The sky is not yet bright, but you will be able to see the road under your feet dimly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xie Yujiao was so deep in the wind and rain, and moved forward step by step with a shallow foot.

She thinks about her father, her younger brothers and sisters, her grandparents and grandmothers, her grandparents and grandmothers, and her hometown friends, she wants to go home, she just wants to go home, going home has become her obsession, she must go home!

Now only when you reach the town ahead, you have the hope of returning home.

She wants to save people, she wants to find someone to save the man surnamed Li, and that person can help her return to her family as soon as possible.

The family was waiting for her to come home, and now they just had to grit their teeth and stick to the town.

It's just a hundred miles away, you can, you can do it, for the sake of your parents, you have to do it.

Xie Yujiao walked and walked, and she didn't know what time it was, she only knew that she had been walking for a long time, so long that her legs were no longer conscious.

Fall, get up, and keep walking.

The road ahead is flooded by rain, so it's okay to take a detour.

If you fall down again, get up again, you still have to keep going.

Stumbling and stumbling all the way, falling countless times, there is no clean place in the body.

She even wondered if she would fall to the ground and not be able to get up in the next moment.

The ill-fitting cloak hung heavily on her body, becoming a burden. She unbuckled her cloak and threw it to the side of the road. Suddenly I felt a lot more relaxed, but I also felt much colder.

She made a big cake of rain from the sky and continued on her way.

Traveled lightly and picked up the pace.

The road under my feet was much smoother, and although it was still muddy, it was not as difficult as before.

The town should not be far away.

But countless times I looked up ahead, but I never saw the shadow of the town.

Xie Yujiao felt that she was about to pass out. She wanted to lie down, she wanted to sleep.

The feet are no longer obedient, as if walking on cotton, soft.

In the haze, there seems to be smoke ahead?

If you look closely, there is really a faint line of smoke drifting towards the sky in the rain.

Where there is smoke, there must be someone!

Xie Yujiao suddenly felt that she saw hope, she gritted her teeth and exerted all her strength, and went straight to the cigarette.

Looking at the smoke close at hand, you can't always get out.

Finally she ran and crawled to the place where the smoke was emitting, and she couldn't walk anymore.

What she couldn't believe was that the smoke actually floated out of the dirt hole.

This is a unique dwelling cave in this yellow earth, that is, a cave cave. Xie Yujiao saw the legendary cave for the first time, but it was not very strange. After all, for a little girl who has read all kinds of strange terroir logs since she was literate, this really doesn't scare her. Besides, she has a different life of twenty-five years than others.

"Anyone? Is anyone there? Xie Yujiao was already soaking wet and collapsed at the door, banging on the wooden door.

"Who, oh, come on, there's a little girl at our door"

"Uncle, help!"

"Ouch pitiful, why did this kid run out on a rainy day, but he couldn't get drenched, come, uncle help you up, let's go into the house"

"Come, boy, come in, poor thing, how is this happening. Drink a bowl of hot water and get it hot, and my mother-in-law will go find you a clean clothes to change. ”

"Thank you, grandpa, thank you, mother-in-law"

A big bowl of hot water was drunk into her stomach, and Xie Yujiao suddenly felt comfortable all over her body.

She looked at the pair of old men in front of her, their gray hair, thin bodies, and wrinkles all showed that they had experienced vicissitudes, and the coarse cloth clothes on their bodies were clean even though they had been washed white.

Don't look at the outside of the cave is not very conspicuous, but there is a different world here. As far as the room in front of Xie Yujiao is concerned, it should be a place to cook and eat, it is very clean, and the daily furniture such as tables, chairs and benches are also neat, except that the light is not very good, this is a good place to live.

She put down the bowl and saw that the old woman had already found clothes and came out, so she had to ask Xie Yujiao to change the wet dress on her body.

"Mother-in-law, you don't need to change it, I'm going to rush again, I can't go far and still get wet, let me ask you, how far is this Pingshan Town from here?"

"Kid, you're going to town? There is still a long way to go, why do you have to walk for more than an hour to arrive, this rainy day, or you rest at your mother-in-law's place for one night, and then hurry tomorrow, it will be dark."

"Thank you mother-in-law for your kindness, I still have a younger brother waiting to be rescued on the other side of the mountain, he broke his leg and can't walk, I must rush to the town today to find someone to save him, is there an ox cart at home, I will borrow it, I can pay the silver."

"What kind of silver money is not money, I don't like to listen to my mother-in-law, first change out of wet clothes and wrap them in a furoshiki and take them away, and then put on the clothes and hats later, it's better than wearing wet clothes," Xie Yujiao couldn't resist her mother-in-law's kindness, and went into the back room to change into coarse cloth clothes with layers of patches.

"Old man, the child said that she still has a younger brother waiting to be rescued, or let's go and pick up the child together"

"Don't, mother-in-law, thank you for your kindness, mainly because my brother is on the side of the mountain, I rushed here early in the morning before dawn, just to get to the town before dark, and there is an acquaintance in the town who can pick him up as quickly as possible."

"Oh, yes, the side of the mountain is indeed quite far away, let's rush back to Ming'er, or the young people in the town should hurry. Wife, hurry up to get some hot food for the children, and only when they are full can they hurry. ”

"Okay, you two sit and talk, and the old woman will go."

"Grandpa, mother-in-law, don't be busy, I'll leave right away, my brother is still waiting" Before Xie Yujiao could speak, the old lady was already busy.

"Hey~~, child, it's not that the old man is stingy, it's really that my family has no living creatures except for me and my wife who can pant for breath. The people in the neighborhood have all moved away a long time ago. It's just that the two of us are afraid that our son won't find anyone when he goes home, so he hasn't moved here, besides, we have no ability to go outside, only starvation, or live here for a day."

"Where has your son gone, has he been far away?"

"Well, he's gone far, far away," the old man seemed to be reluctant to mention his son's affairs, and Xie Yujiao didn't say anything more.

"Then thank you grandpa and mother-in-law, I'm rested, I have to continue on my journey, otherwise it will be dangerous for my brother to not catch up with the town before dark."

"Hey~, how can this work, the old woman has already burned the fire, and the noodle soup will be fine for a while, and only when you are full will you have the strength to hurry, don't rush at this time."

"Grandpa, I really have to go to the town after dark, it's not easy to walk at night, and if you delay for a while, my brother will be more dangerous."

"Old man, why don't you send it away, this rainy day, the little girl's family, how unsafe,"

"Mother-in-law, grandpa, it's okay, I'm resting, it's just more than an hour of effort, and I will fall down as soon as I grit my teeth, and besides, don't I have a hat and a coat, don't worry." Go back, I'm leaving."

Xie Yujiao is on the road again, and there is still more than an hour, thinking that soon, she can find someone before dark.

The two old men stood at the door of the cave, watching the little figure get farther and farther away in the rain.

"Hey~, what a good boy, this thief is a toss"

"Alright, let's go into the house, don't get drenched" The old man turned his back and went into the house.

The old lady waited until she could no longer see the figure before reluctantly entering the house and closing the door.