At that time, there were still many families living in the village at the foot of the mountain.
But like all remote villages, young people go out to work, leaving only the elderly and children at home.
But there was a family in the village who was different.
The thirty-year-old man still stays in the village. It's not that the man doesn't want to go out to work, but that he has lung disease and can't do heavy work.
Fortunately, the man contracted the disease while working in the factory, and the factory compensated him with a sum of money. After returning to the village, the man could live a comfortable life.
On a snowy morning that year, the man was walking at the entrance of the village as usual, but he found a baby crying under the straw leaning against the field. When he walked in, he discovered that it was a baby girl wrapped in swaddling clothes.
At that time, there was still a preference for boys over girls in rural areas. The poorer the area, the more so. This baby girl was abandoned.
The man took the baby girl back to his home. When the people in the village found out, they advised him that there was no need for him to bring a baby girl back. If he really wanted to save some seeds, he could buy a baby boy.
It is illegal to buy and sell babies, but in the remote mountain village at that time, no one thought there was anything wrong. The man listened to the villagers' persuasion and shook his head with a smile.
Perhaps because he had one more child, the man's health was getting better and better. When the baby girl was seven years old, a matchmaker came to the man's house to be a matchmaker. The woman was from the next village and divorced.
In a man's situation, it's good if he can get a wife, and it doesn't matter if he is divorced or not.
The man agreed to the marriage, and soon the woman got married and gave birth to a baby boy the next year. The man was very happy and had a son and a daughter. God still favored him.
However, with the birth of his son, the man's wife became a completely different person. She no longer did any work, and her eight-year-old daughter was asked to wash the clothes. As for cooking, she was entirely left to the man.
It is normal for children in rural areas to start their own families at an early age. However, when a man saw that his daughter’s hands were covered with frostbite in the winter, he felt very unbearable and said a few words to his wife. Unexpectedly, his wife responded fiercely.
Although the man's health has improved a lot over the years, he suffers from lung disease and cannot be stimulated. This quarrel caused the man's old illness to relapse, and his health deteriorated rapidly. Within a few days, he could only lie in bed.
When the man's wife saw this situation, she actually left secretly. She ran away from home without returning to her parents' home. It was said that she went to work in a big city.
After learning that his wife had run away, the man was once again stimulated. He lay in bed and died within a week, leaving only his eight-year-old daughter and his one-year-old son.
"The man knew that he was dying. On the night before he left, he told his daughter that he would let her adopt another family in the village without a woman. As for his son, he would be handed over to the villagers and sent to find a wife elsewhere.
Adopted by a family."
There are still many families without sons who want a one-year-old baby boy.
"However, the daughter shook her head and refused, and told the man that she would raise her brother."
Hu Xin looked at Lin Ye, who listened silently. He knew that the daughter in Hu Xin's story was her, or the original body of this body.
"For such a young girl, after her father died, because she had no money, she knelt at the door of the house and asked the villagers to carry her father up the mountain for burial. After her father was buried, she also chose to drop out of school and did not continue studying.
, but took the job of threading needles for trinkets, threading five hundred pieces a day and earning twenty yuan."
"Although life was hard, the girl was very happy to see her brother grow up day by day. However, fate never favored the girl. When her brother was three years old, he suddenly contracted a cold and fell ill. The girl didn't have enough money to treat his brother.
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"Fortunately, the doctor sympathized with her and exempted her a lot of money. But even so, her brother needed to supplement his nutrition after returning home, which was a lot of money. In order to make money, the girl could only work hard and continue to wear clothes during the day.
After my brother fell asleep at night, I took a flashlight and went to the mountain to dig some herbs."
"Even some adults in the village didn't dare to go up the mountain at night, but such a thin little girl dared to go up the mountain alone for the sake of her younger brother. Not to mention the wild beasts and poisonous insects, the mountain road even caused her to fall and slip many times. However, the girl still remained
I persevered."
"Once, the girl was chased by a wild boar. She panicked and broke into a cave. There was a frangipani in the cave. It absorbed the energy of the earth's veins and was about to become a spirit. The moment the plants, trees and monsters became spirits, they would attract wild beasts.
, and in this cave, there has been a venomous snake staring at this frangipani flower, just waiting for the moment when the frangipani flower becomes essence, it will swallow it in one gulp."
