Five years later

The scorching hot July is the rainy season, and the rain in Fengling Mountain has been falling for ten days and ten nights, and the heavy rain is like the sky has collapsed, pouring down from the sky. The water on the mountain flowed down in a hurry, as if the entire Fengling Mountain had become a world of water.

The lightning pierced the dark night sky, and there was a thunderstorm that exploded into the sky, so frightened that Lan Meng and the others hid in the wooden house and didn't dare to say a word.

The thunder frightened the little boy and hurriedly got into Lan Meng's arms, and looked at her with big watery eyes: "Mom, I'm afraid!" ”

"Qizi, don't be afraid, mom is here."

Lan Meng kissed the little boy on the forehead and hugged him in his arms. Through the cracks in the wooden window, she looked at the heavier and heavier rain outside, and some small trees around the wooden house that had been knocked down by the rain, and some shocking information suddenly flashed in her head, and she looked anxiously at the yam granny and Cai'er who were sitting on the side.

"We must go down the mountain now!"

"Why? It's raining so hard outside, and it's night, and it's dangerous if we venture down the mountain now. Cai'er looked at Lan Meng with a suspicious expression, she didn't understand why Lan Meng suddenly made such a decision.

Compared with Cai'er's on-the-spot questioning, Granny Yam seemed calmer: "Meng'er, is something wrong?" ”

"Mother-in-law, Fengling Mountain has been washed by heavy rain for the past ten days, and the soil in the mountain has already loosened. In addition, the weather today is particularly abnormal, and I am afraid that there will be a mudslide on the mountain tonight, and none of us will survive by then. Although it will be dangerous for us to go down the mountain now, it is at least better than sitting here and waiting for death. The lightning flashes outside, and we can use the lightning to light the mountain road and go down. Lan Meng carefully explained the reason for going down the mountain to Granny Yam.

"Even so, how do we go down? Alas, I'm afraid that my old bones will not be able to do it before they reach the bottom of the mountain. And the wolfberry is so small, I'm afraid the lightning will scare him. Granny Yam glanced at the little boy in Lan Meng's arms.

Lan Meng hugged the little boy in his arms tighter, listening to the sound of heavy rain and wind outside, feeling that the rain was getting more and more urgent. Lan Meng thought that the current situation did not allow them to think slowly, she looked at Cai'er: "You come to carry the wolfberry, I will carry the mother-in-law, let's go down the mountain together." ”

"Meng'er, this is not appropriate, you hurry up and take Qizi and Cai'er down the mountain, I'm not young anymore, even if God wants to take my life back, I have no regrets." Mother-in-law Yam didn't want to let herself burden everyone, so she persuaded Lan Meng.

"Master, how can Cai'er leave you alone, if you don't leave, I won't leave!" Cai'er said as she wrapped her hand around Granny Yam's arm.

"No one can stay, let's all go together!" Lan Meng said resolutely.

Mother-in-law Yam looked at Lan Meng and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lan Meng sharply: "Don't say anything, if you don't hurry up, everyone will die here in a while." ”

"Hmm!" Cai'er listened and hurriedly went to pack her baggage.

Lan Meng stroked the wolfberry in her arms: "Qizi, wait for Sister Cai'er to carry you, and mother to go down the mountain to play with her mother-in-law, okay?" ”

"Really?" Qizi looked at Lan Meng with his eyes wide open.

"Really, but you have to be good, don't cry!" Lan Meng looked at him dotingly.

"Well, Mom, the wolfberry will be obedient." After Qizi finished speaking, he stood up and kissed Lan Meng on the face.

Mother-in-law Yam looked at the mother and son with happy faces, if it weren't for the deterioration of her health, Lan Meng would not have given up going to Beijing to find her relatives, and chose to stay and take care of her, but she didn't expect that if she stayed, it would be five years, and Qizi would have been four years old. It was she who caused Lan Meng's family to not be reunited, and the deep self-blame in Granny Yam's heart made her shed tears of guilt.

Lan Meng used the strap she made to tie the wolfberries to Cai'er, put on a raincoat and a rain straw hat for them. And she and Granny Yam each put on a raincoat and a hat. In order to prevent herself from being physically exhausted at that time, she fell and injured Granny Yam, and also used a strip of cloth to fix Granny Yam on herself. When everything was ready, Lan Meng opened the wooden door and looked at Cai'er: "Let's go!" ”

Due to the heavy rain, the mountain road was a little slippery, so Lan Meng and the others could only hold on to the small trees on the side of the road and walk slowly. The rain was falling, the wind was blowing, and the thunder and lightning were fighting. Fortunately, everything went well, Lan Meng didn't hurt the yam mother-in-law, and Qizi also leaned on Cai'er's back peacefully and didn't cry.

After resting and stopping all the way, Lan Meng and the others finally came to the foot of Fengling Mountain, and they chose to stay in the broken temple that was some distance away from the foot of the mountain. Lan Meng picked up some rotten wooden pillars in the ruined temple and made a fire, which could warm the wet body and illuminate the dark temple.

Lan Meng took out some red date cakes from his baggage, distributed them to everyone, and looked at the village below the mountain with a worried face: "Shall we go and tell them to leave the foot of the mountain for a night?" ”

"On this rainy day, I'm afraid of your kindness, they don't appreciate it." Granny Yam sighed.

"At least we tried to warn them." Lan Meng looked at Granny Yam with a pleading gaze.

"Go ahead, it all depends on God's arrangement." Granny Yam said helplessly.

Lan Meng gave the sleeping wolfberry in his arms to Granny Yam, and then pulled Cai'er to put on a raincoat and rain hat and walk towards the village.

"Open the door! There may be a mudslide on the mountain, so get out of here! ”

Lan Meng and Cai'er knocked on the door from house to house, telling them to get out of here, and they got insults and ridicule. The blazing hearts of Lan Meng and Cai'er poured cold water on the villagers again and again. Lan Meng and Cai'er stood in the rainstorm, looked at the closed door of the house with a cold heart, and then walked back to the broken temple.

As soon as they reached the ruined temple, there was a cry of wolves and ghosts at the foot of the mountain, and the mud, sand, rocks and trees that rushed down from the mountain instantly submerged the village.

Lan Meng walked into the broken temple without looking back, and said coldly: "As soon as it dawns tomorrow, we will leave here!" ”