The burr stuck into Zhuo Ye's hand, just like it stuck into Feng Linche's heart, making his heart clench in pain...
Feng Lince's hands trembled slightly, and he carefully pulled out the small burrs on Zhuo Ye's palm. However, the small thorns were too small. He didn't control the strength well. There were several small thorns, but they were pushed deeper into the flesh.
Already...
"Hiss——!" Zhuo Ye couldn't help but sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Did it hurt you? Ye'er, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Feng Lince's eyes were filled with tears, but he tried to hold back the tears. He felt even more guilty and distressed beyond measure!
Zhuo Ye smiled and shook his head: "Fortunately, it doesn't hurt very much..."
"How could it not hurt..." Feng Linche was helpless with Zhuo Ye's injured hand and regretted...
"Don't worry, I have a way to get all the thorns out." Zhuo Ye said softly.
"Seriously?" Feng Lince raised his head and asked.
Zhuo Ye nodded seriously and said: "Yes! Really, you have to believe me! But, how about we eat first? Now I am drunk, hungry, tired, and have no strength..."
"Okay!" Feng Lince picked up the small half piece of cactus that fell on his clothes, wiped the sand on it, and handed it to Zhuo Ye's lips.
"You have to eat too, otherwise I won't eat either!" Zhuo Ye pouted his mouth slightly and said in a coquettish tone.
When had Feng Linche ever seen Zhuo Ye looking so coquettish and cute? For a moment, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded...
Zhuo Ye couldn't help but blush when he saw that Feng Linche didn't speak and just stared at him blankly. He called out a little bit angrily: "Feng Linche! Did you listen to me? I'm so thirsty and hungry...
"
"oh……"
Feng Lince came back to his senses, broke the small half piece of cactus in half, handed half of it to Zhuo Ye's lips, ate half of it himself, then picked up Zhuo Ye's small dagger, rubbed it next to the cactus, and cut it again
He took two large pieces of cactus meat and carefully cut out the hard thorns and burrs on it. He was afraid that Zhuo Ye's hands would hurt, so he fed Zhuo Ye with one hand and put the other piece into his mouth with the other hand...
After replenishing water, Feng Lince's mental state improved significantly, and Zhuo Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief...
"The dagger in your hand has a pair of tweezers in the hidden slot... It's a slender clip-shaped tool. You can use that to help me take out the thorn on my hand..."
Feng Linche followed Zhuo Ye's instructions and quickly pulled out the tweezers from the folding knife. Gently, carefully, and bit by bit, he pulled out the burrs on Zhuo Ye's hands, but those small hands were stained with blood.
It still made him heartbroken...
Zhuo Ye noticed some abnormal redness on Feng Lince's face, and couldn't help but feel nervous. He hurriedly stepped forward and put his forehead against his...
Feng Linche was stunned again by Zhuo Ye's actions...
"You have a fever!" Zhuo Ye said in a trembling voice. In the desert during the day, it is certain that a person's body temperature is higher than usual, but Feng Lince's body temperature was obviously much higher than hers!
"It's okay Ye'er, don't worry, I'm much better..." Feng Lince said softly.
"Let me see your wound!" Zhuo Ye couldn't help but pull Feng Lince's clothes away.
Feng Linche wanted to hide, but Zhuo Ye sat directly on his lap and refused to let him move! Seeing Zhuo Ye's unwillingness to take off his clothes, Feng Linche smiled helplessly and let her do it.
Most of the bandaging strips were already stuck to the wounds. Zhuo Ye spent a lot of time to untie them, only to find that many of the wounds had festered, with disgusting yellow water, pus and blood, and bursts of disgusting odor.
The stench...
Zhuo Ye's tears couldn't help but flow down again...
"Ye'er... oh... I'm sorry, I always make you cry..." Feng Lince said guiltily.
Zhuo Ye wiped away his tears, sniffed, and forced a smile, saying: "Cactus has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling. I'll break it into pieces and apply it on you. You'll be fine...
"As he said that, he went to cut the cactus at his feet.
"Ye'er, don't waste it...don't worry, I can survive until we get out of the desert..." Feng Linche said, holding Zhuo Ye's arm.
"Don't worry, I found more than one cactus, but I can't bring it back alone. After I help you take care of the wound, we will go over and dig a few more..."
Feng Linche felt relieved after hearing this. Worried that Zhuo Ye would hurt his hand again, he continued to take over her job: "I'll do it."
Zhuo Ye nodded, carried Feng Lince on his back, took off the torn inner clothes on his body, picked out the good parts, tore them into strips, and connected them one by one to prepare for Feng Lince.
I was trying to bandage the wound. The previous cloth strips were covered with pus, blood and dirt and could no longer be used...
"Ye'er is still knowledgeable. If it weren't for Ye'er, I wouldn't have known that this strange thing covered with thorns can be eaten or used as medicine. I'm afraid that if I see this thing, I will miss it in vain..." Feng Lince sighed.
"Not all cacti are edible, some are poisonous, but we were lucky and came across an edible one..."
Zhuo Ye carefully used cactus juice to wash away the rotten flesh and pus and blood on Feng Lince's wound, then applied cactus minced powder and re-bandaged him, only half of the cactus was left...
