Chapter 38 Killing Wheat Ear

Lu Xiao’s explanation made Su Tang feel very uncomfortable.

But no matter what, this is someone else's family business and she can't interfere.

As a result, Su Tang felt very depressed these days. The scene of Mrs. Zhang Cui wiping her tears with her head down and Lao Wang walking away kept replaying in his mind.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt sorry for Mrs. Zhang Cui. How could such a good person end up with such a man?

But this matter is like a thorn stuck in the throat, which can neither be spit out nor swallowed.

Su Tang felt even worse than Zhang Cui.

She met Sister Zhang Cui in the yard several times. Seeing Sister Zhang Cui forcing a smile to greet her, Su Tang felt even more uncomfortable.

I couldn't utter a single word of comfort that I had prepared, and could only respond with a dry smile.

Even Lu Xiao felt this emotion.

Because of the matter between Mrs. Zhang Cui and Old Wang, Su Tang was not in a good mood towards him.

Lu Xiao, who was innocently implicated, was even more wronged than Dou E.

There wasn't much to do in the hospital that afternoon, so Su Tang left work a little early.

As soon as I reached the gate of the family compound, I heard crying and a child's uncontrollable coughing.

"Mai Sui! Mai Sui, what's wrong with you?"

It was Lin Qian's panicked voice, with a crying tone.

Su Tang's heart sank suddenly, and he ran towards the direction where the sound came from.

Turning the corner, I saw Lin Qian holding wheat ears in a daze beside the stone bench in the corner of the yard.

Mai Sui's tiny body twisted and struggled violently in her arms, his little face turned purple and his eyes were wide open.

His mouth was open but he couldn't make any complete sound, only the choking sound of "uh...uh..." and coughing.

The little hands scratched their neck and chest randomly, obviously something was stuck in their throat.

Su Tang looked down and saw a few freshly picked green plums rolling on the ground.

At first glance, it was obvious that the plums were from the plum tree in the yard. They were not yet ripe, and tasted sour and astringent.

But the children in the family compound were greedy and would occasionally pick them and eat them.

"Wheat ears!"

Su Tang's heart instantly rose to his throat. He no longer cared about anything and rushed forward like a gust of wind.

When Lin Qian saw Su Tang, she felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw, but also like she had seen a flood and a beast. Her face turned pale and she spoke incoherently.

"Sister Su, Sister Su Tang! Mai Sui... Mai Sui was eating a plum... and the core... got stuck! I... I gave her some water... but she can't swallow it... What should I do?"

As she spoke, she was still trying to bring the cup of water close to Mai Sui's mouth.

"Stop feeding her water!" Su Tang shouted in a sharp voice. His voice was so urgent and sharp that Lin Qian was frightened and her hands trembled, and the cup of water almost fell to the ground.

Su Tang had no time to look at her, nor did he care about any grudges or hatred. All he had in his eyes was the wheat ears that were about to suffocate.

The child was too young, and the fruit core was a huge object in her young throat. It would be strange if it didn't get stuck.

She snatched the wheat ear from Lin Qian's arms.

Mai Sui's body had begun to weaken due to lack of oxygen, and he no longer had the strength to struggle.

Su Tang's heart felt like it was being gripped by a big hand, and it was painful.

She forced herself to calm down, first aid knowledge flashing through her mind.

Heimlich! Yes, the Heimlich maneuver!

She immediately squatted down, placed the wheat ear face down, and lay on one of her forearms, with the head of the wheat ear lower than her chest.

Su Tang's movements were quick and steady. He held Mai Sui's jaw with his fingers to stabilize his head.

Without hesitation, he slapped the base of his other hand on the midpoint of the line connecting the shoulder blades on the back of Mai Sui.

Five times in a row, with precise and powerful force, but Mai Sui only made more violent coughing sounds, and the foreign object did not come out.

Su Tang didn't hesitate at all and immediately turned Mai Sui over, letting her face up and lie on his thighs, with her head still lower than her body.

She extended two fingers and quickly and accurately positioned them on the lower half of Mai Sui's sternum.

Taking a deep breath, she covered her fingers with the base of her other hand, pressing quickly and forcefully inward and upward.

Fine beads of sweat oozed out of Su Tang's forehead, and he stared at Mai Sui's little face closely.

Just when Su Tang was pressing for the fourth time, Mai Sui suddenly coughed up a large mouthful of liquid mixed with saliva.

Then, a wet plum pit spurted out of her mouth, fell to the ground, and rolled a few times.

The air that had been held for a long time finally rushed into the lungs, and Mai Sui cried loudly after surviving the disaster. His little face turned from purple to red, and his face was covered with tears and snot.

“It’s out! It’s out!”

Su Tang let out a long sigh, feeling as if all his strength had been drained away. His legs went limp and he sat down on the ground holding the wheat ears, his back covered in cold sweat.

She hugged Mai Sui, who was crying breathlessly, tightly in her arms and patted her back gently.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay... Just spit it out..."

I really can’t imagine if Mai Sui would have been suffocated to death by the fruit core if Su Tang hadn’t come.

Lin Qian was already scared silly, staring blankly at the fruit core on the ground, then at the crying Mai Sui and Su Tang sitting on the ground, her lips trembling, unable to utter a word.

At this moment, Sister Zhang Cui probably heard Mai Sui's heart-wrenching cry and ran over like crazy.

"Wheat ears! My wheat ears! What's wrong with this?"

She saw Su Tang sitting on the ground holding the crying Mai Sui. Her daughter's face was red from crying, and Su Tang also looked scared.

Then he saw the wet plum pit on the ground, the distracted Lin Qian beside him, and the green plums that had rolled all over the ground...

Zhang Cui understood instantly.

Anger and fear rushed to her head. The wheat ears were everything to her. If the wheat ears were gone, she would not live either.

"Lin! Qian!"

Zhang Cui pounced on Lin Qian like an enraged lioness, grabbing her arm with her nails almost digging into her flesh.

"Is this how you look after a child?! What did you feed her?! The plums were unripe and the pits were huge! She's just a little girl! Do you want to kill her?!"

Lin Qian was stunned by Zhang Cui's sudden outburst, and her arm was hurt from being grabbed.

Looking at Zhang Cui's eyes that were almost spitting fire, she was so scared that she trembled all over and stammered to defend herself.

"I didn't mean to, sister-in-law... Mai Sui wanted to eat one... so I... I gave her one... who knew... who knew she would swallow the kernel... I gave her some water, I..."

"Drink water?! Drinking water is useless!"

Zhang Cui was so angry that her whole body was shaking: "If it weren't for Su Tang, if Su Tang wasn't here! My wheat ears...my wheat ears would be gone! Gone! Do you know that!!!"

At the end of her speech, Zhang Cui almost burst into tears, her voice full of despair and fear.

She raised her hand and used all her strength to slap Lin Qian's face hard!

“Bang!”

A loud and crisp slap exploded in the yard.

Lin Qian staggered after being hit, and half of her face immediately swelled up and burned with pain.

She covered her face and looked at Zhang Cui, who was usually gentle and kind, in disbelief.

The immense humiliation and fear made her mind go blank and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

"You...you dare to hit me?!"