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Chapter 581: Scare him to death! There must be a way out before the car reaches the mountain. I'm afraid you don't care.
In the dense forest far away, the big cat was lowering its head to sniff the half arm thrown on the ground. This arm was torn off from Chen Heshuang alive by it.

At that time, in order to prevent it from biting his neck, Chen Heshuang raised his left arm and stuffed it into its mouth. The four fangs locked tightly, and he bit it off with just a little force. Then, when it heard someone approaching, it calmly left with half of his arm in its mouth, and ran more than two miles without panic before throwing it down for inspection...

It could smell the blood in the air, which was indeed tempting. The taste should be more delicious than any animal it had ever eaten, but it was reluctant to take a bite. Why?

This is because carnivorous beasts such as tigers, leopards, and wolves all start eating from the belly. The large and small intestines, liver and other parts of the body contain high fat and nutritional value. Of course, the big cat certainly doesn't know what nutritional value is. It only knows that eating from the belly can make it stronger and more resistant to hunger.

Besides, it had hunted a female roe deer at noon, and only after it had eaten its fill did it have the leisure to observe the group from a distance. If it was extremely hungry, it would have pounced on Xu Ning and the others long ago, so why would it wait until dark? Now it smelled the bloody smell of the half arm, and although it had some desire to eat, it was interrupted by a gunshot.

It made a low sound, similar to a huhu sound, and was obviously a little angry that the noise of the gunfire disturbed its interest. After turning its head and hearing no movement around, it disappeared again with half of the arm in its mouth...

Halfway up the slope, Xu Ning walked down the mountain with a gun in hand, while Chen Hedong and Xu He followed on both sides with torches in hand. From this angle, they could see flickering flames in the forest below, but Chen Hedong was not in a hurry at all. He turned around and saw Chen Jinlong and Guan Lei chatting in low voices about five or six meters behind them, so he turned around and moved closer to Xu Ning.

"Erning, you didn't mean to hold a gun just now, did you? If you really hold a gun, you'd point the muzzle of the gun to your ear, right?"

Xu Ning was startled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "How do you know?"

"Hey, I was standing behind you just now, and I saw with my own eyes that you were aiming the gun at his ear, and Brother Xu raised the torch and moved the muzzle of the gun to the top of his head, and you paused for a moment before pulling the gun."

Xu He looked at Chen Hedong suspiciously but said nothing. Xu Ning smiled and said, "Brother Dong, if I don't scare him, how long will he keep pestering me? You must know what kind of personality he has..."

Chen Hedong nodded and smiled, "Yeah, he is really unreasonable. Eh... Over the years, I have never heard him praise me, let alone defend me. He often praises my big brother. Now that something like this has happened, I don't know what to say when I go home."

"Tell the truth, are you wrong? Are we wrong? Isn't it Chen Heshuang who did it? Hedong, just say what you want to say at the right time. You don't have to worry about this."

After Xu He finished speaking, Xu Ning continued, "Everyone understands the truth, but it is difficult to make a choice when things get to a certain point. Brother Dong, I understand you..."

The chatterbox's words were a bit confusing, but Chen Hedong understood what he meant.

As soon as they nodded, everyone walked to the tree that Chen Heshuang was leaning against. The charcoal fire on the ladle on the ground had turned red. Xu Ning glanced at the red-hot knife and took out a pair of work gloves from Xu He's backpack. At this time, Chen Hedong also saw Chen Heshuang's miserable appearance. He stared at him blankly for a while, opened his mouth and closed it again and again, and finally said nothing.

When Chen Jinlong saw his appearance, he immediately squatted beside him. He wanted to scream, but he was afraid of attracting the big cat. He could only hold back his grief and raised his hand to smooth Chen Heshuang's hair...

"Stop the bleeding quickly, the blood will soon run out." Xu He said.

Guan Lei pulled Chen Jinlong and said, "Uncle Chen, don't delay my brother from stopping the bleeding, or he will die."

Xu Ning handed the 56 and a half to Guan Lei and said, "Have you taken out the tobacco and cotton and got the strong liquor?"

"Yeah! Hu Zi gave me the medicine bag specially, and there are a few painkillers in it."

Guan Lei took off the backpack and took out the medicine bag from the cloth bag. Inside were the medical supplies collected by Wang Hu. The hemostatic substances included tobacco powder, medical dry cotton, and gauze bandages. The medicines included painkillers, acetaminophen, and a thin needle for sewing clothes. After being burned red by fire by Wang Hu, he used pliers to break it into the shape of a fishhook with a ball of white thin thread. In addition, the small glass bottle wrapped in cotton contained medical alcohol.

When they went hunting in the mountains before, the dogs were often injured, so Wang Hu bought these things and stuffed them into an aluminum lunch box. He would carry them with him every time he went into the mountains, in case he needed them at any time.

