Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! novel Chapter 153

"Thank you for your help," Colonel Tang thanked the villager.

"No problem! Thank you for taking care of my mother too!"

After fulfilling the promised accommodations and supplies, Colonel Tang grew curious about the mushrooms and quickly followed Lin Weihao into the hospital, still carrying the bag.

As they passed by the mild ward, they saw a commotion—some medics were being harassed by the patients’ families.

"We’re civilians! It’s your duty to protect and provide for us! Without us, there would be no country, no taxes, no military, no public nurses! The government built this army with our money, so everything you have exists because of us! And now, when we need you the most, you turn your backs on us! Give us the medicine! How dare you say we need to wait before my son’s fever gets worse?!"

After discovering the stabilizer, Lin Weihao allowed one family member to visit their relative.

Lin Weihao glanced at Colonel Tang with a scrutinizing look before stepping inside the ward.

He stood behind the man, listening.

He knew that Zhi Zhi would not stay here after winter, and at this time, he was looking for a replacement for himself, as his grandfather was too old for the stress.

Colonel Tang was one of the people he was considering.

He was also considering Wang Chul, but he wasn’t ready to take on such a huge role yet.

Colonel Tang, well-built and honed from relentless training, carried the natural air of dominance and discipline only veterans who had survived near-death battles possessed. Coupled with the blood on his coat and boots, he intimidated those around him.

Those who had been shouting earlier immediately fell silent.

His gaze swept across the people who had been harassing the medics, his exhaustion turning into simmering frustration. "You have no idea how much manpower and medicine have been spent just to keep your families alive, and we did it without asking for anything in return. Yet here you are, acting like we owe you. No. We don’t owe you a thing. You should be grateful we’re even trying to save you."

A young woman in the crowd stepped forward, her voice trembling with a mix of anger and fear. "But we are taxpayers. The government pays you with our taxes! Isn’t it your duty to serve us?!"

Colonel Tang’s voice grew firmer, more cutting. He took a step forward, his gaze unwavering. "This base is not run by the government. The government you mentioned didn’t give you the medicine. It was the Base Leader. The medics and the soldiers who guard this base are also paid by the Base Leader!"

"The old world is long gone. Those boats that rescued you from the flood were also from the Base Leader. The ones who sat on government seats before and received all your taxes fled to the capital before winter came. If you want to demand something, go to the capital and find them…"

"Additionally, the doctors, the nurses, and the researchers you’re harassing haven’t slept properly while attending to your families. If it weren’t for them, how would this hospital even run?"

"For all we know, you’re just trying to save all the medicine for the soldiers and—"

It seems like Colonel Tang’s words didn’t reach them, there was still someone who wants to morally kidnapped.

These people had grown too comfortable from eating free food in recent days and developed a certain shamelessness.

The last speaker was all too familiar to Lin Weihao. Wang Chul had shown him a video of a nurse and the man from one of the wards who had incited the incident in the hallway.