Chapter 059: Saving the Wolf, Exhausting the Superpowers
"Before the apocalypse, I was a junior in medical school..."
In the silence of the night, in this cave deep in the mountains, looking at the flickering flames in front of her and the crackling sounds of burning wood, Ye Qing decided to tell the story of her past after some hesitation.
The few remaining people in the cave had all fallen asleep, and Ye Qing's voice was very low. Only Gu Weidong, who was very close to her, could hear what she said clearly.
She always thought that her past was unremarkable and there was not much worth mentioning, but what she didn't expect was that after she really opened her heart, she found that those dark memories hidden deep in her heart actually contained many old people and old stories worthy of remembrance and gratitude, so many that she might not be able to share them all even if she spent three days and three nights.
Especially when she mentioned the past with her beloved golden retriever, Ye Qing couldn't control her tears.
Gu Weidong acted as a very qualified listener and never interrupted or asked any questions throughout the whole process. However, when he saw Ye Qing crying silently, he patted Mancang's butt who was lying on his side at the right time.
Mancang was originally curled up at the foot of Gu Weidong, taking a nap, with only his ears moving from time to time, probably to keep an eye out for any movement in the surrounding woods.
At this moment, it was patted by Gu Weidong, and it raised its head and looked at Gu Weidong in confusion.
Gu Weidong raised his chin slightly and gestured towards Ye Qing. The big wolf hesitated for a moment, but finally, due to Gu Weidong's tyranny, it stood up helplessly and went around Ye Qing's side as instructed by Gu Weidong.
The body of this coyote was not much smaller than Ye Qing. It rubbed its huge head against the ground and even went straight into Ye Qing's arms. Its huge head even rested against Ye Qing's neck, as if silently comforting Ye Qing.
Ye Qing's tears flowed even more profusely in an instant.
Her little golden retriever used to lie on her and interact intimately with her in this way, but in this world, she can no longer find that loyal partner.
When the little golden retriever died in the apocalypse, Ye Qing was so numb that she didn't cry at all. Now, more than a century has passed between two time periods and spaces, and her overly long reflex arc seems to have finally reacted. The overwhelming sorrow swept through her whole body at this moment, and she was in so much pain that she could not control herself. She could only hug the coyote tightly and cry silently, sobbing uncontrollably.
After a long while, after venting his emotions, Ye Qing came back to his senses. He hid in the corner and wiped the blood off his face, feeling a little embarrassed.
Gu Weidong reached into his pocket, rummaged around for a while, then took out a candy wrapped in butter paper and handed it to Ye Qing.
"Eat something sweet to slow down your mood."
Ye Qing took it woodenly. After she tore off the butter paper and saw the candy inside, she was stunned.
Isn't this the maltose she made before? Did this brother use wax paper to roll out the maltose cubes she gave to Auntie Gu into candy? The question is, doesn't he not eat sweets? Why did he carry this thing with him?
The corners of Ye Qing's mouth twitched, but he still stuffed the candy into his mouth.
She didn't know if it was because she really felt happier after eating sweets, or if it was because she had let out all the things that were suppressed in her heart. Anyway, Ye Qing felt that her emotions were relieved and much more relaxed at this moment, as if she had put down a heavy burden, and she felt much more relieved.
She couldn't help but rub the big coyote in her arms vigorously, and then carefully used her hands to straighten the coyote's hair that had just been stained with her tears and made a mess. After hugging this guy and rubbing him hard, she thanked him gratefully:
"Thank you for the loving hug just now, Mancang, you are so cute, I like you so much!"
These words were too corny. Mancang sneezed uncomfortably, stood up with a grunt and shook off the goose bumps on his body.
Woman! Please watch your words. I am such a majestic and powerful wolf king. How dare you say that I am cute? Who gave you the courage?
Mancang raised his head and glared at Ye Qing unhappily, then looked towards the shit shoveler for help.
