Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

After Mu Qiong agreed, Fu Yun'an said something about doing free clinics.

For this free clinic, some small teams will be formed, and then they will start from Shanghai and go to the surrounding villages to help people treat diseases, which lasts for a week.

This was slightly different from what Mu Qiong thought, and the time was longer, but he still complied.

After he crossed over, he stayed in Shanghai all the time and never went out, so it's good to go around and look around.

The free clinic team set off in three days and gathered at the gate of Gongji Hospital. At that time, Mu Qiong would join in as a volunteer.

After getting the exact news and sending Fu Yun'an to Gongji Hospital, Mu Qiong went to the bookstore.

He has a lot of manuscript paper at home, but it is inconvenient to carry the manuscript paper... Mu Qiong bought a very beautiful imported hard-shell notebook for [-] cents, so that he can record things at any time.

Besides, he also bought a fountain pen and a bottle of blue ink.

The pen he uses now is filled with black ink, and now there is an extra pen with blue ink, which makes it clearer and more convenient to take notes and records.

After coming out of the bookstore, he went to a shop selling imported goods and bought a pair of rubber shoes imported from Japan, commonly known as overshoes and rain boots. He also bought a pretty good umbrella and other small things .

He didn't have any of the things he needed to take with him when he went out, so he had to buy more.

With such a purchase, the five oceans will be gone...Mu Qiong suddenly realized that he is not rich enough.

This afternoon, besides drawing the menu for Boss Chen, Mu Qiong taught Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu how to read. At the same time, he also told them that he was going to go to the free clinic, and asked Zhu Wanwan to buy some salted meat and salted fish When he came back, he planned to steam it and take it with him.

Mu Qiong had never participated in such a free clinic, but he knew that their living conditions would not be very good.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of food, it is impossible for them to have big fish and big meat.

In modern times, when some people go to remote areas to support education, they will bring some special food, so that they can have a toothbrush there. Of course, this is also possible here.

"Qiong'er, I'll buy some more eggs, you can bring them when they are cooked." Zhu Wanwan said.

Mu Qiong agreed.

Mu Qiong made more preparations than this, he also specially brought the thick cotton coat and trousers that Zhu Wanwan made for him.

On the day before the free clinic, when he delivered the menu that Boss Chen asked for, he even bought some dry bread from Boss Chen that could be stored for several days, and also bought some sugar.

They shouldn’t be short of staple food, and he doesn’t eat sweets. He didn’t prepare these for himself, but for the poor and hungry children he might meet during the free clinic.

In a place like Shanghai, the life of the people at the bottom is not good. When they go outside... Although Mu Qiong has not seen it with his own eyes, he can imagine it.

The next day, Mu Qiong went to Gongji Hospital according to Dr. Fu's instructions.

It was still early, but many people had gathered at the entrance of Gongji Hospital, both men and women, most of them were a few years older than Mu Qiong, and some were about the same age as Mu Qiong, and they all seemed to be students.

The weather is not yet the coldest now, and the weather has been good in the past two days, so most of these people are dressed very thinly, but at the same time they are very decent—both men and women, they all wear beautiful leather shoes.

Mu Qiong's arrival attracted a lot of people's attention. After all, Mu Qiong brought a lot of things, and his clothes were also incompatible with these people.

Although the publication of "Study Abroad" brought Mu Qiong a lot of royalties, he didn't spend it indiscriminately. At least, he didn't go to a tailor to make clothes and buy shoes—his clothes were all made by Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu .

Mu Qiong does not follow trends, nor is he sensitive to styles. In his opinion, clothes and shoes should be clean, tidy and comfortable to wear. Therefore, at the moment, he doesn't mind wearing old-fashioned styles even though they are brand new. Clothes and cloth shoes.

Forget it, besides a small cloth bag slung across his shoulders, he also carried a packed big cloth bag, a huge rattan basket in one hand, and a package in the other.

If we compare it now... Then he and those students are the difference between a farm worker with a big bag and a well-dressed college student.

Of course, there are quite a lot of people dressed like him on the street at this time, and the quality of these college students is also good, so after one glance at him, no one paid attention to him anymore, but chatted... about "Study Abroad" .

"I sent "Study Abroad" to my father, and he sent a telegram back from Tianjin, saying it was a very good work."

