Hydrogen peroxide spilled over, Yu howled in agonizing pain.
"This really is unbearable, damn it!"
Even the village uncle turned his face away.
"There, there, it’s already poured."
Hearing this, Yu finally took a great sigh of relief.
"We can only apply so anti-inflammatory dicine, it might still hurt a bit, bear with it."
After saying this, even Lu Jing felt a bit heartless.
But there was no other way, that’s just how treatnt goes.
"Wuu wuu... Mom.... I miss you...."
Cough cough.
He was in so much pain he called out for his mom,
Lu Jing twitched the corner of his mouth as he finished applying the dicine, then finally wrapped it with gauze.
Just then, the village uncle suddenly said:
"You can’t go back, the road above is completely blocked."
Ah???
Now, Yu didn’t even bother with the pain:
"Can’t, can’t go back?"
Could it be?
Was the old grandfather trying to cut off their only escape?
Lu Jing also tensed up, feeling utterly disheartened.
For a mont, none of the four people at the scene said a word, the atmosphere was eerily quiet.
What can you do when you can’t go back?
Even now, danger was still not averted, aftershocks, landslides, could all reoccur at any mont.
If they really couldn’t wait for rescue, wouldn’t they just be waiting to die?
After all, when they ca out they didn’t bring anything to eat, just drank a bowl of plain porridge that could "shine under the moon", which had long been digested.
Moreover, there were two injured people at the scene, and one pregnant woman.
Difficult!
Too difficult!
After wallowing in negativity for a while, they still had to muster their spirits.
They couldn’t actually just wait to die, could they?
"Uncle, let’s find a flat and safe place to set up camp first, in case it rains again later."
Getting rained on again would probably be the end of them.
Nothing to fear but hypothermia.
Even gods couldn’t save them if that happened.
So, preparing a shelter was a priority.
"Okay, I’ll go find so branches."
Lu Jing nodded:
"I’ll gather firewood. Yu, keep an eye on the village head."
Fortunately, Yu only had a leg injury and could still help watch over soone.
"Alright, be careful."
At this ti, if they made the uncle do all the work, it would really be too much.
So, Lu Jing volunteered to gather firewood, sothing he was capable of doing.
Neither of them acted separately; after all, the situation was terrible, and if anything happened while they were apart, there would be no one to even call for help.
All the way, Lu Jing occasionally asked:
"Uncle, has there ever been an earthquake in the village before?"
"From the ti I was born, this is the first."
As for how many years back, that’s anyone’s guess.
"Doctor Lu, you’re from the Capital, right?"
Huh?
"Why do you say that?"
The uncle laughed:
"Your accent. I worked in the Capital for several years when I was young."
I see.
"Yes, I’m from the capital city."
"And your man?"
Hearing this reference, Lu Jing was montarily surprised:
"He is, too."
Sweat.
"Both of you work in the sa place?"
"Yeah, that’s right."
"That’s good, it’s not great for a couple to be apart for too long."
How many couples have split up just because they lived apart for too long?
Emotions strengthen with togetherness, and fade with separation.
Otherwise, why would there be a proverb like ’out of sight, out of mind’?
Lu Jing quite agreed but really didn’t want to discuss it:
"There’s so firewood over there, I’ll go pick it up."
The uncle then stopped chatting:
"Be careful."
"Yeah, I know, you too, uncle."
...
Twenty minutes later, both had their hands full and headed back to the camp.
They’d both been worried the whole ti, after all, leaving two injured people behind wasn’t light.
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