Chapter Eighty-Six: Sudden Danger
Su Jiudong sat in the carriage and hugged Su Ting'an, popularizing the knowledge of Dragon Boat Festival and dragon boat to him and Ah Rong.
“…… Qu Yuan is the most famous poet in the Chu State, but he accidentally scolded the King of Chu and was exiled by the King of Chu......" Su Jiudong wiped the saliva from the corner of Su Ting'an's mouth, and continued to tell the story of Qu Yuan's throwing into the river to the two children in straightforward words.
Wen Yiheng and Liu Yunniang quietly listened to Su Jiudong tell one story after another related to the Dragon Boat Festival, from Qu Yuan to the river, and said that the White Lady drank realgar wine by mistake.
After a long journey, we finally arrived in Hangzhou, and the market was full of lively scenes. The dragon boat race only started in the afternoon, so Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng took their families to wander around the street market.
Green onion bun cypress, Jiangcun fish balls, traditional tea food, five-flavor and Suzhou-style mooncakes, mid-mountain black rice, etc., the food stalls on the street make people forget to leave.
"Daddy, Daddy! An'er wants to eat green onion buns... Green onion bun cypress! Su Ting'an struggled on Wen Yiheng's arm to eat something delicious.
"Auntie, Grandma, Rong also wants to eat... It seems to be delicious~" Ah Rong obediently let Su Jiudong hold her hand, and her eyes were also staring at the snacks that were full of color and flavor, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
Wen Yiheng bought some of these traditional delicacies for Su Jiudong and a few people, and found a home on the second floor of the teahouse near the river to sit down and eat.
Su Ting'an and Ah Rong ate with relish, and were more interested in the legends behind these delicacies told by Wen Yiheng: the origin of green onion bun juniper is related to Qin Hui, and black rice helped Sun Bin counterattack......
After eating the delicious snacks, Su Jiudong and his entourage came to the riverside with two bags of packaged snacks, taking the lead in occupying a good position to watch the dragon boat race.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was blazing, and the long-awaited dragon boat race officially began.
The scene of dragon boat racing is extremely warm and lively, the flute and pipes are playing during the race, the drum music is shaking the sky, the boatmen sing the high-pitched and agitated boat song in unison, and the drums, music, songs, oars, and water sound play a magnificent symphony.
Su Ting'an, who was childish, was infected by the enthusiastic sidelines, and couldn't help but follow Wen Yiheng's arm to urge the backward dragon boat team to jump and jump.
"Daddy, Daddy! Sister Ah Rong can stand and watch by herself, and An'er has to come down and watch by herself! There were a large number of people on the riverbank, and it was already crowded, but Su Tingan was naughty and insisted on putting him down.
"Okay, but An'er should stay by Daddy's side and don't run around, do you hear?" Wen Yiheng couldn't help the flutter of Su Ting'an's chubby body, and put down Su Tingan in a compromise.
As soon as Su Ting'an's feet touched the ground, he put Wen Yiheng's advice behind him, and rushed towards the dock of the ships gathered on the right, only to drop a sentence in the wind: "An'er has seen Linlin!" ”
"An'er!" The shore was crowded, and Wen Yiheng didn't react to catch Su Ting'an, only in an instant, Su Ting'an disappeared into the crowd.
Su Ting'an's little child squeezed around in the legs, and finally escaped Wen Yiheng's pursuit, and squeezed to Lin Xiaolin's side with satisfaction.
"Ahh A-Niang, it's An'er who is here! I didn't lie to you, An'er promised me that he would come, and he really came. Lin Xiaolin got down from her nurse's arm and affectionately grabbed Su Ting'an's hand and approached the water's edge.
"You're An'er, aren't you?" Lin Xiaolin's mother, Wan Shi, squatted down and looked at Su Ting'an carefully: "Is your mother the Su Jiudong who opened the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant?" ”
"That's right! My aunt opened a delicious medicinal restaurant, and many people come to eat every day, it's amazing! Su Tingan proudly boasted to Wan that the business of his medicinal restaurant was booming, but he didn't know that danger was approaching.
"Heh... Yes, your aunt is really powerful... It's so bad that it forced other people's restaurants to close down. Wan's fingertips stopped at Su Ting'an's mouth, and the fierce light in his eyes was fleeting.
Wan Shi stood up straight and pushed An'er to the nurse who was holding Lin Xiaolin: "Granny Wu, Linlin and this An'er will be handed over to you to take care of, remember, you must be careful when you take them to play by the river." ”
Grandma Wu held a child in one hand and walked to the direction of the ship dock, where is the end of the dragon boat race, and you can see who will die at the last moment. Of course, it's also the most crowded place.
Su Ting'an and Lin Xiaolin's two children roamed the sky chatting happily, and they didn't notice the trend of Grandma Wu squeezing Su Ting'an's body to the shore.
"Linlin, look, the dragon boat is coming!" Granny Wu quickly picked up the petite Lin Xiaolin, and arched Su Ting'an to a crowded place with her body.
As the dragon boat fleet got closer and closer to the finish line, more and more people flocked to the ship dock, and Su Ting'an was soon squeezed to the edge of the dock by the surging crowd.
To make it easier to dock, your guardrail at the edge of the pier is set low so that adults can easily step over it. The ship dock was crowded, and Su Tingan accidentally fell into the water in the push of everyone.
