"Let him come here!"

The savage slowly approached, but the exploration team members were extremely nervous. The captain of the guard regretted why he didn't bring a few shields - in this terrain environment, shields are better than any weapon.

Fortunately, the savage probably knew the other party's concerns, so he placed the object in his hand on the ground while holding up his hands, raised his hands, and shouted while leaning over.

As he approached, Cui Yunhong saw the other party's bulging chest - it turned out to be a woman...

"It's a Dayak!" The local Chinese who acted as a guide suddenly spoke, his voice full of fear, "Headhunter..."

"Be careful!" the captain of the guard reminded again.

The guide was right. From the grass skirt on her body, the strange accessories made of feathers and stones, and the huge and heavy earrings on her earlobes, they all showed that the person who came was a Borneo Dayak.

The Dayaks are indigenous people of Borneo. It is said that the Dayaks originally lived mainly on the coastal areas and along the coast of the Kapuas River, the longest river in Borneo. Later, due to foreign immigrants moving to Borneo one after another, the Dayaks gradually moved to the inland and mainly lived in the upper reaches of each river, so they had the name orang                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Dayaks has a large population and is one of the main ethnic groups in Borneo in history. There are seven major ethnic groups inside. In terms of appearance, language, culture and religion, they are very similar to the high mountain people in Taiwan. It is likely that it is due to its same origin, and they also have the same terrifying custom: "headhunting". Therefore, coastal residents are afraid of them.

The woman opened her arms and said that she had no weapons. She came to the nearby side and knelt on her knees. This meant that she had no hostility. Cui Yunhong probably thought she was the child's mother.

Cui Yunhong observed that there were no signs of other suspicious activities around her, and the other party's eyes did not reveal the meaning of attack, only her face was filled with sorrow and panic.

"Bring her here." Cui Yunhong ordered, then turned to ask the guide, "Do you tell me what they are?"

"Report to the leader, the young ones can say something, but they have more than a dozen words, and not all the young ones can do it..."

"Then make do with it."

But Anna tightly grabbed Cui Yongfang's arm and complained: "Why should I let this savage female savage come over? Just drive her away!"

Cui Yongfang comforted: "She doesn't eat people, and headhunting doesn't mean she can eat people. I have read books. Headhunting is a kind of witchcraft... or rather superstition."

"Witchcraft?!" Anna was even more frightened, "Okay, even if it's superstition. However, it's too barbaric to rush out for no reason!"

Cui Yunhong heard this and thought to herself: You are really a crow saying that Pig Hei, your father and your father’s compatriots do this!

The guard quickly brought the woman closer. Fortunately, she belonged to the ethnic group that the guide would speak. After some whispering and chewing communication, the guide told Cui Yunhong that the woman brought the child to collect herbs. Because the child's foot was injured, the fever continued to go away. She heard that there was some herb that could reduce fever, so she brought the child here to look for it.

The herbs were not found, but they encountered an exploration team.

"...She begged us to return the child to her." said the guide.

"Give the child back to her." Cui Yunhong felt that the mother was very pitiful and brave, and she felt great sympathy, "But she won't live long if she returns the child back to her."

Cui Yongfang said, "How about we help him treat it. It's always a life."

"Okay." Cui Yunhong thought that no matter what, the other party was not hostile, and this area should be their activity area, so it should increase its favorability from any aspect.

I immediately told the woman through the translation that she had medicine here to help her child treat her, but there was no guarantee that it would be cured. I asked her if she was willing or not.

"She said she was willing, as long as her child could be cured, she was willing to follow the men. She just wanted to send the child back to the tribe."

"That's not necessary." Cui Yunhong waved his hand and immediately asked someone to bring the medical box.

Although he did not bring a hygienist, Cui Yunhong was a person who had obtained relevant first aid licenses in the old time and space. There was no reason. People who often conducted field surveys and field exploration had to be fully prepared.

After a brief observation, the child's high fever is actually caused by wound infection. As long as the wound is cleaned and antibiotic treatment can be cured. The biggest problem is that I don't know if the child has sepsis.

Sepsis does not have obvious clinical symptoms, and most of them have similar symptoms to infection. It is difficult to detect without blood tests. However, he found that the wound was just suppurated by ordinary trauma, and the depth and area of ​​the wound were not large, so it would not cause sepsis.

Now wash the ulcerated wound with disinfectant, remove the corrupt tissue with a scalpel, and thoroughly debride it. Then apply sulfonamide powder and bandage it with gauze.

