Chapter 38 Wasteland Rose seems to have been seen
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, as if a curtain of rain was hanging from the sky, washing away the scenery and blurring the view in front of people's eyes.
Zhou Youlan couldn't sit still. With such heavy rain, the soil on the hillside turned into mud and flowed down. They were lucky not to be affected by the rain, but how could Wei Wei walk on such a mountain road?
Wei Wei must have been trapped since he hasn't come back for so long.
No, he had to go find Wei Wei. What if Wei Wei was injured or had an accident, he would be alone and helpless in the jungle.
He found a raincoat and tried to go into the mountains, but the big monkey stopped him and said, "Brother, the rain is too heavy. You won't be able to find anyone if you go in."
Zhang Longtong hurriedly followed: "Brother Zhou, I'll go with you to find Brother Wei."
The big monkey pulled him aside and said, "Don't be so foolish! How can you go out in such heavy rain? You can't even open your eyes in the rain. How are you going to find someone?"
"Then forget about Brother Wei. How can you say such a thing?"
"Tsk, did I say forget it?" The big monkey was really worried. "But it's raining so hard, how are you going to find your way inside? You won't even know the direction. What if we get separated?"
"That's right," Zhao Guanjun said. "We don't even know which direction Wei Wei went. If you rush in like this, what if you get hurt or lose track of him?"
Wang Chunqin echoed, "Wei Wei, too. He should have at least informed everyone before leaving the team without permission. Is he pretending the two captains don't exist? If something goes wrong with his unauthorized actions, everyone will have to look for him. Who will be able to help him then?"
Ruan Mengmeng sneered: "It seems like it's always Brother Wei who helps us. When have we ever helped Brother Wei?"
She stood up to get the wet clothes hanging on the tree branch, then turned her head to look at Zhou Youguan: "Brother Zhou, wait for me, I'll change my wet clothes back and I'll go with you."
Now I only have one set of dry clothes left, and I have to change them or I will have nothing to wear.
"Don't you need to discuss your decision with everyone now?" Zhao Guanjun suddenly got angry. "How are you going to go out in such heavy rain? You can only walk a few steps outside. Can you be more rational and use some brains?"
It was the first time that everyone saw Zhao Guanjun get angry, and everyone kept silent and didn't dare to speak.
A glint of satisfaction flashed in Wang Chunqin's eyes. He walked over and patted Zhao Guanjun's shoulder in a flattering manner. "Teacher Zhao, don't be angry. Brother Zhou doesn't mean to disrespect you. We are just worried about our teammates getting into trouble, but this is not their problem."
Wang Chunqin implied that it was Wei Wei's problem, which made people feel uncomfortable.
"I think you can rest assured. Wei Wei is so powerful, what can happen to him? Isn't he very familiar with the wild? Maybe he can find a better place to shelter from the rain than us."
Ruan Mengmeng gave Wang Chunqin a speechless look, and her action of pulling off her clothes showed her displeasure.
"I'll go with you too." Lin Yue stood up, "Mengmeng, wait for me."
Kang Xiang hesitated. "Everyone has a distress signal. If anything happens to Wei Wei, he'll press it, and the production team will naturally go find him. Well, I mean, it's not that we don't want to bother with him, but if he goes in the wrong direction, won't we all be walking around in circles in the woods in the rain?"
He also owed Wei Wei a favor, but the rain was too heavy and it was really dangerous.
"If you want to go, why not wait until the rain subsides?"
Zhou Youlan couldn't wait. He had a hunch that Wei Wei wouldn't go too far, but since he hadn't come back for such a long time, something must have happened. He had to go and check it out.
"Big Monkey, Ke Feiyang, follow me. The rest of you stay where you are."
"No, brother,"
Zhou Youguan gave him a cold look, and the big monkey said helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to go with you."
The big monkey lowered his voice and joked, "I mean, didn't you want Wei Wei to stay away from you from the beginning? This is the perfect opportunity. If he gets injured and leaves the show, you'll be free. Why are you still looking for him?"
"Get lost!"
"Hehe, I knew it. You've never been like this since you were a child."
No matter what the big monkey says, it is undeniable that he is worried about Wei Wei.
"Stop arguing for now," Wang Daodao shouted amidst the chaos. "Chen Nan has a fever!"
