Chapter 56 The efficacy of antibiotics
Chapter 56 The efficacy of antibiotics
A living captive can be exchanged for 5 silver coins.
A dead one is only worth 5 copper coins.
The four men tied up the boy and threw him and the dead reindeer onto a cart hidden in the corner and dragged them back to the base.
”Blue coat! Are you from the shelter?!”
No one paid any attention to him.
The boy looked terrified as he watched the concrete wall pass over his head and was sent to the granary.
The cart stopped.
Fang Chang and Lao Bai lifted the reindeer together and threw it on the table in front of Brother Chaodan.
”Brother, pay me your wages.”
”12 silver coins.”
He counted out the coins and slapped them on the table. Brother Chaodan pulled out the machete left on the table and began to chop the meat in large chunks.
The dull sound of the blade hitting the board seemed to chop into his heart, and the boy was terrified.
I’ve never heard of Blue Coats eating people!
”Mr. Manager? You’ve come just in time. We were just about to bring him to you!”
”Where did you get him from?”
”I met him while hunting. He shot me with an arrow, but missed.”
”I see.”
Chu Guang counted out five silver coins from his pocket and handed them to Fang Chang. He motioned him to untie the captives on the cart.
Although Fang Chang felt that it was not safe to do so, he was not too worried after seeing the manager’s fighting ability. He walked towards the cart with Kuang Feng.
Hearing the approaching footsteps, the boy struggled more fiercely. However, when he saw the man next to the two of them, he was stunned.
”Chu Guang?”
The name was pronounced in this world.
”Yes, it’s me.”
Chu Guang smiled and reached out to pull him .
”Sorry to offend.”
The person who was taken prisoner by Fang Chang and his men was none other than Yu Hu, the second son of the Yu family who lived opposite him on Beth Street.
Yu Hu moved his wrist, which was red from being strangled, and nervously glanced at the blue coats surrounding him, and asked in a low voice.
”Are they all your people?”
I haven’t seen them for a long time.
He thought the stranger had died outside, but he didn’t expect to meet him here again. Yesterday he was still persuading his sister not to guard the shack for the stranger, because the door was covered with dust…
”They are my companions.”
”What are they doing here?”
”Watching the plot.”
”Juqing? What is that?”
”It doesn’t matter, just ignore them. By the way, why are you here? Where are your father and elder brother?”
Chu Guang remembered that they always acted in groups whether they were scavenging or hunting.
Yu Hu’s face darkened and he whispered.
”My father was shot in the arm by a predator’s gun while hunting a few days ago. In order to save my father, my elder brother was bitten on the leg by a hyena raised by the predator. After escaping, my father survived, but my elder brother’s leg wound was infected. He has a high fever and has been bedridden… Winter is coming soon, and I don’t know if he can survive it.”
Hyenas, vultures and jackals, the three musketeers of speculation in the wasteland, do not care about their food choices.
Especially the most common hyenas in Qingquan City, when they can’t find prey, they often eat carrion, and when they are extremely hungry, they even bite the gnawers, so their fangs are usually full of bacteria.
If you are bitten by a mutant hyena, it is easy to get infected if the wound is not treated in time, and it may even threaten your life in severe cases.
After listening to Yu Hu’s words, Chu Guang frowned.
The Yu family was still good to him, although they didn’t take special care of him, but their little daughter always helped him look after the house, and also stopped the Wang family from stealing his house.
”Bring your eldest brother to me, maybe I can cure him.”
Yu Hu was stunned .
”Really?!”
Chu Guang nodded.
”Well, just bring him here.”
Yu Hu looked touched and suddenly lowered his head.
”I’m sorry, you are so nice, we always worried that you were a bad guy before.”
Chu Guang said tolerantly.
”It’s okay, it’s human nature to be vigilant.”
He was not a good person to begin with.
”Well, there is something… I have to apologize to you.”
”What is it?”
Yu Hu blushed and hesitated for a long time, scratching the back of his head.
”You planted the yam by the door before… I saw that it didn’t sprout, so I dug it up and ate it.”
”…”
Damn.
After all this time, it turns out that you dug it!
Forget it.
It’s just a piece of potato, not a big deal.
Chu Wuyu said: “It’s okay, I guess there is something wrong with the planting method.”
Yu Hu nodded vigorously.
”Yeah, you really can’t grow anything if you plant it that way! After I dug it out, I took a look and found that two pieces were rotten. If you want to plant yam, it’s not enough to just cut it into pieces. You have to germinate it first, and a piece should have at least two buds. Then smear the cut with wood ash and plant it. It will be mature in one or two months!”
Chu Guang looked at him in surprise: “You can plant it?”
The boy smiled honestly and touched the back of his head.
”It’s nothing, everyone knows a little bit. But usually mother, sister-in-law and Xiaoyu plant it at the door of the house. Planting it outside basically won’t survive. It will either be dug up by people or eaten by mice.”
Chu Guang said happily: “Okay, wait until the spring of next year, I’ll find something for you to do. Let’s not talk about this for now, go back and carry your brother here.”
Hearing Chu Guang say this, the boy remembered that his elder brother was still lying in bed, and nodded quickly.
”Okay, I’ll go now.”
…
The straight-line distance between the wetland park and Bet Street is about three kilometers. After leaving the park, there are large areas of concrete ruins and green plants scattered among the ruins. If you want to avoid more dangerous areas, you have to go at least two kilometers.
However, Yu Hu ran here with his elder brother on his back in less than two hours.
