Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 178 Injured

Faced with the steep hillside with no road in front of it, the cow seemed to be frightened and refused to go up.

In desperation, Zhou Guoping took the lead and walked to the front, pulling the reins and walking up.

Finally, the cow behind was willing to move away.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The four people on Gu Zhan's side walked up, and the people on the hillside walked down. Finally, they met halfway up the hill, and then the people who had just come down took over and led the cows up.

Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi stared at Gu Zhan as he walked up step by step. With every step he took, Liu Xiaoxi's heart trembled.

The slope of the ravine in front of us is really scary. I don’t know how they got down in such heavy rain.

Gu Zhan was walking up alone at this moment. Somehow, when he looked up, he saw Liu Xiaoxi standing at the edge of the ravine.

From her actions, we can tell that she must be very anxious and nervous.

The thought of blaming her for not staying at home on a rainy day that came to Gu Zhan's mind suddenly turned into heartache. He went out early in the morning and encountered heavy rain. She must have been scared.

Finally, a group of people came out of the ravine. Almost everyone of them was covered in mud and looked like mud men from a distance.

"Gu Zhan!" Liu Xiaoxi ran to the side to pull people away.

Looking at Liu Xiaoxi's face covered in mud, Gu Zhan's remorse was magnified again. He took Liu Xiaoxi's hand distressedly and said, "I'm sorry for making you worry."

When she fell, Liu Xiaoxi's hand was accidentally scratched by a stone. She was so worried about Gu Zhan that she didn't feel the pain. Now that Gu Zhan was holding her hand, she realized belatedly that she felt a burning pain in the palm of her hand.

Gu Zhan didn't see the wound on Liu Xiaoxi's palm, but seeing that she was frowning, he subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"

"No...it's okay." Liu Xiaoxi shook her head.

Gu Zhan looked into Liu Xiaoxi's eyes suspiciously.

Feeling guilty, Liu Xiaoxi had to honestly admit, "I accidentally fell when I went into the mountains before. I might have hurt my hand, but I didn't notice it before."

Gu Zhan quickly loosened his grip on the head, only to see that his muddy palms were wet.

He hurriedly pulled Liu Xiaoxi's hand and saw that a large piece of skin on the palm of his hand had been rubbed off.

Suddenly, I felt angry and upset: "Why are you running around?"

"I... I'm just worried about you." Liu Xiaoxi said in a low voice.

"Did you fall anywhere else?"

Trying her best to ignore the burning sensation in her knee, Liu Xiaoxi feigned calmness and said, "No, I just accidentally rubbed my hand against the ground."

Gu Zhan didn't believe it. He looked ahead and saw that the large group in front had already gone far away, so he pulled up Liu Xiaoxi's trouser legs to above his knees.

The first thing you see is scars. Both of Liu Xiaoxi's knees were worn by stones. The blood that seeped out has solidified into scabs, and there are bloodstains in the center of the knees. It looks very serious.

"You..." Gu Zhan wanted to blame him, but after thinking about it, the only thing that came to his mouth was: "Does it hurt?"

Liu Xiaoxi wanted to say it didn't hurt, but when she saw Gu Zhan squatting down and looking at her tenderly, she couldn't hold back the grievance in her heart any longer: "It hurts, it hurts a lot. That fall hurts a lot."

As he spoke, he began to sob.

"It hurts, so you'll remember it. Next time, be good and wait at home. Don't run out."

As he said that, he squatted in front of Liu Xiaoxi.

"What for?" Liu Xiaoxi didn't understand what Gu Zhan meant.

"I'll carry you back. Your legs are like this, don't you want to walk back?"

"But you've already had a hard day."

"If you want your man to go home and rest, come up quickly."

"Oh well."

Lying on Gu Zhan's warm back, Liu Xiaoxi's heart, which had been in a panic all day, gradually calmed down.

Gu Zhan walked slowly with Liu Xiaoxi on his back. When he returned to Shanghe Village, the intersection down the mountain was already surrounded by villagers who came to help.

They helped those who were leading the cattle to lead the cattle, and those who were passing water to pass water.

The scene was solemn and grand.

The people of Shanghe Village were once again united because of this incident.

It is not the kind of unity that can be seen with the eyes, but the unity that comes from the heart.

Huang Guihua was also waiting in the crowd holding her granddaughter. She originally thought that her daughter had just gone to the brigade headquarters to inquire about the situation, but she didn't come back after waiting at home for most of the day. When her daughter-in-law Wang Yuehong went to the cattle farm to ask again, the brigade leader said that she had already gone back.

After receiving the news, she knew that her stubborn daughter must have gone into the mountains.

Fortunately, everyone returned safely.

When Gu Xinxin saw her parents, she waved her little hands and greeted them, babbling.

Liu Xiaoxi saw her daughter and hurried over to pick her up. However, Gu Zhan stopped her halfway and said, "Let me go. Your hands are not convenient."

"No..." Liu Xiaoxi originally wanted to refuse, but when Gu Zhan looked at her, Liu Xiaoxi immediately stopped talking.

My hands are indeed inconvenient.

Everyone was tired after a day of work, and now that the cow was finally found, they were relieved. When it was almost time, Zhao Baogen asked everyone to go home quickly.

He wanted to call out to Gu Zhan, but when he saw that Liu Xiaoxi was injured, he didn't feel like saying anything.

If there is anything, let’s wait until the results from the public security department come out.

Her daughter and son-in-law had just returned home, and they were still like two clay figures, especially since her daughter was injured. She didn't care about Liu Jinshui, who was also like a clay figure, and took the child from Gu Zhan's arms and said, "I just heard that Xiaoxi fell. You hold Xiaoxi and I'll hold the child."

Gu Zhan smiled and said gratefully, "Thank you, Mom."

It would be fine if he didn't smile, but once he smiled, the dried mud on his face would instantly crack and fall down.

Liu Xiaoxi wanted to laugh, but didn't dare to, and felt uncomfortable holding it back.

On the way back, Gu Zhan was still carrying Liu Xiaoxi on his back. Huang Guihua looked at the backs of the young couple and her eyes narrowed with a smile.

The son-in-law looks very satisfied now.

As soon as he entered the room, Gu Zhan put Liu Xiaoxi down and started looking for medicine in the drawers. After searching for a while, he couldn't find anything to disinfect the wound. He thought that if he wanted to buy disinfectant at this time, he had to go to the commune health center.

I had to find a bottle of white wine.

"It may hurt a little, just bear with it." Gu Zhan said softly.

Looking at the white wine, Liu Xiaoxi seemed to have felt the piercing pain in his knee.

She hesitated and said, "It's already scabbed over. It's okay now. No need to disinfect it."

Gu Zhan also knew that disinfecting with white wine would hurt, but after all, the wound had been in contact with muddy water for so long that it was difficult to guarantee that it would not be infected. So he coaxed her, "Be good, just close your eyes, it will be fine in a moment."

Huang Guihua was lighting a fire in the kitchen. When she heard her daughter's scream, her heart tightened.

She hurried to the main room and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

"Mom, it's okay, disinfect the wound."

The two of them packed up and changed their clothes, and Huang Guihua's meal was ready.

The five cows bypassed numerous obstacles and got lost together. This incident was a major event in the entire Xia County. The public security people also took it very seriously and sent people to guard the scene at night.