Chapter 229: Blizzard
Collapsed?
Could it be a house?
The two of them had been under the osmanthus tree the whole time, with its tree crown providing shelter, and their attention wasn’t on that, so they really hadn’t noticed that the snow was falling even heavier than before.
Even heavier than the biggest snowfall in recent times.
The footprints from when they came had long been completely covered without a single trace, and the huge snowflakes falling from the sky made obvious sounds.
Yan Bei patted the snow off her head and shoulders, “Ning Ning, let’s hurry back.”
“Mm, okay.”
If a house had really collapsed, she would still have to rush to the health clinic.
Without any intention of letting her go, Yan Bei held her tightly in his arms and carried her back.
With one step, the accumulated snow already went past his heels.
How long had it been?
If the snow kept falling this heavily all night, the village would probably have to enter mountain closure early.
Fortunately, the ancestral home wasn’t far away, and even though walking was somewhat difficult, they quickly returned to the doorstep.
Fu Jiaming, who had come out upon hearing the sound to check, was opening the gate when he saw Yan Bei striding over holding Su Ning.
The streetlight lit at the door allowed him to immediately see Su Ning’s overly rosy, even slightly swollen lips.
For a moment, he forgot the purpose of coming out, the light in his eyes almost surpassing the light bulb overhead.
He desperately winked at his good brother: Not bad, Yan Xiao Qi!
Slightly shifting to block the view of the person in his arms, Yan Bei glared at him with a hint of warning: Shut up yourself or he’ll help shut it manually, choose one.
He shot back a “you’re ruthless” look, shrugged, and directly chose to ignore it, desperately suppressing the gossip bubbling up in his heart.
“By the way, did you hear that loud noise outside just now?”
“We heard it.”
Carefully setting her down, Yan Bei then turned to him and continued, “Do you know what happened?”
“Wasn’t I just about to go check?”
“Perfect, let’s go together then. Ning Ning, you go back first, warm by the fire, and wait for us to return…”
“Ning Ning! Ning Ning!”
Before seeing anyone, urgent calls came from afar.
Her heart startled, Su Ning knew something had really happened in the village.
She hurriedly gave Yan Bei a look, and without waiting for his reply, she trotted into the heavy snow toward the direction of the voice.
“Young man, I’m here!”
The flashlight beam immediately shone over, Su Jianqun’s face full of urgency, his forehead covered in large beads of sweat.
Due to the intense running, his breathing was unsteady, white breath continuously spraying from his mouth and nose.
“Ning Ning, hurry, the thatched shed at Wang the Cripple’s house collapsed, everyone’s buried inside! Grandpa told me to come call you quickly!”
“How many people? Have they been rescued?”
“A family of five, none left out. When I was running over, everyone was starting rescue with their tools!”
“Let’s go, first to the health clinic to grab the medicine box.”
“Okay!”
Su Jianqun wiped his face and shone the flashlight on his footprints from coming, “Ning Ning, give me your hand, follow my footprints so you don’t fall into the ditch or field.”
One hand holding the flashlight, one hand holding hers, Su Jianqun led the way while not forgetting to remind her.
She nodded, said she knew, and tightly pursed her lips to avoid the wind and snow filling her mouth.
At the health clinic, they grabbed the medicine box, and without a moment to rest, the two hurried nonstop to Wang the Cripple’s house.
When they arrived out of breath at the spot, the pitch-black night was brightly lit, with the gathered people each holding a torch.
Strong young men had taken off their thick heavy jackets, huffing and puffing as they dug snow and moved collapsed stones and wooden stakes with their tools.
“Grandpa!”
“Ning Ning you’re here, quick, check on Wang the Cripple!”
Su Qingshan, who had been pacing anxiously back and forth, heard the familiar voice and lit up with joy, immediately turning and striding toward her.
When he reached her, he grabbed her arm and led her to the side not far away.
Wang the Cripple was somewhat lucky; he was woken by the urge to pee, got out of bed at night to go to the urine bucket by the door, and that’s when the house collapsed, so he, closest to the door, was rescued first.
Although it had been snowing all day, no one expected such a heavy blizzard at night.
To save firewood, villagers mostly ate dinner, warmed their bodies by the fire, and went straight to bed.
No one thought the snow would be so heavy that they needed to sweep the accumulated snow off the roof first.
