"Alright, thank you, Mayor Li. I'll see you this afternoon."
Wan Yunting smiled and nodded, then, along with Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, Huang Jingshan, and Zhang Nong, headed back to their hotel.
Chen Minxue, being a local of Qianshan Town, also took this opportunity to go home for a while before returning to the town in the afternoon to accompany Wan Yunting.
Wan Yunting and Huang Jingshan shared a room, with Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao next door.
As soon as Li Xing returned home, he received a call from Chang Maodian, the head of the county's medical institution. "Old Li, that vice chairman of the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, Wan Yunting, is he at your Qianshan Town?"
"Yes, Minister Chang."
Li Xing's attitude changed, and he said with a smile, "I just finished dining with them. They've returned to the hotel to rest now."
"Hmm, regarding their support work, you can simply arrange for someone to accompany them, but!"
Suddenly, Chang Maodian's tone turned stern. "You must not let them know anything they shouldn't. Understand?"
"I understand, I understand."
Li Xing nodded repeatedly and said, "Minister Chang, don't worry, I won't let them interfere with our side!"
"Hmm, that's all for now."
After speaking, Chang Maodian hung up the phone and reported to Weng Dehai, who was sitting on the sofa, "President Weng, it's confirmed that Wan Yunting and his group are in Qianshan Town, Jiang Yichun is in Shangou Town, and Li Chengde is in Longtang Town. They might be staying for a week."
Weng Dehai, still at the five-star hotel, narrowed his old eyes and sneered, "They want to do support work, do they? Then let's give them some challenges!"
Chang Maodian immediately understood Weng Dehai's intention, nodded with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, President Weng, I won't let them have an easy time."
"Hmm, go ahead and do it." Weng Dehai waved his hand, and Chang Maodian bowed with a smile and left.
Weng Dehai and Yao Xiangming were sitting on the sofa, and Chen Xingwang and Zheng Hongye were also present. "Since the people from the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association have gone down to the townships and rural areas, we can't fall behind them."
"Xingwang, Hongye, Xingfa, you should also organize everyone to go to the townships and rural areas to complete our support work."
"Alright, President Weng. Then you and Mr. Yao can stay at the hotel and direct our work." Chen Xingwang and Zheng Hongye rose with Li Xingfa and others, said goodbye to Weng Dehai, and went out.
Weng Dehai turned to Yao Xiangming, who was sitting beside him, and asked with a smile, "Xiangming, what should we do next?"
Yao Xiangming picked up his teacup, looked at the pale yellow tea, and smiled with a slight upturn of his lips, "Let them stir things up for now."
"Good." Weng Dehai nodded, then continued to chat and drink tea with Yao Xiangming with a smile.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wan Yunting had finished his nap and was on the phone with Jiang Yichun. He learned that the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, led by Weng Dehai, was also carrying out support work in four townships—Maichen Town, Qujie Town, Xilian Town, and Xiayang Town—as well as the surrounding rural areas of Xuwen County.
"So, they've already set off as well," Wan Yunting said.
"Yes." Jiang Yichun, who was in Shangou Town at the time, snorted coldly, "But I heard that Weng Dehai only let Chen Xingwang and his team lead the way, while he and that Yao Xiangming are staying in a five-star hotel in the county town. Heh, with their work attitude, they're just going through the motions."
Wan Yunting nodded and smiled, "Isn't that their corrupt style?"
Jiang Yichun sighed, "Never mind, let's not worry about them for now. Let's focus on our own work."
"Alright, Elder Jiang, please take care of yourself. Goodbye for now."
After speaking, Wan Yunting hung up the phone with Jiang Yichun. He then called Li Chengde to inquire about their situation. After a brief understanding, he hung up. It was already three o'clock, so Wan Yunting woke up Huang Jingshan.
Then, Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao, Zhang Nong and Lu Xin Jue, Zhao Lusi and Chi Wenhui, Peng Yushan and Li Peiyong, Sun Zhinan and Tao Xiaoyang, and Zhu Da, each carrying their luggage, arrived at the township government office.
Coincidentally, Li Xing and his group also came out. After exchanging pleasantries with Wan Yunting, they directly led them to the town hospital.
The main road of Qianshan Town was only about one kilometer long, and the town hospital was the five-story building adjacent to the main road. Below the hospital was the town's primary school, while the junior high school was not in town.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the hospital's main building, they saw several doctors in white coats and some nurses standing at the entrance, welcoming Wan Yunting and his group.
"Come, Xiao Wan, this is the director of our town's hospital, Li Yongzhi. He's from the same village as me."
Li Xing immediately pointed to Li Yongzhi, a middle-aged man in the middle, who was the hospital director.
"Hello, Director Li..."
Wan Yunting immediately stepped forward, extended his hand to Li Yongzhi, and said politely with a smile, "We've caused you trouble."
"Oh, Vice Chairman Wan, you're too kind."
Li Yongzhi also warmly shook Wan Yunting's hand and said with a smile, "It's our honor that you can come to Qianshan Town for support work. We can't welcome you enough."
Wan Yunting released his hand and smiled, "We're here this time to understand the medical standards of your township hospital and then provide support by increasing your medical equipment and other work."
"Great, we are very happy that you leaders from above have come to support our township medical services."
Li Yongzhi, with a face full of excitement, immediately said, "Come, Vice Chairman Wan, please come inside. Let's have some tea and chat."
"Okay." Wan Yunting smiled and nodded, then turned to signal Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, Huang Jingshan, and the others to follow. Led by Director Li Yongzhi, they arrived on the second floor, which was the doctors' office area. In the reception hall, Li Yongzhi had already asked the nurses to prepare tea.
Wan Yunting did not rush to get down to business. Instead, he first inquired about the hospital and the rural health stations from the director before starting his work.
"Vice Chairman Wan, as you can see, our township hospital is actually very rudimentary."
Li Yongzhi pointed to the hospital's building, which was over twenty years old and had peeling paint, and said with emotion, "I've worked here for over ten years, and I clearly remember the difficulties and hardships our hospital faces."
"In order to add various equipment for patients, I've applied to the higher authorities many times. Occasionally, funds are allocated from above to improve our hospital, but it's just a drop in the bucket. We really can't add much advanced equipment."
"Look at the equipment and instruments over there. Those are instruments that have been phased out by major hospitals in the county. We can only pick them up and use them as best we can. Therefore, our township hospital's medical equipment is very backward, and we can't accept seriously ill patients."
"Just like the car accident that happened today, if it were treated in Qianshan Town, it would only be a journey of more than ten kilometers. But if it were sent to the county town for treatment, it would be at least twenty to thirty kilometers, and time would be wasted on the road. This is the cost!"
Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, and Huang Jingshan listened and nodded, understanding that Director Li was right. If the medical standards of Qianshan Town Hospital were improved, the outcome for the teenager involved in today's accident might have been different.
"Director Li, can you show us to the wards?" Wan Yunting asked, seeing that the time was about right.
"Certainly, I'll take you on a tour now."
Saying that, Li Yongzhi stood up. Several doctors and nurses, along with Mayor Li Xing, followed and led Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, and their group to visit the wards. As a result, they saw very dilapidated wards.
Especially the beds, which were still the old-fashioned iron beds. It was very uncomfortable for patients to lie on these beds, let alone recuperate.
There were also medical equipment, as Li Yongzhi had said, which were all phased-out equipment, yet still in use here. This made Wan Yunting and the others see that the medical equipment in township hospitals was truly too backward and too poor.