Chu Guang asked Teng Teng to bring a fur skin, put it on the wooden table, and asked Yu Hu to put his elder brother Yu Xiong on it.
This strong man was dying at this moment, his face was pale.
The scavengers on Bet Street have a monotonous diet, and most of them are malnourished. In addition, there is a lack of effective medical conditions. If they don’t get sick, it’s fine. If they get sick, they can’t bear it, and most of them will die in the end.
Chu Guang took a simple look at his wound and preliminarily judged that it was a bacterial infection based on the color of the purulent wound surface, so he gave him an antibiotic he had drawn last time, and then gave him a simple treatment for his wound.
”Is it okay to use wood ash?” Yu Hu asked nervously.
”It depends on the situation. High-temperature calcined wood ash is okay.”
This thing is composed of potassium salt and contains alkalinity. The bactericidal effect is still good. The Baicao Frost in “Compendium of Materia Medica” is talking about this thing.
Although the effect is a little worse than alcohol, it is also a good substitute when there is no high-purity alcohol, especially in the wild.
Of course, this refers to the wood ash calcined at high temperature.
If it is picked up from under the stove, it will be a big problem. Who knows if there is tetanus bacillus in it. A handful of ash can be used to kill people.
About five minutes passed.
Yu Xiong’s complexion had obviously improved a lot, his frowning brows relaxed, and his sweating stopped.
Chu Guang silently took note.
As expected of pre-war technology, the efficacy of this antibiotic is indeed good.
Yu Hu, who was standing next to him, was not so reserved. Seeing that his elder brother’s condition had improved, he immediately rushed over excitedly and held his elder brother’s hand with tears in his eyes.
”Brother! How do you feel now?”
”Xiao Hu? This, where is…” Noticing Chu Guang standing next to him, Yu Xiong, who had just woken up in a daze, paused, and a look of surprise appeared on his weak face.
”…Chu Guang?”
”It’s me.”
”You’re not…”
”Still alive, but probably won’t go back.”
Yu Xiong was stunned for a moment, looking at the blue coats around him, he probably understood the situation, and a smile appeared on his face.
”Congratulations, it seems you have found your companions.”
”Well, I just found them recently,” Chu Guang said with a faint smile, “Thank you for your care before.”
”Don’t say that, we didn’t care about it, but I let you save your life… That capsule should be very expensive.” The burly man looked embarrassed. These
pills that feel like plastic are good things that can only be found in Boulder City. He had only heard of them before and had never seen them.
I think even in Boulder City, not everyone can afford them.
”Don’t worry, it’s just a little effort. I will give you another one later. If you feel feverish, take it. If you don’t feel feverish, don’t take it. Save it for saving your life in the future.”
Chu Guang would remember the kindness of others to him, even if it was just a piece of cake.
Besides, the pills were expensive to them, but to Chu Guang, they were just a reward for drawing a blind box.
Hearing that Chu Guang was going to give him medicine, Yu Xiong shook his head and said.
”How can that be! You saved my life, how can I accept such a valuable thing.”
Chu Guang didn’t waste any more time talking to him, and stuffed the aluminum foil into his brother’s hands.
”Keep it for your brother, or I’ll save him with great difficulty, and he’ll get infected and die on the way back.”
Yu Hu hesitated, but after taking a look at the wound on his brother’s leg, he finally nodded.
”Thank you… I will repay you! When I carry my brother back, I’ll come to work for you every day!”
”No need, you are the backbone of your family now, and you’re the only one who can hunt. What will your family eat if you work for me? If you really want to repay me, just get through this hurdle first, and talk about other things next spring.”
Seeing that Chu Guang said so, the two did not refuse, but their eyes were full of gratitude, saying that they would definitely repay him after this winter.
Lao Bai, who was watching the plot on the side, pulled Fang Chang and asked in a low voice that the manager couldn’t hear.
”What are they talking about?”
Fang Chang pinched his chin and thought.
”I don’t understand, but I guessed it roughly.”
Ye Shi urged from the side.
”Tell me about it, it’s okay to guess it roughly.”
”Okay, then I’ll tell you briefly, it may not be correct… The native boy went out hunting to treat his family’s illness, and was captured by us. The manager recognized him and asked him to bring his seriously ill family members, and healed them with the medicine in the shelter. Then the natives were very moved and said that we are their friends, and they will probably establish diplomatic relations with us next.”
Lao Bai was stunned.
”How to establish diplomatic relations?”
Before Fang Chang could speak, Ye Shi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smirk.
”Are you stupid? How do the natives establish diplomatic relations? Of course it’s through marriage! The chief marries his daughter or something, isn’t that an old routine.”
”Damn it? Then wouldn’t our manager sacrifice too much?!”
Kuangfeng coughed lightly.
”Don’t listen to Ye Shi’s nonsense. Although this possibility cannot be ruled out, I still prefer him and the owner of the weapon shop as a CP.”
Fang Chang nodded.
”I can always reach a consensus with Kuangfeng. You two should reflect on why your brain waves are always on a different channel from normal people.”
Teng Teng’s eyes sparkled and she whispered excitedly.
”Why does the CP have to be the boss lady? Can’t it be a grateful boy?”
”Damn! Something is wrong with you!”
”Is this game serious? It’s serious, right?”
”…”
Chu Guang couldn’t listen any more and walked away pretending not to hear.
Speaking of which…
the income of tailors in the current version seems a bit high?
It’s better to balance it in the next version.
(End of this chapter)
