Chapter 92 Can I have some water?
"Drink? Drink what? How did you catch so many fish? There's a stream nearby? Why don't you bring some water back for your father?"
Xie Qiujin still had a series of questions. She thought that since Sang Yongjing felt weak because he sweated too much, he should drink more water.
"Dad can't drink water directly in his condition. Mom, please help me. I'll cut the fish open and you can take the fish to Dad to drink the blood."
Sang Yu didn't have time to explain to her why she couldn't drink water directly after severe dehydration but had to drink light salt water to replenish electrolytes. The most urgent thing was to give Sang Yongjing the fish blood first.
Drinking fish blood? Xie Qiujin had never heard of anyone drinking this stuff, so could people really drink something so fishy?
Sang Yu inserted the tip of the knife obliquely along the posterior edge of the gill cover, severing the artery connecting to the gill arch with one stroke, with excellent control of force.
This position can allow 90% of the fish's blood to be discharged within 30 seconds. It is suitable for common freshwater fish such as grass carp and carp. Of course, it is also very effective for stream grouper, which belongs to the same family of Cyprinidae.
After she finished cutting the fish, she handed it to Xie Qiujin, but she saw that she was hesitant to move. She couldn't help but urge her, "Oh, mother, how can I harm father? You have to trust me, hurry up and do it."
What she said made a lot of sense. How could a biological daughter harm her own father for no reason?
Xie Qiujin moved suddenly, putting one hand on Sang Yongjing's back and pinching his chin with the other hand. He applied a little force to make him open his mouth, picked up the fish, and a large amount of fish blood instantly dripped into his mouth.
The strong smell of blood and fishy taste rushed into his mouth, and the instinctive physiological reaction made Sang Yongjing vomit twice, trying to spit out the fish blood.
This time, Sang Yu didn't need to say anything. Xie Qiujin, who was pinching his chin, simply clamped his mouth tightly shut, making his mouth unable to vomit even if he wanted to.
If he couldn't spit it out, he could only swallow it. Sang Yongjing felt the cold fish blood slowly flow through his throat and into his stomach as he swallowed. He felt that it was no different from swallowing a fish alive.
However, before he could recover, Sang Yu handed him a second fish. A fish only had a small amount of blood. Given his current condition, he would need to drink at least 300 to 500 milliliters.
Sang Yu cut the artery with a knife and handed the fish to Xie Qiujin. Xie Qiujin pinched Sang Yongjing's chin and forced him to swallow.
After drinking the blood of eight fish in a row, Sang Yu finally felt that it was enough and signaled Xie Qiujin to let him go.
Almost the next second after Xie Qiujin let go of him, Sang Yongjing leaned over and was about to vomit. He dry-heaved twice but nothing came out. He was about to reach into his mouth to vomit, but was grabbed by Sang Yu.
"Dad, don't vomit. You need to replenish salt in time after being dehydrated. There is no salt here, only fish. It can barely be used. Please bear with it."
If possible, she didn't want to force him to drink fish blood, but failure to replenish salt in time after dehydration may lead to hyponatremia, circulatory system failure, electrolyte imbalance and organ damage.
None of these diseases can be easily cured with existing medical conditions.
Sang Yongjing always listened to what she said. Since she asked him to drink fish blood, it meant that she must have her reasons.
He nodded lightly and swallowed a few times, feeling the bloody smell lingering in his mouth. He said weakly, "Can I have some water?"
Sang Yu showed a look of reluctance, but still refused decisively: "Not now, let's drink it after we get home."
After dehydration, the sodium ion level in the body is low. If you drink water immediately to dilute the sodium concentration in the blood, the cells will absorb water and swell, causing cerebral edema or even coma.
Even though she knew that Sang Yongjing just wanted to dilute the taste of blood in his mouth, she couldn't give him water, otherwise she would have brought water back from the stream with leaves just now.
Xie Qiujin, who had just been calm and composed as she fed him blood, now had a look of pity on her face.
She reached into the bag and took out two golden cherry fruits. Just as she was about to hand them to Sang Yongjing, she paused and asked Sang Yu for her opinion first.
"Husband, please eat some fruit to calm down. Is Yu'er edible?"
"Okay, it's okay to eat two less." Sang Yu was delighted when she saw the golden cherry. How could she have forgotten about this thing? The high sugar content in the fruit pulp could cover up the taste of the fish blood.
With her permission, Xie Qiujin quickly removed the thorns and peeled the golden cherry, then pinched the peeled flesh and put it into Sang Yongjing's mouth.
The golden berries were particularly sweet at this time. Once you put them in your mouth, you could only feel the sweetness. Sang Yongjing's frown gradually relaxed.
The three of them rested there for a while, and only continued on their way after Sang Yongjing's face was no longer so pale and his hands and feet were strong.
This time, Sang Yu didn't dare ask him to help her carry the bags. If he really couldn't carry them, she would have wanted to help him share some of the burden.
Considering Sang Yongjing's health, they couldn't walk too fast and had to stop and go along the way.
Looking up through the gaps between the leaves, Sang Yu could see that the sky was gradually getting darker, but they had not yet walked out of the forest. The situation was not good.
She was considering whether to leave the baggage behind and come back tomorrow to look for it. Although some of it might be eaten by the small animals in the forest, there was still so much that they couldn't be eaten up.
But I saw a faint glow of fire in front of me, as if someone was walking into the mountain with a torch.
Is anyone there?
Sang Yu felt mixed emotions. Meeting people in the mountains at this time was not necessarily a good thing. Even experienced hunters would not enter the mountains at this time.
She wasn't afraid of him being a hunter, but she was afraid of him being a refugee. Hunters went into the mountains to hunt, but refugees went into the mountains, and who knew if they had done something extremely evil and were forced to go into the mountains.
If we really meet that kind of refugees, it would not be difficult to kill three more of them.
Thinking of this, Sang Yu took off the bag on her body and put it aside, tightly gripped the kitchen knife in her hand, and looked at the fire that was getting closer and closer to them with vigilance.
The man holding the torch seemed to have discovered traces of their footsteps and was almost walking along the path they took into the mountains. Sooner or later, the two sides would meet.
As the distance got closer, Sang Yu gripped the kitchen knife tighter and tighter. She didn't hide it, but placed it in front of her. She felt more confident when she spoke with the sharp weapon in her hand.
Sang Yongjing and Xie Qiujin stood quietly aside, not daring to make a sound. Just now they wanted to call Sang Yu to hide together, thinking that it was dark and the three of them would not be discovered by the other party as long as they hid aside.
But even a layman like Sang Yu can tell whether someone has passed by recently based on traces on the grass and soil. What if the other party also has this ability, wouldn't he be captured?
It would be better to rely on their numbers and weapons to force the other party back. After all, they don’t have much prey, only a few bags of golden berries.
The flickering firelight was getting closer and closer. Sang Yu couldn't help but hold her breath, but was stunned when she saw the other person's face clearly.
"Brother?"
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