There is a Feng Grandma in Xinglin Village. Her husband died in a fire five years ago. Her eight-year-old son was also blind. Her mother-in-law was not at home at that time, so she escaped.

Her husband's death and her son's blindness were undoubtedly a devastating blow to Grandma Feng. During that period, she was crying all day long and heartbroken.

Five years have passed, and my son is now thirteen years old, but whenever my mother-in-law thinks of the fire, she will burst into tears. Of course, her biggest wish is to hope that her son can recover.

In the autumn of this year, Grandma Feng thought of picking some wild fruits from the mountain to come back for her son to eat. In the mountainous areas where supplies are scarce, being able to eat wild fruits can be regarded as a better gift on this festival.

Grandma Feng was carrying a basket on her back and walked up the mountain. She walked along the mountain road to the place where she was about to touch the mountainside. She was next to a jujube tree. Grandma saw a big cradle.

She was surprised and when she approached, she seemed to be a baby, and she opened the swaddling clothes. Wow! The mother-in-law almost cried out: "Who has discarded such a cute baby girl in this wilderness? Could it be that the child's mother also went up the mountain to pick wild fruits like herself, and left the child here to sleep for the time being?" But she looked around and there was no one around.

So Grandma Feng picked the fruit while waiting for her children's family. She waited for a long time and watched the sun set.

My son is still waiting for her to go back at home, so I can’t wait so aimlessly!

I thought to myself, it would be better to take the child back first, and no one claimed it and adopt it yourself.

When he got home, his son saw his mother-in-law bringing a baby girl back from the mountain. The son even joked with her. If no one claimed the baby girl, he would have another sister in the future.

Yes, I can’t see it from my own eyes. In the future, my sister can accompany my mother-in-law, and my son will naturally accept it.

The next morning, Grandma Feng habitually opened the door and prepared to go to the river to wash clothes, but unexpectedly found a black snake at the door.

People in the mountains are not afraid of snakes, because they have seen snakes of all sizes on the mountain, but this snake is wrapped around the door, blocking the way in and out!

My mother-in-law found a long pole to send the black snake away, but she didn't know that the guy was still there. Although she was not afraid of the snake, if she hurt it, she was afraid of it attacking it.

Then, Grandma Feng risked her life to push her hard. Not only did she not attack, the guy "scared" towards the weed forest next to the house, and directly walked towards the backyard of the "crazy woman" next door.

"Crazy Woman" was named because her husband suspected that she had an affair with her mother-in-law's dead husband a few years ago and was about to divorce her, so she made a noise all day long.

Who would have thought that on the third day when my mother-in-law opened the door, the black snake was still lying at the door, and my mother-in-law drove it away again.

The guy also wandered towards the backyard of the "crazy woman" again. My mother-in-law once thought it was a snake raised by the "crazy woman"?

In this way, for seven consecutive days, the black snake was wrapped around the door every morning.

It happened that a Taoist priest passed by on the morning of the seventh day. The Taoist priest claimed to be able to understand the words of snakes. He stood quietly next to the black snake. After a while, the Taoist priest said to his mother-in-law: "Your son's eyes have returned to normal now. The culprit of the fire five years ago was the 'crazy woman' next door to your house."

Now my mother-in-law was puzzled.

It turned out that the black snake told the Taoist priest that she was the mother of the baby girl. She was once a snake spirit. She fell in love with a mortal man and gave birth to a cute daughter. However, when the man's family found out, they strongly opposed it and asked the mage to knock her back to her original form and abandon the baby girl on the mountain. So the snake spirit swears that as long as anyone is willing to take in the baby girl, they will use their remaining magic power to help the benefactor fulfill their wishes.

Look, Grandma Feng’s son can see it now, so he has forgotten his mother-in-law’s greatest wish.

As for the culprit of the fire, the "crazy woman", Grandma Feng felt that it was not that important, after all, she was already a lunatic.

It has been nearly the end of the year, and the small mountain village is full of the New Year atmosphere, but there is a family that seems to be somewhat out of place with the New Year atmosphere. This is Grandma Jiang’s house, who is nearly 70 years old. After dinner, it was getting darker, but Grandma Jiang sat alone outside the yard gate, looking towards the entrance of the village from time to time.

Occasionally, when people who came out for a walk saw this scene, they could only shake their heads helplessly. Everyone knows that she is just worried about her eldest daughter who is a few kilometers away.

Grandma Jiang had a son and a daughter all the time. She had always lived in the village with her son Jiang An's family, while her daughter married to a town a few kilometers away. Both the siblings were very filial to her. Everyone said that Grandma Jiang was blessed.

