vstars Chapter 967 Rejection
Chapter 967 Rejection
The captain walked quickly towards Zhou Mingxuan's house and saw the candlelight from afar, knowing that he had not rested yet.
He quickly walked to the gate of the courtyard, raised his hand and knocked on the door, shouting loudly as he knocked.
"Zhou Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, I'm the team leader, and I want to talk to you about something."
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were eating in the room, talking in low voices while eating.
From time to time, from the kitchen, there could be the sound of a spatula stirring the iron pot and the sound of a knife chopping vegetables on the chopping board.
These sounds perfectly covered up the captain's knocking sound coming from the courtyard gate, causing the two of them not to hear it.
It was Zhou Wenbing who happened to be walking into the yard carrying a basin of dirty water, intending to throw it, when he heard the sound coming from the gate.
He listened carefully, and after hearing the content clearly, he splashed the dirty water hard in a corner of the yard, then quickly took the empty basin into the house.
Zhou Wenbing walked quickly to the door of the room where Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were and said,
"Mingxuan, Junhao, the captain is outside and is knocking on the door.
He said he came here to tell you something.
You guys should go and have a look right away.”
When the two heard this, they looked at each other, put down their bowls and chopsticks, chewed quickly a few times, and swallowed the food in their mouths.
"The captain is here, let's go and take a look." Zhao Junhao spoke first.
Zhou Mingxuan nodded, stood up, picked up the thick clothes on the kang and put them on, then prepared to open the door.
Zhao Junhao also quickly stood up and followed.
When passing by Zhou Wenbing, the two did not forget to thank him for bringing the news.
Seeing that the two were planning to go meet the captain like this, Zhou Wenbing hurriedly reminded them,
“Masks, you should put on masks before you go see the captain.
He has been to the homes of those patients today, and he doesn’t know if he has been infected with the virus, so it’s better to wear a mask to be safe.”
Zhou Mingxuan slapped his forehead in annoyance, "Yes, you have to wear a mask.
I'm not used to wearing this thing, so I always forget it."
After being reminded by Zhou Wenbing, the two people quickly found their masks and put them on, then hurried out to meet the captain.
Seeing the courtyard gate open, the people who opened the door were Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, the team leader breathed a sigh of relief and directly stated his purpose.
"Zhou Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, I need your help with something."
Zhou Mingxuan gestured towards the house and said, "Captain, why don't we go in and talk?"
Listening to the sounds coming from the house and looking at the educated youth standing at the door, the team leader frowned.
“No need to go in.
Zhou Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, let's find another place that's quieter and where there's no one else around.
Some of the things I told you are not convenient for others to hear. "
Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingxuan looked in the direction of the house and saw several people looking towards it.
"Then let's go out and walk forward.
Walk a little further and you will reach the foot of the mountain.
There is no one on the mountain at this time, so they can't hear our conversation." Zhou Mingxuan suggested.
The captain looked towards the mountain and said, "Okay, let's go over there."
When the three of them arrived, the captain didn't hesitate and said straight to the point,
"Zhou Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, and I, along with several village cadres, have investigated other production teams, communes, and towns, and found that people had died of illness in each of them.
But in our production team, there is not even a single seriously ill patient. According to Comrade Wang in the cowshed, it is very likely related to the medicine made by the educated youth Liu Jingxue.
Although the medicine cannot completely cure the epidemic, it has a certain therapeutic effect.
At least it won’t cause death.”
"So I thought about telling Liu Zhiqing and handing over the formula for the medicine.
After all, if we need to hand over medicine, our production team cannot supply so much medicine.
The herbal medicines currently in the production team have to wait until Liu Zhiqing develops a special medicine before making medicine for the villagers to use.”
When Zhao Junhao heard this, he was quite surprised as to why the captain was looking for them.
He just needs to talk to Xiaoxue about this, there is no need to come to them.
After all, they had private dealings with Liu Jingxue, but they kept it a secret from the captain and the others.
"Captain, you can just go directly to the educated youth Liu Jingxue for this matter. There's no need to come to us," Zhao Junhao said bluntly.
The captain sighed, "Given Liu Zhiqing's character, if I told her to hand over the formula, she would definitely agree without hesitation.
But the problem now is not whether she agrees or not, but whether others trust her or not.
After all, our production team knows her ability to make medicine, but others don’t know her ability and don’t trust the formula.”
"Secretary Xu came up with an idea, saying that if the prescription was sent from above, then there shouldn't be any problem in promoting its use.
But we country folk don’t know any big shots, so we can only come to you.
After all, everyone in our production team knows that you two are from the capital and have a good background. "
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao looked at each other. It turned out that the captain came to them for this purpose. He wanted them to use their family's influence to let the people here use the formula.
"Captain, besides our production team, do other places know about the suspected plague?"
The captain shook his head and said, "Probably not, after all, we haven't received any notice from above.
But I plan to go to the commune to find the leaders tomorrow and report this matter to them.
Let’s see if they can report it and draw everyone’s attention.”
"But I am a nobody and my words have no influence, so I don't know if it will work."
The captain looked at the two of them and said, "I was wondering if you could also talk to your families about this and ask them to put pressure on the leaders here to quickly investigate."
Zhou Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "We can tell our families and ask them to put pressure on this side to verify whether there is really an epidemic. There is no problem with that.
But I personally feel that it is not very credible to ask them to pass down the formula and let us use it here."
Zhou Mingxuan didn't want the captain to know that his family was also connected with Liu Jingxue and even had a relatively good understanding of her abilities.
He explained, “After all, my family is not a medical family. Although I have power in the military, I don’t know much about medicine.
Of course I believe in Liu Zhiqing's ability, but it is a bit difficult to convince my family and make them believe it.
Even if I convinced them and they gave the order, how could the people here believe the words of an outsider?
After all, if it really is a plague, and it concerns the safety of so many people’s lives, no one would dare to mess around.”
"We, as family members, cannot use our power to pressure others and force them to use it.
They can only make suggestions, but it is hard to say whether these suggestions will be adopted.
Captain, think about it, isn't this true?"
Worried that the captain would think they didn't want to help and leave a bad impression, Zhou Mingxuan continued,
“If your family member is sick, very sick, many doctors can’t treat it.
Suddenly, a stranger who is obviously not a doctor and has no medical skills comes to tell you that there is a prescription that can cure him.
Would you use this recipe, or are you skeptical and afraid to try it easily? "