His clothes were tattered and covered in blood and dirt, as if he had been through a brutal battle. His arms, legs, and back were covered in wounds, some so deep that the bone was visible, making it a painful sight to behold.

There was a dark brown mark on his chest, his skin was cut, his muscles were torn, and his bones were damaged to varying degrees.

His legs were covered in knife wounds or other drawings, some as long as 10 or 20 centimeters. He had dozens of wounds and scars of various shapes and sizes all over his body. His body was trembling incessantly, as if he was enduring immense pain.

I haven't studied medicine myself. He fell from the mountain and was crushed by a boulder, so I can't be sure if he has any fractures. I can only clean up his external injuries.

Looking at his miserable state, Shi Wanxia sighed softly, "Alas, killing someone is just a matter of beheading them. What kind of vicious person did this?"

Somewhat reluctant to look, she took a deep breath and disinfected him with iodine and alcohol. The man was unconscious and did not wake up even though his whole body trembled uncontrollably from the stimulation during disinfection. Shi Wanxia spent more than ten minutes disinfecting him and applying Yunnan Baiyao powder. There were too many wounds, so she only bandaged the most serious ones.

After doing all that, Shi Wanxia was also quite tired. She rested for a while and then dressed him. His two outer garments were so dirty that they were unbearable to look at, so she took them off. Although the inner garments were also a bit dirty, they were much better than the outer ones. She would wash them clean by the river tomorrow.

Afraid he would get cold, I took out my only summer blanket and covered him with it. I also covered him with a light long down jacket that I had brought to save money because I thought it would be cold in the high mountains of Ailao. I added fuel to the fire, took out some cold medicine and forced him to take it, as well as some anti-inflammatory medicine to clear heat and detoxify.

Inside the cave, Shi Wanxia would occasionally get up to feed the man some water and heated bamboo shoot soup. She would also touch his forehead and, seeing that he did not have a fever due to infection of his wound, she would breathe a sigh of relief. Unable to hold on any longer, she would lie down on her sleeping bag and fall into a deep sleep.

"The Wumeng Mountains stretch to the mountains beyond, the moonlight shines on Xiangshui Beach, can anyone tell me, is it Heaven calling out to you..."

The familiar ringtone of her cell phone woke Shi Wanxia from her deep sleep.

Shi Wanxia groggily got up, looked around blankly, and then, remembering she was still in the cave, sighed heavily early in the morning: "Ugh, how am I still here!"

Shi Wanxia's loud complaints woke her up completely. She quickly got up, packed her sleeping bag and medicine bag into her backpack, and hid the backpack behind the stone pillar. After all, she didn't know anything about this strange person, so she was just being careful.

Walking over to the strange man, he saw that he was still unconscious. He fed him some water, put a bag of compressed biscuits in his pocket, put him and his dirty clothes into the basket, took the empty bamboo tube in his hand, and stepped out of the cave.

Shi Wanxia walked for a long time to the riverbank. She rubbed some wood ash and soap pods she had collected in her hands to make foam, and then applied it to her wet clothes. Fortunately, she had always taken care of her own food, clothing, shelter and transportation since she was a child, so it wasn't a big problem.

It took several scrubbing sessions to finally get the clothes clean. After wringing out the water, Shi Wanxia laid the clothes out to dry on a large rock by the river. To prevent them from being blown away by the wind, she weighed them down with a few stones. She thought she should go to the bamboo grove to see if she could dig up some more bamboo shoots and make a few more bamboo tubes to store water.

Otherwise, with one more person, the water wouldn't be enough. They wouldn't be able to wash up in the cave, and what if it rained heavily and they couldn't get out? Shi Wanxia's headache grew stronger with each thought. She took a knife and a basket and followed the route she had marked yesterday.

As soon as Shi Wanxia entered the bamboo forest, she was terrified by a bright green snake that slid down from the bamboo.

"My God, a bamboo viper!" Shi Wanxia quickly dodged far away, and the snake slowly slid from the bamboo to the ground, swaying its body back and forth before disappearing into the withered leaves on the ground.

Shi Wanxia was so frightened that she froze and dared not move forward, afraid of stepping on the snake. If it bit her, she would die. The snake was extremely venomous and she didn't recognize it. It was a frequent guest on the animal world TV.

Shi Wanxia walked around to the left for a long time before heading deeper into the bamboo forest. She kept glancing up at the ceiling as she walked, worried she might suddenly bump into another snake – that would be too thrilling! She thought, "I should buy a lottery ticket." The more Shi Wanxia thought about it, the more frightened she became. Good heavens, what girl isn't afraid of that?

Shi Wanxia found the place where she had picked bamboo shoots yesterday and tapped the ground with a stick. She mainly wanted to lie on the ground and feel around, because if she touched an insect or a snake, the psychological trauma might take her a lifetime to recover from.

Soon, she spotted some bamboo shoots emerging from the ground. Shi Wanxia immediately cut one off and dug it out with a knife. She carefully searched for a long time and found five or six rather large bamboo shoots. She decided not to come here anymore, as the snakes were too scary. She then looked for a fallen bamboo stalk and began cutting a bamboo tube with her knife to fill with water. She stayed in this dangerous environment for a long time.

He made six bamboo tubes, tied them together with the cut vines, carried them on his back, quickly put the bamboo shoots into the basket, picked up the basket, and ran out of the bamboo forest without looking back.

Shi Wanxia ran for a long time until she was too tired to run anymore, so she rested under the trees, sat cross-legged on the ground, and rested for a long time.

Having regained his strength, he picked up his basket and headed to the riverbank, occasionally tapping the weeds with a stick to probe the way. He really didn't want to encounter the snake; it was too terrifying. Fortunately, he arrived safely without incident. Passing by the wild pepper tree from yesterday, he picked all the peppercorns and gathered some mugwort to place at the entrance of the burrow at night to repel insects and mosquitoes.

I don't know if it will work, but I'll take it back and try it anyway. What if it works? It was late summer when I arrived at the river. It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was very strong. The strange man's clothes were not thick and had already dried. My own sweatshirt was only a little damp. I could just take it back and dry it with fire.

I took a basket to the riverbank, peeled and washed the bamboo shoots, put them in the basket, and then washed the bamboo tube on my back, filled it with water, tied it with vines, and found a safe spot to relieve myself. Looking at the fish in the river, I couldn't do anything. I don't know how to catch fish, so I can only eat vegetables.

"What a waste! One day I'll catch you all!" The fish in the river, oblivious to her words, frolicked happily in the water, much to Shi Wanxia's anger. "Hmph, I'm going back."

Shi Wanxia packed her things in a huff and headed towards the cave. Behind a small mound on the other side, she found the soil she was looking for, which made her extremely happy. She had to take these things back first, and then get two baskets to fill with the soil. She was really lucky today. Shi Wanxia was thinking about the soil to make buckets, so she hurriedly ran back to the cave.

It's still early today, so we can make this bucket and see if we can use it. That way, we won't have to worry about water. As for finding hay, we can talk about that tomorrow. It rained heavily yesterday, so there might not be any hay.

I wonder if it will rain tonight. I really hope it doesn't rain again. Too much rain is bad. I noticed the river level has risen quite a bit just now. With so much rain, if there's a flash flood or mudslide, the danger would be even more terrifying. Yesterday's landslide was extremely dangerous. This place is sparsely populated; if something happens, there's nowhere to hide.

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