The next day, Qin Nian got up early to cook. After serving her grandmother the meal, she untied the cloth on her injured leg, reapplied badger oil on it, and then carefully wrapped it up.
Changing the dressing on burns and scalds is the most painful, it feels like being skinned alive.
Fortunately, Mrs. Li drank a lot of spiritual spring water that did not belong to this world. The pain was relieved a lot and the swelling on the burned area also subsided.
Mrs. Li was very happy, and she looked at Qin Nian who was applying the medicine for her and said, "I am a kind person, and God loves me, so I am not hurt.
When I see that beast Li Dahua, I will tell her this and she will be so mad that she won’t be able to get out of bed for seven days.”
"And Granny Qin, that old ghost soldier is really cruel."
Qin Nian smiled and didn't respond. He estimated in his mind that according to this trend, he would be almost healed in about half a month.
After taking off the white cloth used to wrap the legs, I washed it, scalded it with boiling water, and hung it outside to dry in the sun.
When times are poor, things have to be reused.
Geng Zhenhai also changed the medicine, and Qin Nian helped him change it. The changed white cloth was also washed, scalded with boiling water, and hung outside to be exposed to the sun for future use.
His leg injury healed quickly because Qin Nian had secretly put spiritual spring water into his family's water tank, but they didn't know about it.
After finishing everything, Qin Nian stepped over the low wall and went to the next room, where he saw Ye Meizi busying herself in the pot.
Qin Nian said, "Aunt Geng," She wanted to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and asked Ye Meizi to help look after her grandmother.
Ye Meizi smiled and agreed: "I'm here, so you can go up the mountain and dig vegetables without any worries."
"Xiao Nian, wait for me for a moment."
Geng Feng stopped her and said, "I haven't been to the mountain for two or three days. I'll go with you."
Geng Feng moved quickly, putting the bow on his back, putting on the quiver, and taking the water bag to fill it with water.
Yesterday, Qin Nian came to deliver rice. Tang Xiaomi felt unhappy when she saw that she was very familiar with her aunt's family.
But he was shocked by the things Qin Nian sent. It was a famine year, but he actually sent several kilograms of rice and brown sugar, such precious things.
She held back her unhappiness and said nothing. But last night, Tang Xiaomei couldn't sleep while lying on the kang.
She kept thinking, what is the relationship between that girl and her aunt's family? If she was just a neighbor, how could she give such a valuable gift?
Does she like her cousin Geng Feng? Thinking of this, Tang Xiaomei was extremely flustered, because she had always liked Geng Feng.
She could sense that her parents seemed to be interested in strengthening their relationship.
It's just that life has been difficult in recent years, otherwise my aunt's family would have proposed marriage a long time ago.
This naughty girl came over again today, and her cousin even said he wanted to go up the mountain with her. Tang Xiaomei felt even more flustered and unhappy.
She followed Geng Feng and deliberately said loudly, "It's tiring to go up the mountain, and the weather is hot. The water bag is so small, can you drink it?"
She saw that Qin Nian didn't bring a water bag and was afraid that she and Geng Feng would drink water from the same water bag.
There are differences between men and women. You have to enlighten this girl with some words. Don't be so careless and drink her cousin's water.
If you don’t bring your own, you’ll just have to endure the thirst.
How could Qin Nian not understand, but she was too lazy to argue with this girl she didn't even know, so she pretended not to hear it.
Geng Feng glanced at Tang Xiaomei:
"Isn't this water bag big enough? A few days ago, Xiao Nian and I went to the mountains to hunt wild boars, and we both drank the whole bag of water."
What? They often went up the mountain together? And drank water from the same water bag?
Tang Xiaomei was so angry that she almost jumped up. Her face turned red and she looked at Qin Nian with hostility. She really wanted to slap her in the face.
Shamelessly seducing her cousin.
Tang Xiaomei's mother is Geng Feng's aunt. She was also stunned when she heard what Geng Feng said.
Could it be that the eldest brother's family has taken a fancy to the girl next door? She turned her head and looked at Qin Nian seriously.
This girl is as thin as a bamboo leaf and doesn't look like she will live a long life.
If my eldest brother's family fell in love with her, they would be very short-sighted.
Ye Meizi also sensed the unkindness in Tang Xiaomei's words. She hurriedly urged Geng Feng: "Hurry up, it takes you so long to just drink some water."
Then he turned to look at Aunt Geng Feng and said, "Sister, you and Xiaomei go inside and have a rest. I'll go next door to see Aunt Li.
Geng Feng, hurry up, Xiao Nian is waiting."
Geng Feng put on the water bag and said with a heartless smile: "Okay, okay, let's go now."
After saying that, he left with Qin Nian.
Geng Feng thought of the empty basket from yesterday. He turned his head to look at the little girl beside him and asked:
"Xiao Nian, you didn't find any wild vegetables yesterday? Why is your luck so bad? I'll help you dig a basket today."
Qin Nian pursed her lips and said, "I wasn't focused on digging wild vegetables yesterday. Geng Feng, do you think there is any spring water on the mountain?"
Geng Feng misunderstood and thought that Qin Nian had a grudge because of what Tang Xiaomei said.
He hurriedly explained: "Xiao Nian, my cousin is outspoken and says whatever comes to mind. You must not take it to heart.
If you are thirsty, drink the water in your water bag, why bother looking for a mountain spring? "
Qin Nian's expression became serious: "I don't care about what your cousin said. I can't argue with a sour person. I'm asking you seriously."
Geng Feng said: "Three years ago, when there was no severe drought, I did not bring a water bag when I went up the mountain, and I did drink mountain spring water.
But in the past few years of drought, the springs have dried up. I have never seen any spring water when I go up the mountain every day."
Qin Nian took over the conversation: "I went up the mountain yesterday to see if I could find a spring.
If they find it, once the well water in the village dries up, the villagers can survive, otherwise they will have to leave their homes to escape the famine."
Geng Feng was somewhat shocked when he heard this.
These days, everyone only cares about themselves. Probably the only one who thinks about how everyone will survive after the well dries up is this little girl.
He was moved, looked at Qin Nian and said, "I heard from my father that before we dug the two wells in our village, we asked someone who knew about it to look at them.
Both wells are drilled above the waterline and normally never run dry.
There is a severe drought right now, and everyone in the village is very angry. They are all afraid of running out of water and are trying hard to carry water home.
But they don’t think about it. If the well water really dries up, carrying a few more buckets of water will only help them live a few more days.”
Geng Feng sighed, "Some people are smart and can't grow crops in the fields, so they grow vegetables in the yard.
They carry water to water the vegetables every day, but it cannot be said that they do it on their own initiative. They just want to grow a few green leaves in order to survive.
Our village is surrounded on three sides, and each yard is not big, so we can’t grow many vegetables.
But because of this, people have to queue up to fetch water. The longer the queue, the more panicked people become, and it becomes a vicious cycle.”
Qin Nian felt better when he heard that the well water was above the waterline and would not dry up.
She smiled and said, "Geng Feng, I was in the mountains yesterday and heard the sound of water.
Just as I was about to follow the sound, I heard you calling me from the bottom of the mountain.
"You heard the sound of the mountain spring? No way."
Geng Feng disagreed: "I go up the mountain every day and never hear any sound. The springs are really dry."
Qin Nian insisted: "I plan to go look for it today to see if there is really a spring that has not dried up."
Geng Feng disagreed, but he chose to accompany him and nodded, "Okay, let's go together."
Arriving at the foot of the mountain, the two began to walk into the mountain along the winding path.
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