Li Xia thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that he went to the cemetery in the back mountain?"
Song Langqing said at the same time: "Go to the cemetery to find her."
"Yes, yes, let's go to the cemetery and find her!" Wang Qiaofang reacted immediately after hearing this.
Tiantian usually had nowhere to go, and the children in the village didn't play with her much. The place she went most often was the cemetery on the back mountain. Although there were many lonely souls buried there, Tiantian was never afraid, because she understood better than anyone that those buried there were all pitiful people.
She would always be there guarding her mother's grave and talking to her mother.
But it’s raining so heavily today, it’s too dangerous for her to be there alone with her child!
Wang Qiaofang was extremely anxious and was about to go out to look for Tiantian. Li Xia quickly said, "I'll go."
It was raining heavily outside. Wang Qiaofang was frail and in poor health after years of abuse. Even if she wore a raincoat and went to find Tiantian in the rain, it would be hard for her not to get sick.
"I'll go." Song Langqing took a look at the pouring rain outside and said proactively.
Li Xia said, "Then let's go together."
Song Langqing was a man who didn't like to talk and didn't like to laugh. Li Xia was afraid that Tiantian would not want to come back after seeing him, so it was most appropriate for her to go. She got along well with Tiantian yesterday. The little girl asked her a lot of questions about the army, and she answered them one by one.
It can be seen that Tiantian really wants to join the army. If she were not old enough, she would even want to go into the battlefield and kill the enemy right now.
The two put on raincoats and hurried to the back mountain. The mountain road was not easy to walk on after the rain, especially the uphill road.
Song Langqing was just thinking of asking Li Xia to wait for him at the foot of the mountain. After all, it was not easy for a woman like her to walk on the muddy road in the rain.
But he saw Li Xia found a stick and used it as a crutch, and walked faster than him with each step!
After arriving at the back mountain, Li Xia saw Tiantian was indeed there. Her clothes were all wet. She looked very embarrassed, and her hands were covered in mud.
She braved the rain and used her small body to protect her mother's grave, trying to block the pouring rain, saying, "Don't be afraid, mother. I will protect you."
Just like when she was a child and was bullied by children in the village, her grandma hugged her and told her: "Don't be afraid, Tiantian, grandma will protect you."
Seeing Tiantian like this, Li Xia felt very distressed, but she also understood that it was useless for Tiantian to be like this.
"Tiantian! The rain is too heavy. You will get sick. Come back with us!" Li Xia ran over and held Tiantian's hand.
But Tiantian refused to leave no matter what. She stubbornly used herself to protect her mother's grave and said, "It's raining so hard, my mother's grave will be washed away. I have to protect my mother!"
Li Xia took a look and saw that the terrain here was low and there were no trees to block the rain. These tombs were already simple, and if the rain lasted longer, these tombs would definitely be washed away!
The women buried here were those who had suffered. They were clearly victims but were despised by their fellow villagers. After death, they were not even allowed to enter the ancestral tombs and had to be buried here. If the tombs were washed open by rain, it would be too cruel for the bodies to have no shelter.
We must find a way to protect these graves!
"Tiantian, you can't protect your mother like this. It looks like the rain won't stop easily. If you want to protect these graves, you must choose other methods." Li Xia advised.
"You can use stones, wooden stakes, sandbags and other things to reinforce the surroundings of the tomb to prevent soil loss." Song Langqing met Li Xia's gaze and analyzed quickly.
When Tiantian heard this, she immediately used her thin body to move the stones. However, she was too thin and weak, so she had to use all her strength to move a stone. She could only take a small step when her face turned red.
Ji Feng also rushed over, picked up a piece of wood in his mouth, and ran over here.
Li Xia held Tiantian and said, "Tiantian, you can't finish all these things by yourself.
In fact, it is not enough to just use stones and wood piles for reinforcement. The most important reason is that the terrain here is too low. As long as the rain continues, the rain will still flow here. When the water accumulates too much, it will still wash away the soil. The best way is to dig a drainage ditch there to guide the rainwater to a lower place. "
However, it is impossible for the three of them to complete such a large project, so they have to go to the village to find help.
"Let's go to the village to find someone to help first." Li Xia said.
Tiantian pulled her hand out and shook her head, "They won't come to help."
Everyone in the village despises them, so why would they come to help?
Li Xia understood why Tiantian said that. From what the villagers had heard about them coming to find Wang Qiaofang and the behavior of Wang Qiaofang and the others, she guessed that the villagers looked down on them because of their experiences.
"Whether it works or not, let's try it first." Li Xia pursed her lips and said.
She thought of the words "human blood steamed buns", but she also believed that as human beings, people should not be numb. Those buried in these graves are their compatriots, the heroes who fell before dawn!
These people cowered in the face of invaders, but after the war pointed fingers at their suffering compatriots. This behavior is both ignorant and pathetic.
Stay away from the victim blaming theory!
Seeing that Tiantian insisted on staying here, Li Xia had no choice but to turn around and say to Song Langqing: "You stay here with Tiantian, I'll go to the village to get help."
Song Langqing said worriedly: "Can you do it alone?"
She was a female comrade, and if she had a dispute with the villagers, he was afraid that she would suffer: "Or I should go and call for help."
"It's okay. Don't we still have Ji Feng?" Li Xia said, "Besides, you have such a sharp tongue. I'm afraid that you won't be able to get anyone to come to you, and you might end up fighting with them instead."
"Woof woof woof." After a while, Jifeng had moved several pieces of wood. When he heard his master mention him, he immediately responded a few times.
Song Langqing: “…”
Venomous tongue? Does this mean he has a vicious tongue?