The sun was too strong and the road was rough. Old Xu, who was not young but always physically strong, couldn't hold on and fainted.
The whole face was dark red and white, and it was very hot.
This is heat stroke.
As he fell, many of his companions fell to the ground dizzily, but they did not faint like Old Man Xu.
At this moment, she couldn't care about anyone else. Mrs. Xu, who was the closest, shouted: "Old man!"
Xu Chunhe and Xu Dalang, who were two steps behind, quickly came up to help the person up.
Xu Chunlin and Xu Erlang who were pushing the cart also gathered around.
Xu Chunshan's family, who was at the end, also came up quickly.
"father!"
"Master!"
"Don't stand around, let's breathe some air! Hurry, give me some water!" Xu Dajun squeezed in and said.
As soon as Mrs. Xu heard his voice, her mind seemed to clear up. She quickly picked up the gourd on her chest to remove the gag, but her hands were trembling and she couldn't take it away for a long time.
Seeing this, Xu Dajun quickly took it over and pulled out the gag. Xu Chunhe also supported the old man Xu, pinched his mouth, and put it close to his mouth.
Old man Xu was in a haze of consciousness. There was water in his mouth. After a long drought, he found nectar, so he drank it subconsciously.
Half of the pot of water was consumed immediately.
He hadn't woken up here yet, but over there, Old Man Zhou was also dizzy. Zhou Dachuan came over to borrow water in a hurry, and gave him the remaining water in the gourd, and asked Old Man Zhou to drink it.
After a long while, the two finally woke up and turned around.
Seeing that the person was awake, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But they didn't dare to go on the road any longer. They had to wait until the sun went down, so they all moved to the woods beside the road, found a place to lie down and sit down, and rested their breaths.
Old Man Xu calmed down for a while, and then his mind slowly came to his senses, but his face was still very weak. He knew that he had drank most of the gourd water, and all the gourd water was gone. Looking at the remaining gourd on Mrs. Xu's neck, she felt sad.
Have to sigh.
"Why did you pour so much water into me? Just give me half a mouthful."
Seeing that he was fine, Mrs. Xu felt relieved. When she heard this, she laughed angrily and said, "I wanted to give you only half a sip. You caught the gourd mouth and didn't let it go, so you drank more than half of it."
It’s gone, and we didn’t have time to stop.”
In the situation just now, I was afraid that Old Man Xu wouldn't be able to survive. Who would care whether the gourd is empty or not?
Old man Xu sighed again. After all, he had drank so much water. He looked around and saw that everyone in the family was white-mouthed. On impulse, he wanted his wife to drink the remaining water from the bottle.
Forget it in one bite.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he held back.
If you take a sip of water now, it won't stop you from doing anything. Just save it and drink it again when it's time to die.
Old Man Xu couldn't exert any energy, and he was slumped against the tree trunk. Looking at the bare trees in the forest, his heart was pounding.
It's at least twelve or three days' journey from Qingzhou.
A person can endure hunger, but can he really go without a sip of water for half a month?
Old Man Xu couldn't help but feel a little panicked. He was not sure that he could really bring his whole family to Qingzhou to defect to his little sister.
He used to be so strong. He was always proud that he never got sick, never wasted money on medicine, his grandson could get married, and he could still carry a hoe in the fields without feeling tired.
But after the past few days, he also felt a little tired.
Old man Xu was so stunned that he forgot to turn his eyes.
Xu Yinyin curled up into a ball and stared blankly at the two inches in front of her eyes without blinking.
She was thirsty, so thirsty that her eyes flashed with gold, and she was so thirsty that she had hallucinations.
No need to dream, you can see water in front of you, drinkable water!
She opened her mouth slightly, thinking about taking the initiative to put the water into her mouth!
Zhang Xiulan swallowed, lowered her head and saw something wrong in her daughter's eyes. She was startled and called her quickly, "Yin Yin? Yin Yin?"
Xu Chunshan also looked over and saw that his daughter's face was pale and hot to the touch. He became anxious, turned around and crawled straight towards Mrs. Xu who was leaning under two trees behind her.
"Mom! Get some water and save her life! Yinyin has heatstroke and is about to pass out!"
Yin Yin?
Who is Yinyin?
Mrs. Xu was stunned for a moment, but when she saw Mrs. Zhang on the other side crying and shouting in front of Si Ya, she became worried and quickly stood up and crawled over in two steps.
They were all sitting next to each other. When Xu Chunhe and the others saw that Siya seemed to be in trouble, they all looked over to see what was going on.
Seeing that Si Ya's pupils were dilated, which was not good, Mrs. Xu didn't think much about it and quickly took the gourd from her neck and handed it over.
Xu Dajun took it and took off the gag. Zhang Xiulan also hurriedly picked up Xu Yinyin and leaned on her arms. She put the gourd against her mouth and pulled it up slightly.
The water got in by itself!
Xu Yinyin muttered something vaguely, and immediately started drinking heavily.
It's water!
This hallucination is more exciting than a dream.
Mom, I can finally drink water!
Xu Chunhe and his son, Xu Chunlin and his son, both swallowed and looked away.
Ma's eyes darkened, and his lips ached with dryness. He stared at the gourd, and his heart clenched tightly.
A trace of envy flashed across Wuya's eyes, and she leaned against the tree trunk weakly.
Mrs. Xu just looked at Si Ya and the gourd started making noises, and her whole face became twisted. She felt distressed!
The sound of gurgling made her flesh ache. She opened her mouth, and then opened her mouth again. Finally, she couldn't hold it back, so she rushed forward and snatched the gourd back.
He held it in his hand and shook it. There was still more than half of it left. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stuffed it in his mouth.
"You'll be fine after a few sips. Let's take a look first." After saying that, he glanced at Xu Yinyin's face. Seeing that it seemed to be a little better, he hugged the gourd tightly and returned to his original position.
Ma and Zhou saw that the gourd was not completely drunk, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that there was still a lot left.
Old Man Xu saw everyone's reactions in his eyes, turned his head and asked Old Mrs. Xu, "How are you, are you okay?"
"Drink half a bottle of gourd water!" Mrs. Xu said as her body ached.
Old man Xu sighed, looked up at his other sons, daughters-in-law, and grandsons, thought for a moment, and said, "You also have a couple of sips, and the rest, when we have a rest in the evening, ask the boss and the others to drink some."
"Drink them all? What about that?" Mrs. Xu hugged the gourd tightly and opened her mouth to refuse, "This is life-saving water!"
Old Man Xu looked at her and said, "How many lives can this save? Let's drink it. Each of us can taste it in one mouthful or two. The rest depends on our own destiny."
Among the several families who were walking together, they were the only ones with water. At the moment, there was only half a gourd of water left. Hanging it around their necks and shaking it made a lot of noise, so they might as well drink it all and finish it off.
He is also a bit selfish. He only has this little water left. If no one can survive and comes to borrow water to save his life, should he borrow it or not? It is better not to borrow it. If he doesn't borrow it, it is the same for everyone.
Another thing, the gourd is hanging, which is a bit conspicuous. If someone comes to snatch it, it is not a good idea. If the whole family takes a sip, it is considered to be in the stomach of their own family, which is better than being robbed.
There are really not many people in their family, and there is only enough for one person to take a sip, and there is nothing that can be done for the others.
It's better to drink in the evening after a break so that others don't watch them drink.