Su Mian’s fiance Wei Zhen Hui was a young military officer, Dean Li had a strong impression of him. He had also helped solve the case last time when Su Mian was being framed.
When he heard the news was from Wei Zhen Hui, Dean Li believed it. Despite the manpower shortage in the hospital, he sent five experienced doctors and nurses to go with Su Mian to the earthquake-stricken area. Even though Dean Li was a surgeon, he had to stay in the hospital to keep an overview of the situation.
Su Mian let Dean Li help her take a few days off from school. She was not only going to provide medical aid, but more importantly, she wanted to solve the problem of drinking water in the army.
After the earthquake, water supply had been completely cut off and the groundwater was not drinkable. In her previous life, the troops used water from a nearby river which was contaminated with mud. The hygiene level was low and many people contracted dysentery. Some of the soldiers were pale from having diarrhoea and some of them had bloody stools.
Bai County was located south of Fu An City, the journey took 4 hours. On the way there were rarely any cars, let alone rescue vehicles.
A few doctors and nurses even doubted that there was an earthquake in Fu An since they didn’t see a single rescue vehicle.
According to Dean Li, there was a serious earthquake in Fu An which levelled the entire city. If this was the case, there was no way the country did not dispatch troops for rescue.
Doctor Liu was more than 40 years old and one of the top surgeons in the hospital. This time, he was also the leader of the medical team, “Su Mian, are you sure that the earthquake happened in Fu An City?”
Su Mian nodded, the nearer they were to Fu An City, the more nervous she got. She still remembered the shocking scene from her past life, “My husband’s troops are already there, we are also the first medical team to be there.”
Su Mian’s tone was melancholic and since the army was there, Doctor Liu no longer doubted it.
When Su Mian arrived at Fu An it was already dark. There were sounds of people crying everywhere in the dark, a few doctors and nurses couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
Fu An was a neighboring city, they had been here before in the past. It was hard to believe that the once beautiful industrial city was now a wasteland.
“Let’s drive the car to the railway academy in the western suburbs. My husband’s troops are stationed there, let’s go over to coordinate with them.” After hearing what Su Mian said, the rest agreed without hesitation.
Su Mian took out the tent that they prepared in advance. They didn’t want to huddle with the troops, so Su Mian chose a location at the mountainside.
Hearing that they came from the hospital in Bai County, the soldiers were very happy and helped them set up the tents.
“How did you hear about this so quickly? You were the first civilian medical team to get here!” The soldier gave Su Mian and the others a thumbs up, “The tents will be ready in a bit, you can rest first and go there tomorrow morning. It’s also dark now, there was no electricity in the city so you can’t do anything anyway,” the soldier reminded them kindly.
When the tent was ready the others went in. Su Mian wanted to see if she could find a source of water nearby, she held a torchlight and walked around for a long time but only saw an old water pump. It seemed like no one had used it in a long time as the metal was rusty.
This type of water pump was not common in a village, it should take a few more years for it to be popular. Su Mian’s family still took water from a well in an uncle’s backyard.
