After returning home, Qiao Qingqing took out the Chinese medicinal materials in the space, grinding, boiling, stirring, drying... and made another batch of ointments. Looking at the medicine inventory in the corner of the space, and the seeds of medicinal herbs in the corner of the vegetable and fruit seeds, she felt at ease. When she finds a suitable environment, suitable soil and water in the future, she can grow medicinal herbs.
There is always hope in life.
"Qingqing, do you think this little cabbage is pretty?"
Qiao Qingqing turned around and saw Father Shao happily carrying a pot of freshly picked Chinese cabbages to the table, and picked one up to show it to Qiao Qingqing. She looked over and saw that the Chinese cabbage was indeed growing well, with a large head and green color, and it looked very pleasing.
"Beautiful, worthy of being grown by Dad." Qiao Qingqing praised generously. Shao's father smiled happily and greeted everyone one by one: "Ah Xia, look, mother-in-law, take a look too--"
Shao's mother and Qiao Songzhi looked up from the duck shed. Qiao Songzhi praised the cabbage, saying "good cabbage". Shao's mother said, "The duck shed has been cleaned. Come and take away the duck shit."
"Oh oh here it comes!"
Today, Mr. Shao threw duck droppings on the lettuce. He looked at the lettuce lovingly and said, "Grow quickly."
There was a sudden commotion in the distance. Qiao Qingqing looked up curiously. The sound seemed to come from the convoy's camp.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? It sounds like someone is shouting." Shao's father stood up.
"Let me take a look with the telescope." Qiao Qingqing went back to the tent to get the telescope, and the sight made her eyes widen in surprise.
She saw people running around in panic in the caravan camp, many of them heading for the fishing grounds. Moving the telescope, she saw the fishing grounds, where waves were splashing, schools of fish were surging, and a few triangular fins were swimming in the middle.
A kayak overturned on the water. Qiao Qingqing didn't see anyone, only the water near the kayak was scarlet.
"Shark! A shark has entered the fishing grounds!"
"What should we do? Xiao Si and the others are fishing in the fishery. Let them come back!"
"Where's the gun? Bring it here!"
She put down the telescope and followed the anxious Shao's father and the others and said, "Several sharks appeared in the fishing grounds over there."
"Ah?! Shark?"
“Are there really sharks?”
They have lived here for a month, but Shao's father and mother have never seen a shark. They thought the shark that Qiao Qingqing and the others were talking about had gone far away long ago, but they didn't expect it to appear in the fishing ground.
"I have to find Sheng An and my brother." Qiao Qingqing was about to set off immediately.
Qiao Songzhi finally reacted: "We have to hurry and inform them. Who knows how the shark got here?"
"Hurry up and inform Sheng An. Qingqing, it's all up to you." Shao's father hit his leg, looking angry, while Shao's mother looked at her expectantly. Qiao Qingqing nodded and set off quickly. There was no other means of transportation at home, but she was in good health. After more than a month of recuperation, although she still had occasional dizziness, her body was no longer in serious condition and she could run quite fast.
More people heard the noise and couldn't help but go to the convoy's camp to watch the excitement. Some people, like her, ran to the beach where their relatives and friends were fishing and shouted reminders.
"There's a shark!"
There were gunshots and screams coming from the fishing grounds.
Fortunately, after Qiao Qingqing ran for more than ten minutes, she met Shao Shengan and Shao Shengfei. Seeing her running so fast, Shao Shengan was surprised, and then ran to her worriedly and asked her if something happened at home.
"No, it's okay!" Qiao Qingqing held his hand and eased him down. "There was a shark over at the fishery. I was worried that you were in danger."
After hearing the news, Shao Shengan calmed down and said, "Sharks have entered the fishing grounds? Fortunately, we finished work early today, otherwise——"
Song Sanhe was also scared after hearing this and patted Liu Zhen on the shoulder.
Qiao Qingqing saw Liu Zhen sitting on their tricycle at a glance, and only then did she have the chance to ask, "Is Liu Zhen injured?"
"I accidentally stepped on a kitchen knife." Liu Zhen's face was very pale. He forced a smile and said, "This is a blessing in disguise."
"Let's go back to the camp first. Qingqing, you still need to help take care of Liu Zhen's injury." Liu Zhen's injury was very serious. Song Sanhe begged Shao Shengan to borrow a tricycle to send Liu Zhen back first, otherwise they would still be in the sea.
"Thank you for your help, Miss Qiao." Song Sanhe said.
"Let's go back first." Qiao Qingqing nodded.
The group returned to the camp. On the way, Song Sanhe said with a heavy face, "It was a rusty kitchen knife. I washed off the rust on the wound with boiled water I brought with me. In this case, tetanus must be taken. I plan to look for it at the Tangzhou fleet. First, please help Liu Zhen treat the wound while I go to find a tetanus doctor."
Liu Zhen knew that this thing was hard to find, and his eyes turned red: "Third brother, if you can't find it, forget it."
Song Sanhe ignored him and turned his head away so that Liu Zhen wouldn't see his red eyes.
After returning to the camp, Qiao Qingqing further treated his wounds, suturing them, applying medicine and bandaging them.
She walked out of the tent. Shao Shengan was squatting at the door. When he saw her coming out, he stood up and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Well, I just need a tetanus shot."
