Wen Nuan took Le Le to the kitchen, but not long after coming out of the hospital, she bumped into Ding Guoli.
Ding Guoli didn't seem to know her. He stood at a bulletin board about a hundred meters away from the hospital and looked towards the hospital.
Wen Nuan saw that he looked a little haggard, his pair of Liberation shoes were stained with yellow mud, and his cotton-padded jacket was wrinkled, and he no longer had the spirit he had before.
When passing by Ding Guoli, he looked at her, then turned around and looked at the notice on the bulletin board.
Wen Nuan was afraid that this person would bear a grudge against Gu Qinglan, so she turned back and told the people at the nurses' station about it, asking them to help tell Qinglan.
By the time Wen Nuan returned to the kitchen, more than half an hour had passed.
Because Li Daxiang was poisoned in their kitchen, the comrades in the kitchen were checking the vents, fearing that the accident would happen again.
When the quartermaster saw Wen Nuan coming with Le Le, he walked towards her and asked in surprise, "Comrade Wen Nuan, you could have a rest today, why did you come back here?"
Because Wen Nuan had been busy with material matters and hadn't had a rest for a long time, the quartermaster said he would give her a few days off.
Before Wen Nuan could say anything, Le Le, who was holding her hand, called out loudly, "Good morning, uncle."
The quartermaster met the child's eyes and smiled: "Hey, Lele is here too?"
The little guy nodded, then hid behind Wen Nuan again, and glanced at the quartermaster with a smile.
Wen Nuan glanced at the busy figures in the kitchen squad, and then said to the quartermaster, "Quartermaster, didn't Da Xiang faint in our kitchen squad? I thought of coming over to see what's going on here."
When the quartermaster heard what Wen Nuan said, he sighed and said, "Well, Comrade Li stayed in our kitchen squad to guard the supplies last night, and ended up being poisoned. Fortunately, Comrade Li is fine, otherwise our kitchen squad would be guilty. Now I'll ask Lao Zhong and the others to help check those air vents, and we must prevent such things from happening again in the future."
As soon as he returned to the kitchen today, Lao Zhong told him that Li Daxiang was guarding supplies in the kitchen last night, but he was poisoned by carbon monoxide because of poor ventilation. He was almost scared to death.
If I had known last night, I would have arranged for one more person from their kitchen squad to guard here with Li Daxiang. I guess he was not familiar with the environment of the kitchen squad, so it turned out like this.
No matter which situation it was, this kind of thing happened now and made him uneasy all morning, so he called someone to check the vents in the cafeteria.
Seeing the worried look on the quartermaster's face, Wen Nuan said, "Don't worry, quartermaster. I just came from the hospital. Daxiang is fine now and has woken up."
"And he's in good spirits. The doctor said he's fine."
Wen Nuan certainly knew what the quartermaster was worried about. If something really happened to Li Daxiang, even if it was not the responsibility of their kitchen team, he could not escape blame for the accident that happened to Li Daxiang on their side.
Fortunately, Li Daxiang was only mildly poisoned and had no other serious problems, but we still need to take precautions against safety issues.
The quartermaster nodded and said, "Fortunately, Comrade Li is fine. I will have a meeting with everyone later and then go over to see him."
He looked at Lele who was in Wen Nuan's hand and said, "By the way, Wen Nuan, you don't have to be busy here with the child. Go home early."
Wen Nuan glanced at Le Le who didn't say a word, and said, "Don't worry, I'll have a meeting with everyone later before going back."
She was still worried after seeing this. No matter whether Li Daxiang's poisoning was an accident or someone did it deliberately, she wanted to find out the truth.
The quartermaster was busy with something, so he didn't say much to Wen Nuan and continued to check the safety conditions of the other two canteens.
Wen Nuan saw the quartermaster go to the logistics kitchen, and then took Lele to the house where Li Daxiang stayed last night.
