After saying that, he put his leather coat with him and asked Rurik to spread out the deerskin for his bed. He placed the girl on the deerskin and rolled it up, wrapping it tightly around her.
Rumia, she remained confused throughout the whole process. When she saw the big villain, she couldn't help but wrap herself up and hug her, while still saying some incomprehensible words.
"Am I going to die? It's very uncomfortable..." Rumia half-opened her eyes and saw the face of the little boy Rurik again from the corner of her eyes.
"Rumia, don't be afraid. Grandma Priest will save you, let's go now. My father will take you there, he will not hurt you..."
Rurik spoke very slowly, almost word by word. Although Rumia was confused, she still understood it completely.
Save me? Are you really saving me?
A ridiculous feeling floated in her heart.
This evil man who killed his parents was actually being held by him and wanted to be saved by him.
She slowly closed her eyes and planned not to think about anything. Unexpectedly, she was pinched by Rurik's little hand, but she did not intend to let herself rest.
"Rumia, don't sleep. Keep your eyes open. You must not sleep. If you sleep, you will die..."
The actions of the father and son made Niya very embarrassed, and she shouted loudly Said: "You two, at least leave after dinner. The servant will not die because of you tonight."
"No mother!" Rurik replied casually, "Saving people is more important. ."
The wooden door closed, and a tall figure ran towards the priest's longhouse with a ball of deerskin wrapped in his arms. Behind him was another small figure following the footsteps of the person in front of him.
Rosberg has woken up, but few people are willing to stay in the cold outdoors.
The priests also woke up, and they were engaged in their daily work. Early in the morning, they were boiling a mixture of seal oil and deer oil as usual. Only the high priest Vilia wanted to rest for a while and wait until the studious Rurik came with his servants before she got up again.
As a result, the panicked Poona woke her up.
"What's going on? It's still early."
"Priest, they are coming."
"Is it Rurik?"
"There is also the leader. Something happened. Rurik's servant is sick. He is very ill. Please help them."
"Is it Rumia?!"< /p>
Rumia, although she is a foreigner, she is quite eager to learn and behaves very obediently on weekdays. After ten days of contact, Vilia fell more and more in love with such a girl, so it was very necessary to educate her to be wise and loyal to Rurik.
That is a very good seedling. It was fine when we left it yesterday morning. Why are we sick today?
After a while, Vilia walked out of her curtain on crutches and asked in an old voice: "What's going on."
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of being flattened again. placed next to a campfireThe girl Rumia, Vilia's aging eyes could clearly see that the girl looked very haggard. Just as Bona who reported the news said, the child was sick, very seriously ill.
Vilia walked over quickly and kept Otto muttering. She knelt down with a sullen face and touched the girl's forehead with her old hands. She understood immediately.
"Oops, she has a fever, it's very dangerous."
"Is it very serious?!" Otto asked casually.
"Of course! And..."
Vilia considers herself a loyal servant of Odin, and in countless dreams she dreams of being promoted to Valkyrie after her death.
Dreams seemed to be real, which often made her unable to distinguish between reality and fiction.
She subconsciously felt that Rumia was not simply sick. After a simple examination, Vilia concluded that the girl was in a dangerous stage of being emitted all over her body, and that her illness was really strange.
Later generations of medicine have concluded that the mechanism behind any fever or cold is that the body is weak and the immune system is unable to resist viruses that attack the human body at any time.
But now, the so-called medicine and witchcraft are almost the same. Roman medicine inherited from Greece, and there were many metaphysical elements here.
When it comes to the Baltic Sea region in the north, it’s really witchcraft. In order to prepare the potion, the priest also had a lot of time to chant incantations or pray.
Villa looked at Otto with wide eyes: "I understand, this is actually part of the test."
"Huh?" Not only Otto was shocked, but Liuli was also shocked. So is Gram.
"Odin was testing her. Because this wooden house already had sacred meaning, she lived in this wooden house for ten full days. She worked outside for a day yesterday and was tested by Odin. My leader , Ice and snow are Odin's weapons. We are protected by Odin, so we are not afraid of ice and snow. But this girl is an outsider. Odin is testing her, so if she survives, it means that Odin recognizes her. They are our people."
