Even after they climbed onto the tractor, Qiu Bingyi and Qiu Bingzhong still felt as though they were dreaming.
Five kilograms of Fritillaria to save a life?
Cheap. Far too cheap!
The snakebite victim was Qiu Chunlei, their cousin's son, a member of their clan whom they had brought along to make some money. Everything had been going well, but when they went digging for Fritillaria today, there had not been much left in their original gully, so Qiu Chunlei had said he wanted to try another one.
The two men had not really agreed, but they could not dissuade the young man and had let him go. He actually found a good gully full of Fritillaria. Near dusk, Qiu Chunlei hurried back carrying a sack of it, only to be bitten by a snake before he reached them. At first, he was so angry that he grabbed the snake and killed it. Only when his leg started going numb and swelling did he realize it was venomous.
The two men dropped everything, picked up their nephew, and ran out of the mountains. The only person they could think of who might save him was Li Long, because Li Long had medicine.
"Are both of you going?" Li Long asked as the two men lifted the injured man onto the tractor and then climbed aboard themselves.
"Yes, yes, both of us," Qiu Bingyi and Qiu Bingzhong said.
"All right, sit tight. You'd better squeeze some blood out around the wound and see if you can get the poisoned blood out."
"Should we suck it out?" Qiu Bingzhong asked.
"You could try if you have no cuts or ulcers in your mouths, but it's best not to."
After locking the Wooden Cabin, Li Long could spare no thought for the things