Chapter 771: Everyone is ignorant

Li Long couldn't care about drinking milk tea and hurriedly went to check Ta Lihaer's condition.

The wounds on his head and face went without saying; they were clearly scratched by tree branches, looking miserable but actually not very serious.

Because Ta Lihaer was sitting on the wooden kang with one leg stretched out and one leg bent on the ground, Li Long saw at a glance that his leg stretched on the wooden kang was also bandaged.

The wound on his right arm was quite serious. Li Long gestured, and he and Ha Ha Li Mu slowly unwrapped the gauze.

This gauze was still the one Li Long had brought. After unwrapping it, Li Long saw the arm was swollen like a thigh, and the wound on the upper arm must have been twelve or thirteen centimeters long, red and swollen, and seeping yellow fluid.

"How many days has it been injured?" Li Long's face was somewhat solemn; this was clearly infected.

"Two days and more," Ta Lihaer was still conscious. He grinned, moved the wound, twitched in pain, and said in a low voice:

"The day before yesterday, I was fine, and I took my gun thinking I'd go out and see if I could hit a red deer or something. Because there were red deer hoof prints in the mountains near us, I followed them over two mountains. When I found the red deer, I discovered they were running up the mountain, so I chased them, thinking I'd see if I could catch a live one.

As a result, halfway through the chase, a group of wild boars rushed out from the mountain. Those wild boars charged too fast and knocked me down directly. I couldn't dodge at all, and then a big wild boar gored me and threw me into the snow..."

"You're really lucky to be alive!" Li Long could smell the white medicine sprinkled on the wound. He reached out to touch Ta Lihaer's forehead, and this guy was a bit embarrassed, subconsciously turning his head away.

He was a bit hot; he should have been running a low fever.

"Come, let me check the wound on your leg." After Li Long carefully wrapped the gauze, he said to him, "Don't be embarrassed. Your wound is about to fester. If it goes on like this, you won't be able to keep your arm."

Ta Lihaer was really embarrassed to let Li Long see his leg, but at this time, Li Long wouldn't let him refuse.

The wound on his leg was also wrapped in gauze. After Li Long unwrapped it and looked at the festering wound, he shook his head and said:

"Let's go, go down the mountain and see a doctor at the hospital."

"No, no, no, it can be treated here. Na Sen's grandmother knows how to treat it." Ta Lihaer shook his head hurriedly, "I came here just to have her treat it. It's fine, she really knows how to treat it. No need to go down the mountain, no need!"

Ta Lihaer's attitude was very firm, so Li Long had to turn his head to look at Ha Ha Li Mu.

Could Ha Ha Li Mu's mother treat this kind of external injury? Li Long was a bit surprised.

"My mother did indeed learn some of our Kazakh medical knowledge in the past." Ha Ha Li Mu explained, "She can treat external injuries a bit, but I don't know if she can treat Ta Lihaer's kind of injury."

In his previous life, Li Long had heard that the Kazakhs also had a complete set of medical knowledge passed down, but most of it was passed down by word of mouth, and the same was true for the Uyghurs.

Twenty or thirty years later, Uyghur medicine, Kazakh medicine, and Mongolian medicine all had their own specialties in many county towns in Northern Xinjiang.

And for some diseases, they were indeed quite effective.

He himself had heard of some treatment methods. For example, after a fracture, Uyghur medicine didn't use plaster casts, steel plates, or nails. After setting the bone, they used egg whites to smear gauze layer by layer, acting as a plaster cast, wrapping it around the patient's fracture site. This process was quite long, possibly two or three months.

Of course, the gauze had to be changed once a week, re-smeared with egg whites, and wrapped again, which was also for relaxing muscles and blood vessels.

After three months, it was basically healed, and there was no need to take out steel plates and nails like in current hospital fracture treatments.

Li Long had only heard of it, and people around him who weren't particularly serious fractures had used it, and the effect was quite good.

He didn't know how the old lady would treat it.

Li Long looked at the old lady.

The old lady had clearly already seen Ta Lihaer's wound. She shook her head and talked to Ha Ha Li Mu and Li Long for a long time.

"My mother said that if the injury is relatively light, it can be treated with mountain herbs, but right now Ta Lihaer's injury is relatively serious, so it's better not to delay. In the summer, she encountered similar serious injuries down the mountain, and they were treated faster in the hospital. She thinks it's better for Ta Lihaer to follow you."

