Chapter 103: Survival
Wei Huai'an took the dagger and handed the wooden stick to Su Muling.
"Don't be stupid and protect yourself."
After Wei Huai'an finished speaking, he flew towards the leopard and rolled with the leopard, which was twice his size. Su Muling didn't know what kind of trick he was doing, and knew that he couldn't help, so he could only hide behind the fire with a wooden stick in his hand.
I saw Wei Huai'an in the scuffle, and kept raising the dagger in his hand to stab the leopard's body, and on the ground, the place where the person and the leopard rolled over were bloodstained.
Su Muling was so anxious that she was spinning around the fire, she wanted to go up and help, but she didn't know how to start, if she didn't make a mistake hit Wei Huai'an with a stick, wouldn't it be fatal.
A quarter of an hour later, Wei Huai'an and the leopard finally stopped rolling, and a man and a beast lay in a pool of blood.
"Huai'an? Wyan? Are you okay? Don't scare me, you can't die, wake up......"
Su Muling used all her strength to dig Wei Huai'an out from under the leopard, pulled him into the fire, and trembled while crying and probing his nose with his hands.
"I'm not dead yet."
As soon as Wei Huai'an's words came out, Su Muling sat on the ground and cried loudly.
Wei Huai'an knew that she was scared, and struggled to get up and hold her in his arms.
"I can't die if I don't bring you back safely."
Wei Huai'an's blood-soaked face turned pale, and the words he said were as light as the moon shadow in the water, as if they would shatter with the ripples at the slightest touch.
Su Muling felt that something was wrong with him, so she hurriedly wiped away her tears and checked his body, and after reading it from head to toe, she began to burst into tears again.
Although Wei Huai'an knows kung fu, he is a weak boy since he was a child, and he fights hand-to-hand with leopards, and his body is full of bite marks and scratches.
Su Muling opened the package given by Baoxing, found the herbs to stop bleeding, and helped Wei Huaian to the quilt. She tried to take off his clothes and clean the wound, but as soon as her hand touched the hem of his clothes, he grabbed him.
"I'll do it myself."
"When have you been still scheming about this?"
Su Muling shook off his hand in pain and anger, and forcibly stripped off his coat, Wei Huai'an was in pain all over his body, and he was powerless to resist, so he could only follow her with his eyes closed.
Wet the handkerchief to wipe his deep bone-deep wound clean, Su Muling followed Baoxing's example and put the herbs in his mouth and chewed them, applied them to his wounds, and tore the winter clothes that Ah Zi made for her and bandaged the wounds.
After doing this, Su Muling took out another packet of hot herbs and put it in a small jar, poured water and boiled it.
"Huai'an, how are you feeling?" Su Muling saw Wei Huai'an's brows frowning, knowing that he would not feel good at this time. Moving to his side, Su Muling reached out and touched his forehead.
"It's okay, just rest for two days." Wei Huai'an said a few words lightly and weakly.
"If you endure it any longer, the medicine will be boiled after a while, and you won't feel any pain when you fall asleep after drinking the medicine."
At this time, Su Muling was very grateful to the Zhou family for their careful preparation, eating, drinking, wearing, and covering, and picking up the most useful things for them to bring.
At this time, if there were no herbs brought by Baoxing, Su Muling was afraid that she and Wei Huai'an would be really unhappy.
The medicine was still boiling, and Wei Huaian fell into a semi-comatose state. Su Muling was not idle, she followed Wei Huai'an's example, re-put together the door that was destroyed by the leopard, and re-strengthened it with the stones in the hole.
Sweeping his gaze over the leopard, Su Muling pulled out a dagger from its neck, gritted his teeth, and cut off large pieces of flesh from its legs.
Wei Huai'an is like this, I am afraid that he will not be able to travel for a few days, and Su Muling has to prepare food for them for these days.
Meat, ready-made, but raw meat can't be put away, so she has to cook.
It was getting dark outside, and Wei Huai'an, who had drunk the medicine, finally fell asleep.
Next to the cave is a puddle of drinking rainwater. Su Muling ventured out to fetch water and came back, putting a piece of meat into a small pot and boiling it slowly.
During this period, Wei Huaian began to talk nonsense, and his face burned red.
Su Muling knew that this was caused by the wound, so he wet the handkerchief with water and wiped his hands, feet, and forehead over and over again.
It was nearly noon, and the broth was already boiled. Su Muling filled half a bowl and fed Wei Huai'an little bit when he was a little sober.
Su Muling doesn't like to eat meat very much, especially white meat that has no condiments. But in order to maintain her physical strength and take good care of Wei Huai'an, she forced herself to drink a bowl of broth.
The fire kept burning, Su Muling went back and forth more than a dozen times, picking up the rough wood from the outside, and she wanted to keep the fire burning.
Meat can't be stored without salt, so Su Muling bought seawater to cook meat. The first pot failed, the meat was too salty to taste at all.
So she poured out the meat and took seawater again, this time she diluted it with fresh water, and then the meat finally tasted, and after trying it a few times, Su Muling made a piece of meat that could be left for a few days without being bad and not too bland.
After a busy day, it was dark in a blink of an eye, and the sleepy Wei Huaian finally woke up.
After drinking half a bowl of salty broth, Wei Huaian looked at the pieces of boiled meat beside the fire and pulled the corners of his mouth.
"Our Miss Su is getting more and more capable."
Su Muling saw that he had the spirit to joke with her again, and he was in a good mood.
"How can I waste what you got so hard?"
