Chapter 055: My cousin is in distress
Starting from the house, up to this ravine, there is a hairy road that has been walked out by bison and reindeer, and if you carry something on this road, it will definitely be easier to walk, so that you will not have to use a killing knife to cut down the branches and thorn vines that stand in the way. But there are a lot of things going on at home today, so she wants to take a closer road, although it is more difficult to walk, but she can still rush back to work at home as soon as possible.
In this direction, there is no road, but it just happens that the tree here is relatively large, and when the tree grows up, the vines and shrubs under the tree are relatively few because they can't see the sun, and they are also short, but they form a feeling that there is a road everywhere, and they walk briskly, and my cousin thought that this road was right, and hummed softly with joy.
It's just that there are a lot of rotten leaves piled up under the tree, and I don't know how many tens of thousands of years have passed, they have fallen and rotted, and they have rotted and become mud, and the tree has absorbed mud and then grown leaves, and then has grown leaves and fallen leaves, and so on and so on year after year.
My cousin has seen a lot of such places in the mountains, so it's not surprising, just pick as new places as possible to fall leaves, if the place is black and rotten, the leaves have turned into mud, there is no ability to bear it, no one knows how deep the mud under the leaves is, if it happens to be a pit below, it will be troublesome.
Two dogs and two little wolves followed the full sister one after the other, snorting and running around, they sometimes screamed a few times, trying to scare away the animals along the way, lest they come out to be scary, sometimes quietly stepped on it, by the way caught one or two rabbits, aardvarks or something, and gave the owner a night meal.
So they walk, in addition to walking in the general direction, they are also left and right, each of them is exquisite, and the full sister walks differently, she not only has to hurry. I also want to take less unjust roads, so I can only take the straight road as much as possible. When you go under a chestnut tree, there are significantly more leaves in front of you than below, which is also normal, because the leaves fall quickly in winter. One fell to the ground without leaving a trace, and because the leaves were heavy, they also floated not far away, and they all landed next to the tree, so that the leaves of the tree were bright yellow and looked new. Man Mei felt that this place could be walked over, and there was no need to detour, not to mention that there were a few dry firewoods placed on it, which were probably dry branches that fell from the tree. There are branches on the leaves, so it is more reassuring to step on them.
Seeing this, my cousin walked up almost without thinking about it, and the first few steps were very solid, and she felt that she was on the right track.
But after a dozen steps, something felt wrong, and I felt that if I moved a little slower, I would sink down. But with the burden of food on his shoulders, how can he walk fast. She could only walk step by step, and the more difficult it became to walk later, at this time she felt that she could not do it anymore, so she threw down her burden and wanted to jump away a few steps.
But when she jumped away, she stepped on it. I heard a bang, and my whole body squeezed open a hole in the densely packed leaves, and then the leaves under my feet had already covered the top of my head and smashed down my head and face.
My cousin's heart tightened, and she didn't understand what was going on. His body had already "banged", and he fell heavily into a hole, and was almost fainted by the hard stones in the hole.
It took a long time for her to wake up and realize that she had accidentally stepped on a dead leaf and fell into a hole.
She gritted her teeth and fought through the pain that almost fell apart, trying to keep herself awake.
Originally, she thought that the dog and the little wolf couldn't see her, and they would definitely know and find a way to find her, and maybe even go to find someone else to come to her, but when she waited for a long time, she couldn't hear the barking of the dog and the little wolf overhead, and then she realized that it was possible that they were also in trouble, or they would never be like this, she knew that at this time, she had to rely on herself to save herself, otherwise she would definitely not be able to get out.
According to what her eldest son usually told her, on the one hand, she endured the pain, and on the other hand, she tried to keep herself calm and not afraid, so she slowly took out the fire spirit rock and fire sickle prepared with her from her pocket - arranged for her to bring food to everyone, and her mother specially explained to her that she must bring a fire with her, as for why she brought the fire, she did not say, today it seems that the mother has long estimated the danger of delivering food - "dangdangdang" After beating for a while, she finally lit the fire sickle, and she saw her surroundings a little.
