In order to scare children, many adults in rural areas say that there are water ghosts in the water.
Add to that the fear of darkness, deep water, and the unknown.
These naughty monkeys can play around in the river and catch fish during the day.
However, the number of children who dare to go into the water at night is definitely a minority among the minority.
Under the moonlight, the river surface sparkled, and the child struggled and was washed downstream, splashing even bigger waves.
On the riverbank, there was a big girl, Shitou's third sister. She was only about eight or nine years old. She was sweating profusely and was running along the riverbank after Shitou. "Shitou!"
The Dashi River happens to have a bend in this section, which makes the east side of the bend deep and the west side shallow.
The deepest part of the East River embankment is over three meters.
The river narrows and becomes more turbulent as it goes down the bend.
After passing the bridge connecting Donghe Village and Xihe Village, there is another drop of two or three meters.
This small drop is definitely good for powering a water truck, but it is not very friendly to people who fall into the water.
Sister Shitou watched her brother being washed farther and farther away. His struggles in the water became much less intense and he seemed to be motionless.
Sanni's face turned pale.
Their parents gave birth to five girls before they had this one brother. If anything happened to his brother...
"Stone!" Sanni became more and more anxious, but she had no idea what to do, so she jumped down regardless of the consequences.
"Sanni!" Several children were frightened and cried.
The oldest one was only about ten years old. Although he could swim, he knew that he could not save someone who fell into the water.
I could only grit my teeth and run madly towards home, shouting as I ran, "Dad, Mom, Shitou and Sanni fell into the water."
After watching the excitement, many people gathered together to chat about gossip, while the rest of the people ate or went home to work.
In rural areas, children of all ages run around and play together, and adults don't pay much attention to them.
Moreover, this place is some distance away from crowded places. Even if someone shouts, I'm afraid the adults won't be able to get here in a while.
Su Rao had sharp ears and eyes, and was the first to hear the movement.
The moonlight was still clear enough that she looked up and saw two children, one big and one small, in the water.
The younger one seemed to have given up struggling.
The older child was struggling while shouting for help.
Su Rao was not sure whether the little one was still alive when the others rushed over.
She put down the basin, kicked off her shoes, jumped into the water, and swam towards the child.
It was a night at the end of September and the river water was icy cold. To be honest, it was not a pleasant experience. Su Rao was in a hurry to go into the water without warming up.
After swimming for a distance, Su Rao felt a little uncomfortable in her right leg, and her heart skipped a beat, worried that her leg would cramp at the critical moment.
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On the other side, Ji Heng, who was still listening to gossip on the side of the road, also heard someone shouting something.
Without a moment's hesitation, he ran towards that direction.
As I got a little closer, I could hear a child crying.
Although the voice was a little unclear due to crying, Ji Heng still heard clearly that a child fell into the water.
His expression changed immediately.
I looked up and saw the "three splashes of water" in the river, and my feet quickened.
He saw a girl quickly pick up the smaller one, but the child was already motionless.
The girl was already swimming towards another older child.
After drowning, people will panic, be afraid, and subconsciously hold on to everything they can around them.
That's what happened to the older little girl.
After noticing Su Rao approaching, he subconsciously hugged Su Rao's neck.
Su Rao held a child in each hand and really didn't pay attention to the movements of the older girl.
At this moment, Su Rao didn't know if it was because she didn't warm up before going into the water, or because she had just finished her meal, or because her physical condition was too weak, or for some other reason, but it just so happened that she had a cramp in her foot.
Su Rao herself didn't expect this to happen and was caught off guard.
She held a child in each hand, with no room to move. The cramp in her leg caused her to sink with both children.
Ji Heng looked at the situation over there from a distance, his expression changed completely, and he walked even faster.
After reaching the riverbank, they didn't even have time to take off their clothes. They just kicked off and jumped into the river, swimming towards each other.
The water flow was getting faster and faster. Su Rao could only hook one of them and let go of the other. She pressed the acupoints on the older girl's neck and knocked her unconscious with a light movement of her hand.
Once a person relaxes and has no other heavy objects on his body, he will float up immediately.
Su Rao used her other hand to massage the acupuncture points on her legs, and from time to time she controlled the older girl so that she would not leave the range of her hand.
