Falling from the cracks in the roof, dripping into pots and pans, ding-dong, ding-dong, it doesn’t sound good at all.
In the room, Jiang Chen opened his eyes in the darkness. It was clear that he hadn't slept much for two days and two nights, but he couldn't fall asleep.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and there was light between heaven and earth for several seconds, followed by a roaring thunder, which was deafening.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Brother Xiaochen, open the door!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Brother Xiaochen, open the door quickly, my sister fainted!"
"..."
Someone knocked on the door.
He was very anxious, and there was clearly a cry in his voice.
Jiang Chen's heart tightened, and the little sleepiness he had finally accumulated disappeared in an instant.
Without thinking too much, he ran barefoot to the main room without even having time to put on his pants, and clumsily opened the door: "Don't be afraid, Brother Xiaochen is here. What's going on?"
"My sister, my sister suddenly fainted..."
This is Tang Xiao, the sister from next door. She is fifteen this year and her parents have just been buried.
Originally, I had been trying not to cry, but when I saw Jiang Chen opening the door, I couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.
Jiang Chen opened his mouth, but his scalp suddenly went numb again.
What the hell is this opening?
The uncle and aunt next door went fishing on the river but failed to return due to heavy rain. The original owner took the initiative to row a boat to look for it, and ended up getting a ride in as well.
After finally helping with the funeral arrangements, my sister fainted again. Are you kidding me?
I am still a child too!
I am born in 00!
I'm just playing a game. I can use corpses to resurrect my own orphans and sacrifice them to heaven. Is it too much to sacrifice other people's parents?
But now that the matter was over, he couldn't just sit back and ignore it. Hearing this, he hurried back to the house, put on his clothes and trousers, and went to the next door with knee-deep water.
This is the countryside in 1995.
Days of heavy rain caused damage to the lines and the power was out for several days.
The smell of paper money, incense and candles has not yet dissipated in the house, and the sadness of the death of both parents is still spreading in the humid air of the rainy night.
In the simple room, a white candle burned quietly, and a girl was lying on the bed, her eyes closed and her face pale.
Jiang Chen walked closer and took a breath, but felt nothing.
I listened to my heartbeat again, it was pounding, it was alive, and I felt a little at ease.
But I have a fever.
He hadn't slept for two days and two nights. Even a grown man like him couldn't bear it, let alone a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old?
Besides, she was caught in the rain and didn't eat much. It was her parents who died...
He probed the back of his hand and found that it was very hot. Jiang Chen made a quick decision and directly helped her up and carried her on his back.
"Do you have a raincoat?"
"some."
Tang Xiao quickly brought a feather coat and put it on Jiang Chen. His sister Tang Wan was also covered.
Then the group of three people set off. Jiang Chen was wearing a raincoat and carrying Tang Wan, who was in a coma due to high fever. Tang Xiao followed closely with a flashlight and an umbrella, dripping with water.
Good luck.
In plain areas, there are doctors in the villages, and although the roads are heavily waterlogged, they are not too bumpy.
When I arrived at the doctor's house, I knocked on the door. The doctor looked at the back of his hand. He immediately didn't care to say anything more, and hurriedly helped him to the hospital bed, and gave an injection to his buttocks.
Then the bottle was hung again.
After giving the doctor a few instructions, he went to bed. Jiang Chen accompanied Tang Xiao to stay in the ward.
"Brother Xiaochen, will my sister be okay?" Tang Xiao suddenly asked in the silence.
Jiang Chen smiled and touched her head, which was a little wet, "Don't worry, it will be fine. I got an injection and the fever will go away soon."
"Yeah." Tang Xiao nodded and leaned his head quietly.
At a certain moment, he suddenly said: "Brother Xiaochen, I'm so sleepy..."
It was as if he was mumbling in his sleep, and after he finished speaking, there was no movement. I don't know how long it had passed, but he suddenly started crying again.
Jiang Chen suddenly became energetic again: "What's wrong? It's okay. Brother Xiaochen is here, don't cry."
