The room was already cramped and cramped, and due to the lack of ventilation all year round, it was filled with a musty smell.
Xie Ning was stunned when she first took a look.
I saw seven or eight one-meter-wide single beds packed neatly in the small living room, with an old man lying on each bed.
Some are very old, and some are slightly younger, but overall they all look thin and thin, and everyone's face is very pale.
An old lady lying at the door smiled and nodded at her. She said nothing and her breathing seemed very slow.
Xie Xueli was also surprised when he saw this situation and glanced at Xie subconsciously.
Seeing that Xie Ning didn't say anything, he didn't say anything and followed the little man a few steps forward.
"Doctor, give this old man a pain-relieving injection." The little man pointed to the groaning old man on the bed next to him and whispered.
Xie Xueli was a little surprised, "Analgesic injections cannot be given randomly, it depends on the situation."
"Don't worry about it, just give him a beating." The little man waved his hand impatiently, almost in a commanding tone, "Hurry up, it will hurt him to death if you delay any longer."
"But……"
"Let's fight." Xie Ning took out a brand new emergency medical kit from the space, then rummaged through the medicine cabinet to find several pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory injections, and handed them to Xie Xueli.
Xie Xueli nodded helplessly.
The medical supplies in the emergency medical kit are quite complete, including disposable syringes, gauze and other items.
Xie Xueli glanced at the old man.
The little man urged again, "Doctor, hurry up, I'm in so much pain."
Xie Xueli had no choice but to follow the little man's instructions and give the old man a pain-relieving injection.
"Thank you." The little man spoke softly and pointed to the emergency medical kit placed aside, "Can I keep this?"
Xie Xueli opened his mouth, and then heard Xie Ning say lightly, "Just stay."
"I'll take you out."
The little man walked the two of them to the door, thanked them again, and closed the door.
Xie Xueli was a little surprised, "Ning Ning, why don't you ask them what's going on?"
These people are too strange, very strange.
There are so many old people in room 707. Could it be that the same situation is happening in room 708 next door?
Are the so-called small bases in slums actually filled with such incompetent old people?
Xie Ning was a little silent and did not respond to Xie Xueli's words.
When they arrived at the door of 705, Xie Ningcai thanked Xie Xueli, "Thank you very much this time. You may have to leave tomorrow, so you should go back and get ready."
"This..." Xie Xueli was stunned for a moment, but nodded, "Okay, I understand, thank you for the reminder, Ning Ning."
He actually wanted to know what was going on in the slum base.
But obviously, Xie Ning didn't want to talk in depth.
"What's wrong Ning Ning?" Song Youai was washing clothes in a homemade front-loading washing machine. When he saw his daughter coming back with a wilted look on her face, she hurriedly came over.
"What happened."
Xie Ning reached out and hugged her mother, feeling a little depressed.
"Didn't you ask me before?"
"Um?"
"Why don't they go to the big base and have to hide in this dangerous building?" Xie Ning's voice was muffled. "I will tell you seriously, maybe they yearn for freedom."
"What's even worse is that maybe they like this feeling of being the king of the mountain. They like to be unfettered and not subject to official control."
Song Youai glanced at his daughter in surprise, "Then?"
"That Brother Dong can't leave at all."
Xie Ning said with a solemn expression, "More than 90% of their small base in the slums are elderly people who are in poor health and cannot move around freely."
"Ah." Song Youxuan and He Shuping were shocked, and the others also put down their work and came over to surround Xie Ning.
"Sister Ning, you mean that Brother Dong, who looks very much like a member of society, has adopted a group of elderly people?"
Xie Ning wiped her face and said, "This cannot be said to be a small base at all. To be precise, it should be called a shelter."
"Slum shelter." Song Youyi muttered to himself.
"Then Brother Dong is too... great." Xiao Huangmao said these words with difficulty.
Who can do this?
In fact, Xie Ning has never disliked the Holy Mother, and even admired her. Because she couldn't do it herself, she especially admired others...
But the premise is that the saint cannot be blamed on her...
Compared to this radiant Brother Dong, Xie Ning felt like she couldn't even compare to a little firefly.
Fireflies can only light up areas that are larger than a fingernail. Xie Ning is such a person. She can only light up the people around her and cannot help others.
The group of people suddenly fell silent.
Compared to other people's lives in hell, they don't know what to say.
After a long silence, Song Youai spoke up first, "Will it be bright tomorrow?"
"I don't know. But tomorrow will be the fourth day of darkness. Logically speaking, it should gradually get better."
"If there is no more daylight in the future, will all the plants stop growing?"
Song Youyi slapped his son on the head and said, "Stop being so talkative. There is news from the laboratory. Things will definitely get better tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"I think so too."
"Then are we going to bring these people from the ghetto shelter?"
Wang Zongxuan asked a question, and everyone who asked was silent again...
…
When Gu Chen came to see them in the evening, everyone simply had something to eat and went to rest.
There is only a small energy-saving lamp on in the living room, and a fire pit is placed in the corner, which shines a little halo and makes the room look very warm.
Xie Ning took Gu Chen to the bedroom window to talk. Facing the long night, the two of them looked at each other.
"The nearby terrain has been figured out. Now it's dark outside, with no hail or rain. We can't delay tomorrow, we have to set off."
"good."
Gu Chen held her hand and said, "Just now, I talked to Brother Dong from the small base."
Xie Ning was silent for a moment and asked lightly, "What did he say?"
Gu Chen shook his head, "He still insists on not leaving. All of them old people will stay, so I think...leaving them some supplies can be considered as fulfilling my feelings."
"Okay." Xie Ning nodded again without any objection.
"Before the end of the world, these elderly people all came from the same nursing home. The nursing home is located near the old city. The conditions and facilities are poor, and the services are not very good."
"After the demolition of the old city began, the nursing homes were also demolished. Some of the elderly were taken back by their children, while others had no one to pick them up at all."
Xie Ning listened silently and said nothing.
Gu Chen whispered, "After the end of the world, Brother Dong, Xiaodou and the others, Xiaodou is the little man with the unkempt hair, who worked hard to move the old man to live on this floor."
He paused, thinking of Brother Dong taking a puff of cigarette, and looking at his smiling expression: "Captain Gu, we appreciate your kindness, but we have decided not to leave."