Chapter 121 Life should not be cut off
“The little swallows, dressed in flowery clothes, come here every spring;
I asked the swallow why she came, and she said the spring here is the most beautiful.

The little swallow tells you that this place is more beautiful this year;

We built large factories and installed new machinery;
Welcome to live here for a long time"

On the other side, at Qu Yinfeng's house, Li Guoqiang was sitting on the kang, listening to songs from the radio and eating delicious spicy rabbit head, feeling very happy.

After dinner, he walked into the bathhouse with a kerosene lamp and found that the water in the big iron pot had boiled.

So he hurried back to the house and called Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani over, wanting to give them the chance to experience it first.

"Auntie, the bathhouse is ready. You and Dani can take a bath here from now on!"

As he spoke, he reached out and opened the lid of the pot. Instantly a puff of white steam rose up, and soon the temperature in the bathhouse rose a little. Coupled with the continuous heat dissipation of the stove, the temperature in the bathhouse was at least around ten degrees Celsius at this time. There was no need to worry about catching a cold by accident while taking a bath later.

"I'll do it, I'll do it!"

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang trying to pour hot water into the large water tank, she hurried forward, grabbed the ladle and started working.

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly when he saw this, then pointed to the drainage hole at the bottom of the large water tank and said, "Auntie, when you finish taking a bath, just pull out the wooden plug here and let the water in the water tank flow into this ditch."

"to make!"

Qu Yinfeng took a closer look at the wooden plug in the drain hole, then nodded quickly and agreed, "I know how to do it."

As she was talking, it didn't take long before she poured most of the hot water in the big iron pot into the big water vat, just filling up one-third of the water vat, which was more than half a person's height and as big as three people could hug.

At the same time, Li Guoqiang also went to fetch two buckets of cold water.

He poured one of the buckets directly into the pot, and kept the other bucket for Qu Yinfeng to add water.

Then he went back into the house and asked Qu Yinfeng to take Xu Dani to take a bath.

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang leave, she didn't waste any time and hurriedly adjusted the temperature of the hot water. Then she asked Xu Dani to take off her clothes and carried her into the large water tank.

Soon, Xu Dani's body was submerged in knee-high hot water, leaving only a small head exposed above the water.

Feeling the hot water wrapping her, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Grandma, it's so comfortable to take a bath like this!"

"Ah!"

Qu Yinfeng was delighted when she heard this, and then she laughed and said, "Of course it's comfortable to use such a large vat of hot water for bathing. In the old society, this was a treatment only the daughters of wealthy families could have."

"Whee!"

Xu Dani's eyes lit up, and then she smiled with some joy and said, "So, I am also a rich lady now?"

"Bigger than you!"

Qu Yinfeng rolled her eyes, and then said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "Don't you see how much firewood it takes to boil such a large pot of hot water? It's only because your brother Qiangzi is capable that he brought back so much firewood for our family."

"Otherwise, for the two of us, not to mention taking a bath with so much hot water, it would be great if we could heat up the kang in the house every day."

"So, when you grow up, you must never forget the kindness your brother Qiangzi has shown our family. No matter what he wants you to do, you must listen to him. Remember?"

"remember!"

After listening to this, Xu Dani nodded and spoke without thinking.

Afterwards, Qu Yinfeng didn't say anything else. She hurriedly bent down and took a towel and soap to give Xu Dani a bath.

Before long, Xu Dani's entire body was scrubbed vigorously, removing all the old dirt from her body.

Then she asked Xu Dani to stand up, put her head out of the water tank, and washed her hair.

After busying himself for a while, he finally helped Xu Dani take a bath before the hot water cooled down. Then he quickly dressed Xu Dani and carried her out of the bathhouse and back into the house.

When Li Guoqiang saw Qu Yinfeng carrying Xu Dani in, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he hurriedly got up from Qu Yinfeng's arms and took the rosy-faced and fragrant Xu Dani from her arms, telling Qu Yinfeng to go back to the bathhouse to take a bath. He also brought a dry towel to help Xu Dani dry her hair.

