In rural areas, there are no facilities for bathing in winter. Even if someone jumps into a river and catches a cold, there are no large bath tubs available for bathing. They can only use a large basin filled with hot water to wash their body and then soak their hands and feet.
After a quick wash, Xiao Jing was put to bed, covered with two thick quilts, and a thermos was placed in the bed to warm her up as much as possible.
Fang Qiao was in a better position; the temperature in the space remained at a comfortable level, and there was even a hot spring in the mountains where she could take a bath.
Cheng Baidong was worried that Fang Qiao would catch a cold, so he added a few medicinal herbs to the hot spring while she was soaking in it to promote blood circulation and warm her body.
After taking a bath, Fang Qiao felt all the chill in her body dissipate.
Upon exiting the space, the old lady had already cooked chive and egg dumplings and invited Fang Qiao to eat. In addition, she had also brewed half a pot of brown sugar ginger soup, telling Fang Qiao to drink a bowl first, and that she would take the rest to Xiao Jing after the meal.
Fang Qiao made a lot of chive dumplings, originally intending to save some for breakfast the next morning. But given what happened, and thinking that her aunt's family probably wouldn't be in the mood to cook dinner, she simply put them all into the pot, packed them into a lunchbox, and sent them to her aunt's family along with brown sugar ginger soup.
It was already dark outside. In the midst of the chaos, Fang Qiao hadn't had a chance to ask Wang Yun about Lin Youcai's situation.
On the way from home to her third aunt's house, Fang Qiao finally found a moment to ask her, "When Xiao Jing was first rescued, there were so many people around that I didn't notice. Tell me quickly, besides you, who else from your educated youth unit went there? Was Xiao Jing's boyfriend Lin Youcai? Where is he? I didn't see him in the crowd at the time. Did he go or not?"
Wang Yun shook his head: "No, he didn't go. From the time you said you had something to do and left, until a group of us educated youth heard that someone had an accident in the ditch and rushed over, Lin Youcai stayed in the house and didn't show his face."
"Lin Youcai! What a jerk!" Fang Qiao gritted her teeth in anger, unable to help but curse inwardly, "As expected of him! A true, pure coward!"
Wang Yun was full of questions: "Xiao Qiao, what exactly happened? Why did Xiao Jing suddenly jump into the river?"
"I don't know." Not to mention Wang Yun, even Fang Qiao herself was completely confused.
"My third aunt was talking to me about Xiaojing's wedding this afternoon. Everything was fine then. Who would have thought that something like this would happen so soon!"
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