Halfway up the mountainside in the mist, under the green willow trees, a young girl was half-lying.
The light blue gauze skirt is spread on the fallen willow leaves, the thin white ankles are exposed, and the pale and beautiful little face has a slight smile.
She gently stroked the trunk of the willow tree, her eyes full of nostalgia and reluctance.
But the moment of departure will eventually come, and the vitality in her body is slowly passing away.
"Mother Tree, I'm leaving."
The willow tree seemed to feel something and touched her cheek lightly with its hanging buds.
Mu Nannan's long eyelashes trembled, and she tried her best to smile:
"Nannan knows that it was the tree mother who protected me in the forest all these years."
Otherwise, her parents would have left her alone in the castle to fend for herself after she was diagnosed with an incurable disease . At that time, it was absolutely impossible for her as a little baby to survive until now.
The morning breeze blows and the willow trees rustle.
The girl's voice was intermittent:
"Nannan is very... grateful to Mother Tree, but Nannan's body can't hold on anymore. Mother Tree, don't be... sad, I will turn into a star and accompany you in the sky..."
Willow continued He fiddled with the girl's cheek, but the girl never woke up again.
The sun was rising, and the roar of cars sounded in front of the castle not far away.
A man and a woman got out of the car, dressed extremely exquisitely. Then the woman bent down and took out a girl who looked very similar to Mu Nannan from the car.
That was the eldest daughter of the Mu family, who replaced Mu Nannan.
They went into the castle and searched around, but couldn't find anyone. The woman seemed sad for a while, the man took the paper money from the car, and their adopted daughter pretended to cry.
But Liu Shu, who had become a spirit, could clearly feel the malice in her body, and the woman, who looked sad, but was actually happy.
Fortunately, the sickly daughter she abandoned did not survive and would not disturb her life or compete with her for the family property.
As for the man, he didn't show any sadness from the beginning to the end. He only used a lighter to light the ghost coins and paper money he brought.
The flames rose, and the three got back into the car and left.
Only ashes drifted away.
But a hundred meters away, the girl's body under the tree became cold.
The warm sun is not too warm.
The willow tree shook its branches, a faint green halo enveloped the girl, and the person and the tree disappeared from the world.
...
1970.
Taoji Village.
Heavy snowflakes continued to fall, and the snow on the ground was already up to people's knees, and the crop seedlings were crushed.
Mu Baoguo, the captain of the production brigade, shouted on the loudspeaker:
"Attention, every household, the mountains have been closed by heavy snow for the past two days. No one is allowed to go hunting in the mountains for the two taels of meat."
"Even if you are greedy at the end of the year, the pig pen There are still two fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered. When the snow stops, the villagers will be organized to kill the pigs, and then every household will be able to get a share of the meat."
After he finished shouting, he cleared his throat and planned to shout again Once again, a person stumbled in at the door.
"Dad!"
"Lan Xin is about to give birth!"
His third son, Mu Jianfeng, was sweating with anxiety.
"What?!"
Mu Baoguo didn't even bother to turn off the loudspeaker. He picked up his third son, whose legs were weak, and ran home.
The villagers on the other end of the loudspeaker heard this conversation clearly.
Many people started to discuss:
"The third daughter-in-law of the captain's family is weak and weak, and the belly of this pregnancy is not pointed. I look like a girl."
"I can't say for sure."
A boss Mother held up her sleeves and spoke in a loud voice:
"As long as the daughter-in-law of Lao Mu's family is pregnant, she will give birth to a boy."