After lunch and a short rest, it was already past the hottest time of the day, so Li Yan found a hat and put it on, ready to go down the mountain to take a look.

As soon as I went out, I saw Zhao Da running towards me with an anxious look on his face, and there were people following him in twos and threes. He looked very anxious.

Seeing Zhao Da running up to her breathlessly, Li Yan asked, "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"

Seeing Li Yan, Zhao Da seemed to have regained his confidence. He gasped and replied, "Miss, it's bad! Three children from the village were playing in the water and fell into the newly dug pond. They were just rescued and are still unconscious, weighing only seven pounds!"

As soon as Zhao Da finished speaking, the villagers who followed him rushed straight into the fermented tofu workshop, apparently to inform the mothers of these children.

Li Yan was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat in the middle of summer. She didn't bother to wait for Madam Liu and the others to come out, and ran straight towards the big pond.

Li Yan's heart was hanging in the air all the way, praying in her heart that nothing would happen. It was she who wanted to dig this pond in the first place. If anything happened to this child, she would blame herself to death!

When she rushed to the edge of the big pond and saw the crowd of people surrounding it, Li Yan's heart was in her throat. She suppressed her fear and did not dare to hesitate at all. She pushed through the crowd and rushed in.

"Okay, okay, just cough it out!" Cao Jiang patted Qi Jin's back.

Li Yan pushed through the crowd and what came into view were two wet, droopy-headed children, with their soaked clothes sticking to their bodies. The weather was not cold at the moment, but they were trembling all over, as if they were frightened by the scene just now.

Qi Jin, who was in Cao Jiang's arms, started crying loudly out of fear after he recovered.

Qijin's loud crying prompted Datou and Xiaotou to cry as well. The three children's cries were deafening, and the adults' worried hearts finally relaxed.

Seeing that the three children were out of danger, Li Yan's heart finally settled down. She originally wanted to go forward to comfort the two children, but her legs went weak and she was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, Zhao Da who was following behind her pulled her up and she was able to steady herself.

"Miss, are you okay?" Zhao Da thought she was frightened by the scene and asked with concern.

"Thank you, uncle. I was running too fast just now. It's okay!" Li Yan rushed here at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, even leaving Zhao Dadu behind. She was anxious to save people.

Seeing the three children sitting in front of him safely, his tense legs suddenly relaxed.

Li Yan squatted in front of Big Head and Little Head and coaxed them softly.

At this time, the women who learned that their children had fallen into the water also stumbled over.

When I saw the children's wet and frightened faces, I felt both distressed and angry.

I don't know how many times I've told them not to play in the water, but it went in one ear and out the other, and they didn't take it to heart at all.

The children vented their inner panic and their crying gradually subsided. When they saw their mother, who had heard the news and had come looking for them with a pale face, they became even more frightened.

Big Head and Little Head nestled in Li Yan's arms, and Qi Jin even buried his face in the arms of the stranger Cao Jiang. They were scared.

Li Yan patted the two children and looked up at the two women with changed expressions. "Don't be angry, Auntie. They've been frightened today. We should take them home and change their wet clothes. Even though it's hot now, it would be bad if moisture gets into their bodies!"

Then he said to Zhao Dadao who was standing beside him: "Uncle Zhao, please go to the city and tell Doctor Zhou about the situation. Then ask Doctor Zhou to come and check the pulse of the three children!"

Madam Liu said, "Miss, the children are all fine, there's no need to see a doctor!"

"Don't refuse, auntie. The children are still young, and they fell into the water today and are frightened. It's best to ask a doctor to take a look and prescribe some calming medicine. As for the medical expenses and medicine, I will pay for them, so don't worry!"

"How can this be possible!"

Li Yan had made up her mind and changed the subject, saying, "I'm worried the children might catch a cold from falling into the water. Auntie, you should quickly take the children home and comfort them, and then make some ginger soup for them to drink first!"

After hearing this, the woman quickly took her child and left.

The matter was settled and the villagers dispersed. Li Yan walked up to Cao Jiang and asked him what had happened.

It turned out that they were taking a nap in the straw hut when they suddenly heard a child crying for help. When he went out to check, he saw the child standing by the pond paddling into the water to pull the child out.

Without bothering to think, he ran to the pond and first rescued the younger Xiaotou, then Datou, and the last one rescued, Qijin, was already unconscious.

Li Yan was also horrified when she heard this. She thanked Cao Jiang again, "Thank you, Grandpa Cao, for saving me. If you hadn't met these two children today, they would have been in great danger."

"What are you talking about? From now on, we are all from the same village and fellow countrymen. It's just a piece of cake!"

This is no easy task. In Li Yan's heart, Cao Jiang not only saved two families, but also her own. No matter who of them gets into trouble today, she will not feel good about it.

On the other side, the woman took the frightened child home and changed him into clean clothes.

Although he was angry, he remembered Li Yan's instructions just now. The children were still young and were frightened after falling into the water. It would be bad if he scolded them at this time, as he was afraid that the children would not be able to bear it and get sick again.

Qi Jin, whose clothes had been changed, lay on his side on the bed, watching his mother feeding him ginger soup spoon by spoon, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

"Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn't have disobeyed you and gone to play by the water!"

They just wanted to play in the water on the shore, but they didn't expect that they and Big Head would somehow fall into the water. If Little Head's crying hadn't attracted people, they might have lost their lives there today.

Thinking of this, Qijin's little body couldn't help but tremble!

After asking about the whole story, Madam Liu couldn't bear to blame her son after seeing his frightened look. She gently touched his head and said, "You're a good boy if you know not to play in the water. Don't go near the water anymore, okay?"

After being comforted by his mother, the child dared not go there again. After what happened today, he was afraid that he would have a shadow over water for the rest of his life and would not dare to go there to play again.

Elsewhere, after Big Head and Little Head were comforted by their mother, Little Head worriedly grabbed his mother's hand and warned, "Mom, when Dad comes back after selling the goods, you must not tell Dad what happened today!"

"Are you scared now?" Zhang looked at her two sons who were lying obediently in bed with both anger and amusement.

Looking at his two hesitant sons, he could no longer bear to blame them and tried to calm them down.

But at this moment, how could Little Head know that nothing in this world could ever be as he wished!