Chapter 6: Overboard
The motorcade that sent Xiao Xing'er to Guanlong encountered a flash flood when it was resting in Huaiyin County, Xiao Xing'er saw her girl Xiaolian being swallowed by the water, Xing'er was really scared stupid, the flood was too terrible. This is the first time in her little life that she has faced such a natural disaster and death, she doesn't even know what it is, her little friend is gone, she doesn't even hear her last voice, there is nothing...... Xing'er was extremely frightened, her body trembled, and she hugged the piano bag tightly, and her mood calmed down a little after a long time.
The horses are still galloping, the carriage continues to bumpy, all the way to various collisions, so that the car is no longer a look, and the flood behind him is still in hot pursuit, there is no retreat posture, the horse is still running wildly, as if the carriage behind him does not exist rampant, the little star in the car, although afraid, but not crying or making trouble, just tightly holding the piano bag, endure it, one bump after another big bump, the items in the car are scattered everywhere, another big bump, Just now, Xiaolian threw a fine soft bag to Xing'er and smashed it on her face, Xing'er remembered Xiaolian's words, "You have to have money on your body to not be sold...... "Yes! You have to have money to go home! Thinking about it, Xing'er grabbed the small soft baggage, tried hard to stuff it into her clothes in the bumps, and then continued to hold the piano bag, enduring patience......
Finally, the wheels of the carriage were overwhelmed after running all the way, and one fell off, the carriage tilted to one side and overturned on the side, but the frightened horse still did not stop, Xiao Xing'er fell into the corner where the carriage was lowered, and the quilt cushions in the carriage were scattered everywhere by the bumps along the way, fortunately, Xing'er fell on the scattered quilt.
However, fortunately it was only for a while, a few minutes later, the other side of the carriage also fell off and flew out, the whole carriage was dragged by the horse, without the help of the wheels, coupled with the mud all over the ground, the speed of the horse was dragged down significantly, but still moving, not long after, the car suddenly stopped bumping, Xiao Xinger was bumped up, after a long time to ease up, Xiao Xinger stood up with the piano bag and walked to the door of the carriage, lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, the horse pulling the cart in front of him had already escaped and disappeared, Only the broken carriage covers and broken carriages remained, and the rain was still falling.
Xing'er was just about to jump out of the car, a lightning bolt crossed the sky, followed by the explosion of thunder, stretched out little feet and retracted, and at this time, the flood behind had caught up, a force rushed to the carriage, inertia, Xing'er fell back into the carriage, the qin bag left her small hands, fell elsewhere, the force was still pushing the carriage forward, Xing'er reluctantly sat up, looking for the qin bag and hugged it tightly, this qin was made for her by her father and mother, she had accompanied her since childhood, she refused to give up, Xing'er hugged the qin, Prostrate on the floor.
The carriage was calm for a moment, and outside the carriage was the sound of bubbling water and rustling rain, but she could feel that the carriage was sliding down the water, Xing'er stood up tremblingly, and wanted to run to the door, the carriage shook in the water, Xing'er sat down unsteadily, tried and fell again, tried again and fell again, after a few times, Xing'er did not dare to move again, she opened the curtain again and looked at the water outside, the flood mixed with wood, stone and loess was rolling forward, the speed was extremely fast, Xing'er opened the curtain on the other side and looked out, what she saw was the land, it was the riverbank, must go back to the land, Xing'er thought.
As she was thinking, she noticed that the hem of her skirt and trouser legs were already wet, and her feet were already full of water. This made Xiao Xing'er panic, and a bad thought flashed through Xing'er's head, she wouldn't be eaten by the water, right? This fear quickly enveloped the little girl. Xing'er lifted the hem of her skirt and tied a knot at her waist, which made it easier for her to move forward, and the first few falls were because the skirt was too long to walk.
Xing'er tried to stand up, but the swing of the body made her give up standing up, Xing'er squatted down, moved sideways and moved to the door step by step, like a little crab, finally, a few minutes later, moved to the door safely, Xing'er turned around and took the piano bag and put it at the door of the carriage.
Xing'er was lying on the ground, and now she didn't care if her clothes were wet or not, as long as she could return to the shore. She waited, waiting for the thrust of the torrent behind her to become smaller, and also waiting for the carriage to float closer to the shore. The floor of the carriage sank and floated in the flood, and the water in the carriage also decreased with the increase of ups and downs, but Xing'er's clothes were all soaked, which made her shiver, and at the same time, hunger was constantly eroding her, she was so hungry...... Xing'er lay on the floor and looked around the carriage, looking for his usual favorite dim sew, none of which were gone, finally, he found a small piece of white in the corner of the carriage, which was a dim sum that was blistered, Xing'er has been the pearl of the Zhu family since birth, although it is not a delicious dish every day, but it is also white rice and white noodles, and the coarse grain has never been eaten......
But people were defeated by hunger after all, after a stomach growl, Xing'er crawled in front of the piece of snack, the snack was no longer as before, it was soaked twice as big, and the soaked crumbs were scattered around, Xing'er first picked up a large piece of dim sum and ate it, and later, even the scattered crumbs were picked up and eaten, but this piece of dim sum had little effect in the case of hunger and cold, Xing'er's body warmed up for a while, but soaked in water, and soon became cold again, Xing'er looked for something to eat again, She found a few pieces of smoked dried tofu scattered, which is what she usually likes to eat the most, she always feels that there is a smell of Granny Feng's fire, of course, this is not her snack, but Feng's mother's snack when she was walking, but now it has become a life-saving straw for Xing'er to satisfy her hunger, Xing'er picked it up and ate it all, it may be that the dried tofu is more anti-hunger, and Xing'er's body is finally warmer.
