Cold and warm depend on each other

Su Zhe passed out completely, the sky was dim, and there was no sound around him except for the vast river a few steps away.Xue Wanxiang allowed herself to be stunned for a few breaths. She gritted her teeth and stood up, half-kneeling unsteadily in front of Su Zhe, trying to drag her onto her back.

Just this one movement almost exhausted all her strength.

When she stood up, her legs were shaking all the time. She bit her lip fiercely, put her hands on the gravel ground to balance Su Zhe's body, and then slowly stood upright.From birth to growing up, in her impression, she has never been so embarrassed, but at this moment, how can she care about it.

"I just want her to live."

The shadow of the sun has been deflected, and the bleak winter wind blows on their half-wet clothes, making them feel cold.Su Zhe's legs were very long, and the fainting person was too heavy, those legs almost dragged on the gravel ground. Xue Wanxiang held her legs up with his hands behind his back, and walked forward step by step with difficulty.

Su Zhe's face was next to her cheek, and when she turned her face slightly, she could see her delicate eyebrows.

It's just that the pair of eyes that always looked at her with a smile were still tightly closed, and the person on the shoulders was breathing lightly, as if three souls and seven souls had been taken away by the blood lost by the moors.

"Azhe, let's go to the doctor. You are obedient, don't sleep, we will arrive at the clinic soon." Xue Wanxiang's voice was soft, as if speaking to Su Zhe, but also as if speaking to herself.

Wu Jin fell, the sky became darker and darker, Su Zhe still showed no sign of waking up, Xue Wanxiang became more and more flustered, but she still persisted, unwilling to give up at all.When the lights in twos and threes came into view, she almost wondered if she was too eager to have a hallucination.

It was a small fishing village, only four or five miles away from the river, but she was too tired and took a detour until it was dark before she found the village.

Knocking on the door closest to her on the edge of the village, a white-haired old woman with a bent back came out of the house.She was so old that her teeth had fallen out, and she couldn't help being stunned when she saw a stranger.

Su Zhe's body was sliding down, Xue Wanxiang supported her with all her strength, and almost cried out in anxiety: "Old man, me and I... my husband met a villain on the way home, my husband was injured, and I want to stay with you for a while Su, I beg your convenience."

The old woman understood, she nodded her head and turned sideways to let them in, trembling and slurring her words, she tried her best to say: "Help her to my son's room. I'll clean it up, you stay here." She couldn't help I was busy at work, so I had to hold up the lamp and lead them into the house.

The house was dilapidated and dilapidated, and the soil on the walls was mottled, but it was a place with eaves, and there were beds under the eaves.Xue Wanxiang is very content.

After settling down Su Zhe, she was so exhausted that she sat on the edge of the bed and took a few deep breaths before carefully watching the sleeping Su Zhe in the moonlight outside the window.

Still have clear and bright eyebrows, still have slightly pouty thin lips, but her face is bloodless, and her hands and feet are getting colder and colder.Xue Wanxiang closed her eyes fiercely, and when she opened them again, they were as bright as stars.She finally brought her back to the inhabited place, and she would definitely be able to rescue her, just like she had saved herself many times without hesitation.

The old woman boiled hot water, soaked a bowl of rough rice paste, and a bowl of steaming ginger soup.Xue Wanxiang thanked her, took the spoon and used it, put it aside again, touched the purse on Su Zhe's waist to find the money, and then remembered that all the baggage and salutes were taken away on the boat. Fortunately, Su Zhe's purse There are also some scattered silver.

The old woman pushed her hand and insisted not to take it. Xue Wanxiang stuffed the money into her hand, she patted the back of her hand, and said with a toothless mouth: "Keep it for the child's treatment." Her gaze turned to Su Zhe, There was a pause in the voice, and when he spoke again, he spoke with a distressed cry: "My son has been away for more than [-] years, and when he was this old, he was caught by a wind and cold for three days, and his eyes were red. On the fourth day, people say that if there is no one, it will be gone..."

Xue Wanxiang felt chills down her spine when she heard that, she squeezed the broken silver in her hand, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "Old man, where is there a doctor in this village? I..."

The old woman shook her head, "Our village is too small to have a doctor."

Xue Wanxiang stood up in surprise.

The old woman comforted: "There are some in the neighboring village, don't worry. I will teach you to go tomorrow morning."

"I'm going now." Xue Wanxiang said anxiously: "Please take care of me, I... I will come back as soon as possible."

The old woman said: "It's too late now, you are a young woman, and you don't know the roads and people, how can you get there? What's more, even if you go, the doctor will definitely not come. You are obedient, use this bowl of food, Although it is rough, you will have the strength to walk tomorrow after eating." She patted the back of her hand, looked at Su Zhe again, turned and went out.

Xue Wanxiang was holding the porcelain bowl that the old woman stuffed for her in a daze, and looked down to see the moonlight scattered all over the place, the night was already dark.

The old woman boiled a bucket of hot water in the kitchen, Xue Wanxiang brought it over, first wiped Su Zhe's shoulders and around the wound on his waist, then wiped his hands and face, and finally used the remaining hot water to take care of himself.

When she soaked her feet in the water basin, she gritted her teeth secretly in pain, and when she looked carefully, she realized that a row of blisters had formed on her feet at some point, red, swollen, infiltrated by hot water, painful and itchy.

Su Zhe snorted softly on the bed, Xue Wanxiang turned her head to look at the moonlight, Su Zhe was quiet again.She didn't delay anymore, stepped on the water, packed the water basin, went back to the room, untied her coat, and got into the quilt.

This day passed with suspense, she was really exhausted, as soon as her head touched the pillow, she immediately fell asleep.