Because the supply truck was parked in the backyard of the aircrew kitchen cafeteria last night, and because it was cold at night, Li Daxiang did not stay in the truck, but in a small warehouse next to the supply truck, which was the house that was originally planned to be used as a small factory.
Before Wen Nuan walked into the small house, she took some wilted vegetable leaves and gave them to Le Le, asking her to go to the chicken coop to feed the chickens.
Lele is already very familiar with the environment of the kitchen team, and she will not run into the chicken coop by herself. She will throw vegetable leaves in from the outside of the fence, so Wen Nuan is relieved to let her go and play.
Lele was holding a small basket. When he saw so many vegetable leaves, he rushed to the chicken coop and shouted to Wen Nuan with a smile, "Mom, mee mee."
Wen Nuan heard the child calling her and knew that she had seen the two sheep in the chicken coop, so she smiled and said, "Le Le, don't go in, just feed them outside, okay?"
"I know."
Perhaps hearing the warm voice, Xiao Zhu came over and took Lele to pick up eggs.
Wen Nuan saw that the little guy had someone to keep him company, so she walked towards the small house that had not yet been tidied up. The house was not big, about the size of their living room, only about ten square meters. It was a brick house, and it was still filled with the tools they had used to make dumplings and noodles, seasoning packets, and a long cooking table.
Next to the cooking table was a makeshift brick plate with several unburned sticks of firewood and a pile of charcoal on it.
It seems that because it was too cold last night, Li Daxiang burned more firewood, which led to this accident.
Lao Zhong came from the kitchen and saw Wen Nuan coming over, so he asked, "Why are you back? Didn't the quartermaster say he would give you a day off?"
Wen Nuan knew that Lao Zhong and Gu Qinghan were the first to discover Li Daxiang, so she asked, "Lao Zhong, have you checked the vents here? Is there anything unusual?"
Old Zhong pursed his lips and then shook his head: "I haven't found anything abnormal yet, it's just that the ventilation hole in this house is relatively small, which is probably why the accident happened."
Because the house was used to store dry firewood before, and no one thought about ventilation. When they worked here before, it was not the coldest time. Usually, people came in and out, and a gust of wind would blow away all the carbon dioxide, so this problem did not occur.
Seeing Wen Nuan's worried face, Lao Zhong said, "After Deputy Captain Gu and I sent Da Xiang to the hospital, Deputy Captain Gu also came back to check the scene. If there was anything unusual, Deputy Captain Gu would definitely be able to see it."
Wen Nuan nodded. Gu Qinghan was in a hurry to deliver supplies this morning and did not tell her these things. After breakfast, he hurried out.
Wen Nuan glanced at the only window in the room, a small wooden window. Once it was closed, there was basically no wind coming in.
However, since Gu Qinghan has already seen the scene, if someone really did it on purpose, he would have said it out long ago.
Wen Nuan said, "Okay, Lao Zhong, go ahead and do your work. We'll be having dinner soon."
Although this happened, the kitchen still had to operate and the soldiers still had to eat. Lao Zhong didn't talk to her for long. He took a few eggs from the chicken coop and went back to the kitchen to busy himself.
Wen Nuan walked to the window, reached out and opened the wooden window. Outside was the place where the supply truck was placed last night. There were tire marks on the yellow snow and mud.
She touched the window sill, but found there was no dust on her hands.
Wen Nuan withdrew her hand and walked out of the house. The little guy Lele had already picked up a large basket of eggs.
When the little girl saw Wen Nuan coming back, she immediately wanted to pick up the basket of eggs and walk towards her as if she was offering a treasure. However, she did not have enough strength and could only lift the basket slightly but could not carry it and walk.
Wen Nuan hurried over, took the basket from her hand with a smile, and said, "Wow, our Lele actually picked up so many eggs, that's great."
Lele pointed to the wooden cages in the room and said, "Mom, there are more!"
"Mom, help me pick it up."
