Chapter 523
Chapter 523: Chapter 517: Picking Herbs Chapter 523: Chapter 517: Picking Herbs A pot of rice had to be shared among the six of them, each person only having a small bowl.
“I’ll pour some of mine into your bowl,” seeing Lin Yile gobbling down her food, Shen Fei couldn’t bear it.
It was their fault that these girls were suffering the cold and hunger with them in this place.
“No need, this is enough for me.” Lin Yile finished her soup, although she could only eat till half-full, she still wanted to say that she hoped to have three more bowls.
However, she knew the conditions they were in now – it was best for everyone to have food and not starve anyone.
Yuxin also placed his lunch box in front of Li Jia, “I haven’t touched it, you can have it.”
“I can just eat mine,” Li Jia had already found a place to sit down.
She ate slowly, unlike Lin Yile, who ate as if she hadn’t eaten for centuries.
Although Li Jia was indeed starving, she chewed slowly.
It wasn’t because of her good upbringing, her educated personality, or her table manners, but because she didn’t want to eat too quickly.
Slowly savoring the food made it last longer, and even the taste could be appreciated more.
Gu Ning and the others had only planned to be out for a couple of days, so they couldn’t bring too much food.
It was freezing and snowy outside – if they didn’t ration their food, would they eat their fill today and then starve tomorrow?
She didn’t want to.
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The cold wind could never fill one’s stomach.
At this moment, Gu Ning was squatting in front of Tang Yuxin.
“Yuxin, wake up,” he said softly, patting her face.
Tang Yuxin was still sleeping in a daze.
She was cold, so she curled up into a ball.
At this moment, she thought she was back in her past life, living in the Wei Family, where she dared not eat freely or dress warmly, causing her to have nightmares all the time.
It wasn’t until someone called her name that she slowly woke up.
However, her vision was still blurry, and the light in her eyes couldn’t come together.
Gu Ning?
She frowned.
Gu Ning was supposed to be hospitalized due to illness.
Why was he wearing a military uniform now, seemingly younger?
What’s going on?
Gu Ning put down the bowl and put his hand on Tang Yuxin’s forehead.
Was she delirious from a fever?
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When the warmth of his hand touched Tang Yuxin’s forehead, she finally came to her senses.
Startled by the heat, she turned her head–two more patients still lay there.
A coat was draped over her, blocking out the cold wind in an instant.
“Eat something,”
Gu Ning placed a bowl in front of Tang Yuxin.
Tang Yuxin looked down to see a bowl of instant noodles with crushed biscuits in it.
This was most likely all the food Gu Ning and the others had.
He was smart to cook everything together, making both the noodles and biscuits taste a little bit seasoned.
Even though the seasoning was minimal, at least there was some taste of salt.
However, they did not know how long the heavy snow would last.
Even if it stopped, they would still not be able to find a way out.
Everywhere was blanketed in snow, and without the sun to guide them, they had no idea where to go.
Among them were the ill and the weak.
Several days passed, and the snow did not stop.
They were truly in a predicament now.
Although Tang Yuxin had come prepared, she didn’t bring much food.
Despite trying to be as frugal as possible, there were eight of them.
Eight people needed a lot of sustenance.
They were running out of supplies, and Gu Ning and Shen Fei decided to stop eating and save the remaining rice for the women.
Each day was spent sipping snow water, appeasing their hunger, but it couldn’t continue like this.
If they couldn’t get out, they would either freeze to death or starve to death.
Tang Yuxin walked out of the tent.
Everywhere outside was a flurry of snow.
Only here could they feel a bit of warmth.
They had set a fire with dried tree bark and other materials, providing some comforting warmth to the tent.
The two patients were still lying inside.
One was better and conscious, though still immobilized, their life was not in danger.
As for the one with the ruptured spleen, his condition was grave.
Normally, after such a major operation, the patient should be transferred to intensive care for observation.
But they didn’t even have a sterile ward here.
What’s worse, they were out of medicine.
What post-operative patients feared the most were infections.
If infections occurred, one would get a fever.
Right now, Liu Guang couldn’t afford a fever.
If he got one, all their efforts would have been wasted.
Tang Yuxin took her needle package and opened it.
She could only use the Chen-style Rejuvenation Acupuncture Technique daily, injecting some vitality into Liu Guang’s body.
As long as there was vitality, there was a glimmer of hope for his life.
If they were in a hospital, Tang Yuxin wouldn’t have been so anxious.
It was frustrating to see a patient in no danger after a successful operation, only to die due to a lack of medicine.
To a doctor, it was a great insult.
Moreover, he was such a young child.
If something happened, how would his parents cope?
In their generation, most were only children, so his parents would be the most pitiful.
Therefore, no matter what, she had to save Liu Guang.
No, Tang Yuxin stood up and tightened her coat.
“Please keep an eye on him for me, I’m going to find some herbs,” she said.
“Herbs?” Li Jia quickly stood up and went over to grasp Tang Yuxin’s sleeve.
“Yuxin, don’t wander off.
It’s dangerous outside with all the snow.
And where can we find herbs in this snowy weather?
Even grass roots are impossible to find.”
“There might be a chance,”
Tang Yuxin pulled away from Li Jia’s hand, “We can’t just wait here for a miracle to fall from the sky, we need to seek opportunities to survive.
If we don’t have medicine, he won’t make it.”
Tang Yuxin glanced at Liu Guang.
“Li Jia, he’s just an eighteen-year-old boy, younger than both of us.
It was hard enough to save him.
Now, we only have this one method left.”
Saying this, Tang Yuxin exhaled on her hands.
Only in those few seconds did she feel some heat and sensation return to her stiff and numb fingers.
However, in these few days, her fingers had already developed frostbite.