Chapter 192
It was still dark, and the inn people got up.
The person in charge of the kitchen is responsible for the kitchen, the person in charge of the guest rooms, and the person in charge of the lobby is responsible for the lobby.
Last night, the inn was busy until twelve o'clock in the evening, and Liu Mo'ang and the exhausted Wang Chaoyang slept outside the bar in the lobby with a bedding.
Since last night at around 9:00 last night, there have been fewer cars on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. Sometimes a car has not been seen passing by for more than ten minutes. It is obvious that the police officers on duty on the north and south of the inn have played a great role in traffic control.
But even so, Wang Chaoyang insisted until almost twelve o'clock before entering the inn to rest.
No matter what, he is also a middle-aged man in his fifties, and he is unforgivable to be old!
But at that time, the inn was already full. And it was a full one that had never been seen since its opening.
This is really full. The rooms with the renovated backyard have been arranged, with a total of 32 rooms upstairs and downstairs, a total of 96 beds, all of which are full of them, without an empty bed.
Although the rooms behind often become full, yesterday was different. In addition to the rooms being full, there were more than twenty people sleeping in the front desk lobby.
These people are all past drivers.
There were more than fifty cars of all sizes outside the inn. Not only were the parking lots in front of the inn full, but even the open spaces on the east and west sides of the inn were full.
But that's it. There are still countless cars that want to stay in the inn, but Wang Chaoyang persuaded him to go to other roadside shops.
As for whether the owners of other roadside stores can be as conscientious as Liu Mo'ang and provide food and accommodation for these bitter drivers at a cost price, that is not something that Wang Chaoyang can worry about.
There is no way, the inn really can't accommodate more people.
Although there are still single rooms available in the inn, in order to make room for the lobby, all the tables and chairs in the lobby are moved to the single room, and there are no more people in the single room.
The inn was not even enough bedding, so the driver living in the lobby could only take off the bedding he brought in his car and use it. For drivers like this, Lao Liu simply confiscated the money.
Fortunately, the inn has a heating boiler and the heating is full, so the drivers who passed by don’t have to worry about getting frozen.
When Liu Mo'ang got up, Wang Chaoyang was still sleeping, and Lao Liu couldn't bear to call him. Yesterday, this old uncle persisted in the ice and snow outside for more than ten hours. When he asked himself, Lao Liu felt that he couldn't hold on.
It was not until breakfast was ready that Old Liu decided to call Uncle Wang up, but only then did he realize that the Uncle had a high fever.
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang..." Old Liu put a towel soaked in cold water on Wang Chaoyang's hot forehead and called him softly.
Wang Chaoyang opened his eyes in a daze, took a few breaths of difficulty, and then started coughing violently.
Now even Old Liu felt a thrill. Obviously, Wang Chaoyang was not in good condition.
Wangmu whispered from the side: "Uncle Wang's condition is not very good. If I don't go to the hospital immediately, I'm worried that it will cause pulmonary edema. Well..." She hesitated for a moment, "Maybe Uncle Wang has signs of pulmonary edema now."
On the plateau, the most fearful disease is not other diseases, but colds and fevers! Especially fevers are the most fearful ones.
Because this disease can easily cause pulmonary edema or even cerebral edema, it can kill people.
Even if you have lived in the plateau for a long time, once you have a fever, you will be as prone to such extremely serious complications as those who have just come up.
Sometimes you can see news about border guards lying on patrol while patrolling, which is actually caused by this acute plateau pulmonary edema.
Those border guards are all strong young men with great physiques and have lived on the plateau for a long time, but why do they also have this acute altitude sickness? In fact, it is often caused by colds or fevers.
The environment on the plateau is much worse than that in the plains. At most, colds and fevers in the plains will cause pneumonia. However, in the plateau, there is no such thing as pneumonia, otherwise colds and fevers will not cause other complications. As long as complications are caused, they are usually acute diseases such as pulmonary edema that can cause life.
Although Wang Chaoyang has lived in the plateau for more than 20 years, he still cannot avoid this situation.
Several drivers next to him who were preparing to help all started to whisper.
They have been running on the plateau all year round, so naturally they understand what the situation this police officer who helped them a lot yesterday is facing now. It would be fine if he was sent to the hospital directly, but now the road is blocked with heavy snow, and the ambulance can't run here at all.
However, Lao Liu was not worried much. The Bashu man named Xiao Luo who met at the Genla Mountain Pass was already cyanotic, and he could still recover his life with mountain spring water. Wang Chaoyang's illness was far less serious than that of Xiao Luo's illness, and Lao Liu was full of confidence.
"Wangmu, go and bring a cup of spring water, don't brew butter tea." Old Liu whispered.
