The heroine of the healing department is very rigid [Pride and Prejudice]

Emily knew Thompson.

When she went to sell goods next door a few days ago, it was Thompson who received her.They also had a long dispute over the price of a loaf of bread.Emily is naturally the winning side, Thompson's village is very short of food now, so he does not have an advantage in this transaction.

In the end, he could only curse, and bought the bread at double the market price.

But Thompson didn't know Emily, or not fully.Because Emily kept covering her face with a veil, he couldn't see clearly.

"I think you must have admitted the wrong person." Ai Mier was very disturbed, she was undoubtedly a profiteer, and what a profiteer fears most is meeting those people whom she has deceived.

Thompson didn't notice Emily's nervousness.In fact, in his eyes, Ai Mier's uneasiness was more like shyness after being praised.

What a generous, kind lady.

"I heard that you are planning to build a new hospital." Mary had seen enough drama, and finally started to talk about the topic.She was a light sleeper, so when Emily thought she was tossing around without anyone noticing, Mary had already seen everything.

"Not bad." When Thompson heard the hospital, he immediately resumed his attitude of talking about business, and his back straightened up.

"Our previous clinic burned down, so we had to build a new one, and we needed some serious doctors and nurses. Thankfully, the doctors have been found, but unfortunately the nurses are still short."

"Mr. Thompson, what do you think of me?" Mary introduced herself and leaned forward.

"Miss Mary?"

Thompson looked a little surprised. Although he knew that Mary had helped a lot on the day of the fire, he didn't think that this kind of young lady could be a hard and tiring job like a nurse.In his eyes, it was enough for a girl from a rich family to give generously like Emily.

"Although my experience is not enough, I still know some basic nursing methods." Mary thought that Thompson disliked her lack of experience, so she quickly explained.

"Thank you very much for your kindness." Thompson carefully considered his words, trying to make his refusal more tactful. He didn't want to make the girl cry inadvertently.

"But the work of nurses will be very hard. Not only do they have to help doctors treat the wounded, but sometimes they have to endure some unreasonable anger, and sometimes they are even awakened from sleep because patients need their help."

"I will do my best to help the doctor." Mary leaned forward again, "You can inspect me for a while, and if you and the doctors are still not satisfied after a week, you can drive me away."

Speaking of this, Thompson couldn't say anything more. After all, including Emily, the Bennet family donated a total of 600 pounds.It's not easy for him to refuse this request, although in his eyes this kind of request is just a girl's whim.

"It would be great if Xin could come to help us. But we can only offer five pounds a week at the moment." Thompson reminded, hoping that Mary would shrink back after hearing such a low salary.But he didn't expect that Mary immediately said boldly that she didn't want money, but this childish behavior made him more convinced that Mary was just going to play house.

Naturally, Mary didn't know about Thompson's mental activities, and she was simply too busy now.She had to be on guard against Ai Mier's acting as a demon anytime and anywhere, and she also had to prepare for matters related to going to the disaster area, as well as the Black Death. She had to continue to guard against the Black Death.

The plague is often followed by a fire, and she must not take it lightly.

The Bennet family disagreed about the fact that Mary went to work as a nurse in the disaster area.

Mrs. Bennet expressed great opposition to this. She worked hard to teach her daughters and train them to be famous ladies, not for them to be nurses.Besides, as Thompson said, the job of a nurse is very hard.

Jane and Elizabeth expressed their support and regretted that they could not go to the disaster area to help because they did not have enough nursing knowledge.

Mary handed her angry mother to her sisters to appease her, while she hurried to the disaster area with a small suitcase.

The situation in the disaster area was worse than expected.The villagers who lost their houses in the fire could only temporarily live in the church hall. Medicines and food were always in short supply, and even clean water became a rare commodity.Fortunately, the weather is relatively cool now, and the patient's wound will not become inflamed soon.

The doctors from the city were astonished at Mary's arrival, as Thompson thought.I think it would be nice if this kind of squeamish young lady doesn't cry because of mosquitoes. As for the bloody work of treating wounds, it might give them nightmares for a week.They even made a secret bet on how long Mary would last.

Contrary to the attitude of the doctors was the attitude of the patients, many of whom had been helped by Mary on the day of the fire, before the doctors from the city arrived.

Treating burns is a very bloody and even fatal thing, and Mary must first get the clothes stuck to the skin of the patients.

This step alone is already very difficult, because patients are often confused by the pain, so they say some nasty things.

Fortunately, under the training of Emily, Mary no longer cares about this direct confrontation method at all. She even thinks that compared with the gloomy Emily, these patients who speak freely are a bit cute.

Before leaving, she told Elizabeth about Emily and begged her sister to keep an eye on her.Elizabeth naturally agreed.They agreed that if Emily showed her fox tail again, she would report to Mr. Bennet immediately.Only then did Mary leave in peace.

