Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

Perhaps recalling unpleasant things from the past, the little girl's eyes were red. Before, Lin Jie was her only friend to talk to, but since Lin Jie and the others were driven away, she had no one to talk to.

"Sister Long, do you believe in those things?" Suddenly, the little girl looked up at Long Lifan and asked softly.

The little girl was too young to understand these things, but she knew that Brother Jie and Aunt Chen weren't bad people. But that's what everyone in the village said, and she figured that Sister Long, coming from a big city, must have a different perspective than them.

"I do not believe!"

Long Lifan patted the little girl's head and then said, "This is just a rumor that someone spread. I never believe it."

Although she didn't know why she had traveled through time, deep down she was a person who had received higher education in the 21st century, so how could she believe such nonsense?

"Really!" The little girl was very happy. She thought so too. Aunt Chen and Xiao Jie were good people and shouldn't be treated unfairly by the villagers.

Long Lifan told her a lot about the outside world, which made the little girl yearn for it. "I wish I could go out and see the world too!"

"There will be a chance!"

Before long, Jiang Nian'an and Hu Lili finished their tasks and overheard Long Lifan talking about things in the city. Hu Lili immediately perked up and began to tell the group about her experiences in the capital.

To be honest, Hu Lili's storytelling was very engaging, and everyone listened with rapt attention.

"This educated youth, Hu, isn't such a useless rich girl after all!"

Long Lifan thought to herself, "If Hu Lili had been born a few decades earlier, she would have been more than qualified to be a host or something similar in later generations, given her eloquence and storytelling ability."

It was almost noon when the group went to hand over their tasks. Although gathering pig feed was a tedious task, the girls thoroughly enjoyed it.

Especially after spending more time with the girls, Qi Fangfang's personality gradually became more cheerful. Initially, Qi's mother and Qi Shishen were a little worried, but after observing them for a period of time, they gradually lowered their guard.

During their free time, the group gradually shifted from recounting their experiences in the city to telling short stories. Word got around, and soon more and more people came to listen.

At first, some people were reluctant to get too close to Qi Fangfang, given her family background. But the stories told by the educated youth were so captivating to these children that they all joined in listening.

Now, the girls don't have to do the work of gathering pig feed themselves; the boys do it for them. In their own words, the sooner they gather enough pig feed for the educated youth sisters, the sooner they can hear their stories.

"Sister Long, shouldn't we be telling the story of Sun Wukong's Three Battles with the White Bone Demon today?"

Lin Tiezhu, as the captain's grandson, held considerable prestige among the boys and was their leader. At this moment, he looked at the female lead with a fawning expression and said with a grin.

"Hmm, not bad." Long Lifan could see that these children longed for the story; she had only mentioned it casually yesterday, but they remembered it very well.

That's how it was in those days. There was no television or storybooks, so these children's entertainment consisted mostly of things like catching fish and stealing bird eggs.

"Oh no! Someone fell into the water!"

Just as everyone was engrossed in listening, urgent shouts came from the villagers down the mountain.

"I think we heard someone fell into the water, shall we go and check it out!" Long Lifan stopped and looked in the direction the villagers were calling.

"Let's go...!" The children were a little disappointed that the story couldn't be heard right away, but they wouldn't miss out on any excitement. So, led by Tiezhu, more than a dozen children rushed down the mountain like the wind.

"Let's go take a look too." Curiosity is human nature, especially for girls. However, they didn't rush down like Tiezhu; they just quickened their pace as they descended the mountain.

"Shuttle, shuttle..."

When the group descended the mountain, the area was already crowded with people. All they could hear were a man's shouts and a woman's weeping.

It's true what they say, having connections makes things easier! The children who had been listening to the story made room for the group. Only then did Long Lifan and the others realize that the person who had fallen into the water was a 5 or 6-year-old child. The child had been rescued, but was lying there motionless, and they had no idea what had happened to him.

"The captain is here!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone parted to make way.

Upon seeing the child, the brigade leader immediately shouted, "Quickly, get Old Zhang to hitch the oxcart and take the child to the hospital right away!"

"Captain, let me try!" Long Lifan looked at the child's increasingly pale face. If the child was sent to the hospital, he was afraid that the child would not survive.

Ultimately, her conscience wouldn't allow it, so she spoke up. If she just stood by and watched a child die like that, she feared her conscience would torment her for the rest of her life.

"Long Zhiqing...!"

"Okay, okay, okay, come and take a look at the child!" Upon hearing this, the brigade leader recalled the scene of Long Lifan saving Qi's mother that day. Although Long Zhiqing repeatedly said that she did not know medicine, he could only place his hopes on Long Zhiqing now.

He was well aware of the consequences of taking the child to the hospital…

Long Lifan walked up to the child and felt his pulse and heartbeat. Although they were very weak, she could still feel them, and that put her mind at ease.

So, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he performed chest compressions and artificial respiration.

"What is Long Zhiqing doing!"

"Who knows? Have you ever seen someone rescued like this?"

"..."

The villagers watching were buzzing with discussion, which made the brigade leader inexplicably irritated. Normally, he would have already reprimanded him, but he was afraid of disturbing Long Zhiqing's rescue efforts, so he remained silent.

"cough cough"

Just as everyone was discussing it, a series of coughs rang out. The child vomited several mouthfuls of water before finally coming to his senses. Then he burst into tears.

"Father, Mother..."

"Good boy, you scared your father to death!" The man and woman quickly checked on the child, and the weight on their hearts was finally lifted.

"Grandma!"

"Yes!" The brigade leader responded happily upon hearing his grandson's call.

"Long Zhiqing, thank you so much!" The man, named Lin Weidong, was the second son of the brigade leader. Seeing that his son was safe and sound, he quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Second son, how can you do things like this!" the brigade leader scolded his son, then said, "Go back and have your mother kill that hen that lays eggs, and invite Long Zhiqing to our house for dinner tonight."

"Captain, there's no need for dinner!" Long Lifan refused repeatedly. She knew how precious chickens were these days, let alone old hens that lay eggs.

The villagers rarely see meat throughout the year. Many families raise one or two hens and only occasionally eat some eggs to supplement their nutrition.

"It was nothing, you should take the child home first. The child was quite frightened this time, you can boil an egg for him every day for a while to help him recover."

"This..." The brigade leader hesitated. He understood what Long Zhiqing meant: he should not kill the chicken, but keep it to lay eggs for his grandson.

However, what he couldn't understand was why Long Zhiqing was unwilling to admit that he knew medicine! No, he would have to find another opportunity to talk to Long Zhiqing properly another day.

Today's events made him realize even more how much his village desperately needed someone with medical expertise.