The courtyard was filled with joy and the hustle and bustle of the past was once again restored.
And people in the surrounding compounds who got the news are also eagerly waiting for the return of their family members.
Shibali Slope.
Director Ji put away the stethoscope and smiled at the old man in front of him, "Grandma, you are feeling better."
"What? What's wrong with me?"
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Director Ji knew that the old man was deaf, so he gestured with his hands and held out two thumbs. The old man immediately laughed when he saw it, and then pulled the grandson beside him and said, "Show him."
"Come, Auntie Try it.”
“The fever is gone, I’m fine.”
People in the village lined up at the table to get checked.
Doctors and nurses, like Director Ji, patiently examine every villager.
After the inspection is completed, these people will follow the instructions and leave the village.
Leave the place where their ancestors have lived for generations, leave this place that brings fear to them.
They will be arranged to a new village, where there will be many daily necessities, including farm tools and equipment, seeds, and government-subsidized materials.
With these things, they will quickly take root and integrate into the group.
When the last villager was inspected, the guards on the perimeter began to enter the village for a final search.
By evening, all the villagers had been sent away.
The entire village was bathed in flames, burning away all the sin within it.
"Chief, the work here is over, we should go back."
Director Ji looked at the red sky in front of him and said to the old man beside him.
"Go back. This time we come out, we have to go back and see how the situation is at home?"
"Well, but I have one thing to ask you, Chief."
"You said, as long as it can be done, it will be done."
Director Ji nodded, "I want to go to the Red Star Machinery Factory Look, thank them in person.”
“It’s easy.”
The old man agreed without thinking, “I’ll ask Shengsheng to send you there tomorrow.” >
"For God's sake, let's go back to the city and celebrate the Lantern Festival."
"Let's eat glutinous rice balls."
Yang Xiaotao served the glutinous rice dumplings that he had made all afternoon to the table. Mr. Yang preceded him at the table. I picked one with my chopsticks, put it in the Dragon Boat Festival bowl, and didn't forget to blow it hard.
Duanwu looked at the round white Lantern Festival, holding a fork in his hand and stabbing it continuously, but failed to hit it after several times, and his little face suddenly became gloomy.
It’s just that besides Ran Qiuye, the mother-in-law, there is also a father who dares to spank him, so he doesn’t dare to be too presumptuous.
Ran Qiuye put the child aside, and the two girls sat there leaning on the quilt. One laughed and the other laughed too. Especially when she saw Yang Xiaotao, she was so excited after not seeing each other for many days that she was still eager to try.
On the other side, there is a veteran who came back from the steel factory.
The machinery factories have been lifted from the ban, and the situation in the steel factories has also improved, so they followed suit and let the workers leave.
Of course, you should also wear a mask when you go home, pay attention to protection, and avoid going to crowded places.
"Master, Taoist, there are also autumn leaves. The New Year wine was replenished today."
Yang Xiaotao held the wine glass, "I wish everyone good health, no illness or disaster, and a long life."
Mr. Yang smiled and said, "It's the New Year before the first lunar month, no matter how late."< br>
The same goes for Zhang Laodao Nodding, "Infinite Heavenly Lord. No illness or disaster, that's a good thing."
Ran Qiuye then said, "Yes, as long as we are safe, it is the greatest blessing."
"Do it!"< br>
The four of them clinked their wine cups together and drank it all in one gulp.
“Eat, eat, you don’t know, in the factory these days, you can’t eat well, live uncomfortably, and you have a lot of things on your mind. Even when you sleep, you have to stay awake, for fear of a phone call in the middle of the night. I can’t take it.”
Yang Xiaotao complained, but the people at the table kept eating with their chopsticks.
Ran Qiuye swallowed the pork belly in his mouth, "There are a lot of things going on in the hospital, and everyone is on tenterhooks. They don't know what happened, and they were suddenly left at home."
"At the beginning, everyone said that the flu was very serious, which scared us."
"Later, infected people appeared in the hospital, and everyone was even more panicked. They didn't even dare to go out."
A few people were eating at the table and talking about what happened in the past half month.
And the same scene keeps playing out in the courtyard.
In the simple courtyard, an iron kettle sat on the stove, steaming out at the moment.
Around the stove, four or five people were sitting, leaning, leaning on their backs, or sitting upright.
Several people stared at the stove, but no one spoke.
It wasn't until the door opened and four people walked in one after another that everyone stood up and nodded to the four people.
Then the door was gently closed by the guard.
“Long time no see, boss.”
“Haha, I almost couldn’t get up this time.”
The leading old man greeted everyone, and several people stayed away, joking.
"Let me tell you, this time it is thanks to our timely delivery of the life-saving medicine, otherwise we would have gone to see Marx together."
The funny voice made everyone in the room laugh. stand up.
The grizzled old man stepped behind him and waved hurriedly, "It's not my fault, I also walked around the gate of hell. But when Marx saw me, he said, your work is not finished yet, come back."
“So, I came back.”
Hahaha
Everyone laughed again.
But everyone knows in their hearts what they relied on to successfully escape this time.
We all have a stronghold in our hearts. We know that we don’t necessarily have to repay this favor, but if we really need it, we have to help.
“Let’s stop chatting and talk about business first.”
The leader of the old man said while touching the cigarette case out of habit, but found that he didn't have it in his pocket.
Only then did I remember that the attending physician had specially taken away his cigarettes.
"Um, who brought the cigarette?"
The old man looked left and right sheepishly, stretched out his scissor hand, and made a gesture.
The result disappointed him. No one took it out.
