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A girl around twenty years old was soaked through, her clothes clinging to her skin. This child was the one Su Niannian had just pulled out of the river moments ago.
At this time of year, the clothing was a bit too thin, and once soaked, it clung tightly to the body, revealing her figure. An older woman had lent her a rough cloth shirt that she hadn’t even washed yet, draping it over her to keep her warm.
Seeing this, Su Niannian quickly knelt by the side of the drowning boy and leaned her ear close to his nose.
Indeed, there was no breath.
But this boy appeared to be no older than six or seven, and Su Niannian wasn’t willing to give up any hope, however small it might be.
She immediately placed her hands on the boy’s chest, positioning her knees firmly on the ground. Her palms pressed down, one hand over the other, applying pressure to the boy’s chest.
With each press, the boy’s chest visibly caved in, a sight that made the older woman standing by gasp in shock.
“Ah, this little brat from the Zhou family has no breath left, why are you still torturing him like this?”
“You’re pressing so hard; you might break the child’s ribs!”
“Where are the Zhou family members? Haven’t they arrived yet?”
The older women chattered one after another, but despite their concerns, none of them stepped forward to stop Su Niannian.
Everyone knew that Su Niannian had used a method they had never seen before to save Li Baobei at the threshing ground not long ago.
So, what if? They were afraid of taking responsibility and, seeing her performing actions they didn’t understand, they allowed Su Niannian to continue.
After several rounds of the chest compressions, Su Niannian prepared to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
However, she noticed that the child’s tongue was curled inside his mouth. She reached out to gently pull on the boy’s tongue.
The muscle was taut, and she couldn’t pull too hard, fearing she might injure the tongue and affect the boy’s ability to speak in the future.
In the end, she had no choice but to resort to mouth-to-nose resuscitation.
Su Niannian showed no hesitation. She took a deep breath and exhaled directly into the child’s nose.
From up close, it was clear that she had sealed the child’s entire nose with her mouth as she blew air into him.
To many onlookers, it seemed as though the child had already passed away.
Su Niannian’s actions were indeed unsettling to them. After all, the idea of breathing into the nose of a lifeless body was something they found hard to accept.
At that moment, a heart-wrenching cry echoed from a distance.
A few people were desperately running toward them.
Among them were the child’s grandmother and mother.
Su Niannian was still continuing with her compressions and breaths.
It had already been several minutes, but the child showed no signs of response.
The moment the boy’s mother arrived, she saw Su Niannian kneeling over her child, especially the chest compressions. It looked as if every press could crush her child to death.
In an instant, she rushed forward, intending to pull Su Niannian off her son.
But when Zhou Shenzi saw that it was Su Niannian, although she was also deeply worried, she still grabbed her daughter-in-law by the arm.
“Mother! What are you doing? Why are you pulling me?! My child!”
“Huozi, Huozi!”
The boy’s mother’s eyes were bloodshot, her face drenched in sweat, and she looked as though she had lost her mind.
“The boy has no breath left. Don’t stop Su Niannian, let her try again,” Zhou Shenzi said, recalling the day when Su Niannian saved Li Baobei. She had been there.
Even if there was only the smallest chance, it was still a hope.
The person who had pulled the child out had already clearly stated that the boy had no breath left. Even if they pulled Su Niannian away now and rushed the child to the county hospital, it would still be a death.
Rather than that, it was better to take a gamble.
Treat the dead horse as a live one.
Especially when Zhou Shenzi saw Su Niannian breathing into the child’s nose.
There was not the slightest hint of reluctance or disgust in her actions.
“Oooh…” The child’s mother was now kneeling on the ground, crying uncontrollably.
“Huozi, my child… How can I live without you?!”
By this point, Su Niannian had been performing the procedure for over ten minutes.
As time passed, Su Niannian knew that the chances of saving the child were becoming slimmer and slimmer.
But she couldn’t stop.
The actions were physically demanding, but Su Niannian gritted her teeth and persisted.
If it hadn’t been for the spiritual spring water she had been drinking recently, which had greatly improved her stamina, she wouldn’t have been able to hold on this long.
As time passed, the situation grew more and more dire. If things continued like this, the child would truly be beyond saving.
After completing another set of chest compressions, Su Niannian poured spiritual spring water into her mouth and directly fed it to the child.
The child’s tongue was still curled, but after the infusion of the spiritual spring water, it seemed to ease the stiffness in his tongue.
Su Niannian quickly resumed blowing air into the child’s mouth.
After another round of chest compressions, Su Niannian once again used the spiritual spring water in her mouth to feed the child.
To the onlookers, it appeared as though Su Niannian was simply breathing into the child’s mouth.
“Cough cough!” The child’s body shook violently a couple of times, then he spits out several mouthfuls of water.
At that moment, his eyes also opened.
Everyone was stunned!
The child had been without a pulse, lifeless for over ten minutes, almost twenty minutes, right?
They had never heard of someone being revived after drowning for this long.
“Is he… alive?”
“My heavens, the child is actually alive!”
“This Su Niannian, could she be some kind of deity?”
Everyone was shocked by what had just happened.
Each person was left speechless, completely stunned—this was the most incredible thing they had ever witnessed.
Su Niannian saw the child spit out the water he had choked on, and let out a long sigh of relief.
“Su Niannian, are you alright?”
“Su Niannian, are you okay?”
The voices of concern echoed around as the onlookers rushed to her side. Su Niannian, feeling completely drained, slowly lowered herself to the ground, her body giving way after the intense physical effort. Her arms ached, and her legs were numb from kneeling on the hard stone for so long. Despite the exhaustion, she managed to offer a weak smile, relieved that the child was alive.
Immediately, a woman rushed forward to support Su Niannian.
The child’s mother, holding him in her arms, cried uncontrollably, her voice hoarse as she called out, “Houzi, Houzi.”
After the child spit out the water, his mother gently pushed aside the hair from his forehead. His face, once pale, visibly regained its color.
“Don’t hold him too tightly,” Su Niannian said, understanding the overwhelming relief of a mother reunited with her child, but also mindful that the boy still needed to breathe.
Seeing her beloved grandson alive, Aunt Zhou could no longer hold back her emotions. Tears flooded from her eyes, and she sobbed uncontrollably, unable to contain her joy.
Aunt Zhou immediately dropped to her knees in front of Su Niannian, preparing to kowtow in gratitude.
“Thank you, thank you. Thank you…”
“Zhou Aunty, please, this won’t do.” Despite still lacking strength, Su Niannian tried to help Aunt Zhou up, unwilling to let this elderly woman bow to her.
Seeing the gesture, Aunt Zhou realized she had become too emotional and quickly stood up with Su Niannian’s assistance, but her lips kept murmuring her thanks, unable to stop expressing her gratitude.
Aunt Zhou could hardly bear to imagine what her life would have been like if her grandson had really passed away. What kind of days would her family face in the future?