"Don't cry, oh oh oh, Xiaoxiao, be good, Brother Xiaochen is here, Brother Xiaochen will always be with you."
"..."
In fact, he didn't wake up at all.
Just crying in my sleep.
Jiang Chen felt a little distressed for a moment, but after thinking about it, he picked her up and held her in his arms, patting her gently while humming a song.
Time soon came to the next morning.
The rain finally stopped.
Birds are jumping and singing happily on the branches, and their chirping seems to announce that all disasters and pains are gone.
On the hospital bed, Logan opened his eyes.
She heard someone snoring, turned her head and saw that it was Jiang Chen, with his neck tilted back and his saliva dripping out.
She was still holding her younger sister Tang Xiao, whose clothes were still wet and her hair was still wet, and looked a little embarrassed. She patted her with her hands from time to time.
Unknowingly, my eyes slowly turned red again.
Soon after, Jiang Chen tilted his body a little, then quickly sat up straight again, and his consciousness became clear for a moment.
He swallowed his saliva, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and prepared to continue sleeping.
Suddenly he opened it again and asked with a hint of sluggishness: "Are you awake?"
Logan said nothing, wiped away his tears and turned his face to one side.
Jiang Chen twisted his neck, feeling sore, "Just wake up and you'll be fine. The doctor will be here soon. If you feel uncomfortable, tell the doctor."
"You don't have to worry about it!"
The sudden anger made Jiang Chen confused: "What's wrong? I provoked you?"
The girl remained silent.
Not long after, the doctor came in and Tang Xiao woke up.
"Doctor Zheng, is my sister okay?"
There is only one doctor in the village. From vaccinations in primary schools to fevers and colds for adults, he is his doctor.
After seeing him finish the examination, Tang Xiao hurriedly asked.
Jiang Chen said seriously: "I still feel like I have a fever. She got angry with me just now for no reason."
Tang Wan stretched out her legs and kicked her: "You're the one who's burning, you're burning from head to toe!"
"Look, look, Doctor Zheng, look, she's kicking people." Jiang Chen pointed at Tang Wan and looked at Doctor Zheng, meaning to get another injection quickly.
Dr. Zheng said cheerfully: "Then I don't know. Anyway, the fever has gone away."
Just as he said this, he quickly pulled out the needle, collected two yuan, and the three of them came out of Dr. Zheng's house.
Following immediately, Tang Wan said calmly: "Carry me."
The rain has stopped, but the water has not receded yet. It needs to flow again.
Jiang Chen originally wanted to carry it, but he immediately became unhappy when he heard it: "I won't, Xiaoxiao, come here, I will carry you."
Tang Xiao chuckled: "Brother Xiaochen, you should carry my sister, she is the sick one..."
Jiang Chen glanced at Tang Wan, thought about it, and realized that he still didn't have the general knowledge, so he carried her on his back again.
It feels pretty good too.
It rained last night, and the lights were dark in the middle of the night. The water was not fun.
At this moment, he felt like Peppa had met a mud pit, which was interesting...
It's just that the sisters don't feel good.
When he returned home again, there was no father or mother at home, only the cold portrait of the deceased. For a moment, Tang Xiao couldn't help crying again.
Logan also wiped his tears.
I spent two days like this, without laughter and gloomy.
On the third day, the water finally receded, revealing the muddy road. After soaking, almost only the muddy farmland remained.
Jiang Chen sat at the door in a daze.
He has worked hard in the past two days, draining water and digging ditches, even the farmland next door was not left behind.
But the result is not dependent on human will, because the two families are at the top, the ground is the lowest, and there is basically nothing left in the ground.
This means there is no harvest this season.
This means that more than 70% of the annual income from farming is lost.
But the withdrawals will not be less, the tuition fees will not be less, and you still have to eat when you need to.
He poked a hornet's nest with his stupid hands. Damn, it hurts. If I had known better, I wouldn't be so curious...