After confirming that the people Liu Guang and his group had rescued were not the monkey and Manjing, my worries grew more and more intense.
According to my plan with Song Laosan, after confirming that there was really no way out of this village, we had no choice but to risk returning to the cat ear cave to find the space where we had fallen before.
The interior of the Cat Ear Cave is not only complex in terms of terrain, but also contains a large number of Gu creatures. The probability of returning to the other dimension alive is less than 10%.
Even so, we cannot stay here and wait to die, otherwise the longer we drag this out, the slimmer the chances of survival for the monkey and Manjing will become.
I didn't comment on the fact that ranger Lao Wang wanted to stay. As Lao Wang said, everyone chooses their own path. It's understandable that he didn't want to take risks with us when he had enough to eat and drink.
We had just finished discussing the plan when Liu Guang approached us with a middle-aged man, introducing him as follows: "This is the doctor from our village. He's quite skilled at treating external injuries. Let him treat your wounds! We lack medical care and medicine here, and if a translator's wound becomes infected, it's no laughing matter!"
After listening to Liu Guang's words, Song Laosan asked in return, "Do you have any medicine here?"
“There are medicinal herb fields in the village, and I grow some Chinese medicinal herbs myself.”
The doctor explained with a smile, "We have limited materials here, so it's difficult to treat serious illnesses, but it's still fine for sprains and bruises."
After listening to the doctor's explanation, Song Laosan said to me in a low voice, "What he said sounds reasonable. We still have to go into the cat ear cave next, so it will be good to treat our wounds."
I thought the same as Song Laosan. Many of the injuries on my body were caused by those Gu creatures biting me, and they had also been wet. There was no guarantee that they wouldn't carry some deadly germs. Although the medical methods here were backward, they were better than nothing.
In the village, they don't pay attention to disinfection when treating illnesses. The village doctor just washed our wounds with cooled boiled water and then applied a dark, herbal ointment to our bodies.
To be honest, after the doctor gave me the medicine, I didn't feel any better. Instead, I felt an unbearable stinging pain in the wound and couldn't help but want to wash it off. But the doctor said that this was a normal reaction and told us not to touch the wound.
Seeing the doctor's confident expression, I could only grit my teeth and bear it. It took a while before I felt the pain lessen. I don't know if it was because the medicine was working or because my arm was so sore that I couldn't feel it anymore.
Those who fled to the mountains back then were all high-ranking Kuomintang officials and could be considered cultured people. Therefore, the villagers in this village speak in a refined manner and have some rather complicated etiquette.
There were no tables at the village gatherings; everyone just sat on the ground. Even so, my uncle still made sure we sat in the main seats.
The wild animals in the mountains had never been castrated, and the seasonings in the village were made from tree bark powder, so they had no flavor at all, and the meat was like rubber and difficult to chew.
However, since we had been starving for so long, we didn't care about the taste and wolfed it down to fill our stomachs.
Halfway through the meal, they had several porcelain bowls placed in front of us, then brought out two old-fashioned military water bottles and poured us two cups of wine: "Young men, although you have stumbled into our village by mistake, you are guests from afar, and we should naturally do our best to be hospitable. However, our village is poor and remote, and we can only offer you simple wine and vegetarian dishes. Please forgive us!"
"Uncle, you're too kind! We were fortunate to be taken in by your village, which saved our lives from the clutches of death. If anyone should be thanking you, it should be me thanking you."
Looking at the somewhat cloudy liquid in the glass, I tentatively asked, "Uncle, was this wine also brought in by your ancestors?"
"No, this wine is homemade. Every autumn, a lot of wild fruits wash down from the waterfall. This is fruit wine that we ferment ourselves. Try it and see how it tastes."
My uncle clinked glasses with us and then continued, "Now that you're also trapped in this cave, we're in the same boat, a special kind of fate! From now on, you'll stay in the village, and I'll take care of you like family, and..."
"Uncle, we don't plan to stay!"
When I heard that my uncle wanted to persuade us to stay, I said, "We came to this place entirely because of an accident. We are not from this world, so we have to find a way to leave! I have already discussed it with my friends, and we are going to go back the way we came to find a way to leave this place."
"Old man, please rest assured, after we get out, we will absolutely not reveal any information about you to the outside world. Moreover, your village saved our lives, and we will always remember that kindness."
Worried that his uncle wouldn't release them, Song Laosan quickly promised benefits: "If you need anything, we can come back to rescue you after we leave, help you build a rope ladder to the outside, or provide you with a large amount of supplies. In short, as long as we can leave this place, we will definitely bring about earth-shattering changes to your lives."
"We saved people simply out of kindness, without asking for anything in return. If you are truly grateful for our life-saving grace, then just pretend you never met us."
The uncle paused for a moment: "For so many years, we have been searching for a way out of the mountains. I don't know how you got in, but I can guess that it was just a coincidence. None of the people we sent out to explore the way have ever come back. It is said that there is a mountain god protecting that place. I advise you to think twice and not to give up the life you have finally managed to save."
“Uncle, we live in different environments. Perhaps you have gotten used to life here, but our family, friends and all our concerns are in the outside world. We can’t let go of them.”
I smiled and declined my uncle's offer to stay: "We have to leave. If possible, we would appreciate it if you could provide us with some water and food as supplies for our journey."
"No problem, I will provide everything you need."
The uncle paused for a moment: "You are free, and if you really want to leave, I have nothing to say. But before that, I hope you can do us a favor."
Seeing that my uncle was willing to let us leave, I patted my chest and assured him, "If there's anything you need us to do, just say so. We'll do our best to help!"
My uncle gave me a kind smile, looked at Song Laosan and me, and Lao Wang and Lao Li not far away, and said, "Gentlemen, I'd like to get vaccinated by you!"
"Borrowing sperm?"
The four of us were completely dumbfounded when we heard what our uncle said.
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