Seeing that Gu Weidong no longer used his eyes to force it to stay with this woman, it immediately felt relieved. It kept shaking off the tears on its head and body while quickly dodging Ye Qing's clutches, running out of Ye Qing's reach as if it were dodging a female demon.
Ye Qing: ...
Forget it, she took back what she said before. Although this guy has a lot of hair, he is not as cute as her little golden retriever!
Gu Weidong suppressed his smile and did not continue to ask questions about the past that Ye Qing had just talked about. Instead, he changed the subject and talked to Ye Qing about the twenty years before and after the reform and opening up that they were both familiar with, and asked Ye Qing about his future plans.
From the moment Ye Qing decided to go to the countryside, she had made plans to take root in the countryside for a long time, not only for her goal of upgrading her superpowers, but also to realize her lofty ambitions in rural medical care.
So when Gu Weidong asked her this time, she said honestly that she had decided to make a strong offensive in Kaoshantun, and had no plans to move away for at least the next ten or twenty years.
This answer really surprised Gu Weidong.
He thought that since Ye Qing knew about the policies and history of the next hundred years, she would follow the trend and go to college like most educated youth and return to the city, then fully display her talents in the city so that more people could see her abilities.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qing did not play by the rules at all. She had no plan to take the college entrance examination, nor did she decide to return to the city. Kaoshantun was considered a remote place by many people, and many local young people just wanted to find a chance to fly out of this remote place. Unexpectedly, Ye Qing was so easy-going and had no plan to leave after coming here.
As if seeing the confusion in Gu Weidong's eyes, Ye Qing shrugged:
"I think you can sense that I'm special even if I don't tell you. I won't go into detail about the reasons. God led me to Kaoshantun, which is my second hometown chosen by God."
"I hope to use my ability to break people's traditional misunderstandings and stereotypes about rural medical care, and turn this small village into a nationally famous living business card for Jiaotan County and even the entire Wusong City. By then, whether I return to the city or not may not make much difference to me or to the educated youth in the village."
After hearing this, Gu Weidong was really in awe and couldn't help but give Ye Qingshu a thumbs up.
"What about you? What are your plans for the future? Will you continue to shine in the army? Or will you use the information gap in your head to quit the army and do something big?" Ye Qing asked curiously.
Gu Weidong was just about to answer Ye Qing's question, but unexpectedly at this moment, a wolf howl suddenly came from the depths of the jungle.
The wolf howl should have come from another mountain farther away, and it didn't sound very real.
But it was this wolf howl that made Mancang, who had been sleeping quietly beside Gu Weidong, suddenly stand up from the ground.
After the coyote pricked up its ears and listened for a while, it suddenly arched its body, raised its head toward the sky and let out a long howl.
The high and deep howls of wolves shook the whole area, resounding in the empty and quiet forest and the sudden night, and directly woke up the four people who were originally asleep in the cave. They sat up in a daze, looking around and asking what happened.
Gu Weidong and Ye Qing had no idea what was going on, so they didn't have time to chat and hurried to comfort the coyote whose neck was chirping.
But Mancang gradually became anxious. The steady wolf howl at the beginning gradually turned into a sharp and broken howl. Finally, it could no longer hold back its temper and rushed out of the cave in a leap, disappearing into the dark night in the blink of an eye.
"Brother, what happened to Mancang?" After being awakened by the creepy wolf howls, the sleepiness of several people disappeared and they all came over to find out what was going on.
Gu Weidong's expression was somewhat solemn. He turned over, picked up his hunting rifle and chased after Mancang.
Seeing this, Gu Weinan and Gu Weibei immediately picked up their wooden warehouses and were about to follow.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yang Dazhi stretched out his hand to stop them, and said in a serious and low voice:
"Don't go, let's wait here!"
Gu Weinan's eyes were filled with anxiety and worry: "But——"
"No buts! Big Brother is a soldier and an old hunter. He has a wooden warehouse in his hand and will remain alert. We should not follow him for the time being. If we go, we will only hinder him!"
