Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2695 Grandma Zuma!

Just as Duanwu was gazing at the tall wooden house with doubts in his heart, the door of the wooden house slowly opened, and an old man wearing a colorful robe and intricate silver ornaments on his head, leaning on a cane carved with ancient totems, walked out slowly and unsteadily.

Duanwu guessed that this old woman might be the Grandma Zuma mentioned by Huofeng.

Duanwu couldn't help but take a few glances at this Zuma grandmother, who had a head full of silver hair tied up with a wooden hairpin carved with a phoenix pattern.

A few strands of silver hair fluttered in the wind, adding a sense of vicissitudes to her.

He was wearing a loose black and brown robe embroidered with intricate totemic patterns.

As she walked, the patterns sparkled in the moonlight, and it was actually woven from gold and silver threads.

Around her waist was a wide brocade belt hung with all kinds of small ornaments, which swayed gently with her steps, making pleasant silver bell sounds.

She had a willow cane in her hand, which made a steady and rhythmic sound when she leaned on the ground.

Huo Feng reminded at this time: "Captain Qi, this is Grandma Zuma."

Duanwu came back to his senses, stepped forward quickly, bowed respectfully, and said, "Grandma Zuma, I am Qi Dabing, your junior, and I am here because of an emergency. I beg you to help me."

Grandma Zuma sighed slightly. She didn't look very happy, but she didn't try to put on a stern face either.

It gives people the feeling that he is helpless.

She gently raised her hand, indicating that Duanwu did not need to be polite, and then said: "Child, I already know why you came. I can't help you with this disaster."

Duanwu looked at Huo Feng beside him with a surprised look on his face.

Because he hadn't even said what it was about, but the other party refused. What happened?

Seeing this, Huo Feng stepped forward respectfully and saluted, saying, "Grandma Zuma, it's just that some people have been poisoned. If you can save them, it will be a great merit!"

Grandma Zuma smiled softly at Huo Feng: "Silly child,"

He said, "Silly boy," then sighed and looked at Duanwu and said, "She likes you, you are too stubborn."

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Duanwu was speechless, thinking: Why are they talking about me again? Is it because I didn't accept the Fire Phoenix that Grandma Zuma is unwilling to help?

So Duanwu quickly said, "Grandma Zuma, I already have a wife."

Huo Feng also said: "Grandma Zuma, you don't have to worry about my affairs. Captain Qi and I are very good friends now."

Grandma Zuma waved her hand and said, "That's not it."

Huo Feng asked anxiously, "What happened? Captain Qi saved our Phoenix City several times. Didn't you also say that Captain Qi would be the guide for our Phoenix City? But now, what happened to you?"

Grandma Zuma looked up to the north and murmured, "Perhaps this is the fate."

At this point, Grandma Zuma suddenly said with a serious face: "Child, I can go to save people, but you must promise me one thing: Phoenix City will be protected by you in the future. I don't ask you to save the people in this city, but you must keep the roots of Phoenix City."

Although Duanwu did not understand what Grandma Zuma meant, he immediately said, "I, Qi Dabing, promise that as long as I am still alive, I will protect Phoenix City. Please help me, Grandma."

As he said this, Duanwu saluted Grandma Zuma again.

Grandma Zuma nodded, then signaled Huofeng and Duanwu to lead the way.

Duanwu was very happy and hurriedly led the way.

Grandma Zuma and Huo Feng sat in Huo Feng's eight-person sedan chair, while Duan Wu led the way. On the way, Grandma Zuma gently stroked Huo Feng's hand and said, "You silly child, you have a kind heart. I have just reminded you that as long as you nod, I will find a way to make that boy marry you."

Huo Feng smiled and said, "Grandma, this forced melon is not sweet."

Grandma Zuma sneered and said, "You won't know whether this melon is sweet until you twist it off. Qi Dabing is not his real name. This child has many secrets. However, he is a good child who is worth entrusting your life to."

"grandmother!"

Huo Feng looked shy.

In order to hide her embarrassment, Huo Feng quickly changed the subject and said, "Grandma, you once told me that this catastrophe is far from over. I don't understand why this is happening."

Grandma Zuma laughed and said, "People's hearts are no longer the same as before. Evil spirits have entered their minds and natural disasters have occurred. Take Phoenix City for example. People's hearts are not the same, and this is the root cause of disasters."

Huo Feng asked back: "What about the Anti-Japanese Brigade? And what about the people in Kaoshan Village?"

Grandma Zuma shook her head and said, "When disaster strikes, good people will suffer as well. Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. I want to rest for a while, and then see what kind of poison it is!"

"Well, grandma, you take a rest!"

Huo Feng supported her grandmother and let her head rest on her shoulder.

Huo Feng looked at Grandma Zuma's silver hair and felt a little sad. Grandma Zuma was old and she should be enjoying her old age. But she was still running around for Phoenix City's affairs.

There was no more conversation along the way, and because Huo Feng and Grandma Zuma were riding in a sedan chair, the speed was much slower. It took them more than forty minutes to arrive at the Anti-Japanese Brigade’s base.

At this time, the life breath of many soldiers and civilians who were seriously poisoned was already very weak.

Military doctor Han Ling was so anxious that her head was covered in sweat. Although she was a doctor, she was completely powerless.

The scene inside the local hospital was busy and depressing.

On the simple hospital beds lay pale-faced soldiers and civilians.

Their breathing was weak and rapid, as if every breath was a fight against death.

The air was filled with a strong smell of medicine, but it couldn't cover up the heart-pounding feeling of despair.

Han Ling stood in the middle of the ward, holding an unopened bottle of medicine tightly in both hands, her eyes full of helplessness and self-blame.

Her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, which slid down her cheeks, dripped onto the dusty ground, and disappeared in an instant.

She looked around and saw that every bed was packed with people. Some family members were sobbing quietly, while others were holding their loved ones' hands tightly, with reluctance and pleading in their eyes.

"Why? Why am I so incompetent?"

Han Ling screamed in her heart, but she was helpless in the face of this sudden poison.

She tried to concoct an antidote using various herbs, but each attempt failed.

Those once vibrant lives gradually disappeared before her eyes, like candle flames being swallowed by darkness, which made her heart ache.

In a corner of the hospital, several nurses were busy changing bandages and cleaning the dead flesh for the wounded whose wounds were beginning to fester.

Their movements were swift and skillful, but the expressions on their faces were equally heavy, because many patients, who were crying out in pain when they were treating their wounds before, now seemed to no longer feel the pain! .

(End of this chapter)