strictlysupreme Chapter 33 Rescuing People Halfway
Chapter 33 Rescuing People Halfway
The oxcart turned onto the side road...
The path was flanked by overgrown wasteland, the grass blades swaying gently and making a soft rustling sound.
The further you go, the narrower and more winding the path becomes. Few people tread on it, and every now and then a few stones block the way.
Tian Xiang hugged Tian Tian...
Tian Tian also hugged her.
"Don't be afraid..." Zhang Fusheng said, trying to comfort them.
The cow chimed in, "Yeah, don't be afraid, I'm here for you."
Just then, a low groan came from the bushes nearby, as if someone was trying to suppress their painful breaths.
The grass swayed slightly, as if there was something alive inside.
Tian Xiang hugged Tian Tian tighter and shouted, "Who?"
The wind suddenly stopped, and all the surrounding sounds vanished instantly, leaving only a chilling groan, clearer than before.
Tian Xiang slid off the oxcart, but Tian Tian grabbed her, "Big sister..."
What kind of good people could you possibly meet in a place like this?
But the voice... was broken and intermittent, mixed with faint gasps, finally gathering its strength to escape, "Help...me..."
Zhang Fusheng got off the oxcart. "You all go back to the cart. I'll go take a look."
He mustered his courage before walking into the bushes.
He used the whip in his hand to part the grass...
“Someone is injured,” he said.
He looked at it for a while longer. "It's a serious injury. It's bleeding a lot."
Tian Xiang followed and took a look. She couldn't see the person in the bushes, but there were indeed many dark bloodstains on the grass.
"Should we save her or not?" Zhang Fusheng asked.
Tian Xiang stared blankly into the grass; she... she had never encountered anything like this before.
She didn't know whether she should save him or not...
"Help..." The person in the bushes seemed to sense someone nearby.
Tian Xiang frowned in distress. This... after all, it was a human life.
"Save me?" she asked hesitantly.
Tian Tian got out of the car and pulled Tian Xiang aside, "Big sister, we don't know this person's background, so it's better to be cautious."
Tian Xiang frowned. "Then...don't save him?"
But it is still a human life.
"Sweetie, this is a human life after all..." Tian Xiang was extremely troubled.
If this person isn't a bad person...
Behind Tian Xiang, Tian Tian opened the system and bought iodine solution and hemostatic bandages.
"Uncle Zhang."
Zhang Fusheng turned around, "Miss?"
"You use this... and then... use this..." Tian Tian instructed.
Judging from the person in the bushes, they must have suffered an external injury.
The wounds vary in size. After cleaning and disinfecting them with iodine solution, you can apply a hemostatic bandage.
Hemostatic bandages contain hemostatic powder and clotting fibers, which are useful for deep wounds.
Zhang Fusheng accepted it, saying, "Alright, I'll go. You two ladies, get on the oxcart."
Tian Tian pulled Tian Xiang along, pulling the oxcart. Zhang Fusheng cracked his whip on the oxcart, and the oxcart carried the two sisters forward.
Only after they had gone far away did Zhang Fusheng cautiously approach the people in the bushes.
By the moonlight, Zhang Fusheng, following Tian Tian's instructions, examined the man from head to toe, cleaned all the wounds, large and small, with iodine, and then, as Tian Tian had instructed, bandaged the large wounds with hemostatic bandages.
Zhang Fusheng propped up his aching legs and prepared to chase after the oxcart.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, his arm was grabbed.
"Who..." The man on the ground seemed a little more awake than before.
Zhang Fusheng turned around and met the man's eyes.
The man's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Zhang Fusheng.
Zhang Fusheng was already frightened, and seeing him like this... he immediately flung his sleeves and hurriedly ran forward, as if something was chasing him.
Having caught up with the oxcart, he seemed to have suddenly mastered kung fu, leaping into the air and sitting on the oxcart, shouting, "Giddy up!"
