Chapter 142: Heart for Heart
After listening to Li Jiao's story, Dongfang Ying couldn't help but be filled with pity for this kind-hearted fisherman and gratitude for the simple character of their father and daughter. Her little hands said softly:
"Sister Li, thank you so much for your timely reminder, so that we can save the day this time.
"I will protect you from now on and never let you go again. You are hurt. "
A faint blush appeared on Li Jiaoqiao's face, and she said softly "Hmm".
Seeing her expression, Nangong Huiyue, who had just walked over, also felt a trace of it. Jealous, he coughed and said:
"Ying'er, Mrs. Liao asked me to ask you, it's not safe outside the county town. Should we sail to the county town pier to anchor?" "
Dongfang Ying glanced at Li Jiao, thought for a while and said to Nangong Huiyue:
"No need, it's not a big deal to worry about just a few clowns, kill as many as they come.
"And there are many people and boats on the pier, so it may not be as peaceful as here."
Nangong Huiyue pouted and said:
" Well, there’s one more thing. Miss Li’s father’s body can’t be kept there forever. Have you discussed how to bury it?”
Dongfang Ying nodded, looked at Li Jiao and asked:
"Sister Li, how do you want to deal with your father's funeral?"
Li Jiao shed two more tears, stretched out her hand to wipe them and said:
"Although it is said that when a person dies and returns to his roots, he should be laid to rest in his hometown, but my father travels on this river all year round, and the places along the way can be regarded as his hometown.
"And here is also the same as here. Our county boundaries are not far from each other, so we are not considered foreign countries, so I thought it would be better to find a place to bury him on the nearest river bank on both sides.
"We don't have many relatives and friends, so we don't need to organize a funeral or anything like that. Let's keep everything simple. Do you think it's okay, heroine?"
Nangong Huiyue listened from the side , immediately said first:
"Miss Li really understands justice, takes the overall situation into consideration, and what she says is very reasonable. How can Ying'er not agree!
"Just Yi Li Let the girl do what she wants, Ying'er, do you have any objection? "
In order to repay the kindness of Li Jiao and his daughter, Dongfang Ying would agree even if Li Jiao proposed to send her father's body back to her hometown for burial, even if she wasted a day.
However, I didn't expect her to say this. Maybe as Nangong Huiyue said, she was afraid of delaying her own schedule, so she took the overall situation into consideration!
Thinking about this, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Li Jiao. , looked at her pretty face and said:
"Okay, of course I have no objection. Let old man Li be buried in peace first. If you want to move the grave for him in the future, I will come back with you to do it again. ”
Li Jiao felt sweet in her heart, offsetting theFeeling the pain of losing her father, her watery eyes glanced at Dongfang Ying's face, and said journeyingly:
"Thank you... for being so kind to me. I will listen to you in the future." Chivalrous..."
Nangong Huiyue pouted when she saw this, turned around and left. Then Dongfang Ying also took Li Jiao out and introduced her identity to everyone. She will join everyone in the future. Fellow colleagues, I hope everyone can treat each other as good sisters.
Everyone was naturally grateful to the Li family. With Dongfang Ying’s reputation, how could they not accept Li Jiao? Guo Yunli and Lu Qiuying were even more enthusiastic, and they both pulled her to talk about sisters. .
Li Jiao felt a lot more cheerful when she saw that most of the people in this group were girls, most of whom were of the same age. After telling her age, she realized that she and the two girls were one year apart, and Lu Qiuying was the second girl. Eleven, Guo Yunli is nineteen, and she is right in the middle.
At that moment, Dongfang Ying discussed with Lan Zhixin, and the small passenger ship was still parked at the same spot. The girls all went to rest. She, Zhan Ruilong, Lin Xiaofeng, and Mingchuan Rongmei accompanied Li Jiao to the burial. Lishui boat.
There was also a small bamboo raft at the stern of the small passenger ship as a backup lifeboat. Dongfang Ying asked the crew to put down the bamboo raft, borrowed two shovels, and then the five of them disembarked together to carry Li Shuizhou's body. Buried ashore.
Mingchuan Rongmei held a torch, and Li Jiao held a bamboo pole and leaned the bamboo raft to the north bank. After the five people landed, Dongfang Ying and Li Jiao found a sunny hillside and chose it as a cemetery.
Zhan Ruilong and Lin Xiaofeng started digging a pit more than three feet deep with shovels. Dongfang Ying used a steel knife to chop down more than a dozen trees, cut off the branches, and spread them at the bottom of the pit.
After putting down Li Shuizhou's body, he put the flattened tree trunk on it and it became a simple coffin.
After piling up branches, leaves and new soil, it looked like a tomb. On a piece of smoothly shaved wood, Li Jiao personally carved the words "Tomb of my late father Li Shuizhou" and "Unfilial daughter Li Jiao". Ai Li" words.
Dongfang Ying helped her place the tombstone in front of the grave, poured a jar of wine and placed two bowls of peaches and plums as a memorial, and they bowed four times in front of the tombstone, allowing her to pay homage to her late father. Stay in front of the grave for a while.
