Chapter Twenty-Three: Turning the Rudder to the North
The ship became much quieter in the next three days of sailing, since Feng Scar was killed by Yu Xiaotian, the helmsman on the ship, Hu Zi and Li Zhizi, have become very honest, everything is done according to Yu Xiaotian's orders, and no one has raised any opinions on the question of the course, all according to Liu Laoliu's direction, and slowly sailed north to the direction of Funing.
Although the fresh water stock on the ship is not much, but after the pirate attack on the ship, the number of people on board has also been reduced by half, and the consumption of fresh water has naturally decreased a lot.
Under his instructions, the people on the boat also reduced their consumption of fresh water, needless to say about washing their faces and feet, anyway, few people on the boat are fastidious people, although Yu Xiaotian can't stand it a little, but he can only overcome it, just rinse his mouth every day, wipe his face a little and pull it down.
This kind of life makes Yu Xiaotian quite uncomfortable, as if since he remembers, he has never been so dirty, a few days down, the whole body is emitted a bad smell, the body is smelly, slimy is very unpleasant, I really can't stand it, so I hit the sea water up, rinse it, the result is a layer of salt frost on the body, it is even more uncomfortable, I just want to be able to take a fresh water bath, but in order to save fresh water, he can only sigh.
But fortunately, God seemed to feel Yu Xiaotian's prayer, and in the evening of the third day they went north, it finally rained heavily on the sea, which made Yu Xiaotian very happy, and rushed to the deck, while beckoning Liu Tong, Li Jizi and others to hurry up with buckets and wooden basins and other things to come out to catch the rain, while stripping naked, rushing into the rain and began to accept the gifts given to him by nature.
In this era, there are no soap baths and other things available, but Li Jizi was very filial to find a few soap horns brought by the shopkeeper Liu on the boat, and sent them to Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian took the soap horns, stood on the deck and rinsed his whole body a little with the rain, and used the soap horns to make a body of foam, and when he was about to wash away the foam on his body, God made a big joke on him again, and the rain only fell for a few minutes, and then suddenly stopped.
Yu Xiaotian stood on the deck with his hands up, looking up at the sky, his whole body was covered with soaphorn foam, but God never dropped a little rain.
"I'm fucking ......" Yu Xiaotian really felt a little crying without tears, pointing to the sky and almost couldn't help but scold, he could only be unlucky to the extent that he was unlucky, God couldn't even make him take a shower.
Liu Laoliu, Han Xian, and Zhao Si were injured and couldn't get caught in the rain, so they all hid in the cabin and stretched out their heads to watch, and when they saw Yu Xiaotian's head covered in foam, standing on the deck with a look of wanting to cry without tears, they couldn't help but laugh, and suddenly laughed loudly.
Fortunately, Liu Tong and the others moved quite fast just now, and they received a little rain, which made Yu Xiaotian wipe the foam on his head and put on his clothes again, but the slimy feeling on his body was not solved at all, which made Yu Xiaotian extremely unhappy, and saw that Li Xiaozi also snickered, so he found fault and scolded Li Zhizi, so scared that Li Xiaozi's face turned white, and he had to kneel down and beg for mercy for Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian just that!
Although there is a shortage of fresh water on the ship, and everyone's normal water use must be limited to ensure that the normal drinking water of the people on the ship will not have problems before arriving at the destination, Yu Xiaotian took special care of Liu Laoliu and Han Xian and other three wounded, in addition to ensuring that they had enough drinking water, he also insisted on wiping the skin around the wound for them with boiling fresh water every day to ensure the cleanliness of the wound.
Such a move made Liu Laoliu and the other three even more grateful to Xiaotian, and Zhao Si, who was a little younger, had to shed tears almost every day when Xiaotian wiped his wounds for him, and kept thanking Yu Xiaotian.
Although Han Xian and Zhao Si's injuries were caused by Yu Xiaotian, but both of them are also sensible people, and it is no wonder that Yu Xiaotian is not guilty, originally Yu Xiaotian was able not to kill them It was already considered an extrajudicial favor to them, and now he is doing his best to heal them, this kind of kindness makes both of them feel that they have nothing to repay, so they can only secretly make up their minds that after recovering from their injuries in the future, they must do a good job for Yu Xiaotian.
As for Liu Bentang's distant relative Liu Tong, since Liu Bentang's death, he seems to have become much more cheerful, and began to take the initiative to talk to Yu Xiaotian and Liu Laoliu, and from time to time he also inquired about Xiaotian's previous situation in Australia.
Yu Xiaotian began to give full play to his flickering potential at this time, and began to collect some of his strange things in the old time and space, as well as astronomy and geography and other things, and then said it to this group of people, and everyone who fooled them was dizzy, and let out a sound of emotion from time to time.
Yu Xiaotian's unintentional conversation with everyone also created a well-informed impression on these people, especially the two young sea thieves who had just changed careers, and they admired Xiaotian even more.
In this era, ordinary people, even if they are old sea wolves at sea like Liu Laoliu, their eyes are extremely limited, their concept of this world is still in a very primitive state, and they don't know that this world is so big, and they can't help but be a little fascinated by what Xiaotian said about Australia.
Under the careful care of Xiaotian, he insisted on wiping their wounds twice a day, changing dressings, and constantly changing the bandaged cloth strips that had been sterilized with boiling water for them, so the wounds of Liu Laoliu and Han Xian were not infected and inflamed, and the wounds gradually began to heal, which made everyone on the boat praise Xiaotian's "medical skills" very much, you must know that in this era, once people like them are injured, let alone at sea, even on land, it is difficult to get treatment from Langzhong.
