Chapter 22: The Life and Death of the Profit-Seeking Country
"Brother Tao, where are we going?" asked Sun Lei. "In Komamay Village, which is the village where the first list of confirmed patients in our county is located, our main task this time is to conduct the most preliminary screening of the family and neighbors of the confirmed patients. Liu Tao said calmly.
After listening to Liu Tao's words, Zhang Xian's face changed obviously, and the kid asked with a frightened face: "Doctor Liu, I heard that the virus is very contagious this time, will there be a risk of infection if we go like this?" I looked at the materials in the car, and we didn't have any protective measures. ”
Liu Tao said indifferently: "What is called no protective measures, don't we have masks, you can wear two more masks when the time comes." Liu Tao, who has had a similar experience, obviously didn't pay much attention to the screening characters this time, in his own words, even if Lao Tzu wants to be infected, he is infected on the front line of the epidemic, how can he capsize in this gutter?
"Xiao Zhang, are you scared? If you are afraid, you can get out of the car and go home directly, and Dr. Liu and I will go to the two of us, and we will complete the task successfully, and we will pick you up at your house when we come back." Sun Lei was quite influenced by Liu Tao, and he still had the heart to joke when Zhang Xian was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Zhang Xian thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "I'll go with you, even if I am infected, I have no regrets." "Obviously, the child felt that if he went to get screened himself, he would definitely get infected.
Liu Tao saw Zhang Xian's look of death, and wanted to tease Zhang Xian, but he said earnestly there: "Xiao Zhang, you should not go, you are still young, there is still a long way to go in the future, let's let the two old guys go! You can wait for our good news at home." "Saying that, how did he become an old guy?" Sun Lei thought in his heart.
Zhang Xian was anxious when he heard Liu Tao's words: " Dr. Liu, I know that you have always thought that I am a timid and afraid person, and I also admit that I am usually timid, but at this time, you obviously look down on me when you say this, we are colleagues, comrades-in-arms, household screening is our task, our duty, if you don't go because of greed for life and fear of death, you and I can't be alone when the epidemic spreads, and we can't be alone in benefiting the life and death of the country, if this epidemic has to use a certain amount of life to stop it, I am willing to exchange my life for others a chance to live, if you and I are destined to face death, I hope that I can stand in front of you when death comes。 Sun Lei and Liu Tao were silent, they never thought that one day it would be Zhang Xian who taught them a lesson, and no one dared to imagine that Zhang Xian, who usually seems to be submissive, would be able to say such shocking remarks.
Liu Tao was silent for a while, and solemnly apologized to Zhang Xian: "I'm sorry Zhang Xian, I was just joking with you, let's go together, no matter what the road ahead, we will face it together." After Liu Tao finished speaking, he stretched out his palm, Sun Lei also stretched out his hand, Zhang Xian reacted and stretched out his hand, the three powerful palms were tightly clenched together, and the power seemed to be able to shatter all the ghosts and spirits in the world.
The ambulance drove slowly in the snow, and the three high-spirited soldiers looked resolutely ahead, and a battle officially began in the face of the snowstorm.
Sun Lei, who is in the southwest of the motherland, has never seen much snow, and the ambulance in the southwest border is not suitable for driving in the snow. Sun Lei three people got out of the car to see, it turned out that the ambulance skidding and slid to the drainage ditch on the side of the road, the two wheels on the right were stuck in the drainage ditch, the whole body looked from afar as if someone had unloaded a row of wheels and lay on the road obliquely, after a short exchange with the driver, Sun Lei and the three of them determined that the car would not be able to return to the normal driving state for a while and a half, as the captain of Liu Tao turned on the mobile phone navigation, after searching for the destination, he found that there were eight or nine kilometers, after thinking about it a little, Liu Tao decisively decided to go on foot, it is estimated that the roadside rescue will not be able to catch up for a while and a half on this heavy snow mountain, even if it arrives, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in the next journeyIt's better to just not move forward.
With medical supplies on their backs and the ambulance driver waiting for rescue, the trio walked on foot towards the goal.
The cold wind whistled on his face, Sun Lei only felt that the sensation on his face was slowly disappearing, because he was carrying things and constantly walking, but his body felt warmer and warmer, and he sweated after a while, and the sweat-soaked thermal underwear was wet and sticking to his body, Sun Lei only felt that his back was itchy.
Carrying the supplies, stepping on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the three of them supported each other forward, along the way, everyone fell a lot, but fortunately, the thick snow was spread on the ground like a soft mat, and the three of them finally did not suffer any substantial injuries.
Eight or nine kilometers is not far away, and if an athlete runs eight or nine kilometers, it is estimated that it is a meal, and it will not be too difficult for girls to walk around the street for eight or nine kilometers. Eight or nine kilometers away, three strong laborers walked in the snow for more than two hours before they could reach it.
In the end, there was only one kilometer left, Sun Lei felt numb all over his body, especially the two legs were itchy and hot as if there were ants crawling in the muscles, Sun Lei looked at Zhang Xian next to him, this handsome guy had a thick layer of snow on his head, as if he had put his head into the snow and rolled, and then looked at Liu Tao, Liu Tao's lenses were a thick layer of ice, I saw him pressing his eyes down, just like many elderly people wearing reading glasses, squinting and staring at the road.