Lin Xiaofeng and Zhan Ruilong were very tired. Zhan Ruilong was strong and strong, but it didn't matter. Lin Xiaofeng took the opportunity to claim credit and said:
"I mean Dongfang, we let you be like this. Should I give some reward to the coolie?"
Dongfang Ying didn't have a good tone with this guy during this period, and snorted coldly:
"Be my coolie? If you don’t want the blessings you’ve earned, you can just get out!”
Lin Xiaofeng couldn’t bear to leave. He said with a smile:
“You can just get out of here.” If you kiss me, I will roll from here into the river."
Dongfang Ying tore off a few leaves from beside her, crumpled them into a ball, flicked them on his face, and said coquettishly: < /p>
"This is considered a kiss, you can get out."
Lin Xiaofeng touched his face and said with a smile:
"If you are so kind to me, then I will hug you and roll down together, okay? "
Dongfang Ying raised her eyebrows. Before she could get angry, Mingchuan Rongmei pushed Lin Xiaofeng on the back. Lin Xiaofeng screamed "Ah" and rolled down the slope.
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Before Lin Xiaofeng's scream ended, Li Jiao's scream came from the cemetery almost at the same time. Dongfang Ying was startled and rushed over
But she saw Li Jiao. Jiao had already staggered back, tripped over a stone under her feet, and fell backwards under the rocks in front of the cemetery.
Dongfang Ying hurriedly gathered her strength and swept forward at full speed. When Li Jiao fell off the rock, he grabbed her waist and carried her forward another ten feet.
He stretched out his foot and stepped on a masson pine, turned around and jumped up the slope. He carried her back to the cemetery and asked: "Sister Li, what's wrong with you? How could such a good person be like this..."
But he saw that her face was pale and her lips were black. She was in a daze, which was actually a sign of poisoning.
She couldn't help but turn pale with shock. Shouted:
"Sister Li, what's wrong with you? Sister Li...Rongmei, come and take a look..."
Mingchuan Rongmei also rushed over, took a torch and looked at Li Jiao's face, squatted down and looked at her whole body, and finally found that There were two symmetrical holes on her right buttock. She frowned and said:
"She must have been bitten by a venomous snake. This snake is so venomous!" "
Dongfang Ying quickly lowered her head to look at Li Jiao's buttocks. In her anxiety, she ignored Zhan Ruilong and Lin Xiaofeng and untied Li Jiao's belt and pulled off her pants.
Sure enough, there were two black tooth marks on her snow-white buttocks, and black poison had spread around the area as big as a palm.
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Dongfang Ying asked Mingchuan Rongmei:
“What should we do? Please save her quickly, don't let anything happen to her..."
Mingchuan Rongmei nodded and comforted:
"Don't worry, I will try my best. Fortunately, I am here Fuzhou City also bought a few packs of silver needles, which were just in use. "
After saying that, Zhan Ruilong took the torch, took out a cloth bag from his pocket, took out the silver needle, and quickly pricked a dense circle around the wound on Li Jiao's buttocks.
Yes Lin Xiaofeng said:
"Xiao Linzi, go back to the boat quickly and get a bag of clean cold water. "
Lin Xiaofeng was looking at Li Jiao's round and big buttocks in a daze. He came to his senses after hearing this, hurriedly agreed, rushed down the hillside like flying, and went back to get water on a bamboo raft. < /p>
Mingchuan Rongmei took out another scalpel and was about to cut Li Jiao's wound. Dongfang Ying said hurriedly:
"Hey, what are you going to do?"What? "
Mingchuan Rongmei curled her lips and said:
"I cut a cross with a knife to let out her poisonous blood. Do you think I am going to cut her butt off?" I feel sorry for you. "
Dongfang Ying said angrily:
"What nonsense are you talking about! Can't you suck out the poisonous blood with your mouth? Why go under the knife? "
Mingchuan Rongmei stared and said:
"I won't suck it for her! You are not allowed to suck her either! Besides, this venom is so powerful that it might even be dangerous. "
Dongfang Ying subconsciously looked at Zhan Ruilong, who waved his hands repeatedly:
"Don't let me do this job. How can I, a grown man, kiss a woman's ass... …
"By the way, Xiaofeng was originally willing to serve like this, but it's a pity that Miss Mingchuan sent him away..."
Dongfang Ying rolled her eyes at him:
"You have a beautiful idea! I won't let you take advantage of this, I will do it myself."
After saying that, he lowered his head, put his small mouth close to Li Jiao's wound, took a quick sip, and then looked to the side Spit out the venom.
Mingchuan Rongmei was angry and jealous at the same time. She snorted loudly, let go of Li Jiao, stood up, turned around and sulked secretly.
Zhan Ruilong shook his head when he saw this. He couldn't figure out what was going on with these girls, but he admired Dongfang Ying's chivalrous heart even more.
