Qin Xiaoxiao struggled upwards despite the pain, but she underestimated the pain of her leg cramps. She could only struggle twice before she couldn't take it anymore and wanted to just lie down at the bottom of the river and die.
In that instant, Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to enter the spatial dimension, but Qin Ye and Qin Ming on the river would definitely not leave her alone. One of them would definitely jump down to save her. If she entered the spatial dimension and they couldn't find her after jumping down, wouldn't her secret be exposed? And what if they went back up after not finding her? Should she paddle up herself?
Qin Xiaoxiao felt frustrated and could only wait for someone to rescue her, in which she even choked on some water.
Fortunately, Qin Ye acted quickly. Just over ten seconds after Qin Xiaoxiao fell, she followed him down. He didn't even need to look for her; she was right below the ice hole, which greatly relieved Qin Ye.
With a swift grab, Qin Ye pulled Qin Xiaoxiao out of the ice hole by the collar.
First, Qin Xiaoxiao was pushed up, and Qin Ming above grabbed her and pulled her up. One pushed and the other pulled, and soon Qin Xiaoxiao was out of the ice hole.
As soon as Qin Xiaoxiao came up, Qin Ming quickly took off his cotton coat and put it on her. Only then did Qin Ye follow him up.
Qin Ye didn't go to see Qin Xiaoxiao. Instead, he put on the cotton coat he had taken off, picked up Qin Xiaoxiao, and ran home.
Qin Yue knew she had caused trouble, and she couldn't help but cry when Qin Xiaoxiao fell. Even so, she didn't forget to run home to call for help.
Qin Ming did not leave immediately. Instead, he placed a wooden plank on the ice as a warning to the villagers before packing up and going home.
Qin Ye ran all the way and saw Qin Xiaoxiao's brows furrowed. He asked, "Did you get a leg cramp?"
Qin Xiaoxiao was in too much pain to speak, and could only nod slightly.
Qin Ye felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if someone had grabbed his heart, and the pain made him want to roar.
She's in this state herself, and she still wants to save people? Doesn't she know her brother is useless?
Instead of relying on him when things go wrong, she gets herself into this mess. What's the point?
She was right to risk her life to save Qin Yue, but she was wrong to disregard her own safety.
If it meant trading one life for another, he would rather...
No, Qin Yue is also his sister. Compared to Qin Xiaoxiao, he has spent more time with Qin Yue, so he can't think of her that way.
He loved both of his younger sisters equally and didn't want anything to happen to them.
Qin Yue cried and screamed all the way home, which terrified Grandma Qin and Qin Aiguo, who hurriedly came out of the house.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying? Where are your sister and the others?"
Ma Dahua put her arm around Qin Yue and wiped away the tears on Qin Yue's face with her sleeve.
Qin Yue looked at Grandma Qin and the others through tears, "My sister, my sister fell into an ice hole."
Upon hearing that her eldest granddaughter had fallen into an ice hole, Grandma Qin immediately fainted.
Qin Aiguo quickly caught his wife and looked at Qin Feng, "Go and call the doctor to come home."
Qin Feng was anxious about his niece's safety, but he knew that with Qin Ye there, Qin Xiaoxiao would definitely be safe. Besides, they had all been exposed to ice water, so they would definitely need to see a doctor when they got back. Therefore, Qin Feng stopped asking about Qin Xiaoxiao and ran towards the medical station.
Ma Dahua knew what was going on. After calming Qin Yue down, she went into the kitchen, lit both stoves, boiled two large pots of water, then lit the stove in the yard, poured the hot water from the thermos into a small pot and boiled it again, adding chopped ginger and brown sugar so the children would have something to drink when they came back.
Qin Aiguo easily carried the old lady into the house, pinched her philtrum, and she woke up in a short while. "Don't worry, don't worry, Xiaoxiao will be fine. Qin Ye is still here."
Grandma Qin was so anxious that she fainted when she heard that Qin Xiaoxiao was in trouble. But after hearing her husband's words and thinking of her eldest grandson, she was relieved.
Qin Ye acted quickly. Qin Yue had only been home for two minutes when he carried Qin Xiaoxiao through the gate, shouting as he ran, "Mom, hot water, cotton clothes, Xiaoxiao fell into an ice hole!"
Hearing her son's cry, Ma Dahua came out of the kitchen and hurriedly went to Qin Xiaoxiao's side. "Don't panic, there's water boiling on the stove. It'll be ready soon. The ginger and brown sugar water will be ready soon too. We'll give it to Xiaoxiao in a bit."
At this point, Qin Xiaoxiao's leg had eased up and wasn't hurting as much, but her cramped right leg still hurt a bit, and she felt dizzy and shivering from the cold. She knew she might be sick again.
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't want to talk, and Ma Dahua got anxious when she saw this. She lifted the curtain and asked Qin Ye to take Qin Xiaoxiao to the room where Old Madam Qin lived in the main house.
When Grandma Qin saw that she had returned, she rushed to Qin Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, how are you? Are you alright? Don't scare Grandma."
Grandma Qin didn't know where to touch. She wanted to touch Qin Xiaoxiao, but was afraid of hurting her, so she hesitated to make a move.
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled weakly at Grandma Qin, "Grandma, I'm fine, don't worry."
As they spoke, Qin Ye had already tucked Qin Xiaoxiao into the bed that Qin Aiguo had prepared. "Hurry up and take off your clothes. We'll take a bath when the water's ready."
After saying that, the person went back to their room.
He had taken off his cotton-padded coat when he jumped, but he didn't have time to take off his cotton-padded trousers, which were now completely wet. His undershirt was also wet, so he had to change his clothes. Otherwise, even if he was in good health, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Qin Aiguo was also going out with them. Qin Xiaoxiao needed to change her clothes, and it wouldn't be convenient for him to be there.
Qin Ming returned at this time, carrying tools and a bucket. The largest carp that Qin Xiaoxiao had chosen and a fish weighing one pound were in the bucket, but he released all of the more than twenty palm-sized fish.
Ma Dahua was watching the fire on the stove in the yard when she turned around and saw that Qin Ming wasn't wearing a cotton-padded coat. She immediately went over and took the things from him.
"Go to your brother's room and find some clothes to wear. He still has a cotton-padded coat there."
Qin Ye and Qin Ming are about the same height and build, and Qin Ming can wear Qin Ye's clothes.
Qin Ming smiled and nodded in agreement, then looked at Qin Aiguo and asked, "Sir, is my sister alright?"
Qin Aiguo saw Qin Xiaoxiao when Qin Ye carried her into the house. Qin Xiaoxiao was wearing her grandson Qin Ming's cotton-padded coat. Now that he saw Qin Ming was only wearing an undershirt and not a cotton-padded coat, he knew what was going on.
"It's nothing serious. You'll be fine after drinking some ginger tea. You should get dressed quickly too. Your old clothes are soaked through and need to be dried before you can wear them."
Qin Ming nodded when he learned that Qin Xiaoxiao was not seriously injured, and went to change his clothes.
Qin Yue had already thrown herself onto Qin Xiaoxiao and continued wailing.
"Sister, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If you hadn't saved me, you wouldn't have fallen into the ice hole, sob sob sob... Sister, I didn't mean to, please believe me, sob sob sob... Sister, please don't dislike me, I... I... I won't be naughty anymore, and I won't cause trouble anymore, sob sob sob..."
Qin Aiguo listened in the courtyard and smiled again, looking at the main gate of the house with a gratified expression.
He knew that his eldest granddaughter was kind, just like his youngest son.
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