Chapter 252: Er Gouzi is saved
Many people had already joined in the yard. Er Gouzi looked at Yu, who had not been exposed yet, with fear on his face, and his heart began to sink.
Their house is the most dilapidated in the village. Normally there is little rain at the border, so there is no problem. But once it rains, it rains heavily outside and moderately inside, and the bedding of the whole family becomes damp.
Yu had originally planned to hire someone to renovate the house after she earned some money, but she didn't expect the snow to come so early this year, leaving her no chance to do the renovations.
The snow continued to fall with no sign of slowing down.
Ergouzi and his sister Xiaolan were shivering in the cold wind. They were still wearing the thin clothes they wore in previous years. Yu had already bought new cloth and cotton for them. She planned to start making new cotton-padded clothes and trousers for them in the next two days. The things were placed in the kang cabinet on the kang in the room, but now the kang cabinet was also crushed by the collapsed roof.
It is still unknown whether Yu is alive or dead, and everyone is still trying to rescue her. The northwest wind is blowing snow flakes as heavy as paper pieces, and they are blowing straight into people's eyes, making it impossible to open their eyes. When they open their mouths, they are filled with snowflakes.
"Jin Zhu, your family has a good relationship with the Yu family. You should take the two children to your home to warm them up first. If they continue to freeze like this, I'm afraid something will happen to the two children before Yu is rescued." While directing everyone to rescue, Jin Niu took a break to yell at Wan Laoer. There was nothing he could do as the wind was too loud.
After hearing this, Wan Laoer looked back at the brother and sister standing in the snow, and without any hesitation, turned around and walked towards them.
"Ergouzi, let me hold your sister. Let's go to my house to warm up first. Your sister has just recovered from a serious illness. If she gets cold again today, it will be no joke." Wan Laoer took Xiaolan from Ergouzi's arms. Xiaolan's face was blue and purple from the cold, her lips were shivering, and her body was like a popsicle. Wan Laoer was frightened and he quickly took off his cotton scarf and wrapped Xiaolan up.
Wan Laoer was walking in front holding Xiaolan. After a few steps, he found that Ergouzi had not caught up with him. He turned around and looked back, and saw Ergouzi hugging his arms, staring at the collapsed place motionlessly.
Wan Laoer sighed, turned around and pulled Ergouzi.
"Er Gouzi, did you hear me? Come with me now. You can't help here. Do you want your mother to come out and see you freezing to death?"
Wan Laoer's voice was a little stern, and Er Gouzi slowly raised his head to look at Wan Laoer, but his legs and feet were so frozen that he couldn't walk at all. When Wan Laoer pulled him, he fell headfirst into the snow, which scared Wan Laoer.
"Someone come quickly, Er Gouzi is freezing."
Wan Laoer couldn't pull Ergouzi up by himself. He was holding Xiaolan in his arms. If he put Xiaolan into the snow nest at this time, Xiaolan's thin body would definitely get cold.
The Yu family has suffered enough, but they have to encounter such a thing. It really proves the old saying that a hemp rope breaks at the thinnest point, misfortune visits the unfortunate, and when it rains, it pours.
Wan Laoer was full of sympathy for the Yu family, and secretly thought that he must lend a helping hand. Not to mention that Ergouzi and Wan Quan had the best relationship, even out of gratitude for Yu's help in the Wan's shop in the past few months, he would try to research Yu's prescription. Only in this way could the Yu family's living problems be fundamentally solved.
But Wan Laoer's words were quickly drowned out by the wind and snow. No one noticed Ergouzi's condition, but he was already frozen to the point of being unconscious.
Wan Laoer immediately squatted down and pulled Ergouzi onto his back, but he did not dare to use too much force. In case his arms were frozen, they would definitely break.
After great efforts, Wan Laoer finally got Ergouzi on his back. He held Xiaolan in front and carried Ergouzi on the back, and went home with great difficulty.
The snow was already above his calves, making it very difficult to walk. From the end of the village to Wan Laoer's home, Wan Laoer was sweating all over.
