Chapter 2: The Path
He smiled gloomily, "What those children just now sang was the "Song of the Drowning Son" composed by various local officials, which was used to warn the world that the way of heaven is good for reincarnation, and let them not do things that damage yin morality. ”
"So that's why the missing little girl was adopted?" Sang Lengbu followed behind.
"Yes," said Susan's voice, which was a little trembling at a high pitch, "she was put in a small basket with a bamboo canopy, and floated down the river, and I fell in love with her at first sight, so she became my daughter." With that, her tears poured down again, wetting the delicate lace on her clothes.
Zhao Zimai patted Susan lightly on the shoulder, "Amy is also lucky, if she hadn't been picked up by you, she would have died the moment she was born, just like other children." ”
"Since Amy was abandoned by her biological parents, why did you bring her back to find her?" Sang added, his gaze faintly brushing over Susan's pale face.
"This is her roots, if a person does not dare to face his homeland, then where does she have a way to come? And throughout the year, Amy has always mentioned China from time to time, she said that this is the place of her dreams, there is red soil, there are long streams, there are flourishing flowers and plants, myrtles, wild peonies, blooming everywhere......"
Zhao Zimai was a little surprised, "Amy was less than half a year old when she left China, how could she have such a memory?" ”
Susan shook her head, "I've looked up some literature, and there are indeed some people who have memories of infancy, I think, Amy is this kind of person, after all, this kid is smarter than most people, isn't it?" But more likely, I think, it may be the charm of the homeland, even if you can't see it, you can feel it...... Mike: Did you know? Amy even remembers her home, saying that the walls of her house were made of stones, and the stones were slippery and shining in the sun, and they were colorful and beautiful. She said that there was also a green plum tree in her yard, and the trunk of the tree was covered with moss, which was slippery and slippery. In April and May every year, the fruit grows, which is green and ripe yellow, and can be used as candied fruit or medicine. Amy said that her mother would always pick the fruit and sell it at the market, and would put her in a bamboo basket with green plums and carry her to the market. Along the way, my mother would babble and hum nursery rhymes to coax her, Mike, and I remember the ballad that Amy sang: 'Brother Cat, red nose. With the tiled roof, bite the bottom nong? My brother's house really hurts, Ah Ru go and bite Beinong. ’”
Zhao Zaimai smiled weakly, "The charm of the homeland...... Maybe you're right, when I was in Europa, I always thought about this place, but now that people are really back, I'm a little scared. ”
"I'm more timid about my hometown, I don't dare to ask anyone, Mike, I understand your and Amy's feelings." Susan summed it up for him in fluent Chinese, and then sighed, "But I really regret now that I listened to her and brought her back to my homeland, I was fine with her in Europa, why did I come back here?" I lost her, what should I do? ”
With that, she covered her face with her handkerchief and began to cry, and Sang was a little annoyed by the cry, so she sighed, and walked a few steps briskly to the path ahead.
It furrowed its eyebrows: the road that stretched out of nowhere was cold, and even the tips of the grass were covered with ice beads, and it looked like the sky was frozen in winter, not at all like autumn.
Something was wrong, and after a silent sentence in his heart, it walked forward. But as soon as she had walked a few steps, her eyes caught a glimpse of the small figure not far away: she was dressed like Susan in a crisp, high-waisted dress, and a top hat, and the black braid that peeked out from under the brim was curled and gently fluttered over her shoulders.
The appearance of the Chinese, the dress of the foreigner, who will it be if not Amy?
Sang stared at her fleshy little face and didn't step forward.
The little girl was a little weird, her feet were dragging on her feet, one of her legs seemed to be injured, and her face was a little abnormally white, and it was covered with a layer of blue light, as if her face was covered with another layer of skin.
"Amy."
The two behind Sang finally saw Amy, and Susan ran towards her daughter with an arrow step, hugging her hard, eager to pull her small body into her body, and screaming endlessly.
"Hold her for a while and she will be suffocated by you." Sang Leng looked at this pair of mother and daughter who had been reunited for a long time, and muttered.
Susan didn't hear this, but Zhao Zimai heard it clearly, he walked forward with Baotian's support, and after glancing at Amy, he pulled Susan away, "Susan, Amy doesn't seem to be feeling well." ”
Sure enough, before he could finish speaking, Amy had slowly slid off Susan's shoulders and fell to the ground like a piece of tissue paper.
And Sang, before Susan could cry again, nimbly thrust the copper needle in his hand into Amy's back, and then grabbed the little girl by the collar and dragged her off the ground.
She ...... What is she going to do to my daughter? Susan watched in disbelief as Sang picked up Amy like a chicken.
Zhao Zimai didn't speak, because he saw that Sang had already pulled out the copper needle from Amy's back, and on the tip of the needle, there was a black thing hanging from the needle, like a loach, but it had a transparent human face, low eyebrows, and a pleasing appearance, which was weird and funny.
"What is this?"
"Charm, born of the strange atmosphere of the mountains and forests, it is so confusing."
"Amy was possessed by it, so she got lost?"
"Perhaps," Sang replied casually, bending down to hand Amy, who had not yet awakened, to Susan, and with one hand he removed the monster from the tip of the needle, grinding it casually with his fingertips, and then, in a burst of screams, it frowned and glanced at the path ahead, "Something is wrong, it's just a ghost, how can it be so heavy?" ”
"It's cold, it's cold." Zhao Zimai followed its gaze and looked ahead: on the muddy ground, there was a row of footprints, which were left by Amy, and now, those footprints had been frozen, and a layer of white frost was formed on them.
"Would you like to go over and have a look?" He looked at Sang, but saw that the corners of his mouth were tense and his eyes were dignified, and this contemplative look suddenly gave rise to a chill in his heart.
The things that can make it serious will not be trivial.
Thinking like this, Zhao Zimai also took a step forward, and looked side by side with Sang at the path shrouded in cold air.
"Mike, look Amy, her face is not right, she's going to be fine, right?"
Susan's flustered voice interrupted Zhao Zimai's thoughts, he walked over and touched Amy's forehead, his heart sank suddenly, "This kid has a terrible fever, let's rush back to Qingzhou to treat her first." ”