Chen Shi's eyes glanced at the people who were looking at him, and after hesitating, he said, "Look, do you want to find a boat, cross the river in danger, and go to Jianghuai City for a walk?" ”

I suddenly raised my head and looked in the direction of Master Chen with some confusion.

As soon as he finished speaking, some of the medical hall disciples sitting in the room stood up and looked at Master Chen and said, "Doctor Chen, the owner of the house has already explained to you before. ”

"At present, it is on the north side of the river, leading directly to the nearest waterway of the Jianghuai River, and it is guarded by soldiers from the government."

"Besides, during this time, the ships are under control, where are we going to find a boat that can cross the river."

I listened to him, my brow furrowed, and in an instant my hand reached into my sleeve, and my brow furrowed again.

Master Chen's eyes flickered, and he responded to the disciple of the medical hall: "This is indeed a problem, let me go and discuss it with the owner of the house first." ”

Chen Shi changed his tone and raised his voice a little: "However, I am now asking for the opinions of the big guys, to exclude the search for the ship, and to ask if you are willing to go to Jianghuai in danger?" ”

Everyone in the room looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell silent for a while.

The sound of rain outside the window kept beating on the leaves, and the rain lines under the eaves gathered like a curtain.

The weather is not beautiful, such a heavy rain, down overnight, I am afraid that the river will continue to rise.

The people in the room began to exchange words in twos, but none of them came out loudly and affirmatively to answer Dr. Chen.

After a few moments, I observed the expressions of the crowd and opened my mouth to make a round. "Teacher, it's getting late, everyone has a good night's rest, and tomorrow morning we will gather in this room for discussion, and we must always give some time to think about it."

Master Chen sighed and said, "Then listen to Xiaolin's construction." “

The expressions on everyone's faces were different, and they dispersed one after another, leaving only me and Master Chen in the same room.

Master Chen saw that the things I was going to bring were well organized. couldn't help but praise and said: "Xiaolin, you and I came out of the sky, I was still suspicious at the beginning, worried that you wouldn't be able to endure hardship." “

"I didn't expect it. Along the way, you are the one who plays the biggest role. ”

I glanced in the direction of Master Chen, and said with a smile: "Teacher, you just know, I'm afraid my role is not only this. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Master Chen said hesitantly.

"I'm not sure now, it's hard to say, you let me sell it first."

I paused, staring out the window at the rain and my heart ebb and flow.

Master Chen glanced at me with interest, and said with a smile on his face: "The little girl is mysterious. ”

"It's not." I smiled, and said. "Teacher, it's not something I can decide, I don't dare to say it without being completely sure."

"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."

According to my understanding, the biggest question raised by the brothers and sisters of the Fangcai Medical Center. It's a problem with the boats.

After all, with the ban of the government on their heads, it is not easy to find a boat under their noses in the north of Jianghuai, and it is not a small boat that can accommodate one or two people.

Just thinking about this difficult premise, I was worried about this trip, and Chen Shi's proposal to cross the river in danger.

Their mood is completely understandable.

Pressing matter. It is to implement the impossible things that make them doubt come true, so that they have enough confidence to discuss the next action plan with them.

If you can't find a well to draw water, is it useful to just discuss how many buckets of water to fetch?

This premise has been achieved. Based on my understanding of this group of brothers and sisters, at least half of them are willing to follow, most of them are children of poor families, and they are also diligent in their work in the hospital, so they followed Master Chen to Jianghuai this time. I was ready to go to the front line for a long time.

According to conservative estimates, half of the number of people is already very much in line with my psychological expectations, and the purpose of coming to Jianghuai is very clear, the most important thing is the preparation for the construction of the Renshantang branch library.

It is equally important to treat the victims of the Jianghuai disaster, but the flood will eventually reced, and at that time, no matter how you look at it, the branch library will be more important.

Disaster relief is temporary, and the establishment of the hospital is a long-term guarantee to relieve their suffering.

Half of the people were able to follow us to Jianghuai, and the other half of the people just left the preliminary preparations for the construction of the branch library, and performed their own duties, so that they could complete this trip to Jianghuai with the greatest possible and highest efficiency.

I knew the whole process in my heart better than any of them.

The idea is made, or one word, boat!

The doctor is benevolent, of course Master Chen is right to go to the south bank to treat the victims, but he is the old man who got the order wrong, and what I want to do is to do my best to fill this gap.

"Teacher, you rest early, and I'll go see the people in the infirmary."

I picked up some of the medicine packets I had brought with me on the shelf, and before I pushed the door, I said goodbye to him as usual, clutching a folded piece of letter paper in my palm.

This is when it was almost dawn, Xiao Ning wrote it down and handed it to me.

Even if I am skeptical about the content on the paper, I absolutely believe in Xiao Ning's promise.

As soon as the lights came on, the houses in the courtyard were lit up.

