Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Injured
Then it was the twelfth lunar month, and the weather became increasingly cold. The frost in the mountain valley did not melt after noon.
The wind blowing from the empty valley seemed to have been frozen for a hundred years.
Kang He and Fan Jing's winter clothes were not thick. The cotton in their old cotton-padded clothes was less than two taels. After wearing them for a long time, the cotton became tangled and they were no longer able to withstand the cold.
When I went out, even if I wore a fur coat on the outside, I still couldn't keep warm. I had to exert myself to warm my body to keep warm.
Fan Jing has been living in the mountains for many years. He is used to the temperature there and can still bear it.
This was Zhikanghe's first year in the mountains. He was afraid that people couldn't stand the cold, so he told him to wait until the snow fell, even if it didn't accumulate, and then they would pack up and go down the mountain.
Kang He looked at the weather and felt that it would take two days.
"It's getting late, get up."
In the morning, Fan Jing had been awake for a long time.
He was held in Kang He's arms, and the two of them huddled together tightly. The quilt was so warm that he didn't wake up and got up immediately. Instead, he lay next to Kang He for a while longer.
"I got up earlier and went to the toilet. I saw a thin layer of white at the door. It must be frost everywhere outside at this time. The ground is slippery. It's hard to go out even if I get up. I might as well lie down for a while."
Kang He held Fan Jing in his arms and wouldn't let him get up. His body was as cold as the rest of him, and it took him a long time to warm it up. Now that both of them were warm, how could he bear to let go?
Fan Jing was obsessed with him and could not get up, so he had no choice but to lie in bed for a while longer.
After about an incense stick of time had passed, he said, "I'm hungry."
After hearing what Fan Jing said, Kang He, who had just seemed like he wanted to stay in bed for a long time, jumped out of bed and said he was going to heat up some food.
He quickly put on his clothes. The clothes and pants looked like they had been frozen in an ice cellar all night. Even through his underwear, he felt cold.
Kang He pushed Fan Jing back onto the bed as he was about to get up: "I'm angry, and you're angry too."
After saying this, he shivered and started a fire. When the fire was big, he put Fan Jing's coat in front of the stove to warm it until the coldness on the clothes went away. Then he took it away.
Fan Jing touched the warm coat, feeling indescribable in his heart.
It was only when his mother was alive that she would warm his clothes and bring them to his bedside during the winter months.
The two of them had hot porridge and rice in the morning and went out for a walk in the mountains.
After hunting a pair of wild ducks by the river, Kang He took off his shoes and socks and pulled up the cages buried in the river to take a look. There were six cages and four black carps in them.
When Kang He finished and came ashore, his feet were numb from the cold and were a cold red. Fan Jing took off his sweat shirt to dry his feet, and quickly put on his shoes and socks.
On the way back, I checked several beehives again. What was gratifying was that there was a box on the edge of the cliff that was already filled with bees.
Kang He applied some new bee paste to the empty beehives in the wild fruit forest, hoping that it would attract a swarm of bees to build nests in them.
Later, a strong wind blew and the dead leaves in the forest fell down, hitting people and causing pain.
Kang He felt like the flesh on his face was about to be scraped off. If this continued, his hands and feet would definitely get frostbite, and his face would become chapped.
He and Fan Jing ran back.
When they arrived at the wooden house, Kang He quickly boiled some hot water, took some pepper, ginger and cinnamon twigs to make some soup, and they washed their faces and feet together.
Wait until the body temperature slowly returns to normal before soaking it in soup.
Fan Jing was a little afraid of the heat, so he put his feet on Kang He's big footrest and soaked in a bucket of water, making both of them sweat.
"If you're cold, ginger soup or mutton soup can dispel the cold. There's also a folk remedy called hot honey wine."
Kang He told Fan Jing about these methods. There was no mutton in the wooden house, but there were ginger, honey and wine. However, Fan Jing really liked sweet food.
The jar of honey he had prepared earlier, which he had taught Kang He to dissolve in hot water, was now empty.