The cages in the room contained chickens and geese. The geese were calling all the time with their necks stretched out, as if they were ready to bite people at any time. No wonder the little fellow didn't dare to get close.
The fighting power of this goose is really strong. Xiao Zhu was once chased by it and was chased directly to the back kitchen of the flight crew kitchen. Xiao Zhu was so angry that he boiled a pot of water on the spot, slaughtered the goose directly, and made a dish of stewed goose in an iron pot.
Lele probably saw the goose egg inside, which was a very big one, so he asked Wen Nuan to pick it up.
Wen Nuan smiled, looked at the eggs in the basket, and said, "Le Le has already picked up so many eggs, let's pick up more tomorrow!"
When Lele heard this, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll pick it up tomorrow!"
Wen Nuan breathed a sigh of relief, she was so afraid that the child would ask her to pick it up right now!
After lunch, the quartermaster called a meeting with the three kitchen staff, mainly to warn everyone about the problem of burning fire for heating in winter.
Yang Xiaomei heard about Li Daxiang's situation, so she went to Wen Nuan and asked her, "How is Comrade Li now?"
Because of Gu Qinglan, Yang Xiaomei also got to know Li Daxiang, so she asked about his situation.
Wen Nuan briefly explained Li Daxiang's condition and finally said, "Qinglan is watching him in the hospital, so he's probably fine. After a checkup this afternoon, he'll probably be able to be discharged tomorrow."
Yang Xiaomei nodded, "That's good. Comrade Li is such a good person, I hope nothing unexpected happens to him."
Wen Nuan thought of Yang Xiaomei's leave yesterday, so she asked her, "Did you take a leave yesterday afternoon? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yang Xiaomei didn't expect Wen Nuan to notice her request for leave, so she said, "I'm not feeling unwell, it's just that Ding Guoli wrote me several apology letters in a row, and he suddenly came to the cafeteria yesterday and said he wanted to talk to me, but I didn't bother to talk to him so I just asked for leave for a while."
Before, she and Qinglan beat up Ding Guoli in the hospital. Yang Xiaomei was worried that the guy would hold a grudge against her, so she simply avoided him.
Wen Nuan remembered seeing Ding Guoli at the hospital gate just now, and suspected that the guy would go back to find Qinglan. Fortunately, she had just mentioned this matter. Yes, Qinglan would probably pay attention to it.
Wen Nuan patted the back of her hand and said, "If there is something wrong, remember to ask your brother to intervene. Don't force it, okay?"
Yang Xiaomei smiled and said, "I know. My eldest brother already knows about this. Ding Guoli is probably here to make peace. I will ignore him."
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Wen Nuan brought Lele back home, took out the chicken that Commander Lu had bought for her, chopped a big chicken leg, and prepared to make some chicken soup for Li Daxiang.
When Gu Qinghan was on a mission before, Li Daxiang helped her a lot. Now that he is in the hospital, Wen Nuan does what she can.
Moreover, seeing how nervous Gu Qinglan was today, she knew that this girl probably had special feelings for Daxiang, but she might not have said it out loud yet.
Wen Nuan didn't intend to interfere in their affairs, and just let their relationship take its course.
When she arrived at the hospital, Gu Qinglan happened to be in Li Daxiang's ward again. The two of them were talking about something and laughing in an ungraceful manner.
Li Daxiang saw Wen Nuan coming over and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, why are you here again?"
Wen Nuan put down the chicken soup in her hand and said, "I brought you some chicken soup. How are you now?"
"You're too polite, sister-in-law. You don't have to do these things for me." Li Daxiang almost stood up, but when Gu Qinglan looked at him, he didn't move, so he said, "I'm much better now. Nothing's wrong now. Don't worry, sister-in-law."
Wen Nuan said, "That's good. Let's drink some soup first."
Li Daxiang didn't dare to let Wen Nuan do it again, so he took the lunch box himself, but Gu Qinglan at the side took it, poured him a bowl, and pushed it in front of him.