"I don't know if Jiang Zhenguo can be with the person he likes."

"I copied many sentences from "Studying Abroad" and recited them from time to time, which deeply touched me."

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These people praised "Study Abroad" so much that Mu Qiong was a little surprised.

He knew that "Study Abroad" should be very popular, but because he didn't have many friends, he usually stayed at home, that is, went to newspaper offices, western restaurants, and Fu Yun'an's, so he didn't really know how popular "Study Abroad" was.

It wasn't until now, when he heard these students talking about "Study Abroad", that he realized that his novel was more popular than he had imagined.

When he was in modern times, he once heard an elder talk about the 80s, saying that it was a very friendly era for authors. At that time, if an author wrote a good work, it might even arouse heated discussions among the whole people, and let literary youths all over the country. Read his work and become famous instantly.

Because at that time, there were too few good books and works.

But even so, the 80s were only half a golden age.

The era when the author was most likely to become famous was actually the Republic of China.

Although Mu Qiong had heard it before, he didn't feel it deeply, but now...he felt it.

Just thinking about this, Mu Qiong suddenly heard a boy say: "The name Zhen Guo is really very good. I have already decided to change my name to Zhen Guo."

Mu Qiong: "..."

After everyone waited for a while, several carriages arrived. At the same time, all the doctors participating in the free clinic also came one after another, including Fu Yun'an.

It can be seen that Fu Yun'an is very popular, not only are there a few doctors by his side, but also a blond foreigner in his thirties who keeps talking to him.

Mu Qiong wanted to go up to talk to him, but when he saw this scene, he was not in a hurry to go up.

In the end, Fu Yun'an saw him: "Mu Qiong, this way."

Seeing this, Mu Qiong passed away.

Fu Yun'an looked at Mu Qiong's big and small bags, smiled slightly, and then said: "Wait, you will be with me and take a carriage." After speaking, he introduced the foreigner who was talking to Mu Qiong: "This is Mr. Edward. He is a missionary, an Englishman, and he will go with us."

"Hello, Mr. Edward." Mu Qiong greeted each other in English.

"Hello." This Mr. Edward smiled and dealt with Mu Qiong: "May God bless you."

For this free clinic, Gongji Hospital is divided into three groups, with twelve people in each group. Among the 12 people, there is one missionary, two doctors, two assistants, and seven volunteers.

Of course, some doctors in the team are also missionaries. For example, in their group, besides Edward who is a missionary, another doctor, Ms. Mary, is also a missionary.

When Mu Qiong entered Dr. Fu's group, he took up a volunteer spot, and the volunteers other than him were all college students, and most of them were college students studying medicine.

They set out in two carriages, one carrying medical equipment, medicines, missionaries, doctors, and doctor's assistants, and the other carrying seven volunteers.

Mu Qiong and his group of volunteers got into the carriage together, put the packages he brought under the seat of the carriage, and then heard these students talking excitedly about the free clinic.

These students are looking forward to the upcoming free clinic and want to show their skills in this free clinic.

Speaking of which, during the period of the Republic of China, there were always many people doing charity.

Some are purely rich, and they donate a little when they see the poor, but there are also many who have a heart for the world and want to do something for the people... During this period, some people even went bankrupt to run schools.

However, Gongji Hospital and other hospitals joined forces to provide free clinics for the purpose of preaching.

During this period, many missionaries came to China from Europe, the United States and other countries. In Shanghai alone, there were thousands of them. Besides missionaries, these people generally had other identities, such as doctors, teachers, scholars, etc. They After coming to Shanghai, in addition to preaching, he also opened hospitals, schools, newspaper offices and so on.

At that time, Aurora University, the largest university in Shanghai, was founded by missionaries. In addition, all the big hospitals in Shanghai at this time were basically founded by missionaries, and Gongji Hospital was no exception.

These hospitals regularly give free consultations to the poor and spread the gospel of God, but they have never recruited volunteers before, and this is the first time.

"I have been studying medicine for more than a year, and this is the first time I have the opportunity to treat people!"

"I don't know what the free clinic is like."

