The old patriarch groped and took out the dry tobacco stick, and Village Chief Li immediately stood up and stuffed the tobacco leaves, lit the fire, and knelt down again. The patriarch spat out a few puffs of smoke rings, and sighed: "You two families don't mess around anymore, otherwise the clan rules will punish you, and you will never be polite!" There is a "yes yes" promise along the edge of the kang, "The little doll just born to your two families should not be simple, as soon as they were born, they will have a vision of heaven and earth, and the two of them may be characters in the future, raise them well, especially the Li family boy, don't think that it is not a female doll to take it seriously!" The baby's mother is dead, you have to go and explain to your in-laws, you have to bear what they say, remember to bring more things, it's not easy, don't lose people. Long Zhen and Shi Hao, you are all forty years old, you don't know how to do farm work at all, when can you understand something, your father and mother went to look for you everywhere a few years ago, and dragged your body down, you could have lived to be 100 years old, and now you can choke at the age of eighty, and now you see that they are half buried in the ground, how can you be embarrassed to rely on your father and mother to support?! Dan Xiao and his grandfather are our famous carpenters, and they are recognized from far and near, catch up with Ming'er, you two go to Dan Xiao and his grandfather, and then learn to learn carpenter work hard, and learn the craft well to support yourself and your children! Let Danxiao and his grandfather not have to come over to take care of me in the future, and change Danxiao and his father to serve, just say what I said. Also, Li boy, you are the village chief, tell the people in the village about the things on the Phoenix Ridge, so that everyone can not go up and wander around if they are fine, and if you accidentally fall into that deep ditch, you will die inside. ”

When you open the door in the morning, the snow is full of snow, and the snow is clear and the sun is cold. The small village at the foot of the mountain returned to its usual calm.

At the end of the third day, Li and Bao both mourned their daughter-in-law. The doll has no mother, and both families have found a nurse.

A year later, the dolls were weaned, and both families gave the nurse a red envelope and resigned. When the child was one year old, the old patriarch asked Danxiao's father to give each of the Li and Bao families a pair of longevity locks. Old Baotou took out the miraculous small round mirror that appeared on his daughter-in-law's body, hid it in a longevity lock, and hung it around the doll's neck. Lao Li Tou only hung the longevity lock on the doll's neck, and the small round mirror was still locked in the box with the family's heirloom Jade Guanyin, thinking that when he had a grandson, he could take it out and hang it.

Another year later, Li Longzhen and Bao Shihao successfully learned their carpentry skills, and the two partnered to open a small carpentry workshop, and the business gradually got on the right track. Bao Zhiyang and Li Youdi, two little dolls, often play in the carpentry workshop, lifting wood for a while and nailing nails for a while...... Gradually, the villagers discovered that the two children had a lot of strength in their hands, and that if they wrestled their wrists, they could be as strong as seven or eight years old......

At the urging of her father, Li Longzhen found a widow to continue the string. Lao Li Tou and his wife have to go to see their daughter-in-law every day to see if their bellies are big or round...... Bao Shihao devoted himself to his son and the carpentry workshop, and had no plans to remarry.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month in 1984, Bao Zhiyang and Li Youdi were already three years old, and they both liked to play with each other, and they had been best friends since childhood. It's completely different from their grandfather. Although Lao Li Tou and Lao Baotou did not make any more trouble according to the patriarch's intentions, they didn't like each other to take care of each other, and for three years, the two of them didn't say more than ten words together. In fact, at the end of last year, Lao Li Tou especially didn't want to take care of Lao Baotou, and he didn't even want to meet, because his second daughter-in-law gave birth to daughters again, and they were twin daughters. Lao Li Tou felt that he couldn't raise his head in front of Lao Baotou. Although Li Laidi and Li Yindi are not treated by their grandparents, Li Longzhen and his wife still love them, Li Longzhen personally feels the true meaning of the sentence "daughter is Dad's intimate little padded jacket", because Li Youdi has been too sensible since she was a child, and her IQ far exceeds that of her peers, and no one in the village does not pick a thumbs up, and everyone agrees that Li Youdi is much better than Bao Zhiyang, who is often naughty and mischievous and goes to the house to reveal the tiles.

The days passed plainly, and the passage was fast, and there was still more than a month before the Spring Festival of 1985. With a loud cry, Li Youdi became a sister again, and her third sister hugged Di and depressed Lao Li again. At the end of the year, the village general election to re-elect the village head, the family planning policy so that Lao Li Tou had to let the virtuous, the village people with the mentality of watching the excitement is not a big deal, and even elected Lao Baotou as the village head. In the evening, Lao Li Tou came home and smashed a thermos fiercely, so frightened that he kept crying, Lao Li Tou frowned, drank a bottle of Lao Baigan with a stack of peanuts, and fell asleep.