"The girl accidentally broke into the cave and found a poisonous snake. However, the girl was not afraid. She killed the poisonous snake with a hoe used to dig herbs, thus saving the life of the frangipani flower."
"Later, Frangipani became a spirit and stayed in the cave for five years. After she had acquired some skills, she wanted to find the girl to repay her kindness, but when she came to the village, she discovered that the girl was missing.
He’s been missing for three days.”
"Everyone in the village was looking for the girl. When she saw the girl's brother, his feet were so skinned that he couldn't stop in search of his sister. Finally, he couldn't hold on and fainted, and was sent to the hospital by the villagers."
"The villagers persuaded the boy to give up, saying that his sister might have been snatched away by a wild animal when she went up the mountain to collect medicine. Although there are no tigers in the mountains, there are also jackals. The boy did not believe it, but his health was not good at all.
Can’t get out of bed.”
"The boy couldn't find his sister, but she could. Frangipani used her magical powers to find the girl's body at the bottom of the pond not far from the village entrance."
"The girl was put in a sack, and the sack was tied with an iron chain. One end of the iron chain was tied with a big stone. The girl's clothes were stripped off. Frangipani knew that the girl was brutally murdered by the gangsters."
"Frangipani wanted to avenge the girl, so she prayed to God. Unexpectedly, God really answered her and allowed her to possess the girl."
"The next day, the girl returned to the village. The villagers were very happy to see the girl back. They had watched these siblings grow up. When any family held a happy event, they would call the siblings over for dinner.
The clothes that the children at home cannot wear will also be given to the siblings."
"People in the village are not rich, so this is the greatest help we can give to the siblings. Both siblings also know how good the people in the village are to them."
"The girl's brother was also very happy to hear the news that his sister was back. His illness, which was caused by being anxious to get angry, recovered quickly. However, the day after the girl came back, two people, a couple, died in the village.
He accidentally fell into the water and drowned in the pond at the entrance of the village."
"The pond at the entrance of the village was contracted by this couple. The villagers guessed that the couple was afraid that someone would come and steal the fish at night, so they wanted to guard it. Unexpectedly, an accident happened. Apart from their feelings, they just sighed. Only Suxin
The flower essence knows that the couple did not drown accidentally, but got into the water by her."
"The girl possessed the essence of frangipani and entered the village. She noticed that the couple looked strange. At night, the couple secretly walked towards the pond. The couple talked quietly while walking, which also made frangipani
Jing knows the truth."
"It turns out that the girl went to the mountain to collect herbs four days ago, but it suddenly rained that day. The girl hurried down the mountain and her clothes were wet. The husband of the couple happened to be cutting fish grass by the pond and saw the girl's figure after her clothes were wet.
, he actually had evil thoughts and dragged the girl to a makeshift hut by the pond. The girl resisted desperately, and the man was so angry that he strangled the girl to death."
"The girl was strangled to death, and the man was also panicking. At this time, his wife happened to bring food. Witnessing this scene, after scolding the man a few words, she wanted to cover up the crime for her husband. After the couple discussed it,
It was decided to sink the girl's body to the bottom of the pond, and wait until the body has decomposed in a few years. Even if it is discovered by then, there will be no fear because there will be no evidence."
When Hu Xin said this, there was a mocking expression on her face: "The couple saw that the girl came to life. They were scared and anxious. They were already restless during the day, so they came here while it was dark.
We tried to pull the sack out of the pond, but unfortunately, the two of them failed to salvage the sack, but they both fell into the water and drowned."
Listening to this, Lin Ye's eyes narrowed. The couple would drown because of what the jasmine flower essence in front of them had done. However, the laws of nature were clear and retribution was not what they deserved.
"After avenging the girl, Frangipani originally planned to leave, but after she returned home, she saw the diary written by the girl. In the girl's thick diary of hundreds of pages, every page mentioned was hers.
younger brother."
"After reading the girl's diary, Frangipani changed her mind, because she knew that what the girl needed most was not to avenge her, but to take good care of her brother. She decided to take care of her brother instead of the girl."
When Hu Xin said this, he looked behind Lin Ye. Lin Ye did not look back. He had long sensed that Hu Yu was hiding behind the corner and eavesdropping.
