Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

The people of that era were truly tenacious and strong. They were hungry and cold, and everyone was as thin as a skeleton, yet they still cried loudly while working.

No one complained or said they were tired. Everyone was so tired that it was difficult for them to climb onto the kang when they got home at night. Once they got to the construction site, they were full of energy again, as if they had taken drugs. Han Zhaozhao had never seen such energy in his previous life.

The deadline is tight and the task is heavy, but don’t be afraid!

The Chinese have the three-side method: designing, modifying and constructing at the same time!

The key is not tofu shoddy construction! Men, women, old and young all joined the battle, with only a few professional construction workers leading the way. Relying on the spirit of hard work, the spirit of a century-long plan, and the spirit that national interests are above all else, they concentrated their manpower on the project!

You have to know that in that era, there were not so many mechanical equipment, and all work was done manually.

There are so many adults and children on the construction site that they are like ants moving house, carrying things on their shoulders and hands. You know what, they are quite efficient.

The construction site looks different every day, and the project progresses as fast as computer modeling in later generations, and it takes shape at a lightning speed!

The older children worked like donkeys, doing the same work as the adults, moving bricks, carrying soil and stones.

The children were also assigned a small construction site, where they dug ditches, filled baskets and picked up stones under the guidance of street workers and teachers.

Han Zhaozhao is now out of the class organization. She has joined the neighborhood committee and is doing voluntary labor at the construction site of the Great Hall of the People not far from her home.

After working for a week straight, no matter how good her physical condition was, she couldn't hold on any longer.

She didn't dare to change her work gloves when they were worn out, because they were too conspicuous! Others worked with their bare hands, but you, a little girl, were so particular and still wore gloves. Aren't you out of touch with the people?

Several blisters on my hands were rubbed open, and the cold weather caused frostbite on my hands. It was painful and itchy, and the key point was that they became festering and inflamed.

I went to Director Zhang carefully and was persuaded to leave by him.

"Zhao Zhao, don't come tomorrow. Get well first. Your grandma is waiting for you to take care of her!

Your hand is injured like this and you have a fever. There are two patients in your family. The neighborhood committee really can't spare anyone to take care of you.

Now you can only take care of yourselves. If you don't hold us back, you'll be making a contribution!"

Han Zhaozhao put on a helpless yet reluctant expression and had to carry the basket of earth back home.

After walking just a dozen steps, she ran back. "Director Zhang, I'll leave my soil basket to you. Give it to whoever needs it!"

The most scarce item on the construction site is tools, and earthen baskets woven from yellow broom are also in short supply.

Although Han Zhaozhao is gone, the neighborhood committee still has a very good impression of her loyalty to the Party.

When she got home, she washed off the blush on her face and pretended to have a fever. It was her first time to do that. The effect was pretty good, at least she didn't get caught.

After washing her hands, she felt sorry for herself. Her hands were not big, but there were several wounds on them.

Purulence and skin breakage, frostbite and hard lumps are two other symptoms.

After cleaning the pus and disinfecting the wound, she began to treat herself.

Sprinkle homemade anti-inflammatory and muscle-growing powder on the broken skin, apply frostbite cream on the sores, bandage them with gauze, and that's it. Everything will be fine. Change the dressing every day and it will be healed in three or four days.

The old lady watched from the side, tears streaming down her face, feeling sorry for her, "Oh, what a sin! When have you ever suffered this?"

Look what you have done to my beautiful little hands.

I told you not to go, but you insisted on going. You're injured like this, it must be so painful, right?

My hand is touching my heart, oh, how painful it must be?"

The old lady really loves her granddaughter. She has been raising her since she was young and has always spoiled her. But since the accident at home, the child has grown up overnight.

She already felt it was hard for the child to go up the mountain to clear wasteland and chop firewood, but at least he wasn't hurt, so she felt a little more relieved.

But now, just a few days later, the white and tender little hands have turned into rotten eggplants, swollen like small steamed buns, red, purple, green, and black, it's scary to look at!

"Zhao Zhao, please get some good medicine to apply on yourself. Don't leave any scars. It's so ugly for a little girl!"

"Don't worry, grandma. Although this wound looks scary, it's just on the skin and not deep at all. It will heal quickly after applying some medicine in a few days and won't leave a scar.

Besides, having scars is glorious and is a mark of the working people!

Every other family volunteers, but we don't. Some people will gossip about us, saying we are not proactive and have no awareness.

You see, I have been out for seven days and have gained the image of an activist. Director Zhang even called on the residents in the street to learn from me!"

The old lady didn't understand the current social phenomena. She just remembered to listen to smart people, follow the crowd, and not do anything out of the ordinary.

"Okay, our family has been out for a while, if you're injured, just stay home!

Now there are two injured people in the family, one has a bad leg and the other has an injured hand.

From now on, we will cook together. I will do the washing and you will light the fire and cook."

After three days of treatment, the wound on Han Zhaozhao's hand healed and the frostbite was no longer painful and itchy. The grandparents and grandchildren watched that the wound did not get worse and was healing day by day, so they felt relieved.

A few days later, the Niu brothers and sisters and the third child, a group of half-grown children, also evacuated. Everyone gathered at Han Zhaozhao's house, stretched out their hands, and everyone was injured.

The wound was like a child's mouth. Pus and blood would ooze out if one clenched a fist. It looked much more serious than Han Zhaozhao's!

"Zhao Zhao, you can treat us, especially the chilblains. When it gets a little warmer, they itch and itch all over again. It's so painful to scratch them. I can't describe how it feels. It's too torturous!"

"That's right. We went to the hospital, but the doctor couldn't do anything. I heard that they even ran out of anti-inflammatory pills. There are so many injured people during this period, so it's hard to imagine people like us getting hurt.

The injuries of the construction workers are much worse than ours. Many of them broke their legs and injured their feet on the construction site. They just sprinkled some dirt on them to stop the bleeding. Compared with their injuries, our injuries are nothing."

"We can't control others, nor do we have the ability to do so. We were delayed this year and didn't go up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs.

Go buy some. The prices of medicinal materials in the pharmacy have increased this year, and I don’t have much on hand.

You better watch your mouths. I'll punish you, but don't go out and say anything. I'm a half-hearted person. If I punish someone badly, they'll blame me!"

"Don't worry, we all understand. Our relationship will be kept secret!"

Han Zhaozhao boiled some warm water and asked them to wash their hands and feet first. Then he cleaned the pus, blood and debris from them and disinfected them with anti-inflammatory and tissue-regenerating powder.

As for the chilblains on their hands and feet, I first applied chilblain cream to them. I also prepared a large bundle of eggplant vines for them to take home when they left and boil water to soak their feet in at night.

Soak for seven or eight days in a row and then apply frostbite cream, the symptoms will gradually improve.

"If you want to prevent the disease from recurring, you need to pay more attention to it. Boil eggplant vines in water and soak them in it every winter. In two years at most, the disease will be eradicated."

Although this recipe is a folk remedy, it also has scientific basis. To prevent and treat frostbite, the main thing is to ensure smooth blood circulation.