At this moment, the three people outside seemed to have reached a conclusion. The child's grandmother quickly walked into the duty room, her attitude sincere as she said, "Miss! Their attitude was bad, I've already criticized them! I still need to trouble you to examine the child!"
Song Ning said, "It's fine! Please unbutton the child's clothes, and continuously wipe their forehead, armpits, soles of the feet, and palms with warm water. A few more wipes should do it."
After speaking, Song Ning walked out of the duty room and saw two women in the lobby hugging each other and still crying. She didn't know if they were crying out of concern for the child or because the child's grandmother had scolded them.
She only took a glance before turning and going upstairs.
Sister Ying saw Song Ning actually go upstairs, seemingly no longer caring about the child, and couldn't help but cry louder.
The child's grandmother, seeing Song Ning leave directly, was also a bit disappointed.
She frowned and shouted towards the outside of the door, "Stop crying, both of you! Come over quickly and wipe Doudou's body!"
While wiping the child, Sister Ying choked out, "Mom! Doudou's fever is so high, will just wiping him like this help? That girl... is she really not going to help anymore? Juanzi, Juanzi didn't say anything either!"
The child's grandmother wrung out the towel and after a long pause said, "We're not related, and this is clearly a troublesome matter. You two are questioning her when she was willing to lend a hand! It's no wonder she's upset!"
Sister Ying became anxious, "But, but she's really not helping! What about Doudou! If the fever continues to rise, there will be problems!"
Seeing Sister Ying about to cry again, the waiter who was helping beside them quickly spoke up, "Um... why don't you touch the child's forehead first? Is it... is it any better?"
The child's grandmother was stunned for a moment, then reached out and touched the child's forehead, seeming a bit uncertain.
"Yingzi! You touch it too! Is Doudou not as hot as before?"
Sister Ying quickly reached out and touched the child's forehead, then placed her own forehead against it to test. She grinned happily and said, "The fever is breaking! It's really breaking! This wiping is working! Let's do a few more wipes!"
Sister Ying happily continued wiping, but the child's grandmother turned to look at the waiter.
"Excuse me, was that young lady just now..."
The waiter could now confirm that Song Ning's blood hadn't been shed in vain. She then said, "That young lady must have already treated the child!"
At this time, Song Ning had already returned to her room.
She truly didn't care about the arguments happening downstairs.
Dazhui, Shaoshang, Gaohuang, and Erjian were all major acupoints for reducing fever.
High fever in children was not a difficult illness to treat.
For her, these were all matters that could be resolved with a single treatment.
If it weren't for the child being too young and suffering, she would have rarely intervened.
Having been a doctor for so long, she had seen all kinds of patients.
If she got angry and argued every day, she wouldn't be able to do this job.
To be honest, treating illnesses also depended on a doctor-patient connection and a mutual effort.
At least, when her mother, Ms. Mei, was practicing, she only accepted three hundred patients a year, and the registration fee was even speculated to sky-high prices.
For those who finally managed to get an appointment, they still had to depend on Ms. Mei's mood and whether she felt like seeing them!
Of course, her own director's appointments weren't cheap either!
The main reason was that she was lazy; she didn't even want to take on three hundred patients... As a result, scarcity drove up the price, and it kept getting higher!
Thinking of this...
Alas! She missed Ms. Mei a little. She wondered if she had argued with Old Man Song these past two days...
She herself had probably already passed away over there...
She didn't know if the two elderly people could hold on...
Song Ning thought randomly and fell asleep with a heavy heart.
Until the waiter knocked on her door and woke her up.
The waiter had specifically brought something up to her.
She handed Song Ning a wooden box, saying it was a gift from the child's grandmother that morning.
Song Ning was very surprised. The wooden box was exquisite. When she opened it, inside was a set of silver needles for acupuncture, and they were of superior quality.
"This is..."
"The child's grandmother said this wooden box was originally a gift for an elder, but now it's no longer needed. She is very grateful that you saved her grandson and hopes you can put it to good use!"
