Cao Juying leaned against the wall at the door of the auditorium of the production team in despair, sadness, and tears, and soon Cao Juying restrained herself.

Cao Juying knew that what was in front of her was Hao Jiali's illness, and the three of Hao Jiali's family were immediately facing the problem of hunger, and it was the key to solve it, and it was in vain for her to shed her tears, so she wiped away her tears Cao Juying immediately took a flashlight and stepped down at the foot of the mountain in the auditorium, and then bypassed a few barren and uncultivated land at the foot of the mountain to the ridge of the production team.

Cao Juying wanted to scoop a bowl of water back in the rice field of the production team, and thought that when the paddy field planted late rice, she had applied chemical fertilizer and sprayed pesticides, and after the late rice was harvested, the weather in the late autumn season did not have a heavy rainstorm, and the water that had been hoarded in the paddy field had not been washed by the heavy rain, Cao Juying was afraid that the water would still have the toxicity of pesticides, so Cao Juying walked a few more steps along the ridge to the village stream.

Stepping on the gravel by the stream, Cao Juying bent down and wet the handkerchief in her hand in the stream a few times and twisted it in the palm of her hand, and then scooped a bowl full of flowing stream water and carefully carried it all the way back to the auditorium of the production team.

Hao Jiaming is burning a charcoal fire in the auditorium.

As soon as he saw Cao Juying coming back, Hao Jiaming immediately told his grandmother and sister that her body began to sweat after taking the medicine, Hao Jiaming also raised her sleeves that were soaked to wipe the sweat for Hao Jiali to show Cao Juying, Cao Juying finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's good to sweat, and if you sweat a whole body, your sister's illness will be cured." ”

Hao Jiaming felt a lot more relaxed when he heard Cao Juying say this, Hao Jiaming looked at Cao Juying expectantly and said, "Grandma! When my sister recovers, my sister and I can go to the paddy field to catch loaches again. ”

Cao Juying shook her head and sighed: "No, obviously! Look at your sister's hands. ”

Cao Juying picked up Hao Jiali's hands from the bed and held them up to Hao Jiaming, Hao Jiaming saw that although the wound on the back of her sister's hand did not seem to be dripping out, the herbal powder on the wound was all soaked, and the medicinal powder changed color one by one and split on the back of Hao Jiali's hand, and the scarlet flesh on the back of Hao Jiali's hand could be seen where the crack was split.

"Obviously! It will take at least half a month for your sister's hands to be completely good, and your sister will be able to go to the paddy field to catch loaches after half a month. Grandma's family doesn't have much rice, the food of the production team is divided every month and every month, give your sister this burning granary, and the whole production team will have to lose two catties of food in the future, and my family's food will not be enough in the future, if I give you some more, my grandmother's family will be hungry. Cao Juying gently put down Hao Jiali's hand and said to her grandson Hao Jiaming.

Hao Jiaming looked worried and asked Cao Juying anxiously: "Grandma!" So what to do? I'm afraid of hunger, I'm afraid of dizziness. ”

Cao Juying shook her head to herself and said, "Grandma doesn't know, grandma can't think of any good way now, wait until dawn to go home and ask your grandfather." ”

Hao Jiaming was silent, and took a firewood stick that Cao Juying picked up outside the auditorium when he went down to the stream to scoop water just now, and at this time he didn't say anything and picked up the charcoal in the brazier, and also knocked off the soot from the large piece of charcoal burning.

It was Hao Jiaming's stick that picked up these white carbon ashes flying around, flying Cao Juying, Hao Jiali, and Hao Jiaming himself, with dust everywhere on his head, Cao Juying patted his head and then took the stick in Hao Jiaming's hand and said: "Mingming, don't knock, there is a lot of ash, grandma washed her hair only before yesterday." ”

Hao Jiaming stopped the stirring firewood stick in his hand, and saw that the end of the firewood stick inserted into the brazier was burning, Hao Jiaming no longer used the charcoal ash of the brazier to extinguish the open flame of the firewood stick, Hao Jiaming took out the firewood stick from the brazier, and blew out the end of the fire with his mouth for a few consecutive breaths, after blowing it out, Hao Jiaming stood up, walked to a place far away from the brazier, and trampled out the sparks that were still left in the firewood stick with the shoes under his feet, and then threw the firewood stick that had been extinguished from the window of the auditorium.

Cao Juying didn't care what Hao Jiaming was doing, she squatted beside Hao Jiali by herself, she kept wiping the sweat beads on Hao Jiali's face that had been washed in the stream, and also untied Hao Jiali's coat, and put the handkerchief into Hao Jiali's belly and back covered by the sweatshirt to wipe the sweat on Hao Jiali's body.

