Fortunately, she was mentally prepared and used all her strength. Before being sucked into the vortex, she managed to pull Zhang Shengli out with a brute force. Then, without daring to delay for a moment, she struggled to climb upwards.
She used all her strength and speed to the fullest, and the entire life-or-death rescue process lasted for half an hour before she finally managed to pull Zhang Shengli up.
"Zhang Yu, come quickly and pull him up." Lin Xiazhu breathed heavily, damn it, she almost suffocated, luckily she has a strong lung capacity.
After dragging the man ashore, Lin Xiazhu caught her breath and placed her hands on Zhang Shengli's chest to perform emergency resuscitation. She instructed Zhang Yu, "Pinch his nose, then open his mouth and let him exhale. After he exhales, inhale and then give him air again. Don't stop."
She told him to breathe, but Zhang Yu wouldn't understand, so she made him exhale, inhale, and then exhale again.
Zhang Yu didn't know what the point of doing this was, but he listened to Lin Xiazhu and did as she said.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Shengli vomited a sludge of river water. Although he was pale, he was saved. We still can't be careless.
"Take her to the hospital, don't let anything else go wrong," Lin Xiazhu shouted.
Zhang Yu and the others followed her instructions and did whatever she said. They quickly got the person to the hospital. After a check-up, the doctor said that two IV drips would be enough and that the person would be fine.
But everyone was surprised. Zhang Shengli was incredibly lucky. How come he didn't die after holding his breath in the water for so long?
Only Zhang Yu and his few brothers who hung out with Zhang Shengli all the time knew that Zhang Shengli had an amazing lung capacity. He could hold his breath underwater for several minutes as soon as he learned to scuba dive, and after years of training, he could hold his breath underwater for more than ten minutes.
So the fact that he was able to survive being swept away by the whirlpool is largely due to his swimming ability and breath-holding capacity.
However, the doctor said that Zhang Shengli's accident was caused by his leg cramping after soaking in the water for too long. He also advised the boys who love playing in the water to be careful and not to get carried away just because they can swim.
Normally, when a child is rescued, the parents would be extremely grateful. However, the Zhang family is an exception. They have eight sons who have been raised in a free-range manner since childhood. Even if something really happens, they are not deeply moved.
So after Zhang Shengli's previous near-death experience with a head injury, the Zhang family stated that they were unaware of the situation and did not want to know, and that he should not expect them to pay for two bottles of IV fluids.
Fortunately, Zhang Shengli and his brother had been collecting recyclables with Zhang Yu for the past six months, so they still had some money left. Most of it was gone, and the two brothers had only about 100 yuan in savings, which was more than enough to pay for medical expenses.
After being discharged from the hospital, Zhang Shengli came to Lin Xiazhu's house and knelt down in front of her with a thud. "Sister, from now on you are my sister. You saved my life. I will do anything for you from now on."
Since he was almost beaten to death by Scarface, his family has not cared about his and his brother's lives. They know that Zhang Yu borrowed money to pay for their medical expenses. After being discharged from the hospital, he followed Zhang Yu to collect scrap and occasionally worked as a laborer on construction sites to slowly pay back the money.
But Zhang's parents didn't understand them and kept chasing after them for money. When they refused, they beat and scolded them. In the end, Zhang Shengli and Zhang Longfei didn't even want to go home anymore. They stayed at their brothers' places, staying one day here and one day there.
One day, Zhang's parents came and started cursing, saying they wanted to sever ties with the two brothers and remove them from the household registration.
It didn't matter; the twin brothers Zhang Shengli and Zhang Longfei were more than happy for them to do so. However, after scolding them, Zhang's father didn't actually go through with the household registration change, mainly because he was afraid of the trouble.
"What are you doing? I'm not a feudal landlord. I don't need anyone to be my slave. From now on, stop causing trouble and stop acting like you're going to die in front of me." This left her in a dilemma, unsure whether to help or not.
They have a bunch of kids to raise, and these young men are older than her. Their own parents are too lazy to take care of them, so why would she bother to take care of them?
Back to the story of how she rescued the person, when Grandma Lin heard about her going into the water to save someone, she was so angry that she almost beat her up.
He picked up a handful of dry fir branches, took fire tongs and went to various outhouses to grab toilet paper and bamboo strips for wiping, put them all in a broken iron basin to burn, and then forced her to step over the fire basin.
At that moment, Old Lady Lin kept muttering, "Good luck is coming, little ghosts go away! My eldest granddaughter didn't mean to offend the river god today. She's just a child and doesn't know any better. Don't let any karmic grievances bother her. That Zhang boy's life wasn't meant to end, it has nothing to do with my eldest granddaughter. Go away, go away, water ghosts, go away, go as far away as possible..."
Finally, they lit a small string of firecrackers, saying, "They scared away all the ghosts, they all left, it's alright now, it's alright now."
Grandma Lin slapped Lin Xiazhu's back hard a few times, as if she wanted to use her inner strength to shake out the dirty things attached to her body.
Regardless of whether there was anything dirty involved, Lin Xiazhu was almost internally injured and vomited blood after being filmed.
Sigh, Old Lady Lin meant well in this matter; she didn't say a word the whole time and let her do whatever she wanted.
Because Shanhe Town has many streams and rivers, and many people go swimming, drownings happen frequently, especially in the deep pool area. It is said that there is a stone coffin at the bottom of the deep pool, which is used to summon souls.
Legend has it that long ago, in Shanhe Town, there lived a wealthy man's son who fell in love with a poor family's daughter. The girl was as beautiful as a fairy and already had someone she loved. They were childhood sweethearts and deeply in love, but the wealthy man's son interfered in their relationship.
The villains tried to abduct a young woman, but neither she nor her lover's family could resist. Seeing that the woman's chastity was about to be ruined, the woman and her lover broke free from the villains' grasp and ran to a deep pool to jump into the river together.
And so the two lovers died, unwilling and filled with resentment. Their bodies were never found, but many years later, a legend spread that a stone coffin had appeared at the bottom of the deep pool, and that a man and a woman dressed in red had been seen lying inside.
Over the years, many people have fallen into the deep pool and drowned, and according to the old man, this happens regularly, once every three years.
Three years after the couple jumped into the river, the rich man's son suddenly ran away like a madman in the middle of the night. When they found him, his body had already floated up from the bottom of the deep pool.
The village shaman said, "A person who drowns must find a substitute to take their place in three years before they can be reincarnated; otherwise, they cannot be reincarnated."
So the rich man's son became the scapegoat for the lovers, but three years later the rich man's son would find a substitute again, and then he could be reincarnated, and so on, in a cycle that would repeat itself...
Whether it's true or not, the elderly are superstitious about this, and Old Mrs. Lin only came to do this because she cares about Lin Xiazhu.
“Don’t go playing in the river anymore. You’re too daring for a child. What kind of person are you trying to save? Let the adults do this kind of thing. Oh, I’m so worried.” With the second son gone, the second branch of the family is relying on their eldest granddaughter to support them. If anything happens to the eldest granddaughter, Zhao Xiaolian will be finished sooner or later.
After sending Zhang Shengli away, Lin Xiazhu hadn't even caught her breath when Old Lady Lin came to her door again.
"Xiaozhu, the Zhang family is here to see you again. Don't pay any attention to them. In my opinion, you shouldn't associate with Zhang Yu and his people, even though his mother is quite capable..." Old Mrs. Lin lectured for a while longer.
"Okay, Grandma. I'm going to the city in a couple of days, and I probably won't be back for long. Keep an eye on things at home while I'm there."
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