Chapter 18: Martin Felix Arrives
When Gong Jian arrived in the village, Martin Felix was about to go to work in the mine, and when he saw Gong Jian, he quickly pulled Gong Jian down to a place that he couldn't see, and then whispered: "Why did you come here during the day?" ”
Gong Jian looked around, then patted Martin Felix on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there is no one around, I need some daily tools, help me buy some back." As he spoke, Gong Jian took out $100 from his pocket.
Martin Felix saw Gong Jian take out the money, and hurriedly said: "A set of tools costs more than ten dollars a day, you wait for me to go to the village to buy you a set." After speaking, he took the money given by Gong Jian and walked towards the village, and after a while, he saw Martin Felix coming over with something wrapped in black cloth.
"It's a tool made by our best blacksmith, and it's a whole set of things, it costs $11, and the rest is here." After saying that, Martin Felix took out the rest of the money from his pocket.
Gong Jian didn't take the money, just picked up all the tools, and then said, "Put the money here for you, I won't bring it back, I'll leave first." After saying that, Gong Jian returned to the ledge with his arms.
With the tools, it was naturally a lot easier, Gong Jian began to transport the wood one by one from below to the place where he lived, seeing that it was almost noon, Gong Jian knew that he could not continue to work, so he immediately hid in the shade. In the morning, Gong Jian built a shed out of wood, and at least in the next month, if he wants to live better, he needs to renovate it.
At noon, Gong Jian ate a corn tortilla and then stewed some vegetables in his own cup, after eating and drinking, Gong Jian was ready to look for a water source, the area of the ledge here is very large, but there are not many places where grass grows, Gong Jian looked for it little by little, and suddenly the traces of the water flow on the ledge that had moved appeared in front of his eyes.
Immediately crouched down and saw the presence of moss at the lowest end of the ledge, indicating that there must be a water source nearby.
Following the traces, a small spring was constantly bubbling out, Gong Jian looked around, this spring was only a dozen meters away from the place where he lived, but it was in the opposite direction to the village where Martin Felix was. Gong Jian looked around and found that there were no signs of animals coming.
After checking whether the water quality can be used, Gong Jian is not worried at all, and there is no problem at all in living in this desert for a month. Gong Jian washed his face with water in his hand, and the refreshing feeling made Gong Jian feel that the fatigue of these days had disappeared.
Because of the tools Gong Jian also made in the fire where he slept, the smoke could also be vented outside, and there were many traps around to prevent the appearance of wild animals over time, and the only way from below to the place where Gong Jian lived had also been trapped, although these traps would not be fatal, but they would still hurt people.
A few days passed, Gong Jian saw that the food in the corner was getting less and less, he knew that he had to buy some more food, and after putting a raw leg of lamb on the fire, Gong Jian walked out of the house. Gong Jian would run around the ledge around him a few times a day, and then do some basic training, which had become a habit, so he would not feel uncomfortable.
As Gong Jian was running, he heard someone below calling his name in English, and then Gong Jian stopped running, and then walked in the direction of the shout, and walked into the dry woods below to see Martin Felix shouting.
"What's wrong, Martin?" Gong Jian shouted as he stood on the ledge.
Martin Felix saw Gong Jian standing on it and hurriedly said, "My wife Mike is injured, I want to borrow some money." ”
Gong Jian saw Martin Felix's appearance and knew that he was not lying, and hurriedly said, "You wait for me, I'll go back to the village with you." ”
Back at the place where he lived, Gong Jian took out the emergency kit that had been sorted out, then got dressed and ran to Martin Felix's side, and then said, "Take me with you, don't worry." ”
Martin Felix didn't say anything when he saw Gong Jian holding something in his hand, but ran home with Gong Jian, and many people in the village looked at Gong Jian with strange eyes, and when he came to the room, Gong Jian saw Martin Felix's wife Mike lying on the bed.
When Mike saw Gong Jian, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble." ”
"It's all friends, where are you hurt?" Gong Jian asked.
"I scratched my leg when I went to the mine," Mike said, lifting the sheet.
Gong Jian hurriedly put aside the emergency kit in his hand, and then said, "Martin, you don't need to go to the hospital for this, but I need to treat your wife's wounds." ”
"Really?" Martin Felix was pleasantly surprised and said that hospitals in the sub-Saharan region are very expensive, and ordinary families do not have the conditions to go to the hospital to see a doctor, and medicines and other things are expensive here.
"Really, but Mike you can't move lately, you can't go to the mine until the wound heals, and if it infects your leg, you won't be able to save it." Gong Jian said solemnly.
Mike nodded when he heard Gong Jian say this, and then Gong Jian opened the emergency kit, and then took out a local anesthetic and injected it into Mike's wound, Mike's wound was very long, 15 centimeters long, and it was very difficult to suture.
After cleaning the wound, Gong Jian asked: "Martin, I have two options here, the first is to use needles and threads to sew up the wound, which can be healed in about half a month, but there will be a clear scar on the leg, and the other is to use non-sewing tape, which can heal in about three weeks, and there is no obvious scar on the leg, what do you choose?" ”
Martin Felix thought for a moment and said, "Let's use seamless tape." ”
Gong Jian nodded and began to deal with Mike's wounds, it didn't take long to deal with them, Gong Jian put away the emergency kit and said, "It's all done, you are going to call me if you have something, I'll go back first." After saying that, Gong Jian left.
The people around looked at Gong Jian and said something to each other, Martin Felix looked at the people around him and said, "Don't talk about what you see today, do you know everything?" ”
"Got it, Chief." The people around him said together.
The chieftain has a very high status to a tribe or a clan, so no one will disobey what Martin Felix has said.
Soon everyone dispersed, Martin Felix closed the door, then walked to his wife and said, "We owe Gong Jian a favor this time." ”
Mike nodded and didn't say anything, Martin Felix knew that if anyone knew that they had medicine here, it would soon be looted by robbers and robbers, so he instructed: "Don't go out to show up recently, and when you are ready, you will go out later." ”
"I know I'm not going to joke with the lives of a hundred or so people in our village." Mike said, grabbing Martin Felix's hand.