As soon as it was dawn, Brother Zhen woke up. That night, he slept well because he washed his body and ate seven or eight small grilled fish, a delicacy he hadn't eaten for an unknown amount of time.

He looked around him, the fire had been extinguished, but the residual warmth was still there, so it was still warm in this "wall" made of branches and mud.

His gaze crossed the burning fire and saw Zheng Xiaojie. She curled up and seemed to be sleeping soundly. At first, he thought about whether to wake her up, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up. He got up and ran outside, took the coat and trousers he had hung there and put them on.

He decided to let Zheng Xiaojie sleep, Aunt Zheng Xiaojie has been taking care of him like this for the past few months, worrying about it. Now that the desert is in the way, he can't get over, and he has the idea of retreating. In this case, let Aunt Xiaojie sleep and wake up naturally!

He thought about it for a moment and began to look for suitable materials to weave a net. Soon, he found a lot of fine rattan and began to weave his net.

Anyway, he didn't know when Zheng Xiaojie would wake up, so he patiently began to weave a net pocket. Not to mention, it's a bit difficult. But it's okay, he doesn't know how much time it took, but he finally made it up, and he just wanted to show it off. Who knew that when he looked in, he saw Zheng Xiaojie inside who had changed positions and was still asleep!

"Then I'll just go catch some fish and call her when they're cooked!"

Thinking like this, Brother Zhen simply took the net bag and the kettle and walked towards the pond where the fish were caught yesterday. He took off his coat and went into the water to catch fish, not to mention, although the net pocket is not very well braided, but it is much better and less laborious than yesterday's pants.

When he caught the fish, he threw them directly to the shore, and the fish jumped on the grass, which gave him a sense of accomplishment and joy of harvest. After about half an hour, he had netted more than two dozen small fish, more than yesterday. Looking up at the sky, the sun was almost overhead, and it was almost noon.

He hurried up, put away the small fish that had been thrown on the shore and put them in his net, and hurried back with his coat and trousers and a jug full of water, picking up a lot of dry branches along the way. Soon, he lit a fire and grilled the fish, and all the small fish he caught were cooked.

He ate one, it tasted good, so he hurriedly called Zheng Xiaojie. Strangely, he called several times, but she didn't answer, so she hurriedly ran in.

When he saw this, he was terrified. Zheng Xiaojie's face was flushed, and she staggered to stand up, but sat down again. She gasped and said it was okay, but she couldn't stand up.

"What's the matter, Aunt Xiaojie?" Brother Zhen hurriedly rushed up, and he found that Zheng Xiaojie's state was wrong, so he hugged her. With this hug, he felt that Zheng Xiaojie was hot all over, obviously with a high fever.

"Oops!" Brother Zhen secretly complained, he hurriedly asked Zheng Xiaojie to lie down, ran outside to get a kettle full of water, and let Zheng Xiaojie drink, Zheng Xiaojie was so thirsty that she picked up the kettle and drank most of the pot in one go.

"How?" In addition to letting Zheng Xiaojie drink water, Brother Zhen was helpless.

"It's okay," Zheng Xiaojie took a breath and said, "Go find me some herbs to ......"

Brother Zhen was dumbfounded, he didn't recognize any herbs at all, how to find them? Zheng Xiaojie had no choice but to let Brother Zhen help herself to find it. Soon, she couldn't walk anymore, so she had to let Brother Zhen carry it. After going around in a big circle, I finally found some of them, mashed them with water and swallowed them.

"You can rest," Seeing that Brother Zhen was tired and sweating profusely, Zheng Xiaojie was a little distressed: "I'm fine!" ”

"Is it still burning?" Brother Zhen didn't dare to be careless, and he didn't shy away anymore and reached out and touched Zheng Xiaojie's forehead: "It's still hot!" ”

"It'll be back soon, don't worry!" Zheng Xiaojie smiled and comforted: "I'm a little hungry......"

Brother Zhen hurriedly ran out and brought the grilled fish for Zheng Xiaojie to eat. When Zheng Xiaojie was eating fish, he took the empty kettle and filled it in the pond, and then carried the kettle on his back and began to look for herbs.

When he was looking for herbs behind Zheng Xiaojie's back just now, he finally knew which herbs to find.

"Are you feeling better?" Brother Zhen came back after looking for herbs, and saw that Zheng Xiaojie was more energetic than before, and was very happy: "Do you want to eat some more herbs?" ”

"You're looking for herbs?" Zheng Xiaojie was very surprised, she looked at the herbs that Brother Zhen found, and they were basically right: "You are so smart, you can recognize it once you look for it!" ”

"That's what my mom taught you, too?" Brother Zhen asked with a smile.

"Indeed!" Zheng Xiaojie also replied with a smile: "I'll teach you now." ”

"Okay!" Seeing that Zheng Xiaojie was much better, Brother Zhen was relieved. He is very happy, all along, it is Zheng Xiaojie who takes care of him, which makes him always feel very sorry. is such a big person, and he always has to be taken care of by Zheng Xiaojie, which makes him feel a lot of burden. Unexpectedly, Zheng Xiaojie's illness gave him a chance to reduce his psychological burden: "I'll catch some fish again!" ”

Brother Zhen came to the pond again and began to catch fish, and was busy until it was late. This time, he really gained a lot. Counting, about sixty small fish were caught.

