It's late spring in March, but the peach blossoms in this small village are in full bloom, and the pink petals are falling in the wind.

"Ahh As the peach blossoms fell, a dozen sneezes suddenly sounded under the peach blossom tree. I saw a girl in a light blue dress of eight or nine years old, rubbing her eyes and yawning lazily, and then plucking the petals that had fallen on her face and hair, guessing that some petals might have just fallen on her nose.

"Yue'er, are you awake?" A woman hoeing in a vegetable field not far away shouted to the peach blossom tree.

The girl happily ran over to the vegetable field, "Mother, are you tired, if you are tired, rest for a while, Yue'er will help you beat your shoulders." ”

The woman wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with a smile, "Yue'er is good, my mother is not tired." ”

The woman was not yet forty years old, with crooked eyebrows and gentle eyes, and at first glance she knew that she was a gentle and virtuous woman.

"Mother! Mother! Daddy told you to come home and cook! At this time, a girl in a yellow dress not far away, about six or seven years old, jumped over, squeezed Yue'er aside and said to the woman.

"Lan'er, be careful, don't knock down your sister." Seeing this, the woman frowned and blamed.

"Where is it so easy to hurt, mother, you are eccentric!" The girl in the yellow dress ignored Yue'er who was standing next to her, made a grimace and ran away.

"This kid." The woman frowned as the yellow figure jumped and disappeared at the end of the fawn.

"Mother, it's okay, Lan'er is still young." The girl took the woman's hand and said, her big watery eyes full of smiles.

The woman looked at the child's face in a daze, and a thought came to her heart, and she quickly put it aside and touched Yue'er's head, "Okay, let's go home and cook." ”

"Well, mother, I'll help you get the hat." On the path paved with peach blossoms, there were a few girlish laughter from time to time, as crisp as bells.

Peach Blossom Village, a small village under the capital of Tianyang Kingdom, hidden in the deep mountains, few people in the village interact with outsiders, and few pedestrians will enter the village, only occasionally some caravans pass through here to the direction of Xicheng, everyone lives in this small village settlingly, living by plowing the fields and weaving cloth, and is happy to support themselves.

"Sister-in-law Su, you're back!" As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the village, a woman in her forties greeted the woman who was pulling Yue'er back, who was the wife of Fang Quan in the village.

"Yes, Sister-in-law Fang."

"Aunt Fang is good." The girl on the side also shouted sweetly at the woman in front of her.

"Yue'er is so good." Aunt Fang touched her head with a smile, looking fond, and suddenly seemed to remember something. "By the way, Sister-in-law Su, go back quickly, your family seems to have drunk too much."

"Ah, okay, thank you, Sister-in-law Fang." She was stunned, said goodbye to Aunt Fang with a face full of shame, and hurriedly took the girl's hand and went home.

Sure enough, before I arrived at the door, I saw a lot of people gathered in front of the small chai door, and the sound of things being broken came from the house.

When the villagers saw that the people had returned, they told her to hurry in and take a look, while the girl was left at the door by the adults. After a while, there were more smashing sounds inside, followed by a few crisp slaps and the screams of women.

"Mother!" The girl heard her mother's voice and tried to rush into the house, but the adults held her tightly and refused to let her in, while some of the village men walked in quickly.

Everyone looked at each other a few times, and they all knew what was going on, there was no doubt that Su Yuan drank too much and beat his wife to get angry, this kind of thing always happens every few weeks, and the people in the village are used to it, but they pity their mother and daughter.

"Li Meifang! Do you know how much Lao Tzu has been wronged outside every day, you are good, running around with that drag oil bottle, you want to starve Lao Tzu to death! The man in the room was obviously stopped by the other men, and shouted at Li Meifang angrily.

Li Meifang in the room didn't make a sound, just cried loudly, she was used to being so obedient.

"Humph! What are you crying about, Lao Tzu raised you in vain, and you are not satisfied! Hurry up and call Li Anyue in, and see if Lao Tzu doesn't kick you to death! The man's voice in the room rose again, and he heard the voices of others fighting.

Outside the house, Li Anyue heard the sound in the house, pursed her mouth tightly, and rushed into the house immediately while the adults were relaxed, and a smoky smell of wine immediately came to her face.

"Why did you beat my mother!" Li Anyue rushed in to protect her mother.

"Why? Little mongrel! I'll give you food for nothing! Look at Lao Tzu if he doesn't kill you today! "The man with the stubble was so drunk that he was about to rush over shirtless, but he was stopped by the adults.

"Yue'er, hurry up and take your mother out, your father is drunk now."

"yes, let's go out for a while, and then talk about it when your dad wakes up."

……

The adults around stopped Su Yuan, who was crazy about drinking, and persuaded Li Anyue and them to go out.

He's not my father. Li Anyue thought angrily, glanced at Su Yuan in disgust, and pulled Li Meifang out.

Li Anyue is not Su Yuan's child, everyone in the village knows that eight years ago, Li Meifang ran to Peach Blossom Village with her infant child on a rainy night, and no one knows where she came from and why she came here. They didn't say anything to a woman with a child, just a poor widow. Later, she couldn't stand Su Yuan's stalking, and took the child with her, so she married Su Yuan, she didn't let the child and Su Yuan's surname, but followed her own surname. Two years later, she gave birth to a child with Su Yuan, Su Yulan. I don't know when it started, Su Yuan's riffraff became more and more obvious, he was always drunk, and he would punch and kick Li Meifang when he came back. The people in the village are very sympathetic to Li Meifang, but after all, these are other people's family affairs, and everyone doesn't want to care too much, but they will persuade them when they are serious, and then they will go back to their own homes, and nothing will happen.