After Guan Lei handed it to Xu Ning, he glanced at it and asked, "Why didn't Hu Zi take it?"

"Third brother said that the preparations were more complete than these, so he didn't take any."

After Xu Ning opened the aluminum lunch box, he took out the needle and thread and asked Guan Lei to put it on. Chen Hedong bent over and wondered: "Why is there a fish hook here?"

"This is not a fishhook. This thing is a sewing needle made by Hu Zi himself, specially used to sew dog skin. Now he has to use it, otherwise he will die if the wound cannot be healed."

Chen Jinlong's eyes widened, and he said anxiously, "Use the needle you use to sew a dog's skin on him? Didn't you say you would use a red-hot knife to stop his bleeding? Why do you still need to sew it?"

Xu Ning frowned and said, "If you don't understand, just shut up! His arm is broken. Even if you ask Hua Tuo and Bian Que to come, they will just stare blankly! You think it's a good idea to use a red-hot knife to stop the bleeding? If this thing burns all the wounds on the body, he will die if he is sent to the hospital! The doctor has no way to clean the internal wounds again, and it is easy to cause infection!"

Chen Hedong stopped Chen Jinlong and said, "Dad, if you don't understand anything, just keep silent. He's already like this now, let Erning give it a try, we can try our best."

"You...Okay, thank you then."

Guan Lei turned his head and glared at him. After he finished speaking, he smiled and patted Chen Jinlong on the shoulder.

Xu Ning, wearing work gloves, raised the red-hot knife and said, "Shitou, you and Brother He look around. Brother Dong, find a tree branch and squat next to him. If he shouts, put the food in his mouth."

"it is good."

Everyone responded and went about their business. Chen Hedong picked up a ten-centimeter-long branch from the ground and squatted next to Chen Heshuang. Xu Ning squatted on his left. The next moment, he put the red-hot knife to the wound on Chen Heshuang's broken arm. There was a "click" sound, followed by a smell of burnt barbecue.

At this moment, Chen Heshuang fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss. Even when his wound was burned with a red-hot knife, he did not make any sound.

Upon seeing this, Xu Ning quickly threw the knife into the brazier to continue burning it, took off his gloves and touched the artery in his neck, and breathed a sigh of relief after feeling the pulse.

If Chen Heshuang really died in the mountains, it would be an indelible stain on Xu Ning's hunting career. He admitted that he was not a good person, but even the worst people would cherish their reputation and care about their hard-earned good reputation! From Xu Ning's painstaking efforts to "bravely do what is right" with Yang Yusheng, it can be seen that he also has a great vanity...

Then, Xu Ning put on gloves again, picked up the knife and burned the wound on Chen Heshuang's broken arm. After smoothing the wound and stopping the bleeding, he lowered his head and picked up the needle and thread on the lunch box lid. He first wiped the larger wound on Chen Heshuang's abdomen with medical alcohol and sutured it. He then asked Chen Hedong, who was idle, to find a few straight branches to fix Chen Heshuang's broken leg.

After 20 minutes, Xu Ning had completed the suturing and bandaging of Chen Heshuang, but he had no tape to fix it, so he could only remove Chen Heshuang's leggings, wrap them around his abdomen, and fix the gauze.

"Shitou, cut two longer branches to make a stretcher."

Guan Lei took out his sword and cut two straight ash trees nearby. After bringing them back, Xu Ning used the two ash trees and the tarpaulin to make a stretcher. He stood up and said, "Put out the fire in the ladle. How many pine torches are left?"

"There's only one left."

"It's almost usable. Light it up when these two are almost gone. Brother Dong, can you two lift it?"

"can!"

Xu Ning glanced at Chen Jinlong and saw him nod. He said, "Then you two carry it. We haven't seen any movement for such a long time. The big cat may have left, but we can't let down our guard. Brother He and I will be at the head and tail, and Shitou will hold the torch in the middle. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Immediately, Chen Jinlong and Chen Heshuang lifted the stretcher, and Xu Ning walked in front and said, "It's almost 8 o'clock now. We must find a way to send him to the hospital tonight. We can't wait any longer."

Chen Hedong asked: "Where is the nearest hospital?"

Xu Ning thought: "It should be Dun City in Jilin Autonomous Prefecture, but we can't go to Dun City. Do you have money in your hands?" "Not much. I only have about 50 yuan in my pocket. Dad, how much do you have in your pocket?"

Chen Jinlong said: "I have more than 40 yuan here, and your brother may have more than 20 yuan in his pocket."

"Not enough... How can I explain this? They definitely can't let us buy on credit, so we have to find a hospital where we know people. Let's move on. There will always be a way out when we get there!"

Chen Hedong carried the stretcher and said, "I thought it wouldn't cost much to go into the mountains, so I didn't bring that much money. Who would have thought..."

