After dropping her child off at the daycare, Ding Qiunan changed into her cloth shoes at the clinic before heading to work at the pharmacy.
Li Chu put his wife's shoes, which she had taken off, under the radiator to dry.
After cleaning up, I went to the water room to get a kettle of hot water, came back to make myself a cup of tea, picked up the newspaper I got from Director Sun, and leisurely started reading.
There are only two days left to work before the New Year, today and tomorrow. There are very few patients in the hospital these two days, and no one is really in the mood to work.
A newspaper article piqued his interest.
Hey, so there's liquefied petroleum gas in Beijing now?
The report stated that the country's first liquefied gas bottling plant has been completed and put into operation.
Upon seeing this news, Li Chu became somewhat interested, but he wondered when the store would be completed. He knew he would need to obtain a gas permit, and hoped that these things would be done soon. With liquefied gas, cooking would be much more convenient.
After reading the newspaper, Li Chu returned it to Director Sun and mentioned the junior high school duty schedule to him.
When he came out, he saw the logistics team clearing the snow in the yard, sweating profusely. Since he had nothing else to do, he went over to help.
I didn't expect Dean Yang to be among this group of people.
"Dr. Li, what brings you here too?"
When Dean Yang saw Li Chu coming over with a shovel to help, he stopped what he was doing, held the shovel, and asked.
"Dean Yang, you're working here, how can a young person like me sit still?"
"Haha, good." Then Dean Yang raised his voice and said, "Everyone, let's work harder, clean up as soon as possible so we can get some rest. There will be meat in the cafeteria for lunch today."
"Thank you, Dean..."
The workers perked up immediately when they heard there would be meat for lunch.
Li Chu smiled as he looked at the scene before him.
Dean Yang never forgets to win people's hearts, but he has one advantage: he never just shouts empty slogans.
Just like now, whether he's putting on a show or not, there's a hospital director, five vice directors, and a union director—all high-level leaders—but he's the only one here doing the work, and he's really doing it, not just standing there giving orders.
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These things are visible to the hospital's staff and employees, so it's no wonder that his prestige in the hospital is growing and he has a particularly good reputation.
This year, in order to give everyone more benefits for the New Year, he and the office director went around asking for favors and managed to get an extra pound of meat, a bottle of fruit, and a bottle of fish for everyone.
Goodness, when they were handing out the supplies, everyone from doctors to ordinary employees was so happy you could see their molars.
To outsiders, however, that's someone else's boss.
As more and more people joined the snow-clearing effort, the snow in the yard was quickly cleared away.
Besides the two vice presidents in charge of business who were busy upstairs in the administration building, the remaining leaders finally couldn't sit still and came down to make a show of it.
After handing the shovels over to the logistics staff, everyone was chatting and laughing as they prepared to leave when two jeeps rushed in one after the other through the gate.
Before the car had even come to a complete stop, a person jumped out of the passenger door, shouting, "Doctor! Where's the doctor? Come quick, someone needs help!"
Judging from their white shirts and blue pants uniforms, they were undoubtedly police officers.
Several doctors immediately ran over.
Soon, a mobile flatbed was pushed out of the outpatient hall.
Several people also got out of the jeep behind, two of them still had blood on them. They surrounded the car in front, opened the back door, and worked with the people in the car to lift the wounded out.
"Slow down, slow down, we're coming!" one of the doctors who was running over shouted.
Many people had already gone over to help, so Li Chu didn't go over there. There were many doctors in the emergency department and surgery department, so there was no point in him going over. They might even get in his way.
Dean Yang went over and said that the injured person was a police officer, who must have been injured while arresting the criminal. The higher-ups would probably be coming over soon, and he had to be there.
It was a bit far away, and he couldn't see clearly, so Li Chu turned around and went back to his clinic.
Not long after, the sound of cars came from outside again, and some noise could be faintly heard.
Just before lunchtime, another round of wailing and crying came from the office.
Li Chu sighed inwardly, thinking that it was very likely that the person could not be saved.
In peacetime, the police officers who sacrifice the most lives are those who are public security officers.
Since the mid-1990s, when guns were banned, this has been the case, not to mention in this day and age, many people have guns at home.
Even Xinhua Bookstore sells guns, of course, hunting rifles and air rifles.
Sure enough, Ding Qiunan told him at lunch that the police officer who had been brought in that morning had died.
"According to the nurses in the emergency department, when the police officers went to the criminal's house to arrest him, the man unexpectedly pulled out a hunting rifle and opened fire. The officer was shot twice, and he was brought in a bit too late."
Li Chu looked up at the window and said, "With such heavy snow, the roads are slippery, and the car can't go fast at all."
"Oh, what a pity. That policeman was only in his early twenties. He had just started dating someone and wasn't married yet. His family and girlfriend came over just now, and they were crying so pitifully. It was heartbreaking to hear."
Ding Qiunan's face was full of reluctance.
There's nothing you can do; those criminals don't care how old you are.
After finishing his meal, Li Chu was washing the dishes at the sink when He Yuzhu unexpectedly braved the heavy snow to come and find him.
"Xiao Chu, have you eaten?"
"Zhu Zi, how did you get here in such heavy snow?"
His wife was already asleep in the clinic, so Li Chu didn't invite him in. The two of them just stood under the eaves.
He Yuzhu chuckled awkwardly, as if he didn't know how to start the conversation. He rubbed his hands together, and a blush appeared on his dark face.
Li Chu looked at him strangely. What was going on?
What's wrong with you?
"Um...I...I..." He didn't know what he wanted to say, and he couldn't get the words out for a long time.
"Zhu Zi, what exactly are you trying to say?" Li Chu was completely baffled. Was this still the same He Yuzhu who always spouted nonsense?
Gritting his teeth, He Yuzhu finally revealed the purpose of his visit.
"Xiao Chu, could you introduce Jiang Li to me?"
"What did you say?" Li Chu looked at He Yuzhu in shock.
"Hehe, Brother Chu, I know you heard me clearly."
Wow, they really are here to ask for a favor. They even know to call me "brother".
"No, Pillar, do you even know what you just said?"
"Of course I know what I'm saying," He Yuzhu said seriously.
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