"And I just heard a wolf howling. It must be Mancang's companion calling it. Big brother went there just to check the situation. He will probably be back soon. If we go there, he will be distracted. It's better for us to stay here and do nothing!"
As he spoke, Yang Dazhi threw several more large pieces of firewood into the dying fire, making it burn even more vigorously.
"This is the time when nocturnal animals are most active. It's easy to run into wild beasts if we go outside, but as long as we stay by the fire, there will basically be no safety issues!"
Yang Dazhi's words calmed everyone down. No matter how anxious the Gu siblings were, they could only suppress their impulses and sit quietly by the fire and wait.
Ye Qing kept her ears perked up, trying to hear what was happening in the mountains through her extraordinary five senses.
But perhaps because the distance was too far, the mountain was completely silent. Apart from the faint howls of wolves before, she could only hear the crackling sound of the fire in the cave.
The five people waited anxiously in the cave for nearly two hours. Suddenly, a sudden wooden creaking sound was heard from deep in the dense forest. No one could sit still anymore, and Gu Weinan stood up from the ground suddenly.
"It's my brother. It must be my brother who put the wooden warehouse there! Did something happen?"
Ye Qing's face also tensed. It was late at night, and if Gu Weidong had not really encountered some danger or special situation, he would not have opened the wooden warehouse casually. Could it be that after he chased out, he encountered a wild beast, or was besieged by a pack of wolves?
If this is the case, then it will be troublesome. A single jungle wolf is easy to deal with, but if they really face a pack of wolves, I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle. I don't know if Gu Weidong and Mancang, one man and one wolf, can handle it.
Several people's hearts were lifted, but the more nervous they were, the more they dared not panic. Under Yang Dazhi's stern warning, several people dared not act rashly, for fear that they would rush into the woods like headless flies and lose their way in the middle of the night. It would be troublesome if they got separated from Gu Weidong.
They sat by the fire in fear. Less than half an hour after the noise from the woods, a dark figure emerged from the woods, startling everyone.
"It's me!"
Gu Weidong ran back covered in sweat. When he reached Ye Qing, he couldn't even take a breath and shouted impatiently.
"Ye Qing, something happened over there, come with me quickly!"
Ye Qing asked anxiously:
"Were you attacked? Are you not injured? Can your legs handle running through the woods at night?"
Gu Weidong couldn't care less about all that at this moment. After taking a breath, he explained:
"I'm fine. It's Mancang that's in trouble. His wife and her tribe got into a fight with a blind bear. More than a dozen coyotes fought the blind bear, but they didn't get any advantage. He went up to help, but was slapped by the blind bear, and a big hole was torn in his stomach. I thought something was wrong, so I released a wooden cannon to scare the blind bear away, but Mancang's injuries are not good. I think it's going to be bad, so I quickly came to you to see if he can be saved!"
Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat. He didn't bother asking any more questions. He quickly stood up and followed Gu Weidong out.
Back then, her little golden retriever was hit by the psychic's ice blade and had its belly cut. It lost too much blood and died because it couldn't be rescued in time. She met Mancang for the first time today. It can be seen that this coyote is in its prime. She absolutely doesn't want to see it follow in the same fate as her little golden retriever!
There are two fierce beasts in Changbai Mountain: black bears and brown bears. The largest black bear can weigh over 500 kilograms, while brown bears are even heavier, with an average weight of 500 to 600 kilograms, and the largest can even reach 700 to 800 kilograms.
In the Northeast, this species is also called the black bear, and because of its nearsightedness, it is also jokingly called the blind bear.
Although it is called a blind bear, its night vision and sense of smell are extremely strong and sharp. It can detect movement 500 meters away. So if you really encounter it, don't think you can escape from its clutches easily.
