The mountain was steep, overgrown with trees, and the ground was littered with dead branches and rotten leaves. Even if you didn't die from the fall, you would likely be pierced to death by dry branches as you rolled down.
Just when Zheng Dandan thought she was going to die, she bumped into a big tree.
“Hiss, it hurts!”
Zheng Dandan took a deep breath, tears welling up in her eyes, and it took her a long time to recover.
At this time, she was covered in bruises, but being able to survive was a blessing in disguise!
Those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future! Zheng Dandan comforted herself in her heart, but when she got up, the piercing pain still made her face twisted.
It hurts so much!
She rubbed her waist and walked forward slowly and carefully. After walking for a few minutes, she suddenly stopped. There seemed to be a person lying in the grass not far away.
Zheng Dandan walked over nervously, and after seeing it clearly, she staggered and almost fell again.
It was indeed a person, but this person was covered in blood and motionless.
Could it be a corpse? Zheng Dandan was frightened. She wanted to run away quickly, but...what if it was still alive?
She glanced at the young man covered in blood, and finally squatted down to test his breath.
It seems to be there and not there, although it is weak, but it does exist!
After confirming that the young man was still alive, Zheng Dandan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you okay?" She pushed him.
"Water..." The young man's consciousness was blurred, and he instinctively longed for what his body needed.
Zheng Dandan looked at his dry, cracked mouth and cast around for water. But where was there? Just as she was agonizing, an idea struck her. She pulled an apple from her space. She chewed it and fed the sweet apple juice into the man's mouth.
Time and time again, the young man who received nutritional supplements finally woke up slowly.
"Who are you?" The young man's voice was hoarse, and he stared at Zheng Dandan with caution.
"Zheng Dandan, I'm the one who saved you." Zheng Dandan was sitting upright, unconcerned with his guardedness. "What's your name? Are you feeling better?"
Hearing this, the young man looked at Zheng Dandan deeply and said, "Thank you." After a pause, he added, "My name is Qiao Zhiping."
"Qiao Zhiping, your injury seems to be very serious. Do you want to go to the hospital?" Zheng Dandan asked, looking at the shocking bloodstains on Qiao Zhiping's clothes.
"No thanks." Qiao Zhiping refused. As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach, which had been hungry for a long time, began to growl.
Zheng Dandan couldn't help but feel embarrassed for Qiao Zhiping when she heard this. However, Qiao Zhiping himself acted very calmly, with only the movement of his Adam's apple as he swallowed revealing his embarrassment.
"Have some apples to fill your stomach first." Zheng Dandan handed Qiao Zhiping two apples, then took out some cabbage and radish while Qiao Zhiping wasn't paying attention. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "I have something else to do. I'll go down the mountain first. Take care of yourself."
After saying that, he put down the vegetables and left.
Although she was a little worried, she couldn't stay here to take care of Qiao Zhiping forever.
"Thank you, I'll remember you." Qiao Zhiping stopped eating the apple and said.
Zheng Dandan paused, then walked away step by step. Because of the pain all over her body, she walked very slowly, and it took her about two hours to finally reach home.
"My girl, where have you been? How did you get yourself like this?" Sun Cuilan was shocked and distressed when she saw Zheng Dandan, who was dirty and disheveled with tattered clothes. She hurried forward to check on Zheng Dandan's condition.
"I went up the mountain and accidentally fell." Zheng Dandan replied. Seeing Sun Cuilan's worried face, she comforted her, "It doesn't hurt."
"How can it not hurt? Look at your body, there are wounds everywhere! Are you going to the mountain to pick fruits? We haven't finished eating the ones at home, why are you in such a hurry? Even if you really want to pick them, ask your brother and sister-in-law to go with you, so you don't have to suffer." Sun Cuilan chattered incessantly while helping Zheng Dandan into the house.
"My brother and sister-in-law have to go to work. I was careless this time. I won't do it again next time." Zheng Dandan said that she would never wander around aimlessly again in the future!
"Do you want another time?" Sun Cuilan looked at Zheng Dandan unhappily. "You are not allowed to go up the mountain again without my permission. You are my only daughter. If anything happens to you, how will I live?"
"Mom, nothing will happen!" Zheng Dandan said coquettishly. If she was not allowed to go up the mountain, how could she explain the source of the goods?
"Nothing will happen. Then why did you fall today?" Sun Cuilan was firm and unmoved.
Zheng Dandan had nothing to refute and could only put it aside for the time being.
As night fell, Zheng's father returned home from get off work. Seeing Sun Cuilan, he casually asked, "Have you bought the malted milk?"
"I didn't buy it. The salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative was very arrogant." Sun Cuilan gets angry when she thinks about it now.
"Hasn't the salesperson always had that attitude? Why don't you buy it? Without malted milk, what will Dandan eat?" Zheng's father said dissatisfiedly.
"Dad, we are buying things, not asking for anything. Why should we spend money and then get scolded? It was me who didn't let Mom buy malted milk." Zheng Dandan heard the noise and came out to explain to her father.
"Dandan, what do you know? It's like this outside. You can't be willful, otherwise..." Zheng's father said, and suddenly noticed the scratches on Zheng Dandan's face. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"
"I fell accidentally." Hearing Zheng's father's concern, Zheng Dandan, who was originally careless, suddenly felt guilty.
After Zheng's brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces returned home, she once again received concerned inquiries from relatives and friends.
"What else could it be? Isn't it all for you to eat better? Don't think that Dandan is relaxed if she doesn't work. She searches for wild fruits all over the mountains for you. If you have a conscience, think of this and don't give Dandan a cold shoulder all day long." Sun Cuilan said, and she glanced at her second sister-in-law Fang Xiaoyu.
"How could that be? Don't worry, Mom. We all like my younger sister and won't be disrespectful to you." Fang Xiaoyu said flatteringly.
The others were touched, "Mom, you all remember my little sister's kindness."
"Little sister, don't go to the mountain alone in the future. If you want to pick wild fruits, call me and I will pick them for you!" said the third brother Zheng Jianjun, patting his chest.
The family atmosphere is harmonious.
As the night deepened and the weather grew colder, Qiao Zhiping quickly drilled a wooden stick in the forest, striking sparks that ignited the pile of dead leaves and built a fire.
He had eaten all the radishes and cabbages left by Zheng Dandan, leaving only an apple that he was reluctant to eat.
Looking at the rosy apple, Qiao Zhiping suddenly remembered Zheng Dandan saving him.
Although her clothes were dirty and her face was stained, her eyes were clear, her lips were red, her teeth were white, and she was smart and beautiful. She was kind, generous, decisive, and unpretentious. When she couldn't find water, she chewed up an apple and fed him apple juice mouthful by mouthful.
Thinking of this, Qiao Zhiping's ears turned red.
Yes, he had gradually regained consciousness while Zheng Dandan was feeding her apple juice. He only chose to wait and "wake up" to avoid embarrassment and shame for Zheng Dandan.
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps on leaves came from the front, interrupting his thoughts and making Qiao Zhiping look up.
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