Generally speaking, when the troops are carrying out non-military tasks, there are sentries standing guard with guns and children are not allowed to be around.
How come there are more children now and they fainted?
But now is not the time to pursue this matter. When several people heard this, they rushed to the scene of the incident.
When they arrived at the tunnel, many of their comrades were gathered in a circle, talking about something.
"What's going on?"
The crowd dispersed spontaneously and Jiang Yan walked in.
"The sentry said he had seen him come a few times and had driven him away a few times, but the kid said he was just here to pick up some stones to lay the foundation..."
When the cave was being excavated, huge rocks and debris did fall, and some soldiers would push wheelbarrows to throw the debris.
This thing is not a secret and is not valuable.
But that’s not a reason for the child to come over again and again.
You should know that there are similar rocks everywhere on riverbanks and mountains.
Is there really someone who would run so far to pick up stones regardless of the danger?
This is unusual.
But looking at his thin body and ill-fitting thin clothes, I seemed to understand why he came here.
"Many times I saw him when it was almost time for dinner, and I even gave him a steamed bun and two vegetable dumplings."
Food is precious these days and everyone's life is generally hard. Children with parents are better off. If the adults save money, the children can survive.
But if there are too many brothers and sisters in the family, or if both parents are gone, it will be very difficult to survive.
The child in front of me was extremely thin, with hair as messy as weeds. Even though he was unconscious, his brows were still furrowed, not relaxing at all.
Seeing that he was still shaking while unconscious, Jiang Yan wrapped him in clothes and brought him back to the makeshift barracks.
Ma Lili followed behind him, "I'm a doctor, let me examine him."
Jiang Yan thought about it and agreed, so he gave her the place.
While she was checking, she called the company commander of the second company and slipped five dollars into his hand.
"Ask the cook to make some soft porridge, beat two eggs, and bring some dry food over."
This is to give people special treatment.
The Second Company Commander waved his hand confidentially, "He can't eat much, so we can save a bite and have it."
Jiang Yan insisted on giving him money, saying that this was not the same thing.
Just as the person left, Ma Lili had also finished her physical examination.
She put away her stethoscope and explained to Jiang Yan, "Overwork and malnutrition have caused serious damage to my body."
Jiang Yan seemed to have anticipated this and pressed his lips into a straight line.
The face and limbs of the child on the bed.
There were cracks and red, swollen wounds everywhere.
He sighed, "Comrade Ma, do you have any frostbite cream? I'd like to buy some from you."
Ma Lili rarely has the opportunity to perform, so how could she possibly accept money?
"I have some, but they're all worthless things, and it would be awkward to buy them.
But Captain Jiang, you can only help him temporarily, but not forever. There are too many cases like his..."
"It's helpful to help whenever possible."
After saying that, he fetched some water and wiped his face to clean the wound.
As the stains on the child's face disappeared, his brows gradually furrowed.
These eyebrows, these facial features, are strangely familiar.
Ma Lili had already brought the frostbite cream, and seeing that he was motionless, she asked him what was wrong.
"fine."
After calming down, I continued cleaning and disinfecting. Perhaps the gentian violet was irritating and the child suddenly woke up.
After seeing the stranger, he huddled in a corner with his head in his hands and said in a muffled voice, "I'm leaving right away. I didn't see anything and I won't tell anyone."
Ma Lili wanted to touch his head to comfort him, but seeing that his hair was messy, she patted his shoulder instead and said, "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you."
Just at this moment, the company commander came in with food. The child's stomach growled when he smelled the aroma of the food.
Jiang Yan didn't ask too many questions and let him eat first.
"For me?"
After confirming that the meat buns were prepared for him, the child pounced on them like a hungry wolf.
Ma Lili saw with her own eyes that two black handprints appeared on the bun skin.
Most doctors are a bit mysophobic and want him to wash his hands before eating.
But the child thought she was trying to steal the food, so he stuffed the food in even faster.
"Hey, I'm not trying to steal it from you. I'm just asking you to wash your hands before eating. How can you be so unhygienic, kid?"
Just as she was about to take his food away, Jiang Yan stopped her.
The child looked at the two of them warily.
He stuffed the bun into his mouth in three bites. Even when he choked, he just patted his chest and swallowed hard.
When he had almost finished eating, Jiang Yan handed him the porridge. The child didn't care that it was hot and drank it all in one gulp.
Even the few grains of rice left at the bottom of the bowl were licked clean by him.
Jiang Yan was afraid that the person would get hurt after eating it, so he didn't dare let him eat it again.
"I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer them to my satisfaction, I'll give you ten steamed buns when you leave."
The child's eyes lit up instantly.
After asking, we learned that the child's name was Liu Gou, and his family lived in Maoli Brigade. His parents were still alive, and he had a pair of twin siblings, a boy and a girl.
"Maoli Brigade? Isn't that my cousin's house?
It's not far from our campsite. I'll take Jiang Tuan back later."
Jiang Yan thought of the sketch he saw last time, and the doubts in his heart gradually grew.
"The equipment has been repaired. I'll deliver it."
Although Maoli Brigade is not far from here, there are many mountains and few people around it.
In previous winters, the police received many reports of wild animals coming down the mountain to look for food and damaging people's property.
The mountains are now covered with snow. If the wild animals cannot find food, they will come down the mountain and hunt.
I guarantee that not even a bone will be left of this child.
………
Sangzhi trudged along for almost two hours before he met a fellow villager who was driving a donkey home.
When he learned that the other party lived near Maoli Brigade, he was ecstatic and gave him fifty cents to ask him to take him there.
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