The mountains are covered with torrents of water, pouring down non-stop.
The mountain wall here is difficult to climb.
Xia Zhaoyi squatted there and made a gesture to signal Qian Qianqian to stay where he was.
Bian Yuanfeng took several other boys and left without looking back.
Sanguang and Siguang had no choice but to walk towards the entrance of the cave.
The situation outside the cave was as messy as they imagined. There was a lot of water and half of the calf was missing. The water was clear, but under the clear mud, there were occasionally a few bones.
They both froze there.
"Is this a cemetery?" Siguang asked.
Sanguang raised his head and looked up high. He was a little scared and whispered: "I'm afraid this whole mountain is just a graveyard."
Siguang swallowed: "Then the two of us..."
"Let's go," Sanguang said bravely, "We still have to go."
The two of them walked one behind the other towards the place where Qian Qianqian fell yesterday.
Qian Qianqian hid in the corner, not daring to get angry.
When the footsteps gradually faded away, she raised her head slightly and looked at their backs, then looked at Ah Li over there.
Xia Zhaoyi was still there and gestured to the other side.
Qian Qianqian looks at it and sees a cliff.
She pointed and asked if he wanted her to come over.
Xia Zhaoyi nodded.
Qian Qianqian was dumbfounded and looked back hesitantly.
It does seem to be a little difficult for a little girl.
Xia Zhaoyi had no choice but to make gestures again and said silently with her lips: "Wait for me."
The current was so fast that Xia Zhaoyi could not guarantee that he could descend safely from such a slippery place, so he took a long detour.
But to get to Qian Qianqian, you still need to climb.
Qian Qianqian remained motionless, watching her skillfully getting down from there, and then trotted over.
"Ali."
"Shh."
Xia Zhaoyi made a gesture: "They haven't gone far, come on, lower your body."
She is a small girl herself, but when she squats down, she becomes much shorter.
Xia Zhaoyi walked forward first and took out the dagger in his hand.
"Ah Li," Qian Qianqian stretched out his hand to hold her, "I'm slow, please wait for me."
Xia Zhaoyi paused, lowered his head and looked at his left hand held by Qian Qianqian.
She frowned slightly, took out her hand, squatted down, grabbed the branch beside her, stepped on the ground and chopped it down.
The branch was strong and hard, and it was a bit laborious. She turned around and handed it to Qian Qianqian: "Take it."
"Yeah." Qian Qianqian reached out and took it.
Xia Zhaoyi was not used to being close to others. After her father carried her up the mountain and delivered her to her master, almost no one had hugged her except the nanny who held her all day long.
But the wet nurse could only stay in the mountain for a year. When she got a little older, the master drove the wet nurse away.
Since then, Xia Zhaoyi has almost never been close to anyone, except Master.
Before she was six years old, she often followed her master, either holding a wooden basin and doing laundry together. Or holding a small bowl, she and her master would wait for the soup in the pot to boil. They would also cut wood together, wash ink together, and sew clothes together.
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But after she was six years old, her master gave her all the tasks, and she would do laundry, cook and boil water, and cut wood by herself.
The wood was cut slowly, but the master did not rush her. She would rather have no firewood for cooking and be hungry for several days, so she had to grind slowly by herself.
The way she grew up seemed to be no different from that of children from poor families, but she was more isolated because she had no neighbors in the mountains.
If I really want to talk about the person I can get closer to, it is my second brother.
But I never held hands or hugged my second brother.
Qian Qianqian followed Xia Zhaoyi, leaning on a branch.
There was really a path outside the cliff, which was narrow and steep. She walked carefully, stepping on the place where Ali had stepped with every step.
After walking a certain distance and the two people were no longer around, Qian Qianqian asked in a low voice: "You climbed so fast yesterday, where did you go?"
"Why are you here?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
Qian Qianqian suddenly remembered and said, "Ah Li, I was pushed down."
"push?"
"Yes, after you left, I came back alone. I don't know who it was, but suddenly appeared from the roadside and pushed me down."
"Then you were here last night, so you must have been frightened."
Qian Qianqian pursed her lips, feeling aggrieved when she mentioned this.
"It's terrible," she choked.
"Yeah." Xia Zhaoyi responded and said nothing more.
This road is slippery and difficult to walk, and it goes around the mountain wall and is very long.
But it was still easy for Xia Zhaoyi. She had long been accustomed to living on these cliffs, and now the soles of her shoes were covered with a thick layer of coarse sand that increased friction.
But in order to wait for Qianqian, she still slowed down a bit.
The courtyard at the foot of the mountain can be seen in the distance. In the gradually brightening morning light, smoke rises from the kitchen stove, and figures are running around and busy. It is another new day.
Qian Qianqian said happily: "It's almost here, look at it, Ah Li."
Xia Zhaoyi raised his head, took a look, and said, "They still got up very early."
"I have to get up early to do something."
"The bottom of the mountain is probably flooded, and it's even more impossible to deliver food. If they get up so early, they might as well have a good sleep."
"By the way," Qian Qianqian's expression became serious, "I just heard over there that Bian Erlang asked us to deliver food from here."
"I heard it," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Keep them useful."
"What?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "It's nothing."
Qian Qianqian stopped, paused, and said softly: "Ah Li, no wonder I think something is different about you today."
"Huh?" Xia Zhaoyi turned around.
Qian Qianqian was almost scared out of his mind when he saw her turning around like this, so she leaned closer to the cliff inside.
"Although you have made me feel weird these past two days, today is especially weird. Now I know why, because you didn't smile."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled again: "Would it be weird if I didn't smile?"
She had seen this girl's face in the water. Her face was delicate and delicate, her skin was the same as hers before, cold and white, and her hands were much whiter and tenderer than those of the other girls in the backyard.
Xia Zhaoyi also liked this girl's eyes, which were sparkling and wavy, somewhat different from her original almond-shaped eyes with long eyelashes.
Not particularly big, but not small either.
It looks like almond, but also combines red and phoenix. It is not suitable for heavy makeup, which will take away the aura.
With a face like this, it shouldn't be surprising if he doesn't smile.
Qian Qianqian saw her smiling and laughed too: "If you don't smile, I feel scared. When you smile, I feel there is nothing to be afraid of."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled even brighter, turned around and continued to walk forward, saying: "Well, if there is a chance, wait for those people from Qianshan to come, I will give you a knife, and then I will smile at you and see if I can
You can't be coaxed into killing them."
"Ah, then I don't dare! Besides," Qian Qianqian said depressedly, "I'm not a fool either, Ah Li."
"I meant it just for fun."
There was still a smile on Xia Zhaoyi's lips, but it became relaxed and cheerful, and her eyes became brighter.
"There won't be such an opportunity," she said with a smile, "There's no way they'll come to Houshan again."
