Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 92 Illness
What happened to Jenny reminded her of a movie she watched a long time ago, Silence Like the Sea.

The protagonists are also a French girl and a German officer. Within half a year, the two developed a strange feeling for each other.But in the end, the officer went to the battlefield, and the relationship had no ending. She still remembered that the only line of dialogue in the movie was the French girl saying goodbye to the officer.

She didn't feel anything when watching it at that time. It wasn't until the officer was about to go to the battlefield and the girl ran out crying to say goodbye. Only when she got there did she truly understand the feelings between the two and the French people's attachment to their motherland. Loyalty and love are like the sea of ​​silence, quiet and forbearing.

The Morrie family is just that, very invisible patriots.

But she couldn't tell for sure about Jenny's situation, because Jenny's feelings for the officer seemed to have burst, otherwise she wouldn't have impulsively gone to the hotel to look for someone.To be fair, she wouldn't be able to do such a thing even if she had ten courages.

Rosia was silent, trying to remember under the shadow of the tree in 44, when France was restored, what happened to the French women who came into contact with the Germans.It seemed like I had to take off all my clothes and parade in the street, and have things thrown at me and my hair hung up.She couldn't remember clearly, anyway, French women after the war were very pitiful.The ignorant French people put all the blame on the women who had to submit to others in order to survive.

But even apart from this, she did not recommend that Jenny be emotionally devoted to a German officer.It’s been 42 years, and the Eastern Front has already started. Just from what that officer said, you can tell that Ya is a man with the same strong sense of responsibility as Werner. In the hearts of such a person, Germany ranks first, and his mother ranks second. , and then there are a few brothers who have been through life and death, and the girlfriend is basically nowhere to be found.

And once he goes to the battlefield, he can only leave it to fate whether he will live or die, and he cannot give her a definite promise at all.From this point of view, the guy was still a good person, and he didn't let the little girl wait in the rear.

The battlefield romance is certainly romantic and touching, but if it is decorated with blood, the beauty will be gone.

Rosia couldn't help but sigh when she thought of this. She looked at Jenny, who was still heartbroken, and stretched out her hand to pat her shoulder sympathetically: "Jenny, don't be sad, he is also doing it for your own good."

"Have you ever thought about the relationship between Germany and France now? You are enemy countries. It's okay that no one has discovered your affairs now. If you find out, will the French forgive you? What will those people think of you? Finally More importantly, there is Grandma Mori, what will she do after knowing this? Have you ever thought about it? "

Jenny was slightly startled. There were still wet tears on her face. She looked quite embarrassed, but she had the aura of an innocent girl.She was at a loss for a while, then shook her head helplessly, very sad: "I, I have never thought about this, grandma, and grandma, she, she will not agree..."

"Then, think about it carefully. If it is really difficult to let go, at least make it after the war. At that time, France will definitely not be what it is now. France will be restored, and then everyone will recognize you. "

"Really...?" Jenny looked at her blankly: "France will be free again?"

Rosia nodded, she was extremely sure of this: "Yes, trust me."

Jane lowered her head again, her hands were intertwined, and she kept moving. Her heart was absolutely tangled, and her face was also changing.After a while, Rosia's hands and feet were cold, and her whole body was numb from the cold, before she raised her head.Although her eyes were still red and swollen, the firmness inside made people know that she had figured it out and made a decision in her heart.

She solemnly thanked you: "Thank you, Rosia."

Rosia waved her hand: "You're too polite. It's so cold. You should go back and rest early!" She really hated being a close sister and felt like a human stick.

"Yes." Jenny nodded, took two steps, and then turned back and said: "Rosiya, I seemed to hear your name in the hotel today. It seemed that you were engaged to someone, but you don't have a lover. It should be I must have heard wrong."

Rosia froze, a little on the verge of tears. She waved her hand again: "Yes, you must have heard wrong, or there is someone with the same name as me."

Janey nodded without doubting his presence: "Then, goodbye!"

"Yeah, yeah." Rosia watched her figure, and when she saw her entering the door, she pulled her feet out from the cold ground.An "ecstasy" numbness suddenly spread from the soles of the feet, densely packed like needles.She couldn't help but howl on the spot, it was almost life-threatening.

After returning home, she couldn't wait to run to the fireplace in the living room. Aunt Mesa was leaning on the sofa reading a book. Mars.

