Chapter VII
For the next two days, the weather was still hot and there were many swimmers, but no one had an accident. Li Xuandu felt that he was a little psychologically dark, and he was always looking forward to something happening to others. But the reality is like this, he urgently needs to save people to accumulate merit and repair the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda of Heaven and Earth.
On the third day, Li Xuan felt that his opportunity was coming. Because of the heavy rain just last night, the river water is much heavier than before, and it is also relatively cool. Li Xuan has loved to play in the Elm River since he was a child, and he also likes to swim, and his water nature is one of the best among his peers. He knew that the water was cooler after the rain and that leg cramps were most likely to occur.
The weather in July and August is the hottest time in the city. Although it had just rained last night, it quickly warmed up. In the afternoon, as soon as I walked down the street, I felt a wave of heat coming towards me. Only by the riverside can you feel a trace of coolness.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Xuan was wearing a vest and shorts, standing by the river and not going into the water, just looking around. His greatest wish was for someone to have an accident soon.
Under the shade of the trees by the river, there is a group of old men and old ladies enjoying the shade. There was an old man who felt that Li Xuan was very strange. He had seen this young man wandering along the river for three days in a row, and although he was wearing shorts, he did not swim in the water.
This old man felt very prestigious among this group of old people, like a leader. He is also surnamed Li, and everyone calls him Lao Li. He pointed to Li Xuan and said to the other old men: "Look, that young man has been wandering by the river for three days, and he doesn't go swimming in the river. Seeing that he didn't look like a bad guy, there might be something, so I went and asked him. ”
After speaking, Old Li Tou'er walked over to Li Xuan. Li Xuan was looking around and saw an old man walking towards him, and he didn't know what was going on.
Old Li Tou'er walked up to Li Xuan, "Young man, what's your name? I see that you have been here for two or three days, what are you looking for? ”
"My name is Li Xuan, and I don't look for anything. It's the summer vacation after graduating from elementary school, and I don't have anything to do at home, so I come to my aunt's house to play. I heard that people often drown in this river, and I am good at water, and I am ready to wait here to save people. ”
"What a coincidence, my surname is Li. "Lao Li Tou'er has lived for such a long time, and it is the first time I have heard that someone is waiting by the river to save people.
"Young man, he has grown so tall since he graduated from elementary school, and his physique is quite good, not bad, not bad. It's commendable that you want to save people, but there are so many people in the river who know how to save them, and they have to wait for you to save them? Besides, how can it be so coincidental that there are people waiting for you to save them. Aren't you here to delay your efforts, it's better to go home and review your homework more, and study hard is the right thing. ”
"Not necessarily, a few days ago there was a man who drowned without being rescued. I figured that if someone was going to drown, I would have to go."
The two were talking. Suddenly, a cry for help came from the river in the distance. The people by the river were in chaos, and a few people who were swimming in the river hurriedly swam into the middle of the river, ready to save people.
At this time, it can be shown that Li Xuan's speed is coming. He rushed to the river in a few big steps, jumped more than three meters forward, and jumped into the river. Li Xuan waved his arms and paddled hard, causing layers of splashes. Li Xuan's swimming style uses freestyle, that is, crawling, and the movement is very similar to crawling. Although his posture was not graceful enough, his paddling efficiency was particularly high, and no one could match this speed, only to see a white line rushing into the distance, and several people swimming in front of him were quickly surpassed by him.
After swimming for more than a minute, Li Xuan swam to the place where the drowning man was. At this time, the drowning man had just sunk underwater, and one hand was still exposed. Li Xuan first swam to the side and back of the drowning man. Because he knows that if the rescue is carried out from the front, the drowning person is often extremely nervous and clings to the rescuer, which is easy to cause the rescuer to be dragged into the water. Li Xuan dived into the water, grabbed the drowning man's right hand between his left arm and upper body with his arm, hugged his chest from the side, and dragged him to the shore in a backstroke instead.
