In the early morning, the sky was covered with a layer of mist.
After Yang Ping finished his breakfast, although he was fully prepared for the activities in the countryside last night, he still went through them in his mind to check if there was anything missing.
I called Director Zeng again and told Director Zeng that if anything happens to Corey, please call him at any time and don’t be afraid of trouble.
Everyone was still very interested in this in-depth rural activity and gathered at the entrance of the hospital early.
The Health Bureau deployed six vehicles, all of which were minivans, parked on the side of the road in front of the hospital. The first car also had a speaker installed on the roof.
Dean Pan, representatives of the Health Bureau, and Director Tian each gave brief speeches.
Everyone has the right number to get on the bus, and the arrangements for grouping and vehicles are posted in the group one day in advance, so they are clear.
The Health Bureau assigned a liaison officer to each group, and the liaison officer stood by the car door waiting.
Director Tian and Dean Pan took the first car. Everyone looked for their own cars and asked Zhang Lin if they didn't understand.
This minivan has a relatively small interior space. Fatty Liang got on the bus and tried to squeeze into the back, but it was a bit difficult and seemed to be stuck.
Zhang Lin got worried and shouted: "People next to you, don't look at me, just give me a push."
Yang Ping was paired with Xiao Su again. He was carrying a bag on his back and another bag in his hand, and took Xiao Su into the car.
When everyone got on the bus, Zhang Lin and Xiao Wu called the cars one by one. After the roll call, Zhang Lin waved his hand: Let's go!
For those who didn’t know, they thought he was the leader of the Health Bureau.
"Get in the car yourself!" Xiao Wu waved.
Zhang Lin stretched his head in and found that there was only one seat next to the fat man.
"Don't look, there's only one seat left." Xiaowu got on the bus ahead of him.
"Fat man, squeeze in a little bit." Zhang Lin really couldn't sit down.
"I'm sitting sideways, with my butt on one side, but you can't sit still, so you have to lose weight." The fat man sat closely to the side.
Zhang Lin glared at him and forced himself to sit down. He wanted to curse, but there were such people, but he didn't know what to do.
The motorcade set off on a winding cement road in the countryside, and occasionally encountered a few cars on the road.
When encountering a larger car, it is inconvenient to meet another car. The oncoming car will back up until it reaches a fork in the road or a specially widened meeting area.
Slowly, the cars split into lanes on the road, and as they walked, only the car Yang Ping was sitting in was left.
Xiao Su is very curious. When she sees the scenery outside the window, she asks questions from time to time.
Yang Ping answered patiently, occasionally adding some interesting rural anecdotes that Xiao Su had never heard of.
The two chatted with great interest and enthusiasm. After the chat, the two suddenly calmed down, looked at each other, immediately looked away, and blushed at the same time.
The car started to climb, the driver kept downshifting, and the steering wheel moved back and forth flexibly.
When you reach a sharp turn, it feels like your whole body is being thrown away.
Those who are not used to it will be on tenterhooks, but the driver doesn’t care, maybe he is used to driving on this kind of road.
Slowly, the car stopped. The other group in the car had arrived at the entrance of the village and was about to get off. Yang Ping looked around and saw that at the entrance of the village, there was a stone step going up the mountain.
Four people got out of the car, a liaison officer, three doctors and nurses, and there were people waiting at the intersection, who must have come to pick them up.
The car continued to move forward, twisting and turning, going deeper and deeper, and huge trees could be seen everywhere, which were rarely seen.
The cement road finally reached the blind end, and the liaison officer said: "The two doctors are here!"
"We're here!" Yang Ping reminded.
"Yeah" Xiao Su replied softly.
She was still in a trance. The mountain road just now made her faint, and she was always nervous.
Yang Ping was carrying the luggage, and Xiao Su said: "I'll carry some too."
"It's okay, there are three eggs for breakfast." Yang Ping said with a smile.
Some medical supplies have been moved to the village health station in advance, and now they are just my personal luggage.
The liaison officer has a big camera hanging around his neck, which makes him look very professional.
Several people were waiting at the entrance of the village, and they came to greet everyone as soon as they got off the car.
"This is Village Chief Fang, and this is Magu from the health station. There are few people in the township hospital here, so we can't spare any manpower, so Magu can only help." The liaison officer introduced.
An elderly man and middle-aged woman came up to shake hands with everyone.
There were also a few young men, each holding a pole, looking at everyone and smiling honestly.
"Give them all your bags. They came here specially to help carry your luggage. It won't be easy to walk down the mountain," the liaison officer said.
Yang Ping handed them all the backpacks, and they hung them on both ends of the poles, and one person took care of the luggage.