He returned to the station in high spirits and saw Zheng Xiaojie sleeping again. It didn't hurt to sleep more when he was sick, and he didn't want to quarrel with her, so he stayed away, lit a fire and started grilling fish again. After the fish was baked, he went in to wake up Zheng Xiaojie.

Zheng Xiaojie saw this large pile of fish and knew that Brother Zhen must have been busy all afternoon.

"Thank you!" She was very moved, Brother Zhen usually doesn't seem to be very sensible, but this time she was sick, but she didn't expect Brother Zhen to grow up all of a sudden: "You eat more by yourself!" ”

"I've eaten a lot!" Brother Zhen said, "You are sick and need to eat more." ”

"How can I eat so much?" Zheng Xiaojie smiled: "If you can't finish eating, let's eat it tomorrow, the weather is not hot, and it won't be bad tomorrow." ”

Brother Zhen obeyed the order, found some clean hay, put the leftover fish on and hung it on the branches. It's already autumn, the sun goes down, the climate quickly cools down, and the evening breeze blows a little cold. Brother Zhen went outside to find a lot of dry branches and burned the fire vigorously. Zheng Xiaojie felt that she was better, so she wanted to help, but Brother Zhen didn't let her.

"It's okay now, it's warm enough," Brother Zhen said, "Aunt Xiaojie, you can continue to sleep!" ”

"Silly boy, I've slept all day, and still sleep?" Zheng Xiaojie smiled: "You've been busy for a day, you can sleep, I'll sit for a while, and then sleep when I'm sleepy." ”

After getting up early and being busy all day, Brother Zhen is indeed a little tired. He fell asleep upside down and soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long he slept, but he suddenly heard a humming sound in a daze. By the light of the fire, he saw Zheng Xiaojie sweating all over her body, and she was shivering there constantly. She had taken off her coat and her clothes were soaked with sweat.

"What's wrong?" Brother Zhen jumped up and hurriedly hugged Zheng Xiaojie, and found that she was hot.

"Hot ...... Uncomfortable......" Zheng Xiaojie trembled, and couldn't even speak properly: "Water ......"

Brother Zhen hurriedly picked up the kettle, grabbed Zheng Xiaojie's hair and asked her to raise her neck to give her water, then poured all the rest of the water on her, and hurriedly ran out with the kettle, running to the pond in the dark......

After a period of busyness, Zheng Xiaojie finally calmed down and felt better. She didn't expect that it seemed to be better during the day, but it was better at night. For a while, she felt hot and dry, as if she was in an oven. Brother Zhen ran back and forth several times in a row, pouring water on her to cool her down, and this sudden heat was finally suppressed.

She didn't know whether it was water or sweat, she was soaking wet, and her clothes were clinging to her skin.

Brother Zhen's head was big: "What kind of disease are you?" ”

"It may be malaria ......" After a sound of Suosuo, Zheng Xiaojie said softly.

"Why is this disease so terrible?" Brother Zhen turned around, and Zheng Xiaojie had already put on her coat and pants. Brother Zhen picked up her changed clothes, and handed her the kettle for her to drink: "Drink more, I'll fill it again immediately." ”

He ran to the pond and washed Zheng Xiaojie's sweat-soaked clothes. He filled the kettle again. He looked around the pond and wondered if he should move the camp closer to the pond.

Although the place where they slept was only 500 meters from the pond, they only had a kettle that could only hold one kilogram of water, and he had to run back and forth for 500 meters, which really exhausted him.

"Aunt Xiaojie, let's get closer to the pond tomorrow!" Back to Zheng Xiaojie, he said.

"Okay!" Zheng Xiaojie said. Seeing Brother Zhen running back and forth to fetch water, Zheng Xiaojie also felt distressed. She knew that her illness would probably not be able to recover in one or two days, and she had to plan to stay for a few days: "Tomorrow we will move over there, now you hurry up and rest!" ”

"Okay!" Brother Zhen said.

Although he agreed, Brother Zhen didn't dare to sleep anymore. He leaned against a low wall made of branches and mud, reclining, his eyes seemed to be sleeping, and he always paid attention to Zheng Xiaojie. I don't know how long it took for him to get tired after all, and he began to get confused...... In a daze, he heard Zheng Xiaojie calling him.

As soon as he was excited, he immediately opened his eyes. He saw Zheng Xiaojie curled up by the fire, almost throwing herself into the fire. He hurriedly hugged her: "What's the matter......"

"Cold ......" Zheng Xiaojie was groggy and desperate to throw herself into the fire, and the fire almost set her clothes on fire!

Brother Zhen hurriedly ran over, he took off his coat and wrapped her body. However, Zheng Xiaojie was still trembling. Although the weather was not cold, Zheng Xiaojie seemed to be in an ice cellar, trembling all over.

Brother Zhen thought about it, he couldn't think of any other way, he picked up Zheng Xiaojie, who was trembling, tightly in his arms, and warmed her with his body temperature...... After an unknown time, gradually, he felt that Zheng Xiaojie's trembling slowly subsided......

But that's not all. After a while, Zheng Xiaojie under him began to shout heat again, desperately trying to push him away. Her body began to burn again, and she couldn't help but take off her clothes. Brother Zhen was helpless, he simply picked up Zheng Xiaojie's hot body and stumbled towards the pond......