Chapter 4 Men are infested
Winter had just passed, the weather was still very cold, and the cold wind was pouring into her neck, making Yun Yao shiver. She put her hat on, shrunk her neck, and walked out of the courtyard with her hands in her sleeves.
Li Xin was not at home, and Aunt Osmanthus had to take care of the two children, so she had to go out alone.
The houses in the village are very sparse, Yun Yao looked around, and only saw so many dozen families, and the rest were all cultivated fields, which were barren at this time.
The northwest side of the village is surrounded by high mountains, with no end in sight, and the river is not far from the foot of the mountain. Yun Yao walked out in the direction pointed out by Aunt Osmanthus, and the scenery was desolate all the way, and she couldn't even see a single figure. There were only a few trees growing on the side of the road, and it was also bleak at this time.
Yun Yao stomped her feet against the north wind and walked forward for a few miles, and finally a river appeared in front of her, and the surface of the river four or five meters wide was frozen solidly.
I've never experienced it in person, but Yun Yao has seen videos on the Internet. Some fish are frozen when they come out of the water to breathe, and these fish are not flexible at all after being frozen for a long time, and can be caught as long as they are found.
Yun Yao stretched out her feet and probed and walked onto the ice, looking around as she walked along the river, and after more than ten minutes, she saw a silver carp frozen in the translucent ice. The fish was bent and didn't know how long it had been trapped.
Thinking that she would soon be able to eat fish and drink fish soup, Yun Yao felt that her saliva secretion had accelerated.
What to do? How do you get a fish out without tools?
Yun Yao went ashore to look for it, picked up a big stone and smashed it on the ice with a "bang", and a few cracks appeared on the ice, but it was not completely broken.
It seems to be safe, and I won't pay myself for catching a fish. Yun Yao squatted down and lifted the stone and smashed it around the fish a few more times, and the ice gradually shattered. Not daring to stomp with her feet, Yun Yao had to work slowly, and when the stiff fish was caught, her forehead was sweating.
She rubbed her frozen hands together and noticed that the fish had begun to writhe.
"Hey! Don't run! Come to my bowl! The fish looked like it weighed four or five pounds, and Yun Yao hurriedly pushed it to the shore, and finally got it ashore.
took out a knife and cut some grass, Yun Yao took out a simple grass rope and put the fish in her hand. But she didn't have to go hungry, she walked much faster now.
"Auntie, I'm back, I've found the fish!" Yun Yao happily pushed open the courtyard door and carried the fish into the courtyard.
The door of the hall was pushed open, and Aunt Osmanthus did not come out, but a tall and sturdy young man walked out.
This man had a cold and hard face, a high nose bridge, thin lips, and two sword eyebrows that made him look very heroic, but fortunately his eyes were gentle, and there was a hint of shyness on his face when he looked at it.
"Are you Miss Xiaoyun? Thank you for saving my brother. The young man spoke, and his voice was very mellow.
"You're welcome." Facing the handsome guy, Yun Yao was also a little shy.
The young man in front of him looked like he was in his twenties, his skin was slightly dark, and the black cloth cotton jacket that had faded his body did not damage his handsome appearance at all. This type of man is called a walking hormone in modern times, and Yun Yao didn't even dare to go forward to talk to him before.
The two looked at each other inside and out, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
"Da Niu, come, quickly wash the wound, and my mother will cover it with grass and wood ashes for you." Aunt Osmanthus walked out of the kitchen with a basin of hot water. Hearing her say this, Yun Yao realized that the handsome guy in front of her was injured.
The wound was on the left shoulder, several layers of clothing were torn, and the cotton in the clothes was exposed, red with blood.
"I'm fine, I wasn't badly injured, I was just scratched by a wolf." The injury was on the shoulder, and if you wanted to clean the wound, you had to take off your clothes, Da Niu was embarrassed to be shirtless in front of Yun Yao, so he hurriedly took the basin and walked to the West House, "I'll go back to the room and wash it myself." ”
"Hey, that ......" Yun Yao hesitated, she really couldn't see others spoiling herself in front of her, so she pursed her lips and continued, "The wolf claws are very dirty, and if they are not cleaned up, they will become infected and inflamed." I've got some medicine here, I'll take care of it for you. ”
Hearing Yun Yao say that it would be inflamed, Aunt Osmanthus was also anxious. Da Niu is the pillar of the family, if he falls ill, the family will be finished.
"Son, sit down and listen to Xiaoyun." Aunt Osmanthus snatched the basin from his hand and pressed him on the stool and sat down.
"Untie your clothes." Treating Da Niu as a patient, Yun Yao's face suddenly became serious, she couldn't see anything shy or shy, and there was only seriousness in her eyes.
Da Niu stiffened for a moment, but still took off half of his sleeve with the help of Aunt Osmanthus.
Fortunately, it was winter, the cotton jacket was relatively thick, and the shoulder of the big cow was not seriously injured, but it was also scratched with three deep blood marks. He should have pressed it outside, and the blood was no longer flowing at this time, but the flesh looked terrible when it was turned over.
Yun Yao took out a piece of gauze and dipped it in water to help him wipe off the blood and dust around the wound, cleaned the debris in his wound, and then took out a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide.
"It's a little painful, bear with it." Yun Yao reminded him, and picked up the bottle to help him rinse the wound.
A layer of white foam emerged from the hydrogen peroxide on the skin and flesh, but the big cow didn't say a word, but the muscles on his body tightened. Yun Yao accidentally saw the bulging chest muscles, and felt a little dizzy.
But it's hypocritical to not go to work for a few days. She smiled self-deprecatingly, carefully dried the hydrogen peroxide with a cotton ball, opened a bag of iodophor gauze to help him apply it, covered it with a piece of clean gauze, and fixed it with adhesive tape, Yun Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, don't touch the water these days, avoid spicy and greasy food, and change the medicine again tomorrow."
The girl in front of her had a straight face, but the bottom of her hand was very gentle, and Da Niu suddenly felt that the place she had touched was a little itchy. Looking up, he looked at the serious face in front of him, although there was no expression on that face, it seemed to shine with a layer of holy light.
Da Niu lowered his eyes again and slowly pulled his clothes. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Yun Yao's face was a little red, and she hurriedly ran to the yard to pick up the big fish she caught, "Auntie, I caught a fish." ”
"Oh, you really caught a fish?" Aunt Osmanthus's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly stepped forward to take the fish, "I'll go cook the fish soup now." ”
Li Xin watched the two children in the house, Aunt Osmanthus went to the kitchen to kill fish, and there were only two people left in the hall, Yun Yao and Da Niu, Yun Yao was embarrassed to stare at the handsome guy, so she simply lowered her head and rubbed the red marks on her fingers that were strangled by the straw rope.
"I'm going to deal with the prey." The girl in front of her was cramped and uneasy, Da Niu looked down at her properly treated wound, and followed Aunt Osmanthus to the kitchen.
The girl was tall and thin, wrapped in a red coat, her face was only the size of a palm, and she had not eaten enough for a long time. How did Da Niu know that modern people regard thinness as beauty, and thought that Yun Yao was the same as them. Seeing the girl rubbing her fingers with her head down, a trace of pity suddenly rose in his heart.
Erniu's illness is cured, so there is no need to go to the town to see the doctor, and the chicken is stewed for everyone to replenish their bodies.
You're all gone, why am I going? Yun Yao stayed alone in the hall for a while, and hurriedly chased to the kitchen.