The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 12 Great Calamity
Liu frantically dug through the snow, while the rest of the Wang family, seeing the thick layer of snow, were also somewhat apprehensive. The baby was so small; if buried inside, was there any chance of survival?

The baby's footprints stopped right there and disappeared completely; there was no other explanation but that the baby had been buried.

While the other villagers were still hesitating, Wang Chuanman had already turned around and left.

Wang Chuanfu grabbed him: "Where are you going?"

Wang Chuanman's tone was unreadable; he simply muttered, "Get the hoe, my daughter is still inside!"

Village Chief Hu stood inside, watched for a while, then turned around, intending to go back and get his things.

The village chief's wife, however, was wearing a coat and carrying a sickle, a hoe, and a winnowing basket, rushing around in a hurry.

"Here you go, husband!" The village chief's wife tossed a hoe to the village chief and a sickle to her eldest son beside her. "You go too. It's freezing cold, the torches won't last long, don't dawdle!"

As early as after discovering that the person might have been buried, the village chief's wife heard a noise on the way and immediately went back to get something.

She can't take too much; her second son, eldest daughter-in-law, father-in-law, and mother-in-law are still behind her.

They knew that at this point, the key was having a large number of people; the more people there were, the faster they could dig, and the more likely they were to be rescued.

But the village chief wouldn't call on anyone else to help; in such cold, snowy weather, they might not be willing to save a child.

A young woman who had run over at some point said, "We're not very strong, so we'll build a few fires nearby to warm everyone up."

The others, as if waking from a dream, began to speak one after another.

"Yes, yes, it's not as cold as melting snow when it snows; it's actually warmer with a fire."

“Call out all the family members who are still awake. There’s a fire and torches here, it’s much warmer.”

"I don't feel comfortable leaving my kids at home, and I can't just leave here, so I might as well call them all over!"

Some people exclaimed, "Sigh... the snake meat last night was really delicious. I've never eaten such delicious snake meat before."

Now, those who were still a little hesitant no longer hesitated.

Cannibals are soft and short.

They all owed that child a debt of gratitude.

Although we should scold the child for running out in the middle of the night, that's no reason to give up on the child's life now.

The villagers are not born saints; it's just that most of them prefer to make the same choices as others.

Once someone takes the lead in something, others will follow suit without much consideration for their own gains or losses.

Soon, everyone in the village arrived, and several large bonfires were lit on the ground in the middle of the village.

The naive children thought it was some kind of fun activity.

After this night, it would have been Lunar New Year's Eve.

According to custom, the campfire should burn all night; they just started it a night earlier.

The younger children ran around excitedly, completely unaware of what was happening.

The older children followed the adults and helped as much as they could.

The dumpling could see everything outside clearly from inside.

Even though it's just a white ball of fluff, it's still quite a sight to behold.

These people would actually go to this lengths for a doll that is almost a complete stranger.

This is simply unbelievable, but it really happened!

No wonder I saw you.

Tuanzi murmured.

Little Ayu inside called for her mother for a long time, but Liu didn't hear her. So she put down her little hand and sat on the ground with some disappointment.

Look at you, you've caused trouble for everyone!

Tuanzi wanted to scold Xiao Ayu, but she saw that the child had her head down and looked very sad.

Then it saw tears streaming down the child's cheeks.

Because inside the thermal cover, the tears were not frozen.

Hey, don't cry!

But after only one tear, Xiao Ayu wiped it away, stood up again, and clenched her little fists.

With her other hand, she patted her head and said to herself, "Good girl, Ayu, don't cry."

She turned her head, saw the lamb, grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and smiled rather reluctantly.

“Ayu protected you…Ayu is very capable…Ayu is not useless…”

"Ayu can still find her mother, find her mother..."

She muttered to herself and then went to rummage through the snow.

The little lamb was still digging a hole in the same spot, digging and digging, for who knows how long, until it cleared away the snow and saw solid ground.

The lamb saw that Little Ayu was still pawing, bleated once, and then continued to paw at her with all four hooves.

However, the ground, frozen by the snow, was really hard, and the little lamb was stubborn. It managed to dig through the hard soil bit by bit, relying on the power given by the Water of All Spirits.

As they were digging, their two claws suddenly lost their grip and they fell into a pit that had suddenly appeared.

The pit is a hole; turn left, and it stretches on and on, I don't know where it ends.