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Wei Wei had turned back a long time ago, but the heavy rain made the mountain road really difficult to walk on. He heard some movement ahead and went forward to see that it was a wild pheasant that had been wet by the rain.
It was quite large, with very thick claws, and looked like it had lived for at least four or five years.
Seeing him coming, the pheasant struggled with its wings to run away. Wei Wei quickly pulled out a dagger and threw it at the chicken's neck. Because the rain was too heavy, he used a little more force and ended up breaking the chicken's neck.
Blood mixed with mud flowed all over the ground. Wei Wei picked up the chicken. He didn't want the broken neck at first, but he thought that the rain might form a short ditch at the foot of the mountain, and maybe he could catch some fish there, so he took it with him.
[Fuck, it's a bit bloody, but I love it!]
[I have to say that Brother Wei is really lucky. He can find food as soon as he goes out.]
[It's not that Wei Wei is lucky, it's that anything edible will die if they encounter Wei Wei.]
[It’s amazing, I got it right with just one cut, so quick and neat]
[I couldn't help but touch my neck and felt a sudden chill]
[This move is so cool, I want to learn it]
【Want to learn +1】
[Everyone in the camp is in for a treat! There's meat to eat tonight.]
Chen Nan had been caught in the rain for most of the night and finally couldn't bear it anymore and had a fever. The cause of the fever was hard to say, it might be because of the wound on his leg, or it might be because of the temperature difference and he caught a cold.
"What should we do?" Kang Xiang touched his forehead. "It's so hot. If it keeps burning, it might reach over 40 degrees Celsius."
It's around 40 degrees, which is very dangerous.
Zhao Guanjun asked Wang Daodao again if there was any solution, and Wang Daodao couldn't help feeling annoyed.
What can he do? He is not a professional doctor and has not received systematic training. He only knows a little bit about the basics and his skills are mediocre. If there is a problem with the treatment, it will cause trouble for him. He really doesn't want to get involved.
But everyone's eyes were fixed on him expectantly, and he was secretly helpless: "There is no medicine, so I can only treat it physically by cooling it down."
"And then?"
Wang Daodao sighed: "Let's see if the fever can go away first."
If the fire continues like this, Chen Nan will have no choice but to withdraw, otherwise his life will be in danger if it drags on.
Zhao Guanjun: "Then are there any other herbs that can cure it?"
"No!" Wang Daodao replied grumpily, his patience drained. "It's raining now, where can I find medicine for him? I've already advised him that his injury will definitely become inflamed without medication, not to mention that he already has an abscess. Continuing with this high-intensity exercise will only make his injury worse. I told him that if he couldn't hold on, he could only ask the production team for help, but he insisted on doing it."
I don't even know how to persist. It's so fucking annoying.
Wang Chunqin's mouth curled up in shock, and he was stunned to see Wang Daodao getting so angry at Zhao Guanjun.
Are they exhausted from over-exercise? How dare they speak to their seniors like this? Don’t they consider their future career path at all?
Zhou Youlan is fine, he has a family background and connections, but Wang Daodao is just a small-time rapper. If he really offends Zhao Guanjun, it would only take a word from Zhao Guanjun to make him unable to make a name for himself.
Wang Daodao felt very regretful and he couldn't control his temper for a moment.
But there are few rappers with good tempers. He was really angry at the moment and didn't care about anything. It would be even more embarrassing to try to save face at this time if the words were to get out. Wang Daodao simply shut up and sat aside without saying anything.
The atmosphere became strangely quiet and awkward. Just over ten days ago, everyone was still gathered together in harmony, talking and laughing, but now they started to blame each other and vent their anger.
Zhou Youguan glanced around. Among the people here, Zhang Longtong and Chen Nan were not on good terms and were definitely unwilling to help. Zhao Guanjun was even less likely to take care of others. It seemed that only Kang Xiang could do this.
"Kang Xiang, help Chen Nan cool down physically, and Shengsheng and Hulu, you guys stay by his side to help out." He still wanted to find Wei Wei, "Ke Feiyang, come with me."
Just as they were about to get out of the shelter, they saw Wei Wei walking out of the pouring rain.
His hair stuck to his cheeks, making his face look even paler and bloodless.
