Chapter 18 Let's get some color
"Don't be nervous, it's thunder. Gao Mei saw Liu Yi's worry.
After explaining, he turned his head to look in the direction where the thunder sounded.
Another string of thunder sounded in his ears, and he felt a faint hint of coolness in the hot wind in the forest, and Gao Mei's face became grim.
"We need to find shelter from the rain, the rain is coming!"
"Heavy rain?"
"Yes, hurry up!"
Feeling the coolness in the air getting heavier and heavier, Gao Mei became more and more nervous. simply stood up with a cane and searched for a high place with Liu Yi.
The ideal place to shelter from the rain is naturally a tree hole or a cave.
But although the forest in front of him is dense, there are few thick trees, let alone a tree hole that can accommodate people to shelter from the rain.
As for the cave, after the two of them moved to a higher place, Gao Mei only briefly glanced at the rocks of the fruit dew and judged that it was basically impossible for such a mountain to form a cave.
"What should I do?" Liu Yi listened to a burst of thunder, feeling the cold wind, helpless.
"Build a canopy!" Gao Mei had already drawn her saber as she spoke.
Click~Boom......
A burst of thunder sounded in my ears, signaling that a rainstorm was approaching.
Liu Yi watched Gao Mei walk to a few trees with suitable spacing, picked up his saber and cut it, and hurriedly walked over.
The mouth said, "I'm coming!"
"Don't waste time, you look for vines, you have to be tough! There are broad-leaved shrubs!" Gao Mei pushed Liu Yi.
"Okay!" Liu Yi realized that now was not the time for him to do his best.
Only by working together can we buy time to put up the canopy as soon as possible.
The bean-sized raindrops finally fell, but fortunately it wasn't dense for the time being.
Liu Yi cut a bunch of vines and wrapped them around him, and when he ran back with two hands dragging the broad-leaved shrubs cut down around, Gao Mei had already cut down four trees that were distributed in irregular squares.
The trunk is not high, and the two trunks facing the wind are shorter, only a little more than a meter. It is slightly higher downwind, about one and a half meters.
Liu Yi saw that Gao Mei was struggling to chop the branches on the canopy, and then cut off the long and suitable wooden strips, and wanted to go over to help.
Before he could make a move, Gao Mei pointed to two bulges on the mountain and at the bottom of the mountain.
He shouted, "Go, open those two places, dig as much as you can!"
"......" Liu Yi didn't understand what Gao Mei meant at all.
Gao Mei's face was very anxious, and she pointed to the two bulges and shouted: "Reservoir water! It will flood the camp!"
"Oh!oh~" Liu Yi suddenly realized, and rushed to the gentle slope with a dagger.
When waving the dagger to excavate, I couldn't help but admire Gao Mei's experience in my heart.
The bulge he dug that affected the drainage, although it looked like a small breakthrough, was actually made of humus and dead branches and leaves.
When the water is not strong, it can stop the rainwater flowing through, but if there is too much, it will definitely be washed away.
And once it is washed away, the accumulated rainwater will inevitably rush to the location of the rain shelter.
Where the protrusions were opened, and along the direction of the high slope, a diversion ditch was dug out, and the rain had begun to increase.
Not only did the raindrops become dense, but hailstones the size of a little finger were mixed in with the raindrops, crackling and falling down.
Liu Yi saw that Gao Mei had already built a rough picture of the rainproof shelter, so this time he didn't need to say hello, and began to dig drainage ditches around the rainproof shelter. Then pad the excavated soil to the surface of the water to prevent the water from rushing into the canopy from below.
Gao Mei finally set up the canopy, but the roof was not dense enough, and raindrops and Xiaoice hail continued to fall along the gaps.
This will definitely not work, this level of rain cannot be prevented, let alone the time when the rainstorm really hits.
"Chop down some more branches and large broad leaves!"
"Good!"
After Liu Yi responded, he began to frantically cut down all the branches and broad-leaved shrubs around him that could be cut off......
The hailstones were getting bigger and bigger, and the sky was getting darker.
Finally, after a series of deafening thunder, the dazzling lightning slid through the sky above Liu Yi's head.
The pouring rain was mixed with hail the size of a pigeon's egg, slanting down in the blink of an eye.
Liu Yi and Gao Mei were almost next to each other, huddled in the emergency rain shelter with their knees crossed, listening to the thunder and rain outside, each thinking about their own thoughts.
When the rain poured down, it was a little brighter, but it didn't take long for it to dim again.
Night, again......
The left side of Liu Yi's body was cold, and the right side was slightly better because it was next to Gao Mei.
Feeling the body temperature of the people around him along the place of contact, little by little into his body, Liu Yi wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth a few times, he didn't find a suitable topic.
Gradually, Liu Yi felt Gao Mei begin to shiver slightly, and knew in his heart that she must be very cold now.
took out the water filter cup that had been covered for a long time from his arms, and gently touched Gao Mei's elbow: "Drink some water and eat some dry food." ”
"No... No, you ...... Let's eat......" Gao Mei's voice was not only weak, but also the gums were constantly making a "bang" sound.
"You're burning again?"
Liu Yi became nervous, no longer shy away from anything, and raised his hand to test Gao Mei's body temperature...... The forehead is scary.
Looking down at the wound on her right leg, the bandage was completely soaked.
Liu Yi hurriedly took off his damp military uniform and put it on Gao Mei, and then reached out to untie the bandage on her leg.
Gao Mei wanted to stop Liu Yi's movements, but hesitated for a moment and finally didn't make a sound. Just pursed her lips and watched him untie the bandage.
Before he saw the wound, Liu Yi's heart was tight.
He noticed that there was not much fresh blood on the bandage, but only a thick tissue fluid.
This is a sign that healing is not good and is going to become inflamed.
The wound was finally exposed to the air, and carefully removing the herbs attached to it, Liu Yi's heart sank more and more.
The wound is turned outward, not deep but very long, and the deep muscle tissue can be faintly seen. There was no blood oozing, and it was grayish-white overall.
The surrounding skin tissue is swollen and has a faint bluish purple tinge under the skin.
This is a symptom of insufficient blood and slight inflammation of the wound.
This kind of injury is not a big problem if it is changed to ordinary times. After removing the necrotic tissue, suturing and dressing with medicine, rest and rest is sufficient.
But in the current situation, let alone suturing with medicine, I can't even find a clean dressing or bandage.
If it continues to develop, it will inevitably become inflamed and infected, and if it is not controlled in time, once the inflammation spreads, it will even have to be amputated or even life-threatening.
Liu Yi was helpless......
glanced at Gao Mei's gloomy expression, barely squeezed out some smiles, and whispered, "Don't worry, it's definitely fine." ”
Although Liu Yi's expression was stiff, and there was no confidence in his voice, Gao Mei still nodded.
Liu Yi didn't dare to look at her, and subconsciously looked away. Then...... His eyes froze, and a smile of surprise appeared on his face.
Gao Mei was strange for a while, and when she subconsciously followed his line of sight, Liu Yi had already stretched out her hand.
When Gao Mei built a canopy in front of him, he carefully lifted a dandelion in one of the footprints he stepped on......