Chapter 286 - Chapter 286: Chapter 282: Malicious_1 (1/2)
Chapter 286: Chapter 282: Malicious_1
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Yingbao struggled to swim towards the shore, dragging Jiang Wu along, and Jiang Wu was still tightly gripping the collar of Xubao’s clothes.
Just like that, Yingbao finally dragged the two of them to shore, where several people together pulled all three of them up.
Upon hearing the news, Spring Lady embraced Yingbao, unfastening her cotton padded jacket to warm her up, and, with the help of the others, quickly stripped her son of his wet clothes.
Spring Lady held the two children close and dashed home.
Erni also hurriedly followed Spring Lady, holding Xubao in her arms.
Chen Zhao, crying all the while, took Yingbao and her brother’s clothes and stuffed them into the basket on her back. She followed Erni and they went to Yingbao’s house together.
Spring Lady laid her daughter and son on the kang, covering them with blankets, she hurriedly stuffed dry grass into the kang’s cavity and lit it.
She then went to the kitchen to boil water and made ginger tea for the children to drink.
Yingbao, huddled under the blanket, warmed up after some time.
Feeling Jiang Wu next to her, she put a slice of wu ding zhi into his mouth and gently asked: “How did you and Xubao fall into the water?”
Jiang Wu, teeth chattering still, took quite a while to respond: “It was his stepmother who kicked him in…”
“Kicked him in? Why?”
“I don’t know, I was out for a run, Xubao came following me, as he passed by the pool, his stepmother kicked him in.”
Yingbao: “Who else saw it?”
“Old Lady Wang and another woman also saw it, they were just coming over,” said Jiang Wu: “Then Xubao’s stepmother ran away.”
Yingbao’s face turned sombre.
She hadn’t expected Chu Man to be so vicious, kicking a two-year-old into freezing water, is this something a human would do?
Although Yingbao didn’t particularly like Xubao, he was still unknowing and naive.
In this life, without the Han Family’s pampering, Xubao’s temperament was relatively normal, just like the other village kids, not particularly annoying.
Jiang Wu gradually relaxed, quietly asking his sister: “Will Xubao die?”
Yingbao: “No, he’s just frozen, it will be fine once he warms up.” Luckily the two children were dressed in thick cotton clothes, only floating on the water for a moment. Had they sunk and swallowed a bellyful of water, even an immortal god would not be able to save them.
At that moment, Xubao was also stripped of his clothes and hastily stuffed into the warm confines of the kang.
His eyes were tightly closed and his little face was pale, clearly suffering from the chill.
Chen Zhao was in hysterics, she continuously massaged Xubao’s cheeks and hands, saying: “Little brother! Little brother! Wake up.”
Before long, Chen Feng, along with her eldest granddaughter, Chen Wan, and her husband, Mr. Chen, rushed over. Seeing her young grandson in that state, Chen Feng rushed over, hugged Xubao, and burst into tears.
“My dear child! All because of that damned witch! Dare you harm him! I will avenge you!”
Mr. Chen furrowed his eyebrows: “Enough! She didn’t do it intentionally, what’s with all the wailing? You should hurry and find Wu Si to come over and take a look.”
Wu Si was the local barefoot doctor in the village, he’s the husband of midwife Wu Siniang, and had some knowledge of Traditional Medicine Technique.
It was only then that Chen Feng released Xubao and quickly instructed her eldest granddaughter to find Wu Si.
As it turned out, Chu Man had fled back home in a panic after kicking Xubao, hiding indoors and not daring to show her face.
Chen Feng had just wanted to question her about the missing rice basket when a villager had rushed over to inform her that Xubao had been kicked into the water by his stepmother, but was luckily rescued by the Jiang children and was now recuperating at the Jiang’s house.
Fury ignited in Chen Feng, she rushed into Chu Man’s room, pulled her hair and slapped her face.
Chu Man sobbed and said it wasn’t intentional, that Xubao had accidentally fallen into the water.
Chen Feng didn’t believe a word of it, kicking and striking Chu Man, she berated: “Normally when you twist his arm or pinch him, I considered it as disciplining the child, but today you almost took his life, you wicked woman! If anything happens to Xubao, I’ll make you pay!”