He was tall and thin to begin with, and his clothes were soaked with rain, making his shoulders look broad and strong. He was holding the spoils he had captured in one hand and a bunch of rain-soaked wild flowers in the other. He walked steadily through the mud without any stumbling. He was always calm and elegant even in the rain. His unique nobility always made it impossible to ignore his presence. He was cool but not arrogant, and his eyes were indifferent, looking down on everything.
It seems that no matter what the situation is, Wei Wei has always been calm and composed.
You will never see panic and fear in his eyes, and what fascinates people the most about him at this moment is not his face that can be called stunning, but his whole person who seems to be accustomed to life and death.
Like a rose blooming in the wasteland, it remains gorgeous despite the wind and frost, and is always brave enough to despise suffering like dust.
Ruan Mengmeng's eyes lit up: "Wow, it looks like the knights have returned victoriously. My brother Wei is so handsome."
Niu Xixi was also infatuated when she saw Wei Wei's wet body, and she praised him softly: "Broad shoulders, long legs, and a male waist. This kind of hugging and doing position must be super exciting."
Others: “…”
Zhou Youxuan grabbed the raincoat and rushed out. He opened the raincoat to shield Wei Wei from the wind and rain. "The rain is so painful when it hits your body. Let's find a place to take shelter first."
It sounded like a complaint, but Zhou Youlan's tone was gentler and more worried than ever before.
Wei Wei raised his eyes slightly, his eyelids showing a faint crimson, and the tears rolling down his eyelids seemed to reveal a bit of pity.
Zhou Youguan hurriedly explained: "I wasn't mean to be mean to you. I didn't mean to blame you."
He just felt that if they were to brave the rain like this, with the raindrops hitting their skin so heavily, even he, with his thick skin, would feel the pain, so wouldn't Wei Wei be even more unbearable?
"Yeah." Wei Wei responded coldly and perfunctorily.
Zhou Youlan: “…”
He felt that he had never been so tongue-tied before, as if he could never express correctly what he was thinking in front of Wei Wei.
"Brother Wei!" Zhang Longtong braved the rain and dragged Wei Wei under the shelter. "Brother Wei, where have you been? We were so worried."
Ruan Mengmeng heard the noise and ran over: "Brother Wei, you're back. Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Everyone stared at him, but many people were actually staring at the prey in his hands. However, Zhang Longtong and Ruan Mengmeng's eyes were different. They could see with their naked eyes that there was pure concern and worry.
Wei Wei felt a flash of warmth in his heart, "It's okay."
Zhang Longtong pulled Wei Wei up and looked him over. He was relieved to find that he had no scratches or mud. "I'm glad you're okay. If you don't come back, we'll really rush into the mountains to look for you."
Wei Wei handed the pheasant to Zhang Longtong and told him to chop the chicken necks into pieces later, put them in a fish trap and put them in the ditch below when the rain subsided.
Last time, they caught fish using animal viscera, and Zhang Longtong also learned a few things from Wei Wei.
"Don't worry, Brother Wei, I'll do it in a moment. Go change into dry clothes and don't catch a cold. We don't have any medicine right now, and it will be very troublesome if you get sick."
Zhang Longtong glanced back and deliberately raised his voice, "Luckily, Brother Wei is here, otherwise we wouldn't know how many times we'd have been hungry. Brother Wei, we should all thank you. I will try my best not to hold you back in the future. And I promise that if I do, I will automatically withdraw from the program recording and will never cling to others and cause trouble for them."
Chen Nan took off the clothes on his forehead, opened his eyes and glanced over here coldly. He could hear that Zhang Longtong was mocking him in a subtle way. He felt indignant and unwilling, but he didn't have the face to refute anything.
"We can think about food later. It's dangerous for you to be alone in the jungle in the rain." Lin Yue said softly, "Hurry up and change your wet clothes. We've got a clothes rack. Let's make the fire bigger and roast them. They should be dry by tomorrow morning."
Lin Yue is older than most of them and has always taken good care of others. He felt distressed to see Wei Wei wet like this.
"And you guys, your clothes are all wet and you haven't changed them yet, go change them quickly."
Zhou Youlan and his friends were busy building a shelter and looking for firewood, and they had no time to change their clothes.
Several people went inside to change clothes, but Wei Wei did not follow them. He took off his backpack and found some stones.
Not knowing what he was planning to do, Zhou Youguan said, "Wei Wei, change your clothes first. You're all soaked and still dripping."
