Chapter 55: "The House Leaks and Encounters the Rain" (1)
Father Tian Hezhuang said: "Mai'er, you go to pick up your sister, I slept at your Uncle Liu's house last night, and I had a strange dream, I dreamed that your sister hugged me and cried, crying very sadly, I got up this morning, I can't tell what it feels like in my heart!"
"Dad, Mom, don't worry about nothing like that, I'll pick up my sister right away!" Tian Limai said.
Tian Limai immediately went out to pick up his sister Tian Liyu, Tian Limai went out, and suddenly felt a little panicked in his heart, he just came home from school today, why did his father and mother suddenly worry about his sister Tian Liyu, which had never happened in the past.
Tian Limai thought and walked quickly to Erbotian Shuizhuang's house, he wanted to go to Erbotian Shuizhuang's house first, his sister Tian Liyu went to school with Tian's sister every day and went home from school together.
When I arrived at the second uncle Tian Shuizhuang's house, the second uncle was at home, Tian Limai asked, and Tian Yimei had not returned home yet.
"Tian Limai, are you back today? Your sister and they are studying, as usual, they are at the house, are the two sisters playing on the road today and forgot to jì? The second aunt said.
It was getting dark, and after Tian Limai promised the second uncle, he trotted to the elementary school where his sister Tian Liyu studied, and Tian Limai suddenly had a feeling: My sister had an accident!
"Sister, Sister Tian-" Tian Limai shouted as he ran.
It was getting dark, and Tian Limai trotted all the way to the elementary school where his sister studied, shouting as he ran, but there was no echo at all.
"Sister, Sister Tian—" Tian Limai's cry echoed in the mountains, in the forests on both sides of the road.
Tian Limai is also getting more and more anxious, and his shouts are getting louder and louder, he is no longer feeling at this time, but affirming: Something happened to my sister and Tian Yumei!
Just when he was almost halfway to the elementary school where his sister was studying, Tian Limai's shout responded: "Brother, we are here!" The voice seemed faint, and it was mixed with pain, it was Tian Yumei's voice.
Tian Mimei's voice came from a small mountain bay in front of Tian Limai, after Tian Limai heard the voice, he ran towards the small mountain bay at a sprint speed, it was already dark, he looked into the small mountain bay, but he didn't find his sister Tian Liyu and Tian Mimei!
"Sister, sister-!" Tian Limai shouted urgently.
"Brother, we're here!" Sister Tian came from the small ravine in the bay of the small mountain.
Sister Tian Liyu and their way to school passed through this small mountain bay, but to cross the small ravine, Tian Limai ran to the edge of the small ravine to see, and was dumbfounded: sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei were pressed at the bottom of the ditch by a few pieces of wood and soil, and the bottom of the ditch was about five meters high from the mountain road!
"Save me, brother!" Tian Qimei's voice was also very weak, perhaps because she shouted with Zuli Star before.
"What's wrong? Sister! I-" Tian Limai said hurriedly, and as he spoke, he wanted to jump into the ravine, but just as he was about to jump in, he was blocked by a small tree next to him, and as soon as the small tree blocked him, he was much more sober!
Although it was dark, because it was the eye sky, and it was not yet dark, Tian Limai could still see clearly, Tian Limai found that his sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei fell into the ravine because of the decay and fracture of the mud bridge sleeper when they crossed the mud bridge on the small ravine.
This kind of mud bridge, in the early Wuling Mountains is the most common, for the bridge, there were four kinds earlier, the four bridges have different sayings, and there are legends, the four kinds of bridges are stone arch bridges, cool bridges, throwing bridges, mud bridges. The stone arch bridge, it is said that it was handed down by Luban, the stone arch bridge is completely built of stone, in ancient times, because the transportation and handling of stones completely relied on manual labor, it was very unsafe, and it left the sad legend of "sprinkling beans to collect people on the top of the bridge", that is, after a stone arch bridge was repaired, the "master of the altar" who repaired the bridge had to sprinkle soybeans to the sky, and the soybeans fell to that side, and that side would die in a short period of time, and the dead person would become a yellow turban Hercules to permanently hold up the stone arch bridge, so that the stone arch bridge would not collapse, etc., for this reason, Maybe it's the reason why there are fewer stone arch bridges left in ancient times?!
Cool bridge, also refers to the wind and rain bridge, the bridge body is completely wooden, the construction of the bridge is the same as the construction of the house, with a lot of wood, and the process is very complicated, belongs to the dry column architectural style, the bridge is laid with large and long logs, the upper end is according to the distance of the bridge span, how much is arranged, there are beams, eaves, rafters on the top, and then cover the tiles, this kind of bridge is the most in Wuling Mountain!
Throwing off the bridge, a bit similar to the Luding Bridge, but the throwing bridge in the Wuling Mountains, the rope used is not an iron chain, but the oil hemp vine, rock steep vine, red vine, Guo rattan or hemp rope collected on the mountain, these rattans are specially refined with tung oil and so on, after the special refining of the rattan is fixed on both sides of the river or ditch, the wooden plank is spread on it to become a bridge, because the span is larger, people walk on it and sway left and right, so it is called "throwing off the bridge"!