Blind bears are extremely powerful in fighting. With one strike of their claws, they can break a tree stump as big as a bowl. Their bite force is also amazing. They are the absolute overlords of close combat in the Changbai Mountain jungle.
Fortunately, the blind bear was scared away by Gu Weidong's wooden warehouse, otherwise if they really had to face that thing head on, all of them would be nothing more than serving as food for the monster.
Seeing that Ye Qing was going to leave with Gu Weidong, the other people could no longer sit still. They immediately picked up their things and hurried to follow. Led by Gu Weidong, the group hurriedly arrived at the scene of the incident.
When we arrived at the location where Gu Weidong had described the fierce battle between wolves and bears, we saw that the surrounding woods were in a mess. Everywhere there were tree stumps and bushes knocked down and broken by the blind bears. Seven or eight coyotes were licking their wounds on the ground, and howling sounds could be heard from time to time. The whole woods was filled with a strong smell of blood. Just by looking at this situation, we could tell how badly the wolves had lost.
It was in this situation that Ye Qing, with the help of the weak flashlight in Gu Weidong's hand, saw Mancang lying on the ground. She rushed up and after seeing the injuries on Mancang's body clearly, she couldn't help but gasp.
After only two hours of absence, the coyote Mancang fell to the ground dying. Its abdomen had been completely torn open by the wild bear's claws, and its intestines had flowed out. The blood had stained the dead branches and leaves beneath it.
Next to it, there was a female wolf who was constantly nudging its neck with her head, and from time to time she stuck out her tongue to lick Mancang's eyes, making low sobbing sounds from her mouth, as if calling Mancang to stand up.
As soon as Ye Qing saw the situation, he knew that if he delayed any further, the coyote would really die, so he quickly grabbed the silver needle box and rushed forward.
But just as she was about to get closer, the female wolf immediately became alert, bared its teeth at her, and uttered a stern warning sound as if in protest.
Ye Qing suddenly became anxious and shouted:
"Don't yell at me, I'm here to save your husband!"
Gu Weidong saw this and quickly spoke to comfort the wolf:
"Don't be nervous, this is my friend, she is a doctor, only she can save Mancang's life!"
It was not known whether the female wolf understood what the two men said. It tilted its head and looked at Gu Weidong and then at Ye Qing suspiciously, and actually gave up its position. However, its eyes were still staring at Ye Qing warily.
Ye Qing rushed over and gave Mancang a few injections with silver needles to keep him alive!
However, the injuries of this coyote were much more serious than those of the cows that Ye Qing had delivered before, and the little mandrill that he had rescued on the cliff during the day. After carefully examining the injuries, Ye Qing knew that this situation would definitely not work without the use of supernatural powers.
She quickly asked several people to help, some to make fire, some to boil water, while she herself raced against time, quickly stabbing the coyote with the silver needles in her hand, and at the same time using flying needles to pour her supernatural powers into the coyote's body as if it were free.
After this operation, the blood that had been flowing out of Coyote Mountain finally stopped.
But the coyote's belly was completely cut open, and it took several layers of stitches to close it up. In addition, it was late at night, dark and without any lights, which made the task of cleaning and stitching the wound extremely difficult.
It took Ye Qing a long time just to clean up the dirty weeds and dirt that contaminated the coyote's body.
During this process, Mancang was shivering constantly, which was obviously a physiological reaction caused by excessive blood loss. Fearing that this guy would go into shock on the spot due to exhaustion, Ye Qing quickly signaled a few people to help light a few more fires around to keep the coyote warm as much as possible so as to conserve its energy.
Finally, when the sky began to turn pale, Ye Qing had finally finished stitching up the coyote's wound.
Fortunately, the coyote had a strong will to survive, and with Gu Weidong constantly encouraging it, and several other people helping out, the entire operation went smoothly.
However, after several hours of intensive surgery, Ye Qing's arms and fingers were shaking like Parkinson's disease due to muscle fatigue and no longer responded to her commands.