When Qu Yinfeng saw how much Li Guoqiang liked Xu Dani, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy on her face. She then hurriedly turned back to the bathhouse and used the leftover hot water from Xu Dani's bath to take a bath, in order to save some firewood.

When she sat in the big water vat and let the hot water submerge her body, she couldn't help squinting her eyes and exhaling. The word "comfortable" was all in her mind. At the same time, she also understood why Li Guoqiang insisted on building such a bathhouse.

In addition, she never imagined that she, an old country woman, would one day be able to live such a wonderful life.

Not only was there enough food and meat every day, but at night you could also take a hot bath in a large water tank.

And all this was brought to her by Li Guoqiang.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel grateful in her heart, and then began to think about how to repay Li Guoqiang's kindness.

Although she now pampers Li Guoqiang like her own child and doesn't let him worry about chores like washing clothes and cooking, but compared with the many benefits Li Guoqiang has brought her, it is too insignificant.

If she was still young, or if Xu Dani was old enough, she could choose to warm Li Guoqiang's bed and repay Li Guoqiang's kindness. But unfortunately, she had already half a foot in the coffin, and Xu Dani was only a six-year-old child, so there was no way she could choose this approach.

Apart from this, she thought about it for a long time but could not think of any other better way. She could only silently keep Li Guoqiang's kindness in her heart, and remind Xu Dani from time to time to remember to repay Li Guoqiang in the future.

Soon, she finished her bath, then pulled out the wooden plug from the drain hole to drain the hot water in the tank that had become a little turbid.

Next, she scooped some hot water from the pot, cleaned the water tank, and then scooped the hot water from the pot into the large water tank one spoonful at a time.

After adjusting the temperature of the hot water, she hurried back to the room and called Li Guoqiang to take a bath.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't wait to go to the bathhouse with his change of clothes.

Soon, he sat in the big water tank, then leaned his head against the wall of the tank and let out a sound of satisfaction and admiration.

It's not easy! Since he came here, he has only taken a bath less than three times in such a long time, so he almost forgot what it felt like to take a bath.

However, now that he has such a bathhouse, he can take a bath whenever he wants, which greatly improves his quality of life.

If the toilet next door is included, it can be said that he has basically solved the basic life problems such as eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping.

Next, he just needs to continue to improve and enhance his living standards based on the existing ones.

Just when he was feeling very satisfied with the results of his efforts, on the mountain road leading to Majiadian Commune, Shen Wanpeng was bitten by a pack of gray wolves and was in great pain.

Through the orange lantern, one could see that his cotton-padded jacket had been bitten through in several places. Blood was slowly seeping out from the wounds, directly staining the jacket red.

He clutched the carriage tightly with both hands, his face was pale, and his heart was filled with fear and pain.

If the horse had not been running all the time, giving him a glimmer of hope, he would have burst into tears by now.

However, the horse's condition was not optimistic at this time. Its neck was covered with blood and its body was covered with a layer of fine sweat. It was obviously very tired.

And the gray wolves, stimulated by the increasingly strong smell of blood, became more ferocious, and kept trying to jump up and pounce on the horses and Shen Wanpeng.

Soon, a gray wolf successfully jumped onto the carriage and bit Shen Wanpeng's arm.

"Ah~"

Seeing this, Shen Wanpeng immediately let out a terrified howl from his throat, then swung his arms hard, trying to shake the gray wolf off.

But how could the gray wolf give up the delicious food so easily?
No matter how Shen Wanpeng shook it off, it just held on tightly and refused to let go.

Suddenly, there was a sound of "ripping", and the cotton jacket on Shen Wanpeng's arm, along with a large piece of flesh, was torn apart.

The gray wolf didn't pay any attention and could only watch himself being thrown out of the carriage.

Then, without waiting for the other gray wolves to find an opportunity, the horse rushed down a slope and quickly distanced itself from the wolf pack.

When the wolves saw this, they wanted to chase after it immediately, but after a while, they hurriedly stopped, stood on the mountain road, and watched from afar as the carriage ran into a small village with lights.

