Chapter 31: Back to the City
86_86324 The next morning, I was woken up by Duan Ke's coughing. By this time the day was already bright, and I looked at my watch, and it was past eight o'clock. The sky was overcast, and it looked like it was going to rain.
Uncle Wang and Zhou Zhihong slept in front of the security door, Uncle Wang snored constantly, I don't know when they slept last night. The fire not far away had long since burned out, leaving a blanket of black ashes and food bags there. Only then did I see what was going on, the dam was smaller than I had expected, and the farmhouse was not as tall as I had assumed. Things in the dark not only make people unable to see clearly, but also allow themselves to imagine without extension.
I lifted the clothes from my body and prepared to get up and walk. Duan Ke began to cough again, drawing my attention. I leaned over to her and thought to myself, she wouldn't catch a cold. So I reached out and put it on her forehead to feel the temperature. I flipped my palm over her forehead, and touched my own, which was hotter than mine. But I haven't had a cold before, I learned this method on TV, I don't know if it's because my forehead is too cold, or if she really has a cold and fever.
As soon as he finished wiping the temperature of his forehead, Duan Ke began to cough violently again. The heart-rending sound was heart-wrenching, so I grabbed her shoulders and shook her awake.
"Are you awake?" She opened her eyes weakly and asked me in a deep nasal voice.
"You've been coughing, do you have a cold?" I said, listening to her voice, * not far from ten is a cold and fever.
"I don't know, I'm a little cold." She closed her eyes and said, then touched her head, "My head hurts too." β
Hmph, I actually said coldly in my heart, I told you to go back to the car and sleep but you didn't listen, you want to sleep here and experience the fireworks in the world, now experience something wrong.
Although I thought so in my heart, I was still very distressed to see her weak as if she had just given birth, and I couldn't bear to tell her these angry words in my heart. I asked her, "What did you do when you caught a cold before?" β
"Take your medicine." She said, coughing again.
I put my clothes on her and said, "Then you can rest for a while, and then Uncle Wang and I will go to find you medicine to eat." β
"Hmm." She responded to me with her eyes closed. I suddenly felt that she spoke in a nasal voice, which was quite nice.
I walked up to Uncle Wang, ready to wake him up from his sleep. Uncle Wang was still snoring, looking like he couldn't wake up with thunder. But as soon as I touched his arm, he opened his eyes and startled me.
Uncle Wang looked at me squatting, then looked at the sky, and asked me, "What time is it?" β
"It's past eight." I replied.
Uncle Wang sat up, combed his short hair with his hands, and said to himself: "It's easy to oversleep when you drink wine." β
"Uncle Wang, tell you something," I pointed at Duan Ke, "Duan Ke seems to have a cold, I think we should go find some cold medicine for her." β
After listening to this, Uncle Wang looked at Duan Ke who was sleeping in the corner of the wall, then stood up, patted the dust on his body and said, "Then go back to the city first, there should be someone selling medicine there." β
As soon as she finished speaking, Duan Ke coughed again, causing us both to look at her. Uncle Wang took out his cigarette case, took out a cigarette for me, and said, "This voice sounds scorching, let's hurry up." β
"Hmm." I looked at the coughing Duan Ke and said.
Zhou Zhihong was woken up by me, although his face was full of reluctance, but when he saw that we were about to leave, he still stood up obediently. After all, he has only known us for less than a day, and he can't come by temperament. Uncle Wang lit a cigarette and walked towards the outside of the dam. I picked up the soft Duan Ke, put my arms around her shoulders, and followed behind Uncle Wang.
"Brother Li, what's wrong with your girlfriend?" Zhou Zhihong carried his bag, hurriedly chased after him, and asked me.
"Maybe it's cold, girls are like this, they always like to follow the strange ideas in their heads, and find hardships for themselves." I turned my head to Zhou Zhihong and said, I still said the angry words in my heart to Duan Ke.
Duan Ke may have wanted to refute, but he was obviously unable to do so, and coughed again.
Zhou Zhihong ran in front of us in a few steps, felt the forehead of Xia Duan Ke with the back of his hand, and then said, "Yo, I still have a fever." β
I nodded, bowed my head to Duan Ke and said, "So we're going back to the city to find medicine for her." β
The bodies of the four wolves were still lying on the ground, and the blood that had flowed out had clotted. What a handsome wolf, I sighed, if you didn't take the initiative to come to the door and threaten our safety, you wouldn't have died here. You are your wolf, I live my life, and everyone is not a natural enemy, so why bother. It seems that not only people, but anything that does something out of the ordinary will not have good retribution.
