Chapter 309: Disaster Relief
The villagers who came to seek treatment were from Liushugou, two old ladies wearing shabby cotton jackets and carrying a gray-faced woman on a makeshift stretcher.
The old lady was covered with a torn quilt sewn with patches, and it was estimated that the cotton inside was no longer warm. 0.
Seeing Bai Ling coming, the two men knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but they were already frozen, and the kowtowing action was very difficult, and their lips trembled several times and they couldn't say a complete word.
"Take them next door to warm up for a while." After Bai Ling finished speaking, he said to the two skinny men: "I will do my best, you will disturb me here." ”
When the brothers heard this, they hurriedly helped each other to get up and left with the girl.
Bai Ling lifted the quilt, took the old lady's cold hand to check the pulse, and his eyebrows habitually wrinkled.
is old, malnourished all the year round, has a deep body, and is attacked by the cold air, even if he is rescued, he can only be raised in the future, and he will not live for a few years.
"Before the man is carried to the bed, put two more braziers at the door." After Bai Ling said a word, he turned around and went to clean his hands, preparing to give the old lady a needle.
Although surgery is not required, in the case of the old lady, silver acupuncture points are needed to dredge the meridians and stimulate the operation of internal organs, and the next step is to treat the disease.
Bai Cao hurriedly followed Bai Ling's words, and Bai Xing and Bai Xiaoshan even had the insight to go to the inner room to get Bai Ling's coat and a quilt specially prepared for the patient.
When Bai Sanshu arrived, he went to the next door and talked to the pair of brothers.
"Don't be afraid, my daughter's medical skills are better than the doctors in the town, and she will try her best to treat the old lady." Bai Sanshu didn't know the situation, and he didn't dare to say anything about packing tickets.
The brothers drank hot water and sat on the kang again, although they were still shivering, but it was much better than before.
"Multi-...... Thanks a lot. In the future, I will be a cow and a horse...... Repay the county lord. The elder brother choked up, and the younger brother nodded vigorously.
"My daughter-in-law is going to prepare a meal for you, and someone will bring you two sets of cotton clothes in a while, and you can change them into hot ones and tell me what happened to other villages." Bai Sanshu saw that the two of them were frozen like this, and it would be difficult to talk about anything, so he said hello and went out.
This year's heavy snowfall has certainly affected Nanshan Village, but most of the homes are blue brick houses, and the damage is not serious.
But other villages will not be so lucky, I am afraid that people will die.
Tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Bai Sanshu, who originally planned to provide disaster relief after the New Year, couldn't bear it after seeing this family, so he planned to discuss it with the Bailiu clan.
"If you want to do it, you can live as many big years as you want in your life, but those who suffer, if there is no one to help them, I am afraid that they will never be able to celebrate the New Year again." When the Shiryu clan heard what Bai Sanshu meant, they expressed their full support.
"Hey! Then I'll arrange for people to send things to a few nearby villages, and I can help one by one. "Bai San set up his horse and was about to go out.
"Wait a minute."
Bai Liushi stopped Bai Sanshu and put the big coat on him.
"I won't stop you from helping others, but you also have to take care of yourself. You ask people to prepare the grain, and then go to the village to borrow an ox cart, and see what the village chief and the patriarch mean, the people in our village are kind. I looked at the arrangement at home, how many cotton clothes, quilts and so on could be made, and then sent them over. ”
After all, it's not the first time disaster relief, but the Bailiu clan has a spectrum in their hearts.
"My daughter-in-law is so nice." Bai Sanshu laughed.
"Fool!" Bai Liu's face flushed, it was not suitable to say such things at this time, so he patted Bai Sanshu's chest and said, "I'll go to my father's house, what are their roots over there, see what arrangements they have." ”
"Done." Bai Sanshu nodded, understanding what the Bai Liu clan meant.
No matter why the Liu family couldn't return to their roots in the first place, there were many relatives there, and the two old men were also anxious.
As the Bailiu clan said, after the village chief and the patriarch knew that the disaster outside was serious, they called the villagers to discuss the disaster relief together.
The villagers of Nanshan Village are living a good life, and in addition, there are victims from the south who are not afraid of life and death to save them from the siege of horse bandits, and the villagers believe that good deeds will be rewarded, and they are willing to contribute.
As for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the old people in the family eat it with the children, and they do good deeds, even if they can't worship the ancestors, they believe that the ancestors will not blame.
After Bai Ling settled the old lady here, he went to meet the two victims and asked about the situation after the snow disaster.
"A lot of people died, and many broke their arms and legs. Our village chief took the lead in relocating all the villagers whose houses collapsed, and they will not freeze to death for the time being, but ......" The brothers covered their faces and wept when they talked about it.
The family is gone, the little money that I have saved over the years is all gone, and some people are gone, how should I live in the future?
"Your mother's body is not very good, and it is not suitable for moving on this snowy day, it is estimated that there will be a fever in the past two days, let the old man live here for a few days, and there will be someone at home to take care of it, you can rest assured."
Bai Ling rubbed her eyebrows, the situation was a little better than she thought, but the follow-up was still a problem.
"If you two can hold on, come with me and have a look. If I can, I'll do my best. ”
"County Lord!" The brothers were moved to kneel and kowtow.
When he heard that Bai Ling was willing to take in the old lady, he was happy and grateful, but he was afraid that he would not be able to pay the money, so he was embarrassed.
"County Lord, how much silver do you get for the consultation and medicine, as well as the expenses of the past few days?" The younger brother asked embarrassedly.
"The consultation fee is ten yuan, the medicine fee is thirty yuan, and the cost of food and accommodation in these days is ten yuan, and the elderly can only eat light, and they can't eat more."
Bai Ling thought for a moment and said a price equivalent to free diagnosis and treatment.
The brothers knew that Bai Ling had mercy on them, but it was true that there was no money, so they blushed and took out all the dozens of dollars in their arms, but there were a few more.
"The great grace of the county lord, our brother will definitely repay it." The two brothers knew in their hearts that even the meal they had at the Bai family today would not be able to pay ten cents.
The girl stepped forward to collect the copper coins and returned the excess to the brothers.
"You go and see the old man's house, and I'll have someone take you both over later." Bai Ling said, put down the big and went out.
It has been snowing heavily for many days, and the weather is a little colder, even if Bai Ling wears it so heavily, he will be blown by the cold wind when he goes out, and his hands and feet will be cold after a long time.
When Bai Ling was treating the old lady, Bai Sanshu and his family had already divided and cooperated, and the first batch of relief materials to be sent out had been loaded into the carriage.
The southern disaster victims who stayed in the Bai family to do long-term work also took the initiative to come over to help, and donated as much as possible what could be vacated at home, and no one felt more sympathetic than them and was willing to do their part.
After returning to the house to change clothes suitable for going out, Bai Ling took the time to write a letter to Shangguan Yu, asking how the situation was at the border and whether he needed her support.
Asking the dark guard to deliver the letter, Bai Ling let out a sigh of relief as he went out, and inserted his hands into his spacious sleeve pockets.
"Sure enough, it is a local custom, and this Northeast is really a necessary action to go out in winter." Bai Ling couldn't help but laugh and went out with the girl.
Due to the difficulty of the snowy road, the speed of the journey was more than three times slower than usual.
Whether it was a horse-drawn carriage or an ox-cart, they all pulled a lot of people or goods, and they did not dare to travel fast on the ice and snow roads.