Chapter 283: The Epidemic (2)
Look at the corpse, look at the blood that has just been vomited, as if it had just died.
"Child, don't cry. Don't be afraid, my sister will protect you! The female doctor crouched down in front of the little girl and hugged her tightly.
Soon after, two men came and carried the body away.
The little girl watched her parents leave her, and she couldn't help crying. Her haggard, red, swollen face had dried all her tears.
Also, looking at her yellow and thin face, I don't know how many days she hasn't eaten, she is obviously malnourished, and the clothes on her body are also very torn and dirty.
"Come, kid, don't cry, come with me." Holding back her tears, the female doctor took the little girl's hand and helped her to her feet.
"Sister, I don't have my mom and dad anymore, I miss my mom and dad...... Whining...... I miss my mom and dad...... Ah......h
When the little girl stood up, she threw herself into the arms of the female doctor and began to cry.
The female doctor hugged the little girl in her arms, stroked her hair, and looked up to the sky helplessly, as if praying to the sky, begging the sky to give some hope.
It can be seen that the female doctor's silent and sad face seems to want to cry, but she never sheds tears.
"If you want to cry, you can cry," Tong said.
"No need, if you cry a lot, you will be stronger." The female doctor replied.
Tong Xiaolai: "......"
Tong Xiaolai: "It's really not easy! ”
"Little sister, are you hungry?" Seeing such a poor little girl, Xia Yuxuan wanted to try to get close to her.
However, when the little girl saw the stranger, she hid to the other side of the female doctor in some fear, still holding the female doctor's thigh and crying.
"Little sister, don't be afraid, come to my sister's side." Xia Yuxuan still tried to get close to her, and then Xia Yuxuan immediately looked back at Tong Xiaolai, stretched out her hand to Tong Xiaolai to ask for something, and said, "Tong Xiaolai, give me the bread quickly." ”
"What?" Tong Xiaolai looked at these, his mind was still a little stunned, and some were not in a state.
"Oh, oh!" However, he quickly realized, unloaded his backpack, and took a delicious bread from the bag and gave it to her, because most of the things such as bullets, food, and water were in the backpack behind Tong Xiaolai.
Xia Yuxuan opened the bread and handed it to the little girl in a friendly way like a big sister.
The little girl was still a little scared at first, but looking at the soft bread, with all kinds of fillings in it, and the tantalizing fragrance it exuded, it was a big shock to her, both from the sense of sight and smell.
But when she saw that the bread had never seen it, it seemed to be delicious, and she was so hungry that she saw that the bread was a little shaken.
In the end, she couldn't take it anymore, but still took the bread, and immediately ate it in a big gulp, desperately stuffing it into her mouth, and eating it deliciously.
Seeing her eat so deliciously, Xia Yuxuan was also a lot more relieved, approached her, took out a tissue, and wiped away her tears and dirt on her face.
Seeing that she was eating fast, Xia Yuxuan got some drink from Tong Xiaolai and gave her something, and soon established a close relationship with her.
The little girl couldn't stop eating at all, and it seemed that she was really hungry.
"Thank you, thank you!" The female doctor thanked.
The female doctor took the little girl's hand and led everyone to her medical hall, and it didn't take long for them to arrive.
When I arrived at her medical hall, I saw a small building with two floors, divided into a hall and a backyard. The bottom is used to see a doctor, and the upper floor is used to live in people.
The main hall of the hospital is better, with fewer patients, and the backyard is more sick, isolated from the rudimentary facilities.
In the backyard, there are several people who are responsible for decocting medicines, taking care of the sick, and they are busy going in and out of the house with their mouths and noses covered.
Like the female doctors, they were the last volunteers in the village. Most of them are reluctant to leave their homeland and voluntarily stay and cooperate with the work of female doctors out of admiration and hope.
For them, they have lived in this village for generations, and this village is their home anyway. Their loved ones, their roots will always be here, this is their inseparable feeling, and they are not willing to leave just like that.
Therefore, they held on to the last glimmer of hope, and together with the female doctor and the village, they advanced and retreated together, shared hardships, and fought against this disease together.
However, it seems that even if a group of volunteers remains, there are too many patients, and there is obviously not enough manpower.
"Welcome in, it's been a long time since there have been guests in the village, we are naturally very happy to have you here, it stands to reason that we should entertain you well, but we look like this, we are really sorry." The female doctor felt very guilty about them.
