Chapter 88 Empty Village
Under the light, the silver bracelet sparkled. It was as thick as a little finger and probably weighed more than ten taels.
Shen Xianglan returned the bracelet, and Wei Qinnan knelt down in the snow with a plop.
Shen Xianglan: "Hey, hurry up! Put this away..."
Wei Qiniang's tears fell, "This bracelet was brought back by my dead husband, you can accept it without worry. I know the medicine is expensive, but I... this is the only valuable thing I have."
Shen Xianglan: "Get up quickly. If you get sick again, what will happen to your daughter? I'll go get the medicine. Wait a moment." After saying that, Shen Xianglan put down the straw mat, closed the car window, and went to look for the medical box.
Cuihe put on her clothes and said she would go along to help.
Old Lady Wang stood up and knocked on the roof of the car and shouted, "What are you doing here, little girl? The eldest daughter-in-law! The second daughter-in-law! The third daughter-in-law! Hurry up! Go with your brother and sister-in-law!"
There was a rustling sound from the tent on the roof, and Lu responded, "Okay! Mom!"
Five women holding flashlights walked towards the yard on the right.
As soon as I entered the room, I was hit by the heat and felt a little suffocated...
Shen Xianglan pulled back the quilt and put the thermometer under Daya's armpit. She touched Daya's forehead, then reached into the quilt and touched Daya's body and feet.
Shen Xianglan: "Her forehead and body are burning hot, but her feet are cold. Her temperature is still rising. Take her temperature first, then give her medicine."
Feng: "How hot is the body still quantifiable?"
Lu: "I know the energy, size and width of the field. Can I also measure the cold and heat?"
While taking people's temperatures, Shen Xianglan taught them how to take their temperatures and how to read a thermometer.
36度到37.3度是正常体温，超过37.3度是发热，体温在37.3~38c之间是低热。
A body temperature between 38.1 and 39 degrees Celsius is a moderate fever. This temperature can be used to observe the patient's condition, mental state, and appetite. You can first wipe the body with warm water to cool it down. If the temperature does not drop, use antipyretics.
A body temperature between 39.1 and 41°C is considered a high fever and requires antipyretics, warm water to cool the body, and drinking plenty of warm water.
A body temperature over 41°C is considered a high fever and is very dangerous.
Other people who were sleeping in the room would also listen when they woke up. Although they didn't understand much of what they heard, they tried to remember some of it.
Shen Xianglan estimated that the time was about right, so she pulled back the quilt, took out the thermometer from her armpit, turned on the flashlight and took a look: 38.7 degrees.
"Daya's temperature is 38.7 degrees, which is quite high, but I feel her feet are very cold, so the temperature needs to rise. Go get some hot water and let her soak her feet to warm them up."
Shen Xianglan took out an antipyretic pill and handed it to Wei Qiniang. "This is an antipyretic pill, let her take it. Wait for half an hour or half an hour for the medicine to take effect, then measure her temperature to see how she is doing. Feed her more warm water, feel her feet to see if they are cold, and cover them if they are."
Shen Xianglan thought about it and decided... She should go back to sleep after the fever subsided. It was almost dawn anyway. These mother and daughter were really pitiful.
The four sisters-in-law dozed off while sitting around the fire. Shen Xianglan woke up half an hour later to take Daya's temperature and check on her condition. Wei Qiniang was busy around the child, feeding her water, soaking her feet in hot water, covering her feet with a heated towel, and wiping her sweat.
As the sky gradually brightened, Daya's fever finally subsided and she fell into a deep sleep.
Wei Qinnan looked tired and thanked Shen Xianglan and several aunts with red eyes.
The four sisters-in-law walked towards the RV with unsteady steps. Shen Xianglan decided to sleep until noon, as she was afraid that she would not be able to sleep at night if she slept too much.
It was dawn and the uninjured people left their not-so-warm beds.
The snow outside has stopped. The roofs, roads, mountains, trees... are all covered in white, and the snow is exceptionally beautiful.
Lin Li was organizing 40 uninjured young men to go to the village with their weapons to check out what was going on.
Lin Youcai brought a homemade spear and a wooden stick with a sharp dagger tied to it, thinking that the longer the inch, the stronger it was.
I also took a strong flashlight. Although it was daytime, the houses of ordinary people in this era were not high and it was very dark inside. I brought a flashlight just in case so that I could see clearly what was going on inside the house.
Everyone went to knock on the doors one by one. More than ten households came, but without exception, there was no one inside.
There was no corpse in the house, and even less valuables. But every house had some broken pottery jars, crooked stools, firewood, spider webs, and thick dust.
The houses and walls were made of mud, rocks and pebbles, and only two of the houses had tiled roofs, while the rest were thatched. The houses and walls were in a dilapidated state, and it looked like no one had lived there for a long time.
Every household has a yard. Although the walls are very original, they are built very high.
The courtyards in the village are built densely, one next to the other. Some courtyards have houses in front of and behind the houses. There are more than 20 households in the village. It is a small village near the mountain.
The crowd came to the last two houses at the end of the village, which were closer to the foot of the mountain.
Dahei and Huzi followed their owner, sniffing here and looking there.
After checking from the beginning to the end of the village, no problems were found in the entire village. Everyone can stay here temporarily and continue their journey when the weather gets better.
After visiting the last two houses, you can go back to have breakfast, clean the snow off the roof, and tidy up the house. There are many trees nearby, so you can go up the mountain to chop more firewood and store some to keep out the cold. There is no end to the things to do, no end to the work.
“Woo woo woo.. Woof woof woof!!!”
“Woof woof woof!!! Woof woof woof!!!”
The two dogs suddenly became manic, staring at the last family with fierce eyes, baring their teeth and barking wildly.
It walked restlessly beside its owner, then took a few steps forward barking, then backed up to its owner's feet, looking restless.
Everyone instantly tensed up, clenched their weapons, and stared at that house.
The wooden gate of the yard was closed on one side and open on the other, and there was no trace of snow in front of the gate.
Everyone looked at each other. It had just snowed heavily and it was freezing cold, so many people needed to lie down and recuperate. They had nowhere to stay, and they had finally found an empty village, so they would never give up easily.
Butcher Zhao raised his knife and said, "How can there be ghosts in broad daylight? Why should we be afraid? There are so many of us. Let's go and take a look!"
Butcher Zhao walked forward first, and the two dogs followed beside him, walking forward vigilantly and making low growls from time to time.
Everyone walked on the snow, making a creaking sound. The things in the house must have heard the noise outside and started to stir restlessly.
Everyone walked to the other side of the courtyard wall, climbed up the wall using a human ladder, and looked into the yard.
Lin Youcai blurted out "I..."