"It's a pity that I can't walk like this in the past two days." Wei Huai'an moved, and his whole body hurt.
"It's good to be able to pick up a life, anyway, I've been waiting for so long, it's not bad for a few days."
Su Muling looked calm.
Wei Huai'an slept for a day and offered to keep vigil. Su Muling was really sleepy, and she didn't force it. He was given a change of medicine, and a bow and dagger were placed beside him, and he curled up beside him.
"Tonight...... There's not going to be a boar or something, right? Su Muling closed his eyes and was worried.
"It's going to be so unlucky. Rest assured, go to sleep. ”
Wei Huai'an leaned against the stone wall, facing the entrance of the cave, and prayed in his heart that God would bless him not to have anything happen again.
God has eyes and nothing happens all night! Su Muling woke up, covered with Wei Huai'an's coat. Wei Huai'an didn't hold it up after all, and fell asleep while sitting.
Su Muling got up quietly and boiled the medicine in the pot first. After staying here for a day and two nights, Su Muling was no longer so afraid of the unknown around her.
Opening the door, she went to collect some firewood, and dragged the remains of the leopard far away and threw it away.
On the shore, she found the rampant crabs, which were huge in size, and she caught a few with courage, and Su Muling planned to use them to cook and eat.
……
Wei Huai'an smelled the aroma of seafood and opened his eyes: "What are you cooking?" ”
Seeing that Wei Huai'an had a taste, Su Muling smiled and grabbed a cooked crab from the small jar and handed it to him.
"Catch it on the beach, make up for you."
Wei Huai'an smiled and narrowed his eyes: "I like to eat this, but my health has been bad, and my family rarely lets me eat it." ”
Wei Huai'an said as he lifted the crab lid with his slender fingers, went to the crab gills on both sides, and tore off a crab leg with a large piece of meat and handed it to Su Muling.
Su Muling smiled and shook his head: "You forgot what the old doctor said in your old mansion in Meilin?" ”
Wei Huai'an really forgot, withdrew his hand, put the crab meat in his mouth, tasted it carefully, and said regretfully: "It's a pity, you can't eat such a delicious thing." Tomorrow I'll be better and I'll go hunt pheasants for you. ”
Su Muling didn't care, she picked up a piece of meat that was roasted on the fire, tore off a piece and put it into Wei Huai'an's mouth: "You still have to take care of your injuries, so much leopard meat is enough to eat for a while." Come, taste the taste. ”
Wei Huai'an opened his mouth to take it, nodding while chewing. "Yes, it can be left for many days."
Su Muling, who was praised, was proud of his wisdom.
Su Muling finished eating a piece of meat, and Wei Huaian also solved a few crabs. After boiling water and wiping his face, Su Muling asked him to lie down and sleep again.
After adding a few pieces of firewood to the fire, Su Muling carried the small jar and came to the beach again.
Although Su Muling doesn't eat seafood, she grew up in Songjiang since she was a child, and she has heard that eating something is good for her health.
Su Muling lifted the hem of her skirt and tied it around her waist, revealing a pair of smooth and white calves. Then he took off his shoes and stepped barefoot into the biting water.
Su Muling is now completely free of herself, what image, what difference between men and women, can be thrown in the face of survival.
Su Muling rummaged through the rocks, picking at the stones with a dagger from time to time, dancing happily for a while, and stretching his aching waist for a while.
When Wei Huai'an woke up, it happened that Su Muling entered the door wet with a small can.
"Awake? You've got something delicious again at noon today, look! ”
Su Muling sat beside him and showed him the contents of the small jar.
Wei Huai'an stretched out his hand to pick up one, and was surprised.
"Abalone? Such a big one? ”
Su Muling was triumphant: "There are more than a dozen, and it took me a lot of effort to find them." Although I don't eat these, my father said that this thing is nutritious, and it is best to use it for your body. ”
As he spoke, he poured a bowl of fresh water into a small jar and boiled it on the fire.
"You change your clothes first, don't catch a cold." Wei Huai'an turned around and faced the wall.
Su Muling found that her sleeves and skirts were soaked, so she found the clothes she was wearing on Immortal Island from her baggage, quickly changed them, and stood by the wall with her wet clothes propped up by the branches.
At this time, there is no condition to be blindly exquisite, no need to wash, just bake it.
"Don't go to the sea to rummage these things in the future, the weather is cold, and you will get sick."
Wei Huai'an turned around and placed her half-wet shoes by the fire.
Seeing her frozen red feet, he really wanted to hold her in his arms to help her cover the heat, but he could only think that he was not his cousin and couldn't overstep her.
"When I was a child, I was willing to play barefoot on the beach, but unfortunately at that time, the girls around me watched and rarely had the opportunity."
While putting on socks, Su Muling recalled the scene when she was a child, and her eyes were full of helplessness as a woman.
"How did you learn to swim?" Wei Huai'an has always been curious about this question.
Hearing him ask, Su Muling laughed:
"There's another story to tell. When I was eight years old, I was playing with people on my back by the lake in the garden, which was full of hibiscus. I was about to pick the closest one to me, when my stepmother's sister suddenly appeared and pushed me into the lake from behind.
At that time, I was so frightened that I tried my best to climb up to the shore, but I really climbed up. I went back to my room drenched, and my mother in my room saw me and asked the reason, and took me to my father to complain. Daddy taught Su Wanqing a lesson, and immediately ordered someone to fill in the lake. Later, I found an opportunity to ask the pomegranate who knew how to swim secretly, so I slowly learned it. ”