I stretched out a large umbrella and walked along the path in the garden to the front yard.

Halfway down the road, around the cloister, I saw the housekeeper cleaning up the kitchen clutter.

When I asked, I found out that it was raining too heavily and that there was some leakage in one place, so I asked the eldest of them about the directions in the city.

After hearing this, he laughed, and said continuously: "Steward Lin, you can go and ask our master." ”

"There is a map of Jianghuai City and Jianghuai North in his study, if you look for it, wouldn't it be much clearer than if I was here to compare with you for a long time."

"Well, I'm afraid," I hesitated, "It's late now, your master is afraid that he will rest early, and I should disturb him rashly, right?" ”

"The master hasn't slept yet, so stay in the study and count the accounts for this time."

The little guy who helped the steward clean up the clutter interjected, "I saw it just now, and he also asked for a plate of snacks and a pot of tea for the kitchen to deliver." ”

"The accounts of several shops add up, I'm afraid I'm going to be busy for most of the night, you can go to the study to find him."

The steward is very experienced, and he packed the ticket with me.

As if he was worried that I would be embarrassed, the steward added: "When Dr. Chen came, the master gave instructions, so you don't have to worry." You are a disciple of Dr. Chen, so you don't need to see outside. ”

After thanking the steward, I followed the path they pointed me out, and went straight to the study in the courtyard to find the owner of this house.

The study is located in the northeast corner of the courtyard.

Put away the dripping umbrella. Standing under the eaves and knocking, I entered the house.

Sure enough, I saw a pile of messy accounts on the table, and the owner of the house buried his head in them without even raising his head, and when he saw me enter, he was stunned for a moment before he got up to talk to me

After finishing the accounts, it was the fastest I could do, and the head of the house approving: "Xiaolin." I talked to Dr. Chen, and he also said that if I hadn't known that you were Dr. Chen's right-hand man, I would have wanted to keep you here to do things for me. ”

With the foreshadowing of the effort, I looked at the map near Jianghuai City in the study. After seeing the terrain above, I silently memorized several important places, including the next place I was going to. "Thank you."

Before I went out, I thanked the head of the house.

He shook his head and said, "It's me who should be thanked, you did a great favor, if you hadn't gone to your hometown if you hadn't gone to the accounting office." During this period of flooding, the steward of the shop resigned, and the account books I handed in here will not be messed up like this. "With your help, I don't have to stay up all night tonight."

"Xiaolin, it's getting late, you're going to the city for a walk, do you want me to let the people and carriages take you out?"

"No, no, no." I refused repeatedly, and said embarrassedly, "I'm a newcomer to Jianghuai City, and I want to go to the streets of Jianghuai North in the mountain city, and I originally planned to go tomorrow morning." ”

"I'm afraid that the teacher will come to me in the morning. Thinking that there is nothing important today, it is better to go out now, just walk around the neighborhood, and dare not bother with the carriage to send me. ”

"Besides, I don't have a clear purpose, just hang out."

From the time he stayed in the study to help him sort out his accounts, the rain had decreased, and although it was still drizzling, it was much better than before.

What I said sounded more reasonable.

Going to the kitchen to retrieve the medicine bag I had just stored there, I went out through the side door of the house, all the way in the direction I had noticed after looking at the map.

Bypassing a few streets, it's rare, and the rain is so light that you don't have to hold an umbrella.

I walked through a quiet alley, took out the letter that Xiao Ning had given me from my bosom, and after making sure that it was correct, I walked forward until I stopped in front of an ordinary-looking mansion and knocked on the door

When I got up in the morning, Master Chen woke up earlier than me, but the people in the hospital were nowhere to be seen, I got up from the bed and walked out of the room only to hear Master Chen shouting to me: "Xiaolin, wake up?" ”

"The people from the infirmary have come, I sent them to breakfast, thinking about letting the girl sleep a little longer, where did you run last night, I heard the porter say that I came back in the middle of the night, and I almost ran into the guards patrolling the city."

"Teacher," I said with a flush in my face, "I didn't bother to tell you last night, I went on an errand." ”

After the busy morning, a group of people gathered at my residence with Master Chen.

The topic remained the same, but a night's consideration was more or less enough for them to figure out the next arrangement.

It was stronger than I expected, and more than half of the people who were willing to follow us to the hardest-hit areas on the south coast, a full seventy percent.

I picked out two of them and asked them to stay in Jianghuai North to prepare for the construction of the new museum.

Together with Master Chen, we formed a small team of people and prepared to leave.

"Doctor Chen, you said last night that you would discuss the matter of the ship with the head of this family." A young disciple in the medical hall said hesitantly, "Have you found it?" ”

I exchanged glances with Master Chen, and I smiled at the little junior brother: "The boat is ready, and the next thing depends on God's decision, whether it can be crossed or not." ”

"Let's go to the northern suburbs of Jianghuai, close to the Shilipo ferry port of the big river."