Ancient Eden Chapter 49:
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In the evening, Li Ming was carried on his back and took a bath in the large pottery basin Limang specially made for him. Mu Qing put him into a small vest and shorts. The little guy lay down on the rattan mat, surrounded by You teased him, drooling and kicking his hands and feet, which was very cute.
It has been more than a year since I arrived here. So far, the best clothing materials Mu Qing has been able to find are animal furs. Unlike the thick winter fur, the summer fur now used for clothing is similar to that of a roe deer. When the weather is hot, the velvet on the skin of this animal will fall off. After peeling it off, soak it in grass ash water and wash it, scrape off the remaining fur on the surface, and then beat it repeatedly with a mallet until it is soft and thin and only a layer of skin is left. When the time comes, you can cut it into summer clothes. Even when Lightning used a urine bag at night, it was wrapped in a leather board with many small holes, boiled and dried through hay seams. The next day, he only needed to take out the hay inside and wash and dry the soiled leather surface. Lightning is basically getting used to it, and at least during this time, there is no rash on his butt.
Not only lightning, Mu Qing found that she was also wearing this kind of ultra-short suspenders sewn from leather panels, which was quite cool. She also sewed one for Youyou, but the little girl, like Li Mang, seemed to be used to her old dressing habits. Mu Qing put it on for her, but she soon took it off secretly. After doing this several times, Mu Qing burst into laughter and let her go. It seems that once a habit is formed, it is difficult to change it in a short period of time. Just like she couldn't accept being naked, Yuyou couldn't let her freedom get used to her body being restricted by clothes.
The sunset faded away its afterglow, and the sky darkened. Exhausted from running around all day, he lay down early on the edge of the room originally left for Lightning and fell asleep. Mu Qing lay on the rattan mat, letting Lightning lie on his chest, teasing him while looking at Li Mang. He was weaving a handkerchief out of soft rattan leather and dipping it in water to wipe the bamboo floor in the room. After he shook off the water droplets on his hands, he came in barefoot on the bamboo floor and lay next to her, smiling as he watched her teasing Lightning. Slowly, Mu Qing felt his hands reaching her waist, into her clothes, and stroking her skin.
His fingertips seemed to bring heat, making her body gradually feel hot again after just taking a shower. When he finally reached the land of grass and drew circles with his fingers, she was distracted for a moment and felt her face wet. Only then did she realize that lightning saliva had dripped on her face. She couldn't help but said angrily: " Lightning hasn’t slept yet..."
He laughed softly, squeezed her hard, and finally let her go and lay flat on her side, with his hands behind his head and waiting for her.
When Ling Ling finally fell asleep peacefully on his hands and knees, Mu Qing covered his stomach with a small animal skin. Li Mang, who had already been waiting a little impatiently, grabbed her, took off her clothes almost roughly, and pressed her under him.
If she lived like this for the rest of her life, she thought she would be satisfied...
Before falling asleep exhausted and satisfied, Mu Qing thought vaguely.
Since Yuyou's father and Huya left, Mu Qing had been worried for a while, fearing that the peace in the valley would be broken by their unexpected arrival and departure. She speculated that Dawuyiga in the settlement sent people to find their true intentions. But until Lightning was more than three months old, the days still flowed by quietly, and their lives did not change at all with the short stay of outsiders. Mu Qing gradually felt relieved. Maybe Yijia simply wanted to know where they were, so he sent people to look for them. she thought.
The weather is getting cooler. The second crop of millet and potato roots planted in the ground gradually yielded a harvest. When Mu Qing and Li Mang were preparing to start the autumn harvest, an accident happened in their valley.
After a burst of autumn rain, Mu Qing went to the big tree where the monkeys lived one day to collect their feces on the ground. She usually does this kind of thing every seven or eight days. Firstly, it is to keep it clean and hygienic, and secondly, it is also a convenient way to collect some fertilizer from the fields.
Since the monkeys were terrorized by Xiao Hei last year and moved back this spring, they have been living in peace with Mu Qing's family. Of course, there were occasional cases of items being stolen outside, but not many, so Mu Qing just turned a blind eye.
When Mu Qing was sweeping up the excrement, he found that the monkey's excrement was a little softer than before, as if it was caused by diarrhea, and the monkeys in the tree were also a little strange. When she came here on weekdays, she would see them scurrying around, sometimes throwing fruits at her and making faces. Not only were some monkeys missing, but most of the remaining monkeys were lying on the tree trunks. A few female monkeys were still hugging them. There was a little monkey lying in his arms, his expression looked a little sad.
