Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 965 A Sudden Thought (1)

The Red Star Production Team is very noisy today.

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when the families who needed to move finally arrived at the centralized living area.

The village cadres' loudspeakers did not stop until it was completely dark, when the hoarse voice finally stopped.

Although several village cadres took turns shouting, they were exhausted after a day of work and their throats were hoarse.

However, even after stopping the propaganda work, the cadres did not go home to rest, but gathered at the brigade headquarters again.

The people who gathered at this time were not just the few cadres from before, but also those who held positions in the production team, including militia members. Except for those who were sick and isolated, all gathered at the brigade headquarters.

Everyone wore masks, kept a certain distance from others, and stood in the yard of the brigade headquarters.

Although it was already dark, a fire had been lit in the middle of the yard, and people could still see clearly by the firelight.

But everyone was wearing masks, so I couldn’t see anyone’s faces clearly.

The captain and Secretary Xu stood at the front, looking at everyone in the yard.

"The cadres have been talking about the suspected plague outbreak on the loudspeakers all day today. Everyone should know about it. I don't need to say more, right?" the captain spoke first.

Everyone nodded, "Captain, you don't have to say it, we all know it.

Just tell me what we should do.”

Worried that everyone might be afraid of the plague because of the legends of the older generation, causing panic in their hearts, the captain quickly comforted them,

"Don't worry too much, the situation in our production team is much better than outside.

We have the medicine given to us by Liu Jingxue, the educated youth. Although that medicine cannot cure the disease, it does have a certain effect.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many deaths from illness in other places, but here we are peaceful and there aren't even any serious cases.

Liu Zhiqing also said that if she is given some time, she will be able to develop a medicine that is suitable for the condition."

"Did Liu Zhiqing really say that?" someone asked.

The captain nodded solemnly, "How could I lie to you about this? She really said that.

Therefore, the most important thing for us now is to prevent the virus from continuing to spread in our production team.

We have gathered together all the known patients, but we don’t know whether there are still people in the production team who are concealing their illness and hiding at home.

It is impossible for us to search every house.

We are all family, related to each other. We are not robbers or bandits, and we don't want to kill the patients humanely. There is no need to do such a thing.

Then we can only let everyone stay at home and not go out to avoid spreading the virus to others."

The captain looked at Ge Dazhuang and said, "Ge Dazhuang, I asked you to send militia members to guard the two gathering places to prevent them from going out.

Have you arranged to set up checkpoints at the main entrances and exits of the production team and patrol the production team?"

“Captain, everything has been arranged and we will be there early tomorrow morning.

As for patrolling the production team, we are a little short of manpower, so we need to get more people to help." Ge Dazhuang shouted loudly.

"Then use a loudspeaker to call around the village tomorrow and find a few strong men to patrol in the team."

“Do the patrolmen have to live separately like the other militia members?

I'm afraid the accommodation for the two people we arranged may not be enough." Ge Dazhuang said worriedly.

The captain thought for a moment and said, "There are empty rooms in the cafeteria, but there is no kang, but there is a fire wall.

The weather is not that cold now, so the firewall should be enough.

Then make simple beds with wooden boards for the patrol members to live on.

If it's still cold, just light a fire inside and keep an eye on it."

Ge Dazhuang thought about it and thought this was a solution.

"Okay, I'll arrange it tomorrow."

The team leader and Secretary Xu arranged some other things one after another.

"From now on, Secretary Xu and I will be at the brigade headquarters during the day. If you have any questions, you can come here to find me and Secretary Xu."

After arranging everything, the team leader asked everyone to disperse, leaving only him and Secretary Xu.

"When do you plan to go to the commune to report tomorrow?" Secretary Xu asked the team leader after everyone left.

The captain thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow afternoon.

I stayed in the production team in the morning to see if there was anything that had not been arranged.

Come back in the afternoon."

"Old Xu, do you think we should tell Xiaoxue and ask her to hand over the prescription for the medicine?" the captain said hesitantly.

“Although the medicine cannot cure the disease, it at least has a certain effect and can suppress the disease from getting worse.

The medicines used in the town hospital and other production teams were not effective. Many people were seriously ill and some died. "

"These are human lives. If there are ways to save them, we can't just sit there and watch them go unused."

Secretary Xu thought for a moment and said, "Given Xiaoxue's temper, she will definitely agree if we just mention it to her.

But she was not famous. Although our production team knew her abilities, outsiders did not know.

Even if we praise her medicine to the skies, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

What I’m afraid of is that once we hand in the prescription, those people will just throw it aside and not use it at all.

By the time Xiaoxue's formula is leaked and has not been put to practical use, it would be a huge loss.

And you also said that the medicine can only suppress, not cure, so I’m afraid no one will believe that the medicine is useful.”

After listening to Secretary Xu's words, the team leader thought about it carefully and recalled the faces of the doctors he met when he led the production team to the town hospital for medical treatment several times.

It's no wonder that if Xiaoxue's prescription was really handed over, not to mention 100%, but 90% of the time it would be the result that Old Xu had speculated.

What's more, at this critical juncture, traditional Chinese medicine is being targeted. Xiaoxue's prescription, if you go back to the basics, still follows the path of traditional Chinese medicine.

If it is handed in like this, the prescription will most likely not be taken seriously and may even bring danger to Xiaoxue.

The captain sighed, "A lot of people have died outside, and we have a life-saving prescription in our hands, but we can't use it. This is too frustrating.

The dead were all born by their mothers and raised by their parents, and some were even the backbone of their families. If they were gone, the people left behind would suffer a lot.”

Secretary Xu also sighed heavily upon hearing this, "Who said it wasn't true?"

After a pause, Secretary Xu spoke again.

"In fact, if we want this recipe to be taken seriously and used, it's not completely impossible, but we just don't have the ability to do it."

Upon hearing this, the captain immediately turned to look at Secretary Xu in surprise, "Old Xu, do you have a solution?"

"What's the use of having a method if we can't do it?" Secretary Xu said dejectedly.

"Tell me something quickly, maybe you can do it."

Hearing this, Secretary Xu looked at the captain with contempt, "You have a way to do it, how do you do it?

Do you know a senior official, or do you have someone above you?"

"Oh, yes, you know a few people in town, but that doesn't help.

You know those people, so you don't dare to take big risks and promote that prescription.

Even if they were willing to take the risk, they couldn’t do it given their status.”