After the kiss, Song Yingchun's cheeks turned red, she breathed slightly, and kept touching her lips with her fingers, as if savoring the moment.
I kissed her because it was an emergency, not because I liked her, so I didn't have any improper thoughts about it. I just hoped that Yunwen could suffer less so that I could get up earlier and protect her.
After satisfying the little girl's fantasy, she took the initiative to talk about the prescription and said, "Actually, I can't stand what my sister did. It's too mean! Besides, I personally think that she shouldn't have treated you and the vase like that. The prescription is the rhizome of purple-leaved nettle. The vase helped my sister before, so she should remember what it is. Tell her to let her solve it for you alone, and you'll feel better."
"Got it," I said.
Song Yingchun and I both heard the sound of Song Bailu turning over in the earthen house. She hurried into the house. Her sister asked her a few questions, and she said she just went to the bathroom or something like that, and thus concealed the truth.
Not long after, Song Bailu woke up and brought Song Yingchun out. She rudely woke up Yunwen who was sleeping soundly and said, "Stop being lazy again. Hurry up and work."
If it were a few days ago, Yunwen would definitely have retorted, but after a week, she had already gotten used to Song Bailu's arrogance. If she said too much, she would continue to be assigned to do more things. And considering me, she couldn't run away from here. Besides, it was more dangerous to be alone outside, so she could only not resist. There was no other way.
Yunwen got up from me and went to prepare breakfast with tired eyes.
In a week's time, most of the venison was eaten. The Song sisters could not allow themselves to go hungry, so they did not plan their food and just ate as much as they could. Therefore, they ate two slices in the morning and two slices in the evening. Soon, only half of the venison was left. If they lived frugally, the originally cut slices of meat could last for more than a month.
Yunwen originally had a bit of sympathy and pity for the old deer, but now she is forced to chop its meat and cook its bones every day. How can she feel good about it?
Yunwen came over later and started to process the venison again. She cut it with my bayonet, which made her feel sick from the fishy smell. Then she took it to the charcoal fire to roast it, and at the other end she had to stew the ribs. Song Bailu would season it herself, but it was just a simple matter of sprinkling some salt, adding some black fungus, red dates, and some dry ingredients.
"Zhang Yunwen, don't be so squeamish. You can't even chop meat properly. What can you do for our team? You're such a burden." Song Bailu did not forget to be sarcastic.
It was really painful for me to watch from the sidelines, and I hated myself even more for being helpless.
Not long after, the venison was roasted and the stewed bone soup was fragrant. Song Bailu called Yingchun to come for dinner. I also went over with difficulty. Song Bailu glanced at me and said contemptuously: "Zhou Bo, you have to rely on us women to support you now. Isn't it unreasonable? It's not too much to ask you to beg."
I shook my head and sighed in my heart, never mind, a real man can bend and stretch, this little thing doesn't matter.
"I beg Miss Bailu to give me something to eat. I'm very hungry. Is that okay?" I said with my head down.
She smiled smugly, and broke off a piece of meat, saying, "From now on, you must listen to me and take care of my two sisters until help arrives. I won't treat you badly, so keep it."
After saying that, she threw the meat away. Fortunately, I heard the noise in advance and caught it immediately, otherwise it would have fallen to the ground and been covered in mud.
"I see," I said.
My compromise made Song Bailu happy for a long time. She kept smiling all morning and did not make things difficult for Yunwen. She gave her a rare break. After all, for her, this was another progress in her plan.
Yunwen helped me to the cliff where I usually hid and said, "She is kind today, otherwise I feel like I would be exhausted... But what do you think? Do you want to give in to her and let her make the decision from now on?"
I pulled her over, leaned close to her ear, and whispered eight words: "If you want to take it, you must give it to it."
Her frown of many days relaxed a little...
In the afternoon, when the Song sisters went to the beach to fetch sea water, I told Yunwen what Yingchun said today. She quickly went outside and found a lot of purple-leaf nettles, and also found a lot of other leafy herbs, saying that they were used as assistant medicines to enhance the efficacy of the main medicine. Last time, I didn't listen to her and believed in Song Bailu, which led to this situation. Now, no matter what prescription Yunwen prescribes, I will absolutely trust it and no longer question it.
On the line between life and death, the right decision is the key to survival, especially on this isolated deserted island, where people's hearts are unpredictable and yet they are free from legal and moral constraints. The only way to survive is to do the right thing and make the right decision.
There is not much time left for clinical treatment, as they may be back at any time. Yunwen quickly finished mashing the rhizomes and applied them to my wound. Before long, the skin near the wound that was bothering me on my leg began to feel cool, which really had the effect of relieving the poison.
"Wipe it off quickly. Song Bailu will definitely check it when she comes back." I said.
Yunwen obediently used spring water to wipe the medicinal mud that had just been applied to my wound until the smell was wiped away.
"What should we do now?" Yunwen asked.
"Today is the day when my poison attacks. Song Bailu must have calculated it well. I will beg her then. After she applies the medicine on me, we will use the medicine you collected and we won't be discovered. After all, the smell is the same." I said.
"You're right. Every time Song Bailu gave you medicine, she didn't give you enough. That way, the poison couldn't be cured and would recur. Plus, she asked you to drink the internal medicine soup. Although the soup can prevent your inflammation from getting worse, it's also addictive. Every time you feel itchy, you would think of using the soup to relieve it. And its effect happens to expand the effectiveness of the poison. They complement each other, so in order to break the prescription she prescribed, I specially found the corresponding herbs, which should be able to deal with it." Yunwen said.
"The next attack will occur in three days, which means Song Bailu will check the condition of my wound again in three days. Is three days enough to cure the stubborn disease in my leg?" I asked.
"I'll try my best, but I can only say... I'm 60% sure." Yunwen said.
"Sixty percent is enough. Song Bailu is ambitious but incompetent, and she has never liked doing farm work. Put the herbs in the wheat field later. The wheat is already tall enough to block the view. Bring them to me in the middle of the night. After three days, it will be time to settle accounts with her." I said.
"Yeah!" Yunwen nodded, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her tired eyes.
Not long after, the two sisters came back and fetched sea water in a clay jar. Originally, they wanted Yunwen to help filter the sea water and make fine salt, but I took the initiative to ask them to do it, and they were even more happy to do it. After all, I was the one who did it before. After they trusted me to do it, they went to cook some conches and the like, intending to have them as snacks to amuse themselves.
Other things, such as controlling the temperature in the constant temperature room and watering the fields where sprouts have already grown, were all done by Yunwen. They were too lazy to even take a look, let alone notice, the newly collected herbs hidden in the wheat fields.
But Song Bailu is indeed not a simple woman. She seemed to have anticipated some of my abnormalities and checked the medicine box, then she felt relieved.
At night, I had an attack of poison and asked her for help to relieve it. She was surprised to see me so proactive, so she helped me apply some crushed herbs, but the amount was very small. She also insisted that I take the soup for internal use. I did not refuse and cooperated very well.
"Zhou Bo, have you thought it through? Have you considered my proposal?" Song Bailu asked.
"Living on a deserted island is not easy for anyone. It's good enough that we can survive. What's the difference between you making the decision and me making the decision, right?" I said.
She was very happy and nodded repeatedly...