This man's name is Liang Futian. He is about fifty years old. He is tall and has been exposed to strong sunlight for a long time. His skin is dark and he is very strong.
Zhang Shaofei saw that his right foot was as red and swollen as a big radish that had been soaked in water. He immediately bent down to observe the wound. Based on his many years of experience in living in the mountains, he determined that this was indeed a wound bitten by a venomous snake: a non-venomous snake bite. The wound left behind was red, leaving a row of neat tooth marks. It only hurt the flesh, and it was not serious after the pain. After being bitten by a venomous snake, the surrounding area of the wound will appear purple-black, and there will be two large fangs marks on it.
Zhang Shaofei looked carefully and saw that there were still two poisonous fangs remaining on the tooth marks, and asked: "Do you feel pain now?"
The muscles on Liang Futian's face were twitching in pain, and he gritted his teeth and replied: "It hurts, it hurts a lot."
Zhang Shaofei looked serious and judged: "Look at this wound, it looks like the bite mark of a poisonous snake with golden legs."
Liang Futian nodded and replied: "After I chased into the grass, I suddenly felt my right foot was bitten by something. It stung sharply, straight into my heart and spleen. I looked down and saw a venomous snake with yellow and black circles running away along the grass. The pain was like an arrow piercing my heart and I couldn't move. I quickly fell on the grass. Knowing that the poisonous snake was very venomous, I immediately took off my trousers and pricked the wound on my right foot more than ten times. , don’t let the venom flow upward so quickly.”
Wang Shaoxiang also knew that the venomous snake with golden legs was not trivial. After hearing their conversation, he urged: "A Fei, this matter cannot be delayed. Please hurry up and find a way to save people."
Zhang Shaofei searched around with his eyes and found a small hunting knife tied around Liang Futian's waist. He said, "I'll lend you this small knife." After saying that, he took off the small hunting knife.
The sound of gurgling water could be heard not far away. Zhang Shaofei used a gourd to find water in the stream and said to Liang Futian, "I'm going to give you blood to detoxify you now. You have to endure the pain. How about that?"
"Hmm." Liang Futian nodded understandingly, rolled up the corner of his clothes, stuffed it into his mouth, and clenched his teeth tightly.
Zhang Shaofei first rinsed the wound with water from the gourd, then used a knife to gently cut the skin between the two fang marks on his right foot, and removed the two fangs left in the wound. He had to be very skilled in doing this. If the cut was too deep, it would damage the meridians; if it was too shallow, the fangs would not be able to be picked out.
After picking out the two fangs, Zhang Shaofei used a knife to make a cross-shaped incision along the tooth marks on Liang Futian's right foot, about half an inch long. He used the knife to pick a few small holes. The knife edge was as big as a grain of rice, so as to prevent Occlude the wound, then press the right foot with both hands, and squeeze the area around the wound from top to bottom, so that part of the purple-black venom flows out. Clean the wound immediately after the knife is stabbed.
After the wound was detoxified, Liang Futian immediately felt much more relaxed.
After Zhang Shaofei treated Liang Futian's wound, he rinsed it clean with stream water. Then he took off the belt that Liang Futian used to tie the upper part of the wound and gave it back to Liang Futian.
After Zhang Shaofei's repeated treatment, Liang Futian's face, which was originally as pale as chalk, gradually turned red, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Now the pain in my right foot has reduced a lot."
Zhang Shaofei said sternly: "Although I detoxified you, if no further rescue measures are taken, the snake venom remaining in your body will still be very harmful to you."
Liang Futian pointed with difficulty to the tobacco bag carried on his waist: "There is shredded tobacco in it."
Zhang Shaofei shook his head: "Tobacco can't solve the problem. We still need to find some snake medicine to apply it."
Liang Futian saw that Zhang Shaofei had treated his wounds so methodically just now, and knew that he knew how to treat snake wounds. He nodded and said, "You are so thoughtful."
Zhang Shaofei comforted Liang Futian: "There is a saying among the people, 'Wherever poisonous snakes are infested, there will be mountain herbs nearby that can detoxify snake venom'."
