Chapter 141
When the child heard this, he cried even louder. Su Miao, who was standing nearby, got a headache from the high decibel level.
"Sister, look how sad your brother is. Can you give the lantern to him?" The child's grandfather turned around and asked Su Miao.
The child also looked at Su Miao pitifully with tearful eyes.
Su Miao thought, forget it, the kid likes it, so I'll just give it up. Even though this lantern is really special...
Huh? That's not right! I'm a child too! Besides, they bought it first, and I didn't steal it from them. Why should I give it to them? They're not my children, so I won't spoil them.
Su Miao took his father's hand and walked forward, saying to the child's grandfather, "I'm sorry, I really like this lantern too. I can't give it to you. Please take your grandson to another stall to have a look. Maybe you can find something better."
Strolling slowly along the riverside, the dazzling array of lanterns is very interesting. Some citizens put small lanterns into the water, letting the river carry their New Year wishes to faraway places.
In places where people gather, the most indispensable thing is the small stalls selling food, such as sour food, fried food, rice balls, glutinous rice cakes...even soy milk and fried dough sticks are available.
Today is the Lantern Festival, so Su Miao bought some glutinous rice balls to eat.
The glutinous skin is wrapped with finely ground black sesame seeds. When you take a bite, the slightly sweet sesame filling flows into your mouth, and the fragrance of sesame fills your lips and teeth.
Glutinous rice balls are cooked with ginger soup, which is very warming to eat in winter and has a mellow ginger flavor. When you feel greasy after eating glutinous rice balls, drink a sip to relieve the greasiness and stimulate your appetite.
"Miao Miao, are these dumplings delicious?" Su Yu asked when he saw her eating so contentedly.
"It's delicious, not too sweet. Can I have one?"
Not sweet is one of the highest praises that the people of Nanning give to desserts, but Su Yu shook his head.
"I don't like glutinous rice balls. I want to eat fried sweet potatoes. They also have fried sesame balls. Do you want any?"
"Yes, yes! I want to eat fried sesame balls!"
After a while, the three of them returned to the riverside with a lot of food in their hands and strolled slowly.
It was exactly eight o'clock when several boats suddenly appeared on the river.
Just when everyone was still guessing whose boat it was, "bang bang bang" suddenly several fireworks shot straight into the sky.
The fireworks flew into the air with long tails, then suddenly exploded, and the fireworks scattered all over the sky completely covered the brilliance of the stars.
The crowd burst into warm cheers, as more and more fireworks soared into the sky, and the rushing river reflected a scene of peace and prosperity, with the country being prosperous and the people being well-off.
Suddenly, there was a commotion by the river, and someone shouted, "Hey! A baby fell down!"
Then there was another "plop" sound, probably someone went down to rescue people.
Su Miao and others also looked towards the location where the call for help came from. The person who fell into the water was a child, only about five or six years old, and probably couldn't swim.
He was holding a large plastic bag containing a particularly exquisite palace lantern. Probably to prevent the lantern from being bumped, the merchant put it in an extra-large bag and filled it with plenty of air.
This is why the child doesn't sink immediately.
The person who rescued the child was a man who swam towards the child with all his might. However, the river was flowing very fast and he could not catch up with the child. The child was about to drift in front of Su Miao and the others.
Su Yuanzheng and Su Yu wanted to go down to save people, but Su Miao reminded them to take off their coats, otherwise their cotton coats would become very heavy when they got wet.
Su Miao held her father and cousin's clothes and watched them jump into the water with concern.
The river water in winter was icy cold. As soon as Su Yuanzheng jumped into the water, he felt like he was frozen from head to toe. Fortunately, he had been swimming for a while and had warmed up his body. Otherwise, he would have gotten cramps if he jumped in suddenly.
They only swam a few meters before they caught the little boy floating over. He was so frightened that he held on to the bag tightly without crying.
However, the man who had been swimming after him was so anxious to jump down that he only took off his coat but not his thick sweater. His clothes were soaked and he was swimming so fast that he showed signs of exhaustion.
After handing the child over to Su Yu, Su Yuanzheng swam over and lifted up the man who was about to sink into the water, then grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him to the shore.
Both the little boy and the man were pulled ashore. The man thanked them while crawling over to see the child.
At this time, a fashionable woman rushed over, holding the child and shouting "Help the man, my husband!". Only then did everyone realize that they were a family of three.
Su Miao quickly handed the clothes to his father and cousin to change into. When they jumped over, they were left with only a single layer of underwear. Now they shivered as they took off the wet underwear and put on dry clothes.
But there was no change of pants, so I had to go home quickly.
At this time, the little boy's parents came over with the child to express their gratitude.
"Comrade! Thank you so much! If it weren't for your help, not only my son, but I would have died here too."
The little boy had already reacted and was nestling in his father's arms with tears in his eyes. He also turned around and said to Su Yuanzheng and Su Yu, "Thank you, uncle!"
Su Yuanzheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, this is what I should do."
"Comrade, where are you staying? Your clothes are wet and you can't visit the Lantern Festival. Let me drive you back!"
"No! No! You should take the child to the hospital immediately. We are fine. We can go back by ourselves."
The man insisted on asking for their address, and Su Yuanzheng had to say that it was in a residential area opposite No. 1 Middle School.
The boy's mother said, "Oh! That's perfect! We live in the logistics compound, so it's very close. The district hospital is also right next to it, just down the road. Let's take our car and go together."
Now that things have come to this, Su Yuanzheng no longer refuses. It is indeed too cold.
As a middle-aged man, his teeth were chattering when he soaked in the river, let alone the child. It would be better not to waste time.
The boy's father drives a Santana, which is the most common model in the unit nowadays. Su Miao guessed that this uncle should be a leader of the unit, or at least a person of status, otherwise it would not be his turn to drive the car.
The boy's father was driving, the boy was held by his mother and sat in the passenger seat, and Su Miao and the other two were sitting in the back seat. It was definitely overloaded, but the supervision was not strict now, and when they saw this kind of suspected public vehicle, they basically didn't check it.
There were children's clothes in the car, and after the boy got in, his mother took off his wet clothes for him.
The boy's father expressed his gratitude and chatted with them all the way, without stopping him from stepping on the accelerator.
The last time Su Miao felt this push on his back was when he was taking the bus to Wuhan to attend an exchange meeting in his previous life.
Soon they arrived at Su Miao's house, dropped them off, and thanked the boy's father again before driving away.
Su Yuanzheng and Su Yu hurried in to change their clothes. Su Miao went to boil some hot water for them to take a shower and warm up their bodies, and also made some ginger soup.
Fortunately, both of them were in good health and showed no signs of fever or cold after waking up.
I thought this was just a minor incident that would pass, but unexpectedly, two days later, the rescued boy's family came to my house with gifts and banners.
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