Chapter 1 5-year-old Jasmine Black falls down

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This is a village in the 70s of the last century, Guangyi Village, Yunze Township. The village is about five kilometers in circumference, with 13 villager groups and 135 households and 1,201 people. In May, the setting sun shone obliquely on the houses, bridges, and rivers in the village, like a soft golden veil.

A straight road runs through from a distance, and a one-story eight-meter-wide bungalow stands prominently on the side of the road, which is the Guangyi Village Cooperative. Entering the door is a row of glass cabinets, displaying stationery, paper and other supplies. In the left corner of the cabinet, there is a 70s logo snack --- ear piece, 2 wool a pound, no food stamps, this is the favorite of the children in Guangyi Village. On many occasions, children between the ages of 3 and 15 can be seen, often wandering in front of the co-op counter, staring straight at jars full of snacks.

Jasmine Black is a tiny resident of this village. She is a 5-year-old girl, with big eyes, dark eyebrows, not very thick, a straight nose, small lips, and a melon seed face, looking very cute, and smiling like a flower, brilliant.

Jasmine Black's father was born and raised in Guangyi Village, called Moshan. As the name suggests, people are as reliable and righteous as mountains. Moshan is a cultural and educational specialist in Yunze Township, 39 years old this year, he married Liyun from Qingshui Village, Liyun is a primary school teacher in Guangyi Village, and they raised 5 children together, Jasmine Hei is the youngest child, and above are three brothers and one sister.

Jasmine Black is already a second-grade student in elementary school, she loves to read, and her mother is her starting teacher. Jasmine Black likes to score 100 points in exams, if she can't get it, she pulls her mother's hand, crying endlessly, the whole class is her crying, her mother is helpless, afraid of affecting the other children's learning, so she gives Jasmine Black 100 points on the paper, and when she sees 100 points, Jasmine Black is happy. Because she was a young student, about 3 years younger than the other children, she slipped out of class and went to the school playground to kick the field alone. This is a game that rural girls like to play in those days, that is, they use some snail stones to form a ring, jump up with one foot and kick into the drawn box. Jasmine Black played the game tirelessly, and she was not afraid, even though the whole playground was usually her small figure.

This day was an ordinary day, Jasmine Hei was halfway through class, and when her mother was not paying attention, she ran out to the playground to kick the field, she was concentrating on one foot kicking, her face was dripping with sweat, and the sun was shining above her head. Suddenly, Jasmine's black feet were crooked, and one accidentally fell to the ground, and his head touched a small hard stone on the ground, like lightning flashing, before Jasmine Black fainted, she seemed to hear a voice calling Jasmine Black, and then a long tunnel of light like the morning sun, roaring towards herself.

Jasmine Black's home is in the primary school where her mother teaches--- in Guangyi Primary School, the two small bungalows on the left side of the school entrance are where the family of 7 lives, Dad comes back once a month, the eldest brother 16-year-old Jasmine Qiang was taken to live in Guangdong by his uncle, the second brother 15-year-old Jasmine County is in the first year of high school in Jiuzhong Middle School, 30 kilometers away from home, the third brother 13-year-old Jasmine Cheng is in the second year of middle school in Yunze Middle School, and the 11-year-old sister Jasmine is in the fifth grade in Guangyi Primary School.

"Jasmine Black, you wake up, if you don't wake up, my sister will eat the ear pieces you hid." Jasmine Hei felt that her eyelids were very heavy, she heard the voice of her sister Jasmine who was always snatching her food and her raising the bar, she wanted to open her eyes and not allow Jasmine to eat, but her eyelids just couldn't open, she could hear the voice, and she couldn't open her mouth to speak, this feeling was really bad, Jasmine Black twisted her body.

"Jasmine Black, did you hear your mother speak, good boy, move when you hear it, Mom misses you, child, you open your eyes and look at Mom, woo woo, Mom didn't say hello, you ran out to play, why did you fall, Mom is sorry for you......" Jasmine Hei tried hard to open her eyes, her mother was calling her, her head hurt a little, she wanted to open her eyes and let her mother hug her, it wouldn't hurt, thinking like this, Jasmine Hei suddenly felt a golden light flash in her mind, as if in front of her, brightened the whole room, Jasmine had strength in the dark, her eyes opened, and her eyes burned with energy.

At this moment, Jasmine Black heard distant voices, like the joy of a quiet wind blowing across the wilderness, blowing on people's faces. Jasmine Black climbed her mother's hand and slowly sat up straight, "Mom, I hear the tree singing. "Silly boy, how can a tree sing, mom can sing, mom sings to you." Mother's crisp voice slowly sounded in my ears, "I have a crying baby at home, and I have to ...... 100% every exam" "Mom, I see the clouds so close." "Oh, Jasmine Black is back, don't be afraid." Mom thought that Jasmine Black had fallen and was stunned, so she hugged Jasmine Black and shook it gently, "Baby, don't be afraid." Jasmine Hei closed her eyes, how could she feel that her head was confused, she could see a very beautiful large space, the sun was shining and the white clouds were clear, and the air was comfortable. On both sides of a shining road are rows of fruit trees, the trees are swaying lightly and fragrantly, and at the end of the fruit trees is a large two-story house, in front of which is a large pond with rippling water.

"Jasmine Black, don't sleep, eat." Mom was afraid that Jasmine would fall asleep, so this time she fell and fell asleep all day, "Get up and have dinner with my sister." "Yes, Mom, sister." Jasmine Black opened her eyes, forgetting the beautiful spatial scene, the allure of the food, she just wanted to sit down at the dinner table early.

In the 70s, the Chinese countryside was still very barren. There are so many children in Jasmine Hei's family, both parents are teachers, and the monthly salary is only 26 yuan, and there are grandmothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers to raise, although parents have many brothers and sisters, but most of them work in the countryside to earn centimeters to eat in the canteen, and their lives are not rich. Jasmine Hei's life is still superior to that of her cousins, and she eats national food.

Every meal is mainly pickles, made by aunt and aunt, black and mushy, very good, Jasmine Hei likes to eat, the best dish is the egg that her mother secretly stuffed her, that is ten days and half a month to eat one, Jasmine Hei every time she sees the egg, her eyes are bright, hold it in her hand, and eat it at once. Sometimes, my sister smells the smell of eggs and rushes over, only to see the naughty Jasmine's black and red fluttering little face, shining with excitement.

On today's dinner table, in addition to the usual pickles, sweet potatoes, and cabbage, there is also a small plate of stir-fried meat with green peppers, which can only be eaten during the New Year. Jasmine Black jumped up for joy and sat down at the table waiting for her mother to deliver food. Life is really good and really happy.

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