It turned out that she had fallen into a hole full of unsmooth stones, and I didn't know how deep the hole was, and when she looked up, she couldn't see any light, but there was a layer of leaves on the ground that she had brought down, but she didn't dare to light them as light, beware that the leaves would burn and she would have nowhere to run.
After taking a few steps forward, her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark light in the cave, and she realized that the hole could be very large and high, and the faint light of the fire sickle could not reach the ceiling of the cave at all.
The stones in the cave were strange, not smooth, and messy, and when she bent down to pick up a square stone, she saw that the stone seemed to be somewhat smooth, and there were some thin lines in the plane. Suddenly, I felt that this kind of stone was so familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere, but I couldn't remember it.
Walking further, she found some bright yellow stones, which she recognized as sulfur, and when she was a child, a child had scabies, so she soaked it in water and bathed it, and it would be fine in a few days.
She thought that she could take some back, and if the baby had gas sores on his body, he could use them, so she picked up a few pieces and put them in the pocket of his clothes. She looked back at where she had fallen, and she couldn't see clearly, knowing that she couldn't climb up again from here anyway.
Although she has never entered this kind of cave alone, but listening to her eldest son often talk about going out to hunt, she knows that these caves and ditches in the mountains are also common, so she is not too worried, she also knows that there are caves in the mountains, there are those who come in, and there is generally a place to go out, if you find the right direction, you may be able to find an exit.
It's just that the fire sickle won't burn for long, and it's hard to say whether it can be found. The children of peasant families, coupled with the hard life in the mountains for so many years, have created her resolute character, and she knows that she must find a way to survive in any difficult situation, so she does not think about how long the fire sickle can burn, and only hopes to find an exit before it is extinguished.
That's it. She quickened her pace, because there was no cave wall to be seen, and there was no sense of direction, but she knew that she had to follow a certain direction to find the exit, otherwise she would only dizzy herself if she looked around.
She crouched down and took a closer look at the mud and sand on the ground. Finally, in the cracks of a few stones, it was found that the fine sediment seemed to have traces of flowing water, but it was not obvious. She followed the ditch and looked for it again, and after walking a few feet away, she found that the flow of sediment was becoming clearer and clearer—it must have been when it was raining, and there was a place where rain had come, so she carried the sediment on the ground down, just look down along this ditch. I will definitely be able to find an exit, but I may have to speed up, and I don't know how long the fire sickle can last.
She almost ran forward in the direction of the water, which was becoming more and more visible, and she had to give way to the large and small, pointed, flat stones that stood in her way, and if they tripped over her, she threw out the fire sickle and extinguished it. Then she had to take it down in this hole, so she almost ran away. But he was extra careful along the way, for fear that he would accidentally cause pain to the whole family.
Even so, I had to hurry up and be careful with my feet, but in the end I still tripped over the stone, because I was prepared. At the same time as her body fell, she lifted her hand holding the fire sickle upward, and twisted her body hard, falling down on her stomach, turning her ass to the ground. Then the pole of his waist fell on a stone.
Although this time it fell hard, after all, it was not as heavy as falling from the ground in front of it, but fortunately, although it fell and hit the back waist and could barely stand up, the fire sickle in his hand was still burning and burning, and it was not extinguished.
My cousin looked at this, and her back hurt so much that she only shed tears, but she was excited and happy in her heart. The further I went, the sound of water droplets gradually appeared on the road, and then there was the sound of water flowing, but I couldn't see the water, the road became smoother and smoother, and there were fewer and fewer stones on the road, and it seemed to be getting steeper and steeper.
After about a meal, she vaguely felt that the light of the fire sickle in her hand was getting brighter and brighter, and she just wanted to find the exit as soon as possible, and she didn't feel anything about the situation, and she didn't think to see what was going on.