Therefore, the average person is injured or sick, many times rely on their own resistance and some earthwork to fight the wound and the patient, the body is strong, if you are lucky, you may survive, but people with poor physique and low resistance are likely to take their lives because of a small wound.
Therefore, Yu Xiaotian's ability to deal with wounds is very important to them, and it is easy to get people's attention and respect, no one dares to guarantee that they will not be injured accidentally, after having Yu Xiaotian, the possibility of survival after they are injured will be greatly increased, so several other people have not expressed any dissatisfaction with Xiaotian's behavior of "wasting" fresh water.
But only Zhao Si's wound was not as optimistic as he imagined, after he was injured, the wound was a little infected, and it began to be red, swollen and inflamed, and there were signs of pus in the wound, and he had a fever from time to time, and his body looked very weak.
For Zhao Si's situation, under normal circumstances, he would be given up and left to fend for himself, and Li Jizi even proposed it many times, just leave him alone, let him die, throw him into the sea and pull him down, and save him because he will affect other people on the ship.
may be because of the connection of the same fate, Han Xian has been begging Yu Xiaotian not to give up Zhao Si just like that, and he also said that he will never let Zhao Si drag everyone down, and he will take care of Zhao Si.
Yu Xiaotian looked at Zhao Si who was less than twenty years old, and even if he was a teenager in the later life, although he was not very optimistic about Zhao Si's injury, he couldn't help but feel pity, so he agreed to Han Xian's request, and said to the others on the boat: "In the future, we will be in the same boat, so we must be in the same boat!" You definitely don't want to be abandoned once you get hurt, and in the same way, Zhao Si definitely doesn't want to die! It's his luck to be good or not, but I can't just ignore him! In the future, Li Jizi, you have to mention Zhao Si's matter again! All you have to do is cook a good meal, boil good water, and boil clean bandages! ”
Intimidated by Yu Xiaotian's fierceness, Li Jizi didn't dare to let go of Xiaotian's words, so he could only nod his head again and again, and didn't dare to say anything more, he was very diligent in cooking and boiling water all day long, and provided Yu Xiaotian with clean and detoxified bandages.
And Yu Xiaotian also increased the number of cleaning and dressing changes for Zhao Si's wounds, and did his best to keep his wounds clean, and physically cool him down and replenish nutrition.
Zhao Si is also lucky enough, this time he met Yu Xiaotian, three days later, his wound miraculously began to converge, the pus in the wound gradually disappeared, the redness and swelling around the wound began to gradually subside, and even the high fever he had for a few days began to retreat, people began to have more energy, and their appetite was much better, this situation made the people on the ship even more surprised, I thought that Zhao Si must be dead this time, but I didn't think that Yu Xiaotian actually "rejuvenated with wonderful hands", was stunned to pull him back from Lord Yama, so everyone didn't dare to underestimate Yu Xiaotian.
And after Zhao Si recovered a little, not to mention his gratitude to Xiaotian, he swore again and again that his life was saved by Yu Xiaotian, and his life would be Yu Xiaotian in the future, even if Yu Xiaotian wanted him to die one day, he would not hesitate to do it.
Although Yu Xiaotian doesn't believe that this is true, he can also believe that in a short period of time, Zhao Si will become his hardcore supporter, there is no doubt about it.
Liu Lao Liu saw all this in his eyes, and kept nodding secretly in his heart, and with his eyes, he could completely see that Yu Xiaotian had completely taken Han Xian and Zhao Si for his own use, and he admired the methods of Xiaotian, a young man.
Since Yu Xiaotian boarded the ship, he couldn't stand this kind of dirty mess on the ship, he could still bear this kind of thing before, after all, the boat was not his Yu Xiaotian, and he couldn't care if it was dirty or not, but now Yu Xiaotian has regarded this boat as his own ship, so he can no longer tolerate such a dirty mess!
So after killing Feng Scar, Yu Xiaotian set a new rule on the ship, the first one pointed to the problem of open defecation on the ship, and set the rule that no matter who is on the ship, no matter under any circumstances, no one on the ship is allowed to urinate on the ship, including in the cabin, even if there is no toilet on the ship, all convenience problems must be solved at the stern, and the excrement will be directly discharged into the sea, including getting up at night.
In addition, he ordered Feng Scar, Hu Cheng, and Liu Tong to start cleaning up the cabins of the ship when they were idle, and cleaned up the garbage that had accumulated over the years in the cabins and threw them into the sea, including the dry grass full of fleas and lice and the clothes of some dead boatmen, and these things in the province still breed fleas, lice and mosquitoes in the cabin.
In addition, the people on the ship are generally not allowed to bring food into the cabin, which cheapens the rats in the cabin, so that after the ship docks, after emptying the cargo in the hold, and then carrying out a thorough cleaning, the sanitary situation in the cabin will be greatly improved.
Although Liu Tong and the others had long been accustomed to the dirty mess in the cabin, they didn't understand Xiaotian's request, but Yu Xiaotian still explained to them in detail the importance of ship hygiene, as well as the harm that fleas, mosquitoes, rats and other things would bring to the people on the ship, and said that on their Australian ship, they all did this, and the probability of people on the ship getting sick would be much lower.
After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, they heard that this was related to their lives, health and safety, so these people quickly nodded in agreement and began to do what Yu Xiaotian ordered.
Originally, Yu Xiaotian still wanted this group of people to scrub the ship board and keep the ship board clean without any trouble, but considering that the manpower on the boat is too tight now, the four of them are able-bodied with three wounded, and the amount of labor is not small to control the entire ship, so he gave up for the time being, but he still made up his mind to stay on the shore, and after finding some more people to get on the boat, he must clean up the boat inside and out, and it is estimated that he will live on this boat for a long time in the future.