This is a small town in a remote mountainous area in southern China. To describe it as a small town is a bit exaggerated. To be precise, it is a market place composed of several surrounding villages. It is poor, backward and dilapidated.
It was approaching nightfall, and there was no nightlife in the town. The few streets had basically closed their doors and windows. A little light shone through from the sparse houses, lighting up the night, and the outline of the town could still be vaguely seen.
"Go faster now, otherwise you won't be able to move a few."
A young man's voice came from the end of the street, with a hint of complaint, and accompanied by accelerated footsteps, two men's figures hurriedly walked from the end of the street.
"Qiangzi, do we still have to do this job? I worked with you all day yesterday, and I was so scared when I went back that I didn't sleep all night." The man walking behind was slightly shorter, and he followed the man in front closely. , one side has little confidence.
"Gou San, we can hardly afford food. Don't you want to make money? It costs 50 yuan to move one. There is still water to fish, and you can make several hundred yuan in half a night. It's such a good job these days. Where are you going to find it? Don’t forget, when we were working on the construction site last year, we worked so hard for less than two hundred yuan a day. In the end, the evil boss ran away because he still owed money, and this job was paid in cash. Who wouldn’t? Are you rushing to do it?" The man walking in front who was called Qiangzi asked without looking back.
"I know it too, but..."
The man called Gou San in the back was obviously hesitant, hesitating as if he couldn't make up his mind.
"Let me remind you, next week is Tingting's birthday. Is it ridiculous if we can't even afford a decent gift?" Qiangzi added.
"Then, let's do it until Tingting's birthday. No matter what you say after that, I won't do this job with you anymore."
After hearing Tingting's name, Gou San calmed down, gritted his teeth and quickly caught up with Qiangzi.
The town is called Huiguang Town. Although it is small, it is well-equipped with all the internal organs. There is a town health center at the entrance of the town, which is quite impressive. It is built three floors high. Apart from the Hope Middle School in the center of the town, this health center is considered A landmark building.
"Dean Zhang, I'm really sorry to disturb you so late again."
Several dusty ambulances stopped in the courtyard of the health center, and a few doctors in white coats got out and apologized to Zhang Yangsheng, the director of the health center who was already waiting here.
"It doesn't matter. I know Dr. Liu and you also set off from the city early in the morning, but the location of our township is indeed too remote and the road is not easy to walk, so the journey will take one day. I have already arranged the accommodation, which is right behind. The staff dormitory, Dr. Liu, you can rest after sending the patient in later."
Zhang Yangsheng, a middle-aged man in his 40s, greeted several doctors who came out of the ambulance and said with understanding.
"Thank you so much, Dean Zhang. Once the driver makes more trips and gets familiar with the distance, we will probably arrive in the afternoon." The leader, Dr. Liu, took off his mask and said gratefully to Dean Zhang.
"According to this, people will be sent to me in the future." Dean Zhang frowned when he heard this.
"Dean Zhang, there is nothing we can do. More and more players are being transferred because of the game "Myth". Patients with brain-dead diseases are appearing in large numbers. The hospitals in the city are already at full capacity. If it weren't for the people who built this place in the first place, At that time, considering that the place is too remote and it is inconvenient to transfer, the medical facilities are well prepared and we will not send people here." Doctor Liu, who is younger than Dean Zhang, shook his head and sighed after hearing this.
"But my manpower here is limited. Apart from me, there are only a few young doctors who have just graduated. I have already sent more than 30 people. If I continue to send them, I'm afraid I won't be able to take them by then." Dean Zhang also said He shook his head and sounded worried.
"On this point, the chief director already expressed his position during the meeting yesterday. He will then send a medical team to assist. At that time, he will contact you, director Zhang, and ask you to solve the problem of food and accommodation." Dr. Liu replied .
"That's okay. The food and lodging issues are easy to deal with. It would be best if the staff came here as soon as possible." Dean Zhang nodded and his tone became more relaxed.
"Thank you to President Zhang for supporting his work. He is indeed a great grassroots cadre who has won the General Hospital's Best Contribution Award for many years." Dr. Liu expressed gratitude.
"Let's not talk about it for now. Four vehicles came today, one more than yesterday. How many people are there?" Dean Zhang waved his hand, walked towards several ambulances, and asked.
"There are a little more people today. There are 16 people in total, 5 of them were transferred from urban hospitals, and 11 of them were sent from other places. They are from everywhere." Dr. Liu followed Dean Zhang. Open your mouth and explain.
