Chapter 1146: You Are Our Village's Benefactor

Liu Chuxue's eyesight was extraordinary, but the villagers' experience was no joke either; she quickly located Gangzi's position: "Uncle Dewang, Captain, over there."

By the time the boat reached the range of her rope loop, Liu Chuxue was ready, yet the previous few attempts had all failed, and people occasionally let out sighs of despair. The Captain roared in anger, telling everyone to scatter and not hinder her performance.

Amid everyone's hope, finally the rope loop was grabbed by Gangzi, who looked utterly drained of strength.

The Captain shouted urgently: "Gangzi, good boy, loop it around yourself; only then will you be safe."

Gangzi had thought he would surely perish in this vast sea, never expecting Captain Uncle to come with people to save him. A powerful will to survive made him summon his last strength to loop the rope under both his arms, after which he lost all strength.

Those on the boat saw his head droop and couldn't help but cry out anxiously, "Ai, ai, ai!"

Several uncles from his own clan, seeing him like this, feared the rope loop might slip off him in the next instant, so all reached out to help pull the child up as quickly as possible.

Seeing the child had fainted and a distant wave was rolling in, for the child's safety and the safety of those on the boat, Liu Chuxue knew they couldn't take their time, since the incoming wave brought too many uncertainties: "Back up, all of you back up! I'll swing him aboard now; prepare to catch him."

At first no one understood, but upon seeing Liu Chuxue's motion, everyone nearly held their breath; if anything went wrong, the child could be injured.

But the distant huge wave was about to crash down; there was no time left.

Liu Chuxue controlled her strength quite well; at the very least, the person landed steadily on the boat, just as a group of people, disregarding the wind and waves, stretched out their arms to catch him. Though they were unsteady and all tumbled onto the boat floor after catching him, no one complained even a little.

Seeing the person rescued, the Captain said: "Quick, hurry back to the dock and make landfall."

Then he kept thanking Liu Chuxue: "Thank you, thank you. You are our village's benefactor; we are truly grateful."

Liu Chuxue had no time to say anything; she simply had people begin rescuing the child as she instructed.

When the boat reached the shore, the person had already vomited up quite a lot of water and had regained consciousness.

Gangzi's mother, being supported by others, stumbled forward, hugged her son who had been carried off the boat and was now found alive, and cried loudly: "Gangzi, you've scared your mother to death."

The Captain quickly had people pull Gangzi's mother away: "The child hasn't recovered yet; how can he endure this from you?"

Seeing the child shivering continuously, he immediately called several people over: "Help take Gangzi home; the child has been soaking in the water too long; he needs to warm up."

Then he pulled over a half-grown boy: "Run to Physician Ding's house and tell him to hurry to Gangzi's home at once."

That half-grown boy accepted the task, gave a reply, and dashed off in a flash.

The villagers who had followed, seeing Gangzi's condition was fairly stable, shifted their attention to Liu Chuxue: "Captain, which family is this young woman from? Why haven't we seen her before?"

Seeing Liu Chuxue's expression was calm, the Captain said: "She is a relative from her mother's side, the Jia family's daughter-in-law. If not for her today, we probably wouldn't have rescued the person so quickly; she is truly our village's great benefactor."

No one objected to this, since the several half-grown boys who had gone into the water to rescue people represented every surname, and the one who saved them was indeed the benefactor of the whole village.

The Captain had an idea in mind, but he couldn't say it yet: "Alright, everyone disperse; go do what you need to do, and let the benefactor go rest properly."