Chapter 11: The Downpour
As soon as the group descended to the bottom of the mountain, the raindrops the size of beans began to fall.
"Let's go quickly, look at the weather and the raindrops, this rain will not be light, there is a cave in the mountain ahead, let's go there for a while. The man said.
Then the group ran towards the cave he had spoken, led by him. When we reached the cave, the rain was pouring down, and when we entered the cave, everyone was soaked with rain.
The middle-aged man asked people to find some dry branches in the cave, and used the fire sickle he brought with him to raise a fire, and then divided into three piles, everyone gathered around the fire to warm up and roast clothes, Chen Qi and the middle-aged man gathered around a fire.
Although it was the height of spring and the rainy season had not yet arrived, the rain was not only intense but also intensive. Such a heavy rain has been raining for an hour, and there is no tendency to abate, and the rain that gathers and washes down from the mountains has formed a mountain torrent, which washes the mountain and flows rapidly down the mountain, merging into a river in the valley, and flowing down the terrain, with great momentum.
Seeing that the rain had not stopped at all, or was about to weaken, an older old man knelt at the mouth of the cave and began to pray, "O all-powerful mountain god, for the sake of your children's prayers for you every day and for you every year, stop this heavy rain......
Seeing him pray like this, the other mountain people also knelt beside him and prayed, while the middle-aged man sat by the fire and did not move. After a prayer of prayer, the mountain people got up and sat down again.
The heavy rain did not abate because of the prayers of the mountain people, and everyone could only wait in the cave. The waiting time was very boring, and the mountain people laughed in twos and threes.
The middle-aged man who was sitting with Chen Qi and them quickly started talking to them. These people are all people who are close to Yingge Village on the mountain, and the middle-aged man's surname is Tianhu, who is the head of Yingge Village and a famous hunter within a radius of 100 miles.
When the gang of slaves went to their village to grab things, he was leading people to hunt in the mountains, and when he got the news, he immediately led people to chase after them, and met Chen Qi and them on the way.
"It's not the rainy season yet, how can it rain like this?" Meng Bufan asked.
"This kind of rain there dares to fall often, I lived for more than 40 years and is the second time to see, the last time was more than ten years ago, it was also like today, it fell for three days, the torrent is like a beast, devouring every place it passes, several villages have been washed away, not far from here on a mountain, the mud and rocks brought down by the torrent, directly buried a village under the mountain...... Not a single person in the whole village escaped......"
Yi Tianhu said in the end, his tone and eyes revealed a kind of fear, as well as a heavy sadness.
"It's terrible, the whole village is gone......," Meng Xiaofan said.
Chen Qi hurriedly asked, "Uncle, how many years ago was that, and what is that village called?"
"How many years ago...... Probably...... Seventeen or eighteen years, well, almost, I was only in my twenties at that time, and that village was called Chenjia Village, and it was my ......" Yi Tianhu seemed to answer Chen Qi's question, and seemed to be talking to himself, but his tone was more sad.
"Seventeen or eighteen years ago...... Chen Jiacun ...... "Meng Xiaofan looked at Chen Qi, and then at Meng Bufan, "This, isn't this ......?"
Meng Bufan nodded, and Chen Qi at this time, stunned, muttered: "Seventeen or eighteen years ago, Chenjia Village ......"
"Qi'er, that's probably why we haven't been able to find a clue. Meng Bufan said.
"Uncle, can you tell me more about the situation back then?" Chen Qi asked eagerly squatting beside Yi Tianhu.
"What clues are you looking for, and what does the situation have to do with you back then?" Yi Tianhu did not answer Chen Qi, but asked rhetorically.
Meng Bufan said: "Don't hide it from my brother, the purpose of our coming here is to explore the life experience of my nephew Chen Qi, he ......"
"What are you talking about? Your name is Chen Qi?" Yi Tianhu's first question was towards Meng Bufan, while the second question had already turned to Chen Qi eagerly, and reached out to grab his arm, his face full of anxiety.
