Not far from the water pool, the two found a small cave that is very suitable for hiding. The cave is located in a small mountain wall. The entrance of the cave is only half the height of a person and can accommodate one person in and out, but the space inside is about ten square meters. After Chen Qi helped Aze into the cave, he picked some soft branches and leaves around to lay a simple mattress, and then put some large cattail leaves on it for Aze to lie on.
After walking for such a short distance, Aze's wound oozes a lot of blood. Willow leaves probably have an anti-inflammatory effect, but obviously the hemostatic effect is not very good, especially for such a large wound.
"I'm fine." Aze raised his head slightly, his speech was very slow, but his enunciation was very clear. The current lying posture made him unable to see Chen Qi's expression, "This kind of injury will heal after lying down for a while."
"Yeah." Chen Qi squatted down and patted Aze's hand to comfort him, "Then you can lie down and sleep for a while, okay?"
"Okay." Aze responded and closed his eyes obediently.
Chen Qi gently brushed away a strand of wet hair that fell from Aze's forehead, turned and left the cave. He first found some thorny thorns and made some barriers, and sealed the hole tightly, leaving only a small hole near the mountain wall for ventilation. Then I found some dry branches and lit a small fire in the cave. Fortunately, the lighter that Aze carried with him was waterproof. Otherwise, if Chen Qi came to make a fire by drilling wood, it would probably have happened within half an hour. No fire.
There are a lot of plantains growing not far from the river bank. Chen Qi picked a lot and came back. After crushing it with stones, he replaced it with willow leaves and applied it on A Ze’s wound. The shirt bandage was always wet, so Chen Qi used the fire to dry it. Afterwards, it was re-tied to A Ze, and A Ze's original animal skin coat was dried by Chen Qi and then placed under A Ze's body to make a mattress. The cave was warmed by the fire, so it might not be cold.
Ze didn't sleep well, Chen Qi would open his eyes to see if Chen Qi moved a little more, to make sure that Chen Qi was in front of him, and then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep. Chen Qi was a little helpless, so he could only move lightly and try not to make any noise.
After a round of work, it was already getting dark. Fortunately, Chen Qi found a rice berry and a milk fruit next to the cave. The rice berry fruit tree is relatively tall. Chen Qi found a long branch and managed to poke a few. When they fell down, because the shell of the rice berry was not hard enough, two of them were broken when they hit the ground, and the white viscous liquid flowed all over the ground.
Chen Qi was a little helpless, picked up the other two unbroken rice berries and milk fruit and went back to the cave. It was completely dark, and the moonlight was covered by layers of trees in the forest, and the night bugs started their unscrupulous carnival at night.
Chen Qi tidied up the curtain of thorns and made sure that the fire would not pass through the thorns before rest assured. In such a forest, sometimes the fire is not a universal weapon to drive away predators, but instead becomes a bait to attract predators to come and inspect, Chen Qi dare not take the risk.
While picking plantains, Chen Qi found a wild ginger. He chopped the wild ginger into fine pieces, poured the rice berries into the milk shell, mixed the ginger powder into it, and boiled it slowly over the fire. , if there are only rice berries alone, the rice paste is too thick. Chen Qi added a little milk fruit and mixed it together. After a while, the cave was filled with a strong rice fragrance. Chen Qizhan took a little bit and tasted it. The taste is very similar to the rice porridge I ate before, except that the rice flavor is stronger, and it has a sweet taste after adding milk fruit, which tastes good.
Chen Qi let the boiled rice paste cool, and then slowly fed it to A Ze with a newly made wooden spoon. A Ze ate very slowly, but as long as Chen Qi told him to open his mouth, he would open his mouth, just like he usually gives people. His cold and hard image is very different, very well-behaved.
After eating a small half of the rice porridge, Aze stopped eating and turned his head slightly to show his refusal. Chen Qi could only let him continue to lie down and sleep, and hurriedly finished the rest of the rice porridge by himself, and then boiled it again I ordered a portion and put it by the fire to warm slowly, planning to wait for Aze to feel better before feeding him.
Even though Chen Qi has been paying attention to A Ze's situation, A Ze still had a fever in the middle of the night without any warning. After running around all day, Chen Qi tiredly closed his eyes and fell asleep. It was only after he woke up with an uncomfortable hum that he noticed that A Ze's face was flushed strangely, and he reached out to touch the other's forehead, the temperature was astonishingly hot.
"Aze, Aze, what's wrong with you?" Chen Qi softly called Aze's name, Aze frowned uncomfortably, and did not respond to Chen Qi's call.
Chen Qi took a deep breath to calm himself down, cut off a sleeve of his jacket with a sword angle knife and used it as a towel, and gently wiped away Aze's sweat from fever.
After finishing it, he quickly made a small torch. He was very glad that the place they chose to live was not far from the river bank. Chen Qi sharpened a wooden stick for self-defense, and took a milk husk to fetch water from the river bank.
