Everyone found their sticks and moved forward towards the swamp, taking one step forward and one step back.

They all walked in groups of three or four, supporting each other, so that if someone missed a step and fell into the mud, another person could help pull them up.

The stick was looking for a foothold in front of him, and he walked extremely slowly.

3:30 PM.

As they walked slowly, screams suddenly rang out from the crowd.

"Ah! There's a snake!" A woman screamed, covering her leg.

Everyone looked around in panic, fearing that they would be bitten by the snake by accident.

"Ah! It hurts!" A pretty girl of about twenty-five or twenty-six among the group of women behind the mountain village cried out in pain.

ah!

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Several screams of pain were heard in succession! Several villagers in Kaoshan Village were also bitten.

Several people were bitten one after another, and Qi Yanxuan quietly released his special ability to sense the grass around him.

I saw twenty or thirty vipers running around in the grass. Their heads were broad triangles, their backs had small scales and ridges, and their backs were dark brown with light brown chain-shaped oval spots.

The supernatural power covered these vipers and absorbed their vitality.

It's time for Dr. Xu to be busy again. Dr. Xu is really a professional wet nurse.

"Doctor Xu! My mother was bitten by a snake, please come and take a look!" Shuanzi from Kaoshan Village shouted anxiously.

Shuanzi's family consists of only him and his mother, Widow Qian. His father died when he was 5 years old. His mother raised him alone with great difficulty for the past ten years and never remarried.

Shen Yanqing came to Shuanzi and said, "Stop shouting! Doctor Xu is preparing medicine. Hurry up and tie a piece of cloth over the wound to prevent the snake venom from spreading. After tying it, squeeze the venom out with your hands."

Men and women should not touch each other, so Shen Yanqing had to teach Shuanzi how to deal with it.

Shuanzi calmed down when he saw Shen Yanqing coming. Brother Yanqing was a hunter and must know how to deal with it. He quickly tied a cloth strip above the wound according to the instructions, and then squeezed the wound with his hands.

Doctor Xu was also busy and sweating. It was impossible to make a fire to boil the medicine in the swamp, so he could only prepare the medicine, crush it and apply it externally.

Qi Yanxuan came over to help him, "Doctor Xu, just prepare the medicine! I'll help you crush it!"

"good!"

Doctor Xu took out 6 grams each of seven-leafed aconite (rhizome), eight-angle lotus, golden fruit olive, and lobelia from the medicine box, 9 grams each of Xu Changqing and Viola yedoensis, and 12 grams of cucumber root.

Handed it to Qi Yanxuan, "Crush this first and give it to Shuanzi!"

"Okay!" While Qi Yanxuan was pounding the medicine, he input his wood-type supernatural powers into the herbs to make the medicine more effective.

With such cooperation, soon all the people in Kaoshan Village who were bitten by snakes were given medicine. Doctor Xu also explained the treatment methods to the others and left them alone. These herbs were collected by the villagers together, so there was no reason to give them to others.

People who are bitten by snakes cannot travel quickly and can only be carried on their backs. After they get out, they can make a decoction to detoxify the snake venom and drink it.

There were no adult men in Shuanzi's family, and other men were not in a position to help carry the luggage, so they could only help Shuanzi carry the luggage and let him carry his mother on his own.

Just as they were about to set off, Shen Dagen ran over from the end of the team to find Doctor Xu.

"Doctor Xu! Please prescribe another medicine to treat snake venom. A-Lian was also bitten and she doesn't have any herbal medicine!" Shen Dagen looked anxious.

Doctor Xu was confused. "Alian? Which Alian? Which Alian in our village is familiar with an old bachelor like you?"

Shen Dagen was embarrassed to speak, but he steeled his resolve and said bluntly, "She's not from our village. She's one of the women following behind the village. Her name is Qinglian!"

Doctor Xu looked at Shen Dagen with an expression that said, "You are worse than an animal." "Those women are all in their teens and twenties, right? You..."

Shen Dagen was so anxious, "Let's talk about it later! Give me the medicine first! It will be too late if you are late!"

After hearing this, Doctor Xu didn't ask any more questions and quickly prepared medicine for him.

Shen Dagen took the medicine and ran to the back.

When the people around heard this, they all thought it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

"Uncle Dagen is 41 years old, right? Is this an old cow eating young grass?" Shen Youbao muttered as he looked in the direction Shen Dagen ran away.

Shen Youqing slapped him on the head and said, "Shut up! It's better to worry about it than to worry about it!"

Shen Youbao covered his head and said, "Brother! You hit me again! What if I get beaten stupidly?"

Shen Youqing rolled his eyes at him and said, "You're stupid to begin with. Go!"

It's certainly a good thing that Uncle Da Gen can find a companion at such an old age. The scary thing is that the person may not be content with what he has to live with. He had such a commotion before, and I don't know if he is sincere in living with them. I'm afraid that the whole team will be in turmoil. I hope I'm just overthinking it!

Shen Dagen ran to Qinglian with the herbs and squatted down, his dark face full of worry. "Alian! I'll help you apply the medicine, just bear with it!"

Qinglian's eyes were red, and she bit her lip, "Brother Dagen, thank you!"

Shen Dagen helped Qinglian apply the herbal bandage and said a little embarrassedly: "Alian! You've been poisoned by a snake and can't walk. Can I carry you on my back?"

"Okay! Thank you for troubling Brother Dagen!" Qinglian lowered her head shyly.

When those women saw Shen Dagen carrying Qinglian and joining the Kaoshan Village team, they were all envious and jealous for a moment.

A baby-faced girl said with envy, "Sister Qinglian is so lucky! She can be with the people in the team ahead. She'll have someone to take care of her in the future!"

The oval-faced woman looked disdainful and asked, "What's there to envy about an old man?"

The baby-faced girl disagreed. "What's wrong with being older? He's only a dozen years older. For someone like us who's been ruined, it's good enough to meet a good man!"

The woman with the oval face curled her lips and said nothing more. Although she said that, she was actually feeling jealous in her heart. Who doesn't want to find a man to rely on so that they don't have to work so hard to find food in the future?

After that, everyone passed through the swamp safely.

***

Arrived at the mountain village camp three days later.

Ever since Shen Dagen rescued Qinglian, she left the group of women and lived with Shen Dagen.

The villagers gossiped a little when they first saw him, but didn't say anything else afterwards. After all, Shen Dagen was in his early forties, so it would be good for him to find a wife.

At night, everyone sat around the fire and chatted. Shen Dagen also came with Qinglian. The villagers greeted them with a smile. Qinglian glanced at Shen Yanqing and Qi Yanxuan, and seeing that they didn't say anything, she felt relieved.

During this period, she held Shen Dagen and walked behind him, not daring to get close to Qi Yanxuan and the others, for fear that they would kill her too. Now that she saw that they really didn't care, she felt relieved.

Qi Yanxuan and the other man certainly noticed her glance, but they didn't care and didn't even look at her. They said that as long as she didn't have any ideas about them, they would only interfere in other people's consensual affairs when they had nothing better to do.

When the women saw that the villagers of Kaoshan Village were not opposed to Qinglian, they all became interested.

next day

At three quarters after noon, a group of people finally walked out of the forest and reached the foot of the mountain. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, at least they made it out alive.

"How far is it from here to Qingzhou City? Should we stay here overnight or just leave?" Shen Yanshan asked the village chief and Shen Kui.