He was not a saint, yet he couldn't bear to see great suffering befall those he knew.
All I can say is that he's just an ordinary good person with a complex yet common personality.
Other families are fine, but the Cao family is a bit abnormal.
With such heavy rain, the pit courtyard must be completely flooded, yet not a single person has managed to get out. This is incredibly strange.
There are seven or eight people down there.
Hearing Wang Tianxiao say this, Wang Tianxin didn't insist and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you, Second Brother."
"Let's go then, or it might be too late."
"Um."
The three of them waded through puddles and slowly made their way westward.
The road, which was familiar during the day, was now muddy because the soil and weeds had been washed away. The small potholes along the roadside were covered by water, and if you weren't careful, you could step into them and stumble.
The three of them stumbled along for ten minutes, covering a distance of a few hundred meters, and still hadn't reached their destination.
Everyone fell several times.
"Second brother, there are so many pit dwellings in the team, I don't know how many people have come up. There are only three of us, I don't know how many we can save."
Wang Tianyi said with concern.
He is somewhat selfish, but he is not a truly bad person.
Faced with this sudden and devastating disaster, they were somewhat at a loss.
"Watch your step, there seems to have been a nest here before..." Wang Tianxiao reminded his younger brothers to be careful. He walked in front and helped them find their way.
"Let's save as many as we can, even if it's just one person. That's still a life. Aren't we all... just trying to live within our means? That's all the ability I have, and that's all I can do."
He then answered his brother's question.
Wang Tianyi was slightly taken aback.
His steps faltered for a moment, and at that instant, he felt as if his brother's figure was much, much taller than his own.
It's like a giant standing tall in front of us.
Both he and Tianxin were cared for and protected by the giants.
He suddenly felt that the scene was familiar, as if something like this had happened before at some point.
At that time, it was the second brother who stood straight in front, while he, Tiancheng, and Tianxin shrank behind him.
They were all terrified at the time, and the second brother was trembling with fear, his legs shaking, but he had no intention of backing down.
He said that back then.
"Because I'm your older brother. How can an older brother not protect his younger brother? If you were in this situation, wouldn't you protect me too?"
Protect……
A bitter feeling welled up in Wang Tianyi's heart.
How much time did he truly treat his second brother as his own brother?
When did it start? How did brothers who were so close when they were kids come to this?
The brothers will stand up without hesitation, as my second brother said.
We take care of each other and support each other.
Thinking about it carefully, hasn't my second brother always done this? And when did I start to forget my vows?
It turns out that the only thing that hasn't changed all along is my second brother.
It's the other family members who have changed.
By this time, the three of them had reached the top of the Cao family's pit courtyard.
Wang Tianxin wanted to go to the edge of the cliff to take a look, but Wang Tianxiao pulled him back, saying, "It's not safe near the pit now. It might collapse at any time. Don't get too close."
"That……"
“Let’s go down and take a look. Tianxin will wait at the entrance of the alley. Tianyi, you and I will tie ourselves together with a rope to ensure enough room to move around. We’ll search each house one by one. If we find anyone, we’ll immediately bring them to the entrance of the alley. Tianxin will be responsible for transferring them upstairs.”
"OK."
"Yes, Second Brother."
Wang Tianxiao untied the rope from his waist, tied one end to Tianyi's waist, and secured it with a tight knot to ensure it wouldn't slip off.
"Tianyi, don't move around when we go down. Make sure you stay within my sight. If you feel unwell, call me. Don't try to tough it out."
"Okay, I understand, Second Brother."
“Alright, Tianyi, let’s go down…” Wang Tianxiao patted his brother on the shoulder and said with a smile, “We don’t encounter many disasters in our lives that truly require us to face them bravely, nor do we have many opportunities to be good people and save others. Now that we’ve encountered one, let’s be brave and go!”
After saying that, he suddenly exerted all his strength and kicked open the Cao family's gate, and was the first to step out of the courtyard.
Wang Tianyi smiled as he watched his brother's resolute figure disappear into the distance.
Follow them.
Be brave, then be brave.
Try to become someone similar to my second brother.
It seems pretty good.
As soon as he stepped out of the alley, Wang Tianxiao felt a wall blocking his way.
It's actually just water.
In this type of living arrangement, the pit dwelling relies mainly on the seepage from the central pit for water drainage.
But this is only to prevent water from entering each cave dwelling.
It can only handle ordinary rain.
They are completely unable to cope with such a massive rainstorm, which is a once-in-a-century event.
Actually, there are two types of cave dwellings.
Many southerners associate cave dwellings with the type found in northern Shaanxi.
Because it's on flat ground and the waterway in front is open, even if it rains, it won't affect the lives of the people living there.
The cave dwellings in Keqing City are all pit-style courtyards, which are deep pits dug down.
Once it rains, this pit-dwelling becomes lower than everything around it, including roads, fields, and so on.
Moreover, the water from the nearby houses on flat land was originally supposed to be drained to the front of the line, which is the large pit in front of Wang Tianxiao's pit house, but now the pit is also full.
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