Since the old lady said so, Ta Lihaer had nothing more to say.

"Shall I go with you?" Ha Ha Li Mu said, "It'll be easier to take care of him if I'm there, and there might be some things that aren't convenient for you alone."

"Good." Li Long said, "Do we need to tell his family?"

"You don't need to worry about that, Na Sen's mother can just ride a horse to notify them."

"It's not that serious, is it?" Ta Lihaer's mouth was still quite tough, "I was thinking of resting at home for a few days and it would be fine. After I'm better, I still have to go find my gun..."

So this guy had also lost his gun.

Li Long didn't say much. He and Ha Ha Li Mu helped Ta Lihaer put on his clothes. Ha Ha Li Mu explained things to his family, and then they helped Ta Lihaer sit in Li Long's jeep.

Li Long drove slower on the way back, after all, there was an injured person in the car.

But the road conditions were truly poor. Li Long hadn't felt it when driving himself, but now, carrying Ta Lihaer, it was clearly noticeable.

The young man was truly able to endure; he only groaned when he really couldn't help it. Along the way, Li Long counted, Ta Lihaer groaned at least twenty or thirty times.

It wasn't until the jeep drove onto the Wuyi Highway that Ta Lihaer felt a bit better.

Li Long hesitated when he got onto the highway, then turned left directly and drove toward Shicheng.

Since it had to be treated, it should be treated properly. The Maxian Hospital could also treat it, but in terms of medical skills, the Shicheng Second Hospital was certainly better.

It was only seven or eight kilometers from here to Shicheng. After Li Long drove into the Shicheng urban area, he skillfully turned to the Second Hospital.

The jeep drove directly into the hospital courtyard. Some people who came to see a doctor were curious, wondering which big leader had come to see a doctor.

Li Long and Ha Ha Li Mu helped Ta Lihaer into the surgery department, where someone was currently seeing a doctor.

Seeing Ta Lihaer's condition, the people queuing consciously gave up their positions, letting the three of them wait at the door.

People's moral standards were still high at this time—at least in some respects.

Li Long sighed inwardly, intending to thank the others, when a nurse hurried over, glanced at them as she passed, and said:

"So serious, why didn't you go to the emergency room?"

Only then did Li Long remember, that's right, there was an emergency room!

"Right, right, right, let this little comrade go to the emergency room, look at the wounds on his arm and leg, they're seeping blood..." An old person nearby also suggested.

"Go, go, go..." Li Long felt a bit ashamed; he hadn't thought Ta Lihaer's condition was serious enough for the emergency room. After walking two steps, he stopped again, asked for the location of the emergency room, and then went over.

There weren't many people in the emergency room at this time. After they arrived, a nurse immediately took over, helped Ta Lihaer onto a bed, and called for a doctor at the same time.

A female doctor hurried over, looked at Ta Lihaer's condition, frowned, and asked:

"Why did you just come? How many days has it been?"

"Three days." Li Long said, "They were in the mountains, it wasn't very convenient..."

Hearing Li Long's words, the doctor's expression softened. While unwrapping the gauze, she said:

"The wound shows signs of infection, you need an anti-inflammatory injection, and the wound also needs to be treated... Go pay the money first, we'll handle the hospitalization procedures here, we'll treat the wound right now!"

Li Long took the form and went to pay, while Ha Ha Li Mu stayed there.

When Li Long came back, Ta Lihaer's wound hadn't been treated yet.

"She said it's very serious!" Ha Ha Li Mu told Li Long seriously, "There's a lot of pus inside. When she used gauze to soak it out and applied medicine, Ta Lihaer even cried... He told me later, definitely don't tell anyone else..."

Li Long also sighed inwardly; Ta Lihaer could be considered to have had his share of disasters. Previously, he wanted to hunt, met a bear, and almost didn't make it.

He had finally recovered, made progress, and became a well-known hunter in the small tribe, and then this suddenly happened.

He didn't know if he would still have the heart to continue hunting after his wounds healed.

"By the way, the doctor said the bone in his arm is also somewhat displaced and needs to be reset. It can be handled today, but he can't move easily for the next few days."

Since he had to be hospitalized, he should stay properly. Li Long knew that for this kind of thing, once you reached the hospital, you should listen to the doctor.

