The textile factory's vehicles are large trucks.
Cheng Fangyi sat in the driver's seat, and Su Qing naturally sat in the passenger seat.
Captain Zhao, Shi Tianxia and Juhua sat in the back of the car to take care of Shidan.
The group drove towards the provincial capital.
Cheng Fangyi almost stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and it was already dawn when he arrived at the provincial capital.
The doctor had not yet come to work and there were only two nurses on duty in the hospital.
After finding out the doctor's address, Cheng Fangyi didn't even have time to rest and took Su Qingxun to the doctor's house.
The poor doctor was still eating breakfast when Cheng Fangyi and his wife carried him to the hospital.
All the resentment in his heart disappeared after seeing the appearance of Shidan.
He asked the nurse to notify other doctors to come to the operating room and then pushed the person in.
Watching wave after wave of people entering the operating room, Xia Juhua fainted three times.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the nurse came out to pass on the message, "Is the patient's family here?"
"I'm here, I'm here." Shi Tian hunched over and raised his hand tremblingly.
"The patient's operation was successful and he will be transferred to the ward soon. Please go and pay the fee first."
Shi Tian took the list, saw the numbers on it, squatted on the ground and cried bitterly.
Su Qing glanced at him and didn't say much.
"Shi Tian, why are you crying, you dead kid? Shi Dan has been rescued." The captain was old, and his eyes were bloodshot after staying up all night. Shi Tian's crying made him a little impatient.
"Captain." Shi Tian handed over the list in his hand.
The payment amount was clearly written at the bottom: two hundred and sixty-eight, which did not include subsequent medication and hospitalization expenses.
The captain searched every pocket of his body and finally found one dollar and two cents.
They were all wrapped in red paper, and it was not difficult to tell that they were red envelopes that the team leader was preparing to give to the younger generations in his family.
Su Qing and Cheng Fangyi looked at each other and took out ten yuan from their pockets.
"Xiao Cheng has this little bit left from last month's salary. I'll give it to you first."
Shi Tian took the money, turned around and walked towards the payment counter.
Shidan was pushed out of the operating room, his whole body wrapped in gauze.
Xia Juhua almost fainted again. Su Qing was a little annoyed. "If you faint again, who will take care of the child for you? Look after the child here. Xiao Cheng and I will go buy some food."
"I'll call the village and ask everyone to come together. The more money we can, the better." After saying that, the team leader also went out.
When they reached the first floor, Su Qing heard Shi Tian begging the nurse, saying that he would pay the money as soon as possible.
"You'd better pay the full amount within two days, otherwise if the hospital stops taking the medicine, it will be none of my business."
In fact, Su Qing could have paid all the fees for him, but she had no reasonable source for the money.
Another thing is that she was afraid that she would be helping someone who was ungrateful.
"Cheng Fangyi, what should we do now? Should we help or not?"
"Let's take a look at the situation first. Even if we help, we have to find a reasonable explanation. You know, in our line of work, our heads hang on our belts."
Speculation and profiteering were really serious crimes in the 1960s and 1970s. A dozen or twenty years in prison was considered a light sentence, and many people even had to eat peanuts because of it.
The two walked on the street, which was decorated with lights and colorful lights everywhere.
Nowadays, all shops are state-owned, and there are not many small stalls near hospitals like in later generations.
When we arrived at the state-owned restaurant, the chef was about to get off work.
It was only after Cheng Fangyi slipped him two dollars that the chef started cooking again and cooked six servings of noodles.
I was worried that Shidan couldn’t eat noodles, so I bought him a bowl of white porridge.
When they returned to the ward, Xia Juhua was still crying, and Su Qing was a little annoyed.
She could understand the anxiety and pain a mother felt when her child was sick.
But since she saw Xia Juhua last night, Xia Juhua has been crying.
As soon as she was called for help, she began to cry: "My Shidan, how can I live without you?"
It looks like the stone egg is almost gone.
Along the way, Shi Tian and Captain Zhao were responsible for changing Shidan's diaper and feeding him water.
Even when Shidan had just finished his IV drip and wanted to call the nurse to remove the needle, she remained indifferent, and it was Su Qing who went to call.
"I've bought the food, come eat quickly. We're going to stay at the guesthouse tonight. Captain Zhao should come with us. You two can take care of it first, and I'll come to take your place tomorrow morning."
Su Qing did not discuss it with them, but informed them.
Xia Juhua stared at Su Qing with her eyes that were swollen into slits. Su Qing didn't want to argue with her and turned her head away.
After dinner, Su Qing, Cheng Fangyi and Captain Zhao went to the guesthouse.
As soon as they left, Xia Juhua burst into tears, saying, "Su Qing and his wife still have money to buy food, but they won't give us any more. There are clearly two empty beds in this ward, and we can still sleep if we squeeze in. But they still have to stay in a guesthouse. What a waste of money! The medical bill is almost 300 yuan, and we've only paid 20 yuan so far. All the money in the family is gone. What should we do now?"
"It's okay, I'll find a way."
"You think of a way, what can you think of, selling blood or selling flesh? If I were to ask you, you should just ask Su Qing's girlfriend to borrow some money. Even if she can borrow a car, a few hundred dollars would be no problem."
Shi Tian growled irritably, "They've been busy running around since last night. I don't know how to thank them enough. Now you're asking me to borrow money. I can't ask for it. Besides, they don't have to support their whole family."
"Whatever you want, this is your son. If you don't save him, I won't live either."
Su Qing didn't know about the conversation between the two. At this moment, the three of them were blocked at the door of the guesthouse.
What they never expected was that they left in a hurry and did not have a letter of introduction from the village chief, so they could not stay in the guesthouse at all.
Fortunately, I was able to rent a small yard near the hospital. It cost two dollars to rent it for two days during the Chinese New Year, which was really a rip-off.
But she was really too tired. She hadn't slept for a whole day and night and didn't want to look for another place.
After receiving a call from Captain Zhao in the afternoon, the village chief launched a fundraising campaign in the village.
"Emergency notice, emergency notice."
The village chief's voice sounded on the radio.
"Shi Dan from the Shi Tian family got burned while playing with firecrackers and is now in a hospital in the provincial capital. Although he can be cured, it will cost a lot of money.
Everyone knows the situation of Shi Tian's family. I hope everyone can lend a hand and come together to save the child first. This is a matter of life and death.
I'm at the drying yard right now. I'll send the money to my child as soon as I can. Saving lives is urgent, so I hope everyone can help."
Although people would usually quarrel over a few onions or vegetables, they all extended a helping hand at times like this.
Even Mrs. He, who is always stingy, donated fifty cents.
Su Qianshan and others also took out their own pocket money and pooled it together with Su's mother's to make ten yuan.
Su's mother didn't dare take more, for fear of being noticed by others.
But I couldn’t bear to see my child delayed in seeing a doctor because he had no money.
When we arrived at the drying yard, there was already a long line.
The village chief recorded the amount of money donated by each family.
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