The owl flew over rivers and mountains with lantern ghosts.

Finally came to a small village.

"Goo, lantern ghost, that woman is in this village."

"Whew, do you know what that woman has to do with me?"

The Lantern Ghost asked.

The lantern ghost hadn't remembered the woman for a long time.

Even if I deliberately think about it now, I can only find a very vague appearance in my memory.

It's even just a few shades of color.

"Goo, when you see her, you should be able to remember."

The owl flew slowly downwards and landed on a branch.

"Whew, okay......"

At this time, in the village, a group of people in white mourning clothes slowly walked towards the mountain.

In the mourning music, the owl turned his head away and looked uncomfortable.

"Phew, Kaoru, what's wrong with you?"

"Goo, I'm fine. She'll be here in a moment......"

Kaoru's voice in reply was small, almost muffled by mournful music.

The men walked under the tree where the lantern ghost and the owl stood.

In such an atmosphere, no one pays attention to an owl or a lantern hanging from a tree......

After the funeral procession left, a woman appeared on the mountain road that the funeral procession had walked.

The woman watched the procession of gongs and drums fade away, her face full of loneliness.

"Goo, that's her...... Do you have any impressions?"

The owl looked at the woman on the mountain road and asked the lantern ghost.

The woman's body was translucent, as if it would be blown away by the wind at any moment.

It gives a very vulnerable feeling.

The lantern ghost looked over, and the woman looked at the lantern ghost as well.

Eyes facing each other......

The wind in the air disappeared, and the lantern ghost's body stopped fluttering.

All the memories came flooding back to it......

The last self in my memory is an old man with gray hair.

And that woman was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in the flower season.

In my memory, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl called herself her father.

She and the girl's mother have always raised her.

A family of three, although poor, is also happy.

A peaceful life ends when the girl is eighteen years old.

The girl falls in love with a merchant.

At that time, the merchants basically wandered from one village to another.

There are some small things that children and women like to sell.

No one knows where they came from, and no one knows where they are going.

However, the days they come can always bring rare happiness to the village.

The mother of herself and the girl, just this one daughter, naturally did not want her daughter and the merchant to go.

The daughter decided that the merchant was her lover and insisted on leaving.

I said, "If you're gone, don't come back." Something like that.

And locked her in the room.

It's just these, how can it be difficult to live, a daughter who yearns for love.

Look at the shattered window glasses and the sticks scattered on the floor.

At that moment, I knew that my daughter might not really come back......

"Goo, Lantern Ghost, do you remember?"

"Well, I remember......"

The lantern ghost replied.

After her daughter left, she never came back, and the lantern ghost began to regret what she had said.

Why say "you left, don't come back." "What about that?

One night, the lantern ghost's wife said to him, "Go and get your daughter back." ”

So, he set out on a path to find his daughter.

Thousands of mountains and rivers, stepping on the stars, but also stepping on the rising sun.

On the way, I also met a lot of merchants, and I also met a lot of girls.

It's just that the merchant is not the merchant, and the girl is not the girl.

He knew that his wife was waiting for him at home, so that he could go back as soon as possible.

He went faster and farther.

The rhododendrons on the mountain have lost count of how many times they have bloomed and how many times they have been grateful.

I only know that my hair is gradually turning gray and my steps are gradually staggering.

Eventually, he ...... Fell.

"Goo, what's her relationship with you?"

The owl asked.

"Yes...... It's my daughter......"

After speaking, the lantern ghost slowly floated towards the woman......

The woman's surroundings slowly changed, the funeral procession disappeared, and the sounds disappeared.

Day turned into night, and there was a waning moon and a few faint stars in the sky.

In front of the woman, a rough path appeared, winding and winding, and there was no end in sight......

The lantern ghost glanced at the woman, and then floated slowly along the path.

The owl flapped its wings and came to the lantern ghost.

The woman silently followed behind the lantern ghost and the owl......

……

"Master, the lantern ghost hasn't come back yet......"

It's been a few days, and the first thing Zashiki says every morning is exactly the same.

"The owl outside the window has also disappeared for several days."

Zashiki continued.

"Don't worry too much, Zashiki Boy, the lantern ghost will definitely come back."

Chen Beibei touched the head of the boy and said to her.

Although Chen Beibei himself is not sure whether the lantern ghost will come back.

However, he felt that the lantern ghost would come back.

The disappearance of the owl, which Chen Beibei did not notice.

After all, he gets off work every day, and it's already late, chatting with his Shikami, and playing with his mobile phone.

Time is a little insufficient, how can I have time to care about an ordinary owl.

"Firefly, Zashiki boy, let's go, let's go to kindergarten."

Chen Yan's voice sounded outside the door.

The work of the kindergarten is quite smooth, and the children are still very cute in her eyes.

"Well, here we go......"

……

Under the cold moonlight, the lantern ghost floated slowly, the owl flew slowly, and the woman walked slowly......

There was silence, no one spoke, and the lantern ghost found his daughter.

And did not show a hint of joy.

On the contrary, the atmosphere was heavy......

After so many years, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old has become a woman over half a hundred years old.

Presumably, the wife who was waiting at home has also passed away......

Lantern ghost, ghost of the way.

Because of the obsession of wanting someone to go somewhere, the spirit that is conjured up.

Now it's finally done, although it's a little late, but it's finally time to let go of the obsession in your heart.

When they arrived at the lantern ghost's former home, the dilapidated house was still there.

It's just that the woman inside is no longer there.

On the mountain, a mound, a monument.

Engraved with her name.

"We ...... Came back......"

The lantern ghost said slowly, and then, the flames on his body went out.

The red lantern fell to the ground, turned to ashes, and disappeared in front of the owl......

The woman knelt down on her knees, and her soul returned to her homeland, where the deceased was deceased......

There is no right or wrong in everything, there are just some obsessions and fetters.