Chapter 36: Rebirth
The mountains and rivers are undulating and endless. The sun rises in the east, igniting the smoke for half a day. Between the cliffs, several thick slanted pines stood, the thick roots of which are staggered and coiled, hang around the air, and in inconspicuous places, recess into two tree holes that are not too big.
A three- or four-year-old baby crawled naked through a tree hollow and ran over, poking his little head out from time to time to look at the cliff. A breeze blew, he shrunk his neck, crossed his hands and explored around, muttering, "Where is this? Why am I here? Why is my body so small? What is my name?" looked at his little arms and legs, seemed to know but couldn't remember for a while, but vaguely remembered that he didn't look like this, and he muttered to himself: "It's all grown back." ”
He found a stone and smashed the bare roots, ripped off some soft bark, and wrapped it around his body, barely covering his nakedness. There was a rumbling in my stomach, "Gotta find something to eat." He crawled at the mouth of the cave and muttered as he looked down the cliff. The clouds below are shrouded in mist and there is no bottom in sight. He took a breath and sat back. Stretched out his hand and buckled a piece of old skin from the root of the tree, stuffed it in his mouth and chewed it for a while before spitting it out, "Bitter!"
He tilted his little head and looked at the old pine tree from top to bottom for a long time, "How can it grow, so thick, the roots can grow into holes." "There is no place in the world, not near the ground, lonely here, if there is something to eat, it is fine, but there is nothing but a few old pines, it is really worrying. He was stunned, turned back into the cave, and made a serious inquiry, groping for every cliff he could touch. The tree hole is not too big, about more than a zhang, the roots of the tree are coiled, although there are two holes, but there is a connection inside. What happened to me, I vaguely remember that I got into a strange hole, and then what happened, no matter how much I scratched my ears and cheeks, I just couldn't remember.
At this time, his stomach was rumbling badly, and he was hungry and flustered. He climbed to the mouth of the cave again, and probed carefully in the direction of the coiled roots. Suddenly, he noticed a sharp rock jutting out of the cliff face that was entwined with tree roots, and there seemed to be room for it, and on one side of the sharp stone climbed a green vine, verdant. Stuck here waiting to die, it is better to go there and investigate, he thought, as he tore a few strands of soft skin from the old pine and twisted them into a long rope, tied them to the roots, and tried, because of his small body, although the bark was not very strong, it was enough for him. Then he grabbed the long rope and slowly climbed down.
It took him about a cup of tea to reach the sharp stone. When I got here, when I looked up at the entrance of the cave, the pine trees were staggered and shaded, and if I hadn't come down from there, I wouldn't have found it at all. He sighed, "What a ghost, how can there be such a place?" he said as he surveyed everything around him.
He rode on the protruding stone, scratching his ears and cheeks, and looked around. When I was up there, I felt that the green vine was not too far from the sharp stone, but when I got here, I was dumbfounded. The distance between the two is six or seven meters, and the green vine grows from below, not to mention that he can't jump over such a long distance, even if he jumps over and grabs the green vine, it is in vain, and he can still fall down and fall to pieces.
He tugged at the bark hemp rope that was still hanging beside him when he came down, and wanted to pull it down, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Once it's broken, it's hard to go back.
In desperation, he tore off the soft bark wrapped around his body, tore it one by one, carefully rubbed a hemp rope, tried it hard, and muttered, "It's all up to you!"
He squeezed the hemp rope on the sharp stone, tied a dead knot, and then dragged the hemp rope down slowly, but fortunately his body was very light, and the hemp rope "creaked, creaked" after a few sounds, and then there was no movement. He dragged the hemp rope and kicked the cliff backwards for a few steps, then took a deep breath, "Death is death, it is better to fall to death than to starve to death." After saying that, he kicked the cliff and ran towards the green vines......
Just approached the green vine, only to hear the sound of "pop", the hemp rope broke, and then the body fell rapidly. He hurriedly reached over and grabbed the green vine. Since the green vine grew up from below, it only clinged to the cliff wall, and at this time, he suddenly pulled it and fell off the cliff wall suddenly. He let out a cold cry, "It's over!" His hands clenched a green vine, and his body fell rapidly. "Ah......h
More than 30 meters above the ground, the green vines are coiled, densely packed, like a tent. Between the green vines, a naked and bloodstained baby was entangled, his face was pale and panting. He tugged at his heart and looked up at the place where he had fallen, the clouds and mist obscured the sky and the sun, and he couldn't see anything above. One layer of clouds, two heavens and two worlds.
He froze his mind, looked around, and pulled a few leaves from the green vine and stuffed them into his mouth, although it was a little bitter, but he could barely swallow it. After resting for a while, he tore open the vines that wrapped around him and slowly climbed down the green vines. The further down you go, the thicker the vines become. At this time, he was not faced with whether or not to fall, but how to pass through the vines. Fortunately, his body was small and had little resistance, and even so, the vines still held him back, and the climbing speed was extremely slow. It took more than an hour to climb down more than ten meters. The gratitude to the green vine that had just fallen down had vanished at this time. "How can you grow like this?" he muttered as he rode on a branch. Out of danger and relieved of his hunger a little, he climbed down without hurrying, pulled a vine around his body, and then lay down on a thick branch and thought: Who am I? Why am I here? There are so many questions that he can't think of or explain.
As the branches swayed slowly, he yawned and fell asleep.
In his dream, a figure walked slowly towards him. It's very blurry, he can't see his face clearly, he only knows that it is a girl, it seems that the person has a very close connection with him, but no matter how he pats his head, he can't remember who this person is. He smiled at the girl, and the man smiled at him. He ran towards the girl, who vanished in a flash. He yelled as he searched anxiously. Suddenly, the girl appeared not far away and stretched out her hand to him, and he hurriedly reached over, but there seemed to be something between them, and no matter how hard he tried, the two hands could not be shaken together. He was crying as he tried his best to reach out to the girl, who was also crying, and suddenly, he heard the girl call out a name - Tian Xiang!
He woke up from his dream, his body was already drenched in cold sweat, and his mouth was muttering: Tian Xiang, who is Tian Xiang, is that me, who is that girl?
After a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, "My name is Tian Xiang?" he shouted as he climbed the green vines and rushed to the cliff.
After a brief moment of excitement, he fell into endless doubts: where is this? Why am I here? Who is that girl?