The rain is getting heavier and the sky is getting darker. This brought great difficulties to the search team's work. The police dogs almost got stuck in the muddy mountain road, making every step difficult.
"Mr. Tang and Mr. Chen, why don't you go back first, and I and the brothers will continue." The captain shouted, "Don't worry! We will never go down the mountain until we find the child."
Chen Qing supported Tang Yao: "Brother Tang, why don't you go down and I'll continue with you."
Not only the children, the two adults also established a revolutionary friendship along the way. Tang Yao was a few years older than Chen Qing and became the eldest brother.
"I'm fine!" Tang Yao wiped his face, "Let's go, don't waste time."
The fellow didn't complain. After receiving the money, he looked for the child again, still trying very hard to identify the direction. But he had an idea.
“I feel like kids might not be on that path.”
"Didn't you say there is only one way?"
The fellow groaned: "We can't accept death! It's just the same road, but if we haven't found it after walking for so long, there must be something wrong!"
"My fellow villager is right!" the captain thought for a moment, "We can't continue searching like this. Let's go back and go to the other side."
Chen Qing hesitated: "But there is a cliff on the other side, and it is impossible for the children to go up!"
"Maybe there is a road that we don't know about?" the captain said. "If we continue walking like this, we will reach the highway. If the children are really ahead, they will definitely have seen someone, but we have not received any news."
In the end, everyone decided to go to the cliff side, where the return trip would be faster. After returning to the yard, everyone repaired it, mainly feeding the police dog something to eat. Then he continued to look for him on the other side. Bai Susu had been waiting in the car.
"Don't worry! Tang Cao will be fine for sure." Tang Yao comforted her, but Bai Susu smiled, "Well, I know, he must be waiting for you to find him somewhere!"
In the cave, Chen Xiaopang and Tang Cao held Rhubarb between them. Their lips were blue and their whole bodies were trembling.
"Tang Cao, you... do you think we will freeze to death if we don't wait for anyone?" Chen Xiaopang said tremblingly.
Tang Cao also trembled: "Don't...don't talk nonsense, no...it won't happen."
"But it's already dark, and no one has come yet." Chen Xiaopang started crying, "Did my dad think the ransom was too high and he didn't want me anymore..."
Tang Cao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Don't worry! Even if your father doesn't have money, my family does. My mother will definitely redeem you."
"Then when will they come to pick us up?" Chen Xiaopang's voice became much softer, and he looked a little confused.
Dahuang barked suddenly, which startled him awake.
"We can't sleep, we will definitely get sick if we sleep!" Tang Cao stood up, "Let's run!"
Rhubarb also followed him. Little Fatty Chen didn't want to move, but Rhubarb couldn't stand the cold without the furry hair, so he had to run after him. After running for a while, they felt that it was not that cold anymore, so they started walking in circles in the cave.
But after all, they were children. The time was getting later and later, and the two of them were getting more and more sleepy. They didn't know when they huddled together and fell asleep holding Rhubarb. Chen Xiaopang felt very cold, so cold that he couldn't help crying.
Suddenly I heard Zhao Ying's voice: "Little Fatty! Look what this is!"
"Quilt!" Chen Xiaopang jumped up happily when he saw Zhao Ying standing in front holding the quilt.
He hurriedly ran over, but Zhao Ying kept retreating. Every time he almost touched the quilt, Zhao Ying became further away.
"Don't move!" Chen Xiaopang became anxious and shouted loudly, "Why are you so bad? I'm going to freeze to death."
Zhao Ying didn't seem to hear him and asked him again.
"Little Fatty! Look what this is!"
Chen Xiaopang got angry: "Zhao Ying, if you don't give it to me, I won't play with you."
"Then come and get it!" Zhao Ying waved to him.
Chen Xiaopang quickly ran over. This time Zhao Ying did not run away. He finally touched the quilt.
Soft and thick! Chen Xiaopang got in with a cry, and as he drilled, he suddenly thought of Tang Cao.
"Tang Cao! Tang Cao, where are you?" He got out of the quilt, "Come here quickly, I have a quilt here!"
"Little Fatty Chen? Little Fatty Chen, wake up!" When Tang Cao woke up, he found that Little Fatty Chen was hot all over. He had a fever.
Chen Xiaopang opened his eyes in a daze and saw Tang Cao grinning: "Tang... Tang Cao, I have a quilt here."
"You're dreaming!" Tang Cao was extremely anxious, "What should I do? You have a fever."
Chen Xiaopang looked around. They were still in the cave, and Dahuang was crawling aside.
"You have a... fever?" He moved his head, and then he realized that he was dizzy, had no strength at all, and felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Wait a minute!" Tang Cao held the water tank piece he brought back yesterday and ran to the entrance of the cave to catch the rainwater. After catching it for a while, he ran over, "Drink some water."
Chen Xiaopang took a look and saw that the rainwater looked very clean. He held the water tank tablet and drank several sips, then handed it to Tang Cao: "You drink too."
"It's almost dawn." Tang Cao finished his drink and looked outside. The rain was much lighter than last night, and it looked like it would stop soon.
Dahuang suddenly stood up and screamed, then ran out of the hole.
