Chapter 176 Returning to Beijing for the Funeral
Lin Sanqi saw Deputy County Chief Huang standing on a large truck, calling for help anxiously, and felt a little contempt in his heart.
When the epidemic was at its worst, only a little old man named Lei, the village chief, was in charge of the command on the scene. None of the county leaders dared to come. Now that the epidemic is under control, they all showed up?
This is how young people clean up the workplace: if you don’t like something, say it; if you don’t agree, do it.
Seeing that Lin Sanqi didn't want to pay attention to anyone, Village Chief Lei ran over and advised:
"Comrade Lin, I see County Magistrate Huang is in a hurry. You should hurry over, in case your unit really has an urgent matter."
"What's the emergency? I guess it's because I haven't been back for more than two months, so they're urging me to go home."
After wandering around for more than two months, Lin Sanqi also wanted to return to the capital. No matter how good it was outside, it was not as comfortable as the back garden of her own princess's mansion.
"County Magistrate Huang, I'm here."
Lin Sanqi walked out of the house, wearing a modern protective suit, very conspicuous.
Deputy County Chief Huang saw Lin Sanqi and quickly waved his hand to signal Lin Sanqi to come over:
"Comrade Lin, hurry up and come here. There's an urgent telegram from the capital. I brought it to you."
The telegram envelope had been repacked, and Deputy County Chief Huang pretended to know nothing and handed the telegram to Lin Sanqi.
Lin Sanqi thought, "Why would he need an expedited telegram just to get him home? Could he have other procurement tasks waiting for him?" So he opened the envelope and took a look. He was completely stunned.
There were only four words on the paper: Father is dead, come back soon.
My father is dead? Wasn't he fine when he came out? Even though he wasn't his biological father, during these days of traveling through time, Lin Kucan treated him like his own son.
Humans are not plants or trees, they always have feelings.
Lin Sanqi's tears fell, and he made a decision in an instant: I want to go back to the capital.
Not to mention that the epidemic has been brought under control now, even if the epidemic is still at its peak, it cannot stop Lin Sanqi's decision to return home.
"County Magistrate Huang, I, I have to go. My father is gone. I have to go back to the capital immediately."
Compared to Deputy County Chief Lei's hypocrisy, Township Chief Lei was really anxious:
"Oh, this is what happened. Comrade Lin, then you should go home quickly and leave this place to us."
Huang Zhibai also felt uncomfortable and said sincerely: "Comrade Lin, please go home quickly. You have done enough for us. Without you, we don't know how many people would have died."
"Yes, Comrade Lin, we Qin County people thank you."
Lin Sanqi stopped being pretentious. From a selfish point of view, other people's family affairs were definitely not as important as his own, not to mention that his father had died. So he gritted his teeth and said:
"Village Chief Lei, Doctor Huang, everything from now on depends on you. I have to go..."
By the time Lin Sanqi finished his work and packed up his things, all the people from Naxiang Commune came out.
Among them were local farmers, patients he had saved, and local cadres and medical staff who were fighting on the front line of the epidemic. They were all densely packed on the small hill at the entrance of the village.
When Lin Sanqi was driving his truck in a hurry to leave, he saw people all over the hillside and slammed on the brakes.
Led by the village chief Lei, everyone shouted loudly:
"Thank you~~~Comrade Lin~~~"
"Goodbye~~~ Doctor Lin~~~"
"Doctor Lin, have a bon voyage~~~"
The shouts echoed over and over again, echoing in the valley for a long time.
Lin Sanqi's tears, which had not yet dried, flowed out again, and she waved to everyone.
Everyone knows that this farewell will be forever.
Many years later, Lin Sanqi learned that there was a very popular "Doctor Lin Temple" in Naxiang Town.
It is said that if anyone in the surrounding area suffers from a major illness or a minor disaster, they all like to go to the temple to worship and pray to Dr. Lin and the Bodhisattva to help them. It is said that the prayer is very effective.
Lin Sanqi drove a large truck and followed Deputy County Chief Huang's jeep towards the county town.
On the way, Lin Sanqi gradually calmed down, and then he felt that something was wrong.
Because he had sent a telegram to the hospital about half a month ago, mainly to inform the unit that he had purchased the medicinal materials in Yulin, packed them and sent them out, and asked them to pay attention to them.
But how did the unit know that I was in Qin County?
You have to know that the purchasing order of my trip to three provinces and six regions in South China was disrupted. I did not follow the itinerary of Chief Kong, so the unit should not be able to find my whereabouts.
In the future, people may be able to locate information through mobile phone positioning, or search for tickets or hotel accommodation information, but these things did not exist in 1959.
Lin Sanqi looked at the Qin County staff accompanying him and said:
"Secretary Jiang, do you know why the telegram was sent to your Qin County government? If it weren't for this telegram, I wouldn't have known such a big thing happened at home."