Soon after, a shrill cry for help was heard in the village.

"Someone come quickly! Someone come quickly and save me!"

Hearing the sound, someone quickly ran out of the house, and then based on the direction of the sound, quickly found Shen Wanpeng lying on the snow covered in blood.

When Shen Wanpeng saw someone coming, he was happy at first, then his eyes rolled back and he fainted due to excessive blood loss.

"Hurry, help stop the bleeding, and then send the person to the commune clinic!"

Upon seeing this, the people of Wangjiatun rushed forward to check on Shen Wanpeng's condition. Then, while they were busy trying to stop his bleeding, they asked someone to pull the village's donkey cart over to send him to the commune health center for treatment.

As for the carriage whose horses had panicked and run away, no one was able to take care of it for the time being.

Soon, Wang Fuxiang and his men drove a donkey cart, carrying Shen Wanpeng, whose bleeding had barely stopped, and rushed to Majiadian Commune. Finally, they managed to send Shen Wanpeng to the commune health center before he died.

At the same time, they also learned Shen Wanpeng's name and work unit from his personal belongings, and then hurriedly sent someone to notify the commune canteen.

Not long after, the commune director Ma Qixiong heard the director of the commune canteen come to report that his aunt's nephew was seriously injured by a wolf and was being rescued in the commune clinic. He was so anxious that he immediately ran from home to the commune clinic.

As far as he knew, didn't Shen Wanpeng go to Jinshanbao Production Brigade with Xu Yuying from the radio station to purchase bear meat and bear paws? How could he suddenly be seriously injured by a wolf?
Soon, he found Wang Fuxiang and others to inquire about the situation.

However, Wang Fuxiang and others did not know what happened to Shen Wanpeng before he was injured.

Helplessly, he could only be patient and wait for the results of Shen Wanpeng's rescue in the health center. At the same time, he also asked someone to notify Shen Wanpeng's parents to come over.

Perhaps because Shen Wanpeng was not destined to die, he was successfully rescued in the end.

However, due to the long-term lack of blood supply to the brain, he is still in a coma, and it is difficult to say when he will wake up.

If you can't wake up, you will become a vegetable.

Moreover, even if they are able to wake up, there is a high possibility that they will suffer from some sequelae of brain damage, such as epileptic seizures, amnesia, mental disorders, limb dysfunction, etc.

After hearing the doctor's description of Shen Wanpeng's condition, Ma Qixiong and Shen Wanpeng's parents' faces suddenly turned very ugly.

Afterwards, under the doctor's advice, they could only arrange for someone to send Shen Wanpeng to a large hospital in Tie City overnight for follow-up treatment.

Early the next morning, Ma Qixiong arranged Shen Wanpeng's treatment in Tieshi, and immediately rushed back to the commune in a horse-drawn carriage. Then he took people with Wang Fuxiang and others to Wangjiatun, preparing to investigate the details of Shen Wanpeng's attack by the wolf pack.

At this time, the villagers of Wangjiatun had also found the carriage that Shen Wanpeng had driven last night. They also helped bandage the horse's wounds, cleaned up the snow accumulated on the carriage, and put away the 20 kilograms of bear meat tied to the carriage.

When Ma Qixiong saw the large bloodstains and scratches on the carriage, his expression suddenly turned grim.

From this, we can imagine how dangerous the situation Shen Wanpeng was facing at that time.

Being able to save his life in the end is a blessing in disguise.

Then, he saw that the people in Wangjiatun really didn’t know how Shen Wanpeng was attacked, so he immediately led his men towards Jinshan Fort.

Not long after, he appeared at Xu Guangfu's house, and as soon as they met, he angrily asked Xu Guangfu why he asked Shen Wanpeng to rush back to the commune overnight.

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu hurriedly explained, "Director Ma, is there any misunderstanding here? When Purchaser Shen left my house yesterday, it was not even dark outside! How can it be said that I asked him to rush back to the commune overnight?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask the members who live near our house to see if it's what I said."

(End of this chapter)