"Did it look for sweet potatoes for us again?" Chen Xiaopang said weakly, looking at the two sweet potatoes left in the corner from yesterday, "Didn't you tell it there are still more sweet potatoes here?"
Tang Cao didn't want to say that Dahuang wasn't blind, so how could he not see it.
"It probably went to the bathroom."
Chen Xiaopang was silent for a few seconds after hearing this. Tang Cao thought he felt uncomfortable and looked at him nervously.
"I want to go to the toilet too." Chen Xiaopang stood up unsteadily.
Tang Cao helped him: "Then stand at the entrance of the cave and pee outside, but don't go out."
"Don't you pee?" Chen Xiaopang felt that Tang Cao hadn't peed for a long time.
Tang Cao felt it and said, "Then let me pee too!"
So the two of them stood at the entrance of the cave and peed outside, competing to see who could pee farther. After holding it in all night, I still had a lot of urine. When I was chasing after me, I suddenly heard a dog barking.
"What's wrong with Dahuang?" Chen Xiaopang stood on tiptoe to look. The rain was much lighter at this time, and his vision was clear.
But there are too many trees, so you won’t be able to see anything.
"Woof woof woof!" came another voice.
"Woof woof woof woof!"
its not right! The two of them had pulled up their pants, but why did it look like they had two dogs?
"Dahuang must have been bullied by other dogs!" Chen Xiaopang didn't care about his dizziness and wanted to rush out.
Tang Cao held him tightly: "What are you doing out there? You can't beat a dog."
He pulled Chen Xiaopang into the cave: "Let's hide it. If other dogs find it, Dahuang will protect us from distraction."
Chen Xiaopang was about to say yes when he heard another voice.
"Little Fatty! Tang Cao!"
The two of them stood up. Chen Xiaopang even jumped twice: "It's my dad! It's my dad's voice!"
The search team made a long circle and spent most of the night before reaching the other side of the cliff. The police dog was exhausted. When everyone was resting in place, they suddenly heard the dog barking.
"Why does this dog still have the energy to bark?" Chen Qing asked. After a night, he looked very haggard.
The captain suddenly stood up: "It's not our dog!"
"Listen, in which direction is the dog barking?" Tang Yao said anxiously.
A policeman touched the police dog's head. The police dog stood up and barked hard in one direction, then lay down on the ground again. Everyone hurriedly ran in that direction, and after running for a while they saw a big yellow dog.
"Is this the dog the children took away?" Chen Qing shouted excitedly.
The dog stopped when it saw them, barked at them several times, and shook its head while barking.
"It must be!" the captain said happily, "It is asking us to follow it."
So everyone followed the big yellow dog over a small hillside and found the cave.
"Little Fatty! Tang Cao!" Chen Qing shouted loudly.
In the cave, two children were excitedly preparing to go out, when they saw a group of people appearing at the entrance of the cave.
"Dad! Dad!" Fatty Chen jumped up and down.
Tang Yao also saw Tang Cao and almost cried.
A group of people looked at two children who had become earth-colored, one of them was holding a sweet potato.
Compared to Chen Qing and Tang Yao who were about to cry, although Chen Xiaopang and Tang Cao were also very happy, they were not to the point of crying with joy. After all, apart from not eating very well and having many twists and turns, they still had a great time.
The adults have to carry them away.
Chen Xiaopang and Tang Cao were still thinking about Gouzi.
"Dahuang, come home with me!" Chen Xiaopang hugged Dahuang's dog's head, "I promise you, eat well and drink spicy food!"
So, each of the bodyguards of the Tang family held a child, and someone else held Dahuang. Chen Qing is holding two sweet potatoes...
"That's what Rhubarb brought back with so much hard work. Let's go back and give it to mother and Zhao Ying to try." Chen Xiaopang said.
A group of people walked back and came down from the mountain in a mighty manner.
"Madam, the young master has been found!" The bodyguard guarding at the foot of the mountain saw them and ran back to report the news.
Bai Susu sat in the car all night and almost couldn't stand still when she got off. When she saw that the Tang Cao on the bodyguard's back was safe and sound, she took it off and stretched out her hand in tears.
"Mom!" Tang Cao threw herself into her arms.
"It's okay, it's okay..." Bai Susu cried.
Tang Cao still smiled: "Mom, I'm fine! Let me introduce my brother to you, Xiaopang! Come here, Xiaopang."
Because Chen Xiaopang was found to have a fever, Chen Qing did not dare to delay. He made an appointment with the Tang family for the next visit and hurriedly drove to the hospital. She called her home halfway, and Wang Cailian put down the phone and burst into tears.
"Brother has been found!" She hugged Zhao Ying while crying and laughing.
Zhao Ying kept crying after she came back, her face was wet with tears.
"Okay, your uncle said that Fatty has a fever. Auntie is going to make some food and bring it with you. You go upstairs and change clothes while we go to the hospital!"
When she arrived at the hospital, Wang Cailian found out that Fatty didn't just have a fever, but had pneumonia.
"The doctor said it was cold." Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his son who was sitting on the hospital bed and eating heavily.
There was just such a single child in their family. If something happened to him, the old man would probably beat him to death.