Su Qingluan didn't expect that she could survive. When she opened her eyes again, her first reaction was not "escaped from death" but "maybe I traveled through time again."
Because she appeared in a house she had never seen before - the roof looked simple and rough, but she did not feel the wet and cold touch that she felt when she fell into the water. Her whole body was dry and warm.
Although the hay under her body felt a bit bumpy, Su Qingluan was thankful that she could still breathe deeply.
But soon, when her consciousness became a little clearer and she subconsciously wanted to move, even if she just had the slightest tendency to "get up", her whole body seemed to be triggered by some mechanism, and suddenly she was hit by severe pain, as if all the bones in her body were about to break.
"Hiss..." Su Qingluan couldn't help but take a breath: It hurts so much!
At this moment, perhaps hearing some movement inside the house, someone walked in. Su Qingluan was in so much pain that she couldn't even move her neck, so she could only use her hearing to distinguish the sound. It should be the sound of a straw curtain or something being lifted.
Then she heard footsteps approaching. The sound was a little slow and did not sound like someone who was very agile.
Sure enough, when the person came within Su Qingluan's field of vision, she could see that it was an elderly woman, at least in her sixties or seventies.
The old woman was dressed very simply, but she looked very energetic. When she saw Su Qingluan open her eyes, she smiled and said, "My daughter, are you awake? Your brother is worried about your injury!"
Su Qingluan thought to herself: Oh no, she must have traveled through time, because she didn’t remember that “Su Qingluan in the previous life” had any brother - she did have a younger brother and a younger sister.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but sigh: Although Su Guangfu and Yang might be depressed for a while over Su Qingluan's passing, fortunately they still have a son and a daughter. Moreover, Su Qingluan hadn't been with them for very long, only two or three years, so the feelings weren't particularly deep. This was for the best, as it would save them from further grief.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan felt a little sour in her nose for some reason.
Just when she was feeling sad, another sound of footsteps approached, making "thump", "thump", and "thump".
This is not the sound of straw sandals or any other footsteps. If you listen carefully, it should be the sound of a person with mobility problems walking on the ground with a cane.
At this time, another voice was heard saying, "Thank you, grandma. I want to talk to the girl alone. Is that okay with you?"
It was the voice of a young man, who sounded to be no more than twenty years old.
"Why not?" The old woman from before seemed to smile. "This girl was seriously injured. She didn't say a word when she woke up. I guess she was scared. Family members are more reassuring at this time. You guys chat for a while. I'll go check on the porridge."
As he spoke, he seemed to be dragging something from the ground: "Your right foot is not flexible now, so it's more convenient to sit here." It sounded like the thing he was dragging was a small stool.
"Thank you, grandma," the young man thanked the old woman and seemed to sit down, but did not speak.
Su Qingluan turned her neck and found it very difficult - the slightest movement was very painful.
There was nothing I could do but to use my peripheral vision to look at him, but I found that the young man looked familiar.
Could it be that someone else from his past life traveled through time with him? Or does this person just have a common face, so he looks like everyone else?
When the old woman lifted the curtain and left, the man with the common face immediately saluted her with a fist clasp—sitting down, of course—and said in a very respectful tone, "Hey, Madam Su."
Huh? Is her last name still Su in this life? Su Qingluan blinked, as if realizing something was wrong: "You are...?"
The man with the common face lowered his voice and said, "I am He Yong, a sergeant under His Highness the Seventh Prince. Three days ago, I was accidentally swept away by a mountain torrent and luckily escaped with my life."
The Seventh Prince... Xiao Huan? Su Qingluan was suddenly excited: So she didn't travel through time and space, and was still in her "second life"?
She subconsciously wanted to turn her head, but accidentally pulled the wound, causing her to grimace in pain and gasp repeatedly.
"Madam Su, please don't move!" He Yong wanted to reach out and help Su Qingluan up, but perhaps because he was worried about the "great distinction between men and women", he stretched out his hand and then retracted it. "Madam Su, you'd better rest more. You are much more seriously injured than me."
"Excuse me, what's going on?" Su Qingluan asked, trying her best to look at He Yong.
It turned out that He Yong was one of the people who were washed away three days ago, the day Su Qingluan met Xiao Huan.
This flash flood broke out very suddenly. Although several soldiers were swept down the mountain road at the same time by the flash flood, He Yong did not see that other brothers survived after he woke up.
Five people have lost their voices, and He Yong has not found several others, and their lives or deaths are unknown.
Of course, this does not mean that those people have no hope. After all, He Yong's right foot was injured and he had difficulty moving. He finally found a house in the valley, so he recuperated here.
But he never expected to meet Su Qingluan, who was rescued by this family but was seriously injured and unconscious.
The family's surname was Lu, and they lived with their daughter and son-in-law. The old woman just now was the mother, Wang.
Wang's husband, Lu Zhi, was a village doctor in his early years, treating patients in the nearby villages. Although they had only one daughter, he doted on her because she was born in his old age. Even medical skills, which were usually passed down to sons but not daughters, were passed down to his daughter.
From this, his daughter Lu Qiaozhi also learned medical skills.
Their son-in-law is a woodcutter who was saved by his daughter's kindness.
The young man grew up alone, eating at many people's homes. When he grew up a little, he started his own business. He was very hardworking and persevering.
The old couple of the Lu family felt sorry for the young man who was alone and helpless, and seeing that their daughter and the young man had a mutual affection for each other, they betrothed their daughter to him, and the four of them lived together.
Su Qingluan's life was saved by the old doctor, and the old woman and her daughter also helped a lot. Su Qingluan was in a coma these few days and she couldn't have been helped by the whole family.
When He Yong saw Su Qingluan for the first time, he recognized that she was the woman who had come all the way to find the Seventh Prince.
Although he didn't know Su Qingluan's identity, he could see that this person had a close relationship with the Seventh Prince. Out of loyalty to his master, He Yong naturally didn't dare to neglect Su Qingluan.
However, if He Yong simply addressed her as "old friend", he was afraid that it would damage Su Qingluan's reputation and even implicate Xiao Huan, so he simply announced to the public that Su Qingluan was his sister.
After listening to He Yong's account of the whole incident, Su Qingluan sighed, "I never thought that after being swept away by the mountain torrent, we could actually survive. We are truly blessed with good fortune."
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