But if the imperial court doesn't come to their rescue, how will they leave this place?
As Xu Yuehuai was pondering this question, she suddenly heard someone nearby coughing violently.
She had been wearing a handkerchief the whole time, and when she saw that more and more people were coughing, she quickly said to the little boy, "You should also quickly get some cloth to cover your mouth and nose. I think everyone around here is very sick. If you get sick and infected, you probably won't be able to continue taking care of your grandfather."
Hearing this, the young boy worried that he wouldn't be able to take care of his grandfather if he got sick, so he quickly followed Xu Yuehuai's advice and tore a piece of cloth from his clothes to cover his mouth and nose.
Xu Yuehuai was particularly pleased to see how obedient and sensible the young boy was.
"How many days have we been stuck here?"
Xu Yuehuai asked the young boy a question, and the young boy counted the days on his fingers.
"When I arrived at this temporary refugee camp, three days had already passed, and five days had passed since the flash flood."
“During this time, all I saw was more and more refugees gathering here. Everyone was trapped in Qili Village and had no way to escape.”
"These days, only the villagers of Qili Village have been helping us; we haven't seen any officials from the imperial court come here."
Xu Yuehuai listened carefully to what the young boy said, calculating how far away she was from where she had been before.
She probably drifted in the flash flood for two days before finally arriving at Qili Village.
She might be four or five large villages away from Qi Guze and the others, and those villages have been almost completely destroyed. If Xu Yuehuai wants to go back to find Qi Guze and the others, it will probably take her several days to travel.
But now she has nothing with her, and it would be incredibly difficult for her to find Qi Guze and the others.
There's no way to find Qi Guze and the others right now, so I need to take good care of myself and ensure my safety first, and then find a way to reunite with them later.
After making up her mind, Xu Yuehuai made arrangements, thinking that she should first recuperate in the temporary refugee camp.
Although the people of Qili Village couldn't provide her with much good food, staying in the temporary refugee camp was the best option given that the surrounding area had been destroyed.
"I never imagined I would be unconscious for so long. The imperial court probably already knows about the disaster that happened here, and maybe they're already sending people to rescue us?"
Xu Yuehuai comforted the young boy, still hoping he wouldn't get hurt because of this.
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope ignited in the young boy's heart, his brows relaxed, and his complexion improved considerably.
Seeing that the young boy had calmed down a bit, Xu Yuehuai helped him take care of the old man.
The old man's condition has improved a lot. Xu Yuehuai also helped clean up some of his external injuries. If there are no other problems, the old man will probably wake up after a while, but he won't be able to recover to his previous state.
The young boy thanked Xu Yuehuai again, but Xu Yuehuai felt that he hadn't done anything extra.
"Alright, it's getting late. We should get some rest first. You should rest for a while too. You probably haven't had a proper rest lately because you've been taking care of your grandfather."
“If your health deteriorates, not only will you no longer be able to take good care of your grandfather, but your grandfather will also not want to see you like this when he wakes up.”
Upon hearing this, the young boy immediately nodded obediently and then rested nearby.
Xu Yuehuai also went to rest on the side, telling the young boy that if anything happened to his grandfather in the middle of the night, he should remember to wake her up and go check on him.
The boy immediately agreed, and then fell asleep from exhaustion.
Seeing that everyone around her had rested enough, Xu Yuehuai carefully checked the surroundings and found that there seemed to be no enemies around, so she also settled down for a proper rest.
At this point, Xu Yuehuai was resting well, but suddenly in the middle of the night, she heard more and more people coughing. The coughing became more and more intense, as if they were coughing up their lungs.
The wound on Xu Yuehuai's arm that he had previously treated briefly suddenly became hot again, as if it were about to get infected.
Xu Yuehuai was awakened by the pain, and then, in the dim moonlight, she carefully examined the wound on her arm.
The wound seemed to have turned somewhat black, and Xu Yuehuai wondered if she had come into contact with some kind of toxin.
However, she has no antidote on hand right now, and with this poisonous wound on her arm, if she doesn't treat it properly, her entire arm might become useless.
Xu Yuehuai couldn't find anything to clean her wounds, so she gritted her teeth and took out the dagger she always carried with her. It was a dagger that Qi Guze had given her for self-defense, and she always kept it close to her body.
Now, holding a dagger, he cut into his blackened wound, scraping away the potentially poisoned flesh. Immediately, bright red blood flowed out, staining Xu Yuehuai's arm.
She quickly took out her handkerchief and tightly wrapped it around the wound on her arm.
There are no hemostatic herbs available now, so Xu Yuehuai can only try to stop the bleeding by pressing on the wound.
Just as Xu Yuehuai was treating her wounds, the young boy next to her smelled the strong odor of blood and woke up.
The young boy was terrified when he saw so much blood on Xu Yuehuai's arm.
"Miss, what happened to the wound on your hand? Did someone hurt you just now?"
The young boy asked Xu Yuehuai a question, and Xu Yuehuai immediately shook his head.
"That's not true. I wasn't hurt by anyone. I just bumped into someone and got a cut during the day."
"The wound has accidentally reopened, but I'll be fine once the bleeding stops."
Xu Yuehuai was worried that the young man would be concerned about his safety, so she told a little lie.
Upon hearing this, the young boy didn't notice anything amiss and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he carefully watched Xu Yuehuai treat his wounds.
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