Hongxing Hospital also gave out something during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It gave out pumpkins. Each employee gave away 100 kilograms of pumpkins, which was quite popular.

It's just that the originally planned beef and mutton meal didn't materialize.

"We should give out some meat. Our hospital employees are really good at this. They also improve their lives in the canteen from time to time.

The key is the family members of the employees. I have heard many employees complain that the children at home have not seen meat or fish for several months." Shi Jinyun continued.

"At this time, being able to have enough to eat is considered a blessing. When I went out this time, I realized that the food supply shortage is nationwide. Locally, it is much more difficult than us.

Along the way, we saw many places where people were starving to death, and some villages were simply empty.

As soon as I asked them, they all went out to flee, and they could only starve to death if they stayed at home.

Over in Inner Mongolia, I met many people who fled from the mainland." Ji Kaiwen said in a serious tone.

"During this period, many people fleeing famine came to Beijing, and the streets were busy housing these fleeing people.

We are New China, and we cannot watch people fleeing famine starve to death on the streets." Shi Jinyun also spoke about his experiences.

"It's going to be okay! Everything is going to be okay!

Let you two tell me, I am too embarrassed to eat meat. Looking at this table full of meat, I always feel guilty!" Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"I blame me, I blame me for speaking irrespective of the occasion!" Ji Kaiwen quickly reflected on himself.

"Okay, there's no need for an inspection! Our hospital should still have a lot of coarse grains. We can donate part of it to the streets. It can be considered as our contribution.

Sister, you will be responsible for this matter.

The coarse grains saved will be given to the steel rolling mill." Zhang Yan waved his hands.

Because of the pumpkin powder, Red Star Hospital has saved a lot of whole grains, such as sorghum rice, sweet potato powder, and grain replacement powder.

These grains are all purchased from the grain station in a rationed proportion. You don’t have to take them. If you buy a pound of grain, you have to give you three ounces of sorghum noodles and three ounces of grain flour.

Of course this is just an analogy.

With better pumpkin powder, people naturally no longer want to eat steamed buns made with sorghum noodles, let alone steamed buns made with grain substitute powder.

"I understand, Dean!" Shi Jinyun readily accepted the task.

"Old Ji, the pumpkins grown in the summer in Zhangjiayu should be in harvest season. Please make arrangements and bring back some more pumpkins. Pull more and grind them into powder." Zhang Yan told Ji Kaiwen again.

He asked Shi Jinyun to donate all the coarse grains saved by the hospital, and his confidence was naturally the pumpkins from Zhangjiayu.

"Okay, Dean! I'll arrange for someone to go to Zhangjiayu to purchase pumpkins later." Ji Kaiwen nodded.

After arranging these two things, everyone began to enjoy the delicious food in peace.

It’s November in the blink of an eye.

After entering November, Zhang Yan's heart began to tighten.

Because entering November means that Tong Mei's due date is coming soon.

Although Zhang Yan is a doctor himself, and his skills in obstetrics and gynecology are no worse than those of the legendary Zhou Xiaoshou, he is troubled by concern. His wife and son cannot help Zhang Yan not being nervous.

When Zhang Yan returns home every day, the first thing he does is to take Tong Mei's pulse, check some physical conditions, and confirm the expected date of delivery.

The due date also changes. Due to physical or other changes, the due date may be advanced or delayed.

It is normal for the baby to be born one or two days earlier or two or three days later than the due date.

Zhang Yan felt like she was about to suffer from prenatal syndrome.

On this day, Zhang Yan was teaching the apprentices, and Ji Kaiwen suddenly came over to call him.

Zhang Yan was shocked. Could it be that Tong Mei had an accident?

"President, Director Yang just called and said he will arrive at Red Star Hospital in ten minutes. He asked you to prepare and follow him out," Ji Kaiwen reported.

After hearing Ji Kaiwen's words, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He was really caring and confused. He had just taken his pulse this morning and Tong Mei's due date was still one week away.

Now that Tong Mei has taken leave to rest at home as per his request, how could an accident happen?

Zhang Yan turned around and returned to the large conference room to let the apprentices study by themselves.

He talked to Ji Kaiwen and went downstairs to wait for Factory Director Yang.

"Lao Ji, keep an eye on our dormitory building and the pharmaceutical factory. I've told you all the machinery and equipment needed. Keep an eye on Director Liang and hurry up and help us solve it."

"Dean, don't worry! Director Liang is more active than us now!" Ji Kaiwen said with a smile.

"That's true!" Zhang Yan smiled and nodded.

The expansion of the pharmaceutical factory and the increase in output have benefited the entire steel rolling mill. It can be said that the steel rolling mill is now more active in the expansion of the pharmaceutical factory than the Red Star Hospital.

The medical device factory that Zhang Yan proposed before has also begun construction under the urging of Director Yang.

After the medical device factory is built, there will be two tertiary industries under the Red Star Hospital.

This is the quilt factory that Zhang Yan rejected Ji Kaiwen's proposal.

Nowadays, textile factories are in a semi-stop state due to lack of raw materials. It would be inappropriate for them to open a quilt factory here.

In this era, cotton cultivation had begun in the border areas. Ji Kaiwen wanted to open a bedding factory because he could transport cotton from the border areas.

However, the cotton there also has its own tasks, and there are some unplanned ones, but not many. It is not worth opening a quilt factory just for this kind of cotton.

Ji Kaiwen, on the other hand, was inspired by certain ideas and propaganda in newspapers and wanted to open a quilt factory.

"The dormitory building can be capped before the freeze, but if you want to move in, you have to wait until next year." Ji Kaiwen reported on the construction status of the dormitory building.

After Hongxing Hospital proposed to use beef and mutton to settle the construction costs, the workers of the construction company burst out with great enthusiasm, and the construction schedule was advanced by nearly a month.

This is what makes beef and mutton so exciting.

The two of them stood in the lobby on the first floor for a while, and Director Yang's car drove in.

Director Yang’s car is a Volga sedan.

This kind of car is also the most widely used official car in this era, and it was all assisted by Big Brother in the past few years.

It cannot be said that it is aid. Now the country is tightening its belt just to repay the loan that was aided back then.

Although many of these loans are paid in the form of machinery, industrial equipment, cars, etc.

So, it should be said that I bought the car with a loan from Big Brother.

"Xiao Zhang, get in the car!" Director Yang rolled down the window and said to Zhang Yan seriously.

Zhang Yan was stunned by Factory Director Yang's attitude and didn't say much. He nodded to Ji Kaiwen, opened the door and got in the car.

The Volga drove directly out of the Red Star Hospital.

"Director, where are we going? It seems it's not the day for the director's follow-up consultation, right?" Zhang Yan asked.
Chapter completed!