The next morning was awakened by the crowing of the rooster outside the house, Xue Wanxiang opened her eyes in a daze, pressed her forehead and frowned.Looking at the decayed walls, before he could fully realize where it was, he suddenly realized that something was wrong around him.

She immediately turned over to look at Su Zhe, the half-height windows reflected the light of blue crab shells, the morning light was just dawning, and she could barely see in the room. Su Zhe's closed eyes showed no sign of opening, but her handsome His face was an unusual red.Xue Wanxiang was startled, and put her palm on her forehead, it was hot as expected.

"A Zhe..." She called her in a low voice, bursting into tears in an instant.

The neighboring village was not far away, so Xue Wanxiang didn't have time to eat breakfast, so she asked the old woman the way and hurried out the door.The old woman took half a cold noodle cake from the stove, and chased after it tremblingly, Xue Wanxiang had already gone far.

The doctor is a short-bearded man in his early years, who often practices medicine in several nearby villages. Xue Wanxiang found him when he went to the village.Fortunately, she went really early, before the doctor left, and heard her tell about Su Zhe's situation, he followed her to the small fishing village with a medicine box on his back.

On the way, Xue Wanxiang mentioned a few words implicitly that she and her cousin went out together, there were many villains along the way, and her cousin pretended to be a man, I hope the doctor will not tell the truth.The doctor nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Xue Wanxiang was grateful and led the doctor all the way in a hurry.

When I returned to the dilapidated hut, the old woman was sitting on the edge of the bed, dazed and old-eyed, holding the porcelain bowl that Xue Wanxiang used yesterday, dipping chopsticks in water and feeding it into Su Zhe's mouth bit by bit.

"Old man..." Xue Wanxiang had a sore nose and covered her mouth.

The old woman turned her head, recognized the doctor beside her, and hurriedly got up to give way, "Quick, quick, show this child. She has a bad fever."

The doctor took down the medicine box from his shoulder and looked around. There was not even a table in the room, so he had to put the medicine box at the end of the bed, leaned forward, and tested the temperature on Su Zhe's forehead with his palm.

It's hot! ! !

Seeing the doctor's brows furrowed deeply, Xue Wanxiang pursed her lips and sniffed, trying not to cry out.

The doctor took out the pulse pillow from the medicine box, put it under Su Zhe's wrist, checked the pulse, and then lifted the quilt to look at the injuries on her shoulders and waist.

The wound is no longer as blue and white as yesterday, and the bleeding has stopped. The doctor took out a porcelain bottle, poured out some yellow medicine foam, and sprinkled it on Su Zhe's wound.

At the end, he sighed, looked at the old woman standing by the door, and then at Xue Wanxiang who looked anxious and full of anticipation.

"In a while, you can add a brazier to this room, and close the window drawers, but don't make it too tight. Add another bed if you have a quilt, and try to keep the room as warm as possible." The doctor said, carrying the medicine box and going out, the main room Finally, there was a table in the restaurant. He sat down, picked up his brush and ink, and wrote while writing, "I'll make a prescription. Do you go get the medicine yourself or go back with me to get the medicine? Forget it, you go with me to get the medicine. There is no pharmacy in this village."

Xue Wanxiang nodded, asked the old man to help him set up a brazier, pocketed his money, and followed the doctor to the neighboring village.

The doctor is benevolent. This doctor has been a barefoot doctor for more than ten years. He returned to his hut and packed the medicine. He thought about it and said: "Girl, with all due respect, your cousin's illness is really serious. Originally, this knife The injury is just a trauma, and if it is bandaged and used with golden sore medicine in time, it will not be fatal, but she has been soaked in the cold water of the glacier for a long time, which delays the healing, and the fever caused by it is not curable by ordinary medicine. Let me just say it, she The situation is up to her. Take this medicine back, three times a day, decoct three bowls of water to one bowl of water, and feed her. If the heat subsides tomorrow, the injury will be fine. Can't go down..."

"I won't be able to retreat." Xue Wanxiang bit her lip, with tears in her eyes, her voice was sad but determined, "Thank you, doctor. She will definitely get better!" She put down her money, lowered her head, and walked out .

The doctor shook his head, accepted the money, and sighed again.

The floating light is like leaping gold, and the still shadow shines on the wall.

Another night, as expected.Xue Wanxiang stood beside Su Zhe, touching her forehead from time to time, praying for a miracle.

Yanyan's charcoal fire was burning in the room, and another layer was added to the dilapidated quilt. When the old woman brought the quilt over, Xue Wanxiang was about to decline.But Xue Wanxiang knew that she had no other winter clothes to wear.

Everything is difficult.She rubbed her eyes, not wanting to let the tears fall, but still couldn't help it, she hugged the old woman and cried loudly, the old woman patted her on the back, and the old voice comforted: "Silly boy, I will treat you as my own sons!" As for my daughter-in-law, how can a mother not love her child. Go and cover her up."

Xue Wanxiang was obedient, and covered Su Zhe with the torn quilt.Under the pale moonlight, she couldn't see her face clearly, so she could only touch her forehead with her cheek. This night, her temperature still shone so painfully.

"Azhe. Azhe..." She cried: "You have a fever. Get well soon. Azhe, I beg you."

The winter wind howled, passed by, and turned into heavy rain in an instant, beating on the eaves, like icicles one by one, falling straight into Xue Wanxiang's heart, making her want to cry.

She thought of the doctor's unfinished words, and the way the old woman cried and said that her son had left last night, her mind wobbled and wobbled, like a wobbly blue in a brazier.

"Azhe. Let's get better together, okay?" Xue Wanxiang caressed Su Zhe's hot cheeks, got up and closed the window and door, and walked slowly to the side of the bed. With gentle eyes, she untied the layers of her body. clothes.