The others had no work to do, and one wanted to help the liaison officer carry the camera. The liaison officer subconsciously turned sideways and said, "I'll do it myself."
A group of people climbed up the steps. The young man carrying the luggage was very brisk. He carried the luggage with a rhythmic pace and led the way.
They all wore homespun clothes from the Yao people. Magu spoke very good Mandarin, but the village chief spoke very poor Mandarin. He said a few words, but no one understood them.
The village chief laughed, and so did Yang Ping.
Magu helped translate: "He said, thank you and the government."
After walking up the steps, we entered a mountain road that almost clung to the rocky cliffs. It was about two people abreast and wide, with a deep valley next to it and a guardrail similar to a highway built on the roadside.
There is water in the valley. I don’t know what it should be called, a lake?
A motorcycle is coming from the other side, everyone gives way.
How many people dare to ride a motorcycle on this kind of road? Not afraid of falling.
Travel thousands of miles and read thousands of books.
The village chief said a few more words, which seemed to be about the guardrail.
Magu said: "He said that the guardrail was built with the help of the government and there was no such guardrail before."
Magu was very cheerful and introduced along the way: "There is a reservoir below, and there are a lot of fish in it. Our whole village depends on this reservoir to live. There are people buying fish every day. They will park their cars at the entrance of the village and go to the dam in front." p>
Seeing this reservoir, Yang Ping felt a natural sense of fear.
But he still pulled Xiao Su inside while he protected her from the outside.
"The government originally planned to build houses on the concrete roadside and let people move out, but everyone disagreed. They have been used to living here for generations," Magu said.
I graduated from Magu Health School and worked in coastal pharmacies and clinics.
Later, when the village wanted to build a health station, she happened to be studying medicine, so she came back to work as a village doctor.
The cliff slowly began to slow down, no longer upright, but sloping, and the rocks turned into earthy mountains.
The road is getting wider and wider, and the reservoir is getting bigger and bigger. There is a boat sailing on the water, and the diesel engine makes a loud clicking sound.
There is a smooth mountainous area on the roadside, scattered with large and small stones, which is completely incompatible with the lushness in other places.
A piece of flat land was dug out halfway up the mountain, seemingly ready for construction.
There is a huge stone on the flat ground, visually estimated to weigh several tons.
"The previous township chief cut down all the trees in this area without the consent of the villagers. They had already cut down all the trees, and there was nothing they could do. The village chief planned to build a fishing station above to sell fish. The stone was originally on the top of the mountain.
There was a landslide last year and rocks fell to the mountainside." With Magu's explanation, everyone's walking on the mountain road was not boring.
The young man carrying the luggage walked quickly, but Magu told him to slow down.
He turned around and smiled honestly, then slowed down.
The village chief said a few more words, and Magu helped translate: "He said that the rock was too dangerous and was supposed to be blown up, but the blasting required an application from the township government. He applied, but the township government has not sent anyone to blow it up yet.
If he doesn't come back, he will find someone to roll the stone down into the reservoir."
After walking for almost forty minutes, we finally saw the village.
An old-fashioned blue brick house with three floors and cornices is very distinctive.
There is also a house like this at the entrance of the village. Under the big tree at the door, there is a wrinkled old woman sitting, holding a long pipe and puffing away smoke.
The clouds in the sky never dispersed, and the sun seemed to be trapped, showing a little bit of its face, but then it was covered by the clouds.
"This is the village health station, and it is also my home. You are welcome, please come in. This is my grandma, she is ninety-nine."
Magu quickly called everyone in.
The room at the far end of the house has a sign for a health station.
A middle-aged man walked out of the room, grinning: "Everyone, come in and sit down."
"Just sit outside and look at the scenery?" the liaison officer said, seeking Yang Ping's opinion.
"This is my lover, working on the reservoir." Magu said.
Magu's husband brought out a long stool, and Magu went in and brought a bamboo chair for Xiao Su to sit on.
"We will hold a free clinic here later. Everyone heard that doctors from the provincial capital have not gone out. They are waiting for a free clinic."
Grandma asked Magu something in dialect. Magu answered her a few words, turned around and said to everyone: "She said if the cadres from the city are coming, she wants me to boil tea and pour water. Don't stand still."
Everyone laughed, this grandma is ninety-nine and still so tough.
Yang Ping looked at Grandma. Although her facial wrinkles were like orange peels, her body was strong, her eyes were bright, and her ears were sharp. Magu spoke to her just now in a normal voice.
"Dr. Yang, they all say that smoking is harmful to health. My grandma smokes, but she is still so healthy at ninety-nine years old?" the liaison officer said while playing with the camera.
"Grandma has a longevity gene, and most people shouldn't compare her." Yang Ping said with a smile.
