"Xiaomi, don't sleep, please, don't sleep..."
Wheat touched Xiaomi's increasingly cold body, trembling all over, and hugged her tightly in fear.
Suddenly remembering something, Xiaomai carefully placed the person on the ground and got up to search the small duty room.
A table, a chair, and a metal bookcase.
Xiaomai covered Xiaomi with all the documents and papers from the bookshelf on the table, hoping to raise the temperature a little.
She knelt on the ground, cradling Xiaomi's cheek in one hand, and called her name gently.
"Xiaomi, hang in there a little longer. I'll go find you medicine, food, and clothes right away."
They ran out wearing clothes they had taken with them when they left, not to mention anything else.
This place is a very small station. Apart from the entrance and exit, there is only this guard room that looks like a newsstand next to the railway.
Down from the exit, there was a row of small bungalows. When she first arrived, Xiaomai glanced at them and estimated there were about five or six rooms, illuminated by the moonlight.
As Xiaomai got up, she continued to give instructions and comfort to Xiaomi.
"I'm right here, I'll be back soon, don't be afraid."
With that, Xiaomai gritted her teeth, wrapped her thin hoodie tighter around herself, and rushed out in one go.
Only through the moonlight and the reflection of the snow could it be clearly seen that Xiaomai had nothing on her except the sweatshirt she was wearing.
Bare thighs, bare feet...
Her legs were covered in bruises, cuts, and cuts, and her legs and feet were blue and purple from the cold. Every step she took forward felt like walking on a knife's edge or walking into a vat of boiling oil.
Wheat finally made it to the row of houses. Luckily, two of the doors were open, indicating that someone had hurriedly fled.
The snow outside was already above Xiaomai's knees, her eyebrows were covered in frost, and her teeth were chattering.
It made a 'squeak, squeak, squeak' grinding sound, which was particularly loud in the quiet snowy night.
Judging from the room's interior furnishings, it should have been the previous dispatch room. After rummaging around for a while, Xiaomai found a lighter and a small bag of egg yolk pies in the desk.
In the next room was the duty room. Xiaomai was delighted to find a single bed. She excitedly rushed over and wrapped herself in the quilt and the cotton wadding used to make the bed.
From beside the bed, I found a pair of men's cotton slippers. In the wardrobe next to them were a thick black overcoat, sweaters, short-sleeved shirts, socks, underwear, etc...
Wheat couldn't help but cry tears of joy; with these, they shouldn't freeze to death.
She kept putting it on and stuffing it into her arms.
In this small room, a first-aid kit was found, but it only contained iodine, cotton swabs, gauze, and other items for field treatment.
Xiaomai didn't take the box; instead, she stuffed all the medicines inside into her pockets.
After searching for a while, I found a few packets of instant noodles and a few bottles of Red Bull.
She wrapped a large bag in a bed sheet, carried it laboriously on her shoulder, and instead of trying to book other rooms, she rushed back home.
When Xiaomai finally returned to the hut after much effort, Xiaomi was almost frozen solid. In addition, she already had severe internal injuries and was unconscious.
"Xiaomi! Xiaomi!"
Xiaomai dropped her things, frantically picked up the person, and called out, but received no response.
She wrapped Xiao Mi in the quilts and clothes she had brought back, cleaned the table, made it into a bed, and laboriously carried Xiao Mi onto the table.
After doing all that, Xiaomai felt dizzy and her vision went black. She collapsed to the ground, completely disoriented.
Xiaomi woke up in the middle of the night, opened her eyes, and looked around for Xiaomai.
"wheat···"
Not seeing anyone, her heart skipped a beat. She tried to get up with difficulty, but ended up falling off the high table and crashing to the ground.
Just then, by the faint moonlight from the window, she could vaguely see the wheat on the ground beside her.
Xiao Mi used all her strength to crawl towards Xiao Mai, grabbed Xiao Mai's hand, and shook it vigorously.
"···Small···Wheat···"
Her throat was hoarse, and she couldn't make a loud sound, so she could only concentrate her strength in her hands and try to shake the wheat awake.
She lay down next to Xiaomai, pulled up all the blankets and clothes, and covered them both, using her meager warmth to warm Xiaomai's icy body.
Xiaomai's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she reacted. She opened her eyes, saw Xiaomi beside her, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.
"Xiaomi, I think I just fell asleep."
Upon hearing Xiaomai's voice, Xiaomi's taut string seemed to snap completely, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
She spoke in a muffled voice, her tone still carrying a sense of grievance and lingering fear, and nodded.
"Hmm, how could you sneak off to sleep..."
Xiaomai moved her body, trying to lean closer to Xiaomi, only to realize that she had completely lost feeling in her lower body.
She froze for a moment, her back arched, and she remained motionless.
Then, as if nothing had happened, she slowly relaxed and lay flat on the ground. She pursed her lips and retorted to Xiaomi with feigned ease.
"You were the one who secretly fell asleep behind my back."
Xiaomi tried to sound tough, saying, "I'm just too tired."
Xiaomai smiled slightly and sighed, "Xiaomi, I'm so tired too."
She suddenly changed the subject, "I miss my mom's braised pork."
Xiaomi chimed in softly, "I want to too."
"And the cookies my dad makes, they're so sweet..."
"The bed at home is big and warm..."
Under the cover of night, Xiao Mi's tears flowed silently.
"Xiaomi, I miss home so much, I miss my parents so much."
Xiaomai nodded in agreement, "Yes, I want to too."
At this moment, Xiaomi squeezed Xiaomai's hand and asked with concern and uncertainty,
"Wheat, can we ever go home?"
Xiaomai answered without hesitation, "We can go back, of course we can go back, they're still waiting for us."
They whispered to each other, one after the other, just like before, huddled together under the same blanket, whispering secrets in each other's ears.
But gradually, their voices grew softer and softer.
Xiaomi lost the strength to open her eyes again, and she managed to speak weakly and feebly:
"Wheat...I'm so sleepy...I can't stay awake any longer..."
Xiaomai turned her head to look at Xiaomi's profile. She wanted to reach out and touch her cheek, and also wanted to rub her head again, to tell her not to sleep, to hold on a little longer, but she just couldn't lift her hand.
She choked back tears as she said, "Xiaomi, goodnight."
Xiaomi did not respond to the "goodnight" message.
Wheat stared at the dark ceiling, feeling the heat draining from her body. Her mouth opened and closed slightly, murmuring softly.
"Let's go home together..."
After saying that, he slowly closed his eyes.
As dawn broke, the heavy snow outside the window continued to fall. The snow, which had originally reached knee-deep, had now reached the waist and abdomen of an adult.
The door to this small house was completely blocked by snow, and inside, nestled together, were two girls who had already gone home.
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