I looked at the little black snake at my feet with a puzzled look on my face, but it didn't seem to be hostile to me.

She twisted her body happily, raised her head, and looked at me with her round eyes, seemingly with a slight smile.

Without time to think, I rushed into the room where Wang Erming was.

Grandma continued to knock on the iron ladle with her eyes closed, muttering something and calling Wang Erming's name.

Mother Wang also saw Wang Erming's hand move. She looked at Wang Erming's pale face nervously. After waiting for a while, she saw that Wang Erming had not woken up yet, so she started crying again.

"Why haven't you woken up yet? Erming, Erming, woooo!"

"let me see!"

I pushed Huang Xiaojun away from the bed and bent down to give Wang Erming artificial respiration. I knew that Wang Erming's soul, which had been scared out of him, had returned to his original state, and he might only need one breath.

The people around me looked at each other, watching my actions in astonishment. After a while, Wang Erming let out a long sigh, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted.

"Snake, snake, there is a snake, Feng'er, the snake is going to bite me."

I stood up and asked,

"Brother Erming, are you awake? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Wang Erming sat up, looked at me in astonishment after coming to his senses and said:

"Feng'er, you saved me?"

I didn't answer and stepped aside. My grandma also breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Finally I've been called back!"

Father Wang thanked him and asked Huang Xiaojun and Wang Daming to take my grandmother and me back together.

On the way, Huang Xiaojun and Huang Daming asked me in confusion: "Feng'er, how do you know that mouth-to-mouth breathing can save Erming?"

"I saw this first aid method on TV. It's called artificial respiration!"

I was so embarrassed that my face turned red to my ears, because in that era, saving people with mouth-to-mouth help was still not accepted by people.

"Xiaojun, Daming, you must not tell anyone that Feng'er used this method to revive Erming today!"

My grandma might have been worried about my reputation, so she repeatedly warned Huang Xiaojun and Wang Daming.

"And one more thing! Tell your family members about this when you get back, and don't let anyone know."

"No, no! We won't tell!"

Huang Xiaojun and Wang Daming agreed immediately.

On the way, I kept feeling a hissing sound following us all the way. I didn't show any emotion, because I knew it was the little black snake following us.

And at this moment, the memory of the original owner flashed in my mind. I rescued this little black snake when I was 6 years old.

That autumn, my grandmother went out to release the cage before I woke up.

It was just dawn in the morning and the warm sunlight shone through the window onto my bed. I woke up, rubbed my eyes, and slowly climbed out of bed.

As usual, when grandma hasn't come back yet, I get dressed, wash up, and wait for her to come back to make breakfast.

The sunlight slowly moved forward, and I looked around. Grandma usually came back at this time, but today she came back a little late.

Although I was only 6 years old, I could already walk very nimbly. I was walking towards the road where my grandma was coming back, and I just reached a ridge in front of the door.

I found a small black figure crawling on the used fishing net that was used to catch chickens by the rice field.

When I got closer and took a look, I was shocked. The little black figure was entangled in the wire mesh. When it saw me coming, it raised its head and looked at me with its two round little eyes wide open. I was scared at first.

My grandma often told me to stay away from snakes, even though most of the snakes in the fields here are non-venomous.

However, if you are accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake, you may be sent to the hospital at best, or die at worst.

I wanted to go around it and walk forward. Just as I lifted my foot to take a step, the little black snake started to wriggle again.

I looked back at it, and its little black eyes were blinking, and it felt like it was pleading.

I was stunned and asked in a baby voice:

"Little black snake, do you want me to save you?"

The little black snake nodded its head as if it understood what I said.

I understood and hurried back to get a pair of scissors, and bit by bit cut the silk net wrapped around it.

After the little black snake was rescued, I found that its whole body was black and very shiny, with shining light in its eyes and a bald tail.

I heard from my grandmother before that snakes with bald tails are not poisonous and are domestic snakes.

It didn't swim away, but circled around me a few times, and then looked at me with its round little eyes.

"You are saved, go!"

I whispered to it.

It seemed to understand what I said. It nodded at me and whooshed into the paddy field.

At that time, grandma came back from not far away. Seeing me holding the scissors, she asked in confusion,

"Feng'er, you're up now. What are you doing with the scissors in your hand?"

"I just used a pair of scissors to help the little black snake cut the silk net wrapped around it."

My casual answer startled my grandmother.

"Hey, Feng'er, didn't I tell you to stay away from snakes? Come, let me see if you've been bitten by a snake? Is that snake poisonous? Oh my God!"

Grandma anxiously put down the bag carrying the cage in her hand and looked me up and down.

"Grandma, no, it didn't bite me, and it can even understand what I say, hehe!"

Seeing my grandma looking nervous, I chuckled.

Seeing that I had no wounds on my body, grandma covered her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good that you didn't bite me. Don't do that again next time!" Grandma said in a slightly reproachful tone, and a little distressed.

A few days later, one day, my grandmother got up early in the morning and went into the kitchen to cook. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she shouted, "Oh! There's a snake!"

I quickly ran over to take a look, and saw a black thing curled up in the corner. When I got closer, I was so happy. Isn't this the little black snake that I saved?

"Grandma, don't be afraid, it's the little black snake I saved!"

I smiled at my grandma.

Grandma plucked up her courage and looked over carefully with me.

"Oh, it's entangled with a huge mouse." Grandma exclaimed in surprise, as if she had discovered a new continent.

"Is it really the one you saved?" asked grandma.

"Yes, that's it" I answered confidently.

"Yes, this snake is very intelligent. I'm afraid it came to our house to repay its gratitude. It said there were always rat droppings next to the rice jar these days. It turns out that such a big guy came to steal rice!"

Grandma murmured.

"Thank you, little black snake!"

I squatted down and spoke to the little black snake. It seemed to understand what I said. It blinked its little eyes and clung to the big rat without moving. The big rat struggled desperately, but to no avail.

"We have to thank it. With it here, mice won't dare to come to our house to steal rice anymore."

Grandma also laughed after she said this.

I was helping my grandma light the fire and ignored it.

When my grandma and I finished our meal and went to see it again, it had already left with the big rat. Maybe it had eaten it. Why didn’t it stay at home and play with me? I was a little disappointed.

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