"Pah, pah" Wan Laoer finally arrived at his door and knocked on it hard, making a loud noise.
After the Wan family moved, the courtyard wall was no longer a fence, but was built with adobe bricks, which was not common in the village and therefore very sheltered from the wind.
Wan Ersao, Old Lady Wan, and Mrs. Liu, who were at home with the children, were already worried about Wan Laoer. They kept craning their necks to look at the door from time to time. As soon as Wan Laoer knocked on the door, Wan Ersao heard the sound.
"Mom, it seems like someone is knocking on the door. I'll go check it out."
Wan Ersao quickly put on her cotton shoes and ran out.
"Hey, dad, what's going on?"
When Wan Er's wife opened the gate, she saw Wan Laoer's appearance. In front of her was Xiaolan, who was crying weakly like a cat. On his back was Ergouzi, but Ergouzi was obviously unconscious. He was supported by Wan Laoer's hand and did not slide off his back.
"Wife, please help quickly. Take this girl back to warm her up. Er Gouzi is frozen and needs to be treated quickly."
Wan Ersao took Xiaolan in a panic, stepped aside to let Wan Laoer go in quickly, and quickly got Ergouzi into the house.
When Old Lady Wan saw Ergouzi's look, she immediately made room for him.
"Quick, put the man here and take off his clothes. Fourth son's wife, go outside and get some snow. A frostbitten person can't be immediately treated with hot water. He needs to be wiped with snow, otherwise it will be easy to get into trouble."
Old Mrs. Wan also heard this from others. She herself had never encountered such a situation. After all, it is not as cold inside the Great Wall as outside. There are cases of people freezing to death, but they are not common.
Liu responded and hurried out to make a snowball.
Mrs. Wan Er quickly put Xiaolan in her arms on the kang. When Xiao Fubao saw Xiaolan, he crawled over and held her hand.
"Sister Xiaolan, what's wrong with you? Why are your hands so cold? Are you sick again? Just give Fubao a hug and you'll be fine."
After little Fubao finished speaking, he stretched out his two short arms and hugged the thin Xiaolan into his small arms. Fubao's body was warm and soon warmed Xiaolan.
Xiaolan's face gradually returned to its normal color and was no longer purple.
"Sister Fubao, thank you. I am much better now. Your home is so warm. If only my home was so warm, my mother wouldn't have died. I don't have a mother anymore, wuwu..."
Xiaolan didn't know Yu's situation. When she saw Yu being crushed by the house, she thought she was dead and cried very sadly.
While busying herself, Old Mrs. Wan listened to the conversation between the two little girls. At this time, she looked up at Old Second Wan with confusion in her eyes.
"Second brother, what happened? Didn't Yu just return home not long ago? How did this happen?"
"Mom, when I was sending the village chief out, Er Gouzi came running and said his house had collapsed and hit his mother. We rushed over to rescue them, but the two children were already in a state of weakness because they were wearing too thin clothes and had been frozen in the snow for too long. The village chief quickly asked me to get the children back first. Yu Shi doesn't know what's going on yet, but the neighbors have all gone to help, so they should be rescued soon."
After hearing this, Old Lady Wan sighed heavily, "This Yu is really a miserable person. Where should we put her after we rescue her? They only have those two shabby huts in their house. Now they have collapsed. They must have nowhere to live. Many people have left the village this time. The empty houses are not very good. The old houses we lived in before have also been bought by others. More importantly, even if Yu is rescued, it is not certain how she will be. She must need someone to take care of her. Er Gouzi can't take care of his mother now. In my opinion, we should give General Wan's house to Yu to live in temporarily. This way, it will be convenient for our two families to take care of her. Moreover, General Wan gave us the title deed of the house, and we also have the right to dispose of the house. We can't just watch her die without helping her, right?"
After hearing what Grandma Wan said, Wan Lao Er also had some thoughts in his mind. He looked at Er Gouzi again and saw that although his breathing was weak, he was no longer in danger.
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