Seeing her expression, Shao Shengan knew what she was thinking. He held Qiao Qingqing's hand: "Thank you, Qingqing." It was true that his mother saved Liu Zhen first and they had a good relationship, but Liu Zhen did not forget his gratitude. When his mother was seriously injured, he never left her and returned the favor, allowing his mother to hold on until the day they found her. Shao Shengan always remembered this kindness in his heart. A thank-you gift is a thank-you gift. Today, Liu Zhen was in danger in front of him, and he could not stand idly by.
"What are you thanking me for? We are husband and wife, a family." Qiao Qingqing patted his hands. There was a tetanus vaccine in the space. At that time, she used many connections to buy a batch of tetanus vaccines for the whole family to prevent the high probability of injury in the apocalypse of natural disasters. Fortunately, in the past ten years, the whole family has not had the opportunity to use it, so the inventory is full. It is not difficult to take out a vaccine, but the difficult part is how to take it out.
Qiao Qingqing said to Shao Shengan, "It would be best if Song Sanhe can find it. If not... I will go to the Tangzhou fleet to look for it." They could only pretend that the vaccine was exchanged from the Tangzhou fleet.
Shao Shengan nodded.
When Shao's mother knew that Liu Zhen was injured, she was very worried and sat in the tent to watch over him. When she was injured and dying, it was Liu Zhen who had been taking care of her and encouraging her. At that time, her family was not around, and Liu Zhen gave her the comfort of family. At that time, she also thought that although she would not die without her family, she would not die alone because Liu Zhen was so kind to take care of her.
Song Sanhe failed to find the vaccine, so Qiao Qingqing went there herself and found the vaccine half an hour later and gave it to Liu Zhen.
Song Sanhe, who was always calm and composed, was about to kneel down to thank her, but was held back tightly by Shao Shengan.
"He is still young, I'm really scared--" Song Sanhe's mind finally relaxed, his legs went weak and he sat down on the ground.
Shao's mother also wiped Liu Zhen's forehead with a towel with tears in her eyes and said to him: "Xiao Liu, you must live well."
Liu Zhen nodded while crying.
By the time Qiao Qingqing was done with her work, the commotion at the fishery had also subsided.
Qiao Qingqing didn't go to ask specifically, but she heard from the survivors who came to her house to exchange things that all the people who went into the fish farm were killed, and not even half of their fingers could be found. Before the shark was killed, the fish in the fish farm were eaten by three sharks. For the sharks, this fish farm with a large number of fish and shrimps was like a buffet table. They entered the fish farm like mice entering a rice jar.
"I didn't kill any of them. They all ran away! I just don't know if they will come back to seek revenge." Cui Xing came to Shao's father to exchange for small cabbages. He used a fish weighing more than ten kilograms to exchange for five small cabbages. Such an exchange would have been a fantasy ten years ago. No one would be willing to trade like this, but it is very common now. Cui Xing worked hard with the goal of exchanging for ducks in the future. However, the ducks were still small, so he could exchange for some small cabbages to taste at home first. He then exchanged a stainless steel bowl from someone else so that he could cook fish soup at home, which was just right for making cabbage and fish soup.
When Shao's father was picking vegetables for him, he casually mentioned some news about the fishery. Shao's father was amazed: "I saw sharks on the TV in the factory cafeteria, that one, what was the name of that movie——"
Shao's mother was feeding the ducks and said casually, "The deadly monster three-headed shark will be broadcast in the cafeteria every few days. How come you still can't remember the name?"
"It's been so many years, how can I remember? Oh, that's the shark with three heads." Shao's father asked Cui Xing, "Did you see how many heads the sharks that came to the fishery had?"
Cui Xing laughed: "It must have only one head. Uncle, you are watching a movie. How can there be a shark with three heads in real life?"
"Oh oh." Shao's father was still a little disappointed. Shao's mother scolded him: "A shark with one head is scary enough. It's fine if it's played like this in the movie, but if there really is a shark with three heads in the sea, how can anyone survive!"
Cui Xing replaced the cabbage, held it in his arms carefully and walked away.
"Should I kill this fish, Xiao Cui?" asked Shao's father.
Shao Shengan said he would kill it and send it into Qiao Qingqing's space together with the fish caught in the morning.
After living here for more than a month, the empty buckets and basins in Qiao Qingqing's space were finally half filled. Thinking about the unexpected ground vibration she felt a few days ago, Qiao Qingqing was still not satisfied. She wanted to fill the space again like ten years ago. The next day, she went fishing with Shao Shengan and others. Shao Shengan didn't agree at first, but Qiao Qingqing insisted and he had no choice.
"I'll wait for you on the shore like before and smuggle the fish into the space." This way, the day's catch can be doubled, and it won't be tiring for Shao Sheng'an and his brother to ride three or four kilometers to take them home.
Knowing Qiao Qingqing's anxiety, Shao Shengan could only catch as many fish as possible and let the abundance of supplies soothe his wife's anxious mood.
Qiao Qingqing followed him for two days. On the third day, he urged Qiao Qingqing to go to the Tangzhou fleet to inquire about the recruitment of doctors: "Get in the car, I'll take you there."
"Let's go tomorrow." Qiao Qingqing knew her medicine well and thought it would be better to go tomorrow.
Shao Shengan had no choice but to obey. He cooked breakfast early the next morning, and after breakfast he pulled the car out and motioned Qiao Qingqing to get in. Qiao Songzhi laughed when she saw this, and Shao's mother also laughed: "Shengan doesn't want Qingqing to always go fishing with him. It's so cold underwater. It's better to be a doctor and sit in an office!"
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