Chapter 37: Digging a Pit

The days of recuperation were very leisurely, but this was also based on the premise that Liu Qing had stored enough food in the early stage, otherwise he might starve to death. There are not many fruit reserves, two per person and one tiger a day, and after eating for five days, the meat is fine, and there is still half of the wall after eating for five days.

These five days are basically eating, resting, basking in the sun, going around the door, and of course, the most important thing is to play with Xiao Wu. These days, the happiest person is Xiao Wu, who eats and drinks, and Liu Qing plays with him every day. And it runs and jumps every day, and from time to time it digs with its paws, so that it does not look like a tiger, but like a wild boar.

In addition, Liu Qing is also constantly trying to move the injured left arm, the injury on his back has already scabbed, and he will always feel itchy, Liu Qing knows that this should be the wound is healing. It's okay to raise and put down the left arm or something, but the wrist movement is somewhat restricted, and the other fingers can only move the thumb and index finger, and the other fingers can move a little and pull the entire left arm to hurt, but only the middle finger can't even move at all, and it feels like the connection with the brain has been broken.

Liu Qing still felt strange, when he changed the magazine, he indicated that he could move, but now he can't move no matter how he moves? Maybe he didn't realize the pain when he was in a hurry, right? The middle finger of his left hand has always maintained a slightly bent natural posture, and he usually doesn't see anything strange, but once he clenches his fist or straightens his fingers, he can clearly feel the difference.

It should be fine after a while. Liu Qing comforted himself so much in his heart. In order to prevent the wound from becoming inflamed, he deliberately boiled water and untied the bandage, and the wound had formed a thick blood scab, which seemed to be much better, hard to the touch, and painful with a little force. He was still a little worried, and he didn't know if he would get rabies if he was bitten by this wolf, but there was no way, the conditions were too limited, and he didn't even have a needle, let alone a vaccine.

The hemostatic cotton lump and the blood scab were connected together, he didn't dare to remove it hard, but simply cleaned the wound site, the water temperature was a little hot, and the blood scab stained with hot water actually showed signs of softening, but Liu Qing was startled, if the wound was dissolved now, wouldn't it be a lot of blood, so he quickly dried it with clothes. Fortunately, the cotton piece was not wet, if the cotton piece was wet, it should be removed, otherwise the moisture will be enough to breed bacteria, which is not conducive to injury recovery.

When he was about to bandage it again, he suddenly thought of one thing, when he was a child in his hometown, if he was bitten by a dog, he would cut a pinch of dog hair, burn it to ashes, and press it on the wound, saying that it could prevent rabies. Now Liu Qingke has nothing, thinking of this, I feel that no matter whether it is useful or not, it is better to give it a try, anyway, it is better than doing nothing.

There was a piece in the wolf's skin hole, and he cut a small handful of wolf hair with a dagger, clamped it with two long branches, and put it on the fire to burn it. Soon this handful of wolf hair turned into a pile of black ashes, Liu Qing put it on a clean leaf, slightly uncovered the cotton piece, and immediately the torn wound and blood flowed out.

Fortunately, the torn wound was not big, and some hair ash was twisted and sprinkled on the wound, and the hair ash pinched into dry powder was quickly soaked with fresh blood, but Liu Qing had no other feeling except pain. Xiao Wu watched curiously on the side, unable to understand what Liu Qing was doing, but it was still so well-behaved, as long as Liu Qing was working, it would never bother.

The wolf hair ash was also burned and dressed, and the wound was re-bandaged, looking at the re-wrapped wound, Liu Qing didn't know whether the hair ash was useless or not, even if it was psychological comfort!

After cooking some broth, he shared it with Xiao Wu, looking at Xiao Wu's gobbling up, Liu Qing suddenly felt a little funny, will this little guy not eat raw meat in the future? After all, for human beings, eating raw meat is a last resort, and animals that are used to eating raw meat will definitely feel delicious when they suddenly eat cooked meat. Now feed it cooked meat every day, and its appetite will be raised.

Xiao Wucai didn't care so much, he just swallowed the meat pieces in his own gulps, and licked two mouthfuls of soup from time to time, and the broth with salt was added, which was called a strong fragrance. Liu Qing has to drink a big pot every time, and every day the faucet pot burns a big pot, and he can eat two or three meals. He's recovering from his injury now, so he does need to eat more.

The days passed, and more than twenty days passed, and there were fewer and fewer pieces of meat hanging on the walls of the cave. When Liu Qing felt that it was more convenient for his left hand to move, he found that there seemed to be a real problem with the middle finger of his left hand, and other fingers could move freely, but the middle finger of his left hand was still like that, naturally bent, neither straight nor curled.

This can make Liu Qing anxious, in this way, it will cause great inconvenience to his future life, after all, if you hold something, the role of the middle finger is definitely very large, in addition to the thumb, the middle finger can be regarded as the most powerful finger.

For the next few days, he kept kneading the middle finger of his left hand, trying to bring it back to consciousness. It's a pity that no matter how hard he tried, that finger was still like that, and there was no reaction. However, Liu Qing did not give up, and every day from time to time he had to pinch, bend and straighten, and he did this for three days before he finally had some results, and his middle finger could be moved.