When I walked a few feet away like this, I saw a straight stream of water in front of me, flowing down from above, and then I took a closer look, where is the water flow, it is clearly a bright and flickering light, but these rays seem to shine down from between the branches, and it really looks like a waterfall from a distance, and I think I can wash my hands if I don't get it.
When my cousin looked back at her hand on the fire sickle, she realized that the place where the cotton cloth strip was wrapped around the fire sickle had burned out at some point.
It wouldn't be needed anyway, and it didn't matter if you didn't have a fire sickle, what mattered was how you could get up to the ground from here.
Turning around the light that was shining down a few times, she found that several vines and wild vines with sticks had fallen through the hole and were running around on the ground, and these vines were intertwined with each other, and the flesh was embedded in the flesh and branches, and it almost became a net.
Looking at the size of the hole, it is the size of half a house, and as long as you grab these vines, it is very easy to get out.
Thinking that because he was gone, I don't know how anxious the family was, my cousin grabbed the cow cable vine and was about to climb up. At this moment, I only heard the faint sound of some animal running behind me, although the average animal runs with the meat cushion of the soles of the feet stepping on the ground, the sound is not loud, but this small sound is heard very clearly in this empty hole, coupled with the thick wheezing sound of the animal running, even if I haven't seen it, I feel the invisible huge pressure.
When my cousin heard this, she thought to herself, if there are any dangerous animals in the cave, then it will be troublesome.
So he grabbed the vine at hand, and climbed up with his feet.
When I climbed half a foot high, the animal in the cave had already rushed out.
With the clatter of the animal's feet in the sand, and by the light shining through the hole, my cousin saw a big brown and yellow tiger head rushing out of the depths of the hole, so frightened that her hands almost let go of the vine, and her legs had already become paralyzed, and it was only because the calf and wrist were buckled between the vine that they did not fall.
Then she heard two familiar "howls", and it was only then that she saw that it was one of her dogs!
She hurriedly deepened her arms and legs, slipped off the vine, picked up the dog's head, and tears flowed silently - in this frightening place, it was not easy to meet her own people, and after coming in, she once felt that she might not see her family again in this life, how could she not be excited to see the dog at this moment.
Just when she felt both surprised and happy, she suddenly heard some animal rushing out of the hole, and she couldn't help but be nervous immediately, but she saw that the dog didn't seem to be nervous, so she burst into tears and laughed, she knew that this animal was sure that it was still her dog or a little wolf.
Sure enough, it was another dog who rushed out of it to accompany her to deliver food!
She knew that she had to get out quickly, or she would be surprised if she didn't rush her family.
On this vine, people can use their hands and feet at the same time, and it is very convenient to go up, but dogs are not like this.
There was no way, she had to tie the two dogs to herself with a rope, one left and one right, and climbed up with great difficulty.
When she got out of the cave and came to the ground, she found that the entrance of the cave was under a big tree next to the fish pond by the stream! No wonder she heard the sound of water along the way, but she couldn't see the flow of water, it turned out to be the water of the stream outside the cave.
It is no wonder that every time we go to this place on the edge of the fishpond, everyone feels that there is a gloomy place under the tree, because by the creek, the light is dim, and no one has ever walked over to take a closer look, and if anyone had done so, they would have found it long ago.
Pushing aside the hard branches at the entrance of the cave, the cousin hurried out and told the dog to run up the hill to find someone, and tell them that she was here, so that everyone could be reassured.
She herself trotted all the way to the new castle, and the people who were in a mess in the courtyard couldn't believe it was true.
After a bag of cigarettes, the eldest son and father also rushed down the hill, and when they saw that their cousin had returned safely, they all grinned with joy.
As soon as the eldest son was happy, he hugged his cousin's shoulder, and couldn't wait to ask her if she was hurt, what was going on, and where she went, and asked a series of questions.
The cousin was his wife, so he asked in great detail, and he forgot for a moment that there were so many people watching next to him, and when the cousin pushed his hands away and came back to his senses, he immediately blushed. (To be continued.) )