Dreams are strange and add new memories
Looking at Huo Liuli's appearance, Yun Suniang suddenly became alert, this is not like something falling from the rockery at all, where is the rockery in the garden so high, it will make her unconscious for so long, the master even called Yufeng over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Madame, what's wrong with you? Is there something uncomfortable? Seeing Yun Suniang's suddenly dull gaze and holding his head with his hand, Huo Chengming's heart tightened inexplicably, and he hurriedly walked over, for fear that Yun Suniang would think too much.
"Fame, are you hiding something from me?"
"Su Niang, don't think about it, Li'er may be tired." Huo Chengming felt that he couldn't even deceive himself by the nonsense he said, let alone be as smart as Su Niang.
"I slept all afternoon, and I was tired all night. Huo Lang, Huo Lang, you can't lie, so don't make it up again. There are a lot of things that we can't fool around. I only have such a daughter, and I owe her so much, so she must not be fine, you know? ”
"Su Niang, I know, I know. You have to believe me, Li'er will be fine, it will be fine in two days. Huo Chengming firmly assured Yun Suniang that the reason why he was so calm was because Yufeng told him everything, but they didn't expect Huo Liuli to faint so badly. If they were just a little frightened there, Jing Ting and Qiu Rui's nonsense would not have been awake for so long.
"You don't want to tell me, do you?" Yun Su Niang's words came to her mouth and swallowed back, she didn't dare to ask if it was true, if she really guessed correctly, then Li'er was not very dangerous.
"Nope." Huo Chengming hurriedly interrupted: "Su Niang, don't think about it." ”
"Am I overthinking? I didn't say anything, you immediately vetoed it, even Yufeng, you don't let people find out on weekdays, why do you let him appear in the mansion openly now, don't think that I can't see it when I change my appearance, I know it's him just by the smell of his body, so don't you hide it from me, okay? Yun Suniang hugged Huo Chengming and cried.
"Su Niang, don't be like this. Li'er was really fine, but she was scared when she got there, and she happened to be hit by a phantom poison so she fell asleep. Huo Chengming couldn't stand Yun Suniang's tears the most, she was so strong when they got along for more than ten years, she had never seen her so sad, and she couldn't help but recruit everything, but after saying that, he regretted it, she knew that person would definitely go to her when he came back.
"She's back, she's really back? But how could she poison Li'er? Yun Suniang looked at Huo Chengming incredulously, thinking about her appearance back then, her skin was as white as snow, she was wearing a pink dress, she walked towards her happily, and said to her: Ling'er, I have also found my own home, and we will have several children in the future, and then let them play together, like brothers and sisters, we are their common mothers, okay? She is so good, how can she attack innocent people, the most important thing is that she should be able to sense Li'er.
"No, she just took the jade pendant and didn't hurt Li'er. Maybe he just wanted to protect it and didn't want others to invade it, but it just so happened that Li'er walked in. ”
"Where did she go?" Although Yun Suniang was surprised that Huo Liuli had run so far away with her back, she could also be relieved of her senior sister's actions.
"Yufeng told me that he was originally here to deliver medicine to Li'er, but he didn't expect to see her sneak out of the house, so he followed her all the way, until he followed Li'er all the way into the place, and only took her away after being scared." Huo Chengming said seriously, and reached out to pull Yun Su Niang, but was dodged away.
"Then why did you lie to me that it was because I fell off a rockery?" Yun Suniang completely ignored Yufeng's presence and directly questioned.
"Am I not afraid that you will be worried?" Yufeng helped Liuli feed the medicine and was arranged by Huo Chengming, and then walked behind Yun Suniang and whispered, but his hands unconsciously wrapped around her waist.
"You're afraid I'm going to see her!" Yun Su Niang didn't push it away, but her tone was cold and scary, so that the hand around her waist tightened unconsciously.
"How so? I figured it out, I will support whatever you want to do, no matter what it is. Whoever wants to hurt your mother and son, I will not let him go. Of course, whoever you want to protect, I will protect her even if I do my best, as long as you are happy. Huo Chengming resolutely said that since Su Niang already knew about this matter, then he would take this matter out and say that it would give their mother and daughter a guarantee, lest some people think that he was blind and always couldn't get along with Su Niang, and he was afraid that Su Niang would bury his grievances in his heart and take risks on his own.
