"Jiaren!" The Li family members, disregarding their injuries, rushed over in unison.
Jia Huan cried even harder, "Big brother shielded me from the wolf's jaws with his hand. Waaah, what am I going to do? Big brother still needs to write with his hand!"
The crowd cried out, "Dr. Zhang, help! Quickly examine Jiaren and save the child's hand!"
Jiaren was helped to sit at the cave entrance, and Doctor Zhang gave him a quick look and shook his head.
"No, two fingers and almost half of my hand are gone. If we were in Kyoto, I might have been able to do something. But right now, there's nothing I can do but stop the bleeding and make sure the other three fingers can still move. But I can't write anymore!"
Jiaren could no longer hold back, and tears streamed down his face.
He didn't regret saving his brother, but if he couldn't write, he couldn't study, couldn't take the imperial examinations, and couldn't bring honor to his family and support them...
Grandma Li held her eldest grandson, trying her best to hold back her tears.
“Jiaren, don’t cry. We’ll figure something out after we cross the Jinsha River. Grandma will definitely let you go to school and continue writing.”
Li Lao Er had just injured his arm, but he didn't care about the bleeding. He patted his son's shoulder and said, "A real man shouldn't look at the present. There will definitely be a way later."
Actually, he was more heartbroken than anyone else, after all, his son was carrying on his dream of education!
Doctor Zhang quickly cleaned Jiaren's injured hand, applied medicine and bandaged it, and then went to treat others.
Almost everyone was injured in that fierce battle.
The worst off was Mrs. Liu, whose shoulder was almost pierced by a wolf's dying bite.
And then there's Uncle Zhao, whose already injured leg was injured again, with a piece of flesh being ripped out.
Li Laosi's chest was also covered in bite marks, and Tao Hongying and Li Laotai's arms were also bitten...
Ultimately, the Li family suffered the most damage.
But Li Laosi killed the alpha wolf, and Li Laotai and her daughter-in-law risked their lives to protect the old people and children in the cave.
Recalling the danger they had just experienced, someone hugged their mother and son, crying as they kowtowed to the Li family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Many others followed suit and knelt down.
They were fighting the wolves in front and had no time to care about those behind them.
If it weren't for the Li family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, even if they had turned back to rescue them, several elderly people and children would probably have been killed or injured.
"Auntie, your family is my greatest benefactor! I will repay you even if it means going through fire and water, as long as you say the word."
"Me too, Auntie, sob sob, you saved my little one's life."
“Auntie will be my own mother from now on, and I will definitely take good care of you.”
Grandma Li was anxious, worried about her eldest grandson's hand, her son and daughter-in-law's injuries, and she couldn't even take care of her own injuries.
At this moment, she reluctantly raised her hand to signal everyone to stand up.
"Don't be shy, we've all come into the woods to try and survive, it's only right that we help each other out. Besides, my Fu Niu, Jia Xi, and Jia An are all inside, who would dare let the wolves in? Get up!"
The village chief's arm was also injured, but he endured the pain and sat next to his wife, calling out to the crowd.
"Don't stand on ceremony. Those who aren't injured, hurry up and boil water and cook! Those who are injured, save your energy. After bandaging your wounds, there's still a lot to do."
Uncle Zhao also said, "We can't continue on our way like this. We'll have to stop here for two or three days. We need to cut branches to build a shelter, hunt, cook, and do whatever we can. For now, these wolves have been eliminated, so no big wild animals will come, but we can't relax too much."
Having said that, recalling the sneak attack earlier, he cursed again, "What kind of bastard was on night duty? How could he be fast asleep? If we hadn't been discovered in time, we would all have had our necks bitten off!"
Four villagers immediately lowered their heads, their faces turning bright red.
If you're too tense during the day, you'll be very sleepy at night.
When it was the turn of the four of them, seeing that there was no movement around them, they discussed among themselves that two of them would take a nap while the other two would keep watch.
Unexpectedly, the two guards couldn't help but squint for a moment...