Just two months ago, her daughter was diagnosed with a terminal illness. When she first learned the news, Grandma Jiang felt that the sky had fallen. Fortunately, her daughter Aping was cheerful and gave up the nearly torturous treatments in the clinic and returned home.

I don’t know if it was because Aping had a good mentality or did not take excessive medication. After leaving the clinic, she was in good condition except for sometimes suffering from illness.

Everyone said that sometimes I really don’t think she is a seriously ill person. Last month, Aping asked his son to pick up his mother and go shopping in the town.

This also made Grandma Jiang feel much more at ease, at least she felt that she would not lose her daughter in a short period of time.

Aping and his younger brother Jiang An have had a very good relationship since childhood. When he learned about his sister's condition, he even went to see her every now and then. Although everyone said that her sister was in good condition, he knew that her sister was exhausting her last energy when she looked at her sister's increasingly thin body.

Her condition worsened more than ten days ago. Considering that Grandma Jiang was old, Aping told her not to come to see her, because she was afraid that her mother would not be able to bear it when she was now.

Jiang An responded with tears in his eyes. Grandma Jiang also knew her daughter's painstaking efforts. Although she was extremely worried, she did not force herself to go. She always only knew about her daughter's situation from Jiang An.

Nearly afternoon this year, Jiang An received the news and took his wife to the town. Before leaving, he asked his mother to stay at home. Grandma Jiang just nodded silently.

She didn't know how she spent this afternoon, and she felt restless. Her son never sent a message, and she didn't dare to contact her son on his own initiative. In her opinion, it might be the best news now that there is no news.

It was almost midnight before Grandma Wang returned to the house with some reluctance. Maybe she was under too much pressure all afternoon, so she fell on the kang and fell asleep soon.

I don’t know how long I’ve been sleeping, but in a daze, I heard someone calling her: “Mom, why don’t you cover yourself with a quilt when you sleep? What should I do if you catch a cold.”

Grandma Jiang hurriedly opened her eyes. Aping was right in front of her. She was so happy that she said, "Why are you back? You kid, you don't keep it at home when you are sick. Why are you running around in the middle of the night?"

Aping smiled and said, "Mom, I'm fine. You've been cured of my illness. Don't worry. I miss you now, so I'm here to see you. Also, I just measure how big the size of your kang mat is. Last time I was shopping in the market, you didn't talk about it. I didn't talk about how big the mat was. I didn't even care about measuring the mat at home. I didn't even care about measuring the mat this year."

As he said that, Aping stroked the broken mat with his hands, and his eyes were filled with reluctance.

When he heard that his daughter was thinking about what she said a month ago, he felt relieved and said, "You kid, that's what I said, look, you came here to measure the size."

Even though they said that, the mother and the mother still measured the size of the kang mat while chatting. Maybe they felt relaxed suddenly or were tired from chatting, so Grandma Jiang fell asleep. She slept very peacefully this time. In the hazy feeling that Aping had tucked the corner of the quilt for herself.

The next morning, Grandma Jiang woke up and saw that she was the only one in the room, but there was no sign of A Ping. It seemed that she had a dream last night, but the dream was too real and clear.

It was almost noon when his son Jiang An came back. He didn't want to hide it from his mother and told her that his sister Aping passed away last night. Because it was almost the end of the year, he could not be buried, so the ashes were temporarily stored and buried after the New Year.

Grandma Jiang didn't speak or cry a day after hearing the news, but just sat silently on the kang.

Jiang An knew that his mother would be strong all her life, so he would rather her mother cry and vent her pain at this time. Judging from her mother's current appearance, he was very worried.

The next day it was New Year's Eve. Although it was still unable to separate from the pain, the strong Grandma Jiang still took Jiang An and his family to get busy with the New Year's work.

While the family was preparing lunch, Aping's husband entered the house, carrying a kang mat on his shoulder. Grandma Jiang was stunned and said nothing, watching them replace the old mat, but the size of the new mat was just right.

Everything was done, and Jiang An asked his brother-in-law what he was doing, why did he suddenly come over to change the seats...

My brother-in-law held back her tears and said, "Aping asked me the day before yesterday that my mother wanted to change a new mat during the New Year, and she also mentioned the size. I think that should be Aping's wish, but it's close to the New Year, and I ran to several places to buy this size."

After hearing this, Grandma Jiang, who had not shed tears, burst into tears and cried bitterly, touching the new mat, and muttered: "Good daughter, Mom misses you, Mom knows you are thinking about me, you can leave well, everything will be fine, so don't worry."
Chapter completed!