On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, at eight o'clock in the evening, people who did not have a TV at home gathered at the house of Lao Baotou, who had just become the village chief, to watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Ox with relish. Luo Wen from Hong Kong is quite handsome on TV, and sang three songs in a row, "Sharing a Happy Year", "In My Life", and "Chinese Dream", with a rich and beautiful singing voice, everyone stared at the TV, sipping melon seeds and drinking tea...... On TV, Ma Sanli began to talk about cross talk, and the adults in the courtyard laughed constantly, but Bao Zhiyang and Li Youdi couldn't understand it, and the two of them felt bored and quietly slipped out.

When I came to the street in the village, it was empty, and even the little chubby Dungui Danxiao, who usually likes to come out to play, stayed at home honestly. Bao Zhiyang proposed: "Youdi, let's go to the back mountain to play, usually grandpa and dad are strict and never let us go, I heard that there is a big phoenix living on the high ridge of the mountain." I've never seen a phoenix look like it, but I've heard it's beautiful. Li Youdi was very hesitant and said, "But grandpa said that if you dare to run to the mountain, you will break your leg, let's go somewhere else to play." ”

"We've played all over other places, there's nothing fun, now it's just like everyone is at home for the New Year, let's go and go back quickly, if you don't say it, I won't say it, grandpa and dad will never know, let's go!" Bao Zhiyang saw that Li Youdi still refused to agree, took out two golden copper bells from his pocket, handed them to Li Youdi's hand, and then said: "In this way, you go with me, and I will give you the pair of bells that my father just gave me!" Li Youdi shook the two small bells and heard "jingle bells" The crisp sound felt very good, she liked the pair of bells very much, and then nodded towards Bao Zhiyang. The two little dolls held hands and ran out of the village together.

When they arrived in Yuanliu Mountain, the two little dolls of Bao and Li were close together, and they fell several times with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Bao Zhiyang obviously didn't care much about the flashlight, and hurried to the mountain. Li Youdi gradually became a little scared, tugging at Brother Zhiyang's sleeve, muttering from time to time: "Brother Zhiyang, why don't we climb up, let's go back......" Bao Zhiyang was a little bold, he didn't listen, he still moved his small steps vigorously, and said: "It's okay, it's almost there, it's almost there, it's almost there......"

"Wow, how is this different from other places, the ground is so flat, there is not even a tree!Where do you say that big phoenix can hide?" Bao Zhiyang said breathlessly to Li Youdi, who was left behind. The two little ones finally climbed up Phoenix Ridge, and their legs trembled from being tired. They slowly searched forward one after the other, and suddenly, only hearing the sound of "ah......", Bao Zhiyang disappeared from in front of Li Youdi, leaving only the flashlight to fall to the ground. Li Youdi panicked, ran forward, picked up a flashlight and shone around, and found that there was a bottomless ditch in front of her! Lying on the edge, Li Youdi put her ear down and listened, and could barely hear some crying. She shouted loudly into the ditch: "Brother Zhiyang, Brother Zhiyang, what's wrong with you, come up, come up!" But there was no response at all......

Li Youdi has been praised by the villagers since she was a child, saying that she has a flexible mind and is extremely clever. After thinking about it for a while, she immediately picked up the flashlight and rushed back, she had to tell the adults everything about it, and with the help of the adults, she could rescue Bao Zhiyang.

Li Longzhen suddenly found that his daughter was missing, and after thinking about it, he understood, he came to Bao's house, found Bao Shihao, and asked him if he had seen his daughter. Bao Shihao said that he saw Youdi and Zhiyang watching TV in the courtyard just now, look for it, it should still be in the courtyard. Ten minutes later, the two checked the front and back of the Bao family, but still didn't find the two dolls, and they suddenly became a little worried. At this moment, the door of the Bao family was slowly pushed open, Li Youdi fell in, the clothes on her limbs had been torn in many places, and she shouted with her weak strength: "Brother Zhiyang fell into the ditch, go and save him, save him!"