"Ahh Auntie! Dad! Su Ting'an fluttered on the water, staring only at the dragon boat team, and the onlookers at the end of the race cheered loudly, covering up Su Ting'an's cry for help.
"Someone's overboard! There is a child overboard!! Gradually, more people found that Su Ting'an had fallen into the water, and the cries for help came one by one. 2020
The place where Su Ting'an fell into the water was close at hand, and no one among the noble ladies in brocade clothes around the shore was willing to act bravely, and stepped forward to dive into the water to save people, for fear of soiling their new skirts specially customized for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Su Jiudong, who was anxiously looking for Su Ting'an in the crowd, heard the "child" son, his heart was so frightened that he missed several beats, and he desperately squeezed through the crowd and rushed towards the dock.
"An'er!" Su Jiudong, who searched along the shore, saw Su Ting'an struggling on the surface of the water with no strength and dying floating on the surface of the water.
Su Jiudong didn't think much about it, and immediately rushed to the position closest to the falling point, jumped into the river in three or two, and froze his arms to swim to Su Ting'an's side, but no matter how he rowed, he still didn't move forward a bit, just tossing in vain in place.
Seeing that Su Ting'an had no strength and no longer struggled, his body slowly sank into the water, only the flatulent robe bulged into a gas bag on the surface of the water, Su Jiudong burst into tears in a hurry, but his body couldn't stop sinking.
The sky is pitiful, Su Jiudong is not very familiar with water, and his swimming skills are mediocre. It wasn't until she jumped into the water that she realized that she was so anxious that she didn't know how to swim.
"Hmm...... I...... I won't swim anymore...... Help me! Help! ”
Su Jiudong struggled desperately, but the river water poured into his mouth, eyes, and ears. Su Jiudong was choked by the turbid river water, and his nasal cavity and trachea were filled with wet water vapor, and he almost couldn't breathe.
Su Jiudong was very flustered in his heart, and he was worried about Su Ting'an's safety, but he couldn't protect himself.
Su Jiudong fluttered and slapped in vain on the water, but there seemed to be an inexplicable force in the depths of the water, holding her feet and dragging her into the water.
Su Jiudong couldn't open his eyes, he couldn't see what the situation was at the moment, as if he had just returned to the scene when he had just crossed over, and was sunk into the water by the people of the village to sacrifice.
Before he completely lost consciousness, Su Jiudong, who was desperately struggling to call for help, only heard a familiar shout in his ears: "Don't be afraid, grab my ......"
“…… An'er... An'er! Su Jiudong finally broke through the black fog, woke up from his coma, sat up on the bed, and found that he had returned to his rented house in Qishan County.
An'er drank the medicine and is now asleep. Since you are awake, drink the medicine first. Wen Yiheng, who was guarding the bedside, held Su Jiudong's hand waved wildly, clenched it comfortingly, grabbed the medicine bowl on the pier with one hand, and let Su Jiudong drink it.
"An'er, a child, fell into the water, I can think of him as young and careless...... It's you, you're an adult, and it's not worry-free. I usually have to jump into the water because of my water nature, so I can ask the people around me for help, or wait for me to come. ”
Wen Yiheng reproachfully poked Su Jiudong's eyebrows with his fingers, and scolded distressedly.
"That's An'er overboard! I am eager to save people, where can I think of so many ......" Su Jiudong muttered embarrassedly, "I didn't expect that I would almost forget about the water nature...... I thought that once I learned to swim, I would never forget it. ”
"Kill the mouth of the mouth, drown the water, haven't you heard this sentence?" Wen Yiheng hated that iron could not become steel, but he couldn't bear to scold Su Jiudong's lovely aggrieved face, so he stopped holding on to it, and took a step back and said.
"From now on, you learn to swim with me. With such an excellent master as me, I am sure to improve your swimming level. ”
"How's An'er? Got a pill and slept? I want to see him too... It's horrible. Su Jiudong sounded the scene of Su Ting'an falling into the water at that time, and he was afraid for a while.
If she loses Su Ting'an, I don't know how she will blame herself for dying.
"Drink the medicine, I'll take you again. You're already someone's aunt, and you're reckless all day long. Wen Yiheng raised the medicine bowl and slowly poured the last medicinal juice into Su Jiudong's mouth.
After drinking the bitter decoction, Wen Yiheng took Su Jiudong to the next room to visit Su Ting'an.
Su Ting'an lay quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, his body rose and fell with the rhythm of smooth breathing, his lips and face were a little pale, and the rest looked fine.
Liu Yunniang gently rubbed the water of the towel in the house, and changed the handkerchief covering Su Ting'an's forehead.
"An'er...... How is he? Have you ever been sick with a cold? Su Jiudong hid behind the door and looked at Su Ting'an cautiously, not daring to enter the house to disturb his rest.
"Doctor Yan has shown him, he is slightly infected with a cold, and he has already drunk the medicine prescribed by Dr. Yan."
"It's because I'm not good and didn't take good care of him that I let him suffer this crime... He's still so young that he hasn't had time to get through it, and if it weren't for you this time, maybe he really wouldn't ......"
Su Jiudong spoke with bitterness, his voice was hoarse, his soft eyes were full of crystal tears, and he rarely showed his most vulnerable side in front of Wen Yiheng.