January 26, 2:13 a.m.
Provincial capital airport.
Nine fully loaded trucks slowly left the airport empty.
Wu Mian, dressed in a military uniform and a military cap, narrowed his eyes into a line, put his hands behind his back and his feet the same width as his shoulders, stood not far away and watched all this.
The light and shadow flickered, and there were almost no planes taking off and landing at the busy airport in the past. The snow is much smaller, but it''s still falling.
"Miss Wu, there are 22 minutes left." Matthew glanced at the time and said to Wu Mian.
"Ma Yuan, I''ll leave this to you and Xue Yuan."
"Don''t... we just listen to the command." Matthew smiled bitterly. "Xue Yuan went to the provincial meeting and couldn''t get through. Ask me to tell you."
"Pay attention to safety at home." Wu Mian said, "there must be a shortage of materials, especially respirators and ECMO. If there is a need, the infectious hospital will directly pull it over, and the remaining one or two will be enough. We must pay attention to protection in the fever ward, and video communication of specific measures."
"Well, the second and third batch of people are ready." Matthew said, "whether it''s needed by the infectious hospital or Tianhe, they can start in 24 hours. And... Everyone secretly wrote a suicide note, but they haven''t given it to their family yet. They all keep it here."
Wu Mian narrowed his eyes and was silent.
From his point of view, he could see a figure flashing in a corner of the waiting hall. The action was standard and skilled.
Under the organization of Chu Zhixi, the people who set out together are practicing wearing and taking off protective clothing without physical objects.
Protection is the top priority. Whether you can come back from Tianhe alive depends largely on the level and seriousness of protection.
"Miss Wu." Matthew was a little hard to say, but there were only 20 minutes left. Some words were inappropriate to ask in person, and he couldn''t ask in the future.
"Horse yard, why?"
"My heart is beating hard these days and I feel supraventricular tachycardia." Matthew wears a surgical mask, breathing upward, and water mist constantly appears on his glasses.
He simply took off his glasses. "This is the most difficult time I have encountered since I was born and remembered."
"You said you stopped in Tianhe City and then got infected. Is that city over..."
"Don''t talk nonsense." Wu Mian looked at the stevedores fixing all kinds of containers and said, "no matter how difficult it is, it''s hard to get through? There are no obstacles in the world!"
"Alas."
"Horse yard." Wu Mian raised his voice.
"Ah?"
"To put it mildly, do you have a choice?" asked Wu Mian.
“……”
"I can be a counselor. I''ll go to Massachusetts and be my tool man honestly. When Owen Rothschild enters the Federal Reserve, if I change my nationality, all new drugs will have to live in my hands. Do you think my life will be worse than that in China?"
Matthew was in a mixed mood.
"Don''t worry." a smile appeared on Wu Mian''s cold face.
Because he was wearing a surgical mask, his facial expression was not very obvious. He could only see a cold smile in the corners of his eyes.
There is endless stubbornness in the smile.
"I''m afraid, but I still have to do things." Wu Mian said, "there are many similar things in history. Do you think China has perished?
Pay attention to the protection of medical staff. Recently, everyone''s mood must fluctuate greatly. The rest depends on the strength of the country. "
"Teacher Wu, you must be careful too." Matthew nodded and didn''t know what to say. Thousands of words finally became the word treasure.
"Don''t worry," said Wu Mian, "I''m afraid of death, too."
Matthew almost blurted out - then you stay.
He held back and didn''t say anything.
"After more than a day''s observation, we found that the virus had changed to some extent," Wu Mian said. "The patients who stopped in Tianhe City were very ill, but the next infected patients'' families looked stable for the time being."
"Teacher Wu, does that mean no problem? The toxicity of the virus will be weaker and weaker?"
"It''s possible," said Wu Mian, "but it mainly depends on life."
Look at life... Matthew felt that Wu Mian''s words were colder than the northwest wind.
"It really depends on life." Wu Mian looked at the cargo plane with his back and said without a word, "the Spanish pandemic influenza was a little stronger than the ordinary flu at the first outbreak. But that autumn, the influenza virus mutated and the mortality soared, mainly among young adults."
"You mean that after variation, the toxicity may be strengthened or weakened?"
"Well," said Wu Mian, "I also made a mistake. I hope the toxicity can be weakened. Therefore, after observing the mild patients for two days, I have believed that the symptoms have not increased and the blood oxygen saturation is stable. This subjective assumption is not acceptable in the research of natural science."
"That would be nice," Matthew murmured.
"Take your time. I don''t think there will be any special drugs in the short term," Wu Mian said. "To tell you the truth, I''m also confused, but I always have to do something."
"Shuanghuanglian is useless?"
"Useful."
Matthew''s eyes lit up.
Recently, since the epidemic situation in Tianhe City has worsened, Shuanghuanglian in various pharmacies has been out of stock. If it works, the hospital seems to have some stock
"It can be used as a placebo as a control group." Wu Mian immediately woke up Matthew.
"..." Matthew was speechless.
When is this time? Why is Mr. Wu still joking with himself.
"Horse yard."
"Ah?"
"Be careful yourself." Wu Mian called Matthew you for the first time.
Matthew was stunned.
"Young people always have an advantage in self limiting diseases that require immune resistance." Wu Mian said, "I can see that you and Xue Yuan will be very busy recently."
"It''s all right. I can carry it."
"I hope so." Wu Mian said, "it''s no use talking too much. If the task is down... Let''s communicate and discuss something every day. I''m in Tianhe City. Some measures on that side must have been tried and are more suitable for the current situation."
"HMM." Matthew nodded after listening to teacher Wu not only talk about the virus.
His biggest worry is what everyone wants to do, but no one knows what to do.
"Girl, get ready to board the plane." Wu Mian picked up her cell phone and called Chu Zhixi.
Soon, a line came out of the freight hall.
"Horse yard, I''m leaving." Wu Mian turned back and saluted.
"Take care."
"You too."
The creak of Wu Mian''s big leather shoes on the snow stabbed Matthew''s heart like a needle.
Is this a parting?
Can he come back?
Is there another day of reunion?
Countless questions came to Matthew''s mind.
He has been severely beaten by society for decades,
On such a night,
Suddenly, inexplicable literature and art began.
"Miss Wu!" Matthew shouted.
Wu Mian looked sideways at Matthew.
"Take care!"
Wu Mian raised his right hand and waved it gently.
Like goodbye,
Like comfort,
Like a flag.