My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 83: Why did you save me?

Feng Liujin’s lips trembled lightly, his voice rough with emotion.

"...So the way to save someone is just like you just did, compressing the chest, and then... blowing air into the mouth?"

Lin Tang shook her head, "It’s not that simple; administering artificial respiration requires technique, you can’t just do it haphazardly."

Then.

She explained the precautions for performing artificial respiration in the simplest and most understandable terms to everyone.

She practically broke down every word to ensure that the villagers understood clearly.

After Lin Tang had finished explaining.

Feng Liujin’s expression darkened, his head bowed, no longer speaking.

Next to him, Old Man Guo nudged his son Guo Lei, who was listening and nodding along, with his elbow.

"San Shi, did you understand? If not, ask Tangtang. Learning this is not a bad thing."

Guo Lei nodded, his face serious.

"I understood what I heard, and I remembered it,

but understanding is one thing, and being able to do it is another.

I don’t know if I really understood...

It’s like I did, but not completely."

You could say he understood, but not completely.

His father was spun around by his son’s words and slapped him on the back.

"A boy older than Tangtang and you’re still not as smart as her.

Ah, I really don’t know what to call you, you fool."

The boys in the village were no match for one another.

Inside, Guo Lei was at a loss for words.

What does this have to do with boys or girls?

Although Tangtang is a girl, she’s just smarter than them.

"Dad, that’s gender discrimination," he argued seriously, "What’s there to compare? Tangtang is just better at everything than us."

Old Man Guo’s mouth twitched and he slapped his son again.

"When have I ever discriminated based on gender? And when did I say Tangtang wasn’t capable?"

The young lady is indeed capable.

More so than all the boys in the entire brigade.

Guo Lei received another slap, his expression becoming even more helpless.

"Alright, alright, you didn’t say it."

Over there, just a few steps away.

Lin Xiaojing was wrapped in Li Xiuli’s coat, slowly coming back to herself.

After regaining consciousness, her first words were, "Why did you guys save me?"

She curled up, her eyes dim and lifeless, her complexion pale.

It’s as if all the vitality had been drained from her body.

She didn’t even look like an eighteen-year-old girl.

Li Xiuli furrowed her brows.

She patted Lin Xiaojing’s shoulder, her voice softening.

"Don’t think too much. What can’t you get over?

Your life is still long ahead of you.

If there’s anything troubling you, talk to us about it. Don’t play with your life."

Lin Xiaojing looked up at her second aunt, her eyes slightly moist.

Why couldn’t her mother be a little nicer to her? Just a little bit would be enough.

When Feng Liujin heard Lin Xiaojing’s question, his face turned dark, his expression full of dissatisfaction.

"You only live once; when it’s gone, it’s truly gone.

Some people wish to be saved but don’t get the chance."

Having said that, he hunched his back and walked away.

His figure was thin and slightly hunched, a bit desolate, stirring up a sour feeling in those who saw it.

Lin Xiaojing looked up and was momentarily taken aback.

Lin Qingshan had not expected his cousin to jump into the river.

This was big news for the entire Lin Family, and even for Shuangshan Brigade.

After hearing his cousin’s words, his brow furrowed tightly.

"... What can’t be solved? You’re not afraid of dying, so why not brave living?"

Without waiting for Lin Xiaojing to reply.

Lin Qingshan crouched with his back to her, twisting his head to look at her.

"Come on, I’ll take you home."

Li Xiuli, along with her two daughters-in-law, helped Lin Xiaojing up and onto Lin Qingshan’s back.

Lin Xiaojing felt a surge of sourness in her heart.

Buried in her older cousin’s back, tears surged out uncontrollably.

Zhang Hongyan trembled when she heard that Xiaojing had jumped into the river.

She was somewhat slow to react.

It wasn’t until the villagers repeated it.

A subtle worry tinted the woman’s eyes, and she dropped her farming tools and ran back.

By the time Zhang Hongyan arrived, Lin Xiaojing had already woken up.

Seeing that Lin Xiaojing was fine, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

The onlookers, upon seeing Zhang Hongyan arrive, hurried forward to explain the situation to her.

"Hongyan, you finally made it, Xiaojing was in real danger this time.

She was practically breathless, but she was brought back to life by your Tangtang."

"Xiaojing has suffered greatly, the river water was so cold."

Lin Xiaojing stiffened for a moment when she heard the villagers say her mother had come, but didn’t lift her head from resting on Lin Qingshan’s shoulder.

After dealing with the villagers, Zhang Hongyan approached Lin Qingshan.

She looked gratefully at the members of the second household, "Thank you for your trouble."

Li Xiuli glanced at Lin Xiaojing and shook her head.

"It’s nothing, but you should listen to Xiaojing’s heart.

If the child wasn’t suffering inside, why would she jump into the river?"

Zhang Hongyan awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth and said, "... Yeah."

Zhao Shuzhen and Lin Xiuyuan, who had heard about their granddaughter jumping into the river, had also arrived.

They were aging, and each of their three sons and one daughter were more filial than the last.

The work they did was not strenuous.

After finishing, they would return home.

It just took them some time to get there from their house.

Seeing that Xiaojing was fine, the old couple’s hanging hearts finally settled back down.

Zhao Shuzhen swept a faint glance over Zhang Hongyan and looked at Lin Qingshan.

"Qingshan, send Xiaojing over to my place, she’s been in the water. Let her rest at my house for a few days."

Zhang Hongyan’s face turned white, knowing that her mother-in-law was dissatisfied with her.

Lin Shou also felt ashamed, his dark and skinny face instantly flushing red.

His mother’s words were a slap in his face.

Thinking this, he couldn’t help but feel resentment towards his daughter-in-law.

He had been telling Zhang Hongyan for over a decade to be good to their daughter.

But she was stubborn as an ox; no matter what he said, she wouldn’t listen.

Hadn’t they been busy finding a match for their daughter these days? How did they drive Xiaojing to jump into the river?

Lin Shou, who had been focused on earning work points to support the family, was filled with incomprehension.

Zhang Hongyan fell silent for a moment before saying, "... There’s no need to trouble mother with this, it’s the same if she recovers at home."

Zhao Shuzhen was very dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law at this moment, so she ignored her.

Leaning on Lin Xiuyuan’s arm, she gave Lin Qingshan a look to follow and went straight home.

Lin Tang and the others quickly followed.

The villagers had dispersed as soon as Zhao Shuzhen had arrived,

fearful of inadvertently attracting her displeasure.

They were full of the will to live.

So now, only Lin Shou and Zhang Hongyan were left.

Lin Shou suppressed his anger.

Looking at Zhang Hongyan, his voice was low, filled with deep confusion and dissatisfaction.

"What exactly happened?

How did you drive Xiaojing to jump into the river?

Do you have to push our daughter to death to be happy?"

Zhang Hongyan’s heart was also filled with anger.

"How have I driven her? She’s nearly eighteen, and girls in the village her age have long been married off. What’s wrong with me finding someone for her to marry?"

If she didn’t want to, then don’t. Who was she jumping into the river to show?

Lin Xiaojing really was sent by the heavens to punish her.

"... Can’t you talk to Xiaojing nicely? I know you blame Xiaojing for your inability to have more children.

But we have Qingya now, don’t we? And it’s been over a decade, what can’t you get over?

Why hold a grudge against a child who doesn’t know anything?

If you even gave a fraction of the patience you have for Qingya to Xiaojing, she wouldn’t have jumped into the river.

You know that Xiaojing is grown up and won’t be in this house much longer.

Can’t you be nicer to our daughter, I beg you."