Chapter 14: A Thrilling Night
I'm going down the mountain tomorrow, and looking at the grass and trees on the mountain, I still have a little nostalgia. My sister has already arrived, taking care of the goods she brought with her in the small shop. Li Huatong slipped out and wanted to take a good look at the Daishan she had been in the past few days.
The dusk in Daisan is beautiful. The setting sun turns the western half of the mountain into a beautiful postcard. Li Huatong walked towards the back mountain.
I remember when I was a child, I used to go up the mountain with my sister, and in the spring I went into the mountains to pick up soft ground, and in the summer I went into the mountains to pick schisandra. A group of people ran around in the mountains together, and the scene of wanton madness was still deeply imprinted in my heart. The ground is soft and brought home, and the mother carefully picks it up and wraps the best buns for the whole family. As for the schisandra, it is a little more troublesome, except for eating a part, most of it has to be dried and sold to the people who collect Chinese medicine, and exchanged for money to give to the mother for household use. If they picked too much, their mother would be happy, and occasionally give them a small reward and return a few cents to them. Then you can run to the market town to buy something you like, or feast on it.
Li Huatong reminisced as he walked towards the back mountain. Suddenly, I noticed that there were a few unknown wildflowers blooming not far away, which were very bright and beautiful. When she got closer, the more she looked at it, the more she thought it looked good, so she went up and folded a few branches, held them in her hands, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and her heart was full of joy.
Time on the mountain seemed to pass faster, the sun went down, the sky became dark, Li Huatong could not go back to the mountain, so she turned back the same way. In the hazy night, someone had already started to use the flashlight, and Li Huatong returned to the shop by the light.
It just so happened that my sister had already cooked a meal and was about to go out to call her. When he saw Li Huatong coming in, he said, "Where have you been? The night in the mountains is restless, don't walk around." Come and eat!" Li Huatong hurriedly helped his sister serve the food and chopsticks, and when he saw that his sister was making Li Huatong's favorite vinegared shredded potatoes and cold cucumbers, he smiled at his sister and sat down to eat.
My sister asked while eating: "Xiaotong, have you fallen in love in Luochuan?" You are not too young, you have to hurry!" Li Huatong became a little shy, put a piece of cucumber into his mouth, and said, "There is such a person!" My sister became happy and said with a smile: "Really, his family is good, my sister is a person who has come over, and a woman's marriage is the second reincarnation, but you have to be cautious!" Li Huatong didn't want to say more, so he stopped the conversation and said: "I haven't seen a single word yet." Besides!" Despite this, my sister still taught her a lot of lessons from those who had come before.
While eating, occasionally someone would come to buy something, and my sister would go to greet her, and she would come back and continue eating. I ate more than half an hour for a meal. Someone came in again, Li Huatong cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and washed the dishes and chopsticks in the dim light at the door when they were brought out.
Maybe the night on the mountain is too boring, and people who can't help but be lonely will run to the shop to buy a small snack and chat for a while, and then go back to spend the long night. Of course, there are also miners who encounter rich ores, and will work overtime to mine, mine good ores as soon as possible, and buy them as soon as possible, so that the money can be safe. There are also those who work in the dark, such as the gang of mine thieves, and the night will become their best protective color.
Late at night, Daishan became extraordinarily quiet. The customers are gone, it's time to rest. My sister had a futon in her hand, and she was talking about Lao Zhang, who had just come to buy ham sausages, saying that that guy was really too picky.
Li Huatong just looked forward to going to bed quickly, she felt that she was really tired after the noisy day. She feels a little sorry for her sister, she lives like this almost every day, I don't know how hard it is!
Went to bed, turned off the lights, maybe too tired, and my sister quickly fell asleep. Although Li Huatong felt tired, he couldn't sleep. With his eyes open, it was pitch black all around. Suddenly, there was a strange cry of an owl in the distance, Li Huatong quickly closed his eyes, hid his head in the quilt, wrapped it tightly, and slowly entered the dream.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which woke up the two sisters. Li Huatong whispered: "Sister, someone knocked on the door." My sister replied: "I heard it, it's late at night, and I can't open the door!"
Bang bang, bang bang, another bang. Someone was shouting: "Boss, open the door quickly! Someone is injured! Someone is injured! Open the door!" In an instant, my sister pulled the lamp rope and the light came on. The elder sister said, "Get up, someone is hurt!" The two sisters quickly dressed and got up, put on their shoes and hurried to the front counter.
My sister quickly opened the door of the store, turned sideways and moved out of the way, allowing them to hurry in. I saw four or five strong men come in with a man covered in blood. The wounded man had a drooping head, blood was flowing from his head, and his hair was disheveled, covering half of his face, and he couldn't see anything clearly. He was probably unconscious, and he didn't make a sound. They put the person on a shabby sofa according to the instructions of the elder sister, and the elder sister anxiously asked, "What's the matter? Where is the injury?" A man who seemed to be the foreman replied anxiously: "The head, the arm, and probably the right leg, a few pieces of ore fell and smashed him down!" Li Huatong listened to the shock, but the sister said calmly: "I can only deal with it simply, you better send him down the mountain to the hospital overnight, but don't die!" The foreman nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll go find the car." Then he turned his head and said to the others, "You are here to greet and see what you need." After saying that, he hurriedly went out.
My sister is very skilled in using iodine to remove the blood from the face and body of the injured person, looking for the exact location of the victim. Perhaps stimulated by the pain, the wounded man suddenly came to his senses, opened his mouth, twisted his face, and began to scream one after another. Li Huatong's hand holding the plate trembled, and her sister whispered, "Don't shake, Xiaotong." The sister comforted the injured and said, "You don't have much to do, don't worry, I'll send you to the hospital in a while, and it won't take a few days to get fine." She then stood up and said to a few people behind her, "I see, the head and arms are not a big problem, the leg wound is bigger, and the blood is more abundant." The men nodded their heads frequently. One of them said a little cleverly: "Boss, the leg wound is big, can you give him a few stitches first?" We will send him down the mountain to the hospital as soon as possible." My sister said, "I'm not a doctor, I've been an intern in the hospital for half a year, I don't know if I can do it?" My sister sought out her medical needles and threads and sterilized them with alcohol for later use.
At this time, the foreman came back and said that the car was ready. So, my sister sped up.
It was the bloodiest scene Li had ever seen. Several big men held the wounded man firmly, but the man struggled and howled one after another.
to be continued