Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Su Shu Extends a Helping Hand at the Time of Crisis

In the square, seventy or eighty people of all ages had already gathered, but the younger ones had all gone to rescue others.

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At this moment, the strongest labor force of Peng Village, following the Hunting Team, was still hunting in the deep mountains, and their current situation was unknown.

Su Shu did not see Grandpa Peng among the crowd. Upon asking around, she learned that the octogenarian had actually taken all the able-bodied men with working arms and legs to help with the rescues, while the women of the village were going door to door with the elders to see if anyone had been missed.

Under the collapsed houses, the dirt and dust were rampant, and many people’s expressions were tense and pained.

Su Shu organized people in the square, as at any moment new villagers might join them. Emotions could easily influence one another when people gathered together. Su Shu divided the people she had found into groups, with one person overseeing each area, always mindful of everyone’s emotions and injuries, providing timely medical attention.

Because sometimes, when people are faced with a greater shock, they often don’t feel the pain in their bodies due to extreme tension, Su Shu feared that the delay in treatment could turn minor injuries into serious ones.

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The village doctor was busy, sweating profusely as he went from one person to another, checking, medicating, and bandaging. The first aid kit was opened and closed repeatedly, and the medicinal supplies inside were soon depleted. Su Shu initially did not notice this issue, but when she did, the village doctor was forced to use only alcohol for disinfection, having no choice.

Su Shu approached the village doctor to understand the situation, “Do we have no more disinfectant medicine?”

The doctor’s expression was grave, “We were already running low on medical supplies, and I was planning to go to the town to replenish at the weekend. We didn’t expect the earthquake. Now, all we can do is manage with what we have. I’ve already sent people from the village to go to the town as fast as they can to see if they can find any.”

Su Shu said, “We’re not sure about the situation in the town, are we?”

“Indeed, if there’s been an earthquake, the urban areas there are even more dangerous than our mountainous area here, and we don’t know if they’ll be able to bring back any medicine.” The village doctor’s face was full of worry.

Su Shu said, “Uncle, wait for me, I should have some medical supplies. I’ll go and get them so that we can use them for now.”

“You have supplies?” The village doctor’s face lit up with surprise.

Su Shu nodded, “I do have some, but not a lot, and I don’t know if it’ll last until help arrives.”

“Having some is better than none, thank you, miss.”

“Of course. Keep going with your work; I’ll bring them from my car.”

“Yes, yes, go ahead.”

Su Shu’s car had been parked in the square before the quake, fortunately spared from being destroyed. On her way to get the medicine from her car, she regretted not having prepared a stockpile of medicine earlier. She always thought there was more than a month’s time. Her plan was to solve the food issue first and then deal with the medical supplies. But she had not anticipated encountering an earthquake in Peng Village so suddenly.

Indeed, there was not much medicine in space, just two or three boxes of first aid supplies she had intended to use in exchange for food, purchased from local pharmacies before coming to Peng Village.

Quickly, Su Shu moved three boxes of first aid supplies, using her car as a cover.

At such a time, medicine was as valuable as life itself. The village doctor, hearing that Su Shu didn’t have a lot of medical supplies, assumed they were probably the kind found in a regular household’s small first aid kit and didn’t have high expectations, thinking something was better than nothing, at least better than having to use alcohol directly.

But now, seeing three boxes of first aid supplies, which even exceeded the village’s supply before the earthquake, he was astonished.

After the shock, his face was filled with gratitude.

“Miss, all these… are you giving them all to us?”