Chapter 126: Winning People’s Hearts on the Plateau
"Nothing can stop you from your yearning for freedom and your unrestrained life. Your heart has no worries~~
Going through the dark years, I also felt hesitant. When you lower your head, you realize the path under your feet~~
The free world in my heart is so clear and lofty, blooming with blue lotuses that never fade~~~"
Lin Sanqi held the steering wheel of the Cruiser with one hand and sang along to the car music, feeling very happy.
I didn't meet anyone on the way out of Xining. There was only a dirt road that stretched into a distant place. There were no speed probes these days, so I couldn't drive any way I wanted?
Lin Sanqi has already asked Dean Fang that there is only one road out of the south of the city to Yushu, so there is no need to worry about getting lost, just follow it.
At this time, the Cruiser's speed had increased to 120 yards. Looking from a distance, the dust kicked up behind the car looked like a giant dragon.
Even if they occasionally encounter cars crossing each other, or herdsmen herding sheep on the roadside, the Cruiser they see will pass by in a flash, and they can't tell what kind of car it is.
Even if I saw it clearly, I would just envy the beauty of this car. You must know that in 1959, domestic cars were still at the "World Exposition". Most of them were left over from before liberation, and there were all kinds of models.
Occasionally, a strange car appears, and everyone is not surprised.
It took Lin Sanqi two full days of running to reach Zaduo on a 1,000-kilometer journey.
When Zaduo was approaching, Lin Sanqi set up a tent in the wild.
This kind of tent is usually used when hosting banquets in rural areas. When you need to use it, you can just open it like an umbrella. You can call it a day and leave without having to close it, which is very convenient.
Then he drove the Cruiser in through the tent door, and soon a large Jiefang truck came out.
This big truck was the one driven by his former colleague Luo Wenyuan.
Because Luo Wenyuan and the driver died tragically in the car, no one dared to drive this big truck as an ominous thing. People on business trips would rather find a way to transport it themselves than drive this "evil truck" to other places.
So Lin Sanqi found an excuse and drove away.
As Dean Shen's "godson" and the head of the logistics department is his "old friend", his small request was naturally met.
It's just that Jiefang brand trucks are difficult to operate. The steering wheel is so heavy that you have to exert your strength to click a gear. No wonder people nowadays think that driving is a physical job.
When Lin Sanqi drove the big truck into Zaduo County, he immediately caused a sensation.
Zaduo is a small county with a population of only about 20,000, 99% of which are Tibetans. As for the economic conditions, they are basically still in a primitive tribal state.
To describe the county, you can walk from the north to the south just by lighting up a cigarette.
It's just a road, with low buildings on both sides of the road, and beyond that are tent-like houses where locals live.
The county town is surrounded by rivers on one side and mountains on both sides. If there was an earthquake, there would be nowhere to run. Lin Sanqi still clearly remembers the famous Yushu earthquake decades later.
It was estimated that cars rarely came to this small county, so Lin Sanqi drove slowly on the road, with a group of children running behind him.
After Lin Sanqi got out of the car, she grabbed a handful of candies from her backpack and gave them to the children. It immediately caused a sensation, and even many adults gathered around.
"Hello everyone, I am here on a business trip from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Could you please tell me where the county hospital here is?"
Lin Sanqi knows that class friendship is very important nowadays, and helping each other in the same system is the most common way for people on business trips to seek help.
And the reason why he revealed his identity from the beginning was because he was afraid of being arrested as a spy. After all, no normal person would come to such a plateau area after being full and full.
These children were just laughing and grabbing candies. It seemed that they didn't understand Lin Sanqi's questions. Lin Sanqi was scratching his head a little. It felt like being in a foreign country. There was no way to communicate with each other due to the language barrier.
At this time, an ethnic minority in the crowd of onlookers weakly raised his hand:
"Comrade doctor, I can speak Chinese."
Lin Sanqi took a look and saw that the other person was a 15 or 6-year-old boy. His clothes were in tatters and he looked very poor. He could actually speak Mandarin?
Seeing the confusion in the other person's eyes, the young man blushed and explained:
"I used to study in a provincial capital, but my parents had an accident and they dropped out of school, so I can translate for you and help you with work."
Lin Sanqi nodded, thinking that if the other party went to study in the provincial capital, he must be considered a son of an upper-class figure among the ethnic minority groups. Then his parents died and he lost support, and finally became a down-and-out prince.
"Okay, I just need a translator, but what payment do you want?"
"Comrade doctor, I hope you can save my sister. My sister is dying of illness, but I have no money to treat her."
Lin Sanqi was scratching his head. If you hire a translator, you have to treat someone's illness? Or someone who is about to die of illness? Isn’t the price too high? Does this child have a too big appetite?
But people always have compassion. Lin Sanqi asked one more question:
"What disease does your sister have? If it's a serious disease, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it."
