Wang Xu tried to push upwards with all his strength again. Yin Jie swam to his side at this time and lifted him up from behind. Wang Xu then climbed onto the shore.
They immediately ran to the child and gave him first aid. Wan Hexing and Yin Jie helped each other to get ashore by supporting and pulling him.
Gu Xi said to the two of them: "Go back and change your clothes first, you have been in the water for a long time."
Then he took off his cotton jacket and wrapped Wang Xu around him. Wang Xu was still giving the child first aid, but the child had been drowning for too long.
Gradually, more and more people gathered around, and everyone was praying for a miracle to happen. Time passed by minute by minute, and first aid had been given for almost 10 minutes, but the child still had no response.
Looking at the child's weak body lying there unresponsive, life is so fragile and impermanent. Many aunts and sisters have started crying, and the child's father has already knelt on the ground, unresponsive, looking at the child with dull eyes, a face full of grief and despair.
No one knew how to comfort this father who was experiencing the pain of losing his son, and Gu Xi watched it all with distress.
Only Wang Xu kept performing first aid. Suddenly, a faint choking sound was heard. Everyone held their breath and looked at Wang Xu. Wang Xu pressed a few more times and the child finally responded.
Someone shouted, "It seems like he's breathing."
Wang Xu felt the child's neck and said, "There is a pulse, but it is weak. Send him to the hospital immediately."
He picked up the child and walked quickly to the side of the tractor. The parents of the other two children on the tractor took the children and wrapped them in their jackets.
Several parents of the children kept thanking us with tears in their eyes.
An auntie brought a quilt from home to cover the child and said, "Send him to the hospital quickly. Don't thank me and don't say anything more."
The child's father's legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up, so someone nearby helped him onto the tractor.
Xu Jiasheng immediately rushed to the hospital.
Someone shouted, "They're all alive. It's great to be alive."
Xu Zhengrong also breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's all go back. Today I want to thank all the villagers and educated youth who participated in the rescue. It's all right now. Let's all go back. It's so cold. We've taken off our coats and are wet. Let's go back quickly or we'll all get sick from the cold."
At this time, everyone noticed that the village chief was also helping. No one knew who he had given his jacket to. His pants and hair were wet, and he was shivering with cold.
The crowd dispersed, and Wang Xu sat down on the ground somewhat exhausted. Gu Xi hugged him distressedly: "How is it, are you very tired? But you can't sit here, you hook my shoulders, I will help you up, go back quickly, there is hot water at home, take a bath."
Wang Xu stood up by himself, then put his arm around Gu Xi's shoulders. His cotton jacket was already wet, so it was not convenient for him to put it back on Gu Xi. They could only walk back quickly with their arms around each other.
"Take off your cotton jacket and give it to me. Are you cold? Go back quickly."
Gu Xi hugged Wang Xu tightly: "You are still worried about me, just take care of yourself. Your body is like ice, you must be frozen."
Soon after returning home, Gu Xi hurried to the kitchen to take two thermoses to the bathroom: "Pour the water yourself, take off all your clothes quickly, I will boil a pot of water for you and bring it in for you later."
Wang Xu was worried about her: "Change your clothes yourself, they are all wet. I will go and boil some water myself."
Gu Xi roared angrily: "Go to the bathroom and stop banging me."
Wang Xu was startled and hurried to the bathroom. He poured all the water from the thermos into the bathtub, left the empty one at the bathroom door, added some cold water to the bathtub, and quickly took off his clothes and soaked in it.
Only after soaking in the hot water did I feel that I was really cold all over. My body was shaking involuntarily and my blood was slowly flowing back. The image of Xiaohu lying silently on the ground was still shocking to me, but luckily he was rescued.
Gu Xi quickly boiled another pot of water and brought it to the bathroom. Wang Xu was soaking in the tub. When he saw her come in, he shrank back into the tub nervously: "How did you get in?"
Gu Xi said angrily: "I'll bring you some water. You can add some more when the water gets cold. Do you want to add more now?"
I walked closer to the tub and tried to feel the water temperature with my hand, but Wang Xu grabbed me and said, "I can do it myself. I'm taking a bath. What's the point of you rushing in?"
Gu Xi folded her hands and raised her eyebrows at him: "What are you doing? Are you being shy with me? Okay, don't come into my room at night. I don't want to desecrate your noble body."
Wang Xu held onto her hand tightly and kissed her white and tender hand: "That's not what I meant. I just don't want others to see us."
Gu Xi looked at Wang Xu's face and saw that he looked a little abnormal. He was not shy at ordinary times. "Are you hurt?"
Wang Xu immediately dodged Gu Xi's scrutinizing gaze: "No, it's just a little cold, go change your clothes."
Gu Xi stepped forward regardless and slapped Wang Xu's arm away: "Block your ass, are you injured? Let me check."
There were large and small ice scratches on Wang Xu's arms and chest, and a large abrasion on his back, which should have been caused when he was rescuing Xiaohu by the tree.
Seeing that there were no other injuries, he glared at Wang Xu and said, "Let it soak for a while. I'll go make some ginger tea and drink it when it's ready. I'll wipe it dry and apply the medicine later."
Gu Xi cooked a big pot of ginger tea. There were only two thermoses at home. She gave it to Ye Xinchen and Wei Qingzhe first, asked them to pour it into bowls, then went home to fill them up and gave them to Yin Jie, Sheng Huaian and Wan Hexing.
Grandma Yin didn't know what was going on. Seeing that the two men came back soaked, she asked them to go to the kitchen and wash with hot water. Fortunately, the hot water was just boiled.
Several people were taking a bath, but there was no bath tub, so they could only rinse roughly with hot water. The ginger tea played an important role. By the way, he reminded Wu Yao: "Uncle Wu, go on the radio and remind everyone that if you have just been in the water or been exposed to the wind, you should make some ginger tea to drink. Although it is not a 100% guarantee that you will not get sick, it will be much better."
When Gu Xi returned home, Wang Xu had already taken a bath, changed his clothes, and was drinking ginger tea while boiling water. Seeing Gu Xi coming back, he asked, "Did you drink it yourself?"
Gu Xi went over and hugged Wang Xu, slumped in his arms: "I drank a bowl as soon as it was cooked, and I sent it to the other five people. The rest is yours. Don't get sick, I feel bad for you."
Wang Xu hugged Gu Xi and felt particularly satisfied watching her act coquettishly in his arms: "Well, I feel bad for you to take care of me when I'm sick."
The water boiled, the thermos was filled, and the two returned to the house. Gu Xi also added firewood to the kang, and the house was particularly warm: "I will apply medicine to you first, and then you can sleep for a while. I will cook today to comfort our rescue hero."
Wang Xu was amused and buried his face in Gu Xi's neck without saying anything. Perhaps he had consumed too much energy or was under tremendous pressure, he fell into a deep sleep while lying down to apply the medicine.
Gu Xi lifted the quilt for him, got into the bed and wrapped them both tightly, then hugged Wang Xu, closed her eyes and rested for a while.
For dinner, Gu Xi made the clay pot rice that Wang Xu had been craving for, and also cooked borscht with tomatoes, potatoes, beef, and cabbage, simmered over low heat.
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