Chapter 973

When the sun set, Li Long called everyone to put down their work and pack up to prepare to return.

The flood had completely receded, leaving messy debris on the river beach. Some people wanted to see if there were any good things nearby.

Li Long looked at the sky in the south and found that the black clouds there had long since disappeared.

But he knew very well that since it had reached this season, snowmelt floods would come irregularly, so such floods were very likely to happen again.

Su Qiangqiang's face was a bit pale. Li Long felt that his body seemed to be still trembling. Li Long walked over and asked:

"Su Qiangqiang, what's wrong with you? Do you have a fever?"

"No... nothing." Su Qiangqiang barely revealed a trace of a smile, "Nothing, maybe I was frozen in the water, that water was really cold..."

"Go back and find the doctor in your village to prescribe some medicine, an injection is also fine." Li Long thought of one thing. At that time, in order to make Su Qiangqiang let go, he used a tree branch to poke the other party several times. Could he have poked him and caused an injury? That wound would certainly become inflamed and infected in the dirty water.

And it was very likely that he also choked on water.

"Okay, I'll go find the doctor when I go back. I think I'll be fine after sleeping." Su Qiangqiang still didn't think this was a big problem.

Li Long then went to find Meng Hai and said to him: "Su Qiangqiang might be injured, infected, inflamed, and have a fever. After going back, definitely let him go to the doctor to take a look."

"Okay, you can rest assured about this, I will take him over when I go back." Meng Hai also attached great importance to this matter, "If it doesn't work, I won't let him come tomorrow."

Today, for the sake of an iron shovel, he almost lost his life. Who knows what will happen tomorrow.

"Comrade Li Long, do you have any injuries on your body? We saw on the shore that you were hit by wood several times. Is it serious?" Meng Hai thought of the fact that Li Long was also very dangerous in the water at that time.

"I'm fine, my body is strong, it doesn't matter." Li Long smiled.

Earlier, when he was changing clothes in the woods, he felt it. The place where he was injured had already formed a scab. Now he didn't feel a fever, so it should be recovering.

His physical quality was much stronger than ordinary people, which was also the reason why Li Long dared to go into the water at that time.

Work finished. Because the flood wetted the ground, there was no way to eat dinner here, so they simply went back and talked about it.

Li Long watched Meng Hai and the others finish collecting everything, park the tractor in a slightly higher place, and then drive the small four-wheeled tractor to pull everyone up and drive back, before he drove the jeep with Ma Xiao Yan back.

"Comrade Li Long, you were really too brave today! That flood was so rapid, I felt dizzy just running to the front to look, and as a result, you jumped down... You are really a hero!"

"Don't, don't, don't," Li Long said hurriedly. While speaking, he scratched his back—it was itchy there. His left hand was holding the steering wheel, which didn't affect it. While scratching, he said:

"Clerk Ma, I'll tell you the truth. I was also afraid at that time. I cursed that Su Qiangqiang to death in my heart, but I had no choice at that time. People came to help me repair the road; if he died in the flood, I would feel bad in my heart.

If it really happened again, whether I would have the courage to jump down again, it's really hard to say. I am also a father of two children. For the sake of my children, maybe I wouldn't dare either."

Li Long's act of exposing his own ugliness made Ma Xiao Yan somewhat surprised. At this time, everyone followed the "Five Stresses, Four Beauties, and Three Loves," and everyone spoke in a very righteous manner. At least when talking about such things, everyone would heroically rush up like Ouyang Hai, Wang Hai, and others.

But Li Long directly dared to say that if it happened again, maybe he wouldn't dare.

Ma Xiao Yan felt that this was real, but this was not conducive to the publication of the news report.

"In other words, actually you were also afraid at that time?"

"Of course I was afraid. You can't feel it on the shore. Once in the water, the water is especially icy, and there is so much debris in the water. No matter how good your swimming technique is, you can't display it. Besides, I only know how to dog-paddle." Li Long really didn't think about being a hero, so he told the truth:

"I really thought at that time that after saving the person, I would beat him up. It was really a case of losing more than gaining! I also thought that if I really couldn't save him, then I would go up myself..."

The more he spoke, the more outrageous it became. Ma Xiao Yan opened her mouth wide and looked at Li Long, thinking in her heart that this certainly wasn't his real thought. At that time, the situation in the water was so urgent, how could he think of so many things?