Soon he saw Ta Lihaer, who had been re-bandaged. Not only were the wounds on his arm and leg bandaged, but the wounds on his face had also been medicated. With crutches under his uninjured arm, he hopped out following the nurse.

The nurse took them to the inpatient department to arrange for hospitalization.

In the three-person ward, there were two empty beds at the moment, and a middle-aged man in his forties was lying on the middle bed. He was wearing a hat and was currently looking curiously at Li Long and the others who had entered.

"Ta Lihaer, from now on you are bed forty-three." The nurse pointed and said, "Collect the hospital gown, washbasin, and other things later. Don't run around, you'll be given an injection in a while."

Hearing about the injection, Ta Lihaer was a bit nervous, and he looked at Li Long somewhat helplessly.

"It's fine, it's fine," Li Long smiled, "Compared to the medicine they just applied to you, the injection really doesn't feel like anything, just like a mosquito bite."

The nurse glanced at Li Long and turned to go out.

"Then what about eating?" Ha Ha Li Mu asked Li Long, "Do I have to stay here with him for a few days too?"

"It's fine, it's fine, Ha Ha Li Mu, you go back." Ta Lihaer said immediately upon hearing this, "No need to stay here, I can manage."

"Don't worry, I'll go ask." Li Long said, "There should be food in the hospital. If not, I'll find someone outside to deliver it..."

"There is," the middle-aged man in the middle bed said, "There's a cafeteria behind the hospital, you can go eat or get food. But you need to prepare a lunch box."

"It's fine, I'll go buy one." Li Long said, "Let's first determine if he needs a caregiver."

There was heating in the ward, and although it was very cold outside, it was very hot inside. There was coal in the Nanshan mountains, so there was no shortage of coal in winter, and the hospital's boiler was burning very well.

Li Long went to the nurse's station to collect things and took the opportunity to ask about Ta Lihaer's care.

"Someone needs to accompany him, at least for the first few days, he won't be able to move easily and won't be able to do some things himself." The doctor said, "After the first three days, when the wound improves, he'll basically be able to move on his own and won't need a caregiver."

Li Long understood. When he collected the things and returned to the ward, the nurse was already distributing medicine to Ta Lihaer, preparing for the injection.

Hanging an intravenous drip.

"Let's go, Ha Ha Li Mu, let's go buy him a lunch box and bring back some food."

It was almost lunchtime. Li Long didn't know the situation in the cafeteria and planned to take Ha Ha Li Mu around first. Ha Ha Li Mu would have to stay in the hospital for these two days, and Li Long still had to go into the mountains in the afternoon to explain the situation, then go home, and come back tomorrow.

Driving the jeep, he took Ha Ha Li Mu to the department store and bought two aluminum lunch boxes, two enamel mugs for drinking water, towels, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and bedding for Ha Ha Li Mu to stay over, among other daily necessities. Li Long could actually have brought a set from home, but there was no need; buying it now saved trouble.

Afterward, Li Long took him to the old street and found Ke Youmu to buy two naans.

"Fellow villager, haven't seen you for a long time." Ke Youmu was very happy to see Li Long, "Is this your friend? Adaxi, is he alright?"

Ha Ha Li Mu felt a sense of space-time illusion listening to Ke Youmu's pure Yudong accent. He didn't answer and turned to look at Li Long.

"Don't look, I just have this accent. My home is right here in this reclamation area, the neighbors are all from that Yudong and Wanxi area, and they all speak like this, so I just learned it." Ke Youmu was already used to it; anyway, everyone who heard him speak for the first time looked like that.

After Li Long and Ha Ha Li Mu drank a bowl of milk tea there, they hurried to the hospital.

He found out the location of the cafeteria and took Ha Ha Li Mu there. Sure enough, he saw the word "Halal" there.

He took Ha Ha Li Mu to get food and brought it to Ta Lihaer. Li Long originally planned to eat with Ha Ha Li Mu in the cafeteria, but Ha Ha Li Mu intended to eat the naan with water.

"This naan is very good." Ha Ha Li Mu said while eating the naan, feeling very content.

Li Long didn't force him and ate his own meal in the cafeteria. When he came back and planned to talk to Ha Ha Li Mu and the others, he found that Ta Lihaer, who had finished his injection, was also eating naan.