Secretary Jiang is actually Deputy County Chief Huang's secretary, so he naturally knows the inside story:
"Hey, this happened a few days ago. Our county sent a letter of praise to your Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, thanking you for your contribution to the fight against the epidemic in Qin County. Then we received this telegram the next day."
I got a reply the next day, so why did the telegram only tell me today? What did you do in the meantime?
Lin Sanqi was confused as the car had already entered the Qin County local government compound.
This was a strong request from County Magistrate Huang. If they hadn't had to pass through the county town on the way, Lin Sanqi wouldn't have stayed any longer and would have driven away directly.
As soon as the car drove into the county government compound, we saw that the yard was already full of people.
The top leader and second-in-command of Qin County were all waiting in the yard. When they saw Lin Sanqi getting out of the car, they hurried forward to shake hands with him.
"Comrade Lin Sanqi, we have heard about your family situation and know that you are anxious to return home. We will make it short. I want to say two things. One is to thank you for your contribution to the people of Qin County.
Without you, I don't know how this epidemic would have developed. On behalf of the W County government and the 300,000 people of Qin County, I sincerely thank you. I cannot repay your kindness. Here is a silk banner. I hope you will take it with you, Comrade Lin."
There were eight big characters written on the banner: "Healing the world with kindness as heavy as a mountain".
This was the first time in Lin Sanqi's life that he received a banner. If he hadn't been in a bad mood after his father died, he would have sung a song at any other time.
"Thank you, Shuji, and thank you, County Magistrate. I have done what I should do and have received so much gratitude and blessings from Qin County. I will always remember this experience and will definitely come back to visit if I have the chance."
Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of a thumping sound from the truck behind him.
When Lin Sanqi turned around, he saw many young staff members loading bags of fruit onto their big truck.
"No, this is..."
The leader said sincerely:
"Comrade Lin, you've helped us for so long without compensation. We have no way to repay you. Unfortunately, we don't have much good stuff in Qin County, so we can only give you some fruits. These pomeloes, oranges, papayas, persimmons, and bananas are all local specialties, and they are also our token of our gratitude."
After a while, Lin Sanqi's truck was filled with a box of fruits, which were piled up like a small mountain and had to be secured with hemp ropes.
Lin Sanqi really didn't have the heart to socialize much. He exchanged a few polite words with the people in the county and drove away from the county government compound in his truck at full speed.
The boss was a little surprised to see the truck speeding away:
"Tell me, how come Comrade Lin's truck is so powerful? Other trucks have a hard time driving up the small hill in front of our county government, but Comrade Lin's truck, loaded with fruit, drives so easily. Why are there different models of Jiefang trucks?"
A county leader nearby replied calmly:
"You understand now, don't you? How can the cars used by the people in the capital be the same as those used by people in our countryside? Back then, the cars sent to the capital were tribute. Look at the few Liberation trucks in our county. They're lucky if they don't fall apart when they drive out."
"Oh, I see~~~"
Others complain that the capital's trucks are not powerful enough, but Lin Sanqi complains that they drive too slowly.
So Lin Sanqi set up another tent on the outskirts of Qin County, drove the big truck in, and then changed to a jeep to come out.
The speed of the jeep is much faster than that of a large truck. It took Lin Sanqi four hours to drive the 200 kilometers to Yulin, which was definitely fast in that era.
Lin Sanqi took a train north from Yulin Railway Station...
Five days later, Lin Sanqi returned to the capital exhausted.
Guangqi in November is still as hot as in summer, but the northwest wind has started to blow in the capital in November. A gust of wind can make people shiver.
Lin Sanqi didn't have time to change her clothes. She stood trembling at the door of the princess's house, tears streaming down her face.
I thought that a week had passed between the time the telegram was sent and the time he returned to the capital, so I probably wouldn't be able to see him for the last time. He should have been buried and cremated, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi burst into tears, blaming herself:
"Dad, your little son is back~~~"
Lin Sanqi roared as he rushed into the yard, scaring everyone in the east wing and making them run out of their houses.
Hou Daya, the young bird monkey, ran out and saw Lin Sanqi howling, and her head was full of questions:
"Lin Sanqi, why are you yelling? Did someone in your family die?"
At this time, Matchmaker Wang also hurried out of the house:
"Hey, Xiaolin, what's wrong with you? Why are you so miserable? Did you get robbed or bullied by someone?"
That Belle also came out, holding his chest:
"Good boy, that howl nearly frightened me to death. Lin Sanqi, what happened to your father? How could he just disappear like that?"
The people in the yard also started talking at once, which showed how loud Lin Sanqi's crying was.
Lin Sanqi didn't have time to listen to other people's gossip. She walked through the front yard and came to the middle yard while crying, and then glared at the neighbors in the middle yard.
Lin Sanqi did not see the imagined mourning hall, white sails, and yellow paper. The doorway of his house was clean, as if nothing had happened.
It doesn't look like a funeral?
Jin Caifeng had just come out of the house and saw her little son standing in the yard like a beggar. She cried out:
"Son, my dear son, you are finally back?"
(End of this chapter)
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