The next day, Liu Yi, who hadn't slept all night, didn't work as well as usual. The foreman saw Liu Yi yawning constantly and closing her eyes from time to time, and assumed that she didn't want to work and just wanted to slack off. He didn't care about her feelings as a girl and started scolding her loudly.
Liu Yi had always been praised throughout her life, and this was the first time she had been reprimanded in front of so many people. She was naturally thin-skinned, and while she didn't hate the foreman, she developed a deep resentment towards Lu Qingyan.
If Lu Qingyan hadn't obediently gone over last night, how could he have been criticized for not sleeping all night? Liu Yi's thought process is quite unique.
Lu Qingyan, who was being thought of by Liu Yi, couldn't help but sneeze.
"Lu Zhiqing, are you sick?" The villagers were very concerned about her health, as it was crucial that such a valuable member of the workforce had some issues.
"It's nothing, my nose is just a little itchy."
"Oh, that's good. I thought Lu Zhiqing was sick. It's good that she's alright. There isn't a doctor in our village. If she were really sick, we would have to go to the city to see a doctor." The man breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Qingyan frowned. She hadn't expected that Green Water Village didn't even have a doctor. No wonder she hadn't seen anyone get sick and go to see a doctor in all this time. They usually just took a packet of some unknown medicine from home, boiled it up, drank it, and then slept it off.
"What do we do if someone is seriously ill and we can't get them to the county hospital in time?" Lu Qingyan asked.
"Sigh, what can we do? We'll just have to prepare for the worst," Guo Ergou said helplessly.
Lu Qingyan's heart sank.
She hurriedly tossed the hoe to Guo Ergou: "You work here first, I'll go find Captain Guo."
"Lu Zhiqing, Lu Zhiqing—" Guo Ergou called out repeatedly behind Lu Qingyan, but Lu Qingyan pretended not to hear and ran directly to see Captain Guo.
Captain Guo and Aunt Guo were grinding tofu at the commune when they saw Lu Qingyan coming over. They thought something serious had happened and immediately stopped what they were doing.
"Lu Zhiqing, shouldn't you be working at this time? What happened?"
"I—" Lu Qingyan took a breath and said, "While working today, I was talking to Guo Ergou about some things. He said that many people in our village get sick and just drink folk remedies at home. They only go to the city hospital when they get really sick, and even then, they might not be able to get better. Actually, I know a little about medicine, and I suddenly remembered this, so I came over to tell Captain Guo that if anyone has a headache or fever in the future, they can come over and let me take a look at how serious their illness is. If we can't cure them quickly, then everyone won't have to go to the city and delay their treatment. Health is the foundation of everything. If everyone is not healthy, how can we better build socialism?"
"Well said!" Captain Guo clapped his hands and said.
“Since you have this intention, I will entrust this matter to you. However…” Captain Guo hesitated.
"But what's wrong?" Lu Qingyan hurriedly asked.
“If you want to do this in our village, I’d support you wholeheartedly. But where will we get the medicine? The higher-ups are very strict about this, so it’s not easy to get the supplies,” Captain Guo expressed his concerns.
However, these were all minor matters to Lu Qingyan.
"Captain Guo, don't worry, I have a way to handle this," Lu Qingyan said confidently.
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