"Chief, the environment here is humid, so it is better to open the wound..." Cui Yongfang suggested.

"You make sense. But the sanitation environment here is worrying. Opening the wound may cause a secondary infection." Cui Yunhong said worriedly, "And judging from his injuries, it may take three or four times to heal."

"It's better for us to take the mother and son back to the camp for treatment..."

"You are kind-hearted and others treat it as malicious." Cui Yunhong knew very well that the Dayaks retreated into the inland not to "hide from tranquility", but were actually driven in by waves of butchers' knives from outsiders. In this environment, both sides could not have said that they trust each other at all.

"Tell her that we have helped her with the child, but we still need to change the medicine. If she can trust us, she will come to our camp every six or seven days from now on. We will help him change the medicine. If she can't believe it, it's fine if she doesn't come. Life and death will follow her fate."

The guide told the woman Cui Yunhong's words. When the woman returned the child to her, she was overjoyed. After listening to the guide's words, her expression on her face was filled with joy. She muttered and said that she didn't know how to say some life. After a while, the guide turned around and said, "She said she was very grateful for the men's treatment, and said that she would definitely come to change the medicine. She also said that if the child was well, she would bring valuable things to thank her in person. She also asked the men if the camp was the village with wooden shelves in the mouth of the river."

"Since that's the case, just tell her that we're there and let her come with the children. Then tell her that if there are any goods to be traded in their village, they can also bring them to the village. You can give money or barter."

After hearing the translator's words, the woman nodded repeatedly. She was about to leave. Cui Yunhong called her again and said to the translator: "Tell her again and ask her to pass a message to the tribe's people. Headhunting is not allowed in this area. If someone is hunted, we will definitely take revenge."

The woman quickly disappeared into the forest with her child on her back. After this storm, everyone no longer had the interest in exploration. Anna was even more anxious to "go back".

When the group returned to the camp, Cui Yunhong briefly reported to Wu Tingwei and others about the process of discovering the female savage to Wu Tingwei and others. At the same time, they also proposed to strengthen the defense of the camp, especially for future exploration activities, the defense configuration may be improved to a higher level. There is a Dayak tribe here, so the security situation and equipment the exploration team faces in the rainforest and re-evaluate. In the dense rainforest, the rough bows and arrows of the primitive tribe can exert greater damage than the excellent Hall rifle of the navy.

About a week later, a sentry came to report that a "female savage" came to the camp gate.

"Oh, she's here." Cui Yunhong was secretly surprised. He originally thought that this woman would probably not come in - after all, she brought her children alone to a group of strangers. In this time and space where the existence of law and morality is very weak, a mother and son are a sum of money, and many people will have evil thoughts.

"She frightened many people here as soon as she came. The headhunter is indeed famous." Huang Lu said,

Cui Yunhong knew very well that although the reputation of the headhunter tribe was terrifying, in their eyes, his group of people wearing strange costumes and holding sticks were even more terrifying.

If it weren't for that chance encounter, if it weren't for her own treatment, she would never have come to the door with her children. Even so, she came to seek help from the exploration team regardless of safety in order to save her children, which was a great courage.

"This is the power of maternal love." Cui Yunhong sighed.

"Don't sigh, you'd better help the child treat the disease first." Huang Lu disagreed, "Greatness is great, but Lao Cui, what if the child is treated by the river and fails to take effect after he goes back and dies? You said that there is also such a possibility."

"Yes, this is indeed possible."

"It would be fine if he died like this. What if his mother and his tribe members thought it was your treatment that made the child die? Don't treat me as an exaggeration. Many of the things that doctors in the old time and space were caused by this kind of cognition... The whole village was enemies of us in anger, and it would be difficult to deal with it at that time."

Cui Yunhong grabbed her scalp: "You are right. But I didn't think so much. After all, she is a child, and life is at stake, so she has to save her."

The woman and the child were taken to the infirmary. Cui Yunhong went over for a check-up. Her body temperature had dropped a lot and her wounds had improved. The child who was originally unconscious would be awake now, staring at a pair of curious and panic-eyed eyes and looked around.

However, the wound recovery level was not as good as expected. In addition to the inadequate hygiene environment, the child's physical condition was not very good, which should be related to insufficient protein intake. Cui Yunhong re-treated and applied medicine treatment, and told the woman through a translation: the child needs to recuperate.

"He would better stay in the camp for a period of rest, which would be beneficial to his recovery. If she doesn't want to, she can also bring the child back. Come again in a few days."


Chapter completed!