"Brother Yu, who would have guessed? If I had to guess, I guess there were rhododendron trees first, and then there were cuckoo birds, how could birds survive without woods?" said Yang Tingting, her sister.

Tian Limai smiled, noncommittal.

Sister Tian Liyu said: "No, brother, I don't agree with my sister's statement, it should be that there should be cuckoo birds first, and then there are cuckoo trees!"

"Why?" Tian Limai asked.

"Because, brother, originally this rhododendron tree had no name, maybe...... Maybe the cuckoo bird made a nest in this tree, and then it was called the cuckoo tree!" Sister Tian Liyu tilted her head and seemed to be really guessing!

When Sister Tian heard this, she also said, "Brother, I agree with Sister Yu'er!"

"Sister Tian, what Sister Yu'er? Is Yu'er called by you?! Sister Tian Liyu saw that Sister Tian called her "Sister Yu'er", so she corrected Sister Tian.

"Sister Yu'er, there is Sister Yang Tingting here, if I only call Sister, how do you two know who I am calling?" Tian Yimei argued.

"Forget it, sister, don't care what Sister Tian calls you, or listen to me tell the story of the rhododendron tree!?" Tian Limai persuaded.

When my sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei heard that they would tell the story immediately, they were silent!

So, Tian Limai began the story of the rhododendron tree!

In a long, long time ago, there were no plants on the earth, there were bare rocks and mud everywhere, and the people who lived on the earth were subjected to the rain and the sun, and people suffered a lot of suffering, and lived a life of more pain than joy! Because of this, there was no smile on people's faces, only sorrow and sighs!

In this way, this kind of life of people on the ground gradually formed a resentment, and this resentment rushed straight to the nine skies, and also rushed to Nuwa Niangniang, who was refining stones to make up for the sky!

Seeing this grievance, Nuwa Niangniang sent an envoy to inspect the earth, and after the envoy inspected, she returned to Nuwa Niangniang and truthfully reported the living conditions of the people on the earth to Nuwa Niangniang, who decided to change the status quo of the earth and make the earth full of life!

Nuwa Niangniang took out the seeds of many plants and sent many fairies to send those plants to the earth, however, this good deed of Nuwa Niangniang was known by Xingtian, one of the ten evil gods during the flood, Xingtian sent many evil clowns to intercept the fairies who sent plant seeds, many fairies were defeated by evil clowns due to spells, and the plant seeds they carried were snatched, and the fairy who escorted the seeds of the azalea tree was also defeated by the evil clown in the fight with the evil clown, but the fairy did not forget her mission, she swallowed the azalea tree seed in her belly, transformed into a small bird, dragged her tired body, and screamed sadly along the way"Cuckoo, cuckoo" flew to the Houya Mountain in the Wuling Mountains on the earth, and the birds vomited the cuckoo seeds out of their stomachs, sowed them in the soil, and guarded them all day long!

The bird guards the seeds sown in the soil every day, whether it is windy and rainy or heavy snow falling, or the heat is scorching, it is a long guard, but also a long wait, the spring of the second year comes, the seeds sown in the soil begin to germinate, and slowly grow out, the bird is very happy, around the tree buds that grow, while flying called "cuckoo, cuckoo", so that the farmers see, they will be the fairy into a bird called the cuckoo bird, the new tree is called the cuckoo tree!

Although the rhododendron tree that grows out is very small but straight and straight, the cuckoo bird sees that the rhododendron tree has grown, and wants to return to Nuwa Niangniang's side to restore his life, but the cuckoo bird at this time due to the long-term transformation into a bird, can no longer return to the fairy's original state, to return to Nuwa Niangniang's side, it is difficult to fly back with only that weak body, the cuckoo bird looks a little desolate, in the long-term protection of a mind only on guarding the root and germination of the rhododendron seeds, but forgot to transform back into a fairy, she desolate around the gradually growing rhododendron tree screamed one after another"Cuckoo, cuckoo"!

However, the next thing happened that completely made the cuckoo bird break off the idea of returning to Nuwa Niangniang!

The evil clown who had intercepted the fairy on the way heard that the cuckoo bird had planted the cuckoo tree on the Thick Cliff Mountain, so he rushed over, and saw that the rhododendron tree that had grown out of the country trampled on it for a while, and the cuckoo bird guarding here hissed and turned into countless birds to launch rounds of attacks on the evil clown, pecking the evil clown with their beaks, so that the evil clown had to run away!

The evil clown fled, but the cuckoo bird also suffered many casualties, and the most hateful thing was that the cuckoo tree was trampled and bent, and some parts of the trunk were trampled flat!

