Qin Xiao has been working in the infectious disease hospital for a period of time, and he has become familiar with all the work, and he has also put down all the previous things, so he also began to accept the management of leprosy patients.

For leprosy, it can be regarded as a relatively old disease, and it is said that Confucius's disciple Ran Boniu suffered from leprosy. For leprosy sufferers, it basically means stigma and alienation, but in remote villages, especially in culturally isolated mountain villages, awareness of the disease is often extremely poor.

For Qin Xiao and his colleagues at the Infectious Disease Hospital, the most critical issue is not how a doctor treats leprosy, but how to detect leprosy patients as soon as possible, and diagnose and treat them as soon as possible.

The whole county, except for the county seat, is surrounded by 18 townships and towns, each of which has poor and backward villages, and some even do not see outsiders for several years in the mountains, which is the most likely to cause the stubborn existence of infectious diseases like leprosy.

Qin Xiao mentioned to Dean Jia that he was willing to take the young doctor to conduct a carpet investigation from town to township and village to village, which was a very difficult task, and then the patients who were screened out were transferred to the hospital system for treatment in time. Dean Jia was very relieved to hear that this young man could work so hard, and immediately agreed, and at the same time assigned him a medical car in the hospital, and explained that he could come to him directly if he had any difficulties.

As a result, Qin Xiao began a long journey of screening and follow-up of leprosy patients in rural areas. In Qin Xiao's view, the most difficult job is not how to endure and how painful it is, but to take over the unfinished work, due to the huge loopholes in the investigation and screening process in previous years and the lack of actual personnel and funds, the credibility of the screening results is very poor, Qin Xiao simply no longer cares about this result, and directly starts from scratch and re-screens the entire area of responsibility.

Qin Xiao grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and walked briskly on the mountain roads, but the new doctors around him couldn't bear it, and he didn't blame these young people, but tried to encourage them, and the whole team atmosphere was harmonious and harmonious. And what really makes them realize the value of their work is that they slowly realize it in the process of work.

Today, Qin Xiao actually wanted to go south by the Daixi River to reach the two villages of Xiyu and Dongyu in the deep mountains in the south, and he also passed by his hometown Hedong Village, but his grandfather was not there, and he didn't have time to go home, so he drove all the way to the south and finally stopped in a valley.

Qin Xiao took off his shoes and carried them in his hands, when he stepped into the Daixi River again, there was suddenly an inexplicable calmness and comfort in his heart, this river, he waded when he was a child, and he also waded when he went to school, and now he waded again, the river water of the waves stirred up snow-white splashes at his knees, and the soles of his feet touched the pebbles and fine sand, and there was a feeling of return.

"The water of the waves is clear, and you can wet my hair; The water of the waves is turbid, and it can wet my feet. This is a famous sentence in "Mencius Lilou", and it is also recorded in Chu Ci's "Fisherman", which means that when the world is clear, we will be born and act, and if the world is turbid, we will rise and fall with it. Qin Xiao feels that no matter how many ups and downs we experience in life, we need this mentality to calm down, not to let us go with the flow, but to position ourselves, grasp ourselves, and then realize ourselves in the changes of the world.

Everyone carefully crossed the river with the medical kit on their backs and went all the way into the mountains.

When he came to the village committee of Dongyu Village, Qin Xiao briefly described the main symptoms of leprosy patients, and the village chief led Qin Xiao's medical team to visit the families of suspected patients in the village one by one.

In Dongyu Village, Qin Xiao and his colleagues found a case in the home of a family of four, an elderly lady who had been suffering from macular rashes on her skin many years ago, her eyebrows had gradually fallen out, her face was bloated, and now her hands and feet were numb and deformed. At the beginning of the period, the family also asked someone to treat, but it didn't work out, the old lady always thought that she was old, her legs and feet were not flexible, and she didn't care, and everyone saw that it had been basically diagnosed from the symptoms and medical history. So Qin Xiao asked his family and two colleagues to send the old man to the hospital for confirmed examination and treatment, and the family also had to conduct a special examination to see if there was any infection.

At this time, it was already noon, and Qin Xiao didn't have time to go down the mountain to go back to eat, so he casually ate two bites of snacks he brought with him, and then went to Xiyu Village with his colleagues to continue working.