She leaned against him to warm herself up for a long time before she recovered. She had been tired all day, and after just chatting for a few words with Aunt Mesa, she couldn't help but feel sleepy, so she had to go back to the room and get into bed.

After this relationship, it seemed that she and Jenny had a common secret.The little girl is no longer as close to her as she used to be. Occasionally she will come over for a walk, sit for a while, or stay for a meal when she is free. Sometimes she will bring some delicious food cooked by Grandma Mori. Share it with her.

Jenny seems to have become the carefree girl she was before. Regardless of whether she has really let go, this is indeed the best outcome.

Time rushed to June, and the weather gradually began to heat up. Every time Rosia came back from get off work, she would habitually go to the mailbox to see if there were any new letters. Unfortunately, except for a certification letter from Berlin, there was nothing nothing.

She never saw Heinrich again, and the things she hadn't talked about seemed to be shelved as if they didn't exist.

Rosia has always known that she has neither a golden finger nor a protagonist's aura, but this feeling of not having anyone around her, and not even being able to contact anyone for almost half a year, still makes her feel aggrieved.She had no contact information for any of her previous friends, and even if she wrote a letter, she would not know where to send it.In this day and age, any incident can force civilians to wander around. Even she has been a semi-refugee, and she doesn't know if the other party will receive the letter she sent.

In the middle of the year, newspapers published some news about the Asian battlefield. In order to completely destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the Japanese military launched a massive attack on Midway Island where the U.S. military was stationed.In her impression, the Battle of Midway was also one of the most brutal battles in World War II, but because the warring parties were Japan and the United States, she didn't know much about it.

On July 7, the most brutal war on the Eastern Front, the Battle of Stalingrad, began quietly without many people knowing about it. Even newspapers and radio broadcasts did not report much about it, if she hadn't been paying attention to it. The news from the Eastern Front may really be missed.

This day-to-day life is really tight.

Jim exchanged fire with Mrs. Adeline, the head of the Polish Red Cross Society, for several more days, and finally finalized the list of people to go to the front line for medical assistance.Not only were the five nurses agreed upon before, but there were also backyard care nurses who applied for it on their own, and a lot of field doctors were also added. Dr. Jim was very conscientious and did not add her to the list.

There was nothing serious at the hospital, but there was trouble at home.

Early in the morning, Luo Xiyue had just gotten up and washed up. Before she even opened her eyes, there was a knock on the door.

"Sia, are you up?" Aunt Mesa called outside, her voice a little anxious.

"Get up." She responded, biting her toothbrush and opening the door: "What happened?"

Aunt Mesa looked a little flustered and her hands were shaking. When she saw her coming out, she grabbed her sleeve and said, "Come here and take a look. Pino is sick."

Rosia was startled and almost dropped her toothbrush. She quickly took it in her hand and asked, "What's going on? Is it a cold, fever, or an infectious disease?"

Aunt Mesa shook her head and walked forward quickly: "I don't know. I just called him, but there was no response. I went in and looked at him. My face was red from the fever, my forehead was very hot, but I was still shivering."

Pushing the door open and walking in, Pino was curled up on the bed, his face red and wrinkled tightly, it was obvious that he had a severe fever.But his body was still shaking, as if he was very cold.

Rosia took two steps forward and called him softly a few times, but there was no response. She put her hand on her forehead and burned him to death, but she was covered in cold sweat and almost lost consciousness due to high fever.

"What's going on? What kind of disease is this?" Aunt Mesa looked at her anxiously.

Rosia was also a little impatient. She was a simple thoracic surgeon, and her internal and external injuries to the heart were OK. She really had no experience in this kind of pediatric disease.

"I don't know either. He is young and can't tell by just looking at his body reaction. He should be sent to our hospital for a checkup first. I'll go change my clothes right away."

She ran back in a hurry, and Aunt Mesa said from behind: "Is it okay if you don't have breakfast?"

"It's okay, let's talk about it at the hospital."

The two hurriedly packed some things. Aunt Mesa found a blanket and wrapped Pino in her arms. The little guy had completely lost consciousness and there was no response no matter how loud he shouted.Their family did not have a private car, so they had to run to the subway station.

