While at Qingquan Bay, Errui used a cloth to press on the wound to stop the bleeding, which had some effect.
Xiaoman is no longer experiencing shortness of breath or chest pain, and pressing around the wound does not aggravate the pain.
Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Man had blocked the knife by turning to the side, so the wound was large and there was a lot of bleeding, but her internal organs were not damaged.
Moreover, no broken or displaced ribs were found upon external observation, which was a stroke of good luck amidst the misfortune.
When the bandage was removed, a palm-sized wound was exposed, the torn flesh resembling an open mouth, and the dripping blood immediately gushed out.
Even if no organs are damaged, the blood flow won't last long. The exposed skin and flesh need to be sutured immediately to stop the bleeding, and disinfection is also required.
Jiang Zhi asked Li Laoshi, "Where's my alcohol?"
When distilling the essence, Jiang Zhi also distilled the liquor once.
Li Laoshi quickly retrieved the alcohol from his room.
Jiang Zhi glared at him: "This should be kept in the storeroom, why is it in your room?"
Li Laoshi hesitated for a moment and said, "I was afraid someone would steal it, so I put it in my room!"
He originally intended to sneak a sip, but the "alcohol" was too strong; one sip felt like being burned, and he dared not move.
At this moment, Tian Gui and the others were extremely anxious when they learned that bad guys had also entered Qingquan Bay and that Xiaoman was seriously injured.
Some people ran to Qingquan Bay to catch the robbers, while others went to Lihua Town to report to Song Lizheng and Zhang Juntou.
Previously, Zhang Juntou said that the village only had verbal disputes that were difficult to resolve, but now that there is one dead and two injured, it is something that needs to be brought up in public.
The villagers all came over and gathered outside the drying shed to watch.
Li Laoshi persuaded the person to leave after speaking kindly to him.
Liu and several other women helped take out the blood-stained clothes that Xiaoman had taken off and wash them. They also started a fire to boil eggs and cook rice porridge.
Liu was heartbroken and shed tears: "This child is so unlucky! He has no parents since he was a child, and now that he has finally grown up, he has encountered these wicked people."
Tian Tao and Tao'er's mother came with Jiang Zhi.
Tian Tao'er looked at Xiao Man, who was almost covered in blood, and held back her tears, keeping her head down as she helped her master boil needles and thread.
Peach's mother held the blood-stained clothes and couldn't stop crying.
She and Tian Gui have always liked Xiaoman, and in the past few months they have treated him like a son-in-law. Seeing the child suffer, they wish they could take his place.
Hearing Liu say that Xiaoman had a hard life, he couldn't help but say, "It's okay to suffer when you're young. If you marry a good wife later, you'll have more people to take care of you."
Liu nodded: "That's what I said too. Before the New Year, I wanted to arrange a marriage for my nephew's sister-in-law, but Xiaoman said she didn't want to get married yet. I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing."
Tao'er's mother's heart tightened: "You already arranged a marriage with Xiaoman last year?"
Liu said, completely unaware, "Xiaoman is a good person. Anyone would be happy to marry such a reliable and capable woman!"
Sigh, if I had gotten married last year, I'd have someone to serve me tea and water now.
Inside the room, Errui lit the lamp, and Tian Tao'er helped by handing over needles and cutting thread.
Qiaoyun also wanted to work.
But she has a sensitive sense of smell, which is very useful for blending perfumes on the mountain, but she can't stand the smell of blood now.
Moreover, she gagged at the sight of so much blood, and Jiang Zhi, fearing that she might faint at the sight of blood and cause even more trouble, quickly told her to leave.
After all, not just anyone can withstand such a bloody scene.
Despite her young age, Tian Tao was much calmer. She had personally witnessed her own mother giving birth to her fourth child, a truly harrowing experience.
Now, seeing Xiaoman's blood, apart from her pale face, there is nothing else abnormal.
Leaving everyone else aside, Jiang Zhi boiled the needle and thread, and after being forced into the role of an obstetrician, she began working as a surgeon.
Fortunately, it was an external injury, making it easy to remove the stitches, rather than having to use absorbable catgut sutures.
It doesn't matter if the sewing isn't perfect; Xiaoman, being a boy, wouldn't care... That's how Jiang Zhi comforted herself.
In a rush, there was no anesthetic to relieve the pain, so they had to sew it up by hand.
