"Let’s go, head back."
The brother and sister eagerly started walking back.
However, Li Xing’an took the wrong route.
No matter how they walked, they couldn’t find the original forest path.
Li Xing’an started to panic, "Don’t be afraid, Third Sister, with Third Brother here, we’ll definitely find Father and the others."
His voice was trembling, yet he was still trying to comfort her.
Li Yuzhu wasn’t worried at all.
This mountain is very small, it takes about one or two miles to reach the halfway point, and no more than three miles to cover the entire mountain, estimating it’s less than thirty zhang high.
If they walked patiently, they’d always make it down.
Night had fallen, and under the faint moonlight above, they searched for a way out in the forest.
As they walked, they heard someone calling, "Is anyone there, help! Help!"
The voice came repeatedly, not seeming too far away.
Li Xing’an excitedly said, "Third Sister, there’s someone up ahead!"
"Let’s go take a look!" Li Yuzhu said.
As long as there’s someone, they can easily find out how to get down the mountain.
The brother and sister ran in the direction of the voice.
When they got closer, they found it was an old man who had fallen down the slope.
The old man likely had broken his leg, sitting on the ground groaning loudly with pain.
Li Yuzhu shouted down the slope, "Grandpa, we’ll rescue you!"
The old man said joyfully, "Thank you so much, I’m from Taohua River Village down the mountain, my son is the village chief. If you save me, I’ll make sure my son repays you well."
Li Xing’an was delighted, whispering to Li Yuzhu, "He’s the family of the village chief, that’s a noble person. Let’s rescue him quickly! In the future, we can ask the village chief for help."
Li Yuzhu nodded, "Yes, let’s rescue him quickly."
Even if he wasn’t the village chief’s family, just a regular villager, by connecting with the villagers, they could find a safe place.
The bottom of the slope was about five to six meters deep; getting down was easier than getting up.
Rescuing him became a problem.
Li Yuzhu looked around and her eyes lit up. She smiled and said, "I have an idea, look, those vines!"
The nearby big trees had many vines entwined around them.
Some were over ten meters long, more than enough to rescue someone.
"Vines? Are they sturdy?" Li Xing’an looked at the vines, frowning.
"Sturdy!" Li Yuzhu beckoned, "Come with me."
She lifted her skirt and ran towards a big tree. freew\ebno\vel..(c)om
The two pulled down three vines and combined them into a thick rope.
Li Xing’an and Li Yuzhu pulled at it and didn’t break it, showing it was quite sturdy.
Li Yuzhu dragged the vine rope to the tree beside the slope and tied it to the root.
She shouted down the slope, "Grandpa, tie the vine around your waist and hold on tight, we will pull you up."
Li Xing’an added a reminder, "Don’t look down, look up."
The length of the vine dangled just alongside the old man.
"Such clever kids," the old man jiggled the vine and said with a smile.
He wrapped the vine around his waist and shouted to the two, "Alright, you can pull me up now."
"One, two, one, two," the two kids with growling stomachs pulled together to lift the old man up the dirt slope.
"Grandpa, are you okay?" Li Yuzhu asked again.
Li Xing’an, having exerted much effort, sat to the side panting heavily.
The old man, upon reaching the top, kept holding his left leg.
"Injured, but it’s okay, I can still walk," the old man said with a friendly smile.
Li Xing’an untied the vine around the old man, looking at his leg, "I think this leg is quite injured."
"Shall I take a look?" Li Yuzhu offered, "I know a bit about medicine."
Li Xing’an was surprised, "Third Sister? When did you learn medicine? How come I didn’t know?"