Song Ning quickly asked, "Which room are they in? Can you take me there?"
The waiter shook her head and said, "They just left by car. The county specially added several southbound buses to evacuate stranded passengers. They were originally going north to visit relatives and had been stuck here for several days. As soon as they heard there were buses going back, they left with them!"
After the waiter left, Song Ning looked at the set of silver needles and felt a surge of emotion.
Saving the child was an unintentional act, but she unexpectedly gained something!
For her, the silver needles were no different than a soldier having a gun, or a helmsman having oars!
And she, now had confidence!
Before going downstairs, the waiter had reminded her that the cafeteria would be closing soon.
When Song Ning went downstairs, she realized it was already almost two in the afternoon.
There were noticeably fewer people in the lobby. The county had added eastbound and southbound buses, evacuating many stranded passengers.
However, the rain outside was intermittent, sometimes heavy, sometimes light, but it had not stopped. She didn't know how long she would have to wait here.
Just as she was thinking this, she heard someone calling from behind, "Comrade Xiao Song! Comrade Xiao Song! Perfect timing! I have something to discuss with you!"
When Song Ning turned around, Director Hao was running over from the backyard, still slightly out of breath.
"It's like this! The disaster situation has worsened. There has been a large-scale landslide in the mountainous area ahead, and several villages have been affected. Last night, doctors were dispatched from Bijie and several surrounding counties and cities, and the medical team formed has already entered the mountains to provide support. We just received notification that medical personnel and medicine are still far from sufficient, so a second medical rescue team has been formed and will depart tomorrow morning!"
"You mean... you want me to join the rescue team?" Song Ning asked.
"Heh heh!" Director Hao said with a smile, "Mainly... we don't have enough doctors, and the hospital also needs to retain staff! Many of the doctors in this second medical team are barefoot doctors from surrounding towns and villages. Everyone is doing their part! I thought of you because I know you have medical skills! Of course, since it's disaster relief, there are definitely risks involved, and your wishes must be respected..."
"I agree!" Song Ning answered directly, "Director Hao, please sign me up! We should do our part!"
She didn't overthink it. Going out with the medical team to offer her help was better than being cooped up in the guesthouse.
"Well done!" Director Hao gave her a thumbs-up and praised, "I knew you were a girl with a spirit of contribution!"
Saying that, Director Hao happily took out a piece of paper from his inner pocket.
"Here! Comrade Xiao Song! Since you've agreed, I'll give you this first!"
Song Ning took a look and saw it was a letter of introduction from the Bijie County Government to the Southwest Military Region on her behalf.
"Director Hao, this is..."
"Haha... I can't just let you contribute for nothing, can I!"
Director Hao said with a hint of pride in his voice, "After receiving the disaster notification last night, the Southwest Military Region has already dispatched troops to support the disaster area. I remember Section Chief Fang mentioning that your family member is in the Southwest Military Region, right!"
He lowered his voice and continued, "If you join the medical team, you can directly rendezvous with the people from the Southwest Military Region! Then, you can follow them back to the military unit, and you can see your family member sooner! My arrangement... isn't it perfect!"
Director Hao's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, his face full of an expression that said, "Praise me!"
Song Ning dangled the letter of introduction in her hand and teased, "Director Hao! If I didn't want to join the medical team, wouldn't this be useless!"
"How could that be! I saw what happened this morning! You treated the child even after being looked down upon by their family member! How did they put it, skilled in art, bold in courage, with both medical ethics and virtue. A girl like you, how could you not be willing to join the medical team!"
"So you calculated everything, didn't you!" Song Ning quipped, "If I didn't know you were in charge of the guesthouse, I would have thought that forming the medical team was also your responsibility! You've gone to so much trouble!"
Director Hao chuckled, looking a bit embarrassed, "Look at how smart you are! You've actually hit the nail on the head! The matter of forming the medical team has indeed fallen to me! It's been worrying me... I'm trying to recruit people everywhere now!"
Song Ning couldn't help but click her tongue, "I knew it, your abacus beads have already hit my face..."
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