Chapter 97: Recovering Blood
Lu Weiyi put away a car, and fortunately there was still a truck left. It was not difficult to load so many people, but the truck was damaged and needed to be kept in mind at all times, and no one knew the road ahead.
Ning Yuan drove the car, Lin Yimu gave orders with a map, and the rest of the people went to the back of the car to take care of the wounded and to guard against zombies approaching.
On the truck, in addition to the unconscious Lu Weiyi, Li Zhuang had over-consumed his supernatural powers, Liu Rui was still suffering from the pain caused by the loss of energy, Gu Qingji was shot in the shoulder, and the other person who was shot was Zhuang Mingxu, who had been leaning against the back compartment. The bullet went through the compartment and directly pierced his arm, and hit Lu Xi's abdomen again.
After the two of them buffered it, the gunshot did not penetrate them again, only piercing a part of the belly. Gu Qingyue simply pulled it out with his hands and tore a piece of clothes to bandage them lightly.
With so many sick people in the car, no one had the appetite to eat lunch. Even Zhuang Aiyi, who was still hiding in the back seat, did not say that he was hungry. Lin Yimu realized that the child might not be as hungry as they were adults, so he searched the backpack in the cab and found two pieces of chocolate for Zhuang Aiyi to eat first.
They were not strong enough to fight and did not dare to go to crowded places to rest. It was not until the afternoon that they finally found an obviously dilapidated village.
The village is on a small hill beside the highway, quite a distance away from the highway. It is not big and appears to have only a dozen households. Antonio and Lin Yimu went out to investigate and came back to say that only two households were inhabited, but they had also been turned into zombies. The other courtyards should have been uninhabited before the end of the world, and the courtyards were overgrown with weeds and the houses were dilapidated.
"Let's rest here for a night first, and we'll continue our journey tomorrow." Li Zhuang rubbed his temples and jumped off the truck. "Get the gasoline and leave the truck here. No one will pick it up if the tire is broken."
Some carried the wounded, some moved things, with a clear division of labor. After walking for more than ten minutes, they arrived at a house where people lived. There were two elderly zombies lying in the yard, and they had been killed by Antonio.
The old courtyard had muddy walls with gaps in many places. There were three cave dwellings and a small vegetable garden in the courtyard. The closest place was a slope with a plum tree and several peach trees halfway up the slope, all laden with fruits.
The building in the middle is covered with old bedding, which should be where the two elderly people live. There are cabinets and a kang on the left, but there is nothing on it. The furnishings are also relatively new, so it should be where they are waiting for their children to come back and live. The other room contains some agricultural tools and a small amount of grain.
Gu Qingyue took a look around first and decided to settle down in the middle room first.
The bed had a rotten smell that was unique to old people. No one had been in the room for more than half a month. The air smelled of dust, and the table was also covered with a layer of dust.
Dean and Lu Xi shook the beds and asked them to place the injured person on the kang first. They then found a quilt from the cabinet and spread it on the kang next door.
Antonio and Lin Yimu walked around the area again and found no trace of zombies. They picked a bag of apples and pears from a nearby fruit tree and came back. They saw Zhuang Aiyi picking vegetables with Xi Shi in the yard, so they took an apple and wiped it on their clothes, "Aiyi, come and have an apple."
"Thank you, Uncle Damu," Zhuang Aiyi took it and handed it to Xi Shi, "Grandpa eat it first."
"Aiyi, just eat it." Xi Shi is older and likes children more. Plus, he is always in charge of cooking and always takes special care of Zhuang Aiyi, so Zhuang Aiyi is quite familiar with him.
"Where did you find it?" Xiong Jie took a pear thrown by Antonio and took a bite without even wiping it. It was juicy and crisp. "Quench sweet too." He raised his hand to take another pear thrown by Antonio and gave it to Xi Shi, "Quench your thirst."
"There is an orchard not far away, with about a dozen trees and a lot of fruits," Lin Yimu said, "We took a look around and found that no one lives here and there are no zombies, so it is quite safe. There are quite a few fruit trees of various kinds. We will pick them after we take a break."
"Okay, let's pick some vegetables first and see what we can make. We'll eat it before daybreak." Xiong Jie bit a pear in his mouth and leaned over to continue picking vegetables with Xi Shi.
In the cave, Liu Rui had recovered. On the way, Xu Sa held him and slept for a while. Except for his pale face due to blood loss, he did not feel any discomfort. Li Zhuang's supernatural power had also recovered. Only Lu Weiyi was still sleeping on the kang. Zhuang Mingxu sat beside him, staring at him motionlessly.
"Brother Mingxu, can you wake up Weiyi first and get some medicine? Qingji was shot and the bullet is still in his body." Gu Qingji didn't hurry well, and the bullet was left in his shoulder. There was no way to deal with it unless it was taken out. He was bleeding all the way and he already had a fever. Gu Qingyue was worried that if he delayed any further, something might happen to his arm.
Zhuang Mingxu looked up at him, then turned his gaze to Gu Qingji. After a moment, he gently touched Lu Weiyi and whispered, "Xiaoyi, wake up... wake up first."
Lu Weiyi was just exhausted from blood loss and excessive consumption of his supernatural powers, and he didn't sleep very deeply. In addition, he was already alert, so he woke up after Zhuang Mingxu called him twice. He looked around vigilantly, made sure it was safe, and rubbed his eyes, "What's wrong?"
