SFS Chapter 406: Playing His Greatest Value
Chapter 406: Playing His Greatest Value
After the phone call was completed, for the next period of time, Huo Haojie took Zheng Xuyang to order the required amount of materials from various material factories. Chen Liang and Liu Gang took people to cut down trees in the mountains first. Of course, the number of people they had was definitely not enough. Dayong also brought his brothers to help. The folks from the surrounding villages were also willing to help after understanding the situation. Of course, Ruanruan also paid them one yuan a day each, and also said that the villagers could take the unused branches back to use as firewood.
Therefore, everyone is very motivated.
The preliminary preparations took a week. During this week, Commander Ruan contacted people who had no jobs after retiring from the army, those who were disliked by their families at home, or those who just wanted to earn some money to have a good New Year. All of them came to the capital one after another. Because they arrived at different times, Ruanruan could only let Dayong pick them up at the train station every day.
After the preparatory work was completed, on May 5, Ruanruan, accompanied by Huo Haocheng, attended the groundbreaking ceremony and named this area "Chasing Dreams". This will be the place where all dreams begin.
As time went by, the weather became hotter and hotter. In addition to reminding Chen Liang and the others to take a rest when the weather was hot, Ruanruan also specifically instructed the kitchen staff to ensure that the mung bean soup was served every day and that the water given to everyone had to be boiled.
As time went by faster and faster, more than a month passed in the blink of an eye. When July came, Ruanruan could clearly feel that the leaders above were very nervous.
Especially after mid-July, Huo Haocheng came home later and later every day.
Ruanruan also heard that doctors from all over the country had received a notice to hold an academic exchange meeting at the Tangcheng Military Region Hospital on July 7.
The last communication was two years ago, when Ruanruan cured a leukemia patient in Yuncheng. This time, the leaders took the opportunity to gather surgeons from all over the country, for fear that if an earthquake really happened, the wounded would not receive timely treatment and lose their lives.
No one can accept such heavy casualties.
When she received the news, Ruanruan was sitting in front of the dressing table in the room, looking over and over again at the gift that Bai Ze had given her, which was the gift her master had mentioned for Huo Haocheng and the two children.
When Huo Haocheng came in after washing up, he saw his wife staring blankly at a small medicine bottle that looked white under the light.
"What's wrong? Is there anything special about this medicine bottle?" Huo Haocheng tilted his head and looked at the bottle again and again. This bottle was nothing special except that it was a little whiter than the others and had an orchid pattern on it.
"Brother, if you have a pill in your hand that can save the life of an elder you respect and can also save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, would you choose to save the elder or the people?" When Ruanruan said this, she had actually made up her mind, but she just wanted someone to tell her that she could be a little selfish.
At this time, Huo Haocheng still had something he didn't understand.
But he didn't expect that the gift from his master would be this.
"Sister, if I hadn't put on this outfit today, I would have told you out of selfishness that saving the elders is not our responsibility. We don't know the others, but today I chose to put on this outfit. At the same time, the elders also wore the same outfit. Between the choice of saving one person and hundreds of thousands of people, we will choose to save more people. This is our mission."
This was not the answer Ruanruan wanted, but it was the answer she knew in her heart.
But she just felt uncomfortable. Whether as a doctor or as a soldier, this was the right choice.
"Why does Master only know how to make things difficult for me?" She leaned back on Huo Haocheng, closed her eyes, and asked sadly.
As happy as she was when she talked to her master on the phone before, she was as sad as she was when she received the gift.
"Perhaps, Master has other deeper meanings." Huo Haocheng just stood there, letting Ruanruan lean on him, his big hands constantly stroking Ruanruan's hair.
Damn, I shouldn’t have let the master come to see me. Now I’ve been tricked by this old guy.
If you can’t figure out a sad problem, don’t think about it.
Woke up from a nap.
After saying something to her grandfather, Ruanruan took the medicine and rode her bike to the compound.
Forget it. This kind of problem is not something a little girl like her can decide. Let the leaders make the choice themselves!
When she arrived at the compound, she told her grandfather the origin and efficacy of the medicine. "This medicine was sent by my master. It can prolong the life of the elderly and weak people by 10 years. But if it is diluted into water, each person only needs one sip to bring back a dying person. One pill can be diluted to the weight of 10 tons of water."
After Ruanruan finished speaking, the two old men understood the purpose of her visit today.
Likewise, their selfish desires are the same, but they can't.
"Girl, you will go to Tang City in a few days, right?" Old Master Ruan seemed to be asking, but his tone was affirmative.
"Yes," Ruanruan replied while looking at the medicine bottle on the table.
She has watched the movie made about this earthquake no less than three times. Every time she watches it, she would wonder if she could be at the scene at that time, many people could have been saved. When she was bored, she would also recall the time-travel novels her friends told her. If she could travel back to that time, she would definitely tell her leaders to let them prepare in advance.
Now her wish has come true, so she wants to make sure she has no regrets about the time she watched the movie.
But at this moment, looking at this bottle of medicine, I still feel regretful.
"Well, girl, take this medicine back with you. Maximizing its use is its best value." The old man took the medicine bottle and put it into the soft palm of her hand, and solemnly clasped her hand.
After making the decision, Ruanruan refused her grandmother's invitation to keep her for dinner and rode away on her bike.
The two old men sat in their seats for a while, took a sip of tea, and then went out with their guards.
In the next few days, Ruanruan went out into the mountains early in the morning and came back late at night to collect herbs. Even Mr. and Mrs. Huo did not go out during these days. They stayed at home to help Ruanruan wash, dry or steam the herbs she collected.
As time drew closer, early in the morning of July 7, under the escort of Huo Haocheng and his entire independent regiment, Ruanruan and five doctors from the Beijing Hospital led by Su Yunqing boarded the train to Tangcheng. Among these five doctors, there was also Dr. Jiang.