The people in the courtyard all looked back, Bao Shihao turned the TV sound to mute, and Li Longzhen hurriedly picked up his daughter and asked: "What's wrong with you, where did you fall like this?" Also, what did you just say about what happened to Brother Zhiyang?" The little girl cried and told what had happened, and the people in the courtyard were shocked! Old Baotou was the first to react, he knew that his grandson had fallen into the deep ditch of Phoenix Ridge, and he was in danger! Without delay, he hurriedly lit a torch and ran out of the village. Everyone also reacted, and they all found torches or flashlights and rushed out with the village chief Bao. Li Youdi saw Bao Shihao running over, grabbed his hand, and said, "Uncle, bring a long rope, bring a long rope!"

Li Youdi was carried back to her home by her father, drank a large glass of water "Gu Dong Gu Dong", and found a small bottle filled with hot water, and then after scrubbing the tears and mud on her face, she begged her grandfather and father to take her to the mountains to see the situation. Lao Li Tou listened to Li Longzhen tell him what happened, and thought that it would be good to go and see, that was Lao Baotou's only grandson, and Lao Baotou should be anxious enough. "Let's go, granddaughter! Grandpa is carrying you, you lead the way!" With that, the three grandparents took two flashlights and walked towards the outside of the village. Along the way, Li Youdi lay on her grandfather's back and urged from time to time: "Grandpa, let's hurry up, grandpa, let's hurry up!"

On Phoenix Ridge, the adults followed the footprints to find the place where Bao Zhiyang fell, and shouted his name loudly, but unfortunately there was no response. The old Baotou saw that his son had come up with several bundles of ropes, and suddenly woke up, and while praising his son for his thoughtfulness, he beckoned the big guy to hurry up and tie the rope. The rope was about 150 or 60 meters long, and Bao Shihao tied one end of the rope to his waist, held a flashlight in his mouth, supported both sides of the deep ditch with his hands and feet, and slowly moved down. Five or six strong men pulled the rope together, and slowly let go of the rope in their hands little by little as Bao Shihao descended...... Fifteen minutes later, everyone found that the rope had been lowered for about twenty meters, and a faint voice came from the deep ditch: "Pull me up." ”

Bao Shihao was slowly dragged up by everyone, and said with a slight cry: "No, it's stuck if you go down, the deeper you go down, the narrower it becomes, I can't move it! Just now I shouted a few times Zhiyang, and I can vaguely hear his voice, he seems to be saying that it is cold, and it is estimated that the child is about to freeze!" Suddenly, he found the only child at the scene - Gui Danxiao. The boy who returned home was very curious, and he followed the adults to watch the excitement for the first time. The old Baotou seemed to have seen a savior, and hurriedly said to the little fat man who returned home: "Danxiao, you usually play with your younger brother Zhiyang, you help grandpa, go down to save him......" The little fat man couldn't make up his mind, and looked back at his father. Lao Baotou followed the child's gaze to Danxiao's father, and immediately ran over and said, "Danxiao's father, please, help uncle, uncle is just this precious grandson!" After speaking, Lao Baotou's anxious tears were about to fall. Danxiao's father looked at his son and said, "Son, if you are not afraid, I will help you Bao Grandpa and go down to save Zhiyang!" The little fat man hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and said, "Okay, I'm not afraid!" Then he took the rope in Bao Shihao's hand, wrapped it around his waist several times, and asked the adults to help tie it tightly, and then moved down with a small flashlight in his mouth and two hands and feet on both sides of the deep ditch. Bao Shihao whispered to Lao Baotou: "Dad, although Danxiao is a little doll, he is too fat, thinner than me is limited, it is estimated that he can go down seven or eight meters more, but he still can't reach Zhiyang!" Danxiao has been strong since he was a child, so there shouldn't be anything!"

Sure enough, more than twenty minutes later, under Danxiao's shouting request, the adults pulled the little fat man up to see that the rope was nearly ten meters longer than before. After Gui Danxiao came up, his face was red from exhaustion, and he hurriedly said, "No, I'm also stuck, and I can't go down." Just now I shone down with a flashlight, and I didn't see anyone in the black hole, and I screamed a few times, and Zhiyang just responded to me by saying that he was cold, and then there was no sound. ”

"What can I do?!What can I do?!" After listening to the little fat man's words, the old Baotou was suddenly deflated, the situation was far more critical than he thought, his only grandson fell very deeply, and if he couldn't save it, he might freeze to death and starve to death at any time...... Thinking about it, tears flowed out, and people in their sixties howled heart-rending in front of everyone: "God! What can I do? My grandson, my grandson! Who can save my grandson!" Ten minutes ago, the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Li family also climbed the Phoenix Ridge, hid aside and asked about what happened at the moment, Li Youdi listened to everyone's gossip and wanted to jump off her grandfather's back, she wanted to go forward to take a closer look at the actual situation, but the old Li Tou just didn't let go, he was afraid that his little granddaughter would accidentally fall into the deep ditch. Lao Li Tou suddenly heard Lao Baotou's cry, and there was a trace of pleasure in his heart, as long as he saw Lao Baotou aggrieved, Lao Li Tou was happy in his heart.