Mud bridge, is the simplest kind of bridge, is also specially used for small gully class span of short small gully gully, with three small wood to set up, after laying some branches or thatch and the like, and then paved with mud becomes, this mud bridge is generally used for a long time, its use is determined according to the material of three woods, the material is relatively hard, moisture-proof performance is good, then the life of the bridge is longer, vice versa!
Tian Limai saw that the ravine was deep, and there were still steep stone walls on both sides, if he hadn't been blocked by the small tree, he would have fallen and injured himself.
Tian Limai was very anxious, there was only the voice of Tian Liyu in the ravine, and his sister Tian Liyu did not make any sound, which made him even more anxious and flustered, his sister Tian Liyu was not ...... Tian Limai really didn't dare to think about it, you must know that his father Tian Hezhuang, mother Yang Meizhen, and sister Tian Liyu are the family affection in Tian Limai's life, which can not be replaced by anyone! He climbed on the side of the road and stood for a second, slightly steady, he couldn't panic, he had to find a way to go down into the ravine, so that he could know what was going on with his sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yumei!
Tian Limai looked upstream and downstream of the ravine, and he found that there was a gap not far upstream, and the gap was covered by some small trees and thatch, and he wondered if the gap could go down into the ravine.
Tian Limai didn't care about the thorns and thatch, he stepped over in a few steps, he saw that the gap could really go down into the ravine, he didn't hesitate at all, pulled the silk thatch on the side and went down into the ravine, when he pulled the silk thatch, he felt that his hand was scratched by the sharp teeth of the silk thatch!
It was getting darker and darker, and Tian Limai went down into the ravine, and when he looked downstream, he couldn't see clearly because the trees and weeds growing on both sides of the ravine, which blocked the already weak light.
"Sister, sister!" Tian Limai shouted softly.
"Brother, we are here, and we are suppressed!" It was Tian Limei's sister who answered Tian Limai, and her sister Tian Liyu still didn't make any sound.
Tian Limai groped close to his sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yumei, and asked, "Sister, where is Tian Liyu?" ”
"Brother, it's all suppressed, my sister was still encouraging me before, saying that we would find a way to break free, and that someone would definitely come to save us, but my sister hasn't spoken now, I don't know if it's Lang!?" Tian Qimei said.
Tian Limai listened to Tian Yumei's words, and the anxiety in his heart added another layer, and he didn't feel that his feet slipped, and the whole person slipped down the ravine.
The ravine turned out to be formed by water washing on the rock wall, and Tian Limai, who was sliding, hugged his head with both hands, put his legs together, and let his body slide downward, because Tian Limai was only wearing a shirt, he felt a sliding abrasion on his back, and he felt a trace of pain.
Suddenly, Tian Limai's body stopped.
"Brother!" Tian Yimei screamed.
"Sister, don't be afraid, my brother is here to save you!" Tian Limai said.
It was completely dark, Tian Limai was in the ravine, his eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and he was able to roughly see his sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yumei.
"Brother, save me!" Tian Qimei said with a crying voice.
"Okay, sister, brother save you!" Tian Limai said, and at the same time he whispered: "Tian Liyu, sister, sister-"
Sister Tian Liyu still echoes.
Sister Tian Liyu's head was drooping, and most of her body was buried by three broken pieces of wood and soil, obviously, her sister Tian Liyu had passed out.
Tian Qimei's lower limbs were pressed by the wood, and because of the pressure on the soil, Tian Qimei couldn't move, Tian Limai quickly moved the wood that pressed Tian Qimei's lower limbs with great effort, and said: "Sister, you try to take out the legs!"
"Brother, I hurt!" Tian Yimei said cryingly.
"Sister, bear with me, listen to my brother, my brother still wants to save my sister!" Tian Limai encouraged Tian Yimei.
Tian Qimei moved, and she cried in pain, she pulled out one leg, but the other leg did not pull out.
"What's wrong? Sister!" Tian Limai asked.
Sister Tian cried and said, "Brother, if I don't obey the call, my leg must be broken!"
"Don't cry, sister, it's not broken, it's pressed! Brother come and figure it out! Tian Limai knew that Tian Qimei's other foot did not obey the call, maybe it was really broken, but he couldn't say it clearly, he could only speak to the good side to comfort Tian Qimei.
After Tian Limai gently put down the wood he was carrying, he began to dig up the dirt with his hands and throw it downstream of the ravine......
After a while, the nails of Tian Limai's hands began to hurt, but he didn't care at all, he shouted softly while digging the soil: "Tian Liyu, sister!" But her sister Tian Liyu was still in a coma and had no echo.
After Tian Limai shouted her sister Tian Liyu twice, she comforted Tian Yumei a few more words, and Tian Yumei was still crying.
Tian Limai kept digging the dirt, he didn't think about anything at this time, the only thing he thought about was to finish the dirt quickly, and then move the wood away...