The wound on Zhuo Ye's calf was also carefully treated by Feng Lince. Although there was some inflammation in her leg, it was not very serious. Firstly, her injury was not too serious in the first place; secondly, the previous injury
Most of the herbs were used by Feng Linche on her body; moreover, Feng Linche carried most of them on her back when traveling at night, so Zhuo Ye's situation was much better than that of Feng Linche...
After struggling for a long time, the sun like a big fireball has completely risen!
Zhuo Ye looked up at the sky, and then said: "We must get to the place where I found the cactus as soon as possible. The wind and sand are getting bigger and bigger. After a while, the location of the sand dunes has completely changed. I'm afraid I won't be able to find it."
We’re there…”
"Okay!" At this time, Feng Lince had already removed all the thorns on the remaining cactus, cut half of it and handed it to Zhuo Ye.
Relying on Zhuo Ye's memory, the two of them supported each other and groped eastward under the scorching sun...
In the desert, under the scorching sun, the body's water loss is very fast! Before walking very far, the little water that was added earlier has evaporated. The two of them kept chewing the cactus in their hands, waiting for the remaining water.
When they were almost finished eating the cactus, they finally found the small patch of cactus land...
The heart that Zhuo Ye had been carrying finally returned to her stomach. She was really afraid that she had led the wrong way and caused them to lose the glimmer of hope they had finally grasped...
After cutting down two cacti and dragging them to a nearby sand dune in the back of the sun, Feng Lince refused to let Zhuo Ye do it, so he slowly picked out the thorns on the cactus.
Zhuo Ye rested his head on Feng Lince's legs and looked at his embarrassed but still resolute face. His heart suddenly felt at peace, and before he knew it, he closed his eyes and fell asleep...
She was so tired, not only physically but also mentally...
Because the sand dunes were always moving, Feng Lince woke Zhuo Ye and moved twice, but each time he was never too far away from the cactus. When Zhuo Ye woke up for the third time, it was almost evening.
Feng Linche was still sleeping with Zhuo Ye in his arms. Not far from them, there was a large bundle of cacti that had been cleaned and cut into sections. Apparently, while she was sleeping, he got a lot of them on his own.
…
Zhuo Ye tested Feng Lince's body temperature with his forehead again, and it was still very hot...
"Ye'er, are you awake?" Feeling Zhuo Ye's little movement, Feng Lince immediately opened his eyes. Then he grabbed two scattered pieces of cactus and handed them to Zhuo Ye: "Eat something."
"Yes." Zhuo Ye nodded, reached out to take the cactus, and said, "Your health is not good. Let's take a rest tonight. Let's not rush."
Zhuo Ye knew that in the past few days, they had been on the road at night. In order not to be buried by the sand dunes, Feng Lince was always vigilant during the day, calling her to get up and move her position at any time, and she didn't get much sleep at all. Now that his high fever has not gone away, he can't sleep anymore.
After two days of struggling, it will definitely collapse...
Feng Linche was also aware of his situation, so he did not insist and said, "Okay, listen to Ye'er."
The two of them ate two pieces of cactus and rested together. Zhuo Ye glanced at the bundles of cacti beside him and sighed inwardly. It was impossible to feel full if these things were used to satisfy his hunger.
It's just to replenish water, which is enough to last until we get out of the desert, but... I still have to treat Feng Lince's wounds, so I'm afraid it won't be enough. I still have to find a way to get water...
Seeing a few small stones not far away, Zhuo Ye quickly climbed out of Feng Lince's arms, ran over and picked them up, then walked a few steps further to look for nearby stones.
"Ye'er, what are you doing picking up these stones?" Feng Lince asked in confusion.
"At night, dew will condense on things with smooth surfaces that do not absorb water, such as this stone. We can collect more of it, dip it in a piece of cloth in the morning, and wring out the water..." There is a huge temperature difference in the desert, and the water is heated during the day
Evaporation, condensation when encountering cold at night, Zhuo Ye didn't know how to explain this simple physical principle to Feng Lince, so he spoke vaguely.
Feng Linche's eyes flashed for a few times, and he and Zhuo Ye collected the stones together without asking any more questions...
The two of them were busy for a long time, but they didn't pick up many stones. In this place full of wild yellow sand, stones are considered rare items...
Zhuo Ye sighed, slumped on the ground, frowned, and tried hard to think of ways to rescue people in the desert...
"Ye'er, don't worry, those cacti should be able to support us until we get out of the desert." Feng Lince comforted her softly.
"Oh...it would be nice if there was plastic..." Zhuo Ye murmured to himself.
"Plastic?" Feng Lince repeated with raised eyebrows.
"It's nothing, I'm just talking nonsense..." Zhuo Ye smiled bitterly at himself. He was really dizzy. Let alone being in a deserted desert, even in a prosperous capital city, in this time and space, he couldn't get that kind of thing.
Something!
After Feng Lince thought for a moment, he reached out from his sleeve and took out the wrapper of "Master Kong's Delicious Crispy" that he had always kept with him. He handed it to Zhuo Ye and asked, "Is this it?"
Feng Linche remembered that when he first saw Zhuo Ye drunk, he asked her what material this thing was made of, and she answered "plastic"...