Song Zhi didn't bother to pay attention to his warning. After sending him away, he said to the female educated youth, "Everyone come closer. Let's form a circle so that everyone can keep warm."
The important thing is that this will allow the warmth to warm Jiang Xueqin's body faster, allowing her to recover as soon as possible.
The female educated youth looked at them hesitantly, then came over hesitantly, sat in a circle, and surrounded Jiang Xueqin in the innermost part.
"Male educated youth, please do not look at anything indecent."
Song Zhi reminded him and gave Rong Zhengqing a look.
"Rong Zhiqing, please help me support her a little."
Rong Zhengqing immediately saw her intention and hurried forward to lend a hand.
Song Zhi quickly took off Jiang Xueqin's wet clothes and took off his own cotton-padded jacket to give to Jiang Xueqin.
Rong Zhengqing also took off his coat and covered Jiang Xueqin with it.
With the two of them taking the lead, soon a kind-hearted female educated youth took off her scarf and handed it to the two of them.
Some people even took off their cashmere sweaters.
In just a short moment, Jiang Xueqin was wearing many more warm clothes.
Looking at Jiang Xueqin, who had been wrapped up like a dumpling but whose face was still pale, Rong Zhengqing asked, "Is she okay now?"
"Yeah." Song Zhi nodded. "I just checked. She doesn't have any blisters on her body. She's not suffering from severe frostbite. As long as she keeps in a dry and warm environment, she'll be fine."
As she spoke, she extended her hand towards Rong Zhengqing.
"Rong Zhiqing, give me the hand warmer."
Rong Zhengqing was stunned for a moment, and quickly went to the side to get the hand warmer bottle they had just brought from Long Deshou's house, and handed the warm hand warmer bottle to her reluctantly.
The cafeteria faces south and is usually cold, let alone on a snowy night like this. Rong Zhengqing had just taken off his cotton jacket and gave it to Jiang Xueqin, so he was shivering with cold.
Song Zhi took the bottle from her and directly stuffed the hand warmer into Jiang Xueqin's armpit.
While no one was paying attention, she secretly took out two heat-bath patches from her space and stuck them on Jiang Xueqin's knees and calves.
After a while, Jiang Xueqin's lips regained some color, and her cheeks were no longer as gray as before, and regained a little redness.
Although Su Youqing was driven out of the crowd, he was still paying close attention to the situation here. Seeing Jiang Xueqin like this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He took off his glasses, kept wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, and thanked Song Zhi.
"Thank you, Song Zhiqing. Thank you so much. I was too harsh just now. I'm sorry. If it weren't for you, Xueqin would really..."
When talking about Jiang Xueqin, Su Youqing's voice choked.
He thanked and apologized, which made Song Zhi frown.
Everyone was still freezing, and she really didn't have the heart to accept his apology or thanks.
After confirming that Jiang Xueqin would recover in a short time, she returned her to Su Youqing.
"Just come and look after her. Just keep an eye on her temperature."
After saying that, she stood up and looked at the educated youth around her who were shivering with cold.
There was only one fire, which was not enough to keep so many people warm.
"There should still be a lot of dry firewood in the cafeteria, right?" Song Zhi asked Rong Zhengqing in a deep voice.
"have."
Rong Zhengqing nodded. Before it snowed, the team leader organized the educated youth to go to the nearby mountains and chop a lot of firewood, which was now piled on the west side of the canteen.
"Everyone, bring in some dry wood, light a few more fires, and boil some hot water. Everyone, drink some hot water to warm up and keep your body temperature while we wait for the troops to arrive."
Seeing several people with slight frostbite also walking out, Song Zhi hurriedly spoke again.
"The injured don't need to go. Stay close to the fire. The others can work hard. Let's all work together to get through this difficult time."
Everyone followed what the two said and built a fire in an orderly manner to boil water for warmth.
The firewood was placed outside and was also covered with a thick layer of snow. Most of it was soaked and not easy to burn.
They dug out some dry wood from the bottom, started a fire, and then put the wet wood next to it to dry.
There were several fires in the cafeteria, and soon everyone was warmed up.
Nie Jinmei came over, holding her injured leg, and sat next to Song Zhi. She looked at Song Zhi with sparkling eyes and praised him admiringly, "Song Zhi, you're amazing. As soon as you came back, you arranged everything clearly for everyone, and everyone listened to you. Unlike Zhuang Haoen, when you were not here just now, he led everyone to do their own things, and in the end, no one was warm."
Her voice was not small, and everyone was gathered together, so they heard it clearly and praised Song Zhi.
"Yes, although Song Zhiqing is young, he is smart and reliable. We are all grateful to you for today."
"If Song Zhiqing hadn't called us out in the beginning, we would all be buried under the snow now. Now he's trying to find a way to keep everyone warm. This is what Song Zhiqing is!"
Someone gave Song Zhi a thumbs up.
Once someone took the lead, all the educated youth followed suit, giving Song Zhi a thumbs up and praising her for being so capable.
Song Zhi felt a little embarrassed by their praise. Her cheeks flushed in the firelight. She said modestly, "It was all a piece of cake. It was all thanks to everyone's unity. It's not just my credit."
As she spoke, she vaguely felt that a different pair of eyes were staring at her.
She followed the gaze and met a pair of eyes filled with resentment and hostility.
Zhuang Haoen's face was extremely gloomy, his facial features were almost distorted, and he could no longer maintain the appearance of a gentle and kind person as before.
Rong Zhengqing sat next to Song Zhi. She looked thoughtfully at Zhuang Haoen, then at Song Zhi, with her eyes lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.
After tossing and turning for several hours, the educated youths were now yawning tiredly after warming up.
"Everyone chat and don't fall asleep."
Although the cafeteria is warmer now, the snow outside has not stopped yet. The cafeteria is no better than their dormitory. Song Zhi can only prepare for the worst and remind everyone to stay awake.
If the cafeteria cannot withstand the wind and snow, they will still have a chance to escape again.
Fortunately, her worries were unnecessary, and soon, people from the army arrived.
"Great! It's finally here! We're saved!"
When they saw the troops, everyone stood up excitedly.
Song Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief. The soldiers had finally arrived. She looked outside, wondering if Tang Junhe would be the leader. But when she thought about the fact that his injury had not healed yet, it must be someone else leading the team.
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