Finally arrived at the destination, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and the hours of hard work were finally not in vain.
Kemayi Village is a remote Yi village in the north of the county, the whole village has a total of more than 30 households, because of the remote geographical location, coupled with the high slopes of the mountains and steep slopes and less cultivated land, the young and middle-aged people in the village have all gone out to work, the village has become lively with the arrival of the Spring Festival, and the young and middle-aged people who have gone out for a year have rushed back from various places in the motherland, bringing popularity to the village, according to the past customs, at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the village should be the most lively, but this year because of the existence of the epidemic, the whole village is deserted, Sun Lei and the three of them walked in the village, and there was no one on the empty village road。
Kemayi Village was confirmed yesterday a case of new crown pneumonia infection, the patient lives in Luhan all the year round, and returned to his hometown near the Spring Festival, which should have been a happy and happy thing, but who would have thought that it would bring disaster to the whole village, not long after the patient was picked up by ambulance, the whole village knew that the left-behind elderly in the village did not know what the new crown pneumonia was, but after the name of the village that returned to the hometown explained, the whole village exploded, and everyone was shrouded in the shadow of fear, so that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, all families were closed, and there was no one on the empty village road。
"Dr. Liu, where do we start?" Zhang Xian asked. Liu Tao thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the village chief first." Liu Tao took Sun Lei and Zhang Xian, knocked on the door of a nearby house, the door opened, and the door opened was a sixty or seventy-year-old uncle, the uncle saw three doctors wearing white coats and wearing masks standing at the door, and asked suspiciously: "Who are you looking for?" Liu Tao said: "Uncle, we are doctors from the county hospital, and we are appointed by the county to go to your village for screening to prevent other people in the village from being infected." ”
As soon as Liu Tao's words fell, the old man cried: "We are relieved that you are here, thank you for still worrying about our people, do you know, we have been looking forward to you since this morning, but this heavy snow covers the mountain, I thought you would not come." The uncle's cry attracted the attention of the family, and a voice came from the house, "Dad, who is coming?" Then a middle-aged man walked out of the house, and the middle-aged man was obviously stunned when he saw Liu Tao and the three of them, and then stepped forward and said: "Hello, my name is Wang Xingwen, this is my father, do you have anything to do?"
"We are doctors from the county hospital, and we want to go to the village chief's house first, and then go to the village committee to announce it on the radio. Liu Tao said to Wang Xingwen. "Come on, come in, come in. Wang Xingwen dodged out of the way and invited Liu Tao and the three of them into the house.
This is a lively big family, three generations of the same family has to have eight or nine people at home, the first time I saw Liu Tao and the three, everyone's eyes were full of deep vigilance, even four or five years old children are not excluded, it is obvious that this family has reached a consensus, stay away from all strangers.
Wang Xingwen explained the intention of the three of them, and the family let down their guard, and then took out fruit cakes to entertain Liu Tao and the three.
Wang Xingwen's mother is a kind old man, from her son's mouth to know that the three doctors are here to help their village, the old man got up and walked towards the kitchen, saying that he would let the three of them eat before they go, the old people in the countryside are very simple and simple, they feel that people are here to help them, how can they cook a meal for others. "Auntie, don't be busy, we still have a task, so we won't eat at your place. Liu Tao hurriedly stopped the eldest mother.
"You're here to help us, it's going to make you hungry, you wait, I'll cook for you, Xingwen, hurry up and kill a chicken again. "Auntie, don't be busy, we just had dinner. Sun Lei hurriedly said. "Child, you can't fool me, just look at the ice cubes on your bodies and know that you are still hungry, you are here to save our village, how can I make you hungry, don't say that you have rules, I don't know so much as a rural woman, I just want to cook a meal for my life-saving benefactor." The old lady said with red eyes.
"Auntie, you don't need to say that, it is our responsibility to treat the sick and save people, we are working, this is what we deserve. Sun Lei said. The old lady wiped a handful of tears and said: "Child! How can there be so many shoulds, who is not raised by his father's mother? Whose life is not more expensive than who's gold, you have come so far to save people during the Chinese New Year, my old woman said something from the heart, you are my relatives, when you come here, you are at your own home, Xingwen, go find a few sets of clothes for them to change, these children's clothes are soaked." As he spoke, a mist began to rise on Sun Lei's three bodies.
Wang Xingwen's wife hurriedly walked towards the room, and after a while, she came out with a few sets of clothes, sent them to Sun Lei and the others, and said: "I washed all these clothes, don't dislike them, hurry up and change them!" After speaking, without waiting for the three of them to speak, they stuffed the clothes into the arms of Zhang Xian, who was nearby. Zhang Xian hurriedly took the clothes, and then wanted to return them to Wang Xingwen's daughter-in-law, Liu Tao gave Zhang Xian a look, and Zhang Xian said, "Thank you, sister-in-law." The three of them changed their clothes and came out of the room, the table was already set up with a steaming meal, the chicken was stewed in a pressure cooker on a stove in the house, the old lady was putting dishes and chopsticks on the table, and when she saw the three of them change their clothes and came out, she beckoned the three of them to sit down and must eat something before leaving.