"I know all about it. Forget it! Yun Suniang retracted her gaze and returned to Huo Liuli's side, "As long as Li'er doesn't have anything, I won't pursue it, and we will all be careful in the future." "Actually, it's very clear, Li'er is poisoned in the family, so don't think about who it is, if it's her, then it's not interesting to pursue this matter, at least they can show a peaceful appearance on the surface over the years, she doesn't want to make trouble in the house for this matter, as long as Li'er is well.
"Su Niang." Huo Chengming didn't know what kind of past there was between her and Zhao Ying, she didn't know, she knew that Zhao Ying was generous to herself, and even helped the other party speak, sometimes Huo Chengming felt that Su Niang's city was really too deep, except that he knew that she had a senior sister of the former crown princess, but he didn't know anything else, even if he secretly checked it for so long, there was no trace of useful information.
"Okay, famous, you go back first. It's your birthday in a few days, and I may not be able to help you watch the affairs in the house, so you can ask Sister Xueru to help with the rest. Yun Suniang didn't want to discuss these unpleasant things with Huo Chengming anymore, and she didn't want him to spend his mind on this.
"Su Niang" Huo Chengming wanted to say something, but when he saw Yun Su Niang's calm face, he stopped talking.
"Alright, let's go back! That's a big deal that can't be delayed, Li'er has me here and Yufeng will be fine. Although Li'er is her own treasure, this birthday banquet is related to the fate of this general's mansion, and she can't let this matter disturb his thoughts.
"Alright! Then you have to pay attention to your body as well. I'll come to see you later, and you can get someone to inform me if there's something going on. ”
"Good!" Yun Suniang nodded and watched him leave.
"Li'er, my mother is sorry for you, I can only let you be wronged. You can only blame your mother for being too greedy, otherwise I can take you back, but you must not blame my mother. You have to be good, you have to be good. Yun Suniang took Huo Liuli's hand and held it tightly, tears kept flowing out. But no matter what she said, Huo Liuli couldn't hear it. She is now in the middle of another nightmare:
"Nai He Bridge, Nai He Bridge, the road is far away, one step and three miles are free; Lethe River, Lethe River, millennium, people don't know what to do. ”
It's like a nursery rhyme sung as a child, but listening carefully can't help but make people shiver, intermittent, and very low, blurred, and then clear, always blurry and clear, low and repeated, as if falling into a whirlpool, spinning from time to time.
Life is a journey, what you want, what you lose becomes a heavy bag, and the only way to get rid of it is through reincarnation. On the road of reincarnation, it is indispensable to drink the water of Lethe, and if you drink the water of Lethe, you will forget everything in this life. If you forget it, you will let it go, so the sooner you drink Lethe water, the sooner you will be liberated.
Huo Liuli slowly got up, his eyes were dull like a puppet, floating in the dark, he didn't know where to go next, what was waiting for him, and he couldn't remember who he was.
A blue light shattered the darkness in half, and a red carpet stretched out from it, blowing a cold wind from it, but it sucked Huo Liuli over as if by magic, and stepped on the cold ice with bare feet, although there was no violent cold air, but it was also awakened a lot in an instant, and the darkness on both sides suddenly lit up, and many strange pictures appeared on it.
"Lin Fan, when did you get along with Fang Qi? We're engaged, we're married in less than a week, and we're all getting married, and you're telling me now that she's the one you're going to marry, what do you want me to do? What do you want me to do? A woman dressed in pure black was angry and the man named Lin Fan on the other side yelled, but finally cried, the cry was desolate and constantly whirling, and she walked forward quickly.
"Chengjun, don't be angry, we didn't mean to hide it from you." A woman dressed in white sand like a fairy whispered pitifully to the black shadow just now. Huo Liuli recognized her at a glance, she was the woman in her dreams, the woman who often appeared in her dreams.
"Fang Qi, you slut, don't pretend to be like this in front of me, pretending, I will only feel disgusting, don't you just want me to be embarrassed and lazy, do you want everyone to know that I can't compare to you." The woman who was called Chengjun slapped Fang Qi in the face fiercely, and I don't know how much strength she used, but Fang Qi's whole person fell to the ground as if he had been evacuated.