"Wei Yi, do you have any surgical equipment? Qingji was shot and I have to take the bullet out of him," Gu Qingyue said anxiously.
Lu Weiyi shook his head, "But... take a look here to see if there is anything in it." Lu Weiyi turned sideways and placed all the medicines he had taken from Lin Fei's space in the yard, forming a small pile.
"Anesthetics, anti-inflammatory drugs, antiviral drugs, anti-infective drugs..." Gu Qingji walked forward and flipped through the books quickly, muttering the medicines he saw in a low voice, and finally shook his head, "There are no surgical instruments."
"Use the dagger, I will assist you." Li Zhuang took out a thin dagger as long as his palm from his body, "You can't feel it even after the anesthesia."
There was no better way at the moment, so Gu Qingyue nodded and said, "Okay."
Antonio helped Gu Qingji to the cave next door, while Gu Qingyue and Li Zhuang went to assist in the "surgery". Lin Yimu and Li Zhuang found disinfectant, gauze and hemostatic drugs among the medicines and re-bandaged the wounds of Lu Xi and Zhuang Mingxu, and also treated the wounds on Lu Weiyi's back and Liu Rui's arms.
"How do you feel? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" Zhuang Mingxu lowered his head and asked Lu Weiyi gently. His usually sharp eyes were now so soft that water could drip out of them.
"It's okay." Apart from feeling a little dizzy, Lu Weiyi felt that he needed some nourishment. "Brother Damu, is there anything to replenish your blood? I feel a little dizzy."
"Wait for me to look for it," Lin Yimu said, and he started to look through the pile of medicines again. He was not a professional, so he still looked at the instructions when he saw some medicines. Lu Xi directly took out a lot of donkey-hide gelatin, "Brother, is donkey-hide gelatin okay?"
"Sure." Lu Weiyi was dumbfounded when he saw the boxes he had opened were filled with food. "How do you eat this?"
"This is a block of donkey-hide gelatin. It needs to be boiled into donkey-hide gelatin paste and drunk with water, or made directly into donkey-hide gelatin cake and chewed as candy." It was Xi Shi who came over and answered Lu Weiyi's question, "If you want to eat it, I can boil it for you, but you need a lot of ingredients."
"Okay, then let's make it into donkey-hide gelatin cakes and give some to the injured. What ingredients are needed?" Blood-replenishing things will only become more and more expensive in the later stages. No matter whether it is a psychic or an ordinary person, they will need this thing after being injured and losing blood. Lu Weiyi took a look at the twenty or so boxes that Lu Xi had sorted out.
"Yellow wine, rock sugar, walnuts, red dates, longan, black sesame, take whatever you have, and don't force it if you don't have it," Xi said.
It was such a coincidence. When they were in Wutong City, they had been to the vegetable market twice. The dry goods store there really had all these things. Lu Weiyi put them all over the floor and said, "Let's do it first..."
Lu Weiyi took a look at the dozen or so iron boxes and thought that he could visit a few more pharmacies when he returned to Qingyuan. "Let's get as many as we can. We can divide them up and save them for ourselves later."
"Okay," Xi Shiying said, and gave Xiong Jie some dried longans to pick. "Let's cook first. They want to pick fruit from the nearby trees later. What do you want to eat?"
"I want to drink chicken soup." Lu Weiyi felt that he needed to replenish his nutrition. After throwing out the generator, pots, pans, and seasonings, he threw out two chickens, along with a piece of meat.
"The generator is too noisy, let's use the gas tank first." They are lagging behind a lot now, and if they really attract attention, they will easily suffer losses, Lin Yimu said to Lu Weiyi.
Lu Weiyi nodded, replaced two gas tanks and the corresponding gas stoves.
"Wei Yi, actually I have something to ask you. Have you known for a long time that people with special abilities will not turn into zombies after being bitten?" Xiong Jie has always had a hunch since Lu Wei Yi said that. Especially after Li Zhuang was bitten before, he randomly configured the water, and when he had to get off the car to deal with the zombies, he immediately moved the ordinary people to the safer car.
Lu Weiyi immediately remembered the last time he cheated Li Zhuang, turned around and saw that he was not there, gestured "hush", and whispered, "I saw him once when I went out alone to look for supplies in Wutong City."
"No wonder. Don't worry, I won't say anything." Xiong Jie said, "Next time, please let me know about this in advance. You scared us just now."
"Yeah." Lu Weiyi saw Li Zhuang coming back from the bathroom, responded casually, and quickly lay back on the bed.
"Everyone, have some bread and buns first, something simple. Let's collect things around us before daybreak, and come back to make soup or cook some vegetables in the evening. How about that?" Lin Yimu looked at the people around him and changed the subject at the right time.
No one else had any objections to the decision. Lu Xi found a few boxes of oral liquid that could be drunk directly and gave them to Lu Weiyi. Lu Weiyi gave a box to each of the wounded soldiers so that everyone could replenish their blood.
The bullet on Gu Qingji's side was stuck just below the collarbone. It lacked power after penetrating the mess in the trunk, and just barely penetrated the flesh. It was taken out very smoothly, but without tweezers or something like that, the wound was a bit large.
A few people here had just finished eating and were preparing to go out to collect things. The team over there had already finished. Li Zhuang took a tissue and dipped it in water to wipe the blood off his hands. After asking them what they were doing, he said, "I'll go too, wait a minute."
He went inside and took out four buns, took a bite of half of one, and went out with the others while eating.
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