Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

There are two male volunteers in Mu Qiong’s dormitory, one is Zheng Weixin who took the initiative to talk to him in the carriage and asked him about his school. He is quite prestigious among these volunteers, and the other volunteers are willing to listen to him. of.

Another male volunteer is Sun Yiyao. He has acne all over his face, he doesn't like to talk, and he has a shy personality.

These volunteers are all from well-to-do families, and they probably didn’t do any other work other than study before, and they didn’t have any experience in treating diseases and saving lives. So today, they actually didn’t accomplish anything.

It's not that they don't want to do things, the main reason is that they don't have work in their eyes, and they don't know what to do without being taught, so they keep busying around, even standing up.

On the other hand, Mu Qiong, at least with experience, helped Fu Yun'an with a lot of things.

Lin Shoufu took care of them very well. He and his mother took care of the meals together. His grandma was busy working under the stove all day, and never cut off the hot water supply.

The situation of the Lin family is somewhat similar to the situation of the Mu family in Suzhou, but in comparison, the Mu family is richer.

It was already late, Zheng Weixin and Sun Yiyao carried a bucket of hot water from the kitchen back to the room, planning to wash their faces and feet.

Mu Qiong put down the notebook in his hand and washed with them.

There is no facial cleanser these days, so he just washed his face with water and dried it with a towel.

Zheng Weixin and Sun Yiyao put the towels they brought in the water and wrung them dry, then rubbed their faces vigorously.

Seeing this scene, Mu Qiong was a little worried that Sun Yiyao would rub the pimples on his face...

Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.

The three share one washbasin and one footbath. Of course, the water is changed when washing.

They didn't pour much water to wash their faces, and they poured it into the footbath after washing, ready to wash their feet.

"No wonder my feet hurt so much today...it turns out I have blisters." Zheng Weixin took off his shoes and socks and hugged his feet.

Although leather shoes look good, they are actually not comfortable, and they are easy to rub your feet.

Sun Yiyao was no better than Zheng Weixin. He didn't have blisters on his feet, but his heels were worn out.

The two of them grinned and washed their feet, a little envious of Mu Qiong's cloth shoes, Zheng Weixin said: "Mu Qiong, you are so farsighted, you wore cloth shoes from the very beginning!"

"Cloth shoes are comfortable." Mu Qiong smiled: "If there is such a thing in the future, don't wear leather shoes."

"That's right, we have to bring more things in the future." Zheng Weixin said, unlike Mu Qiong, they even brought bedding, and the ones they used were all prepared by Lin Shoufu. They were not used to it, and they always felt that there was a smell.

I'm sorry to complain, but they really can't stand it.

Mu Qiong could see that they were not used to it: "As long as you can carry it, take all the things you need. Of course, if you are going to a big city like Beijing, there is no need to take so much." Zheng Weixin and Sun Yiyao's family is rich. If you go to other big cities, you only need to bring money, and you can buy everything.

"That is!" Zheng Weixin said.

The three of them tidied up while chatting, and then went to bed.

The candles had already been blown out, and the room was pitch-black. Zheng Weixin suddenly said, "I never knew that the life of ordinary people is like this."

It's not that he hasn't seen poor people, and it's not that he doesn't know that many people in this world live in poverty, but people are like this sometimes. If you haven't had close contact with those people, you don't have that deep feeling.

Mu Qiong didn't know it before.

"When I go back, I will write down everything I encountered during this free clinic." Zheng Weixin said again.

Sun Yiyao also said: "I want to write it down...Mu Qiong, what can we do tomorrow?"

"You are still students, you are here mainly to gain experience, just study." Mu Qiong said.

"But we can't do nothing." Zheng Weiqing said; "Today, Dr. Fu and Dr. Mary have been busy, but I can't do anything. I feel very sad."

Mu Qiong thought for a while, then suddenly said: "You can go and explain hygiene knowledge to the villagers, for example, the water must be boiled before drinking."

In modern times, no one drinks the sterilized water that comes out of the tap directly. You either boil it to drink it, or simply drink the bottled water you bought.

But at this time, many people are thirsty, and it is not uncommon to drink a ladle of water directly from the river.

Both Zheng Weixin and Sun Yiyao agreed.

There were still many people who came to see the doctor the next day, but Zheng Weixin and Sun Yiyao really followed what Mu Qiong said and began to explain some common sense of hygiene to the villagers.

Most people in the village are illiterate, and they don't even know what a university is like, but they have a set of theories, thinking that graduating from middle school is equivalent to being a scholar, and if they are college students, they are Juren!

Now Master Juren told them that the water should be boiled for drinking, it must be right, but: "We don't have so much firewood to boil water at home..."

There is no forest here, and there is no place to cut firewood. The firewood that the villagers usually use is either rice stalks or branches trimmed from mulberry trees, and these are not enough to burn.

When Mu Qiong heard this, he understood why a certain gentleman had to abandon medicine and pursue literature.

However, even so, these volunteers let these people know some knowledge.

In this village, they held free clinics for three days, and the number of people who came to treat diseases was also reduced—basically, people in several nearby villages who were suffering from illnesses had already come to see them.

In this way, they will naturally relax.

It stands to reason that they would continue to perform free clinics here for three days before they could complete their mission and leave, but Missionary Edward suggested: "We can go to farther and poorer villages, where the people need us more."

"Yes, we should spread the gospel of God to more people." Dr. Mary agreed.

In this era, Europe and the United States sent many missionaries to China.

Their original intention of doing this was to carry out cultural aggression, so Mu Qiong didn't like the two foreign missionaries in the team at the beginning.

However, after being in contact with Missionary Edward for a long time, he suddenly discovered that the missionary himself did not actually have such thoughts.