When they arrived at the hospital, almost an hour had passed. Rosia sent the patient directly to the backyard, jumped in the queue through the back door, and put the patient into the pediatrician's emergency room first.

The doctor was quite old and old-fashioned, and he didn't like people jumping in line very much.Fortunately, Rosia had a good relationship with him, and Pino's condition was indeed a bit serious, so he didn't waste any time and put the person directly on the hospital bed and started checking.

Rosia and Aunt Mesa were waiting outside the emergency room. The pediatric section didn't occupy much space in the hospital, and there weren't many children coming to see the doctor. .Aunt Mesa was already restless and worried to death, but now she was trembling with fear after hearing these miserable sounds.

"Sia, little Pino will be fine, right?"

"It's okay, don't worry, Dr. Parker is a very good doctor here, he will be fine." Rosia held her hand and comforted her.

Children do not have enough antibodies in their bodies and their immunity is not strong, so it is inevitable to get sick. Pino's illness seems to be raging, but in the hands of the highly respected Dr. Parker, who has decades of experience, it is absolutely safe.

It didn't seem long, and it seemed like a long time passed. The door to the emergency room opened and the two of them stood up immediately.

"Doctor, how is the child?"

Doctor Parker looked at Rosia, then at Aunt Mesa, and put the pen in his hand into the pocket of his white coat: "It's not a big deal, it's acute tonsillitis. Children of his age are most likely to get this, so , now, you decide whether to remove it or not, the surgery is very simple."

Aunt Mesa didn't understand this, but Rosia said straightforwardly: "No."

People in this era do not pay much attention to the role of tonsils. In modern immunology, tonsils have been recognized as immune organs.The tonsils not only contain immune virus transfer factors, but also form a lymphatic network with the adenoids behind the nasal cavity and the lymphatic tissue on the posterior pharyngeal wall to filter the air entering the respiratory tract. This is a very powerful defense mechanism. If it is cut off, it may be complicated by pharyngitis in the future, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Dr. Parker was slightly startled and asked again: "Don't you want to cut it? This will make the recovery very slow, and he will need very careful care to recover."

"No, please give him medicine and injections."

Although there is no penicillin yet, it should be good if you treat it slowly and add diet therapy, and it is not too slow.

Aunt Mesa didn't understand what was said between them, but she understood the last sentence. She pushed Rosia and said, "You go have something to eat and go to work first. I'll take care of him here."

Rosia glanced into the ward, hesitated for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll go check in first and come back later."

"Well, let's go."

She exhaled, turned and left the backyard. On the way, she met several nurses, all of whom seemed to be discussing something with fearful expressions on their faces.Out of curiosity, she asked someone casually.

"They are wounded soldiers." The nurse was still worried: "It seems that the wounded soldiers transferred from the Soviet Union are all officers. I heard that the equipment at the frontline medical points is very poor. The army hospitals in the suburbs have regulations to save the soldiers first, so the officers are all Sent here."

"Um, are there many people?"

The nurse shook her head: "Not many, just a dozen, but the injuries are all very serious."

Rosia nodded. She had been in an army hospital, and the policy there was indeed to save the soldiers first.

"So, do you know what kind of arms they are?"

The nurse shook her head again.

"Are there any people wearing black military uniforms?"

The nurse thought for a while and nodded hesitantly: "There seems to be one, but he was not seriously injured, but he was covered in blood."

"..." Well, covered in blood but not seriously injured, the Nazi officer.

Rosia only remembered that Werner went to Belgium. As for Heinrich, who cares, he can run wherever he likes.

When we arrived at the front yard, we saw few people downstairs, but there was a lot of blood on the ground. It was so shocking that we didn’t have time to deal with it.

She climbed up the stairs slowly, and as soon as she reached the door of the office on the fourth floor, she heard the familiar roar of Dr. Jim.

"Damn it, where's Rosia? Get her ready for surgery."

　I was deceived yesterday when I bought a laptop. I went to replace it today, but I was threatened and intimidated by the boss. Until they got off work at about six o'clock, I was still defeated because of my incompetence, so I had to admit defeat.I said I would add an update today, but I might not be able to do it depending on the time. Even if I add it, it will definitely be very late. Let me give it a try. Don’t wait any longer. I’ll check it out tomorrow. If not, I will definitely make it up before Wednesday. Sorry~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)