Wen Nuan asked Gu Qinglan, "Did Ding Guoli come to see you?"
Gu Qinglan paused while adjusting the IV drip for Li Daxiang, then said, "No, he probably didn't come to see me."
Wen Nuan: "Oh, that's good."
When Li Daxiang heard the name Ding Guoli, he raised his head and asked, "What happened to Ding Guoli?"
Wen Nuan heard this and said, "When I left the hospital this morning, I saw him sneaking around downstairs, so I asked Qinglan to keep an eye on him."
Li Daxiang frowned, then said, "I also saw him strolling around the hospital yesterday."
The more he thought about it, the more Li Daxiang felt something was wrong, and then he said, "I told Deputy Commander Gu about this yesterday, so I thought of guarding the supplies that night."
Although Ding Guoli alone would not pose any threat, Deputy Head Gu just said that the man was fired by the post office, and it is difficult to guess people's minds, so Li Daxiang volunteered to help keep watch.
Who knew something like that would happen.
Wen Nuan frowned. Gu Qinghan didn't even mention this to her.
Now that the man is not around, I’m not sure how Wen Nuan is feeling.
Wen Nuan said, "We'll talk about this after your deputy group leader Gu comes back."
Thinking back to Ding Guoli's appearance and the dirt on his shoes, Wen Nuan felt that this matter must have something to do with Ding Guoli.
Li Daxiang took a sip of soup, frowned slightly, and said, "I don't know how Deputy Commander Gu is doing. I hope it doesn't affect the transportation of supplies."
Wen Nuan looked at him and her heart suddenly started beating wildly. If Li Daxiang was framed, would he have also attacked the supply truck
Without thinking, Wen Nuan said goodbye to Qinglan and the others, then went to the telephone room and called the research institute.
But after calling for a long time, I still couldn't get through...
Wen Nuan had no choice but to call Commander Lu.
Commander Lu was a little surprised when he received the call from his granddaughter, but after hearing Wen Nuan's words, he frowned and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Nuan, Gu Qinghan has already reported this to me."
Commander Lu said, "There is no problem with the supplies, only the truck. However, Qinghan has already changed to a new truck. If nothing goes wrong, it should have reached the research institute by now."
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graduate School.
Liu Minghua had just adjusted some data when his assistant came running in and said, "Chief Engineer Liu, Mr. Zhao has fainted. Do you want to go over and see him?"
"What?" Liu Minghua quickly put down the report in his hand, and without thinking, he followed his assistant out.
The research institute is at the foot of the mountain and has built several thatched houses. From the outside, they look no different from the adobe houses in the countryside.
Because of several snowfalls, the roofs of the thatched houses in this area were covered with snow, and the yellow mud was also covered with a thin layer of snow, but everyone had walked around and had already trampled it into mud.
Liu Minghua didn't care about the mud under his feet and walked quickly towards the house where Old Zhao lived.
Old Zhao was the comrade who had worked in their institute the longest. Many things were decided by him. He was also the busiest person in the institute, often working day and night and forgetting to eat and sleep. He had long guessed that Old Zhao would definitely fall down one day.
But I didn't expect it to come so soon, winter hasn't really arrived yet!
When Liu Minghua arrived at Old Zhao's room, there were already several people gathered there. Old Zhao had woken up by now, and seeing everyone coming over, he said self-deprecatingly: "You guys are scaring me. Go back to work. What's the point of staying in my room?"
Liu Minghua looked at the only doctor in the institute and asked, "Doctor Chen, what happened? Why did Comrade Zhao faint?"
Doctor Chen sighed and said, "It's not a big deal, just that the blood sugar is a little low. I heard that Comrade Zhao was busy until after three o'clock last night, and he got up early this morning and was busy again."