At this point, Xiaoman was already in a semi-comatose state, and he could not feel the pain.
Stopping the bleeding is the priority.
As the stitches were sewn up one by one, Xiaoman, who was in a coma, woke up from the pain and gritted her teeth to continue.
Tian Tao gave him a handkerchief to bite on, and then carefully wiped away the sweat from Xiao Man's forehead.
It was a long stitch that required more than a dozen stitches, and the stitches were crooked and uneven.
This is clearly not up to the standards of a surgeon and will leave an unsightly scar, but as long as the wound stops bleeding, it is considered a success.
After the stitches were done, Jiang Zhi applied medicine as a precaution, and then bandaged it up to secure it.
The rest is nursing care, removing stitches, and changing dressings. Only if there is no infection or fever can this hurdle be truly overcome.
Xiaoman's arrangements are a bit troublesome.
It's impossible to go back to the mountain in this situation. He's so badly injured that he can't be moved easily, and if we need to call a doctor again, we'll have to go to town.
Jiang Zhi planned to have Xiaoman stay with Li Laoshi and then go to other people's houses to cook.
She felt that the house needed to be repaired as soon as possible!
In the past, I didn't think much of staying in the village for a night or two, so I wasn't afraid to let others do the repairs first and postpone it for a year.
Now that we're facing the Xiaoman solar term, I realize how urgent it is to build a house; it's so much more convenient to have your own house.
It seems that once this matter is over, regardless of how heavy or light the rain will be in the summer, this house will need to be repaired immediately.
Before Jiang Zhi could even make a decision, Tao'er's mother pulled her aside and said, "Village Chief Jiang, let Xiaoman stay at my house. My house is spacious, and Xiaoquan can have his own room."
I usually stay home to take care of the kids, so I can manage Xiaoman's food and drink!
Last year, when the village collectively renovated houses, no one wanted to be at a disadvantage. Regardless of the house type, everyone tacitly agreed to have eight or ten rooms, and it was easy to ask someone to vacate a room.
What Tao'er's mother said was indeed appropriate, but Jiang Zhi knew that Tao'er's mother's fourth child was not even a year old yet.
She has a nursing baby, and raises chickens, rabbits, and cows at home. She has a lot to do and is busy every day.
Taking care of another injured person would be even more tiring for her.
Besides, wouldn't it be a bit inconvenient for Xiaoman to live at the Tian family's house now?
Before Jiang Zhi could finish speaking, Tao'er's mother added, "This child has no mother, so I'll raise him as my own. Don't worry, I'll definitely take good care of him. Even if I don't mention it, Tian Gui will still ask me to bring him food."
Yes, Tian Gui will definitely have his family send food to Xiao Man.
Although it was either Xiaoquan or Xiaoxi, who were running errands, it was ultimately Tao'er's mother who was in charge of taking care of everything.
Since that's the case, Jiang Zhi had nothing more to say. Let her mother-in-law take care of things!
When we go up the mountain to deliver the message at dawn, we need to tell Grandpa Xiaoman and Chunfeng that they should bring food with them when they come down the mountain.
Since it was agreed to do so, Jiang Zhi asked Er Rui and the others to come over and carry Xiao Man, who had fallen asleep after drinking a bowl of rice porridge, to the Tian family's house.
The place had just been tidied up when Zhang Juntou arrived. However, he had already visited Qingquan Bay before coming to the village.
Zhang Juntou told Jiang Zhi that the perpetrators in Qingquan Bay were all dead, not just one, but two.
Both men in black who entered the bay that night died.
Those who tried to start the fire were beaten to death with barbs by Errui and the other two, while the one who tried to escape had his leg broken by a trap and his chest pierced by a spear.
When Tian Gui and his men arrived at Qingquan Bay, they saw him, but worried that he might hurt someone again. Zhang Juntou also said to surround him and not to make a move, so no one went to check.
By the time Zhang Juntou and his men arrived, they had already bled to death.
Hearing that not a single survivor was left, Jiang Zhi felt a little sorry.
That's all, anyway, this matter is inextricably linked to Hsu Hsiao-lan.
What she's most worried about now is whether Xiaoman's grandparents will be so angry when they hear that Xiaoman is injured!
Just as dawn was breaking, Errui and Li Laoshi led the old mule up the mountain.
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