Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 366: Femur Fracture

"We’ll talk about it next time."

Qin Jiu, "..."

This answer is about as helpful as no answer at all.

"Can you carry it? Maybe we should give some to Auntie?"

They bought quite a lot, with the two of them having things hanging on and in their hands.

Since Qin Jiu is small and not very strong, Yi Chichi gave him candies, snacks, and some of his own stationery and paper.

It didn’t feel heavy to her, but that might not be the case for Qin Jiu, hence the question.

"No need, I can carry it."

"There’s still a bit of a walk to the carriage shop, are you sure you can hold on?"

"I can!"

Feeling underestimated, Qin Jiu responded firmly and then sped ahead with swinging legs, even urging Yi Chichi to hurry up because she was too slow.

Yi Chichi, "..."

She silently quickened her pace to catch up, "Keep it up, little man. If you can’t manage, remember to tell Auntie. We don’t have to be so tough."

"Okay, Auntie."

Qin Jiu agreed readily, although he thought to himself that giving up was not an option.

Auntie is too naive and has never really understood the boundless energy and strength of kids.

"Auntie, actually you can go faster, I can keep up."

Yi Chichi’s response was that there was no need, "We’re not in a hurry, it’s nice to just stroll along."

Qin Jiu had no choice but to stroll alongside her to the carriage shop at a regular pace.

The carriage shop was located at the entrance to the commune’s main road, a state-run unit with a simple structure: just a wooden house and two rows of shelters at the entrance.

Inside, the shelters were divided with wooden partitions into stalls for animals, specifically for people from major production teams to temporarily store cows, horses, donkeys, and mules while they’re at the commune.

The storage fee was low, provided it was just for storage. If help with feeding the animals was required, there was an additional charge.

Besides these, bicycles and tractors could also be stored.

Yi Chichi’s bicycle was stored here, for two cents.

After retrieving her bicycle from an old man, she unloaded the things from Qin Jiu, placing them in the baskets on either side of the bike rack, and secured the fabrics and meat.

Then, swinging a long leg over and standing on the ground, she asked Qin Jiu, "Do you want to sit in the front or the back?"

"Back."

Qin Jiu didn’t hesitate; he’s too big to sit in the front and it would impede Auntie’s biking.

So, he directly got on the back seat.

Yi Chichi turned to look at him, "Is it comfortable sitting like that with the baskets?"

"It’s better than sitting in the front and having a sore butt from the bar."

Sitting at the back was still uncomfortable, which was why Yi Chichi, who would rather have Uncle Yaozi sit and ride her bike, immediately empathized upon hearing this, "Then sit tight, I’m going."

"Go ahead, I’m steady."

Qin Jiu conscientiously grabbed the hem of her clothes, and seeing this, Yi Chichi pushed off, sending the bicycle flying forward.

On their way, she pedaled furiously, the wind rushing by as they sped forward, the vast fields of crops on both sides of the road making for a heartwarming and pleasant journey.

There was also a sense of the joy of harvest.

As they continued onward, nearing the Red Flag Brigade, Yi Chichi’s sharp eyes spotted a small overturned wooden barrel in a ditch along the field ahead, with two fish covered in dust and grass struggling beside it.

She furrowed her brows and slowed down, having a bad feeling about the scene. Hopefully, no one fell into the ditch?

While she was pondering, a groaning voice calling out in pain could be heard.

Qin Jiu’s ears twitched as he looked around, amazed not to see anyone, "Auntie, I heard someone calling."

But they couldn’t see anyone. Could it be that they encountered something unfortunate?!

"I heard it too."

Before she finished her sentence, an old voice suddenly came from the ditch, "Young lady, could you help an old man out?"

With that, a hand waved out from the ditch.

Yi Chichi, "...I’m coming."

She braced herself to move closer, then peered into the ditch when she got there, and oh boy, an old man was lying in the ditch with dried blood on his face.

Stuck with grass debris, he looked rather disheveled.

"Sir, what happened to you?"

"Don’t ask, I just blacked out and toppled down."

The old man’s voice was weak, but his eyes were bright with vigor.

"Then why don’t you get up?"

The ditch wasn’t deep, and there wasn’t any water. Judging by the old man’s age, he wasn’t at the point where he couldn’t climb up.

"Broke a leg."

This frail?

Yi Chichi’s gaze fell on his leg, noticing an odd posture.

She started probing, "Where are you from?"

"From the commune."

The old man, shrewd as he was, knew what she was concerned about and directly shared his situation.

"Don’t worry, young lady, this old man here (gasping) is named Zhang Xiuwen, living at Security Street (gasp) in the Da Xiu Factory Family Area. My son is Zhang Chengbing, the deputy director of Baoshan Commune’s Da Xiu Factory."

He was gasping quite heavily, and his gaze began to blur.

Yi Chichi saw it wasn’t going well and, considering she knew what she needed, she promptly got off the bike but didn’t rush into the ditch to help him up.

Instead, she quickly unpacked some candy from a bundle in the basket, unwrapped two White Rabbit candies, and then jumped into the ditch.

"First, have some candy."

The old man turned his head to avoid the candy she offered, panting, "I won’t take a child’s candy."

He had his pride; the candy was obviously for the little boy.

"You have low blood sugar, you need to have some candy to boost your sugar levels and alleviate the symptoms."

Going all black and unconscious, you end up in the ditch with a broken leg. It’s definitely a case of low blood sugar.

If his sugar levels aren’t boosted, there could be severe symptoms like seizures, coma, or even death.

"What candy?"

"Eat it first, and I’ll explain after."

Her attitude was firm, "If you don’t eat, I’ll have to force it in."

Before she finished speaking, she reached out with a stance suggesting she would pry open the old man’s mouth to force-feed him.

The old man was so startled that he hurriedly said, "I’ll eat."

Seeing him take the candy, Yi Chichi finally relaxed.

"Can I take a look at your leg?"

"Go ahead."

Upon closer inspection, Yi Chichi was a bit stunned. She thought it was a lower leg fracture, but it turned out to be a thigh fracture.

How did he manage to fall like that? It’s absurd!

"This is quite..."

She hesitated, "Just stay lying down, I’ll go and get someone."

With a thigh injury like this, she really couldn’t handle it, nor did she dare move him for fear of inducing further injury.

"Is it serious?"

The old man, feeling much better after the candy calmed his dizziness and heart palpitations, looked hesitant on hearing her words.

Yi Chichi’s mouth twitched, "Your thigh is broken, I’m afraid to move you."

"Then please call for help, but you don’t need to fetch anyone else, just go to Kao Shan Village and call Little Yaozi."

Qin Jiu, who had been silently squatting up top, blurted out, "Grandpa, do you know my Grandpa Yaozi?"

"Grandpa?"

The old man was taken aback and looked between Qin Jiu and Yi Chichi, "Are you the former hygiene worker from Kao Shan Village who married Wen Shi, Yi Chichi?"