Chapter 98 Brother
"Bang--"
The crisp sound of gunfire was heard at this time.
In the silent night, it hits everyone's eardrums with an echo.
A bullet accurately pierced Old Man Tian's arm, splashing a small string of blood, and the sickle fell silently into the weeds.
Suddenly many people rushed out of the woods, and flashlights and torches lit up one after another, illuminating the dark night.
Su Tong just felt that this scene was familiar.
Her body slowly fell to the ground, and before her consciousness completely faded, a pair of strong arms caught her steadily.
She felt like someone was holding her up, and she smelled a faint smell of gunpowder. The smell made her feel at ease, as if... she was lying in the arms of a comrade-in-arms.
She closed her eyes and let her consciousness sink into the darkness at ease.
The body seemed to be falling, falling...
There was the sound of wind in my ears, a slight dizziness, the sun, and someone seemed to be talking. The voice was very familiar, very familiar...
"Xiaotong, what are you cooking?"
"Brother, this is Four Treasures Soup."
"Isn't the Four Treasures Soup made from ginseng, wolfberry, mulberry, and kudzu root?"
"No, that's from Chinese medicine. This is the 'Four Treasures Soup' I invented. Look, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo fungus, scallops and Sichuan bamboo shoots, aren't they the Four Treasures? Use these four treasures to enhance the flavor and stew them with the beef tendons in the casserole. It's soft, fragrant and nutritious. Come, try it. Is it delicious?"
"Mmm, delicious! Really fragrant!"
…
"Xiaotong, just study hard. I'm on a mission to the southwest border this time, so it might take a while. Don't worry if I can't get in touch with you."
"Oh! The southwestern border? The temperature there is most suitable for growing Coptis chinensis. If you see wild ones, remember to bring some back."
"Hey! In Xiaotong's heart, my brother is never as important as herbs!"
"How could that be? Of course, you are the most important! When you come back this time, I will make you 'Seven-Wonder Soup'. This is not the 'Seven-Wonder Soup' in traditional Chinese medicine, but the 'Seven-Wonder Oxtail Soup' that I invented myself."
"Okay! Just for your 'Seven-Way Oxtail Soup', I will come back earlier too."
…
The sunlight suddenly disappeared.
The small building also disappeared.
A white fog lingered around, becoming thicker and thicker, covering everything.
Su Tong stretched out his hand and groped anxiously in the white mist. He tripped over something and fell to the ground.
She scrambled to her feet and stumbled forward.
"elder brother--"
"Brother—where are you?"
"Why can't I see you?"
Su Tong was so anxious that she burst into tears.
The fog seemed to be getting thicker and thicker...
She fell down, got up, and fell down again...
"Brother - where are you -"
…
Suddenly, there was a response.
"Xiaotong——Xiaotong——"
A voice came from far away...
"Is that you? Xiaotong——"
"Are you here to see me——"
A mellow masculine voice echoed in my ears, the voice seemed to be far away and near, sounding a little unreal.
"elder brother--"
"elder brother--"
"Is that you——"
"Where are you? Why can't I see you—"
Su Tong called out anxiously and kept turning around in circles looking for him. The fog seemed to have dissipated a little, but there was still no one around.
"elder brother--"
"elder brother--"
Brother! Where are you?!
Brother! Why haven't you come back yet?
I couldn't hold back my tears, but suddenly I stepped on empty air, and felt a distinct sense of weightlessness...
…
Su Tong suddenly opened his eyes and saw the familiar old tiles above his head.
But my mind is still a little dazed...
I couldn't tell which was a dream and which was reality...
elder brother?
She clearly heard her brother's voice just now!
For so long, whether it was the three years when her brother disappeared or the few months since she came here, she had never even dreamed of her brother!
This is the first time!
She heard her brother's voice for the first time!
So real! So clear! It was as if he was calling in her ear...
Tears fell involuntarily...
I miss my brother so much!
I really want to see my brother again!
…
Su Tong was not unconscious for long. Her many years of military career made her more alert than ordinary people in her subconscious.
