As time passed, Yang Zhizhang did not succeed, he failed to find Zhou Qingwu.The piece of meat on the forearm was almost bitten off by the dumb man, and the dog bitten the leg and the back of the neck, which caused bloody and burning pain.His face was gloomy, and he cursed in a low voice, but with a sneer, he had plenty of time, and one day he would be able to find the little mute.

Dusk came unexpectedly, and the sun had already set in the western mountains. Meng Chuxi, who was too busy, looked up at the sun that had receded outside, and frowned slightly.

Lai Fu had just brought in a bundle of cloth, and while tidying it up, he asked curiously, "Why didn't I see Qing Wu today, she usually comes to pick you up at this time."

Meng Chuxi gave a absent-minded hum, and then explained: "She went back to the village today, and it was probably delayed. I also asked her to rest at home and wait for me."

"Oh, so that's the case. The shopkeeper has already left, and I have tidied up the things. You should go back quickly."

Meng Chuxi didn't say much, closed the account book, packed her things and left before coming to the blessing.Laifu shook his head and laughed when he saw her hurried footsteps: "I don't know, I thought it was a daughter-in-law waiting for her at home." After speaking, he patted his forehead again, thinking about something else.

Although Meng Chuxi and Laifu said so, she felt a little strange in her heart. With Zhou Qingwu's character, she was so late today and didn't go back. She should come back with her, why didn't she come?

He kept looking for reasons to comfort himself, but Meng Chuxi still felt inexplicably uneasy, and this uneasiness suddenly turned into obvious panic when he saw the closed door.

Why didn't you come back?Or came back and went out?But Meng Chuxi soon made a decision. If she might not pick her up, it was impossible for her not to come back and prepare meals at such a late hour.

Meng Chuxi forced herself to calm down, and when she saw someone coming out from the neighbor's house, she went up the mountain and asked, "Uncle Xu, did you see my sister come back today?"

The man glanced at the yard and shook his head: "No, it seems that your door has been locked for a day."

Meng Chuxi opened the door, but Wuwu was not there.She searched around where Zhou Qingwu might go, and asked people around, but they all said she didn't see it.

Running around caused fine sweat to break out on her forehead, but Meng Chuxi didn't feel the heat, instead she felt cold all over.She didn't dare to delay, and immediately found a bullock cart in the town, added money and rushed to Zhoujia Village.

Along the way, Meng Chuxi stared at the front with tense spirit, hoping to see a familiar figure.But until the sun went down completely and the sky started to get dark, she didn't see a single person.

It was clear that she came here by bullock cart, but Meng Chuxi's breathing became short of breath when she got out of the car. She ran straight to Aunt Liu's house, keeping her tone as calm as possible: "Auntie, did you see Qingwu today? Has she gone back?"

Mrs. Liu was very surprised when she saw her, but immediately realized something was wrong when she heard her words, "Didn't she go back? Today I went to the mountain to cut firewood, and I came back in the afternoon. I didn't see Qingwu at that time." , I thought she had gone back long ago."

Meng Chuxi's lips turned pale in an instant, she took a step back in a daze, shook her head and muttered: "I didn't go back, I just didn't see her and I was worried, that's why I came to look for her."

She forced herself to calm down, but her body was still weak. She swallowed hard, regained her sanity that was about to collapse, and hurriedly asked, "Did she tell you what she was going to do today?"

Mrs. Liu was also flustered, recalled it and hurriedly said: "She said she wanted to fertilize the seedlings. By the way, she wanted to invite me up the mountain but I didn't have time. Digging medicinal herbs, yes, she should be digging medicinal herbs."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Meng Chuxi couldn't delay any longer, so she grabbed Liu Shi and said, "Auntie, I'll go over there to look for it, you, please help me and ask if anyone in the village has seen Qingwu before."

Seeing that her hands were shaking, Mrs. Liu panicked, and nodded quickly: "Hurry up, your uncle and I will go door-to-door asking."

Meng Chuxi ran out of Aunt Liu's house directly, and ran to the land they bought.In the field, traces of turning over the soil could be vaguely seen. Zhou Qingwu had indeed fertilized the seedlings, but in this field, there was no sign of the man who applied the fertilizer.

All kinds of bad guesses rushed into Meng Chuxi's mind. Seeing the light between the sky and the earth fading little by little, and the twilight advancing layer by layer, Meng Chuxi's heart seemed to be fried in a frying pan, anxious and restless.

If she hasn't come home after dark, something must have happened, but where is she?She would be afraid when it was getting dark.She was extremely regretful, how she was deceived by lard and let her go up the mountain alone!