Wangm nodded, and she naturally understood why the boss said that.
The kind of mountain spring butter tea I gave to the guests naturally could not compare with the original potion. The boss was obviously planning to use the original potion to treat Wang Chaoyang.
When the water was brought over, Lao Liu took out the "medicine bag", poured it into the water cup, and then helped Wang Chaoyang up: "Uncle Wang, drink this cup of potion and your symptoms will be relieved."
Although Wang Chaoyang was in a daze, his consciousness was not lost.
He pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect that my old king would even drink your kid's potion..."
"Haha, Uncle Wang, you want to drink it early. I'll make a cup for you every day. Come on, don't talk about that, hurry up and drink this cup of potion. Let's get it right now and it's more important than anything else."
Wang Chaoyang nodded and drank the water from the cup in small sips. Then Lao Liu gently put him down and covered him with the cup he had slept last night. "Uncle Wang, take a rest. I feel better for a while, let's drink some hot porridge, I'll get you some ginger candy water, sweat all over to make it easier."
"How is the situation outside?" Wang Chaoyang was still worried about outside.
"The situation outside is much better, and the snow is getting smaller, so it will probably not take long to stop. Don't worry about the matter outside now, it is the most important thing to get your body in good health first. Could it be that you still want to do your duty like this?"
Wang Chaoyang pulled the corner of his mouth again, and did not persist, but closed his eyes slightly.
Lao Liu stood up and said to the drivers around him: "I will keep a little quiet during the meal. Also, if anyone feels uncomfortable or has symptoms of a cold, tell me quickly and don't get a fever, it will be troublesome."
The drivers who slept in the lobby last night nodded.
There is something about the fact that Boss Liu, the Tianlu Inn, can cure altitude renal treatment, which has also begun to spread in the driver circles that have been running the Qinghai-Tibet Line all year round. However, many people just heard of it and have never seen it before. Today, these more than 20 drivers have the honor to see this scene.
The hot breakfast was brought up by several waiters, and Lao Liu had no intention of eating it. He left Dexie Maiduo to take care of Wang Chaoyang, and walked out of the inn to smoke a cigarette.
The heavy snow was indeed much smaller, and the wind gradually blew, which somewhat relieved Lao Liu.
At least this heavy snow will not fall as heavily as the 10.7 snow disaster, and this is the best result.
If the heavy snowfall and the 10.7 snow disaster lasted for nearly forty hours, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway would not be opened to traffic for at least several days.
I looked up at the sky in the east and saw that the sky was already illuminating. The most important thing is that the sky in the east could vaguely see the clouds against the sky light, unlike yesterday when the sky was as airtight as a lead plate.
Obviously, this is a sign that the rain clouds are about to spread.
Looking into the distance, the world is white, and even the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is snow-white.
Obviously, there were not many vehicles passing by in the second half of yesterday.
This is a good thing. If there are too many vehicles passing by, the snow will be crushed by the wheels and frozen again, then it will be a layer of ground armor. The thing cannot be swept with a snow sweeper at all, so you can only use a snow sweeper to shovel downwards.
There was a faint orange light flashing in the north. Needless to say, it should be the snow plough of the road guardian.
These road protection workers who maintain the Qinghai-Tibet Highway all year round are most familiar with the plateau climate. When will it snow heavily and when will it stop heavy snow? They can only look at the sky and touch it.
Obviously, these road guard workers also found that heavy snow was about to stop. They must use snow removal vehicles to clear out more roads before the trucks are on the road. At the same time, they must observe the road conditions. Once the road surface is severely frozen, they also need to sprinkle the anti-slip soil accumulated on the roadside on the road surface to minimize the slippage of vehicles on the road surface.
Before he could finish smoking a cigarette, seven or eight more anxious drivers left the door. Seeing the heavy snow, the drivers discussed preparing to get on the road.
Old Liu leaned over and dissipated a circle of smoke one by one before asking, "What, are you going to go on the road now? Don't wait any longer?"
"No more waiting." A driver in his forties frowned and said, "Actually, we don't want to get on the road so quickly, but this goods can't be delayed. If they delay delivery time, they will have to deduct money. If they catch up with unreasonable things, the shipping fee will be difficult."
Several other drivers also nodded, and they were still very grateful to Boss Liu of the inn. After all, they provided accommodation and provided hot water and hot rice, so they did not let the drivers suffer in heavy snow.
"My masters, I think you'd better wait for a while. Look, our road guards over there have been started to do snow removal. I guess all road guards within the snow range on this road have been dispatched. I think if you wait until they clean up the snow on the road before leaving, one can make the work of these road guards easier, and the other will be of great help to your driving safety, right? Are you really just one or two hours away?"
Chapter completed!