kingnovel Chapter 947 The situation is not good (2)
Chapter 947 The situation is not good (2)
The production team cadres who had finally returned home were like eggplants hit by frost, with their minds in a mess.
The food left for them at home tasted like wax and had no flavor.
Lying on the kang at night, my mind was in turmoil and I couldn't fall asleep.
There are actually people who didn't sleep all night and got up impatiently as soon as the sky turned pale.
He told his family that he had something to do and without waiting for him to eat, dressed neatly, put on the mask given by the team leader, and hurried out.
Several cadres who attended the meeting yesterday were assigned tasks and had to go to various production teams, communes and towns to gather information early this morning.
The team leader asked them to go early and come back early and meet at the team headquarters.
I had acquaintances in the town and a bicycle team leader, so I rode my bicycle to the town at daybreak.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, when the team leader returned to the production team and came to the team headquarters, the others had already arrived.
Nowadays, people wear masks even when sitting in the office, and the distance between each other is at least two meters.
Seeing several people like this, although he couldn't see the expressions on their faces and they didn't say anything, the captain had already guessed that what they had found out was probably not good news.
Seeing the captain coming, the people waiting with the office door open hurriedly greeted him, "Captain, you're back."
"What's the situation after you inquired around?" The captain asked again, not giving up.
Secretary Xu shook his head and sighed, "I had already talked to them before you came back.
The situation was not good either in the nearby production teams or in the commune.
During this period, many people have caught colds and fevers, and some have even died from the illness."
"Did they suspect anything?" the captain asked.
Secretary Xu shook his head again, "We have asked around, but no one in the department took it seriously.
After all, you know the situation here. Every winter, there are many people who die of illness or freezing.
Therefore, those who died of illness recently did not attract much attention. People just said that they were unlucky because winter was almost over but they still got sick.
In other words, thanks to Xiaoxue, our production team has not had anyone die from colds or flu in the past few years."
"What information did you get from the town?" Secretary Xu asked the captain.
The captain sighed, “The situation in town will only get worse.
After all, the town is not like the countryside, where everyone is still staying at home.
All the units and factories in the town have to go to work, so there is a large flow of people and the population is dense, so there are more people suffering from colds and fevers.
The hospital in town is now overcrowded, with many people suffering from colds and fevers who have not been cured for a long time.
There are also many sick people in the town’s homes.
Some people have already died from the disease, both in the town’s hospitals and in residents’ homes.”
"Didn't anyone notice anything wrong?" Accountant Li frowned. "Aren't the doctors in the town hospital experienced?"
The captain shook his head and said, "Doctors are experienced in treating illnesses, but they have never experienced a plague.
I have only heard about this kind of thing from the older generation, but have never experienced it myself.
And if the hospital doesn’t admit patients one day, they would have become numb to it.”
"That's Xiaoxue's case. I heard from Old Wu that all the patients are from the same family. I became suspicious and thought of this."
"Is this matter 100% certain?" Ge Dazhuang asked with a glimmer of hope.
He longed to hear a no.
But who can give this answer?
"I asked you to ask patients everywhere about their symptoms. Have you done that?" the captain continued to ask.
"I asked, the symptoms are similar, I have written them down."
Secretary Xu said this and handed a piece of paper to the team leader.
After the captain took it, he took out a wine-soaked handkerchief from his pocket and wiped it before he began to examine it.
After reading it, he confirmed, "It's no different from what I found out."
"So should we make arrangements according to what we discussed yesterday?" asked Li Jun, team leader of the fourth production team.
The captain nodded and said, "Although we are not 100% sure now, it is at least 70% to 80% certain.
Let’s all follow our pre-arranged plan and get moving.”
"I will first find Zhou Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, and Chen Zhiqing and tell them to accept the educated youth.
After finalizing the deal with them and seeing how many educated youth they can accommodate, I will go to the educated youth center and talk to them about the move."
Secretary Xu reminded, "But they can only vacate two rooms at most, and I'm afraid they can't accommodate so many people."
“I’m not going to their house to look for them, I’m just going to take a look first.
If there is room, then squeeze in; if not, then stay in the villagers’ homes.
If this is the case, they cannot disagree. "
The captain waved his hand and said in a rather domineering tone, "Don't worry about the educated youth's relocation, I will take care of it.
You should just follow the arrangements made last night and make your own arrangements."
"Make all the preparations today. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Comrade Wang and arrange for her to diagnose the pulses of patients with colds and fevers."
Everyone nodded quickly when they heard this.
"Captain, do you think we should report this to the commune?
After all, this is such a big matter, involving the lives of so many people. If we don't say a word and something goes wrong, we won't be able to take responsibility if the higher-ups investigate.
After all, the plague is no small matter." Accountant Li said in a low voice.
What he was thinking was that if his guess was true, as the first production team to report the matter, their contribution would definitely be recorded by their superiors.
The team leader and Secretary Xu have been unwilling to take up positions in the commune because of their age.
But he is different. He is still young and wants to make progress.
If the higher-ups remembered the contributions of their production team, he might have the opportunity to work in the commune.
By then he will be a real cadre.
Secretary Xu nodded in agreement, "Xiao Li is right, we still need to inform the commune about this.
Even if they blame us for making a fuss and exaggerating, we still have to say something.”
The captain thought for a moment and said, "Maybe the day after tomorrow.
After Comrade Wang has examined those people tomorrow and our production team has prepared everything, I will go to the commune to report the matter the day after tomorrow morning.
After all, if this is true, the scope of the epidemic is so wide that the higher-ups may not be able to take care of us for a while, and we can only save ourselves.
Therefore, arranging the production team's affairs properly is the most important thing at the moment."
"Ge Dazhuang, by tomorrow, the news will no longer be concealed.
You should prepare early and arrange for militia to guard all entrances and exits."
Ge Dazhuang immediately responded, "Don't worry, Captain, I will make sure it's arranged."
The captain looked at the others and said solemnly, "Comrades, we have a tough battle tomorrow.
There will definitely be obstacles in persuading the sick villagers to be concentrated in the educated youth center for isolation and treatment.
Everyone must control their temper, speak to others nicely, and not use violence.
We need to make sure everyone understands that bringing them together is to better treat them, not to give up on them.
We all know which families the sick people are from. They are all related to us, so we can’t let them feel disappointed.
There are also people who are sick but have not gone to the health center to get medicine. We who are unaware of this have to talk to the villagers and ask them to take the initiative to go to the educated youth center for medical treatment.
Comrade Wang is the only one in our production team who knows medicine, and she is too busy to do anything else. In addition, in order to avoid bringing the disease to other people, she cannot go to every household."
The people present all nodded solemnly, "Captain, you don't need to say more, we all understand.
Tomorrow we will convince those people to follow the rules we have set."