Liang Futian nodded: "Although I say so, my feet are still swollen and I can't walk. I know that after being bitten by a poisonous snake, if I run around, it will speed up the spread of snake venom in the body, so I don't dare to mess around." Running around."
"Lie here quietly and don't move around while I look for mountain herbs that can detoxify snake venom." After Zhang Shaofei said that, he stood up and scanned everywhere with his eyes. Sure enough, the mountain herbs used to treat snake bites - Hedyotis diffusa and Stiga lily were found next to a big rock a few feet away from Liang Futian. Striga is also called Aesculus. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming convulsions. It is very effective in treating snake bites.
Zhang Shaofei hurried forward, put the collected mountain herbs into his mouth, chewed them, spit them out, applied them to the wound on Liang Futian's right foot, and then bandaged it with a cloth bandage.
At this time, the hunting dog ran back from the grass over there with a ball of yellow, black and red stuff in its mouth.
Liang Futian glanced at it and saw that what the hunting dog brought back was the body of a krait. It can be seen that when Zhang Shaofei was treating Liang Futian, the hunting dog was not willing to let the poisonous snake that harmed its owner escape, so it chased after the poisonous snake, fought with it, and finally bit the poisonous snake. He died and avenged his master.
Liang Futian made a discarding gesture toward the hunting dog. The hunting dog tossed its head willfully, violently throwing the venomous snake's body away a few feet, and then ran back to its owner.
Liang Futian stroked the hunting dog lovingly and praised: "Awang, you are really good!"
It can be seen that the hunting dog brought by Liang Futian is called "Awang".
At this time, Zhang Shaofei had finished treating Liang Futian's wounds, took a long breath, and said to Liang Futian: "It seems that your dangerous period has passed."
After escaping from the clutches of death, Liang Futian was full of gratitude to this stranger: "Thank you so much, my great benefactor, you extended a helping hand today."
Zhang Shaofei replied calmly: "When the road is rough, I draw my sword to help. Meeting you in the mountains is just destiny."
Wang Shaoxiang said: "We mountain people, if anyone makes a mistake, we must help if we can."
Liang Futian said sincerely: "No matter what, I will repay you."
"Help others as you help yourself, don't talk about repayment." Zhang Shaofei picked up the bow and arrow scattered aside, put it next to Liang Futian, and asked, "Which village are you from? How did you get here and get bitten by a poisonous snake? Already?"
Liang Futian pointed to the mountain: "My name is Liang Futian, and I am from Liangtian Village on Yunwu Mountain. Most of our people there make a living by hunting."
Zhang Shaofei: "Ah, that's it."
Liang Futian's eyes were full of gratitude: "As you go up the mountain, you will eventually encounter a tiger. Today I encountered that hateful poisonous snake. If I hadn't met you, my great benefactor, I would have died in this barren mountain."
Zhang Shaofei said seriously: "This is what I should do. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."
Liang Futian said with admiration: "Oh, my benefactor, you speak Buddhist language. It seems that you have a good foundation in learning Buddhism."
Zhang Shaofei humbly said: "I only know a little bit about Buddhism."
At this time, it was Liang Futian who asked Zhang Shaofei: "My benefactor, what should I call you?"
"This..." Zhang Shaofei groaned for a while before replying, "Just call me A Fei."
"A Fei? Your name is really nice." Liang Futian pointed at Wang Shaoxiang sitting on the big stone on the road and asked, "Who is she?"
Zhang Shaofei replied: "She is my mother."
"Auntie, you are really good at raising a good son," Liang Futian extended his thumb to Wang Shaoxiang and praised. Then he thought of something, "Why did you come to us? Collecting firewood is not like collecting firewood. Gathering herbs is not like gathering herbs.”
Zhang Shaofei saw that this man had a kind face and kind eyes, so he guessed that he was an honest and kind man, and sighed: "We are here to take refuge."
Wang Shaoxiang said bluntly: "Someone wants to hunt us down."
"Someone is going to hunt you down?" Liang Futian's face suddenly became nervous. He looked at Zhang Shaofei and asked, "Did you kill someone?"