Otto thought it was very reasonable, but Rurik of course took this as a joke.
Although it is a ridiculous explanation, there is logic in it, right?
And Rurik keenly discovered that Vilya’s words were really saying good things about himself!
Fever becomes "the final test of joining the gang". If Rumia survives this test, who would dare to question her as an outsider? At least her mother's natural rejection of her would end!
Villa continued to squat next to the girl, thinking about how to cure her disease.
Do you really expect girls to win "Odin's Test" by themselves?
That’s ridiculous.
If people attribute all results to God’s will, life will not be able to continue. People should just sit still and meditate on so-called persistence.
Just like what Rumia is experiencing, Vilia believes that Odin will let the girl live, and the girl is like thisLying down without any care will lead to death.
She must be treated. The most important thing now is to bring down the fever.
Odin's face showed a trace of embarrassment. He knew that if this servant died of illness, his son would be very sad.
He also squatted down and asked Vilia who was being examined: "High Priest, is her condition... okay?"
"Very dangerous."
"Then can she be cured?"
"I will try my best, hoping that she can be favored. My leader..."
"Yes. "
"You avoid it now and come back to visit when I say I can. This may be a long process. Maybe you can go back home and sit quietly, or especially talk to other people. and many parents of children, warned them not to let their children roam around freely."
"Okay." Otto nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
The priest will carry out treatment, such as giving the girl some herbal soup. In the past, people who got sick in the tribe would either rely on their bodies to fight off the disease until they recovered, or they would go to the priests to take medicine.
The medicine is always very bitter, and patients don’t know much about the actual effect.
Because many people died in the end even after drinking the medicinal soup.
No one would blame the priest for taking the medicine. Everyone simply believed that this was a person's fate. A tragic fate has arrived, and no matter how effective the medicine is, it cannot save this fate.
Otto left, but Rurik was still sitting nervously cross-legged next to Rumia.
Rurik was by no means a bystander like an outsider, and soon Villa arranged jobs for a group of people, including him.
"Rurik, my boy..."
"I am here."
"Do you like your servant?"
"Of course! She is my friend."
"Okay! My child, your words reminded me a lot. A long time ago, your parents were also very good friends. But , I think you would rather treat her as a lifelong friend."
"Huh?" Rurik raised his head in surprise, "Should I avoid it too?" /p>
"You still have to go inside. You go outside and knead some snowballs and come in. Listen, your friend is hot all over. She can be hot everywhere except her head."
Luri Ke instantly understood what Vilia meant.
The so-called physical measures to reduce fever can be summarized by all ethnic groups in their long-term lives. Excessive fever and excessive heat will cause irreversible damage to brain cells. Long-term high fever will burn out the brain. Especially in these poor ancient times, it is too common for high fever to cause brain damage and lead to death.
He carried a wooden box to the door and began to make huge snowballs.
When he came back, he saw Rumia taking off all her fur clothes to keep out the cold.Only the linen lining was worn.
The girl was lying by the campfire with her eyes closed. Vilia looked like a kind grandmother and wiped her arms and entire face with a linen cloth dipped in water, including her neck. The purpose is obvious, which is water cooling.
At the same time, a strange smell began to fill the air in the room, and a familiar strangeness immediately occupied Rurik's head.
What's going on? Why does it feel like a Chinese medicine shop?
No! They were boiling herbs, and the priestesses were boiling herbs.
Recalling his experiences over the past few years, Rurik did not remember that he had ever taken medicine. In fact, he did not. Thanks to this young but strong body, he had no major or minor illness in seven years. It seemed that this body was invulnerable to all poisons.
What he didn’t know was that in just seven years, nearly 30 boys under the age of three died from various diseases.
As for the girls of the tribe, many were abandoned by their parents in the woods at the foot of the mountains at birth, just because they could not become sea warriors.
Rurik came with a snowball in his arms, and Vilia grabbed one and put it in her hand. She squeezed the shape again, and then rubbed him against the girl's forehead.
Rumia’s braid has been unstretched, and this is the first time Rurik saw her long hair hanging over her shoulders.