Although Mu Qing was surprised, he didn't think much about it. He collected the feces that he swept up and buried them in the original pit at the edge, then went back. But within the next two days, Youyou fell ill.
She just couldn't eat at first and looked weak. Then she started to vomit and have diarrhea. The whites of her eyes turned yellow. Within two or three days, she lay there with no energy.
Mu Qing was extremely anxious. This era can hardly be called a medical condition. When adults and children are sick, apart from drinking some herbs obtained from the experience of their ancestors, they really can only resign themselves to fate.
She stewed various herbs collected by Limang from outside, and fed Youyou to drink it again and again, but with little effect. Instead of getting better, Youyou's limbs began to twitch. Mu Qing did not dare to leave her, and kept guarding her all night, constantly feeding her water and medicinal juice, hoping that she would get better, but to no avail. What's worse is that early that morning, she found that the lightning in the other room where Li Mang was sleeping also had such signs. She fed him milk, but he couldn't eat it. Most of the milk was vomited and his bowel movements were abnormal. But one night, the situation became serious and I cried non-stop. A child who is usually so good now cannot be coaxed no matter how much he is coaxed.
Mu Qing was so frantic that he almost went crazy. She stayed by Yuyu and Inazuma's side sleeplessly. Within a few days, the whole person was almost gone.
She didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but now she does. Without supernatural power, how could she be here and form such an indissoluble bond with Youyou and her lightning?
She had no choice but to kneel on the ground and bury her head, close her eyes and pray for God's protection and a miracle.
When she was picked up by Li Mang from behind, tears were already streaming down her face. She beat his chest hard, bit his shoulder, and called him cold-blooded. Because he forced her to rest.
Li Mang hugged her tightly and pressed her head against his heart.
Mu Qing buried her head in his arms and sobbed, not daring to look at the haggard appearance of Youyou and Lightning.
Li Mang kept patting her back and coaxing her in a low voice.
Mu Qing stopped crying soon. She heard Yuyou's weak voice coming over, moaning that she was thirsty.
Mu Qing quickly pushed Li Mang away and was about to go over to give Youyou some water when she suddenly stopped.
She thought of the monkeys.
Could it be that the monkeys got some disease and then infected it to Youyou and Lightning, who were less resistant?
The bowl in her hand dropped to the bamboo floor with a bang, breaking into several pieces. She turned around and ran almost madly towards the big tree where the monkeys lived.
Li Mang didn't know what happened. She was startled and followed her in a hurry.
Mu Qing panted and ran under the monkey tree. When she looked up, she was stunned.
The monkeys, who were sick a few days ago, are now jumping around again. Seeing her coming, she squeaked and crawled around in the branches and leaves.
Mu Qing stared blankly for a while, his forehead seemed to suddenly wake up after being blurred for several days.
Monkeys will not get sick collectively for no reason, nor will they suddenly get better for no reason. Something must have happened among them in the past few days.
Li Mang had already rushed to her side and saw her looking up at the monkeys. He then looked up for a while and held her shoulder with some confusion. Just as he was about to persuade her to go back, Mu Qing suddenly shouted. Get up: "Look, what do they eat?"
Li Mang looked at it again, but still couldn't see anything, but Mu Qing was already muttering to himself: "No... I have never seen them eat this thing before, and now they suddenly eat it, it must be the effect of this thing ...Li Mang, Li Mang, have you seen it? Go find this kind of thing! Go!"
Li Mang was still a little confused, but he saw the fire of hope suddenly igniting in her eyes, so bright that her eyes seemed to be burning. He suddenly seemed to understand something, and he suddenly raised his head and looked carefully. Watch the monkey.
He saw that most of the monkeys were moving in their mouths, as if they were chewing something. If you look closely, you can see that they are holding a kind of purple-red with green grass stems on their front paws, which is what they should be eating.
", go find these things, they eat! Youyou Lightning may be saved!"
Mu Qing was already pushing him anxiously.
Li Mang patted her soothingly, walked under the tree and picked up a piece of broken stem that the monkeys had fallen off. He looked at it carefully, smelled it again, nodded to Mu Qing, and ran towards the mouth of the valley. .
