"Doctor Mu! There's a package for you!"
Mu Huaixi turned around in surprise and saw the liaison officer Xiaoqing waving at her with a smile, so she nodded in greeting.
She turned back to continue treating the wounded man, bandaging him before heading out the door. "My package? Where did it come from?"
"From Shengjing!" Xiaoqing handed the large package to her and explained with a smile, "Military supplies are plentiful these days, and there's finally a route to send packages and letters. Maybe you'll get a letter from home soon."
Mu Huaixi didn't listen to Xiaoqing at all. When she saw her grandfather's handwriting on the tissue paper of the package, she inexplicably wanted to cry, and the package in her arms became heavy.
The package contained a few pieces of clothing, a large roll of cotton cloth, a box of face cream, and some dried meat and seasoned tofu.
There is another letter.
Mu Huaixi opened the letter and the first thing she saw was a photo of her son Xiao Huihui. Her tears suddenly burst out. She tried to hold them back, but she couldn't help but burst into tears.
Qin Wenlong happened to pass by and saw her crying and wanted to go forward to comfort her, but when he saw the envelope in her hand, he quietly retreated.
Homesickness cannot be comforted.
After crying, Mu Huaixi held Xiao Huihui's photo tightly and didn't want to let go, but she quickly calmed down, sent the package back to her residence, and returned to work.
The clinic she works in now is much larger than the previous one. There are more than 30 doctors and nearly 100 nurses.
She and Qin Wenlong have been assigned here for almost three weeks and have gradually become familiar with the work and life here. It is busier here than the previous small clinic and the doctors are more professional. Mu Huaixi also met a senior Chinese medicine practitioner like her and learned a lot.
"Doctor Mu! Doctor Mu!"
Mu Huaixi had just packed her medicine box when she heard someone calling her. She hurried out and saw nurse Xiao Qin standing at the door. "Doctor Mu, we need help on the front line. Please pack up and gather at the gate!"
"Okay," Mu Huaixi said calmly. She went back and got the small bag she had packed for the wild, which contained all kinds of items needed in the wild. After thinking for a while, she stuffed some clothes, dried meat and candies that her grandma had sent her into the bag.
She changed into long pants and waterproof and wear-resistant military shoes, put on sleeves for her long sleeves, put on a mask, and rushed to the door of the medical clinic with all her new equipment.
Mu Huaixi has been here for three weeks and has been to the front line twice, so she is familiar with everything. She nodded to the three doctors standing at the gate and lowered her head to continue checking her equipment.
Soon, more than a dozen doctors and nurses came out and got on a military truck together. Mu Huaixi knew from the situation that there would be a big battle this time.
Although they got on the bus at the same time, they got off at different places along the battle line.
Mu Huaixi was a little carsick at first, but now she was able to take a nap in the car. When she was woken up by her fellow passengers, she found that there were only three people left in the car - her, Qin Wenlong and a doctor named Kang Wa.
Kangwa is a local. He started out as a barefoot doctor. After joining the army, he has been serving in the border defense forces and is considered a veteran.
Kangwa, like Xiaowu, has dark skin and is short. He wears a canvas vest with a very ethnic minority style, and his medicine box also has ethnic embroidery.
He is neither a Western doctor nor a Chinese doctor, but a traveling doctor from a tribe. He has not learned any herbal medicine or Chinese medicine knowledge, but relies on the tribal heritage to make superb use of local medicinal materials.
Mu Huaixi respected Kangwa very much. After all, his understanding and application of local herbs were more precise and sophisticated than hers.
"Let's go," Kangwa took the lead and jumped out of the car. The soldiers waiting outside got on the car and moved the supplies. The group hurried through the woods and went directly into the cat ear cave.
As soon as Mu Huaixi came in, he felt a wave of dampness hitting his face. The cat ear cave was hot and damp during the day and cold and damp at night. Mixed with the smell of blood and herbs, it was really not a good place.
"Here they come, finally here!" A few people came out of the cat ear cave and greeted them excitedly, but soon turned into surprise.
"Sister-in-law? Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Mu Huaixi then realized that Mu Mu was among the newcomers. She really didn't expect to see someone from the Fourth Battalion here. Her mind went blank and it took her a long time to react, "Should..."
"Captain, the commander is out on a mission," Mu Tou scratched his head. Seeing her expression change, he quickly added, "He should be back in a few days."
They were at the front line, closer to the front line than the previous medical center. They could hear the sound of gunfire, but they were not at the front line either.
After a short rest, Mu Huaixi started working with Kang Wa and Qin Wenlong. The three of them worked with the medical soldiers here to treat the wounded.
After talking with Mu Tou, she realized that most of the soldiers on this front line were from the Fourth Battalion. When the next morning came, she indeed met many familiar faces.
"Sister-in-law, these are the fruits they picked a few days ago." Mu Tou was very caring towards her, but when he saw the dark circles under her eyes, he scratched his head and said, "Sister-in-law, are you not adapting well? Why don't you live in the wooden building behind the woods?"
"No need," Mu Huaixi didn't want to be treated specially. The reason she didn't get a good rest was entirely because of Ying Mingcheng.
People say that the closer you are to someone, the more timid you become. When she first knew he was on the battlefield, she was just worried. But now that she knows he is not far away and there is even a possibility that they will meet one day, the suppressed longing comes flooding in like a tide, making her toss and turn.
Of course, he couldn't say this to Mu Tou. Mu Huaixi just shook his head and said that he had been on the bus for too long yesterday and couldn't sleep at night.
Mu Tou didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he led her around the cat ear cave, identifying the various passages. He then led her to the back, out of the corridor, and said, "This is where we cook. But it's not open often."
On the front line, firing is a luxury. Occasionally, when the war is not urgent, the soldiers will go hunting in the mountains and forests and fire a gun to have a good meal for a few days.
But the front line has been stalemate recently, and making a fire is tantamount to exposing oneself. Even if it is not the front line, the only way is to make a fire in the ear hole to heat some dry food.
It is not possible to boil water in the ear hole all the time, but there is a place to filter rainwater and dew. Mu Huaixi looked at the corridor from top to bottom and the various disinfection and sedimentation devices, and couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of the water filtration.
After taking a walk around, Mu Huaixi had eaten most of the fruit that Mu Tou brought, then returned to where the wounded were placed and continued working.
Although there are many wounded here, most of them are caused by knife and gun wounds, insect and snake bites, etc. Unlike the previous small medical clinic, we have not encountered major injuries such as burns and amputations, so they are easier to deal with.
On this day, they encountered an unusual case. A soldier had persistent abdominal pain. After diagnosis, it was thought to be acute appendicitis. Mu Huaixi and Kang Wa quickly set up an operating room, and she performed an open abdominal resection operation.
The operation was successful. She came out of the temporary operating room with sweat on her forehead and met Ying Mingcheng's eyes as bright as flames.
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