This is really an instinctive reaction, an instinctive reaction to being touched somewhere on the body by a strange man.
As a result, with this movement, her body slid down again, and her legs were already hanging halfway up the cliff.
At that moment, Xu Erlong felt that his mind was completely empty.
In the flash of lightning, he subconsciously stretched out his legs and clamped the girl tightly, lest she fall off the cliff.
The people on the river embankment were so frightened that they screamed one after another. The timid ones were already weak and squatted there unable to stand up.
Xu Erlong clamped his legs tightly around the girl, regardless of where he clamped her. His mind went blank.
You can't die yourself.
I have just been reborn, I haven’t earned any money yet, and I still have to take care of my mother and sister.
Xu Erlong only had this thought in his mind.
The moment he steadied himself, he shouted to the people on the embankment: "Tighten the rope for me."
He was really afraid that the rope wouldn't be able to withstand such weight, so in the end, he fell off the cliff with the girl.
Only then did everyone on the riverbank react and help tighten the end of the rope.
"Everyone, pull us back." Xu Erlong shouted to the top.
Now, he can't move, he can't loosen his hands, and he can't let go of his feet.
After relaxing, I really could only watch the girl fall off the cliff.
The moment he lowered his head, Xu Erlong noticed that the girl had closed her eyes tightly.
I don't know if I was stunned by fright, or if I didn't dare to open my eyes again and look at the scene in front of me.
It's okay if you're fainted, so you don't have to move around.
Just like in the water, to save those who are drowning, you often have to chop the drowning person unconscious before you can rescue them ashore. Otherwise, the other person will yell and struggle for life, which will kill the person who saved him.
There was an older man with some experience who helped with advice: "Everyone listen to my command. I call one, two, three, and everyone works together to pull them back."
"One, two, three."
"One, two, three."
Amidst a burst of rhythmic slogans, a group of men on the embankment worked together to tighten the rope bit by bit.
Near the entrance of the embankment, far away from the dangerous area, several more people came down to help. They pulled up Xu Erlong and helped pull the girl up.
During this pulling process, Xu Erlong's arms, thighs, and shoulders were all bruised and stained with blood.
"Young man, you are not bad for being so brave to save people." Some middle-aged men praised him.
The situation just now was so dangerous. If you were not careful, you could even risk your own life.
Among all the people present, no one would dare to risk their lives to save others.
This is really risking your own life to help save others.
Those women looked at Xu Erlong with eyes full of admiration.
This was still an era of hero worship.
What's more, the young man who rescued people was quite a handsome young man, with handsome features and a tall, strong figure.
The girl who was rescued woke up slowly.
There were several people with her, both men and women, and they all surrounded her. There was even a woman who hugged her and cried bitterly.
It looked like a dead person.
"Tongtong, you finally woke up. You scared me to death just now. I thought you were going to fall."
"We asked you to come swimming. If something happens to you, how will I explain it to your parents?"
The rescued girl, named Li Yingtong, was invited to swim today by this group of friends.
She is not good at swimming, so she came with a swimming ring.
No one told her about the dangers of this river beach. After accidentally leaving the swimming ring outside, she rashly went to pick it up by herself, which led to such serious consequences.
"Tongtong, let's go back. Stop swimming. It's too scary." Another girl said.
Li Yingtong was so frightened that she nodded in panic.
The group of people helped her to the changing place on the other side of the bamboo forest, changed her clothes and left.
"Oh, why did these people leave like this?" The middle-aged man who had just helped direct the rescue was furious when he saw this.
Damn it, you risked your life to save people and didn't even say thank you.
"Forget it." Xu Erlong didn't care either.
When he saved people just now, it was out of an instinctive inner drive, and he didn't think about asking anyone to say thank you.
He dragged his body covered with scars back to his cold water stall and sat down to continue selling cold water.
Perhaps, the feat just now made everyone awe-inspiring.
We had no other way to thank him, so we could only come forward and buy water to thank him and support him.
Some people even put down a dime and refused to let Xu Erlong make up for it.
Soon, both buckets of water were sold out.
Xu Erlong put away the bucket, tied the rope again, and left with the bucket.
When he went to a nearby health center, Xu Erlong wanted to prescribe some anti-inflammatory potion. The doctor threw him a bottle of red potion and a bottle of blue potion.
This is a common topical anti-inflammatory drug these days.
I often see children all over the street, bumping into each other, all smeared with this potion, their bodies are red and blue, and they look oozing.
At this moment, Xu Erlong didn't care so much and applied the red lotion.
In the summer now, wounds are prone to infection, so he has to take precautions.
With scars all over his body, he walked back to Qian'an Commune.
He came back with scars all over his body, and the whole village saw it.
Especially those who came to their house to pay eel, looking at his scars, they clicked their tongues and shook their heads.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Xiaoling dropped the accounting book in her hand and rushed over.
"It's okay, just a little scratched." Xu Erlong replied.
"It's so good, why is it scratched?" Zhang Jinfang was heartbroken and wanted to fetch water to scrub Xu Erlong, but seeing him smearing red lotion, she couldn't do anything.
"I accidentally got scratched." Xu Erlong grinned lightly.
As for the real reason, he couldn't say.
Otherwise, wouldn't Zhang Jinfang be frightened when she heard him rescuing people on the edge of a cliff, almost with his own life?
"Second brother, go and lie down quickly." Xiaoling said.
Xu Erlong is funny. He has a lot of scratches and looks scary with the red lotion on him, but the injuries are not serious and there is no need to lie down.
The news of Xu Erlong's injury soon spread throughout the village.
Everyone including the Xu family knew about it.
"You deserve it." Mrs. Xu said, "I guess he was beaten because he was speculating."
Xu Damin's heart trembled after hearing this.
He heard that Xu Erlong was harvesting eels, and he had the idea to follow suit in order to earn some money to go to college.
But now, after hearing that Xu Erlong was beaten, he suddenly realized that the risks of speculation were still quite high.
I have a great future, but I can't take the risk of losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds.
As for how poor the family is now, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, you have to ensure the various expenses for your schooling.
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The next day, Xu Erlong picked up fifty kilograms of eels and sent them to the chemical plant's food group.
Wang Bolin stood aside and winked at him.
Xu Erlong understood. After paying the goods and weighing them, he handed each of the people in the dining group a cigarette and followed Wang Bolin to a corner while no one was paying attention.