After wiping it again, Cao Juying wrung out the handkerchief in her hand and rubbed it in the stream water scooped up in the bowl, and did not wring out the water that completely dried the handkerchief, so she folded the handkerchief wide and long and pasted it on Hao Jiali's forehead and said to Hao Jiaming: "Obviously! Your sister will collapse if she sweats like this, no, you have to drink more boiled water for your sister, Mingming! You are guarding my sister here, grandma went home and brought a pot of boiling water, and by the way, I took a set of dry clothes for your sister to change, your sister was also soaked, after I left, you remember to wipe your sister's sweat, don't let the sweat cold aggravate your sister's cold, I will be back soon. ”

Hao Jiaming lowered his head and did not answer Cao Juying immediately.

Cao Juying stood up and hurriedly squatted down and asked Hao Jiaming, "What's wrong?" Clearly! Why not answer grandma? ”

Hao Jiaming suddenly got into Cao Juying's arms and said timidly: "Grandma! I'm afraid, I'm scared here alone, the adults say that there are ghosts on the mountain behind the auditorium that ghosts eat people, and I want to go back with my grandmother. Cao Juying smiled and said, "Fool! What the hell is there, that's what adults use to scare children. Hao Jiaming shook his head like a broken wave drum and said, "No, no, grandma!" Obviously I'm afraid, I'm obviously afraid to stay here. Hao Jiaming was playing tricks.

Cao Juying thought for a while and said, "That's okay, then let's carry your sister home, and take care of what the cadres of the production team will do tomorrow, your sister's body is important, come!" Clearly! You take a flashlight and wait for grandma to show the way. ”

Cao Juying said and took away the handkerchief on Hao Jiali's forehead, then helped Hao Jiali sit up and moved Hao Jiali's body to the corner of the auditorium to lean on.

With her hands, Cao Juying knelt on the ground with her back to Hao Jiali's body.

After kneeling down, Cao Juying asked Hao Jiaming to grab Hao Jiali's two wrists from behind her and put them on her shoulders, and also told Hao Jiaming to be careful not to touch the wound on the back of Hao Jiali's hand.

Hao Jiaming did so.

After putting Hao Jiali's arm on her shoulder, Cao Juying gently pulled up Hao Jiali's body and stuck it on her back, and asked Hao Jiaming to help Hao Jiali behind her back to prevent Hao Jiali's body from falling backwards, and then, Cao Juying picked up the nylon rope that tied Hao Jiali's feet from the underground production team in advance, and held one end with one hand, and the other end told Hao Jiaming to wrap the rope around Hao Jiali's body from behind her back and give it to her.

Hao Jiaming circled the rope, Cao Juying crossed the two ends of the rope and pulled it tightly, and Hao Jiali's body was firmly attached to Cao Juying's back.

Then Cao Juying tied the rope in a slipknot on her chest, and bent her knees and crossed her hands on the ground to slowly stand up in the posture of Hao Jiali lying on her back, and after getting up, Hao Jiali slept firmly on Cao Juying's back.

As soon as Hao Jiali was on her back, Cao Juying grabbed one of Hao Jiali's feet with both hands and put it on her waist, and asked Hao Jiaming to pour out the medicine bowl that Hao Jiali had drunk, put the empty bowl into a fishing net bag and hold it, and then Cao Juying extinguished the kerosene lamp lit by the crowd in the auditorium for Hao Jiali, and the grandparents and grandchildren walked towards the door of the auditorium.

But less than halfway through the walk, I didn't reach the entrance of the auditorium.

"Wait, Mingming! Grandma forgot one more thing. ”

Cao Juying suddenly remembered that the charcoal brazier in the auditorium had not been extinguished and was still burning, Cao Juying was afraid that when she left, there would be no one in the auditorium, and the burning charcoal brazier would be knocked to the ground by the rats in the auditorium, and then it would definitely light the straw bed laid by the masses for Hao Jiali and immediately cause a fire to the auditorium, Cao Juying felt that such consequences were not worth it.

In the auditorium of the production team, there was nothing of value in it, except for the stools for sitting in the mass meeting.

Cao Juying understands that if the fire is caused by this fire, and Hao Jiali is rescued by herself, this crime must be set on her head, and if the fire is extinguished before it extends to the granary behind the auditorium, Cao Juying thinks that it is better not to let the auditorium catch fire, because she has already committed a crime before solving the actual problem, Cao Juying thinks it is not cost-effective.

Cao Juying asked Hao Jiaming to wait at the door of the auditorium, she herself reversed and approached the brazier, and then rubbed her toes against the wooden box on the periphery of the brazier all the way to the door of the auditorium, kicking the box all the way forward.

When they arrived at the door of the auditorium, Cao Juying asked Hao Jiaming to pick up some small stones around the auditorium and throw them into the brazier.

Seeing that the fire in the basin suddenly dimmed, Cao Juying tried to push the wooden box of the brazier with her toes, and then the box was so heavy that it remained motionless in place, and Cao Juying's heart finally let go.

Cao Juying thought that with the strength of the mouse's mouth arching the ground, this brazier would not tip over.

After dealing with the fire, Cao Juying took Hao Jiaming and Hao Jiali on her back to walk home in the light of the flashlight at night.