The upper echelons of those countries definitely want to carry out cultural aggression, but the words of these missionaries... some may not know it, such as Edward, he is a very idealized person.

He felt that the country was so poor and the lives of the people were so miserable that he should spread the gospel for them under the guidance of God and save their souls and bodies.

He felt that he was shouldering a great goal, and he wanted to let the light of God fill this country, and he was even willing to contribute everything to this goal.

And Dr. Mary thinks the same way, which can be heard from her conversation with Missionary Edward.

Mu Qiong didn't like the natural thinking of these two people, but he had to admit that they were not bad people, and sometimes they did a lot of things, which was quite cute.

In particular, he knew that the reason why so many college students were recruited as volunteers for this free clinic was because doctors who graduated from college before Zheng Weixin and the others were unwilling to practice in small places.

Western medicine is scarce, and it is easy to find a job in a big city like Shanghai after graduation. The salary is still high, at least tens of dollars a month, and you can earn more by opening a clinic... Under such circumstances, who Willing to practice medicine in a small place?

This is also human nature.

But pious Christians like Edward, who were fooled by their country's government to preach, feel that this is inappropriate. They often go to cure the poor and preach to the poor. They also hope that college students like Zheng Weiqing can do a good job after graduation. order something.

So, they called a group of volunteers, so they found that fewer people came here for treatment, so they wanted to go to a more impoverished place.

"But if you go to other places, I can't take care of you." Lin Shoufu was a little anxious after hearing the translation from Dr. Mary's assistant.

"We don't need care, God walks with us." Dr. Mary said.

"How about this, leave four volunteers here and continue to treat people in the next few days, and the rest... let's go to other places." Fu Yun'an said, he said it in Chinese, Said it again in English.

His proposal was approved by everyone.

The four volunteers who stayed at Lin's house were the two female volunteers and the two male volunteers who did not share the room with Mu Qiong.

The study of the two female volunteers is good, and they have been helping Dr. Mary for the past three days. They are already able to deal with some patients independently. The two male volunteers are weaker, but they can stay to protect these female volunteers. .

As for the others, they got into the carriage and drove on early next morning.

This time, the carriage traveled for a long time, and then they came to a village.

No one arranged here, and no one notified in advance. In addition, it is farther away from Shanghai, and the news is even more blocked... When the carriage entered the village at first, many people came to see it curiously, but when Edward got off the carriage, these People ran away immediately, and others threw stones at them.

Lin Shoufu followed. Seeing this, he hurriedly went to the head of the village and said that they were here for free clinic.

But the village chief disagreed, and even felt that they were practicing witchcraft, and that foreigners would cut people open...

"We are all doctors, we treat people for free, and we don't break the guts of people." Seeing that Lin Shoufu couldn't talk to the village chief, Fu Yun'an went up to persuade them together, and took out some of the things they brought documents.

Strange to say, Lin Shoufu couldn't convince the village chief, but after Fu Yun'an went out and explained their origin in detail, the village chief agreed.

It's just that he didn't want to arrange better accommodation for them, but let them live in a ruined temple in the village, hoping that the Buddha would suppress the foreign monsters.

Mu Qiong: "..."

Fortunately, Edward and Mary could not understand the dialect here.

To be honest, even Mu Qiong had a hard time listening. The dialect here is similar to that of Suzhou in Shanghai, but it is a little different.

The ruined temple is a square temple, with a small yard in the middle, and a pile of ashes in the middle, with some burnt candles and smoke inserted on the ground.

There are some rooms on the left and right sides where people can live, and in the big house facing the south, there is a Buddha statue.

Lin Shoufu is a good person, and he really tries his best to do something for the common people, and he is very quick in handling things.He bought some straw and broke the door to make beds for everyone, and went to raise food, and he did not forget to publicize to the people here that he could come to the temple for treatment.

However, many people surrounded the gate of the ruined temple, but no one came in to seek medical treatment for them. There were children who were watching the excitement, but were dragged away by the mother twisting their ears. He was not allowed to play here, for fear that he would be killed Foreigners ate it openly.

However, even so, someone came after all.

A man who appeared to be in his thirties came, he was very thin, pale, and limped in with a cane: "Can you heal my leg?"

"The Lin family, how do you seek medical treatment from them?"

"You don't want to die!"

"How can there be such a good thing, no money for medical treatment!"

……

"If my leg doesn't heal, my whole family will die." The man said.

When the people outside the ruined temple heard what he said, no one said anything.

And when the man rolled up his pants...Mu Qiong and the others were shocked.

His leg was broken, and it was twisted at a strange angle. Some unknown herbs were applied to the wound, and the flesh was already rotten, emitting some weird smell.

After all this, it was really not easy for him to still stand.

Dr. Mary said almost immediately: "This requires amputation!"

Such a serious injury, if the leg that has not been treated in time is not treated as soon as possible, it will easily cause death.

"With your injury, we recommend amputation." Fu Yun'an also said.

"Chop off the leg?" the man asked, "Then what will I do in the future? My family has no land, and my wife and children rely on me as a long-term worker to support them... Besides, can I still live if I cut off my leg?"

Fu Yun'an was silent, and at this time, another old lady who looked quite young came. She was a little afraid of Edward and dared not enter the temple, so she yelled at the man at the gate of the temple: "Old man, why did you run away? Didn’t you tell you to stay at home and wait for me to apply medicine to you? This is the magic medicine I begged from the master. Lao Li from the next village had rotted on his body before, so he applied it twice and healed up... If it's not good, eat some more."

The old lady was holding something like a piece of pink skin in her hand, but no one knew what it was.

The man's face became even uglier: "Old Li is dead."

"That's because his heart is not sincere, the master is very clever." The old lady said: "I am your mother, and I will not harm you!"