Xiyu Village is located in a valley surrounded by mountains in the north, south and west, and at the bottom of the valley is a stream that flows east of the mountain. At this time, it is the dry season, and there is very little water in the stream, and some sections have even been cut off, and you can see the craggy rocks at the bottom of the valley and the traces of vicissitudes washed by the river. The entire stream eventually joins the Daixi River, which runs through the county, and Xiyu Village is on the hillside between the river and Beishan, where you can see the morning sun reflecting on the windowsill in the morning and the darkness early in the evening. Qin Xiao came once when he was a child, and he only remembered that the apricots and peaches in this place were exceptionally sweet, thinking about it, Qin Xiao couldn't help but drool, but this season, it was not the time for apricots and peaches to bear fruit, and he couldn't appreciate the beautiful memories of childhood again this time.

The old man found in Xiyu Village really couldn't help but be sad, and when he saw the situation at that time, the young female colleagues around him were distressed and shed tears. The old man's surname was Song, he was a shepherd, in addition to farming, he made a living by herding sheep and cattle, his son died early, and his daughter-in-law remarried, leaving only one grandson. But a few years ago, I didn't know what was going on, but I felt that my legs and feet were not flexible, and there were pimples on many parts of the skin, and then nodules.

After a few years, there was no treatment, and now his feet have festered below the knees, and no one in the village knows what is going on, but this old man has a demonic spirit, so he does not dare to approach, and the old man and his grandson depend on each other.

Soon after, the house collapsed, and the old man and his grandson lived in their own cowshed.

When Qin Xiao came to the old man, he saw that the quilt was black and even shiny, and the quilt was like the internal organs of a toad that had burst its belly, and the "tongue" was spit out from the hole in the quilt everywhere. The whole cowshed is full of cow dung, flies are flying, and the cow next to it is flicking its tail to drive away mosquitoes and flies. It may have rained a few days ago, or it may have been low-lying and damp, and the cow's hooves kept stepping on muddy footprints next to the old man's bedding, and then they were filled with muddy and black sewage mixed with cow dung, and there was a constant gurgling and snorting bubble sound, which was extremely disgusting.

A pair of small eyes sneaked out of the firewood pile to watch them, Qin Xiao went over and hugged the child-it was the old man's grandson, who was already skinny.

In fact, the grandparents and grandchildren have been living like this, the old man cannot move, he lives in the cowshed, and the child goes to herd cattle and sheep to live. But unfortunately, in the past few days, grandpa suddenly had a high fever that did not go away, and he didn't eat a few bites of the food he wanted, and he fell unconscious and dying this morning.

The nurse beside her couldn't bear to look at it, so she turned her back and fell on the trunk of the tree and cried bitterly.

Qin Xiao hurriedly went over and lifted the futon and picked up the old man, the old man's hands and feet were already rotten and rotten, all of them were gone, and after he lifted the futon, there was a rotten stench, he didn't have time to take care of a lot, and quickly asked the nurse next to him, who was no longer able to look directly, to inject intravenous glucose to replenish energy. Without saying a word, he picked up the old man on his back, asked the nurse to lead the child and ran down the mountain.

Qin Xiao ran down the mountain with his arms, and the colleague next to him followed with a hanging bottle, accidentally, his shoes fell off, and the soles of his feet were stuck on a sharp stone knife, and he immediately donated blood, and the nurse was busy disinfecting and bandaging him, and before the bleeding was completely stopped, he put on his shoes and hurried down the mountain, he was already full of guilt and self-blame at this time, hating himself for not being able to come a day earlier. As soon as I got off the mountain and crossed the Daixi River, the car drove the siren to the hospital all the time.

Of course, I went to the emergency department of the county hospital first. After a day of treatment, the old man's high fever gradually subsided, and he regained consciousness, although it was just an ordinary wind chill, but the old man's body was extremely weak, and after a few days of observation, the old man's body recovered, and then he was transferred to the ward of the infectious disease hospital.

On the same day, the old man took a comfortable hot bath with his grandson, and put on the clean hospital gown prepared by the nurse.

After a few days, the old man didn't feel like a world away, when he saw Qin Xiao and his colleagues, he couldn't help but cry, in the dark, he thought he was going to die, but he didn't expect God to let Qin Xiao and them appear in time, and saved their grandfather and grandson, he couldn't help but be grateful, knelt down and kowtowed.

Qin Xiao's parents died since he was a child, and he depended on his grandfather for his life, how could he not experience this feeling, and hurriedly picked up the old man's crippled hands and helped him fall on the bed. Sue sù old man said:

"Don't be like this, this is our job, and I have already taken care of your cattle and sheep with the help of the comrades of the village committee, so you can treat your illness here with peace of mind, and make arrangements when you are ready."

