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One night passed, and on the next morning, everyone woke up early. If one family made a noise, it immediately woke up the other family. In this way, everyone in the camp was awake.

The winter morning was extremely cold, and the biting cold wind seemed to freeze people's bones. If it hadn't been for them all wearing thick cotton clothes, they would have been frozen to death in the snow by now.

It was too early to get up now, it was still dark, and most people did not prepare candles. Even if they had candles, they were reluctant to use them.

After entering the mountains, everyone became more frugal. Candles were only brought out on important occasions. If they wanted to light up, they could only rely on wood to make a fire.

However, they finished working on the house very late yesterday, and no one had time to collect firewood.

When they got up so early this morning, they must have been embarrassed to go to Shen's house to have dinner with shame, so they walked into the woods in the dark to collect firewood and returned.

They didn't light the torch when they left. Of course Nian didn't know this, but she was always attentive and kind, so she naturally knew that everyone had no place to make a fire to cook, so she got up early on purpose.

Normally, she and two or three girls would complete the cooking, and at most she would have to call someone to light a fire. Today, she had to cook for one or two hundred people, so she had to call in more than a dozen girls to help her knead the dough. .

On this winter morning, no one has much appetite, so we might as well make steamed buns with rice porridge and some cold wild vegetables.

"Brother Shen, where are you going?" When the sky was bright and people could barely be seen without torches and lanterns, Nian went outside to pour the vegetable water and saw Li Zheng and his sons walking out with wooden sticks. He walked away and asked doubtfully.

"It's Miss Nian. I'll take the three of them out to collect firewood."

"Why are you going out so early? The snow outside has already wetted the firewood. No matter how much you collect firewood, you have to go out after the sun comes out. Besides, if you get up so early, you may get cold."

"Oh, it's okay. They are all boys. They are not afraid of the cold. It is easy to carry firewood. Moreover, it is not bright yet, so there is no danger on the road."

"No, it's dark outside and it's not safe. Besides, we've just had a few wild boars come and hurt Xiao Fu. The girl is still lying on the bed and can't get out of bed..."

"What?" When several people heard this, their hair stood up instantly. It turned out that this was how the wild boar meat they ate yesterday came from.

"B-but..." Li Zheng hesitated, his face turned red with embarrassment. Fortunately, it was still dark, so no one noticed.

"Auntie, it's like this. We didn't collect firewood yesterday, and we don't have a stove now. If you don't go out to collect firewood, you won't have breakfast, so we went out early in the morning to collect firewood."

"So that's it. It's all because I didn't explain it clearly last night. Come back quickly. I've already prepared the morning meal. The steamed buns and porridge are also for us in the village. You go and wake him up."

"Yes, yes, boss, you and I go out to find someone, and you two wake up all the people in the village."

"Do you mean the villagers have gone out?" Nian asked.

"That's right, everyone went out before dawn. It was just our family. Their mother felt sorry for these boys and didn't ask them to get up until now. No, they didn't get up until dawn. It's all the fault of these lazy boys."

"Okay, go and call everyone back. If you haven't come back for so long, I'm afraid you may have encountered some danger."

"Okay, okay, I'm going right now. Don't worry. Boys, go and wake up the villagers. Don't keep them waiting."

The four men, father and son, divided into two groups and immediately became busy.

Sure enough, he was afraid of what would happen. Nian's breakfast had been prepared, and the villagers had come over. Even Li Zheng and his son, who went out to look for people, and the people who made firewood when they went out, had not returned yet.

"Why haven't they come back yet?" After such a long time, everyone became anxious and did not even bother to eat breakfast. The remaining people and women in the village had to go out to look for someone.

At this moment, Li Zheng came back with his people, and behind them was Uncle Xu with his arms folded.

"What's going on?" Uncle Xu's daughter-in-law, Wang Hehua, ran up in a hurry. When she saw her bleeding arm, she immediately lay on the ground with an oops.

"Sister-in-law, get up quickly." Uncle Xu's younger brother Xu San immediately pulled his sister-in-law up, and then went to check on his eldest brother's injury.

When he saw the hideous wound, he couldn't help but gasped, "How did you get hurt?"

"Have you encountered a wild boar?" Nian asked.

"No, please ask Dr. Xu to take a look at Xu Er." Li Zheng was sweating profusely, fearing that Xu Er's arm would become useless if time delayed.

Xu Er looked at his bloody wound with a numb expression. He was the eldest son of the family. What would his wife and children do if this arm became useless?

His younger brother is not married yet. If he has a disabled elder brother, how will he get married in the future? Whose girl is willing to marry into such a family?

Xu Qi quickly went back to get the medicine box. Everyone helped Xu Er to sit on a chair, and then they started to treat and apply medicine.

Only then did Li Zheng recount the thrilling scene in the morning.

They were collecting firewood outside when suddenly a group of dark figures came out, frightening them to death and biting their arms before they could react.

Fortunately, a few people took sickles and hoes and reacted very quickly to cut away the black shadow. However, the black shadow was very powerful and came back immediately after being beaten away.

Chen He dug hard at the black shadow with the hoe in his hand. As soon as the hoe came down, they knocked those black figures to the ground, and then they ran back quickly, but they didn't get back any of the firewood they had worked so hard to find in the morning.

Not only did they not find firewood, they also injured several people, among whom Xu Er was the most seriously injured.

"Doctor Xu, how about the injury on his arm? Can it be cured? If you need any herbs, we will go out to find them right away." Wang Hehua stood beside her husband worriedly.

"It can be cured. Although it hurts the muscles and bones, it is not completely incurable. Leave it to me." Xu Qi checked it and came to a conclusion, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After Xu Er heard Xu Qi's words, his gray eyes suddenly burst into light, and he had the desire to live.

Xu Qi bandaged Xu Er's injury and fixed a wooden brace on him before letting him be taken back.

But before leaving, she glanced at Wang Hehua, and Wang Hehua, who was supporting Xu Er, paused, feeling slightly uneasy.

After they left, Shen Nan immediately pulled Xu Qi aside and asked, "How is his injury?"

"Miss, he is too seriously injured. Although I can cure it, his hands will definitely be affected in the future, and his movements may not be as flexible as they are now."