Standing on the field stalk, she seemed to be bound by a bundle of hemp, almost suffocating.Exhausting all his strength, he almost roared: "Qingwu!"

In the whole wilderness, there was only her voice being knocked back by the mountain, calling Qingwu, and there was an ethereal weirdness in the desertedness.

Digging herbs, which mountain would she go to with so many mountains, did she get lost if she didn't come back?Or fell and couldn't get back?No way, she couldn't get lost.She is very obedient and will never run away, and she knows so much, how could she get lost, something must have happened.

Her eyes were extremely painful, sore and swollen, and the wind blew through her face, bringing cold dampness all over her face, and she screamed again: "Qingwu!" This voice was already full of tears.

Meng Chuxi has never been so helpless before. The once beautiful mountain has now turned into a monster that can eat people in the twilight, and her little girl may be trapped in it.The expression on her face was completely uncontrollable, her muscles were trembling, her open lips were trembling, her tears could not be stopped, and she was swallowed by the darkness together in the vast world.

It's getting dark, where is Zhou Qingwu?She alone must be terrified.Thinking that something happened to Zhou Qingwu, and now she might be alone in the dark mountain with the sound of wild beasts, she felt that someone was scratching her heart with a knife.

Picking herbs, picking herbs... Poria cocos!Meng Chuxi, who was no longer thinking about searching all over the mountains and plains, suddenly remembered that Zhou Qingwu had mentioned Poria to her the day before yesterday, so maybe he went to dig Poria.

She seemed to see a glimmer of light in the darkness, and she paused when she was running, and immediately started to run to the mountain where the pine forest was, but she heard Aunt Liu calling her loudly.At the corner of the small road in the village, a flash of fire appeared, and then followed the road one after another like a fire dragon in the night, dispelling the darkness.

"Chuxi, I got it, I got it! Uncle Ge saw Qingwu girl go to the mountain near Yangjiawan!"

Yes, she guessed right, it was there.And Zhou Shishan's voice also came over there: "Chuxi don't mess up, I called the villagers to help find it."

Zhou Dachuan trotted and handed her a torch, glanced at the mountain, and saw Meng Chuxi, whose face was full of tears, reflected by the torch. He felt a little sad at once, and comforted him: "Qingwu has been running on the mountain since he was a child, and nothing will happen. of."

"We searched carefully in groups of two or three, paying more attention to places near steep slopes, or places with traps. There are traps dug by hunters on the mountain, and they may be accidentally trapped."

"By the way, I also saw a dog, which seemed to be raised by your family. It barked in the village at that time, and I saw it strangely. But I didn't think much about it, and then it disappeared again." One of them muttered.

Meng Chuxi, who was in a hurry and wanted to leave, suddenly felt a jump in his heart: "I'm confused, Qingwu is carrying woo woo."

A gleam of hope suddenly burst into Meng Chuxi's eyes. It was difficult for this black man to know where he was, let alone find someone.The most terrible thing is that Zhou Qingwu can't speak, she can't call for help, and they can't answer when they call her, but Wuwu should know where she is.

She ran fast by herself as if she was tireless, and she didn't care if the thorns scratched her, she just kept whining.The torches passed through the dark jungle, and the men were very quiet, because the person they were looking for was dumb, and it was impossible to respond to them.

Only Meng Chuxi's voice kept echoing in the noisy forest.But Meng Chuxi barked for a long time, but he didn't hear the dog barking, nor did he see Wuwu coming.

The strength she gathered collapsed almost instantly, and she staggered and fell to the ground. There was a burning pain in her palm, which was scratched by thorns.Zhou Dachuan originally wanted to follow her, but Meng Chuxi insisted on separating and went to different places to search. After agreeing to use the torch as a signal, she searched everywhere by herself.

Although there are often people in this mountain, who can guarantee that there are no wild animals in the deep mountains and dense forests at night. If Zhou Qingwu is not found tonight, Meng Chuxi can't imagine what she will encounter here alone.

She shouted hoarsely, her voice couldn't bear it, and she still didn't respond.

"Qing..." The sound of Qingwu stuck in his throat, and he couldn't shout out.

She wiped away the tears and sweat stains all over her face, panted with her head down, calmed down a few times, and then called out again: "Qingwu."

Her voice was completely hoarse, and the men who were helping nearby felt quite uncomfortable when they heard the clear voice, Zhou Shishan said loudly: "Everyone work hard for a while and look carefully."

The men responded one after another, but Meng Chuxi walked almost all over the pine forest without seeing Zhou Qingwu.More than an hour has passed, and Meng Chuxi, who hadn't had a sip of water or food, was exhausted, but she still gritted her teeth, walking and shouting.