"sister!"
Hu Yu walked out from the corner, his face covered with tears.
"You have guessed it a long time ago, right, Xiaoyu."
Hu Xin was not surprised at all that Hu Yu was eavesdropping. She was speaking to both Lin Ye and Hu Yu.
Hu Yu nodded: "Sister never touched my head before. She said that if a child touches his head, he will not grow taller."
Hu Xin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Come here and let me touch you."
Hu Yu stepped forward and squatted down. Hu Xin rubbed Hu Yu's head: "Xiaoyu has grown up and wants to see a wider world. My sister can no longer be selfish and leave you in the mountains."
"Sister..." Hu Yu was about to speak in a hurry, but Hu Xin pressed his lips with her fingers.
"I have deceived you all these years, will you blame me?"
"No...no wonder, you have been my sister in my heart for a long time."
Hu Yu's answer made Hu Xin's face suddenly become serious. She held Hu Yu's cheeks with both hands and said seriously: "Xiaoyu, you will always have only one sister. No one can replace her. She has eaten too much for you."
It’s painful.”
"me……"
"Okay, help sister back to the room. Sister knows that you secretly bought cosmetics to give to her as a birthday gift. Please take them out."
Hu Yu helped Hu Xin into the house, turned around and took out a set of cosmetics from under his bed, which cost more than two hundred yuan. He secretly went to the city to buy them without telling his sister. It would be his sister's birthday in three days, so he
I plan to give it to my sister on that day as a surprise.
"Go to the mountain and plant some flowers for my sister. My sister not only has to put on makeup, but she also has to arrange a flower for herself."
In this season, there are still wild flowers blooming on the mountain. Hu Yu nodded heavily, turned around and ran towards the mountain.
Lin Ye did not enter the house. He had been standing in the open space outside the door. At this moment, he couldn't help but said: "Why bother? You have already repaid your kindness. There is no need to go to this step."
"It's been seven years, and I no longer know whether I am Frangipani or Hu Xin, or whether we should be one and the same. Thank you sir for your help. I hope you will accept the little demon's kindness."
A drop of drop-shaped liquid shining with white fluorescence floated out of the room. Lin Ye reached out to take it, and the drop fell on his palm. If he looked carefully, he could see a white flower in the liquid.
This is a demon crystal unique to vegetation and plant spirits.
Only the vegetation spirits and monsters themselves can release it. It is similar to the soul cultivated by Taoism. Once it is taken out, it means that the cultivation level is completely useless.
In Taoist cultivation, losing the soul means the cultivation is completely useless, while the spirit monster losing the demon crystal means that life has come to an end.
"I hope sir will take more care of Xiaoyu."
This was Hu Xin's last voice, and when Hu Yu hurried into the house with a bouquet of wild flowers, a short while later, Hu Yu's heartbreaking cry came from inside.
"sister!"
…
Frangipani!
A plant with more flowers than leaves.
In the back hill of the village, Hu Yu carefully put Hu Xin's body into the newly dug grave. On Hu Xin's head, a plain white frangipani was inserted. This frangipani was not picked by Hu Yu...
Hu Yu cried and filled the grave with soil. Lin Ye stood aside quietly. After Hu Yu finished filling the grave, he said, "I will arrange for you to go to school."
When Hu Yu heard this, he opened his mouth to say something, but Lin Ye said something else.
"This is your sister's request for you, and it is also her last wish."
"Okay, I'm going to study."
When Hu Yu heard this, he nodded heavily and wiped his tears. He used to stay in the village because he had a sister in the village. Now that his sister is gone, his family is gone.
"Let's go."
Lin Ye took Hu Yu and turned around to walk down the mountain. However, after turning around, he flicked his right hand lightly, and the drop of frangipani demon crystal fell on the grave, and soon disappeared into the soil.
"Maybe next year, a large field of frangipani will grow here."
Lin Ye whispered something. Hu Yu raised his head and glanced at Lin Ye in confusion, not understanding the meaning of Lin Ye's words.
PS: I feel a little complicated when writing this chapter. It originated from a piece of news I saw not long ago. I later revised it because I was afraid of being reported again. I finished writing this chapter while listening to "Lilacs".