Chapter 44: Aftermath
The earth-shattering earthquake has passed, and although the news was received in advance, it is inevitable that many people will be injured or even die due to various reasons.
Although some people were frightened during the earthquake, accidentally fell and were trampled on, but because a small number of people in the neighboring villages were either unconcerned about the ground movement, or lived in a remote place, they were not well informed, so they stayed at home and did not leave, so that they were crushed under the broken houses, but fortunately, in this era, there are fewer brick houses, fewer buildings, and no high-rise buildings, and the losses are much smaller than in modern times.
Xiaoru asked her subordinates to take her mother-in-law back first, but she just pulled Meng Nier and Xiaoyan and told them to be careful of the aftershocks, not to let her mother-in-law live in the house for the time being, and to move back when things arrived.
As for Xiaoru, she naturally stayed on the side of the Compassion Medical Association to help.
Not only the Compassion Medical Association and medical officials, but also famous doctors from the capital and the surrounding areas also gathered to participate in the disaster relief work, of course, the work of rescuing the victims from the rubble was done by male apprentices and male nurses who were specially sent to save people, including Xiaoru, two female doctors, and four female nurses, who only stayed in the medical center, waiting for others to bring the patients to their eyes.
After three busy days, he finally finished the work at hand, Lou Yi worked hard to squeeze out a little time to rush home, and was relieved to see that his mother was in good health, not injured, and did not become haggard.
To be honest, during the earthquake, although he has been staying by the saint and the old man's side, but his mind is full of thoughts about his mother and Xiaoru, for fear that they will be hurt, after such a disaster, Lou Yi really understands that he is no longer alone, now, he has a family and relatives, and he has an obstacle in his heart, in the future, he will imagine as before, for the task assigned by the old man or the saint, he will not spare his life and go on a rampage, which is amazing!
You must know that when he and Ding Feng were doing things in the past, the old man always told them with a worried face that the most important thing is safety, to be cautious, and that they would rather do nothing and just seek stability, and not take risks casually At that time, the two of them didn't pay much attention to it.
"Huh...... What about Sister Xiaoru? ”
"I don't know now that I'm looking for a daughter-in-law." Mrs. Lou glanced at him, "My daughter-in-law is helping in the medical center outside the city, you hurry up and take a look, I stewed a pot of chicken soup for her in the kitchen, and she has been stewing since last night, it is an old hen that still lays eggs, you bring it over, and give your daughter-in-law a good life." ”
Mother has an order, how could Lou Yi not listen, besides, he is really a little worried about his future daughter-in-law.
The medical clinic is located outside the west gate of the capital, and at this time it is full of people and busy. It has been three days and three nights since the earthquake occurred, during which there have been two more small-scale aftershocks, and the number of patients has gradually increased, so that this small place is full of injuries and fields. Almost every doctor was so tired that his eyes were black, but the doctors in the distance couldn't catch up because of the inconvenience of transportation, so everyone had to hold on.
When Xiaolou arrived in the west of the city, he saw a flow of people carrying door panels, straw mats, and wooden stretchers shuttling back and forth, and there were one or twenty patients waiting to see a doctor in front of seven or eight doctors, and there were countless people rushing to this side behind them.
Everyone here is anxious and quick to act, a few older doctors, holding red, blue, yellow bamboo sticks, check the patients one by one, and insert the bamboo sticks on the patient's clothes, and the other young people start to arrange the time for the patients to see the doctor according to the bamboo sticks.
Lou Yi nodded thoughtfully, feeling that the color on the bamboo stick probably represents the severity of the disease, which is a good way to avoid serious injuries, because you will lose your life without effective treatment......
After watching it for a while, I finally got in touch with a doctor: "Excuse me...... Is Dr. Gao here? He remembered that the doctors of the Compassion Medical Association were different from those in Wuchang, and they all directly called Xiaoru 'Doctor Gao'.
"Later, last." The doctor simply spit out two words, and then ran away in a hurry, Lou Yi had no choice but to ask while looking for it.
When he followed the instructions of the doctors, he worked hard to come to a simple shed in the back, and saw Xiao Ru at a glance, Xiao Ru at this time, unlike what she had seen at home before, her hair bun was messy, there were blue bags under her eyes, and her eyes obviously showed a trace of exhaustion, she was half-kneeling on the grass, talking softly to a little girl with a broken thigh, her face was gentle and serious, her hands were half a minute, neatly straightening her bones, bandaging, her movements were light and fast, and the little girl was almost not in much pain.
Lou Yi watched Xiao Ru deal with the patients one by one in a daze, and after a while, seeing that many people were busy, he was embarrassed to watch, and hurriedly helped to do some bandaging, grasping medicine and other work within his ability, during which Lou Yi and Xiao Ru only chatted and said a few words, and they were all about the patient, and finally stayed up until noon, Lou Yi took advantage of the time when an elderly patient was treated and carried away, pulled Xiao Ru out, and handed over the already cold chicken soup.
"I'm tired, drink some chicken soup, my mother boiled it for you herself, and I stayed up all night."
Xiao Ru was stunned, looking at Brother Xiao Lou's earnestness, vaguely revealing a trace of pity on his face, his heart moved inexplicably, and sighed, of course she wanted to drink the chicken soup boiled by her mother-in-law, otherwise, wouldn't she have disappointed her mother-in-law's intentions, but ......, "Brother Xiaolou, it's inconvenient for me to drink too much soup now, so let's drink a few spoonfuls, and you take the rest of the chicken soup to the doctors who take turns to drink." ”
Lou Yi's face was full of doubts, but unfortunately, Xiao Ru ran to help treat the patient again, he didn't have time to ask, there was no way, Lou Yi had to follow Xiao Ru's explanation, and take the chicken soup to those doctors who took turns to enjoy.
It's just that Lou Yi was a little surprised to see the performance of these doctors, those who were resting, they were all drinking tea, gulping down hot, fragrant food, but the doctors who were busy, only hungry, only took the time to nibble on a few mouthfuls of dry food, look like that, bite and eat little by little, eat very little, and the water is just used to rub their lips, and they don't drink if they can.
Lou Yi finally couldn't help his curiosity, and leaned over to find a doctor who was eating and asked.
This middle-aged doctor, who happens to be from the Compassion Medical Association, rushed over after the earthquake, was busy for a day and two nights, rested today, ate at this time, and was in good spirits, and said with a smile when he heard Lou Yi's question: "It's not to save time, if you eat and drink too much, you will inevitably have to go to the toilet, under normal circumstances, it's okay, in case of an emergency and dangerous patient, other doctors can't catch up, delay for a while, it's human life......"
"There was no such rule before, I heard that this was a disaster relief in the epidemic area, Dr. Gao saw that another doctor was in a hurry to go to the toilet, delayed a patient, and almost lost the life that could have been saved, so I discussed with everyone, the doctors take care of themselves when they rest, try to be within the range of physical tolerance when working, drink less water, eat less......
Lou Yi was stunned and speechless...... However, there is a different kind of awe for the word 'medicine'......