"If you don't get rid of the cold in time and get frostbite, applying badger oil can be effective."
Kang He said, and smiled again: "But if you don't know these, it doesn't matter if you can't remember them, I'm here for you."
Fan Jing glanced at him without saying anything. Instead, he raised his big toe and pinched Kang He's calf with his two toes.
Kang He cried out, and pulled his foot away. Fan Jing missed his step and fell into the bottom of the bucket, causing him to be burned.
The two of them started to play while soaking in the bath. Just as they were having fun, there was a sudden knock on the door.
The sound was loud and urgent, more like pounding on the door than knocking.
The two of them stopped what they were doing immediately and hurriedly stuffed their feet into their straw sandals.
“Who is it?!”
Kang He shouted and went out, while Fan Jing followed him to the door with a longbow and arrow in his hands.
"It's me, Zhang Shili!"
Hearing the voice, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why is Brother Zhang here at this time?"
Kang He opened the door. It was already dark outside. Zhang Shili seemed to be running over, with beads of sweat on his forehead and nose.
Zhang Shili never wastes words, and he said directly: "That kid Ge Youquan was injured by a wild boar. His leg is in great pain, bleeding profusely, and he can't move easily.
His wife came to me crying and begged me to help go down the mountain to find a doctor. I was passing by and thought that Brother Kang San knew some medicine and wanted to see if I could go over and help take a look. I quickly went to find a doctor and came up!
Seeing Zhang Shili so anxious, Kang He thought that the man was seriously injured and it would take at least several hours to call a doctor.
He couldn't help but look at Fan Jing, and seeing that Fan Jing also frowned, he made a decision in his heart.
"Okay, I'll go over and see if I can help."
At this critical moment when human lives are at stake, he doesn't want to worry about the previous right and wrong for the time being.
Zhang Shili was so touched when he saw that he agreed that he didn't dare to talk to him any more and ran down the mountain first.
Kang He went back to the house, packed up the medicine box, and packed up all the medicines in the wooden house.
Fan Jingze found a piece of old cloth and made a torch. He took a knife and a bow and arrow, and the two of them went to Ge Youquan together.
I didn't dare to delay on the way and almost jogged there.
The journey that usually takes more than an hour arrived in just over half an hour.
Cui Cuilan came to open the door, and when she saw Kang He and Fan Jingshi coming in, she was stunned at the door and forgot to shed tears for a moment.
"What are you two doing......"
Kang He said quickly, "Brother Zhang passed by us and informed us.
I know a little bit about medicine. If you dare, I'll go and see Brother Youquan. If you're afraid, Dajingquan and I will just be here to accompany you two to wait for Brother Zhang."
When Cui Cuilan heard Kang He's words, her nose felt even more sore. She wiped her eyes and hurriedly invited the two of them in.
As soon as he entered the house, Kang He smelled a bloody smell.
At this moment, Ge Youquan was lying on a wooden bed that was built in vain. His face was pale with three or four bloody grooves from scraping, and his right eye was almost swollen into a slit.
Seeing Kang He and Fan Jing approaching, he opened his mouth, but was too weak to speak.
Kang He quickly shouted at people not to move.
One of Ge Youquan's legs was wrapped in a loose cloth, and the blood had almost soaked the cloth.
Cui Cuilan had already washed his body and face with hot water, but one could still tell how dangerous the situation was from his torn clothes and trousers, which were covered in mud and moss.
"Who knew there was a wild boar in front and another behind? He was only concerned about defending against the one in front, but was ambushed by the one behind. It knocked him over, bit him, and dragged him for a long distance..."
Cui Cuilan cried and said, "The blood on my legs won't stop no matter what I do. How can a person withstand such bleeding? Brother Kang, please take a look at him. Even if it can't be cured, what will happen in the future? We don't blame you, we just ask you to take a look at him..."
Kang He walked to the bedside and checked the wound with Ge Youquan. Seeing that there were some blood clots, he asked Cui Cuilan to find some clean cloth and cover it directly.
