Chapter 44: Return to the Cave

I grabbed the protruding stones from the edge of the cliff, and my feet stepped on the cliff wall to climb up with strength. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, the little monk of Jing'an reacted very timely, and when I just stepped on that kick, he came to hold me in time. Although the sleeves of the clothes were broken, the speed of the fall was also slowed down under this tug. And after that, the little monk Jing'an grabbed me with a "rope" in time, so I was pulled as soon as I fell.

After so much effort to climb up, I couldn't help but sweat. When I climbed up, I sat on the ground with my legs slumped, unable to care if the dirt on the ground would stain my dress, but put my hands on my chest, trying to calm my heart. After slowing down, I felt that the ground was really cold, and the little monk Jing'an helped me up, looked at me quietly, and asked me for a while: "Miss, are you okay...... Just now...... It scared the hell out of me......"

I shook my head at him and said softly, "It's okay...... It's just that...... I'm afraid there's no way we can go back...... The boulder was not a gap, but it had to go beyond the road and still protrude out of the road. And...... It seems that on the other side of the stone, the mountain is also a little collapsed, and the road is ...... I can't get by......"

The little monk Jing'an exhaled and said to me, "It's okay if you're okay...... There's no going back to the mountains...... There is no way down the mountain...... It's snowing again...... Miss, I'm sorry...... If I don't invite you to come with me to the back mountain today...... I won't be trapped here in the middle of the night...... Can't go up the mountain...... No, no, no, no, no......, no Miss...... Are we going to freeze to death here tonight......"

"Houshan?" said the little monk Jing'an, and I thought of a place instead. If we freeze on this road, we are afraid that we will freeze to death here tomorrow, and if my mother sends someone to look for us tomorrow, we can only find the frozen corpse. I looked at the puppies gathered on the side of the road to keep each other warm, but I had a plan in my heart.

"Little monk, it's getting dark, can you still find the way to the back mountain?" I walked to the side of the road, picked up a puppy, and held it in my arms, it felt the temperature of my body, and also drilled into my arms, I held it, and it was warmer. The snow was getting heavier, and the little monk and I had to find a place to spend the night.

"Remember...... I know all the roads in this area, and I have walked countless times when I go up the mountain to chop firewood on weekdays, and I can walk there even when I close my eyes. Speaking of the road in this area, the little monk Jing'an told me very proudly. Then it dawned on him: "Could it be ...... You...... You're going back to the cave?"

I stretched out a finger, shook it at the little monk Jing'an, and opened my mouth to say, "So you're not too stupid! Wait here, I'm afraid that you and I will freeze to death on the side of the road...... It's better to go back to that cave on the back mountain, at least...... The puppies are still alive there, probably probably probably ...... Freeze us to death......"

The little monk of Jing'an nodded happily and said, "We must not be able to freeze to death!" Although the cave is smaller and a little dark, it can block the wind and snow on three sides...... Ineffable...... At that time, the master and the lady will send someone to find us!"

As he spoke, the little monk Jing'an picked up the other two puppies who were trembling on the side of the road, and did not untie the "rope" that had been tied to his waist before, but said to me: "Miss...... The rope will not be untied first...... Well...... Let's go back to the cave first. After a pause, he said, "Miss...... It's dark, it's snowing, it's all paths, it's wet and slippery, be careful......"

I nodded and said yes. Then he held the puppy in his arms, followed the footsteps of the little monk, and the two of them staggered back again. This time, the road is far from being as good as when it came. At first, it was not yet completely dark, and there was still some light to look at the road under your feet. Second, although it has often snowed in the past two days, the snow has just fallen when I walked over, and now it has been floating for a long time, and a slight layer has fallen on the ground, which creaks when stepped on.

In the past, when I was in the house, I was always happy when it snowed. The big girl next to me would put on thick clothes for me, and then I would go to the yard to build a snowman with Si Kite and Nian Duck, and also turn the white snow into a snowball and play with each other. After playing for a while, my mother would ask the girl around me to call me, prepare a hot ginger soup for me, and let me drink it to ward off the cold.

As soon as the winter comes, the weather becomes cold, I can only do some female work in the greenhouse with my mother, or play with a few little girls in my room, the winter is long, I will often look forward to the snow, always lying by the window, holding a small cheek, looking at the sky and praying for more snow!

But today, the snow I feel is not as cute and interesting as it used to be. Even though there is snow in the mountains, I don't want to make it into a snowball and play with the little monk, but hug the puppy in my arms a little tighter, and hold it a little tighter! Today, there is no girl to put thick clothes on me, and there is no ginger soup cooked by my mother...... Only...... Dark nights, and cold snow......

After a long staggering step, my legs felt like they were filled with lead. At the same time, because of stepping on the snow, some snow water entered the embroidered shoes, and they were all soaked. The calves went down as if they were unconscious, and they only knew the cold, but they couldn't help but walk, and they kept walking step by step. Because I know in my heart that one year my mother took me to give porridge in the winter, and I saw people who froze to death because of the cold. If I stopped, I would freeze to death in the snow.

The little monk saw that I was walking hard, and deliberately slowed down, and turned his head to ask me, "Miss, are you still moving......?" I carry you over? I go up the mountain every day to chop firewood, and I don't feel tired with firewood......

I rejected his offer. Because I can also see that not to mention that neither of us had eaten at night, but when he just fell off the cliff, it took a lot of physical strength for him to pull me up, and it was obvious that he was a little frivolous when he walked by himself, how could I be so willful to ask him to carry me. When he saw that I didn't agree, he didn't continue to insist. Instead, he walked a little slower and helped me along.

One foot deep and one foot shallow, finally did not fall on the road, and the little monk Jing'an's familiarity with the back mountain was also as he said--you can find it with your eyes closed, so when we went around a corner, we finally saw the firewood that he had piled up at the entrance of the cave to block the wind-finally ...... We walked to the cave.