Poor family mother and son

Anxiety is more likely to make mistakes.

Chu Qing soon stepped on a rock and sprained her foot, and then fell backwards. The moment she fell, Chu Qing was quite happy, because she could step on a stone and sprain her foot. Naturally, it was a stone instead of a lump of dry mud!
Having stones can be regarded as a weapon for self-defense!It is so hard, maybe you can draw marks on the ground to mark yourself.

But things in life are unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten, when Chu Qing fell, he fell downhill.

Just now, he didn't realize that there was another turning at the side and rear, and it was turning downwards. In order not to let the torch go out, Chu Qing straightened his arms and shoulders so painfully.

Wherever you fall, lie down.

Chu Qing simply lay flat and listened to the sounds around her.

The sound of the fall just now, will it attract some people or beasts?

No, no sound.

Chu Qing was a little discouraged.

With the bruises and falls on her body, the sprained feet, and the condition of being so thirsty that she felt that her tongue was covered with fine sand, I don't know how long she can last.

But I am a little lucky.

After walking by myself for a long time, the torch has not been extinguished, which means that the air in the cave should be circulating, and if it can circulate, it means that there is hope of getting out.

Regardless of whether you are discouraged or fortunate, these are the thoughts that people have when they are vulnerable and fearful. Chu Qing works hard to overcome it. She must get out of this ghostly place, and her son is still waiting for her to come home!

Chu Qing stopped lying down and was about to get up, but found that his movements were as slow as an old man's, and the flame on the torch also flickered very slowly, which was completely different from before the fall.

Crazy dullness again? !
"Don't let people get up!" Chu Qing gritted his teeth and cursed, the voice was not loud, and it was stretched for a long time, as if it was turned on at 0.5 times speed.

This was the first sentence she said after waking up, but...

The voice comes out of the mouth and is sent to the ear, so that the speaker can hear his own voice, but he clearly hears two voices!
In the same words, his own voice was slightly louder, and the other voice was very small, overlapping with his own, but Chu Qing heard it!
Chu Qing supported half of her body, and just supported it on the ground without moving.

Holding the torch in one hand and leaning on the ground with the other, this posture caused Chu Qing's back injury to be very painful, but Chu Qing endured it and did not move, for fear of making the slightest sound, and also concentrated his attention to hear that other sound.

After standing for quite a while, Chu Qing's hands leaning on the ground could not support the weight of her body and she was about to tremble. She didn't intend to wait any longer and wanted to stand up.

At this moment, "Ouch..." A thin and muffled voice came again.

It was a female voice, and it was an elderly female voice, and the distance was a bit far away.

Chu Qing turned her head to the direction of the voice to listen, her movements were still very slow, but she didn't hear any more movement.

Chu Qing stood up and walked in that direction.

The tunnel in the cave was twists and turns. After Chu Qing walked a few steps, there was no way directly in front of him. At the end, there were two openings on the upper left and lower right. They were about one meter high, and he had to bend over to get in.

Which port should I go?

Chu Qing stood where she was, hoping that the voice would appear again.

But no.

Facing the two openings, Chu Qing mentally "mobilized the troops", and ended up walking to the upper opening, then Chu Qing bent down and lowered her head, and entered the lower opening.

Anyway, it’s all covered up, and the hole at the bottom is easier. Don’t make it too difficult for yourself with this 0.5x speed, pause and stop like a wooden man.

When walking in a low hole, the friction of clothes is more difficult to control and louder than the sound of footsteps when walking upright, and walking with a stoop is too tiring.

Soon, Chu Qing was a little out of breath.

No matter how sluggish your movements are, the time is smooth, the feeling is smooth, and the thoughts are also smooth. They all remind you clearly: you are tired, you are hungry, and you are thirsty.

"No, you're not tired, you're not hungry, you're not thirsty, you deserve it!" The elderly woman's voice appeared again, and it sounded like a snarky tone, but shouldn't the volume be louder when you slap someone? ?Why is it lower than the voice just now?

Chu Qing suspected that she might have made a mistake in choosing the lower hole, and her voice was quieter than before, didn't it mean that she was going further and further away?
Chu Qing backed out again with great difficulty, feeling even more tired and thirsty.

Up to now, there is no water, which means that it is not where she fell.

Finding a way out is no longer a priority now, even to solve the problem of drinking water, she still has to find the source of the voice.

Where there are people, there will always be water.

Although the movement is sluggish, the body does not feel strange, that is to say, it is not using muscles to deliberately slow down the speed, so the body will not exert excess physical strength.

Chu Qing retreated back to the position just now, and lucked out towards the hole on the upper left - in the future, he will play "Order Soldiers and Generals", and he must believe whoever he clicks.

Climbing up to the entrance of the cave, it was easier to simply crawl in the same posture.

The tunnel is rugged, and there are many black stone-like things on the ground, which feel very harsh to the touch, but if you press it down hard, they will still shatter, and it is still dry mud.

It was very strenuous to crawl while holding the torch. Chu Qing sat up and took a rest, and then realized how stupid he was. If he looked up earlier, could he stand up and walk?
The width of the hole is not wider, but the upper part is not cramped for a long time, and the height can exceed two meters at least, and there is a trend of getting higher and higher.

Another voice came over, "Scream! How many times have I fallen? Oh, my old bones!" Then came a few muffled sounds, as if someone was beating and drying in the distance. quilt.

Chu Qing vigilantly looked towards the direction of the sound, the sound was louder than what she heard before——she was approaching!
She stood up immediately, although this "immediately" was very slow.

"Didn't I fall too! You still hit me!" Another voice came, it was also an elderly voice, but it was a male voice.

"Then hurry up and fix it for my old lady!" Following the female voice, came another sound of beating on the quilt.

Chu Qing quickened her pace.

"Hey, don't hit, don't hit! Mother, it's not that I don't do it well, it's that I can't do it well!" The male voice said again.

mother?
Both voices sounded old enough, the man's voice might be as old as Master Lu, maybe sixty or seventy?But he called his mother?

There are very few old people in Daxuan who are 90 or [-] years old, at least Chu Qing has not seen them in these years.

"Stubborn!" The female voice came again, followed by several knocking sounds.

Chu Qing quickened her pace following the sound, but still walked slowly.

This cave gave Chu Qing the feeling that it should be ascending, but Chu Qing noticed that the cave wall and the ground under his feet were somewhat damp, but there was no water.

But after listening carefully, there seemed to be a very small sound of water flowing.

Why does it feel like the water is going up when the water is going down?
"It's my fault!" The old man's voice rang again: "What's the use of beating me up? That's what Chu Qing did! Who told her to get so many people out of the island!" (End of this chapter)