Chen Qi nodded.
Yi Tianhu asked eagerly, "Do you have a birthmark, what shape, and where is it?"
Chen Qi replied: "Yes, heart-shaped, in the lower abdomen." ”
Yi Tianhu listened to Chen Qi's answer, and reached out to pick up Chen Qi's clothes, just now Yi Tianhu's series of questions and revealed expressions, Chen Qi already felt that something was wrong, so he did not stop Yi Tianhu, but cooperated to lift the clothes, revealing a heart-shaped birthmark on the lower abdomen.
"Hahahaha~" When Yi Tianhu saw Chen Qi's birthmark, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and then "pounced" and knelt on the ground, kowtowed violently and continuously, and shouted loudly while kowtowing: "The sky has eyes, the sky has eyes!"
Except for Chen Qi, everyone was frightened by his actions and looked at him strangely.
"Do you know who I am?" asked Chen Qi as he waited for Yi Tianhu to stop, squatting beside him and staring at him.
"Of course I know, I often hugged you back then, otherwise how would I have known that you have a heart's birthmark in your lower abdomen. Yi Tianhu looked at Chen Qi with an excited expression.
"Then tell me quickly, tell me my life experience, and tell me who my father and mother are?" Chen Qi asked excitedly pulling Yi Tianhu.
Yi Tianhu stood up, and at the same time helped Chen Qi up, his excited gaze swept around Chen Qi's face, and looked carefully, "Like, really like." ”
"Uncle, tell me my background. Chen Qi said eagerly.
"You shouldn't call me uncle, you should call me godfather. Yi Tianhu said, "Your father and I are sworn brothers, and when you were born, your father recognized you as my godson." ”
"Who is my father?" asked Chen Qi.
"Your father's name is Chen Yongping, your mother's name is Dong Jingwen, and your father and I have been hunting together since we were teenagers. ”
"Then they ......"
Yi Tianhu put away his excited smile, pulled Chen Qi to sit aside, and then sighed: " That day is your 100-day banquet, I and your godmother set off to your house early in the morning, but just out of the village shortly, it rained heavily, we braved the rain to walk here, the rain was too big, with the strong wind, the torrent also came, we could not continue to go forward, we hid in this cave, thinking about waiting for the rain to stop and then go, who knew that the rain came endlessly, it rained for three days in a row, we hid here for three days, full of regret missed your 100-day banquet, and when the rain stopped, the torrent receded, we hurried to your house, but who knows...... Who knew that the mountain on which your village was leaning, because of the heavy rain, half of the mountain collapsed, and then, with the flash flood, buried the whole village, I thought...... But it's too deep to dig at all, but fortunately, God is still alive. ”
Although Chen Qi had already guessed that his parents should be no longer alive, when he really heard this result, his heart couldn't help but be full of sadness, and he sat there blankly.
"Qi'er. Meng Bufan came to Chen Qi and squatted down and stroked his shoulder, "Qi'er, now that you know the truth of the year, although the truth is not good, it is not that you were harmed by the wicked, you should ......"
Chen Qi looked at Meng Bufan, "Uncle Meng, I know that I have been prepared for the result for a long time, but I just know the truth for a while, and it is inevitable that I will ......"
Yi Tianhu grabbed Meng Bufan and said, "You saved my godson?"
Meng Bufan said: "I saved him, but it wasn't me who raised him." After Meng Bufan finished speaking, he sat down next to Yi and briefly told him about Chen Qi's eighteenth situation.
"If my brother-in-law and sister-in-law knew that their son was still alive and had practiced martial arts, they would definitely be able to laugh at Jiuquan. Yi Tianhu sighed.
Chen Qi said: "Father-in-law, I want to worship my parents. ”
Yi Tianhu said: "This is definitely going to go, I'll take you there when the rain stops." ”
Chen Qi nodded.