When he was about to reach the shore, Li Xuan directly put the drowning man's abdomen down on his shoulders and asked the drowning man to control the water. That is, in five or six minutes, Li Xuan rescued the person who fell into the water to the shore.
This amazed Lao Li Touer and the onlookers on the shore, and several people who wanted to swim to save people were also very impressed. "This kid is too good, and the swimming world champion is only this speed!" How did they know that swimming in the river is much more difficult than in the pool. If you really want to go to the swimming pool to compete, no one can swim faster than Li Xuan. It is estimated that Zhang Shun, the "white strip in the waves" among the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan in "Water Margin", can be compared with Li Xuan.
When they reached the shore, the drowning man had recovered his breath and squatted on the ground and vomited several mouthfuls of water one after another. He walked up to Li Xuan and thanked him.
"Nothing, whoever sees it will be saved. Everyone has seen that there are so many people to save you, but I can swim faster than others.
While everyone was surrounding the drowning man to inquire about the situation, another exclamation came from not far away. It turned out that a young woman with her two children had come to the river to enjoy the coolness. The two children saw many people swimming in the river, and many children playing by the river, so they clamored to go to the river to play in the water. A young woman surnamed Sun accompanied her two children to play in the shallow water of the river.
Just now, everyone was busy trying to save people, and the young woman and the older child looked this way. Suddenly, a rapids came and washed the little boy into the middle of the river. Seeing this, the older child hurried to save someone, but was also swept away by the rapids. The young woman also chased after the rescuer, also in distress.
At this time, the people who were watching the drowning man just now ran towards the river again. Li Xuan saw that something had happened again, not to mention how happy he was. "This is all a golden merit!" he rushed into the river in three steps and two steps, and was the first to leap into the river, swimming quickly towards the two children who had fallen into the water.
In a short time he caught up with the slightly larger one, grabbed it with his left hand, and swam towards the smaller one. After catching up with the little one, he hugged another one with his right hand. At this time, I saw that Li Xuan's water nature was coming. With the help of his legs and pedaling downward, he made himself float in the water, which is commonly known as "treading water".
When he didn't practice the Xuanhuang Merit Technique, when he stepped on water, the water could barely reach his shoulder, and only one could be exposed. After cultivating the Xuanhuang Merit Technique, his physical strength, athletic ability, and body coordination ability have been greatly enhanced. If he treads water now, the water will only reach below his chest. This time, I was holding two small children, and my shoulders were still exposed on the water. It only took a few minutes for Li Xuan to tread water and come to the shore. The two children only choked on a few mouthfuls of water, and were a little frightened, but nothing serious.
At this time, several other people who went into the water to save people also rescued the young woman. Since she was the last to fall into the water, the young woman had no problem and hurried to coax the two children.
In less than half an hour, Li Xuan saved 3 people, and he felt that the harvest was still great. Just watching the young woman being rescued by others, I felt that my beloved baby was snatched away by others, and I felt very uncomfortable. If only these people had slowed down, they would have saved one more person. The pagoda will have another wall.
Today, 4 people fell into the water, and they were all rescued quickly, and nothing happened, and everyone felt very lucky. The first drowning man and the young woman were very grateful to these people, and said a lot of thanks.
Li Xuan saves people not to be reciprocated, but to accumulate merit. Although the rescued person said that he would thank him properly, he politely refused.
Old Li Tou'er has been watching from the side. Seeing that Li Xuan saved 3 people in one go, he was stunned. I not only felt that this young man spoke accurately, but also surprised that this young man had a good physique and high water nature, especially admired Li Xuan's spirit of righteousness and courage, and his good impression doubled. In the evening, Lao Li Touer had to take Li Xuan to his house for dinner. Li Xuan really couldn't refuse, so he went to his house to have dinner.
Since then, he has become a New Year's friend with this old Li Touer, and often goes to his house to mix rice.