Chapter 1367 New Neighbors

Zhang Heng originally planned to wait until dawn before sending the old man home, but he didn't expect that the old man seemed to be very anxious and insisted on leaving regardless of his injured leg.

After sending the Buddha to the west, Zhang Heng simply took out his travel bag, locked the polo, and then carried the old man on his back first through the woods, and then climbed up a steep cliff, skipping a point in the middle. The mountain stream, which was about one meter wide, finally reached the latter's home in the middle of the mountain.

It was said that the home was actually just a cave. Zhang Heng glanced at it. It was about 200 square meters in size. There were some simple furniture in it, including beds, stools, stoves, a rice vat... There was no water. Electricity, of course, not to mention the Internet. In fact, the few pieces of furniture seemed to have been thrown away by others and picked up by the owner here.

And 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 flushed, and he was still coughing quietly.

Zhang Heng placed the old man on a recliner at the entrance of the cave, walked up, touched the child's forehead, and looked at his throat. Fortunately, it was probably just a fever caused by tonsillitis. No wonder the old man didn't sleep at night. , got into the woods, presumably to collect medicine, but it was too dark and he couldn't see the path under his feet and fell down.

It was not difficult to cure this disease. Zhang Heng had anti-inflammatory medicine in his bag and fed the child on the bed a piece of amoxicillin with mineral water. Then he found a place by himself and closed his bed with his back against the cave wall. My eyes calmed down.

The old man on the other side saw that the child's condition was gradually improving, and finally felt relieved. After all, he was old, and he had just spent the night, so he fell asleep quickly after relaxing.

However, the old man's sleep time is usually not very long. He opened his eyes just after dawn, only to find that the young man who had rescued him and treated the little girl had disappeared.

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 twigs beside him. The old man stood up from the chair with the crutch. He got up, walked to the bed, glanced at the child first, and then heard the sound coming from outside the cave.

The old man walked to the entrance of the cave and saw Zhang Heng on the cliff. Zhang Heng was climbing up the mountain carrying a black box that looked heavy. However, his steps were still easy and steady, and he did not seem to be affected much. The impact of carrying something on your back.

Zhang Heng also saw the old man standing at the entrance of the cave. He waved to him as a greeting, but then he kept walking and continued to climb up. However, he did not go back to the cave. Instead, he climbed up not far away. He stopped on another rock wall. The old man knew that place was also a cave, but the area was not as large as this one, and the terrain was steeper.

That's why he ultimately chose to live here.

But this is not a problem for Zhang Heng, and it can be seen that this is not the first time he has climbed into the cave. He even made a ladder with vines to facilitate entry and exit.

In fact, if you include the 24-hour stop, this is the seventh time Zhang Heng has entered and exited the cave. In the previous few times, he mainly cleaned the cave, and then moved the props, food and daily necessities he brought in from the car.

Zhang Heng did not intend to live here permanently, because he did not have much time left, but he was still willing to spend some effort to make himself more comfortable under the existing conditions, and this time he removed the battery from the polo car He took it out and used it for power supply. Next, he would also move the engine and the gasoline in the car here.

However, after placing the battery in his new residence, he went back to the larger cave next to him and visited the old man and child living there.

The mental state of both of them seems to be much better than yesterday. The child's high fever has gone away, but the old man's broken leg will take two days to heal. Generally speaking, it takes two days for an adult to have a broken leg. It takes three months to heal, and for the elderly, this time may be even longer.

Zhang Heng was worried that the two of them would not be able to eat, so he brought them some instant noodles from the car, but the old man waved them away. He placed the egg yolk pie he got from Zhang Heng last night in front of the little girl's bed. , then used crutches to scoop out a bowl of rice from the rice vat, poured it into the iron pot, and scooped out three large bowls of water from the water vat. It seemed that he was preparing to cook porridge, and also took Zhang Heng's bowl with him. Cooked.

Seeing this, Zhang Heng stopped going down the mountain. He helped burn firewood and finished the porridge in the cave. At this time, the child also climbed up from the bed. It was only at this time that Zhang Heng realized that he had been there last night. The person who gave the medicine turned out to be a girl.

There is no way, the difference between men and women is not very obvious when they are young, and the little girl looks a little malnourished, dark and thin, no matter who comes, they will think it is a boy at first glance.

So Zhang Heng left an extra box of multivitamin tablets. He originally brought this just in case. He didn't have much use for it, so he might as well leave it to someone who needed it more.

After breakfast, Zhang Heng didn't say much. He didn't even ask about the relationship between the old man and the girl, or why they lived deep in the mountains. He just continued to carry the usable things.

In the end, Zhang Heng not only put everything in the newly found cave, but also dismantled all the parts that could be used in the car. The remaining useless parts were thrown into the small road. In the stream, he was washed directly under the waterfall.

From that day on, the old man and the young man, who originally lived alone in the mountains, had a neighbor.

However, this new neighbor doesn't like to go out very much. He stays alone in his cave most of the time. He only comes to the cave of the old man and the little girl when he is eating. Although he has more mouths, the dishes are different. It was much richer than before. Zhang Heng brought a lot of snacks and ready-to-eat food in the car that didn’t require much cooking.

In addition, with his wilderness survival skills, he could find a lot of wild vegetables and fruits just by going out for a walk, which together was far more than what he had eaten from the old man and the girl.

So it didn't take long for the little girl to fall in love with this young uncle who always brought delicious food every time he came. However, the look on this young uncle's face looked calm no matter what, and sometimes he felt like he was together. Stone.