Last night, in order to get closer, Uncle Wang took a straight road, that is, a messy grass with no road at all. Now that it's dawn, you can see a path outside the dam of the farmhouse, leading to the side of the national highway. Although the distance is a little farther, it is easier to walk. In ten minutes, the four of us walked to the abandoned toll booth and returned to the car.
"Brother Li, when you find the pharmacy, remember to help me keep an eye on it, I suddenly feel a headache." As soon as he got in the car, Zhou Zhihong pressed his head and said.
"You've drunk too much, just get some sleep." I said.
"Then you can help me bring some sobering medicine." Zhou Zhihong said.
"Hmm." I looked at Duan Ke and replied absentmindedly.
After Duan Ke got into the car, he began to tremble, and his nose kept sucking. Uncle Wang started the car, stuck his head out of the window, and skillfully reversed the car. I asked him to turn on the air conditioner in the car, and Duan Ke was a little better.
After the pickup truck turned around, it drove back to the city. It didn't take long before a light rain fell. I hugged Duan Ke, and it felt like I was holding a hot water bottle. It turns out that a cold and fever are also a terrible thing.
The car drove for a while, but there was still no sign of the city. I remember that I didn't drive far last night, but it seems so long to get back to the city today, maybe it's a psychological effect.
"My head hurts." Duan Ke frowned and said to me.
Sick women really have a special charm, no wonder many people like Lin Daiyu. I looked at Duan Ke's painful expression, my desire to protect was aroused, and I really wanted to find a pharmacy immediately, buy all the cold medicines in it, and feed it to her.
I patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there will be medicine to take immediately, and it won't hurt if you take the medicine." β
After a cigarette, the car drove back to Wanzhou City. The windshield wipers were slowly blowing, the car was moving slowly, and the three of us were looking for the city pharmacy with our eyes wide open. Maybe it's on the edge of the city, and the car drove several streets and found nothing. So Uncle Wang drove the car to the center of the city.
But further down the city, the street trees on both sides of the street are thickened. The canopy of the street trees obscured the signboards of the shops on the side of the road, making it impossible to see anything. This is not an option, and the streets in the city are complicated, and the wheels of the car may not be as flexible as people's legs, so I said to them: "You are in the car, look at Duan Ke, I will get out of the car and look for it." β
"What if the pharmacies are closed, can you open the roller shutter door alone?" Zhou Zhihong looked at the rolling shutter doors that almost filled the street and said to me.
"Haven't you bought medicine, pharmacies are open 24 hours a day." I replied, "Besides, if the shutter door is pulled down, the four of us may not be able to open it, so you can wait for me here." β
I'm anxious, I don't feel at ease if Uncle Wang does this, I have to go myself.
"Okay, don't go far." Uncle Wang said, then stopped the car, "Bring a gun." β
When I got out of the car, it was raining a lot more outside than I expected. With my gun in hand, I crossed the road and ran to the sidewalk, hoping that the dense street trees would help me keep out the rain.
Along the sidewalk, I walked down a street and found no pharmacy stockpiles, all rows of roller shutters, and I couldn't even see a body. The temperature outside the car was so low that I shivered. I left my coat for Duan Ke, and I only wore a thin sweater on my upper body. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid I won't get the medicine for Duan Ke, and I'll catch a cold.
Then run, I think, run for a while and it will be hot. So I grabbed my gun and ran through the streets.
The silence around me was broken by my quick footsteps, and if it weren't for my hurry, I'd have preferred to wander through this deserted city and listen to the silence of the raindrops hitting the leaves.
Looking at the similar street scene in Wanzhou City, I suddenly remembered that when I first walked out of school, I saw the dead silence in the city and the dead people on the street, I couldn't believe what was happening in front of me, and I chose to flee in the wilderness.
Just twenty days later, when I was once again running in a dead silence, I felt that this was the way the world should have been. It would be strange if a few people suddenly appeared on the side of the road right now.
I didn't expect me to be so adaptable.
After running a few streets, I still didn't see the pharmacy appearing. I stopped, leaning against the street tree to breathe. It's not because I'm tired, it's because of the rancid smell that I inhale quickly while running, which makes me so uncomfortable. I looked around to find any shops with their doors open. The street I ran across must be gone, so I set my sights on the opposite street.
I squinted my eyes and swept it, and I really swept the result. At an intersection in front, there was a shop pΓΉ hidden on the corner, with no roller shutter doors drawn. Street trees block the upper part, and you can't see the signboards of the shops, but looking at the green decoration style, it looks like a clinic and pharmacy.
There was a door, I rejoiced in my heart, so I picked up my gun and ran towards the intersection