After the last stitch was sewn, she fell to the ground on the spot, her face pale, her eyes full of pain, her supernatural powers completely drained, and her back was soaked with cold sweat so much that water could be squeezed out.
Seeing that several people were looking at her nervously, she couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth and laughed hoarsely:
"Fortunately, the rescue was timely and nothing serious happened. The life of Mancang should be saved!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's worries finally settled down, and they expressed their true admiration and respect for Ye Qing from the bottom of their hearts.
They had just witnessed the entire process of Ye Qing's treatment. Not to mention the series of complicated and dazzling surgical movements, just the fact that Ye Qing could only operate with the dim light from the fire during the suturing process showed how difficult it was.
But throughout the whole process, she didn't utter a single unnecessary word. She remained calm and rational from beginning to end. Every step was orderly and meticulous. She devoted herself to the rescue work. During those hours, she seemed to be isolated from the outside world. Apart from the mission of saving wolves, everything around her had nothing to do with her.
This made several people deeply realize that Ye Qing was really different from the doctor they had seen in the commune before who could only read from the textbook. She respected life and treated both humans and livestock equally. This was a truly skilled and compassionate doctor who had medical ethics engraved in her bones.
Although Gu Weinan and Meng Jia both took Ye Qing as their master, in their minds, what they should have learned were medical skills such as how to use flying needles, how to operate a knife, how to identify medicinal materials, and how to prescribe medicine.
But today, seeing Ye Qing performing surgery on a coyote in the wild, this unique and special public course truly shocked the two of them deeply, and also gave them a clearer and deeper understanding of the medical profession.
For the first time, they realized that becoming a qualified doctor, whether human or veterinary, was not as easy as they had thought.
But at the same moment, the two were inspired to fight.
Ye Qing is younger than both of them, but he has already mastered life-saving skills that are comparable to bringing people back to life. They are luckier than 99% of the people to be able to become disciples of such a talented person!
With the guidance of a famous teacher, how can you be satisfied with just learning the basics?
Not to mention surpassing Ye Qing, at least he had to master a few of his master's unique skills, so that he wouldn't embarrass his master when he went out in the future, and wouldn't ruin Ye Qing's reputation after he became independent!
Otherwise, how could they have the nerve to call themselves Ye Qing's disciples?
At this moment, the eyes of both of them became firm, and for the first time they began to think about what they really wanted and what kind of people they wanted to be in the future. After looking at each other, they saw strong ambitions on each other's faces.
Gu Weidong didn't have so many feelings. He had been paying attention to Ye Qing's physical condition. When he saw her sitting on the ground with a pale face and her arms and hands shaking, his heart was touched. He felt grateful, shocked, sad, respectful and distressed. All kinds of strong emotions surged up uncontrollably. For the first time, his eyes turned red and his nose began to feel sour unconsciously.
He took out the small iron box he carried with him from his pocket. He didn't care whether he was offending Ye Qing or not. He walked up to Ye Qing, rolled up his sleeves, took out the ointment from the iron box and smeared it on Ye Qing's arm. Then he rubbed and kneaded Ye Qing's arms and fingers quickly and vigorously with his hands.
Soon, the area where the ointment was applied began to feel hot, and an itchy but comfortable heat began to flow into the meridians. Ye Qing couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed comfortably. The sore and stiff muscles gradually eased, and slowly the shaking frequency of his arms and fingers became less severe.
Ye Qing looked curiously at the iron box in Gu Weidong's hand, which was no bigger than a coin, and asked curiously:
"What is this? It looks like cooling oil to me."
Gu Weidong was stunned, lowered his head to take a look and then smiled:
"No, it's just that the box that used to hold cooling oil was used by my mother to hold ointment. This is ointment for treating bruises and sprains. My mother made it herself at home."
When Ye Qing heard this, his occupational illness came back and he asked with great interest, "Can you show it to me?"
Gu Weidong hurriedly and generously handed the iron box to Ye Qing.
