Chapter 9 Prosperity is not there
When I returned to the store, before I could breathe a sigh of relief, the ingredients ordered by Dukan were delivered one after another, and the store was filled with it.
I finally sorted these things and stored them all. It should be almost five o'clock, and calls for ordering came one after another.
There were thirty-five packed lunches in the Third Hospital of the City, and twenty-seven packs in the Second Hospital of the City that had not had time to deliver them at noon were less than those booked by the two hospitals at noon.
Dukan predicts that if it goes well, it will be ready in about an hour and a half, that is, all the lunch boxes will be ready at around 6:30.
He did it as soon as he said that, Dukan plunged into the kitchen and was very busy.
At this time, a silver golf slowly stopped on the side of the road at the entrance of Lifeng Hotel.
"It should be this hotel!"
Zhang Chen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at his cell phone and said confirmingly.
"Chenchen, do you really don't consider giving up? This will make your aunt and uncle worried to death."
Holding the steering wheel, Xu Linlin turned her head to look at her cousin, and persuaded her with some concern.
"Cousin, you don't have to persuade me anymore. I have decided that I will not change this matter. Please help me block it, don't tell them first."
Who knew that as soon as she opened her mouth, she was rejected by Zhang Chen.
"But……"
Xu Linlin looked at her stubborn cousin and didn't know for a moment that she should continue talking.
At this time, Zhang Chen spoke slowly and started talking to himself.
"I used to think that as a nurse and a medical staff, life and death are normal for us. Over time, we will become accustomed to it. When a patient dies, we can comfort the family and follow the changes, because death is a must for everyone. You and I will eventually have such a day. There was even a period of time when I felt that I was a heartless person who could face any life and death and not be moved by it. But until today I realized that I was wrong."
"The moment the girl left in my arms, the reluctance and despair in her eyes, and the expectant look she asked me for help, were like a thorn, piercing me in an instant... She should have enjoyed her beautiful university life happily, and celebrated the New Year happily with her parents. She is only nineteen years old! At the age of nineteen, she is younger than me! Because of a sudden virus, nothing is gone..."
As he spoke, Zhang Chen's voice became choked and two lines of tears slowly flowed out.
Xu Linlin was startled when she saw this and hurriedly reached out to hug her.
"Okay, it's all over."
"Cousin! Do you know she is very beautiful and looks good when she smiles. She also said that she would invite me to have milk tea when she recovered, and go shopping and movies with me, and I promised her! She also said that she secretly likes a boy in the same class. The boy likes basketball very much. She specially bought the autumn clothes of the team that the boy likes, and when school starts, she wears to cheer him on every game... But who knew that half an hour later, she... she never woke up again!"
Zhang Chen cried loudly.
When Xu Linlin heard this, she started crying.
"From that moment, I decided to apply to be transferred to the isolation ward. I want to ask why this damn virus should take her away!"
"Okay! Go, you must go."
...
Night falls and lights are on.
At about six o'clock in the evening, Dukan drove a car with more than fifty lunch boxes and embarked on a journey of delivering meals.
When he came to the Third Hospital of the City for the third time, the crowded scene finally dissipated.
Although there are many people at the entrance of the entire hospital, it is far from the level that people are afraid of looking at.
This time, Dukan did not choose to find the security guard to open a green channel, but instead queued up in order, took his temperature, and filled out the epidemic investigation report before entering the hospital.
More than ten minutes later, Dukan hurried to the Second Municipal Hospital again.
The situation here is similar to that of the third hospital. The doctors and nurses were so busy that they were dizzy, and the ambulances were coming in and out, and they kept ringing.
Putting down the lunch box, Dukan left silently.
Today's mission has been completed. When I got back to the car, Dukan took a break and drove back.
Outside the car window, the colorful New Year lanterns on both sides of the street were flashing constantly, which was particularly beautiful.
However, there were few pedestrians on the street, and the vehicles that had been flowing in the past disappeared. Except for one or two pharmacies that occasionally opened their doors, the shops along the street were almost closed.
The whole city seemed to be empty overnight!
Looking back on the bustling and lively scenes in the past, Dukan has an unreal feeling.
But this really exists.
The city is sick and everyone is working hard to treat it!
No one knows when it will be cured, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow; it is also the next month, maybe next year...
It was almost nine o'clock in the evening when I returned to the store, and Dukan still dared not rest.
While it was not too late, he began to contact the boss who wanted to find a pork supply and send some fresh pork to the morning tomorrow morning.
Finally, I asked it all and found out that the current slaughter of raw poultry, especially chickens, ducks, pigs and other poultry, are controlled by the state, and all densely populated places, including vegetable markets, have been suspended. There are only some supermarkets left for selling pork.
In this special period, can you buy meat in the supermarket?
Dukan felt unhappy.
But apart from that, there is no other way, so I can only try it out and plan to go to the supermarket tomorrow to see if I can buy some.
I simply processed the ingredients I would like to use tomorrow, and Dukan didn't plan to rest until after 11:30 in the evening.
Just as he was about to lock the door, his cell phone rang.
Dukan thought it was his parents who called him, so he took it out excitedly and found out that it was not, but the fat chef he hired.
The fat man's natal name is Liu Dongyang, two years younger than Dukan.
The two have an employment relationship, but they have a good relationship on weekdays.
Because this kid is a bit fat, Dukan always calls him fat, but this kid keeps calling him boss and never wants to call Brother Du.
Dukan has no choice!
"Hey, fat man, why are you calling so late?"
Dukan asked after the phone was connected.
"Boss, why are you buying pork everywhere? Aren't we closed down during the Chinese New Year?"
He was shocked by the fatness.
"Hmm? How do you know I'm buying pork everywhere?"
Dukan was full of questions and asked everywhere. How did the fat guy know about buying pork?
"I just played with my phone and saw Boss Huang post on WeChat Moments saying that a boss wanted to reserve a certain amount of fresh pork. I asked curiously, but he said that you asked him for help. I said, Boss, what's going on? Why are you buying pork? Isn't there any meat sellers there?"
Du Kan was not the only one who was full of questions, but the fat man on the other end of the phone was also confused.
However, after hearing the fat man's answer, Dukan instantly understood the whole story.
"Fatty, I haven't returned to my hometown. I'm in Wuhan now!"
"What? Wuhan? Didn't you drive back early this morning?"
Now the fat man is screaming at the other end of the phone.
"The doctors and nurses from the Third Hospital and the Second Hospital of the City have no place to eat, so I asked me to order food, and I came back halfway."
"Boss, you..."
Hearing his answer, the other end of the phone fell silent.
Dukan knew that he didn't need to explain. The fat man had already understood what he did. He didn't want to continue talking about this to the fat man, so he took the initiative to change the topic and said.
"What about you fat man? When did you arrive at your home today? Have you all the family members returned on New Year's Eve?"
Chapter completed!