"Huo Chengjun, don't go too far, Fang Qi apologizes to you, how did you do it to her, what are you angry with you." Saying that, he pushed Cheng Jun away with a palm, I don't know if the woman who was called Cheng Jun didn't expect him to do this, or if she was unsteady under her feet and carried it down fiercely, thinking that she would cry, Huo Liuli stopped and wanted to reach out to help her, a cold laugh then came out, so frightened that she immediately withdrew her hand and continued to walk briskly.
Walking through the darkness, she suddenly thought that as soon as she had free time to tell her ghost stories, she once said: There is a necessary way for the soul to reincarnate in Lethe River, clear spring water flows down from the mountain stream, and on both sides are quiet orchid bushes and fresh green bamboo forests. Dead souls can enter the underworld after passing through Lethe, and then return to the world and be reborn. Of course, they want to drink the spring water of Lethe River, forget all the sorrows and sorrows of their previous lives, and everything that once happened will become a thing of the past. She looked at the scene around her and the picture was exactly the same as what she heard on a daily basis, and when she looked at the darkness that had just passed, her heart tugged together, could she really be dead. The girls also said that people will remember their past and present lives after death, so are they all themselves? Why don't I have an incomplete memory? I didn't see the memories she lost in this life, and I really wanted to see what it was like.
She thought about it but couldn't help but walk along a cold ice path, surrounded by darkness, he didn't dare to look around, although she was just a soul at this time, but she was still afraid to see something terrifying, maybe this is called a psychological reaction, she thought.
As she walked, the surroundings slowly lit up again, and she saw that the red tide surging in the darkness was not the terrifying things she imagined, but the densely blooming flowers on the other side, with the gusts of cold wind blowing through the ups and downs, if it wasn't growing in this darkness, maybe this was also a beautiful scenery with a unique charm. She stopped there, squatted down, gently picked off a flower on the other side, and put it in her hand to admire: "It turns out that this is the flower that grows at the junction of yin and yang, it's so beautiful." ”
At the end of the ice was a bridge, neither wide nor narrow enough for one person to walk on, and on the head of the bridge sat an old man with white hair, quietly watching her approach, without a word.
"Old man, why are you here?" Huo Liuli looked at the old man on the bridge and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Little girl, why did you come here? This is not where you should be, go back! The old man was startled when he saw her, and then reminded Huo Liuli to leave this place that did not belong to her.
"Go back? Where to go? How to get back? Huo Liuli asked puzzled, and walked towards the old man, he thought that this should be the legendary Meng Po, she wanted to see it more clearly.
"You drink the water in your hand and go back." The old man seemed to know his intentions, and did not want to say anything more to him, and turned to leave.
"What water?" Huo Liuli picked up the flower in his hand, but he didn't know when the flower had turned into a bowl of clear water. "The other side of the flower, the other side of the flower?" Huo Liuli looked around, but never saw a trace of the other side of the flower.
"Drink this water and go back, this is not the place you should be. Take back what you left over from your previous life, and go back to where you should go. After the old man finished speaking, Huo Liuli felt confused, and was about to ask more clearly, but found that he didn't know when the old man had disappeared. The old man, the old man. Huo Liuli called, but her eyes were dark and she fell asleep.
"Li'er, Li'er, are you awake?" Yun Suniang saw Huo Liuli open her eyes, and suddenly shouted happily, and a girl kneeling next to her also cheered up all of a sudden.
"Mother." Huo Liuli cried and threw herself into Su Niang's arms, at this time she felt very comfortable, she was still alive, she was still alive, and it felt so good to be alive. She couldn't help but tremble because of the darkness and frightening just now, but she didn't know what was going on, the pictures she saw there and even more pictures she didn't see were projected in her mind like memories, as if this body didn't belong to her originally, her body should be in another world, completely different from here, but in the next second, she immediately dispelled this idea when she looked at Shangyun Sunian's concerned gaze.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, there is a mother." Yun Suniang gently touched her daughter's head full of love, Li'er finally woke up, but this time she didn't expect this matter to be persuaded to become famous, and it seems that only Li'er woke up can this matter be solved.