They were much better off than Wei Wei. Their bodies were wet but not soaked, while Wei Wei's clothes and trouser legs were still dripping with water.
Wei Wei ignored him. In fact, if Zhou Youlan hadn't been injured, his wages would have been deducted, and he didn't want to go to the mountains to look for medicine in such a heavy rain.
He only hoped that these medicines could alleviate Zhou Youling's injuries, and that he could recover before the end of the show's filming. Although that was unlikely, at least he had a chance to bargain with Assistant Zhou.
Zhou Yousui also squatted down and watched Wei Wei crush the handful of wild grass he brought back with a stone. Perhaps it was because he had never seen it before and didn't know what to call it.
It seems that new herbs have been found?
Wang Daodao sat by the fire, seemingly drying clothes, but his eyes were actually fixed on what Wei Wei was holding.
"What's this?"
Wei Wei didn't even raise his head: "White Rabbit Huo."
"White Rabbit Herb?" Zhou Youguan frowned in confusion. He had never heard of it before. "What does it treat?"
Wei Wei pulled off a leaf from his head, wrapped it in a handful of crushed leaves, and whispered, "It's used to treat snake bites, bee stings, and poisonous insect stings."
Zhou Youwan felt as if his heart was hit hard by something. Wei Wei's words were so light, but when they fell into his ears, they sounded so heavy that it made him feel stuffy.
The rain had not dried on Wei Wei's face yet, and his wet hair stuck to his face looked very messy. One could imagine Wei Wei's figure in the rain on the mountain looking for medicine for him. He looked lonely and stubborn, and his confused search looked very pitiful.
What if he encountered a landslide? What if he encountered snakes, insects, rats and ants that had not had time to take shelter from the rain like Zhao Jie? He took such a big risk just to find medicine for himself.
Zhou Youxuan lowered his eyes and looked at the wound on his hand. It looked really scary. The flesh on the wound where the snake's fangs had bitten it had turned white due to the rain, but he didn't care at all.
The big monkey was concerned about his injury, but he didn't risk going up the mountain to find medicine for him like Wei Wei did.
The only one who could do this for him was Wei Wei.
When he saw Wei Wei rushing to pound medicine for him without even having time to change his clothes, with the rain and sweat running down his face and his hair tangled, he couldn't help but be moved.
At this moment, his heart was trembling as he made a bold decision that made him happy.
"White Rabbit?" Wang Daodao's voice suddenly became shrill. "Impossible!"
Wang Daodao threw away his clothes and hurried over. "White rabbit wormwood is the best herb for treating snake bites, but the records of this herb have long been lost. No one has ever seen what it looks like. Even my grandfather, our ancestors, and many Chinese medicine practitioners have never found it. How could you have seen it?!"
Curiosity outweighs doubts. Wang Daodao had heard from his grandfather a long time ago that the herb White Rabbit Houttuynia is very rare and precious. In addition to being the best medicine for snake venom, White Rabbit Houttuynia can also treat symptoms such as mad dog bites and food poisoning, as well as many other unexplained poisoning symptoms. Its strong medicinal properties can detoxify all kinds of poisons.
There is no record in medical books about what it looks like specifically, so how did Wei Wei know it?
This is totally impossible.
Without even looking up, Wei Wei spread the herbs evenly on the leaves. "White Rabbit Herb, as its name suggests, has flowers and leaves that resemble rabbit ears, slender and oval, with serrated edges. The stems are slender and fragile, and when they are broken, they will have black and purple mucus. The easiest way to identify it is its flowers. White Rabbit Herb's flowers are colorful, with only seven petals, each a different color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple."
Wang Daodao was stunned as he listened, and as he imagined what he said, a rough outline came into his mind.
Wei Wei continued, "The white rabbit wormwood loves heat but cannot tolerate it. It cannot survive in the north, and in places like the desert, it can't even sprout. It can only survive in places where the temperature is too high for humans but comfortable enough for plants. However, the survival rate is not high. It won't bloom if there is too much rain, and it won't grow branches if there is too little rain."
That's why it's extremely rare.
He had not originally gone there looking for this, thinking that it would be best if he could find some common herbs. Unexpectedly, he was lucky enough to come across a few plants of White Rabbit Herb.
