Chapter 1964 Cruising: This Life Is only for You 3
She finally saw clearly who the adults were carrying. It was her mother.
She had been trying hard not to cry in front of the little boy before, but now she couldn't hold back any more. She reached out to pull Nie Qiuping's hand and cried, "Mom, Mom..."
Nie Qiuping's face was pale, her clothes were still dripping with water, her hair was wet, her hands were cold, and she lay there as if she was really dead.
Several villagers who were doing farm work carried her back with a door panel.
Yanzihe Village was not big. If someone's chicken was bitten to death by a weasel, the villagers would talk about it for a long time after dinner, let alone this kind of thing. Soon, almost everyone in the village ran over and surrounded the yard of Yan Qingsi's house, looking at Nie Qiuping's "corpse" and pointing and talking.
Yan Qingsi's face was covered with tears. She reached out and grabbed Nie Qiuping's hand, crying, "Mom, open your eyes and look at me, mom... I'm Qingsi... Look at me quickly, tell me, make egg noodles for me tonight..."
The little girl's voice was hoarse from crying. She kept trying to pull Nie Qiuping up, but she was too weak and could only pull her up a little bit each time.
The village was discussing in a low voice.
"How pitiful! She lost her mother at such a young age..."
"Her father hasn't been back for two years. I heard that he remarried outside..."
"Is her father different from not having one? It's really a sin."
Yan Qingsi's aunt Yan Ruke came over reluctantly, "Qingsi, don't cry. Sister-in-law... is dead. Don't pull her."
Ji Mianmian shook her hand away, "Aunt, my mother is not dead... not dead, or how did she fall into the river?"
Yan Ruke's face flashed with panic, "How... how do I know? You have to ask your sister-in-law."
She secretly took the money from Nie Qiuping's grain sales and went to the town to buy herself a new scarf. She treasured it so much. She just met Nie Qiuping outside the village. She asked Yan Ruke where the money came from. The Yan family was very tight, and she relied on her alone to support the family. Every penny had to be split into two. During the argument, the scarf fell into the river. Yan Ruke immediately started crying and insisted that Nie Qiuping go to fish it out for her.
In April, the river water was still icy cold. Although Nie Qiuping could swim, her leg cramped in the water. She asked Yan Ruke to call for help, but Yan Ruke was crying and insisted that she give her scarf first. Nie Qiuping sank after struggling in the river for a while.
Yan Ruke panicked and hurried to call for help.
But when people came and fished Nie Qiuping out, she was already dead.
Yan Ruke was scared and would not tell this matter. She thought that her sister-in-law was dead anyway, and if she died, no one would know what happened.
But Yan Qingsi didn't believe it at all. Her mother was dead, and she didn't know where she got the strength to pull Nie Qiuping off the door.
Nie Qiuping fell to the ground, rolled twice, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of water.
Someone exclaimed: "She's going to live. Just spit out the water. Press the water out for her..."
After pressing several times, Nie Qiuping spit out a few more mouthfuls of water and opened her eyes soon.
When she opened her eyes, Nie Qiuping's eyes were dull, as if she had not yet come back to life.
When Yan Qingsi saw that her mother had woken up, she cried happily: "Mom, Mom... I knew you wouldn't abandon me..."