"Mother, who are they?" Seeing Huo Chengming looking at the ground angrily on the side, he was kneeling and crying like a man and a woman at this time, and Yun Suniang's eyes were indeed very calm, as if she was ignoring everything around her, but she seemed to be entangled in something, and her eyebrows wrinkled together unconsciously. Huo Liuli was so ignorant that her head was full of question marks, she hadn't seen such a father since she could remember, so she couldn't help but ask, although she didn't understand the specific reason, but she was sure that it must be related to herself, and it was obvious that she didn't want to see such a scene based on her mother's expression.
"They're your younger brothers and sisters." Zhao Ying on the side walked over, and a dress embroidered with gold silk peony looked particularly dazzling, which contrasted her gorgeous richness with a blue cloth dress and a plain girl.
"Mother, why haven't I heard that I have younger brothers and sisters?" Liuli looked at her mother in disbelief, to be precise, she didn't believe it, but she didn't want to believe that her father who was so meticulous to her mother, there were other wives, and she was younger than them, could it be that her mother was involved, for her, a person now, she didn't have a good impression of a third party, not to mention that it was her own mother here, it must be difficult to accept. If you think about it, even if this is the case, then I haven't seen it for so long since the last time I was on it, and I actually came out today? It can be seen that they don't treat themselves very well on weekdays, and there must be some reason for this at this time, and the whole thing is too weird Huo Liuli thought.
"Didn't your mother tell you that you broke your head and forgot everything?" Zhao Ying looked at Liuli with a very hateful look, but said very softly.
"Then who are you, I talk to my mother, what kind of mouth are you talking to, it's really rude." She said so, but her mother never spoke, looking at the other party's momentum, she also knew that she was used to it, and the yin and yang weirdness made people's cold hairs stand up, and she didn't have to think about it to know that her mother must have been angry in this family, and she didn't fight in one place. So even if she pretends to be crazy and stupid today, she must help her mother out of this breath, you must know that the thing she is most unaccustomed to is that someone bullies her mother like this, when she is dead.
"I'm rude, I'm the wife of the Huo family, it's polite enough to talk to you like this! I'm not polite, is it polite for you to talk to me like this? Zhao Ying walked over angrily, completely forgetting to cover it up. She has always been so arrogant and domineering, but she didn't expect Huo Liuli, who was timid and afraid of things in the past, to dare to talk back to her today, it must have been taught by Yun Suniang's cheap hoof, she didn't care so much today, for her even her own children were still kneeling there, and there was nowhere to clean up if she thought about it.
"Why are you rushing like this, don't you have to respect people when you're older? You don't respect me, why should I respect you? Huo Liuli said reluctantly, for such a woman who is as arrogant as a fighting, she must be more arrogant than him, see who is afraid of whom. Now that they have the upper hand in this scene, they must help their mother vent their anger, not to mention that this woman who calls herself Mrs. Yan is a person who speaks and does things without brains, and she has a brutal energy. The corners of Huo Liuli's mouth couldn't help but leak a little smile, and she instantly returned to seriousness.
"This girl doesn't usually have such a good head." Zhao Ying muttered that Huo Liuli's changes before and now made her a little difficult to accept. In the past, she should have cried a long time ago, and she could change the topic, or say that they were weak-hearted, so this matter was over, but today it was a little unexpected for her, and she wanted to think about it, why she couldn't cure a little girl.
"It's your old man's clumsy or dazzling eyes." Huo Liuli said it word by word to her, so good as she was, she could see that the other party had some concerns about herself, she was not afraid of making things bigger, she was not easy to bully, although her mother had been giving herself a look there and asked her not to say it again, but it was about the days to come, she had to say.
"Li'er" Su Niang called, motioning her to shut up. She didn't want Zhao Ying to add resentment to Liuli's body. What's more, she has always been very low-key, unwilling to fight with Zhao Ying for anything, and let her do anything, but she still can't get along with herself, and the original factor mother also knows, so she tried her best to endure it, let it, not provoke her, and let Liuli stay away from them. In the past, this girl was very obedient, but this time it was as if she had changed a person, Yun Suniang looked at Liuli with some disbelief.
"Liuli, you forgot, you've always had a bad brain, the whole house knows it, plus the last time you jumped from the attic, you have broken your head even more, and you've been soaking in the water for so long, who instigated you to be like this now?" Zhao Ying leaned up and said in a voice that only the three of them could hear: No matter how you change, or what tricks you want to play, don't try to win me! Then he touched Ruri's head with his hand seemingly gently.