Alright then.

After explaining the situation to them, Li Long stuffed fifty yuan into Ha Ha Li Mu's hand, but Ha Ha Li Mu refused to take it, saying he had brought his own.

Anyway, he had to come back tomorrow, so Li Long didn't insist. He took Ha Ha Li Mu to the nurse to register the care, paid the deposit, and found a place for Ha Ha Li Mu to sleep at night.

Although there was an empty bed in the ward, the nurse certainly wouldn't let Ha Ha Li Mu sleep there at night, saying it wouldn't be convenient if other patients came.

Li Long not only took Ha Ha Li Mu to see the place to sleep, but also showed him where to get hot water, the water room, the toilet, and other places, and even demonstrated how to use the faucet and reminded him to wash Ta Lihaer's feet and so on.

Ha Ha Li Mu could feel Li Long's caution when saying these things, knowing he wasn't looking down on them for not knowing, but understood that it required a process.

"Knowledge, you see, learning these things is the same principle as me going into the mountains to hunt, skin, and process prey."

Li Long's words made Ha Ha Li Mu immediately put away that little bit of inferiority. Although he was still a bit reserved, he was no longer ashamed because he and Ta Lihaer didn't know many things.

It's very normal, people can't learn everything; if you don't know, just learn.

After Li Long left, the middle-aged man in the middle bed asked them:

"Who is this young man to you? Did he cause your injury?"

"No, no, he is our friend." Ha Ha Li Mu explained hurriedly.

"My injury was caused by a wild boar while hunting," Ta Lihaer also explained, "It has nothing to do with him. If it weren't for him, I would have been resting in the mountains."

"The doctor said, if you had rested in the mountains, your arm might have been ruined later." Ha Ha Li Mu sighed, "Your leg might have been crippled too."

Ta Lihaer felt a bit of lingering fear listening to this.

He thought it wasn't a big deal.

Actually, everyone in this tribe basically lived like this; for small injuries and illnesses, they just endured it themselves, and for bigger injuries, they found old people like Ha Ha Li Mu's mother who knew a bit of medical skills, but couldn't be called doctors.

Although they were already members of the pastoral team, they weren't used to going to the hospital for treatment.

If this habit were to change, it would take many years.

"Then this person is quite good." The middle-aged man nodded. He got off the bed, slowly put on his clothes, and prepared to go eat.

Only then did Ha Ha Li Mu see this middle-aged man wearing a hat, with gauze wrapped around his head. He hadn't noticed it before because the hat blocked it, but now that he stood up, he saw it.

It was estimated that he was also injured and staying here.

Ha Ha Li Mu didn't care about that much. He moved to sit by the radiator in the ward and said to Ta Lihaer with a smile:

"Haven't lived in a house like this, have you? Much better than the winter den. Warm, spacious, bright, and the food is good... it's just that your feet are quite smelly, hahahaha..."

"Yours are the smelly ones! After I finish hanging this, I'll go wash my feet!" Ta Lihaer blushed. Actually, he had already sensed the nurse's reaction when he took off his shoes to get on the hospital bed just now.

Living habits are different, Li Long had also noticed just now and had whispered it to him.

Ha Ha Li Mu was actually teasing Ta Lihaer. He could feel that Ta Lihaer was a bit nervous, and he himself was nervous too, but firstly, he was older than the other, and secondly, since he had come to take care of the young man, he had to ease the mood, so he himself also said:

"I also want to wash. Li Long bought towels, I'll go to the water room to wash first, and I also want to brush my teeth. I've always felt Li Long's teeth are quite good, now I also want to try, brush my teeth every day, and see if my teeth will become white."

"I also want to try." Ta Lihaer had a bit of a competitive spirit.

"That's good, I'll teach you later."

Just brushing teeth, Ha Ha Li Mu said it very formally, without any intention of joking.

If you don't know, just learn, what's the big deal.

Seeing that the medicine in the bottle was almost gone, Ha Ha Li Mu hurriedly went to call the nurse. The nurse came to pull the needle and told them to press it for a while before leaving.

After feeling that there was no more bleeding on the back of his hand, the two of them really took the newly bought mugs, toothbrushes, towels, and washbasins together to the water room, preparing to wash up properly.

And at this time, Li Long was already driving the car, turning toward the Nanshan mountains again. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 772 =====