"No one wants this to happen, but it did happen, so just face it calmly."

After they walked forward for more than 6 miles, they saw a dirt road. Xu Ning led everyone onto the dirt road. He squatted down and glanced at the road surface in the light of the fire, and said, "We have to go forward. There should be a village ahead..."

"Aren't you going to the reservoir?"

"How can we get there? It's still five or six miles to the reservoir. Let's take a more convenient route! There may be a phone or a car in the village."

After that, Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Shi Tou, you switch with Dong Ge."

"Brother Dong, let me carry it for a while."

"No, I can persist..."

Xu He said, "You two take a break. Lei Zi and I will carry it for a while. It's not far anyway."

"Row."

After the four people changed hands, Xu Ning continued to lead them forward. They were now on a mountain road. After walking about a mile forward, they saw farmland. As long as they saw farmland, they must be not far from the village!
Sure enough, less than two miles ahead, they saw a house with lights on. When they got closer, they could see that this house was the third one on the east side of the village. There were several other houses with lights on inside, but Xu Ning did not lead them inside. Instead, he asked Xu He, Guan Lei and the other three to stand twenty meters away and handed the 56 and a half to Guan Lei.

Then Xu Ning trotted forward, hammering on the door with both hands, and screamed: "Help! Help! Brother! Help!... Is there anyone here, please save my brother..."

His shout startled Xu He and Chen Hedong behind him. They looked at each other but didn't laugh. Although Xu Ning's acting was a bit funny, this was the only way to deal with the current situation! If you, the victim, are not in a hurry, why would a stranger help you? The more helpless you appear, the more you will inspire people's kindness and get help.

At this time, a figure moved inside the house, and lights came on in the houses on both sides. Then someone opened the door, looked in, and shouted, "Who is it?"

"Save my brother... Help!"

Xu Ning didn't reply, but kept shouting with his mouth wide open.

The neighbors on both sides stood up, opened their doors, and looked at each other. One of them asked, "Who is it?"

"I don't know. He kept shouting at my door."

"It's okay, Lao Si, let's go out and take a look."

"Okay! Stop shouting! What the hell are you shouting for? Stop shouting, stop shouting, or you'll attract the wolves!"

The two of them climbed over the wall and came to the fourth brother's house. The three of them walked towards the door together. Through the fence, they saw four people standing in the distance, and there was a person knocking on the door.

"Okay! Stop shouting! Who are you? Where did you come from? If you have something to say, just say it!"

Xu Ning immediately stopped crying and said, "We came from Wanye. When we entered the mountains to move graves, we encountered a tiger. My brother was killed by a tiger. His left arm was eaten by the tiger and he is unconscious now! Big brother...you must save him."

"Fuck, how can I save people? You are talking nonsense. You came from Wanye to move the graves, how did you come to our side?"

"We are hiding from the tiger. It has been following us. We have been running around in the mountains and ended up here. Brother, where are we?"

The fourth brother said, "This is Malian, Shuangfu Village! How long have you been walking in the mountains?"

"It's been two or three days, big brother, you must help us, we really have no other options. Now my big brother is unconscious and has started to speak nonsense."

At this time, someone said, "Old Four, we can't treat them in our village. If we can't help, we can send them to the street clinic."

The fourth brother nodded and said, "Brother, since you knocked on my door, I must intervene. Don't worry, I will think of a way for you."

Xu Ning clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, brother! Thank you! Brother, can you please let me call home? My brother's injuries have been treated simply, but we have to send him to a big hospital for surgery, so we need to ask his family to send some money."

The fourth brother said, "Okay, I'll go find the village chief. Have you guys eaten?"

"It's okay. We're already too hungry. We can still hold on..."

The fourth brother waved his hand and said, "Wife! Get up and prepare some hot food. I'll take them to the village office!"

"Boss, please don't do anything stupid..."

"It's okay. This little brother has found our house. We can't just ignore him. With five of them, my family may not have enough food..."

“I still have some left at home, but not much.”

The person next to him said, "Why don't we just get together? How can we let them starve? I'll go back and tell him to cook some food for him at Old Four's house?"

"Okay! Little brother, wait a moment."

After the two of them ran to the wall and flipped over, Xu Ning grabbed the fourth brother's arm and said, "Fourth brother! Thank you."

"Don't be polite. You seem quite smart, but why do you run out of ideas when you encounter problems? It doesn't seem like it."

Xu Ning said: "To be honest, I'm afraid you won't care!"

"How can I not care? It's late at night... My family is not rich. Robbers can't come to my house to borrow money. Are you really going into the mountains to move graves?"

"Really! But I often go hiking, so we have two 56 and a half. I'm not from Wanye, but I have a brother who is from Wanye."

(End of this chapter)