As the sun sets, the warm orange sunlight falls on the small village, coating it with a layer of golden brilliance.
This is a very peaceful small village with kind villagers and simple folk customs.
At this time, it happened to be the time for each house to start cooking dinner. The women were busy in the kitchen while shouting at their children who were playing outside. A few old hens were wandering around the stove, wanting to eat.
Rice scraps falling from the stove.
The big black dog outside Chaimen barked, and the children ran into the house like the wind.
"Wipe your sweat, it's time to eat!"
A family of three was having a lively dinner in a very ordinary small wooden house around them.
Suddenly there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Who is it?" The woman who was serving rice to her child put down the rice in her hands, wiped her hands on her apron, shouted, and ran over to open the firewood door.
It's a little carrot head.
She looks five or six years old, with a very cute little face, soft black hair tied in a double bun, and wearing coarse linen clothes. However, she is too thin and looks like she only has a handful of bones. She can run away when the wind blows.
Already.
Little Carrot Head is quiet and seems to be a very well-behaved little girl.
She carried a small bamboo basket in her arm, which contained peeled peas, which were still dripping with water. They must have just been washed and were ready to eat.
"Hey, it's Girl Xue, why are you here at this time? Have you eaten?" The woman skillfully took the little carrot head's hand and led her to the yard, "Come to my aunt's house for dinner, she happens to be eating at this time.
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Little Carrot Head followed the woman into the cabin obediently. The little boys who were eating at home looked at her curiously: "Sister Xue! Are you coming to our house for dinner?"
The little girl pursed her lips and smiled slightly. She shook her head, struggled to lift the small bamboo basket in her hand and placed it on the table. She pointed at the small bamboo basket and then at her head.
Looking carefully, there is a shallow mark on the little girl's forehead, which seems to be a healed scar.
"Hey, you kid, you don't even have anything to eat at home, why are you bringing it to us? Just keep it for yourself." The woman's eyes started to heat up when she saw the peas in the small bamboo basket.
The name of this little carrot head is Yingxue. She lives in the most remote corner of the village. Both her parents have passed away, leaving only a lonely daughter. Unfortunately, this little girl is still mute! She can't speak on weekdays.
I can only make a few simple gestures.
Usually people in the village see her as pitiful and often help her, but this girl is grateful. She is too young to hold a hoe for planting, so she took a small shovel and planted a patch of small peas in front of her hut. Now it is just right.
When the little peas were harvested, she would pick some, peel some, and deliver them to every household every day.
A few days ago, she was hit by Lao Li's baby when she was walking. She fell to the ground and hit her head. She bled a lot. The woman in the family saw this and quickly got some herbs to apply on her to stop the bleeding.
.She actually remembered it, and brought her peeled peas today to express her gratitude.
After listening to the woman's words, Yingxue pointed to her stomach and shook her head, as if to say that she was not hungry. The woman couldn't help but pick her up and put her on a chair, and gave her a bowl of sweet potato rice.
She said rather fiercely: "Why aren't you hungry? There is no one in your family to cook for you. How can you be full by eating big cakes exchanged for peas every day? You are a small baby with only a few pounds of meat on your body.
nothing."
As the woman talked, there were tears in the corners of her eyes. She also had a little daughter before, but she was in poor health and died of illness when she was two years old. If she were still alive now, she would be the same age as Yingxue.
Yingxue looked at the fragrant rice in front of her, raised her head and saw tears glistening in the corners of the woman's eyes. Without thinking, she kicked off her muddy straw sandals, stepped on the chair while holding the table, and stood up.
Wipe the woman's tears.
Yingxue couldn't speak, so she could only smile sweetly and shake her head, as if to persuade the woman to stop crying.
The woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and invited Yingxue to eat. Yingxue's stomach growled and her face turned a little red, but she still jumped off the chair and moved towards the woman's blessing gratefully.
After being blessed, he put on his straw sandals and ran outside.
"This kid...hey."
The little peas placed on the table were emerald green, and the water drops on them were as bright as Yingxue's eyes.
Yingxue ran back home in a hurry, her arms and legs were wet, and she was sweating profusely when she got home.
Her home can't really be considered a home anymore. The house is in tatters, half of the door is missing, and there are several big holes in the roof. Light leaks in from the outside and leaves patches on the ground. The inside of the house
The tables and benches were all missing arms and legs, and it was a dilapidated and desolate place.
She ran into the house and deftly took out a piece of yellow paper from an abandoned chicken coop. There were some incomprehensible things written on the paper in red and zigzag shapes. She snapped the yellow paper
Pressing on the wooden door that was half missing, a faint light floated from the wooden door in an instant, as if a transparent cover covered the entire cabin.
Yingxue knew that it was impossible to see the inside from the outside at this time.
She opened her mouth, and then spit out a piece of snow-white stuff from her mouth.
This thing is like a jade pendant, but there are no patterns engraved on it. However, if you look at the sunset, you can see a faint flowing light inside.
"very hungry......"
Yingxue can actually speak? But there is no one else here, and no one can hear that this little mute who usually only gestures but cannot speak actually speaks at this time.
She murmured to herself that she was very hungry, but she did not stop. She rummaged in the chicken coop for a long time and found a very inconspicuous stone box. She opened the stone box skillfully and saw the stone box.
The light shone brightly, and when the light dissipated, there was a pool of crystal water inside. She put the white stuff that she had spit out from her mouth into the water, then closed the stone box and carefully put the chicken back in.
Inside the nest.
Yingxue clapped her hands, walked to the side of the water tank, scooped a ladle of water, washed the dust off her hands, then stepped on a chair with missing legs to take down a baggage on the table, and took it from
He took out a big cake, then sat cross-legged on a very inconspicuous futon under the table, and ate the big cake one bite at a time.
After eating the pie, Yingxue took out a tattered book from somewhere. She did not open the book and read it, but just touched the cover of the book, and tears filled her eyes unknowingly: "Mother
Dear, daddy, Xueer misses you so much..."
Big tears fell on the cover of the book. Yingxue cried sadly, but she didn't realize that her tears were not absorbed by the page, but slowly gathered on the three big characters "Xuan Shui Jue" on the cover.
"superior.
After the tears lit up all the three words "Xuan Shui Jue", the book suddenly appeared with a faint brilliance.
Then the book slowly rose into the air from Yingxue's hand. Yingxue still had tears in her eyes as she stared blankly at the book floating in the air.
Light gradually floated on the book, and the figure of a woman slowly appeared.
Yingxue stared at her blankly, then suddenly threw herself in front of the book like crazy, crying: "Mother!"