Doctor Chen has reminded Mr. Zhao several times, but Mr. Zhao just wouldn't listen. Who would have thought that he fainted this morning.
Liu Minghua remembered that the breakfast in the cafeteria today was white porridge and pickles. In addition to staying up late, poor diet was also related.
But there is no other way around it. Breakfast is either steamed corn bread or porridge and pickles, which saves time and food.
Moreover, the previous batch of supplies is almost finished, and it is unknown when the next batch of supplies will be delivered.
Liu Minghua thought about it, and then said to the assistant beside him: "Go and make some broth for Mr. Zhao. It doesn't matter if we fall down, but we can't let Mr. Zhao fall down."
The assistant pursed his lips and replied, "Yes."
So he ran out.
When Old Man Zhao heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "Xiao Liu, I'm not in the way. You guys don't have to work. I'll just take a break."
"Just lie down and take a rest. You can go back to the lab this afternoon."
Although Liu Minghua is much younger than Lao Zhao, he is a power expert appointed by the central government, so his words still carry weight.
Old Man Zhao smiled and said, "I will definitely take a rest, but forget about the meat soup."
We still have to survive this winter, so we must save the meat. What's the point of him eating it all by himself
Liu Minghua snorted: "Don't worry, I can just walk to the villagers and buy some chickens."
Although the nearest village is more than ten kilometers away, for the sake of every comrade in the institute, I would make the trip even if it is fifty kilometers.
Doctor Chen sighed and said, "As for our food, it's not impossible to improve it. Why don't we ask the higher-ups to send a chef over here?"
Dr. Chen is actually also a member of the research institute. He studied Chinese medicine with his father for several years. Now he is a researcher and also serves as a doctor in the institute.
But in this research institute, everyone is like this. Those who can cook have to serve as cooks, and those who know a little needlework have to help everyone sew clothes and so on.
In fact, everyone knows where the problem lies, but there is no way to deal with it. If the higher-ups don't approve it, everything will be difficult.
Liu Minghua sighed and said, "I'll write a letter to my superiors."
However, he knew that the chance was a little slim. Not to mention that his superiors would first consider safety factors, he also had to consider whether anyone was willing to come. After all, coming here meant being on the surveillance list for the rest of his life.
Shen Bairong sighed, and then said: "Why don't I go to North City and learn cooking from Comrade Wen Nuan."
Liu Minghua looked over and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Where can you go now? Adjust the power module this winter. Only by testing it in the spring of next year can we know if there are any problems. We can't delay this."
Shen Bairong did not say anything else. This winter was the best opportunity for adjustment, and the data must be adjusted before the beginning of spring.
Mr. Zhao looked over at them and said, "Don't worry about me. I'm not seriously ill. I just didn't get enough rest."
Liu Minghua sighed, "You guys keep an eye on Mr. Zhao. I'm going to go out and see if there are any wild rabbits or anything like that on the mountain."
Shen Bairong gasped when she heard this, "Are you crazy? Going up the mountain at this time, are you risking your life?"
To put it bluntly, the physical fitness of this group of people is not as good as that of farmers. Now it has snowed several times in a row. Even if it is not yet time for thick snow to accumulate, the temperature on the mountain is definitely much lower than that at the foot of the mountain.
Plus, they had never been up the mountain before, so they didn't even know the direction.
Doctor Chen also advised: "That's right, don't mess around. If you collapse too, will our institute still be able to transfer the patient?"
Liu Minghua also felt a sense of powerlessness and regretted that he did not have the physique and physical strength to be a soldier. He wished he was like Gu Qinghan and the others.
Just as Liu Minghua was daydreaming, the assistant who had gone out to make soup came back and shouted, panting: "Chief Engineer Liu, a large military truck has driven in and said they are looking for you."
Liu Minghua frowned and asked subconsciously: "Who?"
"My name seems to be Gu Han. He said he is a test pilot."
Liu Minghua's eyes lit up, and then he took a step and walked out the door.