He only hoped it wasn’t too late, and they wouldn’t hear one house after another collapsing soon.
Su Qingshan frowned tightly, and hearing the faint gong sounds in the distance, he couldn’t help but worry inwardly.
“Ning Ning, check quickly!”
“Okay.”
Wang the Cripple lay on a broken door panel that had been removed, half-cracked, groaning in pain from his mouth, and upon seeing Su Ning, a spark lit in his eyes.
“Doctor Su, Doctor Su, my leg, save me quick, it hurts so much!”
Hearing this, Su Ning quickly stepped forward, squatted down to check, and upon finding only a leg fracture with no other life-threatening injuries, she finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
“I can only give you some hemostatic medicine, two painkillers. For setting the bone and such, you still need to go to the county hospital.”
“Ning Ning, tend to him first, wait till everyone’s rescued then send them all to the hospital together!”
“How long do I have to wait? Won’t I die of pain? And my leg, already crippled one, does it have to cripple the other?”
“No no, Brigade Leader, send me to the hospital first, to the hospital!”
If both legs were gone, how would he live afterward, might as well not live?
“Didn’t you hear Ning Ning say it’s just a fracture, nothing serious, go to the hospital to set it and it’ll be fine. Those inside are your old lady, your daughter-in-law, your children? What, you gonna abandon them?”
Just one ox cart, send you and what about them? If badly injured, just wait to die?
Hearing this, Su Qingshan nearly exploded with anger. Usually he just thought the man was petty, but in crisis, he realized he was truly a bastard.
Who in this situation wouldn’t first consider their old lady, daughter-in-law, and children?
Su Ning, reaching into the medicine box to quietly add some spring water and secretly swap in her own refined golden wound medicine, stopped upon hearing this.
The thought that even if delayed, she couldn’t let his leg truly be ruined instantly vanished completely.
For this selfish, family-neglecting type, giving him her medicine would be a pure waste.
Using the hospital-issued medicine to clean his wound properly, holding back two painkillers, Su Ning stood up.
“I don’t care! I’m the pillar of the family, if I’m really crippled, even if they’re rescued, what hope do they have? Brigade Leader, send me to the hospital quick!”
“Shut your shit-spewing mouth or I’ll smash your head with this pipe and send you off!”
Furious, Su Qingshan raised the pipe in his hand, looking ready to crack his skull if he spoke again, scaring Wang the Cripple into immediate silence.
Damn it, he hadn’t said anything wrong; with his old lady, children’s mom here, they’d agree, so why couldn’t he go to the county first?
Wait till they’re rescued, then the ones back from the hospital can send them later, right?
Why could he wait, oh, but they couldn’t?
Wang the Cripple’s eyes full of indignant unfairness, but he was the typical bully at home, lording over old lady, daughter-in-law, children as he pleased.
But facing someone like Su Qingshan, the brigade leader with an even worse temper, he only dared to rant inwardly.
“She’s out, she’s out!”
“Who got rescued?”
“Wang the Cripple’s wife and the babies!”
The crowd’s heartfelt relief and joy stuck in their throats unspoken, when they heard the man continue shouting, “Doctor Su, come quick!”
“Wang the Cripple’s daughter-in-law seems to have no breath!”
“Dead? Heh—”
Grabbing the medicine box, Su Ning ran to that side at top speed.
She saw two or three men drenched in sweat, carefully carrying one adult and two children.
When they found Wang the Cripple’s wife, her hands tightly hugged the two babies as she lay on the ground, using her frail body to desperately protect them.
They couldn’t pry open the hands shielding the children, no choice but to lift them all together.
Just that scene made the three digging men red-eyed, a good daughter-in-law, a good mother, such a pity!
Su Ning, now at the scene, quickly checked Wang the Cripple’s wife and the children, finding the adult indeed without breath, but fortunately the two children were well protected.
The little boy probably had his head hit by a heavy object and was unconscious, the little girl only had minor scrape injury marks, also unconscious likely from shock and fright.
Swallowed another chapter, I won’t post anymore to avoid duplicates when it releases, wait for it to come out on its own.
Facepalm, different from before; previous times were Z-sensitive words, this chapter probably too much intimate scene description, hahahahaha, hilarious. Wonder if backend deleted all those shots.