"Alas, the central government has not yet made a decision on how to deal with patients with metastatic diseases in the game. They are already brain-dead and cannot be saved. Our hospital can only hang its life, but now there is such a shortage of information and resources. How long can we hang him up, and the number of patients is still increasing, and there will be big trouble if this continues." Dean Zhang shook his head again, but when he turned to the door of the health center and saw a few men coming in, he immediately stopped talking, " Let’s not talk about this anymore, the porters are here.”
There were three people who came in from the entrance of the courtyard. Two of them were Qiangzi and Gou San. In addition, there was a one-eyed old farmer.
"Dean Zhang, we are here."
Qiangzi came over and said hello to Dean Zhang. Through the lights in the courtyard, you could see that Qiangzi was young, in his early 20s, with a strong build and a handsome face.
The third dog in the back is about the same age as Qiangzi, but is shorter and looks very ordinary.
The one-eyed old farmer is over 60 years old, and he is dressed like a countryman. Although he is not young, he is still strong and has the strength to work in farming all year round.
"Let's move as soon as we come. It's getting late. Finish moving as soon as possible and rest early." Dean Zhang nodded to the three Qiangzi people and pointed to the direction where several ambulances were parked. "Get the people down first. Wait for the driver masters to go to rest first. They have been driving all day. You should move to the third floor next to the ward from yesterday. When you are done, go to the duty room to collect money from me."
"Okay, let's get started."
It was indeed getting late, so Qiangzi and the other three did not waste any time and immediately started to move the people out of the ambulance.
Soon, in less than half an hour, a dozen patients with vegetative symptoms covered with white cloths were lying in a row on stretchers in the yard. Director Zhang, Dr. Liu and others also evacuated, leaving The three strong men.
"Don't wait, let's start moving. Although these people are still alive, they are just as dead. I don't know when the new policy will be introduced, and they will be burned as dead people." Qiangzi clapped his hands. "I really don't know if these people are mentally ill or something, how could they think of transferring to the game world? No matter how hard and tiring life is, they still have to live."
Gou San and the one-eyed old farmer did not answer, mainly because this town was too backward. Although they had heard others talk about the game world called "Myth", they had never seen it themselves and did not understand it at all.
The moving work began, and indeed as Qiangzi said, the more than ten patients were like dead people. No matter how they were moved, there was no response. Each patient carried one on his back and moved them to the ward on the third floor of the health center.
It can be seen from the process of carrying that Qiangzi and Lao Nong are smarter and pick the ones that are thin and light, while Gou San is much more honest and does not have to choose which one to carry.
But even though Gou San is always honest, he still knows that he is smaller and facing taller patients, it will be stressful to carry him.
And it just so happened that among these more than ten patients, there was a fat man with an exaggerated figure. He was tall and fat, weighing at least more than two hundred kilograms. Even dogs stayed away from him, let alone shrewd hadrons and old farmers, so It was left to the end.
"Let's lift it together later. That damn fat guy is heavier than the two of us plus one. He definitely can't lift it alone." Qiangzi walked down the stairs and said to Gou San behind him, and then saw There was no one around, so he secretly took out a handful of change from his pocket and waved it at Gou San, with a proud look on his face, "I just searched those dead people, how about it?"
"Okay." Gou San nodded and agreed to move together, mainly because he couldn't move alone, and then quickly whispered to Qiangzi to collect the change.
"Huh? Li Laogen moved so fast? In order to earn an extra 50 yuan, he moved that damn fat man up there alone?"
However, when Qiangzi and Gou San returned to the yard, they discovered that the fat man who had been left at the end was missing. Qiangzi was surprised and said that Li Laogen was the one-eyed old farmer.
"I said that I will let you move the last fat man, and I won't earn the 50 yuan." Li Laogen also came down at this time, and after speaking to Qiangzi and Gou San behind his back, he was about to go to the duty room. Received money.
"Wait! Li Laogen!" Qiangzi immediately became alert and called back to Li Laogen, "Didn't you move that fat man?"
"No, I just moved five." Li Laogen shook his head.
"We also moved 5 people per person! Only 15 people in total! But there are 16 people in total! Now that fat guy is gone!" Qiangzi's voice was no longer calm.
"What? One of them is missing?" Only then did Li Laogen see through Qiangzi and Gou San and find that the yard behind them was empty, and his voice suddenly changed.
"I-I heard that the hospital is not clean...c-could it be haunted?" Gou San was already trembling.
Just in time, a gust of night wind blew by at this moment, and the coolness it brought made all three of them shiver, and they only felt a chill on their backs.
"I, I'm going back first!" Li Laogen's mouth was trembling, and he could hear the sound of his teeth chattering. After saying this, he didn't even ask for money to move, and left the health center in a hurry.
"I, let's go too..."
Gou San was also a little panicked, but at least he was a young man and was better off than Li Laogen. Qiangzi nodded in agreement, and the two of them hurriedly left.
