nucmednet Chapter 289 The best choice
Chapter 289 The best choice
They walked for more than an hour in the snow. The sky was still pitch black, and there was no lighting. They could only vaguely see some large objects.
Lin Cai was too exhausted to walk any further, and Gu Ershi wasn't much better off. They found a haystack, pressed down the grass on top, and then sat down on it.
Luo Shiren and the child were also placed on it. As soon as Luo Shiren was put down, he climbed over to see the child.
He reached out and touched the child's body, and was surprised to find that the fever had subsided. He looked up in astonishment and asked, "Miss Lin, has the child gotten better?"
"Yes, it has indeed improved, but we can't be careless now. But there's nothing I can do right now, so we can only wait until dawn."
Upon hearing this, Luo Shiren was anxious, but he also knew that there was no way to treat the child in this desolate place.
Otherwise, this child's illness wouldn't have dragged on for so long!
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I'm useless. If I were even a little bit more useful, this child probably wouldn't have to suffer like this!"
"Dean Luo, you can't say that. The fact that you can keep this child with you is already a life-saving act."
"What's this? Even though I keep him by my side, I can't cure his illness. If I weren't so useless and couldn't find the medicine, he wouldn't be in this state..."
As Gu Ershi listened to what Luo Shiren was saying, he suddenly touched the cloth bag hanging from his belt.
"Um... if you could find the medicinal herbs, could you treat this child?"
"Of course. Although I am a scholar, my wife is a renowned doctor, and I have learned from her."
Upon hearing this, Gu Ershi fumbled for his belt and then took off the cloth bag attached to it.
Then, in the darkness, she handed it to Luo Shiren. Lin Cai saw this but did not stop her, or rather, she had already guessed it when Gu Ershi asked her question.
But she didn't stop Gu Ershi and let him finish asking his question.
Upon hearing what Gu Ershi said, Luo Shiren was overjoyed. He groped around in the dark and when he finally found the bag Gu Ershi handed him, his pale old face beamed with joy.
He took the bag, and before he could even sit up, he lay down on the ground and opened it to smell it.
The smell of medicine was strong and the place was very messy. At this moment, Lin Cai asked, "Are all these medicinal herbs still usable?"
"Where did you get these medicinal herbs? Why are they in such a big bag?"
"Of course we picked them up, otherwise how could there be such a big bag of them!"
Luo Shiren heard that the medicine was found, so he didn't say anything. Then he put his nose close to the bag and smelled it again. Then he heard him say, "These medicines can no longer be used."
He had barely finished speaking when Gu Ershi's angry voice came through: "How do you know it was found? Are you disgusted by its dirtiness?"
"Let me tell you, these days, you're lucky if you can find even a little bit of stuff in the shops, and you're still complaining."
Upon hearing this, Luo Shiren hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head in the darkness: "It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, Brother Gu, you've misunderstood!"
“I said we can’t use them, not because these herbs were found, but because all of them have different medicinal properties.”
"Different medicinal herbs should be stored separately, but now they are stored together and have become damp, causing the herbs inside to become soggy."
"If the medicinal herbs that have become moistened are simply placed in a bag, their medicinal properties will mix with each other. If there are poisonous herbs in the bag, then the non-poisonous herbs will become poisonous..."
"...That's why I said we can't use it. Also, there are interactions between medicinal herbs, and even two non-toxic herbs can become toxic when put together."
Gu Ershi had no idea about any of this; he thought that Luo Shiren had found the medicine because he disliked it.
After Luo Shiren's explanation, he understood and immediately asked, "Then none of these can be used?"
"It's not impossible, but you need to separate them all and then let them dry. That will do."
When Lin Cai heard that this was the reason, she felt a pang of regret. She knew these things, but she hadn't thought of them at the time!
Even if I remembered them then, I probably wouldn't have the time to separate them all.
With no medicinal herbs available, Luo Shiren had no choice but to give up. Besides, they had nothing here, so even if they had medicinal herbs, they couldn't brew them into medicine.
As dawn approached, Lin Cai secretly gave the child some fever-reducing medicine before leaving the place.
They rested outside for a night, their hands and feet numb with cold. As soon as it was light in the morning, the three of them set off with the child.
On the other side, Big Grey led Lin Bao and the others through the darkness, stumbling along all night. Before dawn, the others were exhausted, but they all knew they couldn't stop now.
Once they stop, they face either freezing to death or being captured and starved to death, neither of which they want.
Those who could no longer walk supported each other, relying on their willpower to slowly keep up with their companions until dawn. Just when they thought they could stop and rest for a while...
Lin Bao then told them, "Alright, it's already dawn, and we're far from that bandit's den."
"I've brought you here. What happens next, where you go or what you do, is none of my business."
After he finished speaking, he led Big Gray back the way he came. The people behind him wanted to follow him, but when they saw that he was going back, they hesitated.
Only that living mapman saw that Lin Bao was going to return the way he came and immediately ran over: "Brother Lin, if you're going to go back the way you came, then take me with you, I can show you the way."
Lin Bao stopped and looked at him: "You're not going with them, you're coming with me?"
"Let me tell you, I'm going back the way I came. If we get caught, neither of us will be able to escape."
"It's okay, I'm not afraid. Besides, if I don't want to, none of them should be able to outrun me."
Every path over there was in his mind; even with his eyes closed, he could clearly know which one to take.
Therefore, bringing him along will definitely not be a loss and is the best choice.
Seeing the living map follow along, those who had been itching to go wanted to follow too, but they were all limp and exhausted, hungry and weak, and would only be a burden to the others if they followed.