"Go away!" Liuli opened Zhao Ying's hand, and sighed in her heart that she was really a vicious woman.
"Huo Liuli, why are you so uneducated? I'm your mother-in-law, this is also for your pitiful sake, take pity on you, you don't know what to do, you have such a big temper, this is deliberate. Zhao Ying was obviously enraged, and it seemed normal to withdraw her hand, but Huo Liuli clearly saw that her hand fell heavily on her mother's body, but Yun Suniang didn't seem to feel it. Of course, Huo Liuli saw these small movements, and obviously couldn't escape Huo Chengming's eyes.
"I think you're the one who needs mercy!" Huo Liuli said reluctantly, and was about to continue speaking when she was pressed down by Su Niang. Huo Liuli's mouth is getting more and more powerful, the most important thing is that she doesn't pay attention to her reminders at all, it seems that she is really ready to spend time with Zhao Ying.
"Mother-in-law, you are embarrassed to say that you are her mother-in-law, no one in the house knows that she is weak, you are good, instigating them to "scourge" Li'er, this is a good mother's teaching, very good! Looking at today's situation, I really don't know if they did it from you, or instigated it, and they shamelessly sprinkled here, don't you know that I'm still standing here? Huo Chengming pointed to the pair of children on the ground, eager to find a hole to get into, such a home, she will be turned upside down, a pair of children have become what they are now, I really don't know what will happen in the future. I have long heard that she is making things difficult for Su Niang, but now it seems that it is true, it seems that Su Niang's heart is too broad-minded, so she let such a shrew bully her to the head, but fortunately, this time she is determined to be the master for them.
"Father, haven't you always disliked this Huo Liuli? And she's a scourge, a scourge, father! Huo Siru saw that Huo Chengming was defending Huo Liuli's disaster today, and he was fierce with his mother, so he quickly started a fight. Since she can remember, she knows that her father doesn't want to see Huo Liuli, and always snubs her, if it weren't for Yun Suniang's woman who is deeply favored by her father, I'm afraid they would have been swept out of the house by their mother, but now that her father is so protective of this girl, she doesn't know what happened during this period, she can't believe that her father will have such a big change, usually her father loves her very much, and the treasure in the palm of her hand made her kneel down today, so she didn't have much confidence to whisper, but it can make Huo Liuli remember deeply.
"Yes, Huo Liulitian's life is not good, and when he was born, he brought us a disaster, which is simply a disaster! Father, the fortune teller has said that she will not live long, she will definitely not live for a few days, she is a short-lived ghost, and it will bring us trouble, she is a broom star! We're just playing tricks on her and having fun, not to mention that he's okay now, isn't he? You wouldn't have been like this before. Seeing that his father didn't speak, the boy thought that what he said was very reasonable, but he didn't pay attention to Zhao Ying's eyes on the side.
"You don't know what to do." Huo Chengming couldn't breathe in anger, and slapped him hard, "Zhao Ying, this is what you taught?" If I don't ask now, I don't know what else you can do in the future."
"You two dead boys, where did you learn this, you see your father is angry." As he spoke, he stepped forward and prepared to give Huo Chengming a smooth ride. Seeing Huo Chengming so angry, she knew that she couldn't hide this time, she really didn't want to beat him to defend that dead girl like this, she didn't expect this ignorant son to say those words, she really didn't calculate it, even if she suffers a loss today, she must return their mother and daughter in the future.
"Get out. Get out of here, I don't want to see you now, I'm going to make a noise, not in my room. Huo Liuli yelled, what is this, she can't listen to it anymore, this looks like an apology is just shouting at herself, and it is also telling him that this perfect father in his mind actually doesn't put himself in his eyes at all, she is very disappointed, since they are all so arrogant, then why is she afraid, he wants to see how they will deal with him.
"Li'er" Su Niang softly called Liuli and hugged her into her arms, and then calmly said to Huo Chengming behind her: "General, Li'er may have been frightened and has not eased up yet, you better take the eldest sister and the two children back first, Liuli is here for me to take care of." "Yun Suniang doesn't want to be entangled like this, it's not good for anyone, the best situation is to end it all quickly.