Uncle Zhao wanted to curse again, but in the end he sighed.
These people are ordinary farmers who are not afraid of hardship when it comes to planting and weeding.
But it's simply impossible to turn them into hunters or soldiers with such vigilance and bravery in a short period of time.
To be fair, they've done quite well along the way.
Especially just now, they fought to the death and didn't retreat, and everyone was injured!
"Fine, this is the last time. You all need to think about this more often. One moment of laziness and everyone suffers!"
All four nodded vigorously. This lesson was too profound; they would never forget it for the rest of their lives.
Doctor Zhang didn't have enough medicine, so he only treated seven or eight seriously injured patients. He had to hold on for the rest of the minor injuries.
He had to immediately go into the forest to gather herbs, crush them, and apply them to the wound to disinfect, stop bleeding, and reduce fever.
In addition, a large pot of medicinal soup needs to be boiled, and everyone needs to drink a bowl.
Although wolf fangs are not poisonous, they are unclean, and a bite can easily cause fever. In unlucky cases, it can even be life-threatening.
Several injured villagers and teenagers, along with Jiaxi and Jia'an, went into the woods.
At this time, everyone pooled their wisdom and efforts, and no one had the thought of slacking off.
Fortunately, this place is deep in the mountains, untouched by human feet, and rich in medicinal herbs.
When the sun was directly overhead, all the wounded had been bandaged and given medicinal soup.
The old ladies cooked sorghum rice and vegetable porridge for everyone to eat a little something.
Grandma Li took half a ladle of rice, Tao Hongying cooked white rice porridge, added two eggs to make egg drop soup, sprinkled some chopped vegetable leaves and a little salt, and that was the patient's meal.
Everyone ate a bowl, regardless of whether they had an appetite or not.
When Jiayin was thrown into the hole by her grandmother, she scraped her forehead. Although there wasn't much blood, it was now a rather frightening bruise.
She was already fair-skinned and plump, which made it even more obvious.
Grandma Li repeatedly consulted Dr. Zhang to confirm that her granddaughter hadn't suffered any brain damage before she was finally at ease.
The eldest grandson, on whom the whole family pinned their hopes, already had his hand crippled. If something were to happen to the younger granddaughter, she truly wouldn't be able to survive.
Jiayin ate a few mouthfuls of porridge and then sat down next to her older brother.
Jiaren's empty bowl was placed next to her. She secretly added something to it and diluted it with water, insisting that her eldest brother drink it.
Jiaren had no choice but to drink it down in one gulp with a bitter face, hoping that his sister could give him some peace and quiet.
As a result, Jiayin pulled his left hand and swiped it across his leg.
Jiaren didn't react for a moment, then hugged his sister and sighed.
"Don't make a fuss, Fu Niu, Big Brother...my hand hurts!"
Jiayin noticed the sob in her brother's voice and became even more anxious to comfort him.
"Big brother, left shoe!"
Unfortunately, her tongue wasn't very obedient, and Jiaren couldn't understand what she was saying at all. Frustrated, she ran to pick a tree branch and wrote the character "Li" with her left hand on the open ground next to her older brother.
This is something Jiaxi and Jia'an taught her, so writing it down now gives her an excuse.
Sure enough, Jiaren immediately sat up straight, his eyes lighting up.
Yes, even if my right hand is useless, I can still practice writing with my left hand.
The imperial court did not have any explicit regulations stating that disabled people could not take the imperial examinations.
Even a prime minister a hundred years ago was lame!
He excitedly hugged his sister and wept silently.
This is the greatest hope in despair, his salvation from falling into hell!
"Little sister, boohoo, thank you! I forgot, how could I forget!"
Jiayin was pressed into her older brother's arms. The bruise on her forehead made her gasp in pain, but she didn't move. She gently patted her older brother's arm with her small hand.
As the eldest grandson of the Li family, Jiaren is proud and has always shouldered the heavy responsibility of bringing glory to the family.
The pain of suddenly losing half of his right hand was unparalleled.
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