Although Fu Yunfang couldn't wake up, she was still somewhat conscious; at least she knew how to swallow the food that was fed to her.
With Shiyue's care, she quickly drank the half bowl of sugar and salt water.
Seeing this, Shiyue finally felt a little relieved.
In the middle of nowhere, and with a high fever, Shiyue didn't dare to feed Fu Yunfang anything. She could only peel a piece of fruit candy and stuff it into her mouth.
Sugar is a good thing; at least it provides some nutrition.
After finishing all that, Shiyue glanced at the clock in the small house and realized it was already past eleven.
He Lixuan's absence lasted no more than half an hour.
Shiyue thought that when they got off the train yesterday, it was only 4:30 pm, and the town was almost completely dark. It had only been five hours since 4:30 pm.
It took them two hours to get here by mule cart this morning, and they've been walking for so long now...
Shiyue is now worried that He Lixuan will not be able to find someone to pick them up before dark.
Thinking of this, Shiyue became nervous.
In this kind of wilderness, in this kind of snow, wouldn't a person freeze to death overnight?!
Moreover, and most importantly, they brought patients with them!
If it freezes overnight, the consequences are unimaginable...
Shiyue immediately made up her mind.
She took out several hand warmers from her bosom, tore them open, and said to He Siyi, "Uncle He, can you help me?"
He Siyi had been standing by watching the little girl busy herself, and just when she felt she couldn't get involved, she immediately squatted down when she heard the call.
"Uncle, please help me stick these under Aunt's body. Remember not to let them touch her skin; there should be a layer of clothing between them."
He Siyi had already been pampered by his son, and he could tell that this was a good thing, so he immediately agreed.
While He Siyi was applying heat patches to his wife, Shiyue used her consciousness to quickly get busy in the small house.
She took out the flatbreads she had specially stocked up during the Lunar New Year, cut them in half, and stuffed them with large chunks of luncheon meat and cured beef.
Shen Yuanbai gave them six cans of meat back then.
Shiyue took a look and found that it was similar to the luncheon meat sold in the group, so she directly bought twenty cans of luncheon meat and stocked them in the small house.
As for the cured beef, it was a New Year's product sold by the group during the Spring Festival.
Shiyue looked at the photos of the sliced beef in the vacuum bags and was really tempted, so she bought several bags herself.
Now that Uncle Shen has the canned food as a cover, even if she takes out the luncheon meat and cured beef to eat, she can just say it's canned food, and who would really investigate?
Even if people speculate about it afterward, Shiyue doesn't care now.
She felt that nothing else mattered when it came to survival!
After He Siyi applied heat patches to his wife, Shiyue handed him a still-warm sesame seed cake.
"Uncle, let's have something to eat first, or we need to keep going with Auntie."
I think we can't just wait here; it's too far from town."
He Si also had this idea.
They had walked this road before; when they first came here, it was the coldest time of the year.
It took them almost a whole day to walk just those few miles.
An elderly comrade caught a cold that day, and died of a high fever a few days after arriving at his residence.
He Siyi knew the dangers here better than the two young men.
Upon hearing Shiyue's words, he immediately nodded and did not refuse the sesame seed cake wrapped in oil paper.
He was... really hungry.
From last night until now, he has only drunk a bowl of thin porridge that is practically just water.
He Si opened the paper package and then saw that there were actually a lot of big chunks of meat in the sesame seed cake!
He quickly looked up and stared at Shiyue with disbelief.
Shiyue had already prepared her explanation: "We went to the provincial capital before we came here. This is food that my uncle in the provincial capital specially gave us for the journey."
He also brought you and your aunt ten cans of food as a small token of his appreciation. He asked me to convey his message: he hopes you can maintain your faith and persevere!
Upon hearing this, He Siyi was overwhelmed with emotion, and his throat tightened so much that he couldn't say anything for a long time.
After a long pause, he finally asked, "Who is your uncle?"
"Shen Yuanbai was formerly the president of Donglin University."
He Si nodded and said, "Thank you!"
Although he had never met Shen Yuanbai, he had heard of President Shen of Donglin University.
After all, we were comrades-in-arms on the education front before.
He Siyi had no idea that the two of them, who had no chance to communicate before, would now have a connection under these circumstances.
He Siyi hadn't eaten meat in a long time, and he didn't dare to eat too much for fear that his stomach wouldn't be able to handle it.
Most of the meat was then returned to Shiyue.
Shiyue then gave him a sesame seed cake that had been baked with oil and salt.
The two quickly finished their sesame seed cakes, each drank some hot water, and then began to carry Fu Yunfang forward again.
Seeing how weak He Siyi was, to the point that he could barely walk, Shiyue simply took the rope tied to the wooden plank and carried it forward with all her might.
Although this is a snowy road, which should make it easier, the snow on the road is so thick that you can't see the road at all.
In this situation, even walking is difficult; you have to pull your leg out before taking the next step.
Not to mention that you also have to drag someone else along.
To lighten Shiyue's burden, He Siyi bent over and pushed forward with both hands from behind.
He's old and his health isn't good. He can't walk more than a few steps with his back bent before he starts to stagger and even slips and falls from time to time.
The two of them pushed and pulled, making it incredibly difficult to move forward.
Despite the sub-zero temperatures, Shiyue was sweating as she walked!
Shiyue herself didn't know how far she had walked, nor how many times she had fallen.
She had no feeling below her thighs and mechanically moved forward step by step by sheer willpower.
As she walked, she thought to herself, "We're almost there. We're one step closer to the town."
"Let's walk a little further, and we can rest when we get to the hospital."
It was through this self-encouragement, or rather, self-hypnosis, that she managed to persevere and not stop.
The snow kept falling, and the wind grew stronger and stronger.
As the sky gradually darkened, Shiyue felt an overwhelming sense of despair.
She felt that the road ahead was so far!
Why can't we ever reach the end?
Fortunately, just when Shiyue was about to give up, He Lixuan finally arrived with two men.
He Lixuan fell countless times along the way.
He was covered in snow and mud, but it had all frozen into ice crystals.
The mask he had been wearing was gone, and a scarf was haphazardly wrapped around his face, the exposed parts of which were frozen a purplish-red color.
He looked extremely disheveled.
He Lixuan was extremely excited to see Shiyue and the other two.
He scrambled towards them, shouting, "I'm back! I found the car!"
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