Bao Shihao heard his father's helpless cry, and his heart was also panicked, but he suddenly thought that when he was young, he went to the provincial capital to "explore the rivers and lakes", and people in the city said that it was difficult to find the people's police, so he immediately said to his father: "Dad, didn't we just install a phone in our village, go back and call 110 to call the police, they may be able to save our baby!" was about to run down the mountain, when suddenly Li Youdi struggled to break free from her grandfather's back and stopped Lao Baotou.

"Grandpa Bao, you wait first, I have a way to save my brother Zhiyang!"

As soon as the words fell, Lao Baotou was stunned, and everyone present was quiet...... Everyone looked at this delicate female doll suspiciously. Li Youdi then said to the old Baotou: "Grandpa Bao, you can only call Brother Zhiyang's second aunt when you go to the village." I remember that the second aunt worked in the people's hospital in the county seat, and she knew a lot of doctors, so you asked the second aunt to find a doctor to drive a big car to our village, and remember to let her bring life-saving medicine. The second aunt usually feels sorry for Brother Zhiyang, and she will definitely come as soon as possible. Then ask the second uncle to contact the police uncle and tell him exactly what is happening now. It's almost 12 o'clock now, everyone is at home for the New Year, even if someone can save Brother Zhiyang, it is estimated that he won't be able to arrive for a while. Just now, I heard that Uncle Bao could faintly hear Brother Zhiyang's voice when he went down, and Brother Danxiao could clearly hear Brother Zhiyang's voice when he went down, so I guessed that I would be able to find Brother Zhiyang if I went down more. You tie me up with a rope and put it down slowly, I'm slightly thinner than Brother Zhiyang, where he can fall, I will definitely be able to fall down, and I won't be stuck in the ditch. ”

At this time, Li Youdi took out the two copper bells she had just obtained from her padded jacket pocket, reached out and handed them to Bao Shihao, and continued: "Uncle Bao, you divide the tied rope into two equal sections. One piece, tie me up, and slowly let me into the ditch like when Brother Danxiao went down. The other one, tie the two ends to this small bell, find one end in it and tie the sheepskin jacket you are wearing and a big stone, and slowly put this end of the rope under the ditch, when it is put down, it will keep shaking, the bell will jingle the bell, he will be able to hear it when he approaches Brother Zhiyang, so that he knows that someone is coming to save him, at least he will not be afraid, if Brother Zhiyang can reach the sheepskin jacket, he can untie it and wear it on his body, so that he will be warmer. The other end of this rope, let my father hold it in his hand, his hand is closer to the little bell, I will move down this rope later, every minute I will shake this rope twice as a signal, it is considered to report safety to you, if I don't shake the rope for a long time, the bell in my father's hand will not ring, you have to pull me up quickly. After I go down to find Brother Zhiyang, I will tie this rope around his waist, and then I will shake the rope more than ten times in a row, and the bell in my father's hand will ring continuously, and at this time, you will slowly pull the two ropes up together at the same time, and you will pull me and Brother Zhiyang up together. Brother Zhiyang has been under the ditch for a long time, his body is cold, not to mention, he will not be able to pant smoothly if he is stuck in the body, even if he pulls it up from the ditch, Brother Zhiyang will be very weak, you have to choose a few people with great strength and fast running, take turns to carry Brother Zhiyang down the mountain, and rush to the village to find the second aunt as soon as possible, there are doctors and medicines, and there will be no other accidents. ”

Quiet! Surprisingly quiet! Is this what a four-year-old doll can say? We all know that Lao Li Tou's granddaughter is very smart, but this is also a bit too smart, isn't it? Not to mention four years old, even many people in their forties at the scene can't think of so much! The silence was also quickly broken, and everyone reacted one after another, Li Youdi's method was very reliable, so they began to divide the labor to make preparations for rescue. But a voice appeared out of place: "You melon baby, it's just nonsense." I won't allow you to go down!Go, follow me home!" Everyone turned their heads to look at the voice, well, that's right, Lao Li Tou is still at the scene, can he agree with Youdi to save Lao Baotou's grandson?!