Early the next morning, the group went up the mountain.
There are more women than men. The woman is headed by Li Dafang, whose main task is to pick wild vegetables. By the way, Zhu Dalang and Zhu Erlang help pick the medicinal materials after they find them; the remaining Zhang Yu, Zhang Xiaoshan, Li Ping'an, Chen Song and the eager to surprise Peach Blossom Trick The two sisters, Di, went to find the place where Caoya and the others lived.
Li Erlin led the people to stay at the foot of the mountain. The belongings, rice and food, as well as the old, young, sick and disabled, had to be taken care of. With Li Erlin around, everyone felt at ease.
According to the direction that Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan pointed out that Cao Ya left yesterday evening, Zhang Yu quickly discovered many traces. After careful identification, he followed some of the traces.
More than half an hour later, they stopped in front of a cave. Looking at the weeds and branches with leaves covering the entrance of the cave, Zhang Yu couldn't help but smile.
Cao Ya is quite smart and knows how to hide, but the effect is only average. At best, he can only deceive the unwary. As long as he takes a second look, he can see the clues.
"Uncle Zhang, have you found the place?" Taohua asked anxiously, seeing Zhang Yu pointing in one direction and nodding, she then called out, "Caoya, Caoya..."
When Zhao Di heard the eldest sister shouting, she also shouted: "Second sister, I am Zhao Di. Second sister, where are you? Second sister..."
In the cave, Cao Ya was in a daze in the darkness. Every day when they were hiding in the mountains, they had nothing to do but be on tenterhooks, fearing that some wild beast might suddenly come in. They only dared to go out to fetch water and find food at noon.
Before she left the village, she always went to the mountains to collect firewood and pick wild vegetables. She would often meet Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Ping'an who were hunting. Occasionally she would go with them. From Zhang Xiaoshan's words, she knew that wild animals came out to hunt in the morning and evening. There is also some other knowledge about the peak period for eating and drinking. Sometimes they happened to have something to gain, and she could even get a bite of meat to eat.
This overheard knowledge played a very important role in the first few months of her escape, preventing her from dying suddenly on the mountain.
I don't know how to light a fire in the cave. In addition to saving firewood, the main thing is that if I light a fire in the cave, the smoke will be so thick that I will choke to tears and I will easily be out of breath.
In fact, this kind of life cannot be said to be bad. Except for the possible dangers caused by wild animals, they have no worries about food and drink. Although they only eat one meal a day, they don't do much work all day, and they just talk in the cave. , sleeping in a daze, but not feeling hungry at all.
Next to Cao Ya, six children were crowded. Cao Ya did not speak, and they did not dare to make any noise. They quietly leaned against the cave wall and looked at Cao Ya, although they could not see anything in the darkness.
They felt that Sister Caoya had been acting strange since she came back last night. Although Sister Caoya would usually be in a daze, she had never said a word like last night and today.
They didn't know what happened, but their intuition told them that something must have happened to Sister Caoya. They wanted to ask, but they didn't dare.
Suddenly, I heard someone calling. They jumped up and down like frightened kittens. You hugged me and I hugged you and huddled up. They didn't know each other before. After Sister Caoya picked them up one by one, their relationship developed to the point where they are now clinging to each other.
Caoya was also awakened by the sudden sound. She calmed down and listened carefully. She heard that the eldest sister and the younger sister were calling her. Her expression changed again and again. After struggling for a while, she still couldn't suppress her inner impulse. Rolling and crawling towards the cave entrance.
Halfway through the climb, Liu remembered the six behind her. She stopped and said, "Don't be afraid. My eldest sister and little sister are here. I'll go see them and come back. I won't leave you alone."
After hearing this, the six of them breathed a sigh of relief. If it weren't for Sister Caoya in this barren mountain, they wouldn't know what they would do.
But then I was filled with doubts, does Cao Ya still have an eldest sister and a younger sister? They were separated before, have they found them now? Why have I never heard Sister Caoya talk about it?
The weeds and branches were pushed away from the inside out, leaving only room for a person to lie down and poke his head out of the hole. After Taohua and Zhaodi saw the appearance clearly, they burst into tears.
"Caoya!"
"Second sister!"
They rushed forward crying. Zhaodi fell to her knees and rushed to hug Cao Ya, whose upper body had not yet crawled out, crying profusely.
Li Ping'an couldn't help but burst out laughing when he looked at this scene. Cao Ya was like the Monkey King who was trapped in Wuzhi Mountain. He was worried that the excited Zhao Di would push Cao Ya back into the cave.
Cao Ya was originally very excited, but being suppressed by Zhao Di, any good mood was gone. She shouted in a dumbfounded voice: "Zhao Di, you have suppressed me, get up and drive away, let me out first!"
Taohua was still able to hold on. Hearing this, he quickly hugged Zhaodi away. Caoya didn't dare to delay, so he quickly climbed out and stood up. He didn't even pat the dirt on his clothes. He stepped forward and grabbed Zhaodi's ears, "I almost got pinched." die!"
Zhaodi hugged Caoya tightly and cried, "Second sister, I miss you so much!"
When the second sister left home, she was already seven years old, and she was at a sensible age. She had not been welcomed by her parents since she was a child, and she had never received any warmth from her parents. Especially when her younger brother grew up, she always Bullying her, her parents always helped her younger brother bully her. She was not sad when her parents and little brother died tragically. She was only worried about the missing second sister who had been protecting her and protecting her.
Now that she finally found her second sister, the emotions she had accumulated for more than a year were completely released. How could she not cry bitterly?
Taohua also hugged Caoya and cried unnaturally, her voice choked up intermittently, "Caoya, yes, I'm sorry, it's the eldest sister. The eldest sister couldn't protect you..."
Listening to the cries and words of the eldest sister and the younger sister, Caoya's emotions suddenly came back, her eyes were instantly covered with a layer of mist, and she cried.
"I'll go nearby to see if I can catch wild animals." Zhang Yu found an excuse and walked away first.
Li Pingan saw this and hurriedly followed.
Zhang Xiaoshan didn't move. How could he go away? His unmarried daughter-in-law was here and he wanted to stay to protect her.
Chen Song hesitated for a moment, but stayed and watched the three reunited sisters cry for a while before he said: "Okay, okay, that's almost it. I'll let you cry later, so let's do business first. "
Only then did Taohua remember that she went up the mountain not only to find Caoya, but also to persuade Caoya to escape with them. She quickly stopped crying and wiped her tears randomly, "Caoya, come with us, Brother Xiaoshan and the others. I told Uncle Song and Uncle Li that you really can’t let go of the children you picked up, and Uncle Li and the others said they can take them with them.”
Caoya had long thought that they came to her to persuade her to go with them, but she didn't expect that they could bring the children she had picked up. To be honest, it was impossible not to be moved, but when she thought of them taking She couldn't convince herself to agree to come down even if she wanted to give them a bite to eat.