"Mea~~~"

"Little lamb, don't be lazy, keep digging," Little Ayu said, carrying it on her back.

The lamb bleated a few more times, but saw that Little Ayu was sticking out her little bottom and ignoring it.

He took a few steps back, then lowered his head.

Little lamb, charge!

He pressed down on little Ayu's bottom. Little Ayu didn't notice and plunged her head into the snow.

When Xiao Ayu pulled her head out, she saw the hole.

"Little lamb!" Little Ayu exclaimed angrily, but when she saw the hole, she was extremely surprised: "What is this?"

I've never seen that before.

Judging from the appearance, the hole was hidden in a crevice in the rocks and was usually covered up.

Because of the unusual location of the gap, both Xiao Ayu and Xiao Yang are very small, so the two of them could just fit inside.

If she had the physique of a three-year-old, she wouldn't be able to fit in at all.

Other children in the village, even at one or two years old, wouldn't crawl inside.

The man in black was even more bizarre. When he fell, the avalanche somehow mixed in ice, which shifted the position of the large rocks and just happened to send him in.

And the opening becomes even more obvious.

If you look at it from the side normally, you'll only see a small mouse hole in the gap.

The stone is too big and the crevices are too deep, which obstructs the view and creates this effect.

Who would care about a big rock in the village?
Little Ayu peered inside with some curiosity.

They were so frightened that they retreated.

Oh, it's so dark inside!

Because a hole suddenly appeared, little Ayu completely forgot that she was thinking about her mother and was directly attracted by the hole.

I want to go and see it.

[Don't move, baby! If you move around again and something happens, I really won't have the strength to save you!]

We're almost out of energy.

Tuanzi's senses weren't all-encompassing; it could only sense that the hole was a bit deep, but there were no danger signals.

"You shouldn't go down there; wait for your mother."

Little Ayu finally heard Tuanzi speak, and blinked: "Mother?"

By this time, the people outside had been digging for two hours, and no one dared to use too much force, for fear that a single blow with a hoe would cut the child in two.

For two hours, hundreds of farmers worked together to dig and transport the snow, clearing away a large area of ​​the snow that had accumulated at the bottom of the mountain.

Liu had been calling Xiao Ayu's name non-stop, and now her voice was almost hoarse.

"Ayu—"

"Ayu—"

When Xiao Ayu heard this, her eyes lit up instantly.

This time, she heard her mother's voice.

"Mother! Mother!" Little Ayu was not cold, and her voice was clear in the night.

Everyone faintly heard the child's voice and couldn't believe it.

It really is here! The child is still alive!

Wang Chuanman had been digging until he was completely desperate and numb, but when he heard Xiao Ayu's answer, he immediately perked up.

"Ayu, don't be afraid, Daddy's here, Daddy's come to get you!" Wang Chuanman shouted, "Daddy's here!"

Little Ayu paused in calling for her mother, then opened her little hands, cupped them into a megaphone shape, and called out, "Father—"

Everyone quickly put down their tools and began digging with their bare hands.

The child's voice is so close, they must have dug it up soon. We definitely can't use anything else, what if they get hurt?

We've been busy all along, and my skillful wife even made a ginger and snake meat soup. After drinking it, we didn't feel cold anymore, and everyone was full of energy.

Just as everyone dug down the large rock and cleared away the snow from the cracks, they suddenly heard a huge rumbling sound.

Boom boom boom——

Boom boom——

The sound was fast and urgent, even more frightening than thunder.

It lasted for more than fifteen minutes. Everyone was too scared to move and was completely terrified.

The experienced old man turned pale: "The snow collapsed!"

Moreover, the sound is quite unusual!
Everyone heard the sound of the snow collapsing earlier; that meant half the snow on the mountainside had fallen down.

With such a loud noise right now, I'm afraid it's not—

No one dared to think too much.

"Keep digging!" Village Chief Hu said through gritted teeth.

Some young people were fast runners; they ran a few steps further away to check the situation, but returned after only a few steps.

In a trembling voice, she said, "Snow—snow—"

Village Chief Hu shouted sternly, "Speak properly!"

"The snow collapsed, and our whole village is buried!"

A day and a night of blizzard, combined with more than a month of accumulated snow, finally caused the snow on the surrounding mountains to collapse under the strain.

The houses of every family in Hujia Village were buried.

Madam Ma's face turned pale, and she instantly turned towards the Wang family's direction, running away as fast as she could: "Husband!"

(End of this chapter)