The young man said anxiously:
"My sister keeps coughing and has a fever, but I, I don't have the money to go to the hospital to treat her... The living Buddha in my mother's home said that she is possessed by a ghost and will not live long, but I know that she is just sick and there is no ghost!"
Now Lin Sanqi believed that this boy had gone to the provincial capital to study, because this minority boy was already an atheist and had obviously been transformed by systemic socialist ideas. Lin Sanqi patted the young man on the shoulder and asked:
"What's your name?"
"My name is Nyima Tselen."
"Nima? Uh... a good name. Fortunately, your surname is not Cao. Come on, take me to your house to see what's going on with your sister."
The boy's eyes suddenly lit up and he was obviously excited, "Thank you, thank you, my home is not far away."
Nima Cilun led the way, followed by Lin Sanqi, and then followed by a group of villagers watching the fun. It was obvious that Lin Sanqi, a city man, was like an alien in their eyes.
Unlike what Lin Sanqi had thought before, Nyima Cilen's house was actually pretty good. It was a house made of mud and stones, with one room on the left and one on the left.
But when I walked into the house, there was no furniture inside. There was only a firepit in the middle, and a little girl about 10 years old lay next to her in a dirty quilt, coughing non-stop.
Cough cough cough, cough cough cough~~~~
The skinny little girl closed her eyes and didn't react to anyone coming in from outside, which made people feel distressed.
Lin Sanqi knelt down and touched the little girl's forehead. It was very hot, and her eyeballs were sunken, showing obvious signs of dehydration. Sure enough, as Nima Tseren said, she had been at home for many days.
Lin Sanqi took out her stethoscope and started auscultation. She was breathing rapidly and there were obvious crackles in both lungs.
The body temperature was measured again, and it was 39.5 degrees. The heartbeat also reached over 120 beats/min. These data represent the seriousness of the condition.
"Nima, your sister must have pneumonia."
Nyima Tsering burst into tears when he heard this: "What should I do? What should I do? I actually got pneumonia!"
The onlookers outside the house also exclaimed in surprise, as if they had heard something extraordinary.
Lin Sanqi's mind was filled with questions, wondering if I had just said something wrong?
I'm not talking about pneumonia, but lung cancer? Why did this group of people react so loudly?
This is actually a cognitive difference brought about by regional differences.
For ethnic minority people in plateau areas that lack medical treatment and medicine, pneumonia is definitely one of the most serious diseases and is an incurable disease. Almost every household has a relative or relative who has died due to pneumonia infection.
Even in 2023, getting pneumonia on the plateau is a very fatal thing. If tourists do not evacuate from the plateau in time, their lives will be in danger.
But for Lin Sanqi, who has experienced wearing masks for three years, pneumonia is not that scary. This is the difference in cognition between the two parties.
"Okay, don't cry. It's just pneumonia. If you get it, let's just treat it well. Don't worry, your sister's life depends on me."
After Lin Sanqi finished speaking, he took out a bottle of physiological saline and two bottles of cephalosporin from the first aid kit, and then prepared for infusion.
People outside the house gathered around the door and window as if they were looking at a peepshow, while Lin Sanqi had already picked up sterilized cotton balls and was preparing for infusion.
After rubbing it with an alcohol cotton swab, the cotton ball turned black.
Lin Sanqi frowned, then picked up two cotton swabs and started to wipe. The result was still a black mass, so he wiped it 5 times until it was clean.
"I said hello, we can be poor, but we have to pay attention to hygiene. Look at how dirty your sister is. She is just like Jigong Living Buddha. Just rub her body and you can make a mud ball."< br>
Nima Tselen was also a little embarrassed. It seemed that no one in his ethnic minority liked to take a bath. (It may also be because you are afraid of catching a cold)
"Comrade doctor, I understand, I will definitely be more hygienic in the future."
Lin Sanqi had already inserted a needle into the little girl's vein and adjusted the drip speed.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and soon an old man wearing national costume came in from the door.
"Nima, who is this Han citizen? Why did he come to our village?"
Nyima Cilen hurriedly greeted him: "Grandpa, this is Dr. Lin from the capital. He came to our Yushu on a business trip. I happened to meet him. I begged him to come and treat my sister."
When the old man saw the little girl taking a sling, he believed that the Hanmin in front of him was a doctor, and his cold attitude immediately became enthusiastic.
The arrival of Han people may make ethnic minorities vigilant, but doctors are different. They treat diseases and save people.
"Welcome guests from the capital. I am Galon Wangdui, the head of this village. Thank you for treating my granddaughter."
Lin Sanqi saw her parents coming and responded politely: "This is what I, a doctor, should do."
The two parties sat down and started chatting. After a long time, the old man Kalon Wangdui couldn't bear it anymore and asked:
"Excuse me, Doctor Lin, why did you come to our plateau? If I can help, I will do my best."
Lin Sanqi took out a Cordyceps sinensis cord from his backpack: "I'm here for this..."
(End of chapter)