"Why didn't my mother come back with you? Where did she go? Doesn't she want to be Mianmian?" Zhu Mianmian chattered Zhu Jingshan one question after another.

Zhu Jingshan looked at the daughter in front of him in a daze, as Zhu Mianmian grew up, she became more and more like Zhu Zhu, her eyebrows and eyes, her look, Zhu Jingshan seemed to see the living Zhu Zhu sitting in front of him.

Zhu Jingshan suddenly asked inexplicably: "Mianmian, do you like your Aunt Chen?"

The little girl holding Zhu Changchuan was caught off guard by the sudden question, and even interrupted her questioning: "Aunt Chen is very good to me, and she is also very good to my younger brother! Today, my brother has been crying and crying since he woke up hungry, and it was Aunt Chen who fed him enough milk to calm down, and my brother is too noisy!"

"Then if your father and mother are not at home, are you willing to live in your Aunt Chen's house?"

Zhu Mianmian tilted her head and thought for a while, and then said affirmatively: "Aunt Chen and Uncle Hao are both good people, and I also like Brother Hao Yun very much." But why are my father and mother not at home? Also, Dad, you deceived Mianmian in the morning! Didn't you say that you would come back with your mother?" said Zhu Mianmian and began to complain again.

Zhu Jingshan put Zhu Mianmian's arm on his lap, and Zhu Mianmian held his younger brother and found a comfortable position in his arms.

Zhu Jingshan touched Zhu Mianmian's head and said, "It's all bad for my father, it's strange that my father didn't bring your mother back." Since you like Aunt Chen and her family so much, you will go to your Aunt Chen when your father and mother are not at home in the future. They are all kind-hearted people who will be good to you and your brother. ”

Zhu Mianmian didn't fully understand these words at this time, she was just a little strange why her father and mother were not at home? Aren't they just by her side? For many years after that, every night when she remembered these words, Zhu Mianmian would cover her head and cry.

Zhu Jingshan took out a small brocade bag from his arms and handed it to Zhu Mianmian.

Unwrapping the rope of the brocade bag, a seed the size of an adult's thumb rolled into the palm of her hand. The seeds are completely black, but there is a bright light in the black, and a small wind chime pattern can be faintly seen on it.

"This is what your mother gave you, and said that we should plant it together in the open space at the door. Zhu Jingshan hugged Zhu Mianmian and whispered.

"Why didn't my mother come and plant with us?"

"Mianmian, it's not that your father doesn't want to tell you, it's your mother who asked your father to keep it secret. Your mother's father has come to look for her, and he has taken her home, and it may be a long time before he returns!"

"Is it grandpa? Dad, you have talked to Mianmian many times, but Mianmian has never seen him. Why did he take his mother back?"

Zhu Jingshan straightened a strand of hair on his daughter's forehead and said, "Mianmian, just like you want your mother, your grandfather also misses your mother, because he wants to do it very much, so he came." ”

"What does grandpa look like?" Zhu Mianmian's topic seemed to be taken astray by Zhu Jingshan.

"Your grandfather, he has white hair, white eyebrows, and white beard, all white!"

"Isn't that just the same as Old Man Xue!" Zhu Mianmian thought about it in her little brain, and finally came up with something very similar to her grandfather. "When is the mother going to come back?"

"My mother said, you plant this seed in the ground, and when it sprouts, your mother will come back. ”

After Zhu Mianmian listened, she immediately jumped from Zhu Jingshan's arms to the ground, and she urged Zhu Jingshan and said, "Then we will plant it now, so that it should sprout tomorrow." ”

Zhu Mianmian ran back to the room and put his younger brother on the bed, and found a small medicine hoe in the pile of miscellaneous items in the Dan room. Zhu Mianmian, whose little face had turned black, dragged Zhu Jingshan to the open space at the entrance of the cave.

Zhu Mianmian found a random place, dug a fist-sized pit with a small medicine hoe, and then carefully placed the black seed in the middle of the pit. Soon Zhu Mianmian filled in the pit, she was afraid that the seeds would not be strong, so she stomped hard with her foot several times to make the pit more solid.

By the moonlight, Zhu Mianmian leaned over and looked carefully at the small hole he had filled, obviously quite satisfied. As if she suddenly remembered something, she turned around and ran back to the cave, scooped a glass of water with a porcelain cup, and poured it on the pit.

"You must sprout tomorrow! Sprout! If you sprout, your mother will come!" Zhu Mianmian said viciously, pointing to the seeds in the pit. After speaking, she took three steps and two steps back to the Danfang, and after putting away the small medicine hoe and porcelain cup, she lay down beside her brother.

Zhu Jingshan followed to the bedroom and asked curiously, "Mianmian, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm going to fall asleep, I'm going to get up early tomorrow and see that seed sprout!" she closed her eyes hard.

The oil candle in the bedroom was faintly lit, and soon Zhu Mianmian snored, Zhu Jingshan lay on his side and looked at the sleeping sister and brother, as if he wanted to imprint the faces of the children in front of him in his heart.

The next day, the sky was slightly brighter

Hao Ren went out of the cave and was about to report to the spirit rune, before leaving, he lost a vitality into the Fu character at the door, and after the deacon surnamed Luo reminded him that day, Hao Ren has been like this.

As soon as he turned around, Hao Ren saw Zhu Mianmian squatting not far away, and saw that she was about to put her head on the ground.