Not to mention, despite her young age, she is really cute. Her eyes are actually not as deep as her own, and her face is flatter than the rest of the tribe. Her chin is relatively flat and her cheeks are plump. In addition, her hair is more orange, and her appearance is obviously different from other people in the tribe.
With such a face, her face will definitely be lovely when she grows up. Even after encountering this disaster, her whole person looked extremely haggard.
The melted snow wet her hair, and as her mind cooled down, Rumia regained her consciousness.
Basically only the priests in the tribe take the initiative to collect herbs, and only these women are the best at identifying weeds and useful ones. Some herbs from the warmer seasons are dried and stored for immediate use.
The dried herbs have been boiled, and the liquid in the wooden bowl is also brown.
Vilia, who was holding a wooden bowl, ordered: "Rurik, help her up and don't let her swing around."
"Okay."
With Rurik's support, Rumia sat up in a daze, and then a wooden spoon was stuffed into her mouth. The bitter feeling immediately gave her a different feeling, and her groggy head became clearer.
She is not stupid, she knows that she is suffering from a serious illness, and the priest in front of her is trying to use herbs to save her life.
There is nothing wrong with drinking herbal soup to cure diseases. Even if it is a deer-raising clan, the clan elders know how to make some potions.
The medicinal soup couldn’t help but feel bitter and spicy. Even so, Rumia suppressed her stomach discomfort and drank it forcefully.Go down.
She was laid flat again and covered with a layer of animal skin. There was a ball of linen pressed on her forehead, with a ball of snow inside, and cold blood was overflowing from the gap.
Due to the psychological effects, Rumia lay down flat on her back. Feeling much more comfortable, she closed her eyes and continued to rest.
Are herbal medicines really effective? Since Rumia continued to rest, Rurik ran to the iron pot and guessed the name of the medicinal herbs. It suddenly saw some very familiar floating things, those were onions!
There are also some unknown grass leaves, which arouse great curiosity.
He walked over to the priest and asked: "Grandma, those herbs you gave her? It really works."
"It should be effective." Immediately afterwards, Willy Ya listed many strange terms.
So, what is boiling in the iron pot?
In addition to the chopped onions that Rurik saw, there were also sage, long-leaf plantain, and even thyme and rosemary.
These plants are widely distributed in Europe, and even in Northern Europe where winters are long, they can suddenly appear during warm periods. They are originally used as medicinal materials, and some of them have a special smell. In a world like Europe that has long been lacking in spices, these kinds of herbs with strange fragrance are simply used as food additives.
But they are indeed medicinal materials that can treat some diseases, such as colds and fevers.
But Vilia didn’t know the specific use of these herbs. She also learned from her predecessors that those herbs could be used as medicines.
Villa tried her best to appear calm, but actually she was a little panicked inside. A variety of herbs stored in the chief priest's house are mixed together, and at least one or two here can have an effect on the fever all over the body.
Looking at Rumia’s haggard appearance, her current predicament can be easily alleviated with just one injection of cephalosporin.
This was a time more than a thousand years ago! Rurik couldn't understand the strange names given to herbs in Norse.
As for what common plants are used to treat colds and fevers, the first thing Rurik thinks of is chrysanthemums and dandelions. According to the ancient Eastern medical theory, fever is a manifestation of severe fever, and eating some bitter and cold herbs can eliminate the harm of severe fever. Chrysanthemums and dandelions, the new warm season is really something to keep an eye out for and pick.
Next to Rumia, who was sleeping peacefully with a ball of snow above her head, Rurik danced and described two kinds of small flowers to the priest Vilia.
At first, Rurik didn’t understand how to say chrysanthemum and dandelion in Norse. After some laborious language description, Vilia successfully made Vilia react.
"I know those two flowers, what's their use? Maybe you plan to make a garland headdress for your servant?" Villa asked kindly.
"No! Maybe they are good medicinal materials."
"Really? Are you sure?"
"I..." Rurik hesitated After a while, he still insisted: "I'm sure that is a very good medicinal material.. If we collect more in the summer, dry them in the sun, and use them to brew potion, we can quickly cure Rumia's disease."