Ye Qing picked up the box and looked at it carefully, then brought it to his nose and sniffed it: "Does this ointment contain medicinal herbs such as safflower osmanthus leaves?"
Gu Weidong is not sure about this:
"Then you have to ask my mom. This should be something my grandma taught her. It seems to be made from many kinds of flowers, and it is specially used to treat injuries, swelling and pain. But I am not very clear about the specific ingredients. I only know that it seems to be quite troublesome. It can only be made when all flowers are in bloom at the turn of spring and summer. It takes a lot of time and energy to pick all kinds of flowers. It may take several months to boil a small jar."
Ye Qing immediately felt relieved.
Among the popular medicines for treating bruises, sprains, and injuries, dispelling wind, relieving pain, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis in later generations, safflower oil is the most famous.
Although safflower oil is a Chinese medicine for external use, its actual place of production was actually in Malaysia. It was introduced into the country after the reform and opening up. After the product became a hot seller, domestic companies introduced the formula of the medicinal oil and started producing it themselves.
At this moment, safflower oil is still circulating outside the country and has not yet entered the mainland market.
After feeling the effect of the ointment that Gu Weidong had just given her, Ye Qing felt that this ointment might have a similar effect to safflower oil, and the ingredients were probably somewhat similar as well.
Changbai Mountain is rich in products. At the turn of spring and summer, the mountain may be full of flowers. Some flowers are medicinal herbs themselves. Picking some flowers that have similar effects of dispelling wind, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, mixing them together and boiling them into flower oil can indeed have a similar effect.
Ye Qing's heart couldn't help but move.
As the saying goes, "live by the mountain, eat from the mountain; live by the sea, eat from the sea." There is nothing else that Shantun has. The only two major advantages are the Changbai Mountain behind it and the black soil in front of it.
If these two things are utilized well, it will be relatively easy to develop.
If the ointment in Gu Weidong's family can be utilized, relying on the flower oil formula for treating bruises and injuries, the village can build its own factory for mass production, and in the future, they can take their own products to the entire Kaoshan Village. By then, the Gu family can make money just by relying on this formula, and they can also lead the entire Kaoshan Village's neighbors to eat meat and drink soup and live a good life with no worries about food and clothing.
Of course, this thought only flashed through Ye Qing's mind briefly. After all, the current situation is still tense. It is impossible to build a private pharmaceutical factory in Kaoshantun, at least before the reform and opening-up policy is fully liberalized.
Her mind shifted back to the coyote, and she hurriedly asked Gu Weidong about the fight between the Mancang tribe and the blind bear.
"Did they encounter a black bear or a brown bear? Why did they get into a fight with a bear for no reason? Could it be that Mancang's wife is leading the tribe to hunt a blind bear?"
Gu Weidong himself didn't know the truth about this matter. He shook his head:
"It was an adult black bear, not a brown bear. Brown bears are more ferocious than black bears. If that thing slapped me, I'm afraid Mancang would be crushed into a pile of meat paste."
"At that time, the she-wolf was in the woods summoning her pack of wolves. When we came over, the two sides were already engaged in a fierce battle. I don't know exactly how the battle took place."
"But it's probably not the wolves who started the fight. Mancang is the leader of the pack, and they are all with us. These coyotes are leaderless, so they won't start a fight for no reason."
At this point, Gu Weidong looked at Mancang lying on the ground with some concern, and confirmed again,
"Is it really all right?"
Ye Qing shrugged:
"I'm just saying you won't die for now, but you should know that the wild is full of dangers, and the smell of blood will attract wild beasts to eat you."
"And coyotes themselves don't know how to heal their bodies, although if they are poisoned or injured in their daily lives, they will instinctively look for herbs to save themselves."
"But in a situation like this where it's seriously injured, it's doubtful whether it can even stand up, let alone look for herbs by instinct."
