Chapter 88 The Plague
Chapter 88 Plague
"According to the original plan, when the time comes, I will go out first and lure the vicious beasts away, and then you can come out. Once I get rid of the vicious beasts, I will come over and join you." But it was Bai Yun who said.
The area of the basin is very large, and it took Jin Mang and the others nearly half a month just to cross the basin.
And this is because they did not go deep into the basin.
The past half month has been really difficult for Jin Mang and the others. Supposedly, the hoofed animal group should have arrived, but due to route problems, at least at this stage, it is impossible for the two sides to meet.
Therefore, during this journey, they could only hunt the ungulates native to the basin.
This is not easy, not only because there are very few local hoofed animals, and they die in large numbers after the dry season. In most cases, you can only hunt small things such as hares and pheasants. It is also because the local basin tribes are very repulsive.
Although they dare not confront them head-on due to their existence, they will secretly cause trouble when they are hunting.
"I guess those basin tribes must know, otherwise they wouldn't target us like this." Chimei guessed.
As for what we know, everyone knows it.
The Basin tribe was indeed a bit miserable in this landslide. Along the way, they saw people missing arms and legs, and many undisposed corpses emitting a disgusting stench under the sun.
Jin Mang looked at the corpses and said, "If these are not dealt with, they will fail. They will easily cause plague."
"Is there such a thing?" Bai Yun was surprised, but he didn't believe it.
So, they walked and cremated the corpses they saw along the way. However, even so, Jin Mang was not optimistic in his heart.
Because she knew very well that the number of corpses they had disposed of was limited, and there must be more corpses that had not been disposed of in places they could not see.
In the end, Baiyun went to find the commander of the basin and had a discussion. In short, gradually, Jin Mang could no longer smell the stench when walking in the basin.
However, despite this, the plague still spread.
The main symptoms of those who contracted the plague were vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness in their hands and feet. Jin Mang was not a medical student, so he couldn't figure out what kind of plague this was.
Because of the existence of the plague, everyone in the Youying tribe was in danger, and several mothers were even more worried.
Jin Mang guessed that the main source of infection of the plague should be water, so she asked everyone not to drink the water in the basin. But even so, because they still ate the animals hunted in the basin, some people were still infected in the end.
The person who was tricked was none other than Qingsui. After all, all the other adults were fasting at the moment, and she was the only one who continued to eat from time to time because she had to breastfeed.
Everyone was relieved about this.
"It's okay, let's hurry up. Qingsui's situation can be cured by eating ferocious beast meat." Bai Yun urged.
Fortunately, it would be dangerous if it were a child.
only……
Jin Mang looked at Qingsui with some worry, "Mom, can your body hold up well enough to participate in hunting ferocious beasts?"
Besides...she has not forgotten that her mother-in-law is not willing to eat the meat of ferocious beasts.
Qingsui was indeed hesitant at this moment. Baiyun's fertility was just like that. If she continued...
Bai Yun advised: "Anyway, Xiaochuan has been born, and Mangmang is already with a partner. It's okay even if you can't have children for the next ten years."
After a pause, he said: "Is it possible that you think Mang Mang and Xiao Chuan will not live to grow up?"
"Who said that?" Qingsui knew clearly that he was irritating her, but Qingsui couldn't help but glare.
"Then don't refuse to eat the meat of ferocious beasts." Bai Yun said.
Qing Feng on the side also advised: "Yes, we Mangmang can grow up at first glance. Don't be afraid that you will have no children to support you in your old age."
Qingsui frowned. She was indeed not worried that her daughter would not grow up, but... she was worried that her son would not grow up.
Although Ogawa looks fine now, who knows whether he can survive the next split season safely?
To put it bluntly, it is still unclear whether he can survive this split season safely.
Therefore, even for Mang Mang, her fertility cannot be reduced. After all, in Bai Yun's situation, he is domineering. She does not want to give Mang Mang a brother who is ten or twenty years older than him.
Because of this, no matter how hard others tried to persuade him, Qingsui refused to eat the meat of ferocious beasts no matter what.
After leaving the basin, Baiyun lured the ferocious beast away and came back shortly after dragging the body of a ferocious beast. The group of people walked some distance and finally settled down near a hillside.
Jin Mang knew that they were going to start hunting ferocious beasts just like the last split season.
After settling down, Baiyun immediately ran outside and killed two blue sheep and came back.
Qingsui didn't want to eat the meat of ferocious beasts, so she could only improve her physical fitness by eating a lot of food to resist the plague.
In a few days, Qingsui had lost a lot of weight due to vomiting and diarrhea.
Considering her gastrointestinal problem, the mutton Jinmang that Baiyun brought back from hunting was stewed in a pot instead of roasted. It was stewed until it was soft and rotten, and she even threw a handful of wolfberries into it.
——She picked this thing on the road, not much, just a small handful in total.
Although only salt was added, the smell of the mutton was so tempting that Lan Chuan couldn't sit still anymore. He looked up with his mouth watering with laughter.
Jin Mang served him a bowl in a big bowl and left the rest untouched.
"Mangmang, you eat first," Qingsui said.
Because she had the plague and was afraid that eating a pot of food would infect her children, so she wanted her children to eat first.
Jin Mang shook his head and said, "I won't eat it. The rest belongs to my mother."
"I can't eat so much." Qingsui said without thinking.
Jin Mang shook his head and said nothing.
She knew that Qingsui would definitely be able to eat. Although she had not fasted completely during this period, she was not much better. Her consumption was only much more than other fasting adults.
During the last splitting season, Qingsui, who had finished her fast, could eat two sheep, let alone now.
"Let's go and kill the ferocious beast." Jin Mang stood up and called Chi Yu.
After a pause, she shouted again: "Orange Blossom, Orange Bamboo, Lukui, Orange Stone, do you want to come together?"
These four people were the ones who fought the ferocious beasts with her and grandma. Although their performance was not very good at the beginning, she felt that there was a first time for everything. Now three years have passed, the four of them should be more or less capable.
Make progress.
She didn't want her second uncle and the others to spend their energy protecting her this year, but she couldn't do it alone without help, so she asked them if they wanted to come together.
But... Orange Blossom, Orange Bamboo and Lu Kui have grown up this year. Maybe they are more willing to follow the adults?
As expected, these three people were a little hesitant.
Orange Blossom and Orange Bamboo looked at their second uncle, while Lu Kui looked at their third uncle.
Lu Ben was a little hesitant, but Lan Ya thought for a moment and said, "Just follow Mang Mang."
He turned to Lu Ben and said, "Have you forgotten the green horses and green grass last year?" At that time, these two newly grown children had to suffer a lot when they faced a ferocious beast for the first time.
Chapter completed!