Chapter 456: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (26)
Chapter 456: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (26)
Here, Song Guanwen was already unconscious from the burning itching on his skin and the dull pain coming from behind.
He bit his lower lip hard, the taste of rust spreading on the tip of his tongue. He used the sharp pain to support his shaky mind. His nails scraped a few tiny water marks on the stone surface. He curled up his trembling fingers and tried to support himself to stand up from the ground.
But perhaps it was because Lin Xi's sudden attack just now consumed too much of his mind, and his back was sore and he couldn't use any strength, or perhaps it was because the bluestone surface soaked in well water was too slippery, so although he tried several times, he did not succeed, and instead exhausted himself.
The last time, he had just raised his knees half an inch when a tearing dull pain suddenly exploded in his spine. Song Guanwen gasped, and his lower back felt like it was broken alive. The strength he had just gathered dissipated in an instant, his feet slipped, and he fell back to the ground dejectedly.
His back hit the well platform hard, making a teeth-grinding "bang" sound. The piercing dull pain spread from the tailbone and climbed up the neck. The pain was so severe that Song Guanwen could hardly sit still.
Song Guanwen slumped on the ground, his chest heaving violently, his vision going dark, and even the noisy chirping of cicadas seemed to come from the distant horizon.
He thought he would faint like this, but just before his consciousness was about to fall into darkness, he heard hurried footsteps getting closer and closer.
Song Guanwen used up his last bit of strength, pried open his heavy eyelids, and looked towards the source of the sound. He saw the blue quilt cover being suddenly lifted up, raising a flying curve in the air, followed by a crying voice.
"cousin!"
The rare peaceful afternoon in the Youth League was interrupted by a sudden noise. Everyone got up with their sleepy heads, cursed, and walked out of the house to see who was so lacking in public morality.
As soon as I went out, I saw several male educated youths running towards the gate of the courtyard in a noisy crowd. Among them, Zhang Jianguo, the tallest and strongest one, seemed to be carrying someone on his back.
Everyone who was still a little grumpy after waking up was suddenly frightened away by this scene. Several female educated youth looked at each other, hurriedly stepped forward to grab Li Weihua who was running at the back, and asked in some surprise and doubt.
"What's the matter?"
Li Weihua was a thoughtful person and did not have much interaction with Song Guanwen on weekdays, so he ran at the end of the group of male educated youth. Now he was pulled aside by the female educated youth for questioning. He hurriedly put on a worried look and sighed.
"I'm not quite sure what happened. It seems like Song Zhiqing fainted, and Jianguo and the others were carrying him to the captain's house."
"Excuse!"
When the female educated youth heard this, they burst into exclamations. The conditions in the countryside were difficult. They had just arrived during the autumn harvest, the weather was hot, and the work was heavy. Several female educated youth had fainted several times, but this was the first time they had heard of male educated youth fainting, and everyone couldn't help but talk about it.
"Why did you suddenly faint?"
"That's right. Although Song Zhiqing looks a little thinner on weekdays, he's not the kind of person who would fall down at the slightest gust of wind, right?"
"It's hard to say. The sun is like a ghost today. I'm afraid it's the heatstroke."
……
Everyone discussed it for a long time but couldn't come to a definite conclusion. At this time, someone suddenly spoke with some doubt.
"By the way, speaking of Song Zhiqing, why don't we see Lin Xi? Isn't she Song Zhiqing's cousin? Shouldn't she be following him now?"
Chen Lan, who was standing among the crowd, looked around when she heard this and noticed that Lin Xi was indeed missing. She couldn't help but frowned in worry.
"It was Lin Zhiqing who woke us up. She should have been running in the front."
Although he was impatient to chatter with this group of women, as the only male educated youth in the entire educated youth compound who knew the inside story, Li Weihua still opened his mouth to explain.
Chen Lan's frown deepened upon hearing this. Looking at the noisy female educated youth around her, she pondered for a moment before finally saying to everyone, "Everyone, stop guessing. Xiaoyun and I will go to the captain's house to see what's going on."
"I am coming too!"
"I am coming too!"
The scorching sun could not stop the female educated youth from wanting to eat melons. When they heard Chen Lan's words, they immediately crowded around her.
"Why are you going out? The sun is so bright outside, can't you see? And with so many people gathered at the captain's house, the villagers will gossip about us educated youth again." Chen Lan glanced at everyone coldly and scolded them rudely.
After she said this, everyone calmed down immediately. Chen Lan's frown finally relaxed a lot. Just as she was about to pull Zhao Xiaolan away, Chen Caiqing, who had been standing behind the crowd and had not said much since the beginning, suddenly spoke.
"Sister Chen Lan, let me go with you. My aunt is a nurse in the hospital. She and I have learned some knowledge about saving lives. I will go and see if I can help."
Chen Lan paused, pursed her lips and glanced at Chen Caiqing, then finally nodded, "Then you follow."
Chen Caiqing said quickly, "You guys go first. I'll go get some first aid supplies from the house and follow right away."
"Then hurry up." Chen Lan nodded after hearing this, and without saying anything else, she grabbed the straw hat hanging on the wall, pulled Zhao Xiaoyun, and walked out of the yard under the eager gazes of everyone.
On the other side, team leader Zhao Youde and his wife Yang Guifen were sitting on the kang and chatting about family matters. They lamented that the weather this year was not like usual. It was unusually hot in April. If it was July or August, people would probably be melted by the sun.
As soon as the voice fell, a noisy sound of footsteps was heard outside the courtyard gate, accompanied by several loud calls from far away, and they stepped into the courtyard.
"What's going on?" Zhao Youde and his wife looked at each other and stopped sucking on their pipes.
"How should I know? Go out and take a look." Yang Guifen slammed the palm-leaf fan in her hand onto the small table on the kang, glared at him, got off the kang and started putting on her shoes.
Outside, the captain's second son, Zhao Changzhu, and his daughter-in-law, Xie Hongmei, had already come out of the west room after hearing the commotion. Looking at the noisy crowd of educated youth huddled at the courtyard gate, Zhao Changzhu subconsciously pulled his daughter-in-law closer to him and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Just as they were about to answer, Zhao Youde and Yang Guifen had already opened the curtain and came out of the main room. Lin Xi, who had run all the way with Zhang Jianguo and others, was sweating profusely and was holding her knees and gasping for breath. When she saw the captain and his wife coming out, her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had found her backbone, and she burst into tears.
"Woooooooooooooo! Help, Captain!"
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