"Uncle Zhang, is that person alright?" Tian Xiang asked.
Zhang Fusheng's heart pounded. "It's alright, I've treated all his injuries."
"When I arrived... he was already awake, and... he was even pulling me to thank me..."
"Miss Tian, let's go quickly."
Tian Xiang nodded. "Okay, let's go."
Behind the oxcart, the man slowly crawled out of the bushes, only to hear... the words "Miss Tian".
*
Lu Tao and Liu San Niang were both waiting for Tian Xiang and Tian Tian.
They made the bean curd sheets while waiting, and after lifting the lids of six pots of bean curd sheets, they went outside to take a look.
But it was dark, and the whole village was quiet.
Da Ya and Tian Jinghe were also awake, each keeping watch over Lu Tao and Liu San Niang respectively.
As darkness fell, Lu Tao grew increasingly panicked.
She peeled off a layer of bean curd skin, but her hand trembled and the skin broke.
Helplessly, I peeled the broken bean curd skin into a small bowl beside me and continued peeling off the next batch...
After finally managing to peel off all the bean curd skins from these pots, Lu Tao went inside and put out the fire in the stove.
"Jinghe, come out with your mother and wait a bit."
Lu Tao, holding Tian Jinghe's hand, hadn't even reached Liu San Niang's door when she saw her leading Daya out.
"I was just about to look for you," Liu Sanniang said, waiting for them to approach. "Could those two girls have stayed in the next county?"
Lu Tao thought it was possible. "Let's wait a little longer. If they haven't returned by midnight, let's rest for now."
That's what I say, but how can I possibly fall asleep?
The four of them slowly walked towards the village entrance...
Zhao Jinhua happened to get up in the middle of the night. When she saw them, she straightened her clothes and quietly followed them.
The ox ran as fast as it could, and although it encountered some mishaps along the way, it still arrived at the village entrance at 9 PM.
"Oh, we've finally arrived!" the ox exclaimed proudly. "You're a great ox."
"Xiang'er, Tiantian." Lu Tao and Liu San Niang greeted them.
Zhang Fusheng, Tian Xiang, and Tian Tian then noticed that there were people at the village entrance.
"Mom, Aunt Liu."
Tian Xiang and Tian Tian jumped off the oxcart, and Zhang Fusheng continued to drive it.
“Mother, we went to Songxi County. It takes two and a half hours by oxcart from the county town. Luckily, Uncle Zhang knows the trail, otherwise we wouldn’t have been back until at least 1 AM,” Tian Xiang said.
She told Lu Tao everything in a rambling voice, "We bought a total of three thousand catties of beans on our trip to Songxi County."
"Uncle Zhang brought back 500 jin this time, and the rest will arrive tomorrow afternoon."
Zhao Jinhua, who was hiding in the shadows, covered her mouth and exclaimed, "My God, they bought three thousand catties of beans!"
The price of beans is two coins per pound, which is cheap, but three thousand pounds... would still cost six taels of silver.
They actually have six taels of silver?!
What kind of business are they doing? They actually want to buy three thousand catties of beans?!
When the group arrived at Lu Tao's house at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Fusheng had already unloaded the beans.
"Where should I put it?" he asked.
Lu Tao went over and opened the door to the main kitchen, where Zhang Fusheng carried the beans inside.
"Then I'll go."
Tian Tian called him over, gave him a string of copper coins, and said, "Thank you for your hard work today, Uncle Zhang. If we need anything in the future, we'll come to you again."
There are two hundred copper coins in a string.
"So many?" Zhang Fusheng exclaimed in surprise. "No, that's too much."
"You saved my cow, I won't take your money."
Without a word, Tian Tian shoved it at him, saying, "If Uncle Zhang says that again, my sisters and I won't look for you anymore when we go out."
"No, please." Zhang Fusheng scratched his head sheepishly. "If you two sisters go out, you'll still need to find me. As for the others..."
"We're all worried."