Chapter 3: Afraid of Her, Afraid to the Point of Crying

Su Luoluo told Xiao Lei to take a good bath. She walked outside to see what had happened.

“That bad woman is very vicious. You must stay away from her, understand?”

Seeing the bad woman leave, Xiao Lei turned and said seriously to his two younger siblings.

Xiao Fan listened to his brother and nodded.

Xiao Lei and Xiao Fan both looked at the gluttonous Niuniu. Niuniu blinked her eyes in a daze, then nodded heavily, saying in a milky voice, “I, I, will.”

Xiao Lei and Xiao Fan both looked doubtful, but they knew Niuniu was too young and didn’t understand anything, so they couldn’t blame her.

Outside the door.

Mrs. Wu was holding a two-year-old boy wearing open-crotch pants, her face full of panic and helplessness. She was so frightened that tears rolled down her cheeks.

The two-year-old boy seemed to have choked on something, his face flushed red, breathing with difficulty, and coughing from time to time.

“What’s wrong with Xiao Tiezhu?”

Many people from the village gathered around, concerned and asking questions.

“A fruit pit is stuck in his throat, he can’t breathe, what should we do now?”

“If anything happens to Xiao Tiezhu, I won’t live either.”

Mrs. Wu was at her wit’s end, so scared that her hands and feet went limp, crying as she spoke.

“Uncle Guisheng is here.”

Someone shouted.

Everyone made way.

Uncle Guisheng lived at the end of the village and was the village’s barefoot doctor. Villagers would go to Uncle Guisheng for any headaches or fevers.

The man who arrived was about fifty years old, wearing a dark blue cotton jacket, a tobacco pipe tucked into his waist, earthy gray trousers, and a pair of liberation shoes.

After examining Xiao Tiezhu, Uncle Guisheng was also helpless and hurriedly said, “Quickly, quickly send him to the town’s health center.”

“It’s too late, maybe he’ll be…”

Su Luoluo looked at the two-year-old Xiao Tiezhu. His lips were turning purple, the situation was extremely critical, and there was no time to send him to the town’s health center.

Uncle Guisheng looked at Su Luoluo in surprise.

“Su Luoluo, have you lost your conscience? You stole Xiao Tiezhu’s pastries, and now you’re even cursing him.”

“Mrs. Wu, don’t listen to her, what kind of person Su Luoluo is, you don’t know?”

…

Seeing that the speaker was Su Luoluo, everyone looked displeased, showing how unpopular the original owner was in the village.

“Then, then what should we do?”

Mrs. Wu’s face was pale. She hugged Xiao Tiezhu tightly and asked helplessly.

“How long does it take to get from the village to town? How long can a person live without breathing? He can’t breathe now, he needs immediate rescue. If you trust me, I can help get the thing out of your son’s throat, otherwise, he will suffocate to death soon.”

Su Luoluo spoke slowly.

“Even Uncle Guisheng can’t do it, you can get it out? What are you lying about?”

“Su Luoluo, are you crazy? Causing trouble at this time, this is a human life.”

“Mrs. Wu, don’t let Su Luoluo do anything reckless, quickly take the child to the town health center.”

“Save the child first, quickly, go to the health center.”

…

The villagers didn’t believe Su Luoluo.

Mrs. Wu turned to Uncle Guisheng. Uncle Guisheng was the most knowledgeable when it came to saving people.

“Let her try.”

Uncle Guisheng touched his tobacco pipe and looked at the calm Su Luoluo. He knew she was telling the truth; Xiao Tiezhu’s condition couldn’t wait for treatment at the health center.

With Uncle Guisheng’s words,

Mrs. Wu hurriedly handed Xiao Tiezhu to Su Luoluo.

Su Luoluo had Xiao Tiezhu face away from her, embraced his waist, leaned his upper body forward, clenched one hand two finger-widths above his navel, held the fist with the other hand, and quickly and repeatedly struck upwards and backwards.

After several consecutive times,

“Pfft,” Xiao Tiezhu opened his mouth and spat out the fruit pit, then he cried loudly, “Wah!”

“It worked!”

“The fruit pit really came out.”

“Xiao Tiezhu can breathe now.”

Everyone looked at Su Luoluo in shock.

Mrs. Wu joyfully took back Xiao Tiezhu and thanked Su Luoluo.

“What kind of method is that?”

Uncle Guisheng had watched the whole process. Just a few thrusts like that, and the fruit pit stuck in the throat came out. He curiously asked.

Su Luoluo replied, “The Heimlich maneuver. If something is stuck in your throat and you can’t breathe, you can use this method to treat it.”

“You know this.”

Uncle Guisheng said thoughtfully.

“I learned it accidentally.”

Su Luoluo answered vaguely.

The child was saved, and the crowd dispersed.

Uncle Guisheng also left.

Su Luoluo turned around and saw Xiao Lei standing at the door. He had already taken a bath and changed into clean clothes, looking at her with a complex expression.

Xiao Lei felt that the bad woman was acting strangely today. When did she learn how to save people?

“What are you staring at me for? Am I more beautiful today?”

Su Luoluo winked at Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei remained expressionless and turned to leave.

At dinner, Su Luoluo truly experienced what it meant to have a watery meal.

A small bowl of sweet potato and vegetable soup for each person.

Su Luoluo frowned fiercely. Was this something for humans to eat!

She raised her head and looked at the three little ones opposite her. They ate voraciously, as if they were eating some kind of delicacy.

Uh… they ate such delicious food with this kind of meal.

What kind of hardship had they experienced before? The original owner was truly a sinner.

Seeing Su Luoluo looking over, the three little ones stopped eating, looking at Su Luoluo timidly, worried that Su Luoluo would go crazy again and drag them off the dinner table for a beating.

“Eat.”

Facing such food, Su Luoluo couldn’t eat anymore and put down her chopsticks.

Knowing that the three little ones were afraid of her, she got up and left the table to take a bath, allowing them to relax and eat.

Xiao Fan looked at Xiao Lei, silently asking what was wrong with the bad woman today?

Xiao Lei frowned, staring at the direction Su Luoluo left.

Niuniu didn’t have as many thoughts as her two brothers. Her little claws grabbed the small spoon, quickly stuffing sweet potatoes into her mouth.

Night fell.

Su Luoluo lit a kerosene lamp. Seeing that the three little ones hadn’t returned for a long time, she opened the door and went out, seeing Xiao Lei taking a worn straw mat and preparing to lay it on the ground.

They were planning to sleep under the eaves.

Although she didn’t do it, she was still blushing under such a face. Damn it.

The three children were startled when they saw Su Luoluo come out, their tender little faces filled with fear.

The two younger ones immediately hid behind their brother.

Xiao Lei was on high alert, glaring at her like a little wolf cub.

Su Luoluo coughed lightly, trying to soften her tone, “It’s cold outside, come in and sleep?”

It was spring, although there was warm sunshine during the day, Qingshan Village was surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a large temperature difference between day and night, and it was quite cold at night with heavy fog.

Hearing this, the three little ones didn’t show any happiness, instead, their faces were filled with even greater fear.

Niuniu was even scared to cry…