Doctors in the city should be more professional. They don't advocate bloodletting, nor will they rashly use acid and alkali to neutralize burns.Instead, use tweezers to clean the patient's wound first, then rub some butter on the wound, and finally use clean gauze dipped in medicine for bandaging. ②

The doctors were reluctant to let Mary participate in these tasks at first, but because some doctors were old and their eyes could not see clearly at night, they had to leave the matter of cleaning the wound with tweezers to Mary.

Soon, they discovered that Mary was a born nurse.

Thanks to her youth, Mary has good eyesight, and even under the dim kerosene lamp, she can clean up the debris from the wound.And she is not as delicate as they imagined. Although she was shocked when she faced some particularly serious wounds at first, she soon calmed down.

All in all, she was a very satisfying assistant.

Rebuilding a hospital is not an easy task, the most important thing is money.Although Thompson has raised a lot of money, he is still 3000 pounds short of the target amount.This made his hair, which was not thin before, start to become thinner.Just when Thompson decided to buy a wig, the remaining money suddenly became available.

One windy afternoon, Mary was busy changing the dressings for the wounded in the temporary hospital, when she suddenly saw Heathcliff walking towards her.

He was wearing a pair of flat black high riding boots, and a plain pocket watch hung in the pocket of his dark brown coat.His face was still gloomy, especially in the makeshift hospital full of wounded patients, his dress and expression looked like a god of death who came to reap human lives.

"Miss Bennet, can you tell me where Thompson's office is?" Heathcliff stood still four steps away from Mary, his tone didn't sound like he was asking for directions, but more like Find someone to collect the debt.

"Turn left in front for 250 meters, then go east for 300 meters, pass through a small courtyard, then go west for 300 meters, and then pass through a group of temporary tents. Go up to the second floor, the third room from the bottom on the north side."

Heathcliff's brows furrowed a little deeper, he was clearly confused by Mary's series of words, and finally he could only squeeze out a few more words between his teeth.

"Miss Bennet, I wonder if you can help me lead the way?"

Can Mary refuse?Obviously not.Not long ago, she owed Heathcliff another favor and hadn't paid it back, so she could only lead this god of death to Thompson.

Thompson is still worrying about the remaining 3000 pounds in the office. The rich people around him have donated twice, but the money is still not enough.

So when Heathcliff expressed his intention to come, Thompson immediately raised the corners of his mouth and earnestly invited him to take a seat, and asked Mary to bring black tea and biscuits.But the conversation that followed made him want to pour black tea on Heathcliff's head.

"After the disaster is over, I will take a portion of the profit from the hospital." Heathcliff put the black tea back on the table intact, and treachery began to show in his eyes.

"Of course." Thompson was taken aback, and replied a little dryly.None of the other rich people donating to the hospital asked for it, but they didn't spend as much as £3000, did they?It's just a little bonus, he can understand.

"In the future, we will give you 10% of the profit every year." Thompson said. 10% is not a very high amount, but it is quite a lot for philanthropists.Unfortunately, Heathcliff is not a philanthropist, he is a businessman.

"30%." Heathcliff raised his eyelids, showing a sneering look, and looked contemptuously at the slightly fat Thompson.

Thompson gasped.It is divided into 30% every year, which is a bit much even under normal investment conditions.But he needs the money now, and the villagers need a new hospital.

"Our village is not rich, sir." Thompson bit the bullet and explained, "Maybe you can consider taking a little less commission, how about 18%? On behalf of the whole village, I thank you for your generosity."

30%.

"Maybe you can think about 20%? We're really not rich enough, and rebuilding after a disaster requires a lot of money."

"30%."

Thompson clenched his fists and endured and endured. Recently, he always met some people who took advantage of the opportunity to pluck the wool.

First it was the woman who sold bread wearing a gauze hat a few days ago, and now it is this Heathcliff who doesn't like oil and salt.Why can't they be as generous as Miss Emily?

"Okay, 30%." Thompson made up his mind, and the smile on his face froze. "After the disaster is over, you will be the largest shareholder of our hospital."

After getting the number he was satisfied with, Heathcliff immediately left without hesitation, leaving only Thompson gnashing his teeth behind him.

Mary stood outside the door and heard the conversation inside clearly.It wasn't that she came to listen to the corner on purpose, but the sound insulation of this temporary office was really bad, and Mr. Thompson asked her to guard the door in case someone knocked on the office door for trivial matters.Therefore, she had to put down the nursing work at hand and come to be Thompson's doorkeeper for a while.

"This guy is an out-and-out profiteer." Thompson looked at Heathcliff who was going away and said to Mary, "I bet there must be a lot of people in his factory who want to beat him up."

Mary smiled politely to show that she was listening, and Heathcliff always seemed to be unlikable, no matter what he did or didn't do.The villagers didn't like him because he always looked sullen and kind of like a gypsy.Especially when standing with Mr. Bingley, the contrast is even more obvious.The more people think Bentley is a gentleman, the more they think he is savage.

It's just that Mary really doesn't have the time to study whether Heathcliff is barbaric or not. There are still too many patients in the temporary hospital waiting for their dressings to be changed.She went downstairs, passed through a group of temporary tents, walked eastward for 300 meters, and saw Ai Mier in the small yard where the clothes were drying.