Baozi Xishi's Struggle

The water in the canal was deep and the current was fast. The man finally swam to a position where the bamboo pole could reach him. He stretched out his long arm and grabbed the pole. Together, the two soldiers pulled him toward the shore.

It took a lot of effort to drag the two people in the river to the river bank.

The man who rescued the man seemed to have used up all his strength. After he climbed up with difficulty, he stepped over the edge of the stone platform on the embankment and sat down on the ground. He gasped for breath, with water dripping from his face, but he was unwilling to wipe it off with his hand.

The two soldiers lifted the man who fell into the water onto the embankment and laid him flat on the ground. Only then did Shen Yu see clearly that the man who fell into the water looked like a child, with messy hair and clothes, and it was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

When the young woman saw the child was rescued, she immediately broke free from her arms, staggered forward, and shook the child she called "Qiqi", crying, "Qiqi, Qiqi, wake up, wake up, don't scare your mother."

A soldier stretched out his hand to feel the child's breath, shuddered with fear, and retracted his hand in bewilderment, and shouted to the man who was still sitting on the ground and gasping for breath, "Fourth Master, Fourth Master, the child is dead."

The man next to him raised his head upon hearing the sound, and tried to get up by supporting himself on the ground. Another soldier hurried over to help him.

With the help of the soldiers, he staggered to his feet, walked to the child, panted heavily, checked the child's breath with his hand, and a look of worry appeared on his face.

He pinched the child's philtrum with his hand, shook the child vigorously, and shouted, "Child, child, wake up."

Shen Yu stood in the crowd, and he was also nervous. Seeing that the child had not responded, he wondered if he had been choked in the water and had suffocated. At this time, the man called the Fourth Young Master shouted loudly: "Is there a doctor? Please save this child."

Most of the people out walking were women and children, who had never seen such a scene before. When they heard the shouting, they couldn't help but look around and shouted anxiously: "Is there a doctor? Please save this child! This child is dying."

Shen Yu also looked around, but no one responded.

Shen Yu bit her lip, knowing that time was precious. If she delayed any longer, the child would surely die. Although she was not a doctor, her coach had taught her some measures of first aid for drowning when she was learning to swim. However, they were only theories and had never been put into practice.

She took a deep breath, pushed through the crowd, and said uncertainly: "Let me try."

The fourth young master looked up when he heard the voice and saw that it was a young girl who did not look like a doctor at all. He waved his hand irritably and said, "Don't make trouble if you don't understand. Is there a doctor?"

He pointed at the soldier next to him and said, "You, go and invite Doctor Chen over. His house is the second one in Fumin Lane in the north of the city. Go quickly."

After receiving the order, the soldier said "Oh" and hurriedly ran down the embankment and rushed towards the city gate.

Shen Yu pretended not to hear the Fourth Young Master's scolding. She squatted down on the other side of the child and said while checking the child's breath, "I know a little bit about first aid. Let me try first."

Having said that, without waiting for the Fourth Young Master to answer, she knelt on the ground, leaned over the child's chest and listened carefully. Fortunately, there was still a weak heartbeat.

Seeing that she acted calmly and spoke clearly, the Fourth Young Master stopped talking and watched silently as Shen Yu rescued her.

Shen Yu tilted the child's head to one side and tried to let the water flow out of his mouth and nose.

The water in his mouth flowed out, and there was no water grass or anything, but the child was still lying motionless with his head tilted. It would be a lie to say that Shen Yu was not panicked.

She silently recalled the key points taught by the coach, but her hands did not stop moving. She opened the child's clothes, let him lie flat, took a deep breath, pinched the child's nose, and blew air into his mouth. The moment she lay down, the crowd around her screamed "Oh!" and "What is that girl doing!"

At this time, Shen Yu could not care about much else, so he followed the rescue method, blowing twice, pressing the chest thirty times, blowing again, and pressing again.

In the first round, the child did not react at all. Shen Yu panicked and her hands became weak. The Fourth Master next to her saw that she had finished the first round and roughly understood what to do. In the second round, Shen Yu's hands pressing on her chest were already a little weak. The Fourth Master pushed her away and said, "I'll do it," and then pressed according to her method.

Maybe the man was stronger. When the compressions reached almost thirty times, the child choked and spit out a mouthful of water, then started coughing violently. Shen Yu hurriedly half-lifted the child's body and pulled his body hard, trying to make him half-lie down to control the water. His heart was finally at ease. The child was finally saved.

The Fourth Young Master reached out and took the child, letting him lie on his lap. The child coughed for a while, and the water in his stomach came out. He sat there gasping for breath, staring with a pair of large eyes with distinct black and white, still in shock.

When the fourth young master came to see her, the young woman just cried and stepped aside. It was not until she saw the child coughing violently and spitting out water that her life was safe that she breathed a sigh of relief. She did not even bother to see if the child was injured. She knelt down in front of Shen Yu and the fourth young master, kowtowed, and said gratefully: "Thank you, fourth young master, thank you, young lady. Even if I work like a cow or a horse, I can never repay your kindness."

Her knock scared Shen Yu so much that he instinctively took two steps to the side. Then when he came to his senses, he squatted down and helped the woman.

This woman probably really didn't know how to express her gratitude. The head hit so hard that Shen Yu couldn't help it up. She was so anxious that she shouted to the fourth master standing beside her: "Hey, why are you standing there like an idiot? Come over and help me."

The fourth young master said "Oh" and said in a light voice: "Don't kowtow anymore. Don't let your children play by the embankment in the future. Next time, you may not be so lucky."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, exerted force, and the woman was lifted up and stood up.

Her hair was disheveled and her face was covered with tears. She kept saying yes. Shen Yu hurriedly said, "Don't cry. Go check on your child and see if he's hurt anywhere."

The woman then remembered her own child. She hurriedly bowed to the two men and then ran over to look at her child who was still sitting on the ground in a daze.

Seeing that everything was fine, Shen Yu prepared to go look for Li. She looked up and saw that the Fourth Young Master was still standing there, his clothes sticking to his body, with water dripping from the corners of his clothes. She said kindly, "Young Master, you should go back and change your clothes. Although it is July, the water is still very cold. It would be best if you go back and make a bowl of ginger soup." After saying this, she bowed and pushed through the crowd who were still watching and squeezed outside.

In the moonlight, someone in the crowd recognized Shen Yu and whispered, "Oh, isn't this Baozi Xishi from the market gate? She is so shameless, kissing the child mouth to mouth like that, and the child looks quite old."