Mu Qing almost dragged his trembling legs back into the house. She fed Youyou some water and lay down, then she held him in her arms with Lightning, whose cries had become as weak as a cat's, and kept patting his back. Lightning would twitch from time to time. When he moved, her heart felt like it had been cut by a knife.
In the evening, Limang finally came back, bringing a large basket of these grass stems. He said he picked it by climbing an old vine to a cliff where monkeys often visit.
Mu Qing immediately cooked a large pot of thick juice and asked Li Mang to feed Youyou to drink it, while she fed Lightning with a spoon.
After Yuyou drank, he slowly fell asleep, but Lightning couldn't drink it. She fed him a few mouthfuls, and he spat out a few mouthfuls. Even if he held his nose and forced it down, he still vomited it out.
Mu Qing was so anxious that tears welled up in his eyes.
Li Mang took the lightning from her arms and let her drink it by herself.
Mu Qing just woke up from a dream and hurriedly poured the juice into the bowl.
The juice that comes out is dark green and terribly bitter. She drank one bowl after another without stopping, until Li Mang couldn't bear it and pressed down the bowl in her hand.
In the middle of the night, the extremely hungry Lightning finally whimpered and began to slowly **** her breast milk. Although she also vomited some of it, she should have eaten some.
Lightning finally fell asleep.
Li Mang held Mu Qing in his arms until dawn.
At dawn, Mu Qing woke up and subconsciously rushed to Lightning and Youyou.
For the first time in the past few days, Lightning was breathing evenly and peacefully, and Yuyu beside him had opened his eyes and looked at her.
In the morning light, her face was still so pale, but her big eyes were filled with vitality again.
"Qingqing..."
She called her in a hoarse and weak voice.
Mu Qing was so excited that her eyes filled with tears. She turned around to share the joy with Li Mang, but then she was shocked to realize that he had fallen asleep leaning against the wall with his head tilted.
In the past few days when Yuyou and Lightning were sick, whenever she was anxious because of despair or even lost her temper with him, he would always hold her silently and let her vent her emotions.
He had not slept well for several nights in a row. He must have been extremely tired after sitting like this and holding her all night last night.
She walked up to him, knelt down, and patted his face gently.
"How's it going?"
Li Mang woke up immediately, his whole body jumped up suddenly, and his eyes seemed to be sunken.
"They are getting better..." The tears in Mu Qing's eyes were not dry yet, but they welled up again, "Limang, thank you..."
Li Mang breathed out a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to rub his face, and said with a smile: "Great...I'll make the medicine again. You've worked too hard, go lie down and rest for a while." He tried to get up with his hands, but he hissed and frowned slightly.
Mu Qing knew that he must have felt numbness in his lower limbs. After sitting like this all night, it's strange that she doesn't feel numb.
She took her pillow, put it on the floor, and pressed him down.
"You should have a good sleep, I will cook the medicine."
Her tone was very relaxed, but it contained a hint of unquestionable command.
Li Mang obeyed her words and lay down.
Mu Qing went down the stairs and went to the fire pit to light a fire and cook medicine when he felt something behind him gently licking his outer shoulder.
It's Xiao Hei.
The past few days have been so depressing that she even forgot about Xiao Heicun.
She hugged the little black neck tightly and pressed her face against its thick and warm neck.
Xiao Hei seemed to feel the joy coming from her, and knelt down, letting her lean against him.
After the concoction was boiled, Mu Qing waited for it to cool down, then took it upstairs and fed Youyou a large bowl, and also drank a full stomach for himself. When I went downstairs, I saw Xiao Hei still lingering nearby. With a thought in my mind, I waved to him, held down his head, and forced some of it in, causing Xiao Hei to scurry away as soon as she let go, making him scream. Can't live.
Li Mang slept until dusk.
During this period, Mu Qing fed Youyou another concoction, fed Lightning several times, and changed diapers.
When Li Mang woke up, he saw Youyou lying there, smiling and playing with the waking lightning. His nose smelled the aroma of meat coming from the fire pit below.
Mu Qing cooked dinner for him.
The nightmare days are finally over.
After resting for several days, Yuyou and Lightning finally fully recovered.
After Yuyou recovered, he seemed a little depressed. Mu Qing knew that she must be homesick.
No matter how good a place is, without family members around, it will lose its flavor over time, let alone after such a serious illness.
After asking her what she meant, Li Mang decided to send her back.
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