When she came to her senses, she found herself lying on the kang at home. Aunt Cuifen was sitting on the edge of the kang, holding a wet towel in her hand, but her eyes were looking outside.
Because the stone was outside shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Brother Xing—what's wrong with you?! Wake up! Brother Xing—"
"Aunt Cuifen..."
Su Tong pulled his thoughts out of his hazy dream and called Aunt Cuifen, only to find that his voice was very hoarse.
Aunt Cuifen paused, turned around and saw that she had woken up, and said in surprise:
"Girl! You're awake! You just came back covered in blood, it was really scary!"
"Outside...what happened to Brother Xing?"
"Alas! Xing Zhiqing insisted on waiting until you woke up before leaving. When he came back, he was covered in wounds. Maybe..."
The door curtain was suddenly opened, and Shitou ran in and shouted:
"Aunt Cuifen, I want to..."
Then he saw Su Tong, and his eyes lit up immediately, "Sister Tong! You're awake! That's great!"
"You're making so much noise... I can't wake up even if I don't want to!"
"hey-hey……"
Shitou touched his head embarrassedly, then he concentrated his expression and said:
"Sister Tongya, you take a rest first! Brother Xing has fainted! I'm going to find my dad first to see if he can find a way to send Brother Xing to the hospital." Then he ran out.
Originally, Ma Daming arranged for someone to send Xing Dongyang to the hospital as soon as possible, but he insisted on coming along and waiting for Su Tong to wake up. At this time, the village was in chaos, everyone was busy catching people, and no one could be found to send him.
"Stone!"
Su Tong called her and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Brother Xing...what's the situation now?"
"His face is blue, his lips are white, and his whole body is cold. He won't respond even if I call him!" Shitou answered quickly.
"Bring...Brother Xing in, he needs to be kept warm..."
Shitou looked at Aunt Cuifen and said nothing.
"He's frozen... send him to the hospital... too late!"
Su Tong also looked at Aunt Cuifen and continued:
"Aunt, please give Shitou a hand! If he doesn't recover now... it's no use sending him to the hospital!"
Aunt Cuifen was silent for a moment and then nodded.
Although she didn't know what had happened specifically, Xing Zhiqing's face had turned blue when he was carried back. Apart from the wounds on his body, half of his pants were wet. He had been freezing outside for most of the night in the twelfth lunar month, and the cold had already penetrated into his body. If he continued to freeze any further, she was really afraid that something might happen.
The two men moved Xing Dongyang to Su Tong's kang, far away from Su Tong, and still covered him with Lao Qi's quilt.
Fortunately, Su Tong's new kang is not only wide and big, but he was also willing to spend money on firewood. There is enough firewood in the yard, so he doesn't have to be frugal when heating the kang.
Su Tong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xing Dongyang's breathing was relatively steady.
Just as I was about to ask what happened that night, Shitou started talking.
"Sister Tongya, my dad and his friends came back from the dam. As soon as they entered the village, they saw a fire on the mountain. They rushed to the mountain to put out the fire. I learned the news late, and when I wanted to rush over later, I saw that they had already rescued you and Brother Dongyang!"
"I saw that you were seriously injured, so I wanted to call Sister Qiuyu to come and take care of you, but Sister Qiuyu was also sick. When I ran back, I saw Aunt Cuifen coming over!"
"Sister Tongya, how did you get hurt so badly? When you came back, your face was so swollen and your body was covered in blood. It was so scary!"
Aunt Cuifen wiped her tears and said, "Girl, why do you have to suffer so much?"
Su Tong thought about it and realized that it was true. She had hit her head against a pillar two months ago and was in the same half-dead state.
Thinking of this, she curled her lips, but she gasped in pain, and then she calmed down before asking:
"Did Uncle Ma send me back?"
Shitou seemed to have just remembered something, and he came over with a "whoosh" and said in an exaggerated tone:
"Oh! That's right! Sister Tongya, it was a soldier who brought you back! He even had a gun!"
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