"Mother, does it hurt? Yue'er blows you. In the small house, Li Anyue looked at Li Meifang, whose hair was messy, with tears in her eyes, and smoothed it with her immature little hands.

Li Anyue knew since she was a child that this man was not her biological father, but she couldn't help but live under this roof when she looked at Li Meifang's appearance, and didn't want to hurt her mother because of her ignorance, so from a very young age, she showed a sensible appearance, she would help with housework, and she would find a way to coax Li Meifang when she was unhappy.

Li Meifang faced the sensible Li Anyue, and she didn't know what to say for a while, was her decision right or wrong? Although she knew that it was a big rebellion to let Li Anyue follow her surname, she had to do it in order to survive. Thinking that this child has always been like his own daughter, no, closer than his own daughter, I can't help but feel a little comforted.

"Well, my mother is fine, it will be fine in a while." Li Meifang gently wiped away the tears on Li Anyue's pink cheeks with her rough hands.

"Li Anyue, you go away! If it weren't for you, how could my mother be beaten by my father! At this time, a yellow figure rushed in and pushed Li Anyue to the ground.

"Lan'er! What are you doing! Li Meifang hurriedly picked up Li Anyue, who fell to the ground, and Li Anyue's little hand wiped the ground, oozing a trace of blood.

"Mother! You don't know, everyone says that she is a wild child without a father, and they also say that I am the sister of this wild child! I don't want this kind of person to be my sister! ”

"Nonsense! Who said Yue'er doesn't have a father! Li Meifang angrily made a gesture to hit Su Yulan.

"You hit! You fight! Li Anyue is your daughter, mother, you are so partial! Su Yulan's mouth flattened, glared at Li Anyue, and ran out crying.

"Alas, this kid ...... Why are you so ignorant? Li Meifang looked at Su Yulan, who ran out, anxious and angry, and tears fell down her eyes.

"Mother, don't be angry, Lan'er is also angry." Li Anyue comforted like a little adult, only those watery eyes revealed clear innocence.

"Her eyes are so similar to hers." Li Meifang looked at Li Anyue's little face, and couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

"He? Is it my dad? Li Anyue asked happily when she heard this, she had never heard her mother mention other people to her. When I was ridiculed when I was a child, I would go home and ask where my father went, but every time I asked Li Meifang, it was very painful, and over time, seeing that Li Meifang didn't say anything, Li Anyue also deliberately avoided this question. However, now he heard the news that it seemed to be his father.

No, it's very similar to your mother's eyes.

Li Meifang thought silently in her heart, shook her head and didn't want to say anything, she still remembers the events of that year to this day, whether the people who fled together still survived, if she hadn't been mixed in the crowd watching the lanterns, she wouldn't have lived to this day, just let the past be buried in the dust, don't mention it again, let this child live safely and happily. Seeing that she didn't want to say, Li Anyue didn't ask anymore, and snuggled up in Li Meifang's arms and fell asleep. Only in her dreams would she shout "Daddy" and "Mother" to a blurred pair of shadows.

In the blink of an eye, it was the height of summer, and the village was living as usual, Su Yuan was drunk from time to time, and he was drunk from time to time. Although Li Anyue hates this man, she also knows her ability, so she can dodge and continue to live a happy life quietly.

"Mother, give me the clothes, I'll wash them." Li Anyue looked at the hard-working Li Meifang and took the basket in her hand distressedly.

"It doesn't matter, just wash it yourself." Li Meifang was willing to let the child in front of her wash the clothes, thinking about getting the clothes back quickly.

"Mother, didn't you have a fever a few days ago, seeing that your body is not well, I will wash these clothes." Li Anyue looked at Li Meifang's sallow face and comforted, "You still cook at home and wait for me to come back to eat." ”

"Well, that's good, my mother will make you something to eat. I'll come back when I'm done, be careful. Li Meifang nodded, thinking about making something delicious for Li Anyue, but looking at her thin body, it pitied her.

The basket was a little too big for Li Anyue's small body, so he could only walk to the stream step by step with the basket on his side, his little hands were so tight that he was red, and he had to put it down from time to time to rest for a while before continuing to walk.

In the past few days, it has rained frequently, the stream has risen a lot, and most of the stones used to wash clothes on weekdays have been submerged, Li Anyue can only reluctantly find a small stone by the stream to step on, squatting on the stone, carefully soaking the clothes in the water, and having to hold on to prevent it from being washed away by the turbulent water. finally finished washing the clothes, Li Anyue's little face was already red from the sun, and some beads of sweat oozed from her forehead and the tip of her nose. She took a handful of stream water and washed her face, looking at the sparkling stream, she felt very beautiful, and the sun above her head didn't feel so hot, she wanted to stay a little longer, but thinking that her mother was still waiting at home for her to go back to eat, she stood up and planned to go back.

However, at the moment of standing up, he felt a force rushing from his back, and before he could react, Li Anyue felt that he had fallen into the water, sank to the water, and floated up again, vaguely seeing a yellow figure.

"Lan ...... Gollum...... Save...... I ......" Li Anyue wanted to shout for help, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was choked on a few mouthfuls of water, and gradually, she lost the strength to resist, and her consciousness gradually blurred, and she was taken away by the turbulent stream.

"Mother......