The second half of the night was destined to be a sleepless night. Chen Qi went back and forth from the cave to the river bank several times. Except for a few falls due to the rugged road, he did not encounter any predators that he could not deal with. When it was almost dawn, the temperature of Aze gradually slowed down. After falling down, Chen used a cloth strip to moisten A Ze's chapped lips with milk fruit juice.
Aze slowly opened his eyes. After falling into the pool yesterday, he was confused for a period of time, but his consciousness was clear even with his eyes closed. He knew when Chen Qi would leave the cave and return. When to change my dressing, when to feed myself and drink water, when to wipe my scalding body with a cold cloth, etc. He really wanted to wake up and tell the other party that he was fine at that time, but his eyelids seemed to be heavy, and no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't open them.
"Are you awake?" Chen Qi's voice was a little hoarse because he hadn't had a good night's rest. Seeing that Aze finally woke up, the big stone that had been in his heart all night finally fell.
"Yeah." Aze's voice was also hoarse and unpleasant due to his illness. After realizing that his voice was strange, he pressed his lips tightly and stopped talking, but his eyes couldn't move away from Chen Qi's haggard face with heavy dark circles for a long time. .
"Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?" Chen Qi asked softly.
Aze nodded with complicated eyes. In his memory, even his father had never tried to speak to him so tenderly.
Chen Qi brought over the rice cereal that had been warmed overnight, and he added some chopped plantain grass into it. After the fever subsided, Aze could barely sit up, and Chen Qi asked him to lean on his body and feed him a spoonful of food.
"Eat some too." The rice cereal moistened his dry throat, and Aze's voice was not as hoarse as before.
"I'll eat after you finish eating." Chen Qi coaxed.
It turned out that Chen Qi's beautiful coat had been torn to pieces by himself, and there were several bruises on his exposed skin. Aze's eyes turned red when he saw it. He shook his head and insisted that he would only eat it unless Chen Qi also ate it. . Chen Qi had no choice but to feed A Ze a bite, and he ate a mouthful with a spoon. Naturally, a piece of rice cereal with milk and fruit shells was not enough for two grown men. Chen Qi asked A Ze to lean against the cave wall to digest, and then made it himself A husk rice paste.
After the two of them were full, Chen Qi asked Aze to rest first. The rice berry had already been eaten, and he wanted to pick some more during the day. Aze was a little worried, but given his current physical condition, he couldn't stop the other party, so he could only tell him to be careful not to leave the cave too far. After Chen Qi responded one by one, Aze closed his eyes and rested. After the orc was injured, letting his body fall asleep is the fastest way to recover.
Chen Qi really didn't dare to go too far. On the one hand, he was worried about Aze, and on the other hand, he was also afraid of encountering predators. He cleaned up the traces of walking last night, and found some strong-smelling weeds to pile up in the cave. around to cover the smell of the two. After picking enough rice berries and milk fruits for today, he picked a large handful of plantains and went back to change the medicine for Aze. After adding new firewood to the fire, Chen Qi, who had been busy all day and night, was exhausted No more, leaning against Aze's side, he fell into a deep sleep almost instantly.
It was already night when Chen Qi woke up again. He didn't expect that he had slept for so long. In the forest, his unsuspecting behavior was almost fatal. Fortunately, there were no traces of animals approaching here during this period of time. , Chen Qi couldn't help but rejoice in his heart.
Aze was able to sit up by himself, and looked much more energetic than in the morning, looking at Chen Qi with burning eyes.
Chen Qi rubbed his arms that were sore and numb from falling asleep with the same movement for a long time, and asked apologetically, "Are you hungry? Shall I cook you some rice cereal?"
Ze nodded, "Okay."
Chen Qi poured the rice berries into the husk and boiled them, then went to check Aze's condition first, the wound had begun to show signs of healing, Chen Qi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and changed the plantain powder again. : "Do you feel any discomfort?"
Aze shook his head, "I'm fine."
Chen Qi smiled, "It's fine."
The two ate rice cereal again, and Aze proposed to go home tomorrow. Chen Qi was a little worried, "You are not in good health for traveling now, are you?"
"Just one more night's sleep. Don't worry. It's winter in two days. We can't winter in the forest."
In winter, Chen Qi thought of the cold he felt when he first came to this world. The temperature here is more than a star and a half lower than when it first snowed. If you stay in the forest with the equipment of two people, you will only be frozen to death. Chen Qi was silent for a while and did not object, "Then you have a good rest, and see your physical condition tomorrow morning, if we can act, we will go back."
"Yeah." Aze slowly lay back on the straw mat covered with animal fur clothes, watched Chen Qi check his wound for signs of being torn, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry."
Chen Qi was stunned, and rubbed A Ze's soft hair amusedly, "What are you talking about? You don't need to apologize to me."
"I didn't protect you well." I want you to take care of the injured me.
"You have protected me from Locust Dragon." Chen Qi comforted: "Don't think too much, get a good night's sleep, I'll be fine tomorrow and I still need you to take me home, I can't tell the direction to leave the forest .”
"Well, okay, I'll take you home tomorrow." The corners of Aze's mouth rose slightly, and then fell into a deep sleep. He needed to recover his strength as soon as possible.