"Dr. Mary and Dr. Fu who are in our group are very good, especially Dr. Fu. I heard that he performs operations on people quickly and well. Those foreigners who want to operate don't go to foreign doctors, but to him. "

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These students are all acquainted, and they chatted enthusiastically. After chatting for a while, someone finally noticed Mu Qiong: "I saw Dr. Fu talking to you. Are you Dr. Fu's servant?"

"No." Mu Qiong said: "I followed to learn."

"Oh..." the man asked again, with some interest: "Which university are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Mu Qiong smiled: "I never went to college."

"Are you still in middle school? Which middle school did you study in?" the man asked again.

"I have been in middle school for two years in Suzhou, but I am not studying now."

The man immediately lost interest in Mu Qiong, turned his head away and stopped talking to Mu Qiong.

After they chatted, Mu Qiong couldn't get in the way, so he just watched the scenery along the road.

After leaving Shanghai, the first glance is full of lush greenery—the autumn in the south of the Yangtze River is also full of vitality.

But Mu Qiong was not in a good mood, because most of the people he met along the way had pale faces and numbness on their faces, and some of them were old farmers with bulging backs who could no longer stand upright.

The carriage left Shanghai all the way, and about two hours later, it stopped once to let people go to the bathroom.

Of course, there is no public toilet to go to the toilet. The boys are okay, but the girls... Among the volunteers in their group, there are two girls, and neither of them got off the bus.

The carriage drove forward for another two hours, and then stopped for the second time. This time, in addition to going to the toilet, everyone would have time to eat.

Two female volunteers went to the bathroom together, but a male volunteer was a little confused: "Where's the meal?"

"You didn't bring it?" asked the person in charge of driving the carriage.

These volunteers looked at each other in blank dismay... They didn't bring any food, they didn't know that they had to bring their own food.

"We are going far away. We are on the road for the first day. You have to bring your own food for this day. I guess the person who notified you forgot to mention it." Fu Yun'an just heard this when he came over, and said immediately.

These days are not modern, you can make a phone call and send a text message to clarify what activities are going on, and finally open a WeChat group, and everyone can ask questions such as "Do you want to bring a hair dryer?"

There are some things at this time, and it is very troublesome to organize, and the people who organize will not care about all aspects of your life.

However, experienced people will basically bring everything they need to bring.

"We brought some extra food, you can eat with us." Fu Yun'an suggested that on his side, two assistants had already brought out bread and other food.

"Doctor Fu, no need, I don't think you have much to bring." Mu Qiong said, "I have a lot to eat here."

Mu Qiong opened his rattan basket, put a piece of oiled paper inside, and stuffed it with things.

Salted fish, bacon, boiled eggs, duck in sauce, and lots of bread.

"You brought so much food!" a volunteer exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah." Mu Qiong responded, and took it out to share with everyone.

Although Mu Qiong told Fu Yun'an that they don't need to give them food, Fu Yun'an still brought some bread over, and two coachmen lit a fire to boil water, and everyone was full in the end.

It's just... These students are probably not very polite because they lived too well in the past, and they also pick delicious food. Mu Qiong originally prepared all the things for the teething ceremony in the next few days, and they ate them all. It's over.

Instead, there was a lot left over from the tasteless dry bread he had brought.

"When I get to the place, I'll go buy some and return it to you." The boy who asked Mu Qiong which university he studied in said shyly, and the others also nodded.

Mu Qiong agreed.

In the morning, everyone could still chat in full swing, but in the afternoon, there was nothing to do, and they began to feel uncomfortable.

In modern times, with mobile phones and tablets to play with, it’s hard to sit on the bus for a day, not to mention that there is no entertainment at all at this time, and sitting in a carriage is far less comfortable than a bus—the roads in the country are very difficult. It's a dirt road, and it's very uneven. If you sit in the car properly, you will be shaken up at every turn.

Mu Qiong regretted not bringing an extra cushion.

It was really boring, so someone suggested to tell a story.

It's just that there are only a few books on the market at this time, and there are only a few stories they know, so it's meaningless to tell them any more.

"Let me tell you a story, it was written by a foreign writer." Mu Qiong said suddenly.

Those people looked at Mu Qiong curiously: "Can you tell stories?"

"Yes." Mu Qiong smiled and started talking: "The background of the story is during the Franco-Prussian War..."

Mu Qiong talked about "Ball of Fat".