Li Long didn't speak again, and he didn't scratch his back anymore, knowing that this was growing new flesh. Hmm, having good physical quality is just good; wound recovery is faster than ordinary people.

Driving the jeep back to the county, sending Ma Xiao Yan to the County Committee, and confirming that she would follow along tomorrow, he drove the car back.

It wasn't dark yet. When Li Long passed the acquisition station, he found that it had already locked the door. He stopped and let out a long breath.

Today's matter really had a great impact on him. Now he has injuries on his body, his person was soaked in the flood, a light scratch on his arm leaves a white mark, his hair is like hair mousse with dust, standing up strand by strand, and a handful of dirt can be rubbed off with his hand.

These are all external. Internally, just as he said to Ma Xiao Yan, actually, when he was in the flood at that time, he really wanted to save Su Qiangqiang and then beat him half to death to teach him a lesson.

It's just that after coming out, he had no strength, and the other party was injured, so he didn't do so.

He swore he would never do such a stupid thing again. It was just that his own physical quality was good. If it were someone else, being hit by that piece of wood with branches in the water on the back, he estimated he would have fainted in the water directly.

That would be failing to save the person and sacrificing himself too.

After relaxing here for a good while, Li Long smiled, started the car, and drove back to the large courtyard.

"Why did you come back so late today?" As soon as he entered the door, Gu Bo Yuan asked, "Did something happen in the mountains?"

"There was a flood." Li Long got out of the car, picked up Mingming and Haohao who rushed over, and said: "The flood came rapidly, which delayed the time for work, so I came back a bit late."

"You haven't eaten yet, right? We have eaten, and the food is left for you." Gu Bo Yuan saw that Li Long was fine, so he said: "Then I'll go back. There are quite a lot of people coming to sell goods these two days, so I'll go back and organize those goods."

Gu Xiaoxia came over and let Mingming and Haohao down. Yang Da Jie took out the left-over food in the kitchen and set it up. Li Long washed up at the well and then went to eat.

The consumption was great, and he was hungry. Li Long swept away the remaining food like a whirlwind, burped, praised Yang Da Jie's craftsmanship as usual, and then went into the room to wash up.

Only after washing did he know that his head, face, behind his ears, and even inside his ears were all gray mud. The wound on his back had already formed a scab, so he wasn't afraid of flushing with water. The water that flushed down was all muddy.

After washing, he felt much drier. He picked his nose, and it was also gray mud. Li Long felt a bit disgusted. Sigh, a big loss!

When sleeping at night, Gu Xiaoxia asked softly:

"Is the flood big? Dad was there at the time, and I didn't ask in detail. I see your hair has marks of being washed by water. Did you go into the water? Did you save someone or were you washed by the flood?"

Li Long didn't expect Gu Xiaoxia to be so meticulous that she could see this change. He hesitated for a moment and said: "Hmm, someone fell into the flood, and we went down and pulled him up."

"Are you okay? Is that person okay?" Gu Xiaoxia asked two questions one after another, and her hand had already reached out to hold Li Long's arm.

"It's okay, look, isn't it fine?" Li Long held Gu Xiaoxia's hand back, "Rest assured, I didn't think about being a hero, I just thought that the person came to help us repair the road, so we couldn't let the water wash him away... There were so many people there."

"Hmm," Gu Xiaoxia responded softly. A few seconds later, she said: "Think more when something happens. You still have Mingming and Haohao, and me, and Mom and Dad... a whole family of people..."

Gu Xiaoxia couldn't imagine what the flood was like at that time, but since his hair was full of floodwater, it must have been submerged in the water.

It wouldn't be very safe.

"I thought at that time, if I couldn't save him, I would have to go up myself." Li Long told the truth, "Rest assured, I'm not the material to be a hero, and I'm also relatively selfish. I haven't lived enough yet."

"Pfft..." Gu Xiaoxia laughed. Although this was said selfishly, who isn't selfish?

"With the flood, the road won't be easy to repair, right?" Gu Xiaoxia asked about other things.

"The flood took just over an hour from arrival to retreat," Li Long said, "It didn't submerge the road, but to be honest, I have to add an extra layer for the next road repair, which is to get some sand and gravel to pave on the road, otherwise, once the flood comes, it is easy to wash the road away, and the work will be in vain."