Zhang Heng originally planned to send the old man home at dawn, but he did not expect the old man to be so anxious that he insisted on leaving despite his injured leg.
Zhang Heng took out his travel bag, locked his polo, and carried the old man through the forest. After that, he climbed up a steep cliff and jumped over a mountain stream about a meter wide. Finally, he arrived at the old man's house in the middle of the mountain.
It was actually a cave. Zhang Heng roughly glanced at it, and it looked like it was about two hundred square meters. There was some simple furniture inside, including a bed, a stool, a stove, and a rice jar. There was no water or electricity, let alone an internet connection. In fact, the furniture seemed to have been thrown away by someone else and was picked up by the owner of this place.
When he saw the figure on the bed, Zhang Heng also understood why the old man was so anxious to come back.
There was a child lying there, dark and thin, like a little monkey. Although it was late, he was not asleep. His cheeks were a little flushed, and he was coughing softly.
Zhang Heng put the old man on a reclining chair at the entrance of the cave, walked up, touched the child's forehead, and looked at his throat. Fortunately, it was just a fever caused by tonsillitis. No wonder the old man did not sleep at night and went into the woods. He probably wanted to pick herbs, but it was too dark, and he did not see where he was going.
It was not difficult to treat this illness. Zhang Heng had anti-inflammatory drugs in his bag, and he fed the child on the bed Amoxicillin with mineral water. After that, he found a place, leaned against the cave wall, and closed his eyes to rest.
On the other side, the old man saw that the child's condition was gradually improving, and he finally felt relieved. After all, he was old, and he had just been tossing and turning all night. He fell asleep quickly after relaxing.
However, the old man generally did not sleep for too long. When he opened his eyes at dawn, he found that the young man who saved him and treated the little girl was gone.
However, the old man saw the opened box of Amoxicillin on the wooden table not far away. In addition, there was a crutch made of a small branch next to him. The old man stood up from the chair with the crutch, walked to the bed, and looked at the child first. After that, he heard a sound coming from outside the cave.
The old man walked to the cave entrance and saw Zhang Heng on the cliff. Zhang Heng was now carrying a black box that looked heavy, climbing up the mountain. However, his footsteps were still very relaxed and steady, and it seemed that he was not affected by the thing on his back.
Zhang Heng also saw the old man standing at the entrance of the cave, waving at him as a greeting. After that, he continued to climb up, but he did not return to the cave. Instead, he stopped on another stone wall not far away. The old man knew that place. It was also a cave, but it was not as big, and the terrain was steeper.
It was also why he chose to live here.
But this was not a problem for Zhang Heng, and it could be seen that it was not the first time he climbed into that cave. He even used vines to make a rope ladder for easy access.
In fact, if he counted the 24 hours of the time halt, this was Zhang Heng's seventh time in and out of the cave. The previous few times, he mainly cleaned up the cave, then moved his game items, food, and daily necessities from the car.
Zhang Heng did not plan to stay here for a long time because he did not have much time left. However, he was willing to spend some effort to make himself more comfortable under the current conditions. This time, he removed the battery from the Polo and used it to power the car. Next, he would move the engine and the gasoline in the car here.
But after he put the battery in his new home, he went back to the bigger cave next to it to visit the old couple and the child who lived there.
Both of them seemed to be in a much better state of mind than yesterday. The child's high fever had subsided, but the old man's fractured leg would take a long time to heal. Generally speaking, an adult's fracture would take two to three months to heal. As for the elderly, it would probably take even longer.
Zhang Heng was worried that the two would not be able to eat, so he brought them some instant noodles from the car. However, the old man waved his hand and refused. He placed the egg yolk pie he got from Zhang Heng last night in front of the little girl's bed. After that, he used his walking stick to scoop out a bowl of rice from the rice jar, poured it into the iron pot, and scooped three large bowls of water from the water jar. It seemed that he was going to cook porridge, and he even cooked Zhang Heng's bowl.
Seeing this, Zhang Heng did not rush down the mountain. Instead, he helped burn firewood and finished his porridge in the cave. At this time, the child also got up from the bed. Only then did Zhang Heng know that the person he fed the medicine to last night was a girl.
It couldn't be helped. When one was young, the difference between a boy and a girl was not very obvious. Moreover, the little girl looked a little malnourished, and she was dark and skinny. No matter who came to see her, they would think that she was a boy at first glance.
So Zhang Heng left an extra box of multivitamin tablets. Originally, he only brought them with him in case of emergencies. Since he did not have much use for them, he might as well leave them for someone who needed them more.
After breakfast, Zhang Heng did not say much. He did not even ask about the relationship between the old man and the girl, or why they lived deep in the mountains. He just continued to move things that he could use.
In the end, not only did Zhang Heng put all the luggage into the newly found cave, but he also dismantled all the parts that could be used in the car. The rest of the useless parts were thrown into the stream and washed directly under the waterfall.
From this day on, the old man and the young girl, who lived alone in the mountains, had one more neighbor.
However, this new neighbor did not like to go out very much. Most of the time, he stayed alone in his cave. Only when it was time to eat would he come to the old man and the little girl's cave. Although he had one more mouth, the dishes were much more varied than before. Zhang Heng brought a lot of snacks and ready-to-eat food that did not require much cooking.
Other than that, with his wilderness survival skills, he could find a lot of wild vegetables and fruits whenever he went out. The total amount of food he got was far more than what he ate at the old man and the little girl's cave.
So it did not take long for the little girl to fall in love with this young uncle who would bring delicious food every time he came. However, the expression on the young uncle's face was always calm. Sometimes, he gave her the feeling that he was a stone.
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