"Oh, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. We have also seen your situation, we understand your situation very well, and it is really not easy for you. Tong Xiaolai said.
Tong Xiaolai and the others crossed the threshold and entered the medical hall, but they saw an old man sitting inside, holding some herbs in his hand, and his body looked quite fine.
"Grandma, see who's coming? There's a guest coming, grandma! The female doctor shouted to the old man, and warmly welcomed Tong Xiaolai and them in.
When the old grandmother saw Tong Xiaolai and them, she quickly put down the things in her hand, stood up and said happily: "Oh, it's you." It's been a long time since we've had a guest in our village, so welcome! ”
The female doctor introduced Tong Xiaolai to them: "This is my grandmother, she used to be a doctor, but she is famous, but she is amazing, I was brought up by my grandmother, and she also taught me medical skills." ”
"Alas, that was all before, now people are old, their eyes are dazzled, their heads are white, their bodies are useless, and now the village is infected with this disease, I'm afraid it won't be a few days to live." The old grandmother sighed.
"Grandma, don't say that, you're okay now, you're going to live a long life. Sit down, Grandma. Xia Yuxuan immediately helped her and said.
"Oh, this little baby is really good at talking. I said you, not only are you beautiful, but you are also so good at hurting people, if anyone marries you, it is really a blessing that someone cultivated in his previous life! Although my old lady is old, she is still quite accurate in looking at people. "The old lady loves it very much.
After hearing this, Tong Xiaolai secretly smiled on the side: "Yes, yes, it is really a blessing from the previous life." ”
Hearing Tong Xiaolai's laughter, Xia Yuxuan suddenly blushed a little and was embarrassed.
"Grandma, childe, and this sister, you talk first, I'll see the patient first." The female doctor is a few years older than Xia Yuxuan and has to be busy taking care of patients.
"Okay, go ahead, don't delay the treatment." Tong Xiaolai nodded.
"It's rude." After the female doctor finished speaking, she was busy treating the patient.
The sick man who had been found from the mountain had now been carried to the infirmary, and the female doctor was about to treat him.
I saw that his face had turned purple from blue, and the blisters had become more and more swollen, and the infection had reached moderate from mild, and it was estimated that he would have to turn black in a few days.
Although the medicine of the female doctor does not cure the disease, it can delay the symptoms and allow them to live longer.
"Why is this happening? When did this start? Tong Xiaolai asked the grandmother.
"I don't know why. About just over a month ago, someone in the village suddenly got a strange disease, and then everyone had the same symptoms, and later learned that it was a plague, but everyone already knew it too late.
"This is a disease that even I, an old woman who has been practicing medicine for most of my life, have never seen before, and without medical treatment, our condition quickly spiraled out of control until it spread to the whole village, destroying the whole village. Our village was originally said to be not big or small, there were five or six hundred people, the neighborhood was harmonious, and the old and young were suitable, but now there is this plague, everyone is leaving, fleeing, and now there are only more than 100 people left who cannot walk and those who do not want to go. The old grandmother was helpless and regretful, but her face was already engraved with traces of time.
"Then why don't you go? Before you and the doctor are infected, you should leave as soon as possible. Tong Xiaolai asked.
"If I were to leave, what would you say the villagers would do? I have been practicing medicine in the village for half my life, treating and saving countless people in my life, and I have never given up on any patient, and now this is happening in the village, and we are the only doctor in the village, how can you let us abandon these patients? How did you abandon this village?
"No matter how poor this village is, it is also the place where I was born and raised, and I am so old that I can die here if I hope to die. I'm already old and half-buried, I don't care, I just pity my little granddaughter.
"This child's parents died young, and he has been with me since he was a child, growing up with me. Although this child has no parents, he has been very obedient and sensible since he was a child, and he has worked hard to learn medical skills from me.
"With her medical skills, she has no problem facing daily illnesses and illnesses, but it will be difficult for her to deal with the plague that even I am helpless to do. If you want to blame me, this old woman is already old, and her legs and feet are not good, and now all the affairs of the village are pressed on her, making her have to take on such a heavy responsibility at such a young age.
"But fortunately, in the face of hardships and setbacks, this child showed a strength that I didn't expect, and the blows and pressures of life not only did not crush her, but made her grow up quickly and become mature and capable. But this plague is so terrible, and my poor little granddaughter is so bitter for her. "Grandma has always wanted to say it, and now that she says it, she feels much better.