Chapter 165 The past is like smoke
"Mom, keep Ling'er warm. Ling'er won't cry, okay?"
The warmth in the mother's arms has powerful healing power. Even if the mother does not understand the reason for her crying, the grievances in her heart have eased a lot, and the crying has gradually stopped.
An unknown amount of time has passed, and my father has not come back yet. My mother also kept looking outside the house anxiously. After her mother looked outside the house countless times, she carried Yuan Ge to the bed and said to her, "Ling'er, do you still remember the game daddy played this morning?"
Yuan Ge nodded and said in a sweet voice: "Remember."
"Then Ling'er hasn't found her father all day?"
Yuan Ge nodded again and said seriously: "Yes, Ling'er has been looking for daddy for a whole day, but he can't find him."
"My mother didn't understand what was going on at first. Later, she figured it out. Do you know why I didn't find my father?"
"Why?"
"Because, this time daddy hid in Ling'er's dream. Ling'er went to find daddy in her dream and brought daddy back, okay?"
Her mother's words gave her hope, and she lay down in anticipation. She, who was already very tired, soon fell asleep.
In the dream, she came to a wilderness, the fog was thick and the night was dark. She shrank her hands and feet and looked around, but couldn't see anything. Every roll of the mist was like a beast lurking in the darkness, which frightened her.
She shouted: "Dad! Mom! Where are you?"
She was answered by endless silence.
She suddenly woke up and remembered that her mother asked her to come to her father. As for where this place is, she forgets; she also doesn’t remember how she got here. She groped forward, calling for daddy as she walked. After she left for who knows how long, she finally saw her father's back in front of her.
"Daddy!"
She ran over happily. When she ran halfway, her father fell straight forward. In front of daddy is a bad wolf.
The wolf's eyes glowed red, and he saw her presence at a glance. It growled low, leaned forward and ran towards her.
At that moment she became extremely brave. When she saw the evil wolf coming towards her, she ran away. She suddenly realized that she was running so fast and her steps were so powerful, and she managed to leave the evil wolf behind.
When she saw that the evil wolf had been thrown away by her, she stopped and gasped for air.
She remembered that her father was still with the wolf, and she was worried that the wolf would hurt her father. At such a young age, she had no time to think about it, so she quietly walked back.
This time she walked very slowly. If she encountered a rock, she would stay behind the rock and feel her way forward.
Suddenly, she heard crying. She looked around and realized that she was crying, and the wolf jumped out from behind the stone at some point and bit her hand...
After she woke up from her dream, she saw her brother crying. After calming down, she hugged her brother, and then she had the energy to check on the situation at home.
There was not a lamp lit in the house, the stove was still not lit, and neither father nor mother was at home. She looked outside the house and found that it was snowing heavily outside. The snow has been falling for who knows how long, and a thick layer has accumulated on the ground.
She began to blame herself for why she found her father in her dream but didn't bring him back. She lay down again, wanting to return to her dream and wake up her father lying on the ground. In this way, she can proudly say to her mother: "Look, I found Daddy!"
However, she could never sleep again. And my mother never came back.
At this time, her brother was crying so much that she thought it was time for him to drink milk. She put on her clothes, picked up her brother and went out, heading in the direction where her mother left, and walked into the heavy snow.
It's so cold outside. My brother has been crying and can't be coaxed. She didn't know whether her brother was crying because he was hungry or because he was cold. She could only hold her brother tighter, like a mother, and let him take it in her arms.
The road was very long, and she never saw her mother on the way. After walking for about three sticks of incense, she heard a wolf howling and hid behind a pile of rocks. She looked around quietly and found a group of wolves gathering together on a high slope far away. She quickly ran in the opposite direction.
Fortunately, the wolves didn't notice her and didn't chase her.
When she stopped, she had no idea where she was. She wanted to go back the way she came, but then she thought of the wolves on the road, so she could only keep walking forward. She thought that as long as she could find people, she would be able to eat. She was so hungry and cold that she swallowed when she remembered the broth she had made in the morning.
In this way, when she was only four years old, she walked all night holding her little brother who was not yet one year old. When the sky was about to get brighter, she finally saw a house. She wanted to walk up quickly, but her legs and feet no longer obeyed. Every time she stepped on the ground, it felt soft. When she came to the door, she raised her hand and knocked on the door, but her hand was so cold that she completely lost consciousness. She looked at her hand and pressed it against the door, but she couldn't hear the sound. She wanted to open her mouth and shout, but found that her mouth was also numb with cold.
She had no choice but to sit down by the door and wait. She put her brother on her lap and hugged him tighter. The younger brother must have been tired from crying and stopped crying at this moment. She looked at the snow-covered pine trees next to the house and thought: Should her parents have gone home? I should be able to see them when I get home.
Drowsily, she fell asleep. When I woke up again, I was already in a bed in someone else's house.
"I didn't bring daddy out." That was her first sentence after opening her eyes, and it was also the only sentence in three years. Because in the past three years, she has been aphasic.
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Standing in front of the thatched house, Wang Yuange couldn't help but take another look at the surrounding pine trees.
The frostbite she suffered as a child was so severe that her brother died and she was paralyzed in bed for a year. It took three years before she regained the ability to speak.
During the days when she was paralyzed, she would often look at these trees in a daze. She thought that she could not speak, but the trees would definitely understand her thoughts. After all, trees don’t talk at all. Can’t they live well with each other?
In the pine forest, next to a big stone, there is a small tomb. On the wooden tablet is written the word "brother". That is the tomb of the younger brother.
When she was able to communicate, she returned to her home. But the family has long since collapsed, and my parents don’t know if they are still alive in this world. She could not help but wonder if she had woken her father up in her dream that day, would everything have been different.
Although it was absurd, she was always unable to restrain herself.
(End of chapter)