Slowly raise the injured leg above your heart, and press two fingers on the base of the thigh and the center of the groin.
Since he had no time on hand, he asked Fan Jing to help take out the hemostatic plaster that he had used on him earlier.
Fan Jing had injured his arm before, and Kanghe had been taking good care of him for a long time. He watched every time the medicine was used and recognized the bottle of hemostatic plaster.
Kang He told him that it was made with herbs such as plantain and dandelion, and he could tell some of them by smelling them.
The three of them worked together for about a quarter of an hour, and it was visible to the naked eye that Ge Youquan had stopped bleeding.
Kang He, Fan Jing and Cui Cuilan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Ge Youquan lost too much blood, his body was cold, and he had fainted.
Fan Jing spontaneously lit the fire a little bigger to make the house warmer.
Cui Cuilan took a mattress, warmed it up, and gently covered the person's body.
I remembered that I was so busy asking someone to treat my injury that I forgot to ask him to have some tea.
She even poured hot tea for Kang He and Fan Jing.
After doing all this, Cui Cuilan covered her face and cried softly.
Years ago, a hunter in the mountains was seriously injured and died before a doctor arrived.
As a woman, she was panicked and anxious when faced with this matter. She was afraid that her husband could not handle it and was very scared.
Kang He and Fan Jing had rushed all the way here, and after all the trouble, they were really thirsty, so they drank all the tea in one breath.
Forget it, I tried to comfort Cui Cuilan with a few words, but she was too scared to listen.
It was already midnight when the doctor asked Zhang Shili to bring him there.
He was so tired that he was sweating all over. It was not only because of the heat from climbing the mountain, but also because it was his first time to go out for a medical consultation in such a deep forest, and he was scared by the calls of animals and birds along the way.
The doctor didn't bother to wipe the sweat off his face and went to check Ge Dali's injury first. The injury was indeed serious. It would have been unbearable for him to come here with the bleeding. But upon closer inspection, the bleeding had stopped and the bandage was done very skillfully.
"You have a doctor here, why do you let me come here to see patients at night?"
Hearing this, Kang He quickly explained, "I only know the basics. When it comes to matters of life and death, I need a seasoned expert like you to be at ease. I'm sorry to have made such a trip."
The doctor glanced at Kang He and saw that he was still a young man. His tone softened a little: "You did a great job. How did you stop the bleeding?"
Kang He then repeated his previous method to him.
The doctor nodded repeatedly and said, "Thank goodness you understand this. If not, how could people wait for me to come?"
After saying that, he carefully examined Ge Youquan again. In addition to the injury on the leg, he also felt that a rib was broken.
The doctor treated him.
By the time the situation was completely resolved, it was already past the hour of Chou.
It will be dawn in a few hours.
Several people ate some hot soup here, and when it was dawn, Zhang Shili sent the doctor down the mountain.
Kang He and Fan Jing also went back to the wooden house together.
Cui Cuilan thanked the visitor profusely and gave the doctor one guan (a banknote) for consultation and medicine. It was a huge expense, but when it came to human life, money didn't seem that important.
"You are so generous that you are willing to go over and help out all night."
On the way back together, Zhang Shili expressed gratitude to Kang He.
He had an old friendship with the Ge family. When encountering such a thing, no matter how unhappy he was with the couple, he would still help. However, Kang He was different. Even after being bullied by the couple, he was still willing to help.
It was thanks to his willingness to help, otherwise Ge wouldn't have been able to get through this.
"Let's put it this way. This is a matter of life and death, not the time to be petty. Next time, it's you, Brother Zhang, who's the one calling. Dajing and I are doing this for your sake."
Zhang Shili smiled and said, "You're the one who talks. We can't talk for long today. When I have time another day, I'll bring some good meat and dishes over, and we can have a meal and a drink together."
Kanghe agreed.
After returning to the cabin, Kang He and Fan Jing had not slept all night and were already sleepy and tired.
After washing their feet with hot water, the two of them slept until the afternoon.
