Chapter 18 Throwing off a Cliff
After work, when everyone was almost leaving, Song Xiaoyue and several educated youths couldn't find Lin Anan no matter how hard they tried. A woman pointed in the direction of the woods and said that she saw Lin Zhiqing go in from there.
A group of educated youth rushed into the woods looking for someone and shouted Lin Anan's name loudly, but there was no response at all. The team leader and brigade cadres felt that the situation was serious, so they mobilized all the strong laborers in the village to search for him, and the educated youth also spontaneously organized a search.
After Han Jianwu parked the carriage, he was also called to look for someone. Huo Qingqing had no idea what had happened at this time. Since Han Jianwu didn't come back, she took the child to the front yard to inquire and found out that Lin Anan had an accident.
There are several horrific incidents in Guanshan Commune every year, but nothing too outrageous has happened in Hanjiagou. This time, Lin Anan's accident caused quite a stir, and everyone in the six production teams of the entire brigade was alarmed.
Huo Qingqing handed the two babies over to her third sister-in-law, and gave her a bag of milk powder, bottles, biscuits and candies, asking her to take good care of the babies.
When Huo Qingqing and Baojuan, the eldest daughter of her second sister-in-law, rushed to the scene with medical kits, the brigade cadres were discussing the search and rescue plan.
"Qingqing!" When Song Xiaoyue saw Huo Qingqing, she rushed over and hugged her, crying loudly.
Han Jianwu also saw Huo Qingqing and walked up to her. "Why are you here?"
Baojuan said, "Uncle, Aunt brought the medicine box and said it might be useful."
Huo Qingqing quickly let go of Song Xiaoyue and asked Han Jianwu, "Do you have any clues?"
Han Jianwu said, "The initial assessment is that he fell from the cliff in front. We have sent people to the commune to report the incident, and we are discussing going down the mountain to search and rescue."
Huo Qingqing looked at the brigade cadres and said, "It will take some time for the police to arrive. We should not delay the best rescue time. Let's go down the mountain to search and rescue."
The second brother was also there and said, "We are discussing who to send down! It would be easier during the day, but it's getting dark now and it's dangerous to go down the mountain."
Han Jianwu said, "I'll take a few people with me. I've been on missions in the army a lot and have experience."
The second brother glared at Han Jianwu, "You troublemaker, you are everywhere, your wife is still here!"
Han Jianwu looked at Huo Qingqing, who also looked at him and said seriously, "Be careful." Then he looked at his second brother and said, "Let him go! Saving people is important. An An is my friend."
Liang Jianhui had already asked the educated youth to tie a rope around him, and he was the first to rush out and go down the mountain.
Han Jianwu grabbed Liang Jianhui's arm and asked, "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Liang Jianhui's eyes were red, "Don't be afraid."
Han Jianwu nodded and said, "Listen to me, this is not the kind of cliff you think it is. There is no need to tie ropes. Tying ropes will only make it difficult for us to perform. There are bushes all at the bottom of the mountain. If she is lucky, she will be blocked by the bushes and will not fall below the red stone cliff that everyone sees on the other side of the mountain."
Gao Yunxia was so frightened when she heard this that her face turned pale. How could this be?
The terrain of Hanjiagou is mountains upon mountains, surrounding the village in the mountain valleys. There are large and small mountains everywhere. Most of the mountains are covered with various lush shrubs, some are towering trees, and some mountains are red stone mountains and red soil, which look bare in winter. The same is true of the mountain where Lin Anan had the accident. The top of the mountain is on the side of Hanjiagou, and at the foot of the mountain is the river that marks the boundary of another village, followed by farmland and then the village. The mountain is quite high, but there are bushes and jungles from the top to the middle of the mountain. Below is the Red Stone Mountain with no grass at all. It is very dangerous with its strange shapes. Once you fall down, you will definitely be killed because there is a river at the bottom of the mountain, which is all stone.
Huo Qingqing said, "I'll go down with you and take the medical kit. There are bushes all over the place, and An An must be injured."
Han Jianwu, "Don't make trouble, just wait upstairs, trust me, I will definitely bring her back to you."
Huo Qingqing nodded, "You must bring her back."
Han Jianwu and Liang Jianhui led a dozen villagers and male educated youth down the mountain with flashlights to look for people.
Huo Qingqing shook hands and asked Song Xiaoyue what was going on.
Song Xiaoyue told the story again, and Huo Qingqing asked after listening, "Is the aunt who told you An An entered the woods present at the scene?"
Song Xiaoyue shook her head. "No, there weren't many people in the fields at the time, and the aunt was getting ready to go home. When she heard me asking about An An, she told me that she saw An An enter the woods. When I came in to look for her, there was no trace of her."
Huo Qingqing closed her eyes and calmed herself for a while. She felt that something was fishy. Why would An An go into the woods alone? Even if she needed to relieve herself, she would definitely call a few more female educated youth to help. They have been living in the countryside for so many years, so this is common sense!
There are people everywhere in the mountains. Even if someone slips and falls off the cliff, there will be some noise!
Soon, someone at the foot of the mountain shouted, "Found it..."
Gao Yunxia, who was waiting for news with the educated youth, almost felt her legs go weak when she heard the voice. But then she thought, he would have died if he was hit on the back of his head by a stone, and if they found him it would just be a corpse, so she was not afraid.
It was already completely dark, and the flashlights were not enough, so we had to light a lot of torches.
The educated youth could not walk on such a mountain road, let alone carry a person, so Han Jianwu had to carry the person on his back, while the others shone flashlights on him from front and back, and held torches on the cliff, and quickly rescued the person.
Huo Qingqing, "How is it?"
Han Jianwu put the man down and shook his head, "I guess it won't work."
Liang Jianhui said, "Brother Han, drive the carriage to take her to the commune clinic. We must save her."
Huo Qingqing, "Let me take a look first." She knelt on the ground to examine him, pricked him with a silver needle a few times, and then felt his pulse. "He can be saved."
The team leader said, "Jianwu, hurry back to the village and harness the horse-drawn carriage to take us to the commune clinic."
Huo Qingqing, "It's too late. She has a heavy blow to the back of her head and is bleeding a lot. We need to stop the bleeding and bandage her first and then see what happens. She can't be jolted anymore."
They covered the woods with plastic sheeting and built a fire. Several female educated youth helped with flashlights. Huo Qingqing stopped the bleeding and bandaged Lin Anan on the spot. At the same time, she sent someone back to the brigade medical station to buy an IV.
Lin Anan had many scratches on his face and body, the most serious one was on the back of his neck. It looked like he had hit a rock, but it didn't look like that was caused by a collision?
Huo Qingqing had no idea what to do right now and was only thinking about saving people.
When the barefoot doctor arrived with a medical kit on his back, Huo Qingqing had already stopped the bleeding and bandaged her, and the IV had been hooked up on the spot.
"The wound on the back of his head is very serious. Send him to the medical station for stitches immediately."
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