Seeing that the evil clown still wants to destroy the azalea tree that has grown into a tree, the cuckoo bird decides to stay and guard the cuckoo tree all the time, and the cuckoo bird builds a nest on the cuckoo tree, so that the injured cuckoo bird can recover from its injuries, and buries the cuckoo bird that died in the fight with the evil clown under the cuckoo tree!

"Cuckoo, cuckoo", those living cuckoo birds cried around the buried cuckoo birds, and the cry was so poignant and poignant!

In order to commemorate the sacrifice of the cuckoo bird for its protection, the rhododendron tree finally grew into a towering tree, and a season of white flowers bloomed to mourn the dead cuckoos, another season of pink flowers, which were injured in the fight and stained the white feathers of the cuckoo birds, and another season of red flowers, which were the red blood dripping from the cuckoo birds!

The flowers of the rhododendron tree are plated one by one, like the tray that the fairy usually holds in the palace of Nuwa Niangniang, which is the days of nostalgia in the palace!

The rhododendron tree blooms trays of flowers, each with twelve flowers, which is a commemoration every month of the year and twelve months!

"Cuckoo ——, Cuckoo ——!" The sound is sometimes sad, sometimes pleasant, it is a kind of memory, a kind of protection, a kind of change complex of the cuckoo bird!

Tian Limai finished telling, and her sister Yang Tingting, sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei are still immersed in the poignant story!

"Sister, sister, after listening to this story, you should know whether there was a cuckoo bird or a cuckoo tree first, right?!" Tian Limai saw that her sister Yang Tingting and her sister Tian Liyu and Tian Qimei did not speak, so she asked.

Sister Yang Tingting is a sophomore after all, after listening to this story, obviously sentimental, she touched a rhododendron tree next to her and said: "I can't imagine that this rhododendron tree has gone through so many hardships when it comes to this thick cliff mountain! No wonder this rhododendron tree looks so beautiful, and there is a kind of perseverance!"

The younger sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei were also moved by the story, and the younger sister Tian Liyu asked: "Brother, how did you know this story?

"Sister, I read this story in a book, as for Nuwa Niangniang, she is the goddess of creation in ancient Chinese mythology. Also known as Emperor Wa, Nuyin Niangniang, the historical record of Nuwa, is the ancestor of the Chinese national humanities, and the blessing of the society is right. Legend has it that Nuwa Niangniang created people, there are 70 changes in a day, she used yellow mud to imitate herself to make people, and at the same time created zào human society and established a marriage system;

Nuwa Niangniang is not only a goddess who mends the sky and saves the world and a goddess who creates people from the earth, but also a natural god who creates all things, and she has vast magical powers that can incarnate all things, and can create at least seventy things every day. She opened up the world and created all things, so she is called the Mother Earth, and is the creator god and the first mother goddess who has been widely and long-worshiped by the people!"

"Hey, brother, you are so knowledgeable, where did you know this?"

"Sister, this is in our language book!" There was a hint of pride in Tian Limai's tone!

Sister Yang Tingting smiled and said, "Brother Yu, we all know about Nuwa Niangniang, but I really haven't heard of the legend of the rhododendron tree!

"Sister, I saw it in a book of legends and the like!" Tian Limai replied.

The four of them walked as they talked, and soon walked out of the rhododendron forest.

It gradually got dark, and Tian Limai and her sister Yang Tingting, sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei quickly returned home!

Uncle Yang Baijun is still gone, grandfather, grandmother and uncle, uncle and aunt stayed, father Tian Hezhuang said, uncle he is going back, it's going to be the New Year, the aunt is at home alone, he is not at ease!

At dinner in the evening, my mother fried a small pot of mutton, and the dish was shredded sour radish, of course, I also stewed a fresh pig's foot, as well as tofu, in short, the dish was very rich, and my father took out the Shi Nanchun wine that my uncle brought!

During the meal, because my grandfather, grandfather and uncle Yang Bairong, as well as my father Tian Hezhuang all drank wine, they talked to each other a lot!

Talking and talking, I somehow talked about my mother Yang Meizhen's cough, and my grandmother said: "This winter is coming, Meizhen should pay attention, try not to get cold water, and try to use warm water for washing vegetables and everything!"

"Mom, where are you so close, sometimes you get busy, you can't take care of it at all!" Mother Yang Meizhen said.

While eating, Tian Limai was observing the expressions on everyone's faces when talking about his mother Yang Meizhen's illness, and he found that there was a look of guilt on his grandfather's face, and his grandfather sighed softly!

Tian Limai also found that his father was toasting his grandfather, trying to hide something, Tian Limai glanced at Sister Yu, and at this time, Sister Yu was also aiming at him!

"Grandma, how did I get my mother's cough?" Tian Limai suddenly asked.

Tian Limai's question made the room suddenly quiet, and no one thought that Tian Limai would suddenly ask this question!