I won’t go into how Zhang Shili sent the doctor back, and how he went to the Ge family in the village and told his friends about the situation. He then asked them to carry a stretcher and take Ge Youquan home two days later.
Kang He and Fan Jing did not wait for Zhang Shili to come to their house for dinner. Instead, Cui Cuilan and Ge Youquan's father came to the house with a basket of chicken eggs, a basket of pears, five pounds of noodles, and a big domestic rooster.
"In the situation that day, if it weren't for the three Kang brothers and Brother Fan coming to help, I would have been able to guard him alone. I'm afraid he wouldn't have bled to death, and I would have been worried to death."
"Thanks to Brother Kang San for supporting me and saving Daquan's life, I am truly grateful."
"That day was a chaotic time, and I didn't have time to thank you. Just saying it can't really express the gratitude I feel in my heart."
This time, Cui Cuilan came to thank them sincerely: "I treated the Kang brothers the way I did before, which was really not a good person. Fortunately, the Kang brothers did not hold a grudge against me and were willing to help our family out of righteousness."
"Brother Kang, I said before that the sheep in the trap was lost. That's not the case. I was just being petty and didn't want you to go dig up the roots on my side, so I made it up. I'm so sorry!"
When Cui Cuilan said this, her face turned red with embarrassment, but she felt that if she didn't say it, she would have trouble sleeping every night.
These days, You Quan lay in bed and always told her that he was sorry to Kang He.
"Youquan and I should have come together to apologize and express our gratitude, but he's in critical condition and can't get out of bed, so my little dad and I have come together to apologize to you."
Kang He could see that Cui Cuilan was sincere and even invited the elders to join in.
But he couldn't help but wonder, if it had been like this before, there wouldn't have been such a rift.
He was silent for a while, glanced at Fan Jing, thought about what he had said, and turned to Cui Cuilan and said:
"It's not easy to make a living in the mountains. If it wasn't your family that day, it would have been someone I didn't know. I would have helped if I could. Thank you very much, sister-in-law and uncle."
Upon hearing this, Fan Jing couldn't help but look at Kang He.
"As for what happened earlier, since my sister-in-law has sincerely apologized, that's over with."
Cui Cuilan felt even more uncomfortable, and she felt that Kang He was such a kind and friendly person. She had really been blinded by her own greed before.
Zhang Shili introduced such a good-natured person to their family, but she did not treat him well and felt very guilty.
Kang He left the apology and thank-you gifts sent by the Ge family, and Cui Cuilan left with peace of mind.
Before leaving, he also invited Kang He and Fan Jing to come down the mountain to his home to play, and told them to do whatever they wanted with the roots on their land.
Kang He didn't answer, but just smiled and saw the person off.
"You are quite good-natured."
Fan Jing sat in front of the stool, biting the pear sent by the Ge family. The pears grown by his own family were not very sweet, but they were juicy.
Kang He said, "I only went to their place to see Ge Youquan because I saw that you were willing."
Fan Jing didn't say anything, he really thought the same as Kang He.
"Now you can go to their place to buy mountain products with peace of mind."
Kang He shook his head and said, "I will neither go to their house nor dig up their roots on the mountain anymore. From now on, I will not go to their place again unless there is something unavoidable."
The Ge family came to apologize, and he accepted the apology, and the previous matters were settled.
He didn't want to continue associating with this family, no matter what happened in the future.
Kang He made such a decision, but the Ge family later realized the good relationship between Kang and Fan Jing, and also wanted to get along well with them.
However, Kang He turned down the invitation several times.
When Ge Youquan recovered and went up the mountain with Cui Cuilan, he saw that there was no sign of the roots on the top of the mountain having been dug out. He was even more disappointed and roughly guessed what Kang He meant.
The two of them regretted a lot, regretting that they did not cherish others when they were good to them. Although people no longer blamed them for what they had done, they were no longer willing to be nice to them.
Because of being narrow-minded and suspicious, I missed the opportunity to make good friends.
Many things cannot be changed by regret or redemption, and the couple also learned a lesson.
But that’s all in the past.
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