Dongfang Ying didn't care what Mingchuan Rongmei was angry with, and took five or six mouthfuls of poisonous blood. When she saw that the skin color around the wound gradually turned normal, her heart dropped.
However, Dongfang Ying felt that her mouth was gradually becoming numb and her heartbeat was speeding up a lot. She sat cross-legged on the spot and circulated her internal energy to suppress the venom attack.
Zhan Ruilong hurriedly shouted:
"Dongfang, what's wrong with you? Miss Mingchuan, look at Dongfang, is she also poisoned..."
Mingchuan Rongmei was taken aback. She hurriedly turned around and knelt down to stare at Dongfang Ying, sighing:
"I told you a long time ago not to suck with your mouth, but you just didn't listen... Oh, it's your own fault!" < /p>
That’s what he said, but he was also very anxious in his heart. He couldn’t help complaining:
“This little Linzi is too slow. Why haven’t you brought the clear water back yet?” < /p>
While he was complaining, Lin Xiaofeng's voice came from down the hillside:
"I broke my legs running, but you are still here to criticize me. It's true that good people don't get rewarded." Ah!"
Mingchuan Rongmei hurried forward, grabbed the water bag from Lin Xiaofeng's hand, unscrewed the stopper, gave Dongfang Ying a sip, and said with resentment:
"Rinse your mouth quickly to wash away the venom."
Dongfang Ying opened her eyes, puffed out her cheeks and gargled, then spit out the poisonous water, feeling her mouth and tongue numb.The feeling immediately subsided, and he took two more mouthfuls, and said with a smile:
"Okay, I'm fine. Let's clean the wound for Sister Li."
Ming Chuanrong's whitening woman Xia glanced at her and said angrily:
"You are really a great heroine. You sacrificed your life to save others. Do you want to impress me to death? I thought she was your biological sister!"
Dongfang Ying chuckled, knowing that she felt sorry for him, so he didn't talk back to her, but smiled and said:
"I would do the same thing if I were you, not to mention you should know my inner strength, This bit of snake venom won't do me any harm."
Mingchuan Rongmei snorted softly, then lowered her head to clean Li Jiao's wound, squeezed out the remaining blood from the wound, cleaned it, and sprinkled it with some water. Pack anti-inflammatory powder, then pull out the silver needle and pull up Li Jiao's waistband.
Li Jiao had recovered her consciousness long ago and knew that Dongfang Ying helped her absorb the poison, while Mingchuan Rongmei cleaned her wounds and applied medicine.
Li Jiao was just grateful for Mingchuan Rongmei's treatment, but her heart almost melted for Dongfang Ying's sacrifice of taking drugs.
He couldn't help but remember the scene where she flew over and hugged him. Although he was frightened at that moment, the feeling of being held in her arms once again proved his strength. She saved her life.
She has made up her mind that from now on, her life and everything will belong to her. She will do whatever she asks her to do, and she will not hesitate even in the face of dangers and dangers.
After resting for a while, Dongfang Ying had fully recovered, and Li Jiao also gained some strength, but Dongfang Ying still carried her on her back, and everyone got off the bamboo raft and returned to the small passenger ship.
That night, Dongfang Ying personally took care of Li Jiao. Although Nangong Huiyue and Mingchuan Rongmei were secretly jealous, they managed not to get angry.
However, the two women got along well with each other and secretly formed a bond. "Alliance", muttering that we would deal with Li Jiao, the "love rival" who suddenly appeared.
After dawn the next day, Li Jiao's poison had been completely cured and her body recovered as before. She was originally a fisherman who had come and gone through wind and rain, and her body was not so delicate, but very strong.
The small passenger ship passed directly through Minqing County, continued westward, crossed Shuikou at noon, arrived at Yanping Mansion at night, and anchored at Yanfumen Wharf.
Lan Zhixin and Dongfang Ying also planned to arrive here first, then transfer and change boats to go north, passing through Jianxi through Jianning Mansion, and then into Songxi and through Zhenghe.
According to the captain, although Jianxi is also the main tributary of the Minjiang River, it is now the dry season and has not yet entered the rainy season. The upper reaches of the Minjiang River have undergone great changes due to the influence of rain.
At this time, Jianxi The water volume of the stream is insufficient. Even if the passenger ship is small, the draft is more than four feet. At this time, it is impossible to pass the entire stream channel under construction.
So everyone got off the boat, and their mounts and luggage were also moved down.We plan to stay in Nanping City for one night and hire a boat to head north tomorrow.
Dongfang Ying and Lan Zhi realized that although Nanping City was not big, it was the place where three rivers converged. It was surrounded by water and mountains. During the day, the river was very busy, and sails and sails were like boats crossing the river. Crucian carp, the bustling and bustling city is on par with the provincial capital Fuzhou.
I didn’t expect that this mountainous area in northern Fujian would have such a wonderful place with abundant natural resources. Maybe I don’t have to rush there tomorrow and I can just enjoy this mountain city like “Jiangnan Water Town” here.