"If the dressing is not changed in time, its wound will inevitably become infected. Unless artificial intervention is given, it is still unknown whether it can survive."
Ye Qing's words made Gu Weidong frown immediately.
He looked worriedly at Mancang who was lying there, and his mood continued to sink to the bottom.
The expressions of the Gu siblings and Yang Dazhi standing by also became serious.
Although Mancang was uncommunicative to everyone except Gu Weidong, they had seen Mancang when he was a child after all. Now they met him again after several years, and also saw how strong and healthy this guy had become as an adult. They were happy for him and were also happy for this unexpected reunion.
Who would have thought that this guy would be seriously injured before they even got close to him? Even after Ye Qing had tried so hard to save him, he was still in danger of his life. This result made several people feel very uncomfortable.
"How long will it take to change the medicine?" Gu Weidong asked.
Ye Qing calculated: "I'm not sure about this. I have to make adjustments at any time according to the recovery of its wound, but at least I have to change the dressing every day for the first week to observe it."
"If there are no high fever symptoms after a week and the body is stable, then it's not a big deal. After a month or so of rest, you'll be back to normal. Otherwise, there will definitely be sequelae, and it will be difficult to regain your previous strong fighting power."
But if such a result really happened, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to Mancang.
Wolves are extremely cruel and only recognize strength, not appearance. If you want to be the leader of a pack, you must have a strong enough physique. Otherwise, you will not be able to intimidate other members of the pack and will soon be usurped by power seekers, marginalized, or even driven out of the pack.
If Mancang's body could not recover to its previous healthy state, even if it survived, a cruel and miserable fate would definitely be waiting for it.
Gu Weidong can empathize with this point very well.
After all, in his previous life, he was just like Mancang. Because of an injury that left his leg lame, he had to retire and return to his hometown. His career was ruined and he had no chance to join the army from then on.
So Gu Weidong's expression was very solemn at this moment, probably because he didn't want Mancang to end up being driven away by the tribe. After a moment of silence, he suddenly spoke:
"Go forward about two or three kilometers, there is a ranger's house, which was a temporary place for hunters to stay when they hunted in the past."
"My wounds haven't healed yet, and I can't do the medicinal bath you mentioned for the next few days, so I'll stay in the ranger's house with Mancang for the next week."
"Dazhi, take them down the mountain in a while and bring me some ammunition. From now on, I will take Mancang to the thatched house at the foot of the mountain every morning to wait for you to change the medicine for it before returning to the mountain to live."
"Don't you want some herbs? Show me what you have collected. I will stay in the mountains for a week and I can help you collect more."
Ye Qing had no objection to Gu Weidong's proposal. After thinking about it, she said:
"If that's the case, then we can go down the mountain a day later and have Dazhi take Mengjia back to the village to report it."
"This coyote just underwent suture surgery. The first day is the most critical and dangerous. If a fever occurs, it must be treated immediately."
"You can only stay with it on the mountain to prevent it from running around and monitor its wounds to see if they get infected or worse, but if a difficult situation really arises, you can't solve it."
"Why not just take it with you to guard the forest hut until this time tomorrow. If the warehouse is full and stable, then we are basically out of danger, and then we can go down the mountain."
Gu Weidong nodded. Ye Qing must be a professional in the field of medicine. Since she said so, Gu Weidong, a layman, would not pretend to know something he did not understand.
"The black bear's activity schedule is irregular. Although I scared the guy away by putting up the wood barn, no one can say whether he will come back again. It's not safe here now. We have to leave as soon as possible."
"It's a good opportunity to take Mancang to the forest ranger's house to recuperate, and then you can stay in the cabin and have a good rest. You just had such a long operation, I think you must be exhausted."
"The rest of us are digging herbs and hunting in the woods around the cabin. Since we've come deep into the mountains, we have to bring back some herbs and game."
After hearing Gu Weidong say that the black bear might come back, how could they dare to delay?
