The village chief slapped his thigh with delight: "I knew following Er Ya would be the right choice!"

The group moved behind the rock face, went down the slope, and then gathered around the pond, scooping up water with their hands and drinking several mouthfuls.

"Good, good, God hasn't abandoned us."

The group was overjoyed and quickly went down the mountain to inform the rest of the people.

It was shorter to go down the mountain from here in the valley, and the group made marks as they went, eager to get started.

I was filled with excitement, but what I saw was complete chaos.

People and horses were thrown about, and things were scattered all over the ground. People cried and shouted as they picked up their belongings.

"What happened?" Song Ning rushed downstairs and asked hurriedly.

"You're finally back." Village Chief Luo hurried over, his face still bearing the marks of his injuries.

"Not long after you left, we encountered bandits, and many of us were injured..."

Before Village Chief Luo could finish speaking, Song Ning quickly ran forward.

As they approached their mule cart, they saw Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan tidying up their things, along with Song Xiu'e's family. Li Daniu and his wife were grumbling, and the Jiang family was also present.

"Er Ya is back?" Liu Yuelan asked with a smile.

"Mother, are you alright?"

Liu Yuelan shook her head: "We're fine, but the patrolmen from Dongyuan Village were all injured, and I heard it's quite serious."

Song Ning didn't have time to ask any more questions before heading towards the crowd.

Before I even got there, I heard wailing from the crowd.

Pushing through the crowd, Gao Tiedan was covered in blood, and the wound on his chest was shocking, with blood still flowing out.

The mother of the high-speed train egg was crying uncontrollably, and everyone thought there was no hope.

Song Ning ran back to the car, scooped half a bowl of spring water from her spatial storage, and hurried back.

He held the bowl to Tie Dan's lips: "Brother Tie Dan, drink this."

People thought it was medicine, but when they looked into the bowl, it was just clear, white water.

"This person is clearly not going to make it, what good will drinking water do?"

The mother of the high-speed train boy kowtowed to the people gathered around, pleading, "Does anyone have medicine? Please, everyone, my son is really dying..."

The people surrounding them didn't say anything; how could they possibly have medicine in their hands?

Song Ning's face was more serious than ever before: "Brother Tiedan, if you trust me, drink this."

Gao Tie was speechless with pain, but slowly cooperated with Song Ning by drinking the water in the bowl one sip at a time.

After finishing the water, Song Ning said softly, "Brother Tiedan, I'm going to clean your wound and apply medicine. It might hurt a little, so please bear with it."

She had previously exchanged a lot of medicine with Dr. Tang using water from her spatial storage.

With the medicines laid out before him, Song Ning didn't hesitate and took a little of everything, including some external wound medicines.

Song Ning appeared calm and composed, but in reality, her hands were trembling as she applied medicine to the high-speed train egg.

The wound on her chest was so deep that the flesh was turned inside out, but Song Ning gritted her teeth and applied the medicine.

Gao Tiedan suddenly felt as if he had gained strength, and when the medicine was applied to his wound, he didn't feel much pain.

After the medicine was applied, the wound on Gao Tiedan's chest stopped bleeding, and his breathing became much smoother than before.

"Don't move yet, I'll find something to bandage you up."

When Song Ning went into the space to find bandages, her hands were numb, which scared her.

If Gao Tiedan really dies here today, she will never have peace for the rest of her life.

There were bandages in the first-aid kit, which she bought at home to change her dressings after her previous injury. There were still quite a few left, so it should be enough.

When Song Ning returned, Gao Tiedan's mother had stopped crying, and more and more people were gathered around, with no one bothering to clean up the overturned things.

"Auntie, please help me take off Brother Tiedan's clothes."

The clothes were also slashed with a knife, and Aunt Gao, afraid that her son would suffer, took a pair of scissors from her car and cut the clothes off in two quick movements.

Song Ning wrapped the bandage around her neck, tied it around her waist, and slumped to the ground, wiping the sweat from her brow.

"Don't move him yet, help him back later."

Aunt Gao nodded: "Yes."

Song Ning stood up from the ground, her vision went black, and she almost fell. Luckily, Liu Yuelan was beside her.

Her legs were wobbling a little. She hadn't been scared when she saw so many dead people on the road, but her heart was trembling just now.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late.

The village chief had been following Song Ning, and seeing her like this, he carried her back to the car.

I was already exhausted from walking so much in the mountains, and now my legs just won't obey me.

"You rest first, leave the rest to us," the village chief said.

The team is still in a mess, we need to quickly organize everyone to reorganize the team.

Urged on by the two village chiefs, everyone finally started working.

Song Xiu'e and Madam Sun were a little worried, but after glancing at Song Ning and seeing that she looked normal, they were relieved.

Li Xingwang walked over, glanced into the car, and saw Song Ning lying there with a blank stare.

"Were you scared?"

Song Ning nodded.

Until now, she had never imagined that anyone in their group would die.

Even though she saw so many people die on the road, and despite the frightening things she had said before, she never really thought about it.

"Don't worry, I just checked, and everything is fine now."

Song Ning remained silent, while Li Xingwang continued talking to himself.

After everything was settled outside, they started rushing up the mountain to fetch water. Song Ning remained lying in the car, making no sound.

Until it got dark, no one asked what Song Ning had given Gao Tiedan to drink.

Song Ning finally recovered, and after dinner, the village chief called her over.

Then Village Chief Luo began to recount what had happened during the day.

A group of thieves wanted to steal their water and food. They were all carrying sticks. Gao Tiedan and his group were standing at the front. When the thieves saw that there were many of them and that some of them were carrying knives, they were hesitant to go forward.

Everyone was ready to fight, even the women picked up spatulas, ready to smash anyone who dared to come at them.

Those people didn't dare to confront them directly, so they backed down.

"But unexpectedly, those people turned around and attacked. Tian Youcai's knife was snatched away by the thief, and Gao Tiedan rushed forward, which is why he ended up like this."

The team was scattered, with Gao Tiedan always taking the lead. Although the others were also injured to some extent, they were all minor injuries.

"Don't worry, the losses aren't much, and they didn't gain anything either," said Village Chief Luo.

They outnumbered us; even if each of them had a pot lid, we could still beat them so badly they wouldn't dare come back.

When they left, they looked even worse off than the others.

After recounting what had happened during the day, Village Chief Luo couldn't help but ask about what Song Ning had given Gao Tiedan to drink that day.

"Er Ya, what did you give Gao Tiedan to drink? It worked! I think Tiedan can stand up now. Also, what is that thing you wrapped around Tiedan's body? I've never seen it before."

That thing looked clean and white, and very soft.

Song Ning knew he would definitely be asked, so he had already prepared his answer.

"That thing was taught to me by an old doctor I met before. As for the cloth... I bought it in the county town."

The two understood, but were surprised that she was so willing to spend money; things in the county town were extremely expensive.

That evening, because Gao Tiedan was injured, there was one less person on patrol, but many children from other families spontaneously joined the patrol team.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Song Ning picked up a bowl and walked towards the back of the line.