"Open it."
A Yu was a little scared. With shaking hands, he opened the purple-black box. Sure enough, the box was full of poisonous insects.
The tribesmen around him also took several steps back.
"What?" the clan leader said in a cryptic message that no one else could understand. The densely packed poisonous insects still trying to crawl out of the box then retreated obediently to the area around the box.
The clan leader respectfully placed the talisman paper in the middle of the space vacated by the poisonous insects.
Those poisonous insects surrounded the talisman paper like guarding soldiers.
An Jingzhi looked at this scene with some curiosity. He remembered seeing the words the patriarch had just said in the book on poisonous insects. This was the command to control the poisonous insects.
The patriarch's skill in controlling insects is indeed superb. According to the book, although these poisonous insects can be controlled, it requires time and nourishment of one's own essence and blood. If you want the poisonous insects to continue to act according to your orders, then you must give them orders continuously.
But the patriarch dared to put his precious yellow talisman in the box and let these poisonous insects guard it. This shows that he is very confident in his poison skills. He only needs to give an order once to make these poisonous insects guard the yellow paper.
There is no need to worry that the poisonous insects will eat the talisman paper.
No wonder the other party has such great prestige in the clan.
Then the clan leader closed the box, dispersed the onlookers, sat next to An Jingzhi's table, and waited for An Jingzhi to finish drawing the remaining talismans.
After he put all the talisman papers into the box and asked the poisonous insects to help watch over them, he breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "That's good! This piece of talisman paper is worth a life."
What the patriarch said was not an exaggeration at all. They lived in the mountains and forests. Although their physical fitness was better than those ordinary people living at the foot of the mountain, they would still die if they caught a cold.
"A Jing, have you used up all the talisman paper? I'll have someone buy you some more in a few days."
Let’s not buy the cloth for now. Anyway, you can wear cloth or tree bark.
"Okay, Grandpa."
Anyway, it won’t be long before their village will have income, so An Jingzhi didn’t refuse.
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An Jingzhi was sleeping soundly when suddenly a rough hand was placed on his face.
"Wake up, Jing. Wake up quickly, something happened."
An Jingzhi opened his sleepy eyes, and the patriarch's face, which looked like tree bark, came into view. It didn't seem strange during the day, but looking at the patriarch's face like this in the middle of the night, An Jingzhi felt a little terrified.
He was so frightened that all his sleepiness disappeared immediately.
"What's wrong, Grandpa?" he asked, sitting up from the bed.
"Pearl is sick." Pearl is Aunt Norma's daughter, the little girl who died of fever.
When An Jingzhi heard this, he immediately put on his shoes and clothes.
As the two walked, the patriarch said:
"You said before that this talisman paper cannot be used on children under 7 years old. Zhenzhu is exactly 7 years old. I am not sure whether this talisman paper can be used on her. Besides, this is the first time to use it. I think it would be better for you to watch from the side." The patriarch held the purple-black box in his arms.
When the two walked into Aunt Norma's house, there were already a lot of people gathered in the house.
Some people care about the pearls, and some also want to witness the power of the talisman paper.
When Aunt Norma saw An Jingzhi walk in, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer. "A Jing, you have to save Zhenzhu. She's only 7 years old. I beg you."
The clan leader on the side scolded, "Okay, get up, why are you crying? You are delaying Ajing from saving Zhenzhu. Get out of the way."
After hearing this, Aunt Norma quickly wiped her tears and stepped aside.
The clan leader led An Jingzhi forward to observe, "This child went out to play in the water with some other children today. He was fine before dinner, but he started talking nonsense after sleeping for a while."
An Jingzhi used his right hand to test Zhenzhu's body temperature, and found that she had a high fever. She had probably been having a fever for a while. It was already two o'clock in the morning. The ancients went to bed early, so Zhenzhu had been having a fever for at least a few hours.
"Grandpa, take out the green rune paper." The talisman paper drawn by An Jingzhi includes red, green, black and blue, and the main feature is a colorful one.
Different colors of talisman paper correspond to different symptoms.
The patriarch opened the box, and the poisonous insects in the box were guarding the talisman paper neatly, and the talisman paper was preserved intact.
After observing Zhenzhu's condition, An Jingzhi asked someone to prepare a bowl of light salt water. He took the talisman paper, lit it and dissolved it in the water.
While the child still had the ability to swallow, he fed her the talisman water.
Then he told Aunt Norma some physical ways to cool down.
"The temperature should drop after daybreak, Aunt Norma, don't worry too much. Pearl will be fine."
Aunt Norma thanked her profusely. Without bothering to greet anyone else, she fetched some water and began to wipe the child's limbs, groin, ears, and armpits.
That night, many tribesmen did not sleep. The women helped Norma cool the child down, while the men stood at the door and talked about this matter.
This was the first time that An Jingzhi used talisman paper. The tribesmen also wanted to know whether these talismans were useful or not, so no one was willing to sleep on them.
The sun slowly rose, the sky became slightly brighter, and everyone was already a little dazed.
Suddenly a surprised voice was heard in the room.
"It's okay, it's okay, Pearl, the temperature has dropped!"
"Pearl Pearl, are you okay?"
The tribesmen who heard the noise woke up immediately, and those who were originally gathered outside the door immediately rushed in and squeezed into the room.
Everyone rushed to check on Pearl's condition. They saw Pearl lying on the bed with a pale face, but she looked much better than yesterday.
Last night, Pearl kept talking nonsense and her whole body was red with fever.
Although his complexion is not very good now, his eyes are bright and you can tell that he is better.
Someone tried to touch Pearl's forehead. "Oh my, the temperature has really gone down?! She really doesn't have a fever anymore?!"
"This talisman paper is really useful!"
"That's great, Pearl is finally saved."
An Jingzhi tossed and turned for an hour last night, then went back to sleep and hasn't woken up yet.
He was very confident in the medicine he made. If it couldn't even cure a fever or cold, then he would have lived all these years in vain.
But they didn't expect that the little girl was in good health. The tribe members went to call An Jingzhi. After An Jingzhi confirmed that Zhenzhu was fine, Aunt Norma finally put her mind at ease.
The little girl has a good physique and is basically fine after taking one dose of medicine.
"Aunt Norma, although Pearl is well now, she is still a little weak because she is young. I will stew some good food for her to nourish her these few days."
"Okay, okay, I've remembered it all, Ajing. Thank you so much this time." Aunt Norma started crying again as she spoke.
If the villagers have a fever, they are basically in danger of death. Those who can survive are all strong men. If a child like Zhenzhu catches a cold, he will basically die.
Aunt Norma had experienced great sorrow and hardship, so it was inevitable that she was a little emotional.
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