Chapter 31 How did Xia Fanxing do that?

As soon as Zhao Niu said this, everyone's eyes turned to them.

Xia Fanxing didn't react at all, but silently used her pickaxe to chisel at the frozen ground.

She didn't explain, because even if she did, it would be useless.

Xia Fanxing worked diligently and quickly broke through the small patch of frozen soil on her side.

Su Xiuxiu praised loudly without reservation, and even teased Zhao Niu: "Brother Niu, look how efficient Comrade Xia is at work. Be careful, or she might catch up with you."

Zhao Niu was very surprised to see that Xia Fanxing was not afraid of hardship or pain.

He felt he had misunderstood Xia Fanxing and was a little embarrassed, but he generously apologized: "I'm sorry, Comrade Xia, I shouldn't have judged you by your appearance. I was wrong."

Xia Fanxing replied while chiseling at the frozen soil, "It's okay, actually you're not wrong."

Everyone was shocked!

The situation took a series of unexpected turns, piquing their curiosity and making them eager to know what had happened!

Seeing that everyone was staring at her expectantly and that there was no malice in their eyes, Xia Fanxing figured they were all colleagues and would find out about her sooner or later, so she decided to just say it directly.

After learning that Xia Fanxing was a capitalist's fake heiress, some people avoided her like the plague, some had mixed feelings, and some had no reaction at all.

Su Xiuxiu comforted and encouraged him, saying, "Comrade Xia, you didn't want that to happen. Now that it's all over, just work hard and treat the Corps like your own home."

Xia Fanxing smiled faintly at Su Xiuxiu, "Mm."

Su Xiuxiu was stunned.

She thought Comrade Xia was like a fairy, but she couldn't say it out loud; she could only think it to herself.

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The next section of the channel encountered an extremely hard calcareous cemented layer.

When the pickaxe struck, sparks flew everywhere, leaving only a small white dot.

"Damn it, is this ground made of iron?!" Zhao Niu spat a mouthful of sandy saliva into his palm and swung his specially made heavy pickaxe high again.

"Ha!" With a shout of encouragement, he slammed his fist into the ground with all his might.

There was a crisp "bang".

It wasn't the sound of the ground cracking, but the sound of Zhao Niu's tiger's mouth splitting open!

A sharp pain shot through him, and he screamed in agony as his right hand instantly became covered in blood.

At the base of the thumb, a deep, bone-revealing gash jutted outwards, and the slightly reflective white tendon membrane was even visible.

Zhao Niu's right hand was severely injured and could no longer bear the weight of the pickaxe, causing the pickaxe head to slip from his hand.

But unexpectedly, the pickaxe struck his left instep hard!

The double pain struck, and even Zhao Niu, a man of iron, could not withstand it. His head spun, and he collapsed onto the ground.

Blood was gushing from his right hand, and the pain in his left foot was so intense that he felt dizzy.

He could feel a huge lump rapidly swelling on the back of his foot, and he dared not move at all, because even the slightest friction caused excruciating pain.

"Brother Da Niu!" Su Xiuxiu and the others immediately surrounded him, trying to help him up.

"Don't touch me!" Zhao Niu roared, trembling with pain, cold sweat instantly soaking his back. "My foot... the top of my foot is swollen, it hurts so much, don't touch me..."

Zhang Renmin rushed over.

Seeing how badly Zhao Niu was injured, he immediately ordered, "Get a few strong men here, quickly form a human frame and take Comrade Zhao Niu to the regimental hospital!"

"No!" Xia Fanxing pushed through the crowd to Zhao Niu's side, squatted down to check on his condition, "Treat it on the spot first, otherwise the bumpy ride will make his foot injury even more serious."

Before Zhang Renmin could raise any questions, Xia Fanxing acted swiftly.

She first pressed her thumb firmly on the "Kongzui Xue" acupoint on Zhao Niu's right forearm. With this pressure, the blood flow from the tiger's mouth, which had been gushing out, immediately decreased.

The entire audience was shocked, and everyone couldn't help but gasp.