She knew that Zhou Qingwu couldn't respond to her, but she thought that she would yell louder. If Zhou Qingwu was nearby and heard her own voice, even if she couldn't agree, she would know that she was near her, so she wouldn't be so afraid .She just had to wait for herself obediently, until she found her and took her home.

Meng Chuxi continued to walk deep, and someone below called her to tell her not to go in alone, but how could Meng Chuxi listen to it.The temperature gets lower the further you go up the mountain. Although it is the end of spring, the mountain wind is cold at night, Meng Chuxi is sweating all over, and the combination of cold and heat is very uncomfortable.

Just when she walked in a daze and didn't know how long, there was a sudden rustle of movement. Meng Chuxi was a little nervous, but still faintly excited. She licked her lips and called hoarsely: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo .”

The grass and trees parted with a clatter, and a figure rushed over with green eyes emitting a faint light, but the familiar cry made Meng Chuxi's heart pulled back from hell to the world, it was woo hoo!

Wuwu circled around Meng Chuxi crazily, his figure and movements were a bit strange, but it couldn't stop it from being excited, it yelled at Meng Chuxi, aggrieved and eager.

Meng Chuxi's tears fell again, she squatted down, and with a hoarse voice in her swollen and dry throat, she choked up and said, "Woo, do you know where she is? Ah, please, please take me to find her, please?" good."

Wuwu whimpered and licked her face, then limped and tried to squeeze through the vegetation.Meng Chuxi didn't care about other things, and almost followed Wuwu to squeeze inside with all her heart.

The flickering of the torch was not enough to see the road in front of him clearly. After falling down many times, Meng Chuxi followed Wuwu to the edge of a forest.Wuwu stood still and screamed into it, stopping Meng Chuxi from moving forward.

In the dim light of the fire, Meng Chuxi could see the situation in front of him clearly. It was a steep slope. It seemed to have collapsed in front of him, and the edge was covered by weeds. Looking carefully, Meng Chuxi found that it was a hole covered by grass.

Soon there was the sound of stones knocking inside, the sound was soft and sometimes heavy, it seemed that the person who made the sound was extra cautious at the moment.Meng Chuxi felt her heart return to her chest again. Although it was dripping with blood, it finally fell down.

Almost desperate, she regained her new life, but her heart beat even harder, her legs completely weakened, and she fell to her knees with a plop.

She didn't have the strength to get up, so she just climbed to the entrance of the cave, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "It's Qingwu, isn't it?"

There was a pause in the knocking sound, and she became anxious again, and Meng Chuxi's dry tears fell again.She put the torch aside and looked down.It's dark below and she can't see anything, but she thinks it's the scene she longs for the most in the past twenty years?She cried and laughed, her back trembling and said: "I'm here, don't be afraid, I'll rescue you soon."

She didn't know how deep it was, and she didn't know where Zhou Qingwu was hurt. She stood up reluctantly, and waved the torch vigorously to signal to others. Start leaning over here.

Meng Chuxi thought of a way to pull her up, and after lighting a bunch of dead branches to give directions to others, she raised a torch and searched around, and finally saw the vines twining around the tree.Without a tool, she burned it with a fire, pulled the rattan and began to weave the rope.

When Zhou Dachuan rushed over, Meng Chuxi had already made up a long story.She was almost speechless, pointing to the hole, Zhou Dachuan understood, quickly took the cane and lowered it slowly, and soon, it came to the end.

"Qingwu, don't be afraid, wrap the cane around your waist and fasten it, and we'll pull you up right away."

The rattan in his hand was pulled a few times, Zhou Dachuan was overjoyed, nodded to Meng Chuxi, tied the other end around his waist and began to work hard with Meng Chuxi.

The people behind came one after another, and they hurried forward to help, and soon Meng Chuxi almost collapsed and appeared in front of her.

The crowd was full of joy, "I found it, I found it!"

"Bodhisattva bless, thank God."

They are not friendly to Zhou Qingwu on weekdays, but they still have the simplicity of the people in the countryside, and they still respect life.

Meng Chuxi looked at Zhou Qingwu, her face was dirty and she was in a mess, her eyes filled with tears when she saw her.

She gritted her teeth, lowered her head but couldn't restrain the emotion of losing and regaining at this moment, and cried bitterly.Zhou Qingwu yelled vaguely, wanting to comfort her.Meng Chuxi raised her head and hugged Zhou Qingwu tightly into her arms, her voice was so hoarse that Zhou Qingwu was struggling.

"You, you really scared me to death, really scared to death."

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