Such a young child had to experience the separation of life and death of his close relatives twice. The villagers who came and went were all sighing and feeling distressed.
But there is nothing they can do about it. Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature and no one can change it.
"Eat some grass. If your mother sees it, she will definitely feel uncomfortable."
Hu Xiaocao was like a robot. He took it numbly and took a big mouthful of it. He didn't even chew it a few times and swallowed it directly.
Aunt Li felt sour when she saw it.
Even now, Hu Xiaocao has not given up because she does not want to become a child without a mother. "Auntie, do you think there is any way to save my mother?"
Aunt Li sighed and murmured to herself: "The doctors said there is nothing that can be done, unless the Great Luo Immortal comes to save me."
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.
Aunt Li said a lot more, but Hu Xiaocao didn't listen.
"immortal!"
She only remembered these two words.
Hu Xiaocao suddenly stood up from the chair, startling Aunt Li.
"Xiaocao, what's wrong with you?"
Hu Xiaocao shook his head violently, "No, it's nothing. I just thought of a way to save my mother."
She ate her rice with big mouthfuls, as if she had made some kind of determination.
When Aunt Li heard this, she thought it was Hu Xiaocao's raving, "Those things that even the big doctors in the city can't do, what can a child do?"
"I can't help it, but Grandpa Mountain God does. He is so powerful that he can even make the White Bone Immortal drive away the bad guys. He must have a way to save my mother."
Aunt Li smiled, unwilling to break a child's last fantasy.
If this can make her feel less sad, it might not be a bad thing.
At noon, everyone went home to rest. After the woman died, they helped with the day-to-day affairs. Anyway, everything was almost ready.
To put it bluntly, I am just waiting for the woman to die.
Soon, in the afternoon, the woman's room was quiet and no coughing could be heard. The villagers suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts.
Could it be that people have already gone?
"Girl from the Hu family, how are you feeling now?"
The villagers tried shouting a few times, but there was no response from the room.
Everyone's expressions gradually turned sad, "I guess he's gone."
Just as the villagers walked into the room and planned to calm down their appearance for the woman, they were stunned when they saw the scene inside the room clearly.
It turns out there is no one in the room!
The woman is not here, and even Hu Xiaocao is nowhere to be found.
"It's strange. She's not seriously ill in bed and can't move around. Where can such a big living person go?"
Aunt Li suddenly slapped her head, as if remembering something, "Maybe the mother and daughter went into the mountains."
Everyone felt even more strange when they heard it.
Aunt Li quickly repeated what Hu Xiaocao said before, "Xiaocao said that he wanted to go to Grandpa Mountain God for treatment."
"Isn't this nonsense!"
"Where is the mountain god? It's been a year since that incident. We haven't even seen the shadow of the mountain god. It's probably a rumor."
"Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's hurry up the mountain and look for it."
Judging from the situation inside the room, the mother and daughter may have been there for most of the day.
Let's not talk about how Hu Xiaocao went up the mountain with his seriously ill mother. If something happened to the mother and daughter, the villagers would feel guilty.
The village chief quickly organized people to go into the mountains to search for him.
On the other side, Hu Xiaocao was very clever. He pulled a trailer carrying a small wooden board, and the woman lay on it, so that he could pull her up the mountain.
The woman had been seriously ill over the years, and her figure was very thin and light. Although it was a bit laborious for Hu Xiaocao to drag her in front, she could barely hold on through gritted teeth.
After all, she had developed her strength while cutting pigweed and carrying firewood.
But now for her mother, she is not afraid no matter how hard or tiring it is.
The woman was lying on the wooden board, looking weakly at the sky. Her eyes were actually blurry. It was obvious that she was on her deathbed. She used her last bit of consciousness to ask in a breathless voice: "Xiaocao, where are you taking me?"
Hu Xiaocao's eyes seemed to have lit up a small fire, and he replied with determination: "Mom, I will take you to Grandpa Mountain God for treatment!"
The woman smiled, but this smile seemed a bit ethereal no matter how you looked at it.
She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't bear to break Hu Xiaocao's hope, and all her words turned into one word, "Okay."
The woman looked at the surrounding scenery, the breeze was blowing on her face, the insects were chirping and the birds were chirping, everything was so full of life.
"These views are so beautiful."
She was bedridden and couldn't get out of bed. She hadn't seen such a beautiful scenery for a long time. To her, there was no difference between dying in the house and dying in the mountains.
She had already resigned herself to her fate.
Hu Xiaocao pulled the small trailer in front and wiped the sweat from his forehead, like a calf plowing in the field.
"When mom gets better, Xiaocao will take you to visit her every day."
The woman stared at Hu Xiaocao without blinking, as if she couldn't get enough of it. Under the sunlight, her face was incredibly white, and she looked like glass that could break at the touch of a touch, full of vulnerability.
"Okay, I'll wait for that day."
The woman's voice became smaller and smaller, as if it would disappear in the next second.
Hu Xiaocao's body stiffened, as if he noticed something, and quickened his pace, with a cry in his voice.
"Grandpa Mountain God, where are you? My mother is dying. Xiaocao is going to have no mother. Please Grandpa Mountain God, please come out and save her."
Hu Xiaocao cried loudly as he walked.
But except for the frightened birds in the forest, there was no movement around.
Hu Xiaocao's shoulders and hands had been rubbed red by the rough hemp rope. No matter how light the woman was, she still had weight.
She dragged the woman alone, her little body was already overwhelmed, but she seemed not to notice the pain, and she led the woman to explore the vast mountains.
Just to find the short-lived miracle.
The woman felt very distressed and weakly called out: "Xiaocao, put me down. Your hands are all red. Even if you can't find the mountain god, we can't bother others all the time."
The woman had never seen the mountain god, but her child came back because of the mountain god. Since Hu Xiaocao said there was, she believed it unswervingly.
Hu Xiaocao shook his head wildly and wiped away his tears, "I won't let you go. Mom, if you wait for me, we will find Grandpa Mountain God soon."
She seemed to have thought of something, turned around, and headed east.
That's where Hu Xiaocao met the mountain god for the first time.
Maybe the mountain god will be there.
Hu Xiaocao held a faint hope in her heart, "Mom, it's coming soon. Just wait, wait."
The light in the mountains was a little dim, most of the plants blocked the sun, and only a few rays of light remained.
Half of the woman's body was submerged in the darkness, and the shadow of death was already around her.
The mountain wind blew in my face, and it turned out to be biting cold.
The woman felt that her eyelids were extremely heavy, her vision became blurry, and only a rough outline of the surrounding trees remained.
Only Hu Xiaocao is the most eye-catching color in the black and white world.
She reluctantly took one last look at Hu Xiaocao, and then slowly closed her eyes...
"Mom, why don't you speak? Don't scare me."
Hu Xiaocao's voice was already filled with tears, but she didn't dare to look back at all, for fear that she would lose the strength to persist until the end.
She also knew that it was useless to stop now. She had to find the mountain god as soon as possible. This was her last hope.
God seemed to have finally heard Hu Xiaocao's prayer.
At this moment, I heard a rustling sound, pushed aside the preface vines, and saw countless densely packed small animals not far away, just like the rumors in the village before.
But at this time, these animals seemed to be sentimental and were whimpering and whining.
Hu Xiaocao's tearful eyes suddenly lit up. There was no fear in his heart, only excitement and happiness.
"Mom, look, I've found the mountain god!"
(End of chapter)