These old comrades are too revolutionary.
"Old understand, I have seen the box in your pocket. There is no outsider here. Come on."
The bearded old man quickly covered his pocket with his hand, "Where is it? You I'm wrong, I didn't. ""Hey, you old man."
"Ahem, everyone is fine, so don't put any poison in."
Suddenly a gentle female voice sounded, and the old man immediately retracted his hand, "Sir, I forgot, I forgot."
Everyone laughed again.
At this time, the thin old man came out to smooth things over, "I don't have any cigarettes. I can give you this pipe. Can you smoke it if you can't smoke?"
As he said this, he handed over a wooden pipe. I put it in my mouth without feeling disgusted, and that familiar feeling suddenly came over me.
“Everyone knows the cause of this influenza and the losses, so I won’t say more.”
The old man looked solemn and said, "Now, we need to discuss the current international situation."
After hearing this, everyone corrected their attitude.
The thin old man next to him took out a document and said, "According to the information collected by our comrades, the Japanese country has had a large-scale outbreak, and even several bases have also suffered from influenza."
"Now, the Japanese country has The country is in shambles, with more than a million people infected and tens of thousands of dead. The direct economic losses have exceeded tens of millions of dollars, and the indirect losses are countless."
"It has even broken out in quite a few garrison bases. , and even spread to other countries.”
"So far, we have not found any way to control the Japanese state."
"What we want to discuss is whether to lend a helping hand."
After the thin old man finished speaking, everyone Everyone was silent.
Emotionally, everyone refused.
Both have experienced the cruelty of war and know each other's sins on this land.
There are so many evil deeds that it is difficult to write them down.
But intellectually, the last thing they can do is be emotional.
How to gain the upper hand in the game between countries is what they should consider.
Everyone continued to be silent.
Even the old man holding a pipe was solemn.
After a long time, an old man wearing an old military uniform looked around, stood up and said very forcefully, "Assistance, yes, just buy it with money."
Three words express his attitude.
If you want free assistance, dream.
This is no longer the age of being taken advantage of.
“That’s right. What we are here for is not business. Our things are not free.”
Some people around him agreed, and some even nodded in agreement.
At this time, an old man wearing a military uniform, but with all the buttons buttoned up and wrapped tightly, leaned in front of the stove, feeling the temperature of the fire, but his eyes avoided the firelight under the stove , the expression on his face became much more relaxed, and then he said, "Has our medicine been researched yet?"
After hearing this, everyone looked at the middle-aged man at the back.
“No!”
The middle-aged man replied simply, “Although we have found a way to control the disease, we have not found the key yet.”
"Why is it so slow? We need to speed up!"
"Yes. We have deployed experts and organized them to conquer it as soon as possible."
The good man wiped the sweat from his head and said seriously said.
So, the old man who just spoke looked up at the old man by the stove, "I don't think it's appropriate to provide support until the antidote is developed!"
Ahem
The old man covered his mouth and coughed twice, then continued, "We even have to block the news. Even if the other party finds out, we must try to delay it for as long as possible!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Thinking of this person’s past, from Pingxingguan to Northeast China, his success was all due to his calmness and coldness.
If his health had been better, he might have shouldered a heavy responsibility.
Unfortunately, I got infected again this time and my body became even weaker.
It was also because of this infection that he had to come to the meeting, probably just for "revenge"!
“Agree!”
Someone next to me immediately seconded the idea and stated their own reasons, “It is not wise to rashly send these things out before we have fully grasped the control method. Irresponsible. "
"I think that with the opponent's scientific research technology, it is possible to find a way to control it. By then, the offensive and defensive situation will change, and the initiative will no longer be in our hands. "
"Yes, I agree."
A group of people once again expressed their opinions. Now most people in the room support no assistance. Even if assistance is paid, it is still a prerequisite for control.
The old man bit his pipe and did not make a decision.
Seeing this, the lady who originally spoke spoke again, "But the situation here will be known sooner or later."
"I even feel that the news has already spread."
“Moreover, if the other party develops the antidote in advance, we will lose this opportunity.”
"So, we must seize the opportunity to announce it."
The four leaders listened to everyone's opinions, made eye contact, and then nodded.
The leading old man put down his pipe, "I think the opinions of comrades are good!"
"We can't let this great opportunity go and make money."
People around us He smiled and said, "That's right. I've made a lot of money from selling soap and medicine at the right time."
The old man habitually picked up his cigarette holder, "But you can't just ignore it! After all, this paper can't stop the fire, and the ugly daughter-in-law will see her parents-in-law sooner or later."
"It's not that we are shameful, so we might as well take advantage of this opportunity. This is an opportunity to disturb this muddy water."
Old man. The man took the pipe and drew it twice on his chest. Under the curious eyes of everyone, he clicked on it, "Now, we are facing more than one person!"
"Here, from all directions."< br>
“There are wolves all around!”
"I think we can take this opportunity to open a window and let out some noise so that our guests can see that our new stove has been set up and they are ready to treat guests."
"I am the same way. suggestions, clean the house, put tea on the table, and let the guests Look at our attitude."
The thin old man agreed and took out a document, "Now, many third world countries are looking at us. This is a powerful force! ”
The people around him became energetic after hearing this.
Now that the international situation is tense, we need to find some friends at home!
"In that case, we will clean up and send out invitations at the appropriate time to see if any guests are willing to knock on the door!"
"Agree!"
"Okay!"
In the end, at the suggestion of the leading old man, everyone voted by a show of hands and unanimously agreed.
(End of this chapter)