Zhang Xiue couldn't think of a better solution for a while and could only worry anxiously.
Song He'er looked around and saw that the people who went to find wild fruits had not yet returned. If one of them was still there, she could ask if any seasonings had been put on the wolf leg yesterday.
“I told you that stuff is inedible, but you insisted on eating it. Now look what’s happened. In this vast desert, we have nowhere to find herbs.”
Chun Di complained while tenderly changing the children's handkerchiefs.
Qin Xiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief and advised, "Don't blame the children for being greedy. We've been out for so long and haven't eaten anything good, so it's natural that they're craving meat."
Li Qiang's wife tenderly picked up the child, "Alright, now that things have come to this, let's not blame each other, let's quickly think of a solution..."
As they were talking, the group of men who had gone to find wild fruit returned from not far away.
Song He'er hurriedly ran to Wang San's side, and before he could come to his senses, she abruptly asked, "Uncle, when you roasted the wolf yesterday, did you put any seasoning on the wolf meat?"
Wang San was completely bewildered by the question. "Seasonings? What seasonings? We're lucky we have anything to eat, where would we get all that stuff from the kitchen? Don't joke around, girl."
"But my younger siblings have all been poisoned."
Upon hearing this, Wang San immediately frowned, staring at Song He'er with an incredulous expression: "Impossible! We all ate it, and nothing happened to us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bearded man walked over and reminded him, "We didn't add any seasoning... but we sprinkled some wild vegetables on top to enhance the flavor."
Wild vegetables? Where are there wild vegetables in this desert?
“The kind that grows under the poplar trees, oh, I still have some here, take a look…” As he spoke, the unshaven man took out the only two wild vegetables he had left from his sleeve.
Song He'er held it in her hand and examined it carefully. She couldn't identify its name, but she could smell its pungent odor, just like cilantro, which was quite obvious.
"Girl, these aren't poisonous at all. We have no intention of harming anyone, so please don't misunderstand us!"
Song He'er ignored him and continued to look through the vegetable leaves on top.
Finally, prying aside a small piece of leaf, I found several white insect eggs stuck to it. These were live eggs, indicating a strong reproductive capacity.
"Didn't you wash these vegetables?" Song He'er asked back.
The unshaven man instantly became displeased and retorted, "Wash vegetables? There's still extra water to wash vegetables? We don't even have water to drink, and you're using water to wash vegetables? You rich people are so fussy. You eat something unclean and then say you've been poisoned. We've eaten insects in this desert and nothing's happened to us!"
Seeing that she had angered him, Song He'er had no choice but to soften her tone and explain, "I'm not blaming you for not washing the vegetables. I just wanted to confirm that if they weren't washed, then the children might have eaten live worm eggs, which caused their abdominal pain. This has nothing to do with poisoning."
"Hmph!" The unshaven man walked away unhappily.
Wang San breathed a sigh of relief and came over to comfort her, "Girl, don't worry. Are your younger siblings still having stomach aches?"
"pain......"
"Then I'll go take a look."
Song He'er didn't say anything and followed Wang San back to the tent.
Song He'er has now found the cause, and the most important thing to do now is to treat the symptoms.
The detoxifying herbs in the space include Andrographis paniculata, Isatis tinctoria, Forsythia suspensa, Isatis tinctoria, and Astragalus membranaceus. These few herbs are basically enough, as the other herbs have similar effects and there is no need to take them all out.
To make the medicine work quickly, it must be taken with liquor. Liquor has the effect of dispelling toxins and cold, and perhaps drinking one dose will make you fully recovered.
Wang San looked at the children's condition and stamped his feet in worry.
"Where...where are we going to find medicine...?"
Qin Xiaoniang stepped forward and pleaded, "Never mind whether we can find them or not, we still have to look for them. Please, benefactor, help us and save these children!"
After thinking for a while, Wang San replied, "I remember there are some plants called 'licorice' growing in the desert. This herb can detoxify. Why don't we go and look for it?"
Song He'er was just thinking of taking this opportunity to go out for a walk and get the medicinal herbs. When she heard Wang San say this, she agreed without thinking.
"Mother, you stay here and take care of Nian'er and the others. I'll go with Uncle Wang to find them!"
"It's getting dark. Take a few more people with you. What if we encounter wolves again?"
"knew."
After saying that, Song He'er left with Wang San.
There are few plants in the desert, and even fewer that are edible. Occasionally, when you see one or two plants, you rush over to identify them, but you never manage to find the right one even after searching for a long time.
As darkness fell, and realizing they hadn't brought any candles with them, they feared that if they lost their way here, they wouldn't be able to get back until sunrise the next day.
"Uncle Wang, I'm going to take a look over there."
Wang San looked in the direction Song He'er pointed and replied, "I remember looking at those herbs before; they're not licorice."
"No, we were looking at a few trees in the distance, not these ones. You go ahead and I'll go take a look."
"Alright then, be careful."
"good!"
After saying that, Song He'er turned around and ran towards the few short weeds...
Upon arriving at her destination, she quickly took out the herbs, but then stared at them in deep thought. Since medicinal herbs can only be used after being dried, these shriveled things did not seem to grow freely and were difficult to fool.
Perhaps, it could also be said that it was dried out by frying in a pan?
Song He'er stood up, waved the barely discernible objects in her hand, and said with a smile, "Uncle Wang, I've found it. I'm going back to brew the medicine now!"
Wang San was completely bewildered. Before he could even speak, Song He'er had already run back...
When she returned to the group, Qin Xiaoniang and the others were busy taking care of the children, so no one noticed her.
Song He'er quickly started a fire, opened the pot, poured in the herbs, and pretended to stir-fry them carefully.
After pausing for a very short time, she poured all the dark, unpalatable herbs into a ceramic basin.
Hearing the commotion, Qin Xiaoniang came over and asked, "He'er, did you find it? When did it come back? I didn't even notice."
"I've found Mother. Go and take care of them. I'll be enough here."
Qin Xiaoniang was still not at ease and wanted to lift the lid to check.
Song He'er grabbed her hand as she reached for the pot lid: "Mother, if the heat escapes, the medicine won't work. You should hurry back and take care of Nian'er!"
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