Hearing the wailing from under the oxcart, He Chaoyang was prepared to slaughter the ox if it couldn't calm down. Fortunately, the ox was raised by Old Yang from a calf, and with Old Yang's comforting words, the ox slowly calmed down.
At this moment, Chen Shuning, who had just been frightened and momentarily panicked, also came to his senses, came out of the snowdrift, and went to help where the oxcart had overturned into the ditch.
Looking around, almost everyone had some kind of injury, big or small. Three people were trapped under the car, with Liu Guihua's injuries appearing to be the most serious. Her leg was trapped under the protruding wooden frame of the car wheel.
The other two were alright; they were both in the truck bed and couldn't get out for the time being. They only had minor scratches of varying degrees and were not seriously injured.
He Chaoyang first checked the wounded man's injuries and location, then quickly had Old Yang untie the reins from the ox and tie it to the side.
He secretly pulled off the two things he had just discovered stuck to the small cushion his wife had been sitting on and quietly put them in his pocket.
Although he had never seen this thing before, He Chaoyang guessed from the warm touch that it must be something his wife used to keep warm.
In short, if it's something you can't find on the market, you should just keep it safe; otherwise, it'll be hard to explain if someone finds out.
After putting his things away, He Chaoyang turned around and saw his wife squatting by the roadside, bandaging the wound on an elderly woman's forehead.
He hurriedly called out to Chen Shuning, "Shuning, come down here for a bit after you've bandaged your wound. When Grandpa Yang and I lift the car, can you help pull the injured people out from under the car?"
Chen Shuning only wanted to help in any way she could. She had no nursing experience, so she could only do a simple bandage. She used whatever was available, such as the old lady's headscarf, to stop the bleeding.
Hearing He Chaoyang ask her to help pull people, she was naturally willing. She quickly agreed and then hurriedly tied a knot in her headscarf.
She let the elderly woman sit down to rest by the roadside, while she herself jumped into the ditch beside the road to check the location and injuries of the wounded, so as to avoid causing secondary injury to the wounded when pulling them out later.
When He Chaoyang saw Chen Shuning coming over, he heard Old Yang, who had just returned after tying up the ox, discussing how to lift the cart.
Fortunately, in order to carry more people without adding burden to the oxen, the oxcart was made of birch and maple wood, so it was not difficult for two people to lift it.
Of the three people trapped under the car, only Liu Guihua was unconscious; the other two were conscious.
So the group in the ditch discussed it and decided that He Chaoyang and Old Yang would lift one side of the car, while Chen Shuning and another old woman with only a few scratches on her face would pull Liu Guihua out.
The other two were able to climb out on their own.
After agreeing on a rescue plan, the group got ready. As soon as He Chaoyang and Old Yang put their strength into it, Chen Shuning and the old woman pulled Liu Guihua out together. Then the two remaining lightly injured people quickly crawled out from under the oxcart.
Chen Shuning, who pulled the person out, immediately examined Liu Guihua's injured leg. Looking at its twisted and abnormal posture, it was likely fractured.
Chen Shuning was not capable of handling such injuries, so after settling the person in, he went to find He Chaoyang, thinking that he should have some first aid experience.
He Chaoyang and Old Yang were trying their best to overturn the oxcart so that everyone could get back on and get home as soon as possible.
So he shared his ideas with Chen Shuning, who also thought the arrangement was reasonable, and then helped out.
Those who weren't seriously injured also came to help. Fortunately, the oxcart wasn't heavy, and with everyone's efforts, they finally managed to flip it over and pull it onto the road.
Then He Chaoyang went to find some sturdy tree branches nearby and came to Liu Guihua's side to simply immobilize her broken leg.
After lifting the person onto the oxcart, everyone realized the problem. The oxcart was already crowded with everyone sitting in it, but now that Liu Guihua needed to lie down and couldn't be touched, the oxcart was naturally too small, and someone had to walk back.
Originally, the oxcart carried ten people, including Old Yang and his wife Chen Shuning. Now that one of them is lying down, at least four people will need to walk back.
Seeing that it was getting dark and there were still more than two hours to go back to the village, no one wanted to walk back.
Those who are injured or elderly are even less willing to walk such a long distance.
Chen Shuning didn't mind and stepped forward first, saying, "Neither Brother He nor I are injured, so we won't take the car. But we'd like to trouble Grandpa Yang to tell Brother Feng at the educated youth settlement when he goes back, and ask him to leave the door open for us."
After saying that, Chen Shuning ignored the crowd who were still scrambling to get on the oxcart and pulled He Chaoyang toward the snowdrift where they had just hidden; her blanket was still there.
Next, he took out a flashlight from his bag—actually, from his storage space—and started picking up the things scattered on the ground.
Those that belonged to them were put into the bamboo basket that He Chaoyang was holding, and those that didn't belong to them were piled on the ground nearby, waiting for others to come and claim them.
Seeing Chen Shuning's actions, the others remembered that the things they had bought in town that day were all lost, so they stopped fighting over riding in the oxcart and started rummaging through the ground to retrieve their belongings.
However, they were not like Chen Shuning, who would put anything into his bamboo basket regardless of whether it was his or not.
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