With a cramp in one leg, she was forced to float up and down, and also had to take care of the two children beside her. Even Su Rao felt overwhelmed and exhausted.
It was already very difficult to just keep myself and my two children from sinking.
As for swimming to the shore, it is almost impossible.
Su Rao was constantly being washed downstream, and she could almost hear the sound of the river water crashing in the turbulent section not far away.
Just then, a rather strong arm approached her.
Su Rao subconsciously slapped him with her palm.
Ji Heng was suddenly hit by the slap and choked on the water. "I, I'm here to save you..."
Su Rao then realized that someone had come to help. She turned her head and looked at the man she had just met in the afternoon. "Is it you?"
The moonlight was dim, but at such a close distance, Ji Heng could finally see clearly who was in front of him.
"Are...are you okay?"
Su Rao didn't have time to reminisce with him. She hurriedly pushed the smaller boy in her hand to him and said, "Take him up first."
The boy had been choking on water for too long and had been suffocating for a long time.
Ji Heng grabbed the boy with one hand and grabbed Su Rao's arm with the other.
"I'm a good swimmer!"
He found that something was not right with Su Rao. If he left, Su Rao would be rushed down and it would be hard to say what would happen to her.
Su Rao froze for just a moment, then let the other person grab her and lead her to the river. She tried her best to relax and float herself, then dragged up the little boy next to her.
The four people had been rushed a long distance away.
Dragging three people upstream, even though Su Rao had tried her best to reduce his burden, Ji Heng was still out of breath.
After grabbing the riverbank and climbing up, Ji Heng extended his hand to Su Rao.
Su Rao handed the little boy over first.
Then came the older girl who was already unconscious, and finally Su Rao herself.
Su Rao didn't even care about herself. She immediately opened the boy's mouth, tilted her head, and quickly performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.
The movements were so standard and smooth that Ji Heng, who was trying to lend a hand, was stunned for a moment.
He paused and went to check on the older girl.
After discovering that the older girl's breathing and heartbeat were normal, she quickly came to Su Rao's side and helped to give the little boy artificial respiration.
Unfortunately, the boy choked on water for a long time, and the cardiopulmonary resuscitation was not effective.
Su Rao didn't care about Ji Heng at all after she found that there was no response to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
She glanced at Ji Heng, hesitated for a moment, then touched the pocket on the back of her waist, and with this fake move, she took out her silver needle bag from the space.
"Let go." She quickly took out a few silver needles and began to give acupuncture.
She gave the needles faster.
While Ji Heng lowered his head to give artificial respiration, Su Rao had already given the little boy several injections.
Ji Heng was stunned again, "You..."
"Don't talk and don't move." Su Rao's face was indifferent, and her eyes were focused on her hands.
The silver needles were inserted into each place without any hesitation.
This Su Rao was completely different from the Su Rao who was moving around in his arms in the afternoon, with a flushed face and sparkling eyes.
At this time, Su Rao's hair was scattered and hanging down, and her body was covered with water vapor, but she did not look embarrassed. Instead, she had a stunning feeling like a lotus emerging from clear water.
The water was so cold that her face almost lost all color, and her originally bright lips also turned a little pale.
But that skin was as soft as jade under the hazy moonlight.
Ji Heng subconsciously recalled the feeling of his hands caressing every inch of skin.
She lowered her head, and the water droplets on her hair slid down her hair, some of which dripped onto the ground.
Some of it dripped onto her shoulder blades and continued down along her skin.
This made Ji Heng's gaze follow the water droplets downwards...
A worn white dacron shirt was stuck to her body and was almost completely transparent in the moonlight.
There was only a small, thin vest underneath that stuck to her body.
The curves were wrapped up nicely, and could be vaguely seen through the two thin layers of fabric...
Ji Heng's breathing gradually became heavier, and after realizing what he was looking at, he suddenly turned his eyes away.
Su Rao had no idea what Ji Heng was looking at, nor did she know what kind of clothes she was wearing in the 1970s, or what kind of "scenery" she looked like after being soaked in water.
She stared at the little boy intently. After completing the acupuncture, she slowly inserted a longer silver needle and then suddenly pulled it out.
Just as Su Rao pulled out the needle, the boy suddenly started coughing and kept coughing up water.
After taking deep breaths, the little boy burst into tears, "Mom, Mom, Mom... Wow."
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