Liu Qing was excited and excited, but soon realized that something was wrong, the middle finger was only able to move now, and he didn't have any strength at all. After working hard for several days, it was not in vain to achieve such a result, as for whether it can be used to make it stronger, let's slowly figure out a way in the future.

There is another problem at the moment, the big problem, that is, its water is gone, in fact, three days ago, there was only half a pipe of water left, and Liu Qing didn't dare to drink the broth extravagantly anymore these days. Every time, just grill some meat, although the pieces of meat have been roasted dry, and when you put it on again, the fat will still be grilled, and the whole piece of meat will become bright, and the grilled meat will be sprinkled with some salt, and it will taste unique. As for the half-pipe of water, I only boiled one jar on the outside of the kettle every time, and drank it when I was thirsty.

But now that he didn't even have the last half of the pipe of water, he had to fetch water, and fortunately it was now, if it had been a few days earlier, his left hand would not have been able to move, and it would have been too dangerous to fetch water.

According to the days, tomorrow is the day when the dinosaurs are infested, Liu Qing packed his things early in the morning, the guns and ammunition were packed in the satchel, and the empty magazine that he replaced at the beginning had already been collected by him, two full magazines, the sapper shovel was pinned behind his waist, and ten water storage pipes were hung with vines on his body. When you're ready, it's time to head out to get water.

After not going out for nearly a month, Liu Qing walked on the mountain road again, and everything around him was both familiar and unfamiliar. This road has become a path like a "beast road" because he often walks.

The huge primeval forest appeared in front of Liu Qing's eyes again, no matter how many times he saw it, every time he saw a primeval forest of this scale, it always made Liu Qing feel a deep shock. It's just a pity that Liu Qing feels that such a big tree doesn't bear fruit, otherwise, how much fruit would it have to bear!

Come to think of it, in the past, those fruit trees were rarely particularly tall, but other non-fruiting trees were often extremely tall. As you walk, you can enjoy this rare beauty.

Walking to the creek, he originally wanted to catch another fish, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it, and said that his hand is not convenient now, even if his left hand is almost good, the weight of so many water storage pipes is almost to the limit of his physical capacity, plus a big fish, it will definitely not be able to take away.

The pipes were filled with water, plugged with wooden plugs, and retied with vines. I was covered with water storage pipes, and I had just walked a few dozen meters, and suddenly I remembered that I had to pick some fruits. Although he didn't know what this fruit was, he knew that fruits were generally rich in vitamins, and vitamin C was precisely what speeds up metabolism and promotes wound healing.

He had already picked a lot of the fruit before, and this time he planned to change places. There are many giant trees in this primeval forest, there are many vines, and there are many other kinds of fruits, but Liu Qing doesn't dare to eat them rashly, after all, he doesn't know whether it is poisonous or not.

Putting down the water storage pipe and going in one direction is also a trick. In an unknown place, if you want to go far without getting lost, the first thing is to identify a direction, and then to make a mark. Liu Qing was walking forward, marking the road with sapper shovels, and at the same time constantly observing the surroundings, not only to defend against danger, but also to find out if there was any kind of fruit that he was familiar with.

After walking about four or five hundred meters, Liu Qing really saw the same kind of fruit as he usually ate. Liu Qing smiled and walked under the huge tree entangled with vines, this vine was thicker than the previous one, with cracks in the skin, but it was covered with various bryophytes, which looked both historical and vibrant.

And it bears a lot of fruit, far more than the previous one, and it is larger, with green skin, and pale red and red skin. Liu Qing, who has eaten many of these fruits, knows very well that the green ones are not yet ripe, the taste is relatively light, slightly astringent, and the light red ones are sweet and sour, similar to a certain fruit juice drink he has drunk, and the red ripe fruits are very sweet, much sweeter than grapes.

Because this vine has basically not been picked, it is located in a low place, and there is no need to climb a tree, and it is quickly filled with a satchel. When he turned around to leave, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some movement in the upper right, and Liu Qing instantly entered a combat state. He shrunk behind a tall grass, keeping his eyes on the upper right.

But there was nothing on it, only a few leaves of vines still shaking. "What's it?" Liu Qing muttered as he stared up.

Then he saw a bird with wings fly up from the vine that was wrapped around the giant tree, causing several vine leaves to sway.

"Bird! It's a bird!" Liu Qing wondered.

It didn't fly fast, but the light in the forest was too dim, and I still didn't see it clearly, just a gray shadow, and when it turned around, it flew behind a big tree and disappeared. It's huge!

Liu Qing has always been puzzled, because he has not seen a bird until now, and now he finally saw a bird. I don't know why, he was excited, a bird who didn't even know what it looked like, but he was very excited. It's just that he still wonders why these birds can't be seen in the mountains and forests? Maybe it's because there are so few birds? Maybe!

Confirming that there was no danger, Liu Qing turned around and followed the marked mark back to the original path, picked up a large pile of water storage pipes, and returned to the cave with heavy steps.