Beijing was only 180 kilometers from the disaster area, a few hours' drive away. The entire city was razed to the ground, with collapsed buildings everywhere. Before we even got out of the car, everyone in the car was in tears.
Their medical team consists of a total of twenty medical workers. Su Yan had already resigned and was a temporary volunteer. Their team leader was Yan Jinliang, deputy director of surgery.
"Okay, stop crying, everyone, cheer up and try to save as many patients as possible before they die."
"clear!"
After getting off the car, Su Yan hurriedly lined up with her medical team colleagues to help unload medical supplies and set up temporary tents with them before even putting away her luggage.
In fact, when they were almost at the disaster area, Yan Jinliang had already assigned the tasks to be done one by one.
Su Yan used to work in the orthopedics department. After all, she resigned several years ago. Team Leader Yan didn't trust her a little bit. He used her as a nurse and assigned her tasks such as fixing and bandaging the wounds of patients with mild symptoms.
Su Yan didn't say anything. She just did whatever the team leader told her to do. There was nothing wrong with following that group of young nurses.
As soon as they finished unloading the supplies and before putting their luggage back, the team leader asked them to put on their white coats, carry their own medicine boxes, and go into the big tent to start work.
"Comrade, please save him first. He is the only one left in his family."
Su Yan felt heartbroken as she looked at the two-year-old boy in front of her, whose head was covered in blood, his face was covered in dust and his facial features were unclear, and he was crying non-stop.
It turns out that he is the only child in his family. The reason why he is so lucky and alive must be that his parents protect him very well.
"Hold him first, I'll clean his wound."
Su Yan carefully cleaned the little boy's wound with hydrogen peroxide. When cotton touched the wound, the little boy cried heart-wrenchingly. The child cried and sobbed, sometimes crying for his parents and sometimes crying in pain.
Su Yan had no choice but to coax him gently and give him some candy after he was bandaged. The little boy paused for a moment and then cried softly.
After the bandage was done, Su Yan took out a few orange gummies from her pocket and stuffed them into his hand. Seeing that he stopped making a fuss, she cleaned the wound of the second fracture patient and put on a splint.
The tent was hot and stuffy. Within an hour, everyone's clothes began to get soaked. Su Yan felt a little like she had heatstroke, so she quickly took out some medicated oil from her pocket and smelled it.
Then they continued to clean the wound of the next mild patient. They were busy like this until two o'clock in the afternoon without having eaten lunch or drinking a sip of water.
Su Yan felt a little nauseous. At this time, the team leader came in with a bag of multi-grain steamed buns and gave two to each of them.
Before Su Yan finished eating the hard steamed bun, she was assigned to treat the wound of a 70-year-old man. The old man looked at the steamed bun in her hand with eager eyes, so Su Yan had to hand over the remaining steamed bun that she had not had time to eat.
The old man didn't hesitate to take the steamed bun and stuffed it into his pocket. Su Yan knew that they should have received rations at noon, but she didn't know what they had eaten.
The medical staff of the second support team ate steamed buns brought from the hospital cafeteria. They participated in the rescue work as soon as they arrived and had no time to collect personal supplies.
Su Yan knew that even if there was a shortage of supplies, the team leader would definitely not let them starve. If they all collapsed, who would come to save them?
She now seemed like a spinning top. Not only did she have to bandage patients with mild symptoms, but she also had to be ordered around by the team leader. She gritted her teeth and worked hard to follow the instructions.
After finishing their work at eight o'clock in the evening, Team Leader Yan brought them dinner again. This time it was a bag of vegetable buns, which they also brought themselves.
Su Yan thought the team leader was a little silly. The weather was so hot, shouldn't they eat buns at noon? It was so hot, and eating buns in the evening would make the filling taste a little off.
She wanted to secretly take some food from the space, but unfortunately there was no shelter, so she had to bite the bullet and finish the rotten vegetable buns, just as if she were eating sauerkraut buns.
After finishing their buns, they continued to work. Even if they couldn't see anything, they used flashlights or lit candles, and none of them put down their work. Rescuing the injured was the most important thing.
At half past ten, Su Yan was tired and hungry. She was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back. There was a sour smell all over her body. The team leader asked them to find water to wash themselves. If they couldn't find water, they shouldn't wash. There was no time to arrange accommodation for them tonight, so everyone just found a place to sit down and take a nap.
Su Yan no longer cared about her image. She shared a basin of water with several female comrades, washed her face, and sat down on the ground using a luggage bag as a pillow.
She also wants to sneak into the space, but now she has to look for it even when going to the toilet. How can she get into the space?
They were woken up before five o'clock and started changing the dressings on the injured without washing. For a moment, Su Yan had the illusion that the luggage they brought would be useless.
Team leader Yan was busy counting supplies, counting the number of injured people their team had treated yesterday, and arranging today's tasks.
"Su Yan, He Li, one group is short of people. You two should go and help the other group."
Go help in Group 1? Then could she see her dad? She wondered which district Lu Ting was directing the rescue. It would be great if she could run into him.
Su Yan and He Li walked two kilometers before they arrived at the camping site of Group 1. There were more injured people here, but Su Yan didn't see Su Qingshan. When she asked, she found out that she was performing surgery on the injured in a makeshift operating room.
After a busy day in Group 1, she didn't see her father. When she returned to Group 2 in the evening, she couldn't take a shower due to lack of water.
Su Yan felt that her body was full of sweat and she couldn't help but change her clothes in the tent.
He Li ran in and said excitedly, "Comrade Su Yan, let's go get some water and wipe ourselves."
"Where's the water?"
"The soldiers have cleared all the buried wells nearby. We can borrow two buckets from the team leader to fetch water, and then come back to take a shower."
Su Yan was a little depressed. She had just changed her clothes when He Li told her that there was a way to take a shower. There was space for a bucket but it was difficult to take out. Forget it, she decided to go and borrow a bucket from the team leader.
After taking a bath, He Li took Su Yan to the well to wash her daughter-in-law. There was no place to dry the clothes, so the two went to find bamboo poles to make a clothesline. It was already ten o'clock when they finished.
After a busy week, Su Yan planned to take time out to visit her father during dinner time. Unexpectedly, she met her father with a haggard face before she even arrived at the first camp.
"Yan Yan, why are you here too?"
"Dad, you didn't come to see me?"
"No, I came to talk to my boss about something. By the way, why did you come to the disaster area?"
“I’m here to volunteer.”
Su Qingshan walked up to Su Yan and whispered in her ear: "Since you are here, come to the first camp to find me in the evening. I have something to do now, so you can go back by yourself."
"Okay then!" Su Yan reached into her trouser pocket and took out two hard-boiled eggs for Su Qingshan. Su Qingshan smiled and quickly put the eggs back into his pocket.
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