When the old man heard this, he was choked up and speechless.

The old man's name is Song Qinsheng, 54 years old this year, but he looks like he is in his seventies, and his grandson's name is Song Xiwa, who has just turned six years old this year. Xiwa has been with her grandfather for many years, and she may have been immune, but she was not infected with leprosy.

Before I knew it, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the old man Song Qinsheng's illness had basically recovered. All the index tests are also negative, and I am about to be discharged from the hospital. But in the past few days, Qin Xiao has been busy outside, trekking through mountains and rivers, screening patients, and some patients still need to change their dressings regularly at home, so sometimes they can only spend the night in the house of the village committee and have not come back for a few days, but the old man Song Qinsheng said that he would stay and wait for Qin Xiao to come back, and then leave after the festival.

Qin Xiao didn't sweep away the old man's interest, so he greeted the colleagues on duty on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone bought moon cakes together, and prepared dumplings together, Song Qinsheng's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he could only use a wheelchair, but Xiwa threw herself into Qin Xiao's arms, very happy. I feel that Qin Xiao is like a big brother, and with this brother's care, I won't be afraid of my grandfather and myself all day long.

Originally, Qin Xiao planned to apply for a relief fund for the old man, and then find a nursing home, and find a school for Xiwa, but the old man insisted on going back, Qin Xiao had no choice, and had to respect the old man's choice.

Xu Shaoqing also often came to Qin Xiao's unit to visit him, but after agreeing with Qin Xiao in advance, Qin Xiao often went out due to accidents, and when he went out, he didn't see him all day, and he didn't see him several times.

Finally I was free tonight in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Shaoqing was on duty during the day, so he didn't go home to see his parents, he made an appointment with Qin Xiao to go to Meng Fan to play at night, and Qin Xiao also agreed, but Qin Xiao also had to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the old man later this time, so when he arrived at the bar where Meng Fan worked, it was already half past nine in the evening.

Meng Fan couldn't help asking, "Qin Xiao, what are you busy with these days?" Why are you busier than you are in the cardiology department? Xu Shaoqing also said the same problem.

Qin Xiao smiled: "Hey, isn't it the leprosy screening work that gives me a headache?" In the remote areas of our county, there are still many leprosy patients. ”

Qin Xiao sighed and said, "You don't know, I don't know what to do, those patients in the late stage of leprosy, now we are managing several, the disease is cured, but this gangrene is difficult to do, and they are all elderly, how much blood sugar is high, it is too difficult to heal, and some of them are rotten to the knees, so they can't be amputated from the thighs again." ”

Xu Shaoqing took a sip of wine, suddenly remembered something, and said:

"Qin Xiao, I heard my parents say that your old Qin family is a traditional Chinese medicine ancestor, and you have a good treatment for trauma, Grandpa Qin is good at this, why don't you ask grandpa."

Qin Xiao woke up like a dream, happily picked up the wine glass and toasted Xu Shaoqing, and said:

"It's decided, I'll take leave tomorrow to go to my uncle in the provincial capital and go to my grandfather to learn the scriptures." Qin Xiao really didn't want to say more about his work, so he asked:

"Shaoqing, you have been with Zhai Congying for a while, what's the matter, have you considered getting married?"

Xu Shaoqing was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, I think you should hurry up and find a girlfriend, last time that He Jing I saw that people were already with Zhang Haojian, you are out of play, but Su Xiaoman's side I think this shaved head is waiting for you to be hot." ”

Meng Fan also nodded and said: "What Shaoqing said is right, in fact, you two are very good together, what did Shaoqing say last time, this hates a person when he hates it and is bored if he doesn't hate it, I like it, I see you and Su Xiaoman just stretching it out, sooner or later there will be a time when you will suffer." ”

Xu Shaoqing also persuaded that he often watched the news, so he said: "You know US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, he has a famous saying, saying that those who know know that there are some things that we know and we know, and this is the best situation; There are those who know and those who don't know, that is, there are some things that we know we don't know, which is still said in the past; But there are some things that we don't know and we don't know, and that's the worst. ”

Qin Xiao said slightly: "I am the third type." ”

Xu Shaoqing smiled and said, "Of course not, you are not the three, you are the fourth, that is, you don't know, that is, you and Su Xiaoman don't know and already know, this situation is the most romantic." ”