chapter eight
Long Xiaoshan, who was collecting herbs, heard a sound and walked around a bush to see a petite figure squatting on the ground chopping firewood, with a big black braid in his mouth.
He exclaimed: "Sister Chuntao, what a coincidence."
He had just sent Chuntao back to the village in the morning, but he didn't expect to meet her again in the afternoon.
Chuntao was startled and quickly turned her head when she saw Long Xiaoshan. A red cloud flew over his sweaty face. She said with some panic: "Xiao Shanzi, why are you here?"
She deliberately waited until noon before going up the mountain, but she didn't expect that Long Xiaoshan was still on the mountain.
Thinking of those rumors, Chuntao's heart pounded.
This guy wouldn't have been following her, wouldn't he have escaped from the tiger's mouth and fallen into the wolf's mouth again
Long Xiaoshan said: "Chuntao, how about I help you chop it."
He saw that Chuntao, a quite petite woman, had to do such menial work as chopping firewood, which was hard enough, so he reached out to grab the hatchet in Chuntao's hand.
"No, no, no need." Chuntao jumped back two steps and said hurriedly: "I'll chop it, I'm done, I'm going down the mountain."
Chuntao picked up the firewood scattered on the ground and wanted to leave in a panic.
Long Xiaoshan understood clearly that Chuntao was afraid of him.
He was so angry that he couldn't explain it.
Just as he was about to turn around to pick herbs, there was a sudden loud crack of thunder, and then, a dark cloud floated from the sky, and it began to rain heavily.
The weather in July changed at any time, and the rain came fiercely. Chuntao, who was running down the mountain, couldn't bear the weight of the firewood on her back. She stepped on the ground and fell to the ground with an ouch, and the firewood scattered all over the ground.
Long Xiaoshan ran over in a hurry and saw Chuntao covered in mud and water. She tried a few times while holding her feet. She couldn't stand up. Her eye circles were red. She didn't know whether it was rain or tears on her face. She sat there blankly with a look in her eyes. People are worried.
"Chuntao, your foot is injured." Long Xiaoshan saw that Chuntao's foot was as swollen as a steamed bun. It was obvious that it had been sprained just now.
He reached out to hug Mrs. Chuntao.
"Don't touch me!" Chuntao pushed Long Xiaoshan hard.
"Stop sitting here, it's raining so hard." Long Xiaoshan reached out to hug her again.
"I told you not to touch me, you are not good people." Chuntao shouted with all her strength, pushing Long Xiaoshan.
"That's enough!" Long Xiaoshan's heart became angry and he roared. Chuntao was so frightened that she was stunned. Long Xiaoshan picked her up, looked around, and ran quickly in one direction.
He remembered that there was an abandoned Guanyin Cave in the back mountain.
It is said that it existed before the liberation. Later, the Four Olds were eliminated and the Guanyin statue was smashed, so the incense fell into neglect.
After running for a while, he saw a cave entrance, which was blocked by vines and thorns. Long Xiaoshan split the vines with a hatchet and walked into the cave with Chuntao in his arms. The cave is dry, but there is no one there all year round and it is full of spider webs.
Long Xiaoshan found a flat piece of land and put Chuntao down.
"Chuntao, let me look at your foot." Long Xiaoshan grabbed Chuntao's injured foot.
Chuntao seemed to be frightened by Long Xiaoshan's roar just now. She struggled with her feet twice but didn't move away. She watched with some fear as Long Xiaoshan touched her ankles that were as bulging as steamed buns a few times. She didn't know where to pull out a stick. A long golden needle pointed at her ankle.
"Xiao Shanzi, what are you doing?" Chuntao grabbed Long Xiaoshan's arm and looked at the nine-inch long golden needle in fear.
"Don't be afraid, your foot injury is quite serious. If the congestion is not drained in time, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk for a month after you return." Long Xiaoshan said.
"But… "
"Don't worry, it won't hurt. I have experience."
"Then... ok, Xiao Shanzi, please be gentle..." Sister Chuntao heard Long Xiaoshan say that she couldn't get off the ground for a month, so she didn't dare to stop Long Xiaoshan.
"Are you ready? I'm starting!" Long Xiaoshan whispered again. .
"Yeah!" Chuntao closed her eyes tightly, turned her head to the side, her face turned pale.
Seeing Chuntao being so nervous, Long Xiaoshan smiled, took the golden needle and slowly pushed it down...
"Ah!" Chuntao shouted, making a fist with one hand and pinching Long Xiaoshan's arm with the other hand, almost pinching off a piece of flesh.
Long Xiaoshan bared his teeth and said speechlessly: "Chuntao, I haven't penetrated it yet! You... don't be so heavy with your hands..."
"I'm sorry!" Chun Taohong apologized in a low voice with a dizzy face, and slowly retracted her hand from Long Xiaoshan's arm.
"Your muscles are too tense and the needle can't penetrate! Relax, relax!" Long Xiaoshan frowned.
Chuntao bit her lip, "Then... come again... I will try to relax."
"Okay, relax, I will try to be as gentle as possible..."
"Are you feeling better now?"
"Yeah! It's just that... I feel sore and numb..."
"That's right, I'm promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis now."
"How is it?!" Long Xiaoshan felt that Chuntao's body was shaking violently.
"It's sore and swollen, and I feel very uncomfortable..." Chuntao's closed eyes were frowned, and her expression seemed to be about to cry.
"Hold on for a while and the congestion will be drained out." Long Xiaoshan comforted Chuntao.
Chuntao made a gentle hum in her nose and nodded slowly.
About ten minutes passed.
Chuntao felt a slight numbness in her feet and heard Long Xiaoshan's tired voice: "Okay, Chuntao."
Chuntao hurriedly opened her eyes. She saw that her originally bloated ankles had returned to their original slenderness. She tried to move her ankles, but there was no more tingling sensation.
Chuntao was a little surprised, how could Xiao Shanzi be so powerful.
It took her a hundred days to break her muscles and bones. The sprain was so serious that it would take at least a month to recover.
"I'll help you up. You can try taking two steps." Long Xiaoshan stretched out his hand and pulled Chuntao up from the ground.
Chuntao tried to take a few steps, and couldn't help but feel a little happy, and said happily: "Xiao Shanzi, I am really well, you are so amazing."
She pulled Long Xiaoshan's arm and blinked her big black eyes. Soon she noticed that there was something strange in Long Xiaoshan's eyes. Long Xiaoshan was busy giving Chuntao an acupuncture just now, and the cave was a little dark, so he didn't take a closer look.
Only then did I realize that Chuntao's clothes were soaked through, and her summer clothes were too thin...
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