（21）船就要开了。因为风浪大，小船危险，同志们请白求恩上那条大船。白求恩怎么也不愿离开，说：“船上的药品，是毛主席对晋察冀前线伤员的关怀，我更应该和你们在起。

(21) The boats were about to depart. Due to the rough waves, the smaller vessel was deemed unsafe, and the comrades urged Bethune to board the larger one. But he refused to leave and said: “These medical supplies represent Chairman Mao’s care for the wounded on the Jin-Cha-Ji frontlines. I must stay with you.”