Chapter 1378 Medicine is for people to drink!
"Expensive tools?"
Even though I have already made enough mental preparation.
But after hearing this answer, Xu Xiao still felt deeply puzzled.
These tools used for mining ore are nothing more than a simple combination of the most common wood and the lowest quality metal.
Even the grade cannot be displayed on the data panel.
It's not even the most basic prop!
Just like this, it can be called "precious"?
Aren't the bodies and lives of these Palu people more precious than these simple tools?
"Yes." The pony didn't notice the change in Xu Xiao's expression and continued:
“If a tool breaks, it needs to be repaired.”
"If it can't be repaired, then we have to report it to the slave owner, deduct a certain period of rations, and replace it with a new one."
"Everyone is afraid of breaking a tool, so they basically don't use it if they can avoid it."
"Anyway, the soil layer associated with the ceresin minerals isn't too hard, so digging with your hands won't reduce efficiency."
Xu Xiao looked at the Palu slaves who were digging around, and saw that many of them had their hands wrapped in dirty cloth strips, looking like they were seriously injured.
One of them seemed to have opened an old wound during the excavation process, and blood was dripping from between his fingers from time to time. He had no choice but to use simple tools.
"You're injured like this, why are you still working?"
"Stop now, let me treat your wound, otherwise it will get infected!"
Xu Xiao quickly approached the Palu slave whose fingers were bleeding, and reached out to stop him from swinging the pickaxe.
Then he immediately squatted down and began to carefully observe the injuries on his hands, carefully uncovering the cloth strips wrapped around his fingers.
The whole process was full of compassion and heartache, and he did not show any disgust at the dirt and stench on his body.
"Uh... you are?"
The Palu slave with blood flowing from his fingers was a bit old. His cloudy pupils slightly raised, and he looked at the woman in confusion.
For a moment, no resistance was offered.
When the dirty blood-stained cloth was carefully peeled off, Xu Xiao discovered that
The things used to wrap the wounds were not strips of cloth, but some plant leaves similar to palm leaves.
The inside is padded with a fine material similar to cattail fluff, which is used as a hemostatic material.
Very crude medical treatment.
The protective effect on wounds can be said to be almost zero.
Dirty dust mixed into the wound and was washed out from time to time by the blood plasma that came out due to the force, over and over again, until it finally solidified into a dark brown hard residue.
"Who are you?"
The slave Palu, who let Xu Xiao clean his wounds, spoke again.
Because he noticed Xu Xiao's clean clothes and the extraordinary aura emanating from him, he unconsciously used honorifics, and there was a hint of panic in his tone.
"I'm here to help you."
Xu Xiao focused on cleaning the wound on the other person's hand and did not look up.
But the voice is soft, making people feel equal and respected enough.
"The people who helped us..." The old Palu minotaur's eyes were filled with even more confusion.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something, his expression immediately became terrified.
"You, you are not the slave owner's favorite concubine, are you?!"
"I, I'm not lazy. I've been working very hard. Please don't reduce my food supply. I beg you..."
As he spoke, the old Palu minotaur was about to pull his hand back.
It seems that he intends to continue digging the ozokerite mine to show that he has not been lazy.
"Don't move, your wound hasn't been treated yet."
Seeing that the other party was trying to escape, Xu Xiao subconsciously put in a little more strength.
But she forgot that she was a chosen one whose overall strength far exceeded that of ordinary players.
Even though he didn't usually put all his free attribute points into strength, this slight movement still easily broke the arm bone of the Palu Minotaur.
“Mmm…”
The old bull-headed Pallu felt pain,
But he didn't dare to scream out in pain, for fear of angering the "big shot" in front of him with an extraordinary background.
He could only endure it, his entire face twisted in pain.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!"
Xu Xiao also immediately realized his mistake and apologized sincerely.
At the same time, he immediately took out a bottle of healing potion and handed it to Bull-Headed Palu:
"this is for you."
"This, is this a healing potion?!" Bull-headed Palu exclaimed.
Although he was just a slave working in the mines, he was old after all and had seen quite a lot.
He didn't know the specific effects of the healing potion, but he had seen an injured group mercenary drink it when the rift broke out.
It was concluded that this kind of healing artifact was not something that a lowly Palu slave like him could enjoy.
"Yes, it can heal the wound. You should drink it quickly." Xu Xiao added softly with an apologetic look in his eyes.
"I, I can't drink. I don't deserve it!" Niutou Palu hugged his injured arm, moved his body, and tried to move away from the woman in front of him:
"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm fine..."
"This minor injury will heal in two days and will definitely not affect mining work!"
"It's just a bottle of healing potion, why don't you deserve to drink it?!" Xu Xiao frowned slightly, and the look of pity in his eyes became even stronger:
"Medicine is meant to be given to people and used for the injured!"
"Besides, it was my mistake that caused your injury to become even more serious. You should drink it even more!"
Before the old Palu minotaur could respond, the ponyman behind him spoke crisply:
"This good thing can only be enjoyed by humans, and Palu slaves are not considered human beings."
"This..." Xu Xiao felt a tightness in his chest when he heard this.
Looking at the extremely cowardly Bull-Headed Pallu in front of her, a serious and resolute expression suddenly appeared on her peaceful face:
"I command you to drink!"
The Bull-Headed Palu man shuddered, but did not refuse again.
He took the healing potion tremblingly and took two sips carefully.
Under the effect of the medicine, the wound on the hand stopped bleeding and slowly healed.
But the Bull-Headed Paru stopped drinking the potion and looked pitifully at the tip of Xu Xiao's shoe, and whispered:
"Sir, I, I have already drunk it... It works very well, and my injuries have healed..."
"Can I take the rest back with me and leave it to my children?"
"I can give you another new bottle. You drink this one all." Xu Xiao took out another bottle and tried to stuff it into Niutou Palu's arms.
But the latter refused to answer the call no matter what.
"That's enough, thank you for your reward, thank you..."
Niutou Palu prostrated himself on the ground in the dark and dirty mine tunnel, and kept kowtowed to Xu Xiao to express his gratitude.
However, the woman did not feel the slightest joy of helping others at this moment.
Instead, my heart tightened.
It's all pain!
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