After taking the things, Gu Weidong carefully picked up Mancang, and the group hurriedly prepared to evacuate.
By now the mother wolf knew that Ye Qing was trying to save her partner, and she became less hostile towards Ye Qing and the others. When she saw that Gu Weidong was about to take Mancang away, she no longer showed a threatening expression, but just followed the men closely.
Although the remaining coyotes were also injured, their injuries were much less serious than those of their leader Mancang. When they saw the mother wolf and Mancang were about to leave, the coyotes looked at each other and then limped after them.
After working all night, Ye Qing had used up all his supernatural powers and was extremely tired. He still had to walk several miles and was almost unable to hold on.
But there was no other way. Adult black bears usually travel with companions. If the black bear that was scared away just killed a enemy on its own, that would be fine. But if it came back with its companion, then there wouldn't be enough people present to fill its teeth.
At this moment when his life and property are at stake, Ye Qing can't care about anything else and the most important thing is to escape first.
Fortunately, if they were just hurrying, they could actually travel very quickly. It only took Ye Qing and his friends more than an hour to walk the distance of two or three kilometers.
Just as Gu Weidong said, they really found a dilapidated wooden house deep in the jungle. It looked like no one had lived in the house for some time. When they pushed open the door, the inside was full of dust and cobwebs.
"Since the forest ranger passed away, this house has only been occupied by villagers who go hunting in the mountains for a few days every winter. Normally, no one cleans it up, otherwise it wouldn't be in this state."
After entering the house, Yang Dazhi hurriedly explained to Ye Qing.
Several people quickly joined the ranks of cleaning the house. The cabin was not big, only about ten square meters. Apart from a simple kang bed, there was only an open stove with a black iron rack on it, which could be used to place clay pots and iron pots for cooking and stewing soup.
The wooden house also had no windows, only a chimney on the top of the stove, because having windows was obviously not safe in the deep mountains and dense forests.
Perhaps because no one had lived there for a long time, many of the woods in the cabin showed signs of being gnawing by ants, and even the door was broken.
Gu Weidong seemed to have anticipated this. He dug out repair tools from the house and first found a pile of straw to make a den for the coyote. After putting the guy in the den, he began to chop wood to repair the facilities in the wooden house.
By this time Ye Qing could no longer hold on. There were dark circles around her eyes and she looked listless, yawning from time to time. After Gu Weinan and Meng Jia cleaned the bed, she quickly lay down on the bed with her clothes on to catch up on her sleep.
But she had just fallen asleep for a short while when she heard Gu Weinan's urgent shout:
"Brother, brother, come out and see!"
Ye Qing was awakened and sat up quickly.
During the time she was catching up on her sleep, Yang Dazhi had already taken Meng Jia back down the mountain to report the news. Gu Weibei, after leading Yang Dazhi to retrieve the things they had hidden in the cave yesterday and sent them down the mountain, returned to the wooden house.
At this moment, Gu Weinan and his sister were cleaning up the viscera of the spiny pig that they had not finished eating yesterday and the whole spiny pig skin that Ye Qing had cut off in front of a mountain waterfall not far away.
I planned to chop up the porcupine offal and cook it into a pot of pork offal and vegetable porridge for lunch;
As for the prickly pig skin, Ye Qing specifically told him to bring it with him, saying that the barbs on it could be used as traditional Chinese medicine after being pulled out.
As a result, before the two of them finished washing the things in their hands, they heard a noise not far away. The brother and sister looked over in the direction of the sound and were so frightened that their eyes almost popped out.
After hearing the shouting, Ye Qing hurried out of the cabin. Gu Weidong, who was originally sawing wood, also hurried out to check the situation.
When I came out, I saw Gu Weinan pointing at the woods not far away with a look of surprise.
Ye Qing and Gu Weidong hurriedly looked in the direction Gu Weinan pointed, and were both stunned.
——In the woods not far away, a few wolf cubs were tangling with two dark little bear cubs.
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