"Dad, why hasn't it sprouted yet?Is it because I didn't water enough yesterday?" Zhu Mianmian's words were full of disappointment, as if the seeds in the soil in front of him had not germinated what a heinous thing it was.

"You can't water it anymore, and if you dow it again, you'll be drowned. Don't worry, it should sprout soon. Zhu Jingshan also squatted down and comforted Zhu Mianmian.

Hao Ren already knew the current situation of Zhu Jingshan's family, so he didn't bother much, so he could only greet Zhu Jingshan from a distance and go down the mountain silently.

"It seems that my mother will not be able to come back today. ”

"It's okay, dad go get two chairs, you go and bring your brother out, we'll guard here and see when it sprouts, okay?"

In this way, Zhu Jingshan and his children have been staring at the current mud field. In fact, most of the time Zhu Mianmian watched again, and Zhu Jingshan watched his children from the sidelines.

If he could, he would like to look at it like this for the rest of his life.

From tomorrow hanging high to the willow tops on the moon, Zhu Mianmian looked at the flowers. But in the ground in front of him, except for a few ants crawling out, there was no sign of anything breaking through the ground.

In the end, Zhu Mianmian couldn't bear it anymore, and said sincerely with her hands together: "Seeds, seeds, please sprout tomorrow!", and then she dragged the small chair back to the cave and fell asleep.

Maybe Zhu Mianmian was too tired on this day, and on the second day when the seeds were planted, Zhu Mianmian slept until noon before waking up.

In the time that Zhu Mianmian didn't know, Zhu Jingshan went to his own tea shop, and hurried back.

Zhu Mianmian, who was full of sleep, didn't even care about tidying up her appearance, screamed and ran out of the cave, and stepped on her right foot in a hurry, and it was actually a dog gnawing mud and falling to the ground.

Unable to wipe off the sludge on her face, the little girl stumbled to the marked ground, looking at the bare ground, Zhu Mianmian's heart was sour, today, her mother will not come back!

So, Zhu Mianmian began to cry loudly, hoping to release the pain of the fall and the grievances in her heart in the mountains and forests on Fengxia Mountain, and the dense trees rustled, as if to comfort this sad little girl.

Chen Cheng followed the sound to the door, pushed open a small slit and looked at it, Chen Cheng, who had always been emotionally sensitive, didn't even dare to take another look, his eyes were already red.

On this day, Zhu Mianmian didn't say a word, and she didn't even bring a small chair. She sat on the ground, staring at the ground in front of her, as if she wanted to dig another hole in the ground with her gaze.

Zhu Jingshan was not embarrassed to always trouble Chen Cheng, and in the two days after he came back, whenever Zhu Changchuan woke up hungry and began to cry, Zhu Jingshan took out some Wugu Dan and used Yuan Qi to turn it into medicinal juice and sent it into his son's mouth.

Zhu Mianmian, who was physically and mentally exhausted, sat on the cold ground and fell asleep unconsciously, and Zhu Jingshan, who had been observing in the cave, immediately hugged his daughter into the cave.

The black seeds with strange patterns lay quietly not far from the door of Zhujingshan Cave.

If the monk used his divine sense to probe, he would be able to find that a faint wisp of heaven and earth vitality was incorporated into it.

This is actually not an ordinary seed, but a seed that is as jade as a strange tree in the fairy world. This tree is called plane tree, and it has a very long growth cycle, 60 years of convergence, 20 years of branching to take root in the land, and another 20 years to retain the root system.

It will take a hundred years to break through the ground.

However, it is extremely fast from germination to growth, and it only takes one day to grow into a mature tree, and the height of the tree can reach up to 100 meters. On the day of ripening, the branches of this tree will bear countless fruits like wind chimes, and whenever the wind blows, the branches will shake the fruits, and there will be a fantastic sound of wind chimes. This kind of tree is mostly planted in the immortal cultivation schools for ornamental purposes, and ordinary people rarely plant it.

Zhu Jingshan lay on the stone bed all night without sleep, he was a little scared, afraid that as soon as he closed his eyes, he would dream of Zhu Zhu. From time to time, he turned sideways to pull the quilt for Zhu Mianmian and Zhu Changchuan, and if he could, he hoped that all the time would stop here and not move forward.

In her sleep, Zhu Mianmian seemed to hear some whispering, some hazy and some clear.

"Mianmian, it's not good for ...... father"

"Mianmian, you must take care of your brother......"

"Mianmian, you must cultivate well......

"Chuan'er, I don't know if you will know your father's name......"

"When you grow into a man, you must protect your sister......"

......

"Mianmian, Dad is going to bring your mother back. However, it may take a lot of time, and it will take a long, long time. ”

"Dad knows that his choice is really a bit selfish, but Dad believes that when you grow up, you will definitely understand Dad's mind, and you will definitely make the same choice as me, just like your mother. ”

"Dad will miss countless moments in your and Chuan'er's lives, but Dad doesn't regret it. ”

"Dad will definitely bring your mother back and reunite our family of four!"

In a trance, Zhu Mianmian felt that someone kissed her forehead, but she didn't care, at this time she was immersed in a dream, in the dream, the seeds in the ground finally germinated, growing into a towering giant tree, and her mother and father stood under the tree and waved to herself.

Zhu Mianmian's little face was full of smiles, and she turned over and put her hand on Zhu Changchuan's swaddling clothes.

The bedroom door was gently opened and closed again.