My God, how did you do that?

Is it really that amazing?

Xia Fanxing instructed, "Comrade Su, please help me press here, press hard!"

"Oh, okay!" Su Xiuxiu took over Xia Fanxing's task of stopping the bleeding, pressing her thumb firmly on the "Kongzui Xue" acupoint.

After freeing her hands, Xia Fanxing moved to Zhao Niu's feet and carefully helped him take off his heavy cotton shoes and socks on his left foot, revealing his swollen and bruised instep, which was a shocking sight.

Xia Fanxing quickly assessed the situation: "It's possible that the bone is injured, but fortunately the skin isn't broken. We can first reduce the pain and swelling so you can walk with some leverage."

Xia Fanxing took out a rolled-up soft bag from the inner pocket of her cotton-padded coat.

The soft package was unfolded, revealing dozens of silver needles densely packed inside.

"Does anyone have matches?" she asked, looking up.

Several smokers quickly took out matches and handed them to her.

After disinfecting the silver needles with a flame, Xia Fanxing looked at Zhao Niu, who was sweating profusely from the pain.

"Comrade Zhao, you'll have to bear with it for a bit. Once the needle goes in and you feel a tingling sensation, your pain will lessen by about 30%."

"I..." Before Zhao Niu could even speak, the first needle had already pierced the "Hegu" acupoint on his right wrist.

Remotely diagnose and treat the disease from the left side.

The upper limbs correspond to the lower limbs, treating his right hand injury and left foot pain simultaneously.

Zhao Niu shuddered, a strong tingling and numb sensation spreading through him.

Then everyone saw Xia Fanxing's wrists fly, inserting silver needles into Zhao Niu's "Zusanli", "Xuanzhong" and "Yongquan" acupoints respectively.

Her needlework was swift and graceful, yet possessed a strange penetrating power.

As the fingers twisted and turned, it seemed as if an invisible current of energy flowed along the silver needles.

Strangely enough, within just a few minutes, Zhao Niu found that the excruciating pain seemed to have disappeared.

He couldn't believe it and tried to move his left ankle slightly—

Although it still hurts, it has changed from an unbearable, excruciating pain to a dull ache that I can endure by gritting my teeth.

The bruises and swelling on the instep that had looked frightening seemed to have subsided somewhat.

The onlookers didn't dare to breathe loudly; some even held their breath.

This scene shocked them even more than the quick hemostasis they had just witnessed!

With just a few embroidery needles, Xia Fanxing was able to suppress the excruciating pain from being hit by a pickaxe head on the spot.

Are they really not dreaming?

Seeing that Zhao Niu's condition had improved, Xia Fanxing, without looking up, instructed, "Someone go and find me two kinds of herbs. One kind has leaves that look like horse teeth, thick and juicy, growing close to the ground; it's called purslane. The other kind has small yellow flowers, serrated edges on its leaves, and white sap that comes out when its root is broken; it's called dandelion."

The group acted quickly and soon delivered a large quantity of herbs.

Xia Fanxing crushed the two herbs, and a bright green juice seeped out.

She first carefully rinsed Zhao Niu's wound with water from the kettle, then grabbed the clump of mud-like herbs and applied it evenly to the wound.

As soon as the herbal mud was applied, Zhao Niu immediately felt the burning pain in the wound lessen, and a cool sensation entered the wound, making him feel comfortable.

Xia Fanxing used her socks to barely cover the herbs to prevent them from slipping off, then gently placed them back into Zhao Niu's cotton shoes without tying the shoelaces.

"Purslane and dandelion have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. Comrade Zhao, you can try to stand up slowly now. You can lightly touch the ground with this foot to get some leverage, but the center of gravity should mainly be on the good foot."

Zhao Niu was skeptical, but with the help of Su Xiuxiu and another comrade, he carefully stood up.

His injured left foot landed lightly, and apart from a tooth-grinding soreness, there was no excruciating pain as before!

"I think... I can walk now." Zhao Niu looked at Xia Fanxing gratefully.