"Wang Daodao, I told you you were almost there. Why do you keep questioning Brother Wei?" Zhang Longtong said angrily. "You're a half-witted person and you don't trust others. If you're really that good, why didn't Chen Nan and Teacher Zhao get better after using your medicine, while we just applied some of the medicine as Brother Wei told us and all the swellings healed?"
Wang Daodao's face looked grim, but he couldn't say anything reasonable to refute Wei Wei.
Wei Wei pulled Zhou Youguan's hand over and covered his wound with leaves wrapped in herbs. "Where's the handkerchief?"
"Ah?" Zhou Youxuan came back to his senses. "The handkerchief is in my pocket, but it's wet."
It can be used even when it's wet, but you'll need something to fix the medicine on the wound. Then bake it by the fire for a while and it will dry.
His handkerchief was made of silk and was sewn by his sister. It was not difficult to dry even if it got wet.
Zhou Youguan murmured, "So it's so hard to find, that's why you've been delayed for so long."
"We found this one early in the morning, but we encountered that pheasant, so it took us some time to get down the mountain."
Zhou Youlan: "Oh, thank you for taking the trouble."
Wei Wei didn't respond and got up to change his clothes.
Zhou Youxuan lowered his head, curled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a bit of embarrassment, and rubbed the word "洐" on the handkerchief over and over again with his fingers.
Zhang Longtong carried the pheasant and deliberately walked slowly twice in front of Zhao Guanjun and Wang Chunqin. He couldn't hide the smug expression on his face.
Didn't they think that Wei Wei's unauthorized actions would cause them trouble? But Wei Wei found the prey, so let's see what they have to say this time.
Zhao Guanjun was already angry, but he didn't want to start an argument with his juniors, as it would make him look like a person without magnanimity.
His hand was sore from carrying the things with one hand, so Zhang Longtong changed his hand and accidentally spilled water on Wang Chunqin's trouser leg.
Zhang Longtong smiled apologetically: "Ouch, sorry, this chicken is too heavy, I couldn't hold it firmly."
Wang Chunqin turned aside speechlessly. Zhang Longtong called out to Wei Wei again, "How do we eat this chicken?"
"Anything is fine."
As long as he can fill his stomach, he is not that picky about what he eats.
The big monkey suggested: "Why don't you cook it and eat it? It's raining so hard and it's cold at night. You can drink the hot soup if you cook it."
Zhang Longtong still wanted to seek Wei Wei's opinion: "Brother Wei, what do you think?"
"Um."
"Come on, let's do it together." The big monkey came over and helped Zhang Longtong.
Zhang Longtong looked back at the people gathered around the fire. "If you want to eat, come and help. Whoever starts will get a share. Except for girls. This thing has a strong fishy smell. Girls should not touch it."
Ke Feiyang and Kang Xiang looked at each other, and both stood up to help. Wang Chunqin looked at Zhao Guanjun beside him. This guy would definitely not do anything, and no one would let him go hungry.
But he was different. If he didn't help, how could he have the nerve to eat for free? But Zhang Longtong had embarrassed him just now.
Wang Chunqin was conflicted, but finally went over with a thick face.
Wang Daodao clearly disdained to share with them. He tossed and turned over the fire, clutching his clothes, unable to help but glance back from time to time. Wei Wei hadn't used up all the herbs he'd found, and he really wanted to take a closer look. If they were real, he could go home and tell his grandfather, fulfilling his grandfather's wish.
Because of his pride, he was too embarrassed to go over, so he could only take a quick look, carefully copying the appearance and memorizing it in his mind.
Everyone was busy with their own things. Zhao Guanjun touched the wound on his hand, thought for a while, and then got up to find Wei Wei.
Wei Wei waited until everyone had left before he went to change his clothes.
Because there were female guests present, they changed clothes in a separate, sheltered area.
After looking around and seeing that there was no one around and no one approaching, Wei Wei began to take off his clothes.
As soon as he took off his pants, he heard footsteps approaching. He hurriedly pulled up his pants, but it seemed that his body was still seen by someone.
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Author's words: PS: White rabbit wormwood comes from "Compendium of Materia Medica"
There is indeed such a herb in the Compendium of Materia Medica, but there is no specific record of what it looks like. So the ones in the article are all made up by the author, just for the sake of writing. Don’t believe it, don’t believe it, don’t believe it! [Prayers folded in gratitude]
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