"But." Huo Chengming wanted to say something but was blocked by Su Niang, so he had to frown and say: "You all go out, I don't want this to happen again, if there is a next time, whether it is a prank or something else, I will not be spared if I have to deal with it with family law." ”
"Master, the child is not sensible, he won't be in the future, I will discipline him well." Saying that, Zhao Ying hurriedly picked up a pair of children kneeling on the ground and walked out.
"Father-" Huo Siru suddenly turned to Huo Chengming and called out coquettishly, as if he didn't want to believe that all this was true. It was also like fighting for something, and when I looked back and saw Huo Liuli in Yun Suniang's arms, and her father's caring eyes, when did she look at her like this, my heart was full of resentment.
"Don't go yet!" Zhao Ying glared at her daughter, "It's not enough to make a mess, it's not enough to lose face?" See how I clean you up when I get back. He dragged the two children out.
"You can go out too, I want to be alone with Li'er." After seeing a room full of people disperse, Su Niang seemed to be relieved.
"Can't I stay with you?" Huo Chengming said knowingly, he didn't know when he started, he began to care about this daughter, and wanted to be by their mother and daughter's side, but he was not needed.
"Fame." Su Niang called softly, and as soon as she heard this tone, Huo Chengming knew that there was no need to discuss, so she walked out silently.
"Mother, it turns out that we are not as good as you said here, you say they are so bad, why don't you let your father teach them a good lesson? So that they can't bully us later. Liuli climbed out of Su Niang's arms, looked at Su Niang's eyes and said seriously.
"Don't talk nonsense, silly children, you're still kids, it's just that they were a little naughty and accidentally hurt you. Be tolerant! In the future, you can stay as far away from them as possible, and forget about the matter after it has passed. Yun Suniang hurriedly took Huo Liuli's hand, looked at Huo Liuli and said solemnly, looking at Liuli's actions today is to give herself a breath, but she seems to have her own thoughts and is unwilling to listen to herself, I just hope that this will make her not worry about it.
"I don't, mother, haven't you heard from others? Persimmons are always pinched softly, we are not afraid of them, and Daddy is on our side. Huo Liuli thought about the situation just now, no matter how much she was treated as they said before, but now it seems that her father is biased towards herself, so she won't have to be bullied by them anymore, and she is not the Huo Liuli who used to be so easy to bully now, if you dare to bully her, try it, and make them cry rhythmically.
"Li'er, there are some things that my mother will tell you later, now you just need to listen to your mother, stay in this courtyard well, don't go anywhere, after these things, my mother will take you to see your uncle." Yun Su Niang looked at Huo Liuli's eyes and knew that she was not as easy to deal with as before, so the only way to do this was to let her go to her senior brother for a while to recuperate her body, although her current body was like a kung fu foundation, but the more she was different from ordinary people, then her life would be shorter, and she must not let such a bad thing happen.
"Uncle? I still have a teacher, huh? Huo Liuli asked very curiously, as soon as he heard the uncle, he knew that he was his mother's senior brother, his mother was already so powerful, so her senior brother must be even more powerful, if he could learn one or two, he would be happy to think about it.
"Li'er, you have to listen to your mother, you must not sneak out again, especially if there is a conflict with them, after all, you are brothers and sisters. As for the matter of going to see your uncle, my mother will tell you later, you have just woken up, and your body is still very weak and needs a lot of rest! Su Niang helped Liuli to lie down and helped her cover the quilt.
"I don't think they're as good as Brother Weiyun and Xue'er!" Huo Liuli grabbed Su Niang's hand and said, thinking about Wei Yun's concern for herself, and Wei Xue's knife mouth tofu heart, she couldn't help but smile.
"Then it's okay for my mother to let them accompany you?" Yun Suniang looked at Huo Liuli with a smile and said, she has gotten along very well with the Yun family brothers and sisters since she was a child, and fortunately, when this mother didn't take care of her, it was always good to have them by her side.
"Okay, thank you, mother," Huo Liuli said with a sweet smile, and then happily closed his eyes and was ready to sleep, what kind of nightmare was far away for him.
"As long as you are a good mother, you will be satisfied." Yun Suniang looked at Huo Liuli, who was full of innocence, and firmly thought in her heart that as long as Liuli was happy, she would be really satisfied.
Huo Liuli thought happily: Fortunately, there are so many good friends here who are familiar at first sight, and a mother who loves him, and a teacher who has not met before, everything is full of expectations, and I am very grateful that God did not take her away like this.