by the child’s parents and tribesmen?
Don't doubt it, even in modern civilized society, it is common for doctors to be beaten or killed in hospitals because they cannot save patients. It is by no means rare.
In addition, rescuing people will waste time. He has a procurement mission, so it’s okay to go back later. But if he doesn’t return to the capital for a long time, I’m afraid that Deputy Section Chief Wu will take the opportunity to lose his temper again.
But if we don't save these two children and let them lie like this in the wilderness, they will probably be bitten to death by poisonous snakes or eaten by wild beasts, or most likely die of illness.
Lin Sanqi is not a saint, but his conscience and the promise he made as a medical student cannot allow him to stand by and watch someone die.
Save it, save it.
"It's fate that you met me. Oh, why do these two kids smell so bad? It seems they don't pay attention to hygiene."
Lin Sanqi was about to pick up the child and put him in the back of the truck, but when he picked him up, he found that the child smelled very bad. It was not just the body odor of his hair and body, but also a very obvious fecal odor.
He didn't dare touch the little girl, but he didn't care about the little boy.
Lin Sanqi quietly pulled open the little boy's ragged shorts and discovered that the stench was coming from inside his pants. Did he poop in his pants?!
Lin Sanqi jumped onto the car, took out a mask and gloves, and, suppressing his nausea, carried the two children to the car and laid them down.
Even if we need to rescue a patient, we cannot do it in the wild. There are too many mosquitoes here and the environmental sanitation is very poor. It is very easy to cause pollution, which may accelerate the child's death.
He was going to Naxiang Commune, which should be nearby according to the map, so he sped up and drove forward.
Twenty minutes later, he saw a building at the end of the mountain road. He was delighted and thought that as long as he could find the commune health center, the two children could be saved.
But when he excitedly drove the truck into the town, he realized that things seemed to be getting a little serious.
The town was nothing like the bustling mountain village he had imagined.
He originally thought that the streets were filled with ethnic minorities going to market, wearing beautiful ethnic costumes, smiling happily, dancing and singing to welcome Lin Sanqi, the distinguished guest from afar.
The reality is that the ground is full of people lying everywhere.
The house, under the eaves, and even on the roadside were filled with people lying in all directions, including men, women, young and old.
Don’t even bother describing his mental state. He was lying on the road, probably only having one breath left.
The key point is that the air is filled with a very strong smell of feces, as if you are standing next to an open-air cesspool.
Many doctors in white coats were busy coming in and out. From time to time, someone would scream for help, and from time to time, crying sounds could be heard. Not far away, a cloud of green smoke was rising into the sky.
The scene was very chaotic. Those who knew that this was a small mountain village in 1959, while those who didn't thought it was the scene after the Japanese raid in 1939.
No matter how stupid Lin Sanqi was, he could see that something had indeed happened in Xiang Commune, and it was a big thing.
After all, he studied medicine and had just experienced those terrible three years of wearing masks, so the first thing that flashed through his mind was that there must be some kind of malignant infectious disease here.
It is just like the thoroughfare connecting nine provinces back then.
Thinking of this, there was only one thought left in Lin Sanqi's mind: he had to run quickly, otherwise he would have to stay and celebrate the New Year.
However, Naxiang Commune was located in a small mountain village with only one small road. It was impossible for a large truck to turn around, not to mention that the roadside was full of patients. It had to drive out of the village and find a place to turn around.
But it is impossible for such a large truck to drive into this small mountain village without attracting attention.
Sure enough, I saw several people with guns rushing over, and one of them was a thin old man who suddenly stopped the truck.
"You who are in the car, get out, what are you doing?"
One of the militiamen was quite alert. He jumped up and saw two children lying in the back of the car. He immediately became alert:
"Village head, there are two dead children in the car." (Actually, he was the director of the commune. Since the system had just been restructured, he was still called the village head.)
Hearing that there was a dead child, the already restless small mountain village was instantly in an uproar. Many people gathered around with weapons in their hands, and even the medical staff picked up stones from the roadside.
Lin Sanqi thought that this was a place where wolf soldiers came from, and everyone was a soldier. It was estimated that children would not be lost in this place, but people who kidnapped children would be easily beaten to death.
"Calm down, everyone, calm down. I'm not a bad person. I came from the capital to purchase Chinese medicinal herbs."
As Lin Sanqi got out of the car, he held up his red work ID card high in the air, using this way of surrender to tell everyone that he was innocent, so as to avoid being beaten to death with a carrying pole.
A militiaman shouted:
"From the capital? From the capital to our desolate little mountain village? And how come you, a northerner, speak such an awkward Guangxi dialect?"
Don't doubt it, the birthplace of Cantonese is actually Guangxi, so there is no communication barrier between people from Guangdong and Guangxi.
Otherwise, in this era when Mandarin was not popular, northerners would be fine in southern cities, but when they went to the countryside, they would have no way of communicating with the locals because they could not speak the same language at all.
Village Chief Lei opened his work permit and checked the letter of introduction before he excitedly shouted:
"Oh wow, you really are from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. That's great! We really need doctors here. Let me introduce myself. I'm the head of Naxiang Township, or rather, the director of the commune. My last name is Lei."
Lin Sanqi was a little anxious. He didn't know what was going on at the moment, and he was just an expelled intern. Suddenly, he was asked to take on the role of Academician Zhong Nanshan or Academician Li Lanjuan. What qualifications, abilities, and skills did he have?
He also wanted to run away as soon as possible and stay away from this place of trouble.
"Village Chief Lei, I, I was just passing by. These two kids fainted on the road, and I came to rescue them and brought them here. Well, it's okay, I'm leaving now."
(End of this chapter)
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