She crawled to the door, lifted the curtain, and looked outside, the rain had stopped, but it was dark, Xing'er looked at the dark, she was scared, the piano bag around her hugged more tightly, it was dark, although she wanted to go back to the shore, but she didn't dare, maybe she was too tired, Xing'er fell asleep on the car board with the piano bag......
In the dream, she returned to her mother's side, snuggled in the arms of Ruyu's mother, her father held her hand and taught her to write one by one, the eldest brother secretly stuffed her with a cicada cage to play, the second brother grabbed fruit with her to eat, and helped her mother push the cradle of the third brother to coax him to sleep...... It seems like it's right in front of you...... Xing'er was really tired from tossing, and she slept very sweetly and deeply.
When Xing'er opened her eyes again, there was no mother in front of her, no cradle of the third brother, nothing, only the endless darkness, the sound of bubbling water reminded her that she was still soaking in the water, but there was no feeling that the carriage was pushed forward before, Xing'er lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, a small wind blew in, blowing onto Xing'er who was soaked all over, Xing'er trembled a little, she opened her eyes and looked out hard, the distance was black and strong, like a mountain, and something soft that swayed with the wind, I don't know if it was a tree or a bamboo, Xing'er guessed, but what she saw next, she was startled, there was a pair of green dots in the distance, and then kept moving, one would go up and down, one left and one right, not a pair, there were about four or five pairs of green origins.
What is that? Xing'er guessed. Maybe it's a dog, she thought, because she's seen the dog in the county government with green eyes at night. But why four or five? What are dogs doing outside when they don't come home so late? It wasn't until one of the green dots suddenly disappeared, and then there was a long whining howl, that Xing'er finally knew what it was, it was a wolf! It's a man-eating wolf! Suddenly, Xing'er was afraid, the dogs in the yamen can swim, and the wolves can also swim? Thinking of this, her small body continued to tremble and shrink, and the arms holding the piano bag tightened even more, she buried her head in the corner between the piano bag and her body, holding her breath, not daring to make a sound or panting loudly, for fear that the wolf would hear it and swim over and eat her.
In this way, Xiao Xing'er was hungry and cold, and was afraid, but Xiao Xing'er didn't cry from beginning to end, whenever she wanted to cry, she remembered what her mother said when she stroked the piano for the first time and cried when her fingers were cut by the strings.
Mother said to her: Life has to go through countless tribulations, people can grow up, a little little thing, a small wound, a grain of sand into the eyes, crying heaven and earth, will not become a weapon, eat hardships in order to become a master. Then, her mother told her a lot of things about her grandfather, how her grandfather created a small world of clear streams with his own strength, and the Zhu family has been like this for generations, so the children of the Zhu family must also be prepared to endure hardships.
Although Xiao Xing'er didn't quite understand what her mother's words meant at that time, she understood, the children of the Zhu family should be prepared to endure hardships, so when she was lying on the water, although it was cold, she endured it silently, and when she was hungry, she also endured eating dirty food, although at the moment, I don't know if this is good or bad for Xiao Xing'er, but in the future, it has made her.
The carriage of the carriage still went forward with the water, Xing'er gradually found that the carriage did not seem to be so solid, she was worried and afraid, but she didn't move, the carriage seemed to be a little worse, so later, she simply didn't dare to move, lying straight on the floor to maintain the balance of the carriage, just like that, with fear, hunger, cold, and all kinds of birds and beasts, insects chirping, Xing'er survived for a night, and finally the sky on one side of the carriage revealed the white belly of the fish, the sun was about to come out, the sky was gray and bright, this is the arrival of dawn.
But the dawn had just arrived, and Xing'er noticed that the sound of the water in front of her was very loud, and the water was getting faster and faster, and when the carriage was close to a cliff, she realized that it was a downhill slope of the current, and she might soon roll down with the carriage, and what was below? She had no way of knowing......
The cliff is getting closer and closer, the water is getting faster and faster, and the sound of the turbulent water is getting louder and louder, Xing'er is afraid to retreat into the carriage, but to no avail, the carriage does not retreat because she retreats, but rushes towards the cliff more violently......
Suddenly, there was a violent collision, the lower board of the carriage hit the stone on the edge of the cliff, the reason for inertia Xiao Xing'er rushed out, in a hurry, she grabbed the piano bag, and the curtain, but her little head had rushed out of the car, just hanging in the air, when she rushed out of the moment, she finally saw clearly, it was a high cliff under the seems to be a puddle of water, but she didn't have time to think, the carriage due to the obstruction of the rock, and then she rushed, the curtain was pulled by her, the whole carriage under the action of inertia, has gradually standed, At this time, Xiao Xing'er couldn't hold back any longer, screamed on the verge of collapse, and couldn't stop her tears anymore, gushing out.
The screams of Xing'er crashing filled the whole valley, several birds were frightened and flew away quickly, the first collapse cry was followed by an even more tragic cry, the curtain of the carriage was torn upside down, Xing'er pulled the piano bag and fell off the cliff, after the carriage stood up, it was stuck on the edge of the cliff, and the items inside poured out, and then it was "Tong"! With a bang, the star fell into the water and disappeared......