Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 436
Mother?Liu Ya was stunned for a moment before she realized that the direction over there was a cemetery in the village.Although the surnames of the people in the village are different, and the ancestral graves of each family are not in the same place, they will not randomly bury people all over the mountains and plains.Most of them are looking for a large area with good geomantic omen, where all the graveyards of a village are located.So Liu Ya soon understood that Xiao Shu'er was going to her mother's grave.

Almost without hesitation, after thinking of this explanation, Liu Ya immediately followed Xiao Shu'er, and said, "Take me to see my mother. I haven't seen my mother since I got well."

"Well, let's go, it's over there." Xiao Shu'er pointed forward and led Liu Ya over there.

However, Liu Ya was wrong, Xiao Shu'er did not take Liu Ya to the village graveyard.Instead, after more than half of the walk, it turned a corner and walked towards a mountain stream.Follow the stream all the way up, to the source of the stream.

This place is almost reaching the top of the hillside, there are not many trees around, and there is a small open area.In the center of the open land, there is a small mound.There is no tombstone in front of the mound, only a few stones piled up like a small tower.

Looking forward from here, one can see a sudden opening in front of the eyes. The stream winds down like a soft ribbon; when it flows down the hillside, it flows back with other streams to form a small river.The river flows forward again, as if it has taken away a trace of entanglement, and flows straight into the distance.

Xiao Shu'er didn't walk towards the small tower made of several stones, nor did she intend to kneel down, but just stood here looking at the stream and murmured: "Mother, Xiao Shu'er is going to school, you want to go to school?" Bless me."

Liu Ya stood here watching for a while, and didn't know whether she should kneel down and kowtow to thank this mother for leaving her so many things, including her daughter's body; or should she be like a little tree, Just standing aside, as if standing by the mother's side, murmured a few sweet words to her.

After thinking about it, Liu Ya felt that Xiao Shu'er's way was closer to her heart.Those kneeling and kowtowing are too formal, and gratitude from the heart does not have to be three times and nine times.Liu Ya decided to whisper a few words to this mother right here, in her heart, but believed that she would definitely hear it.

Silently, but expressing endless gratitude and her current happiness in her heart, Liu Ya told the mother that she would take care of Ya'er's body for her, and that she inherited Ya'er's body was to merge with Ya'er For one, so she is his real mother.

I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother, but I didn't babble endlessly.Xiao Shu'er also breathed a sigh of relief after a few words, and said to Liu Ya: "Okay, second sister, let's go. Mother must have heard it. She must have seen that you have improved now, so I am happy for you .”

Liu Ya also nodded and said: "Well, mother already knows. Let's go, let mother watch you go to school, take the exam well, and tell mother the good news when you come back."

It didn't take much time to go down the mountain with Xiao Shu'er and go home.On the way down the mountain, Liu Ya looked back and found that she couldn't see the open land above at all from this direction, and naturally she couldn't see the grave mound and the small tower made of stones.

Liu Ya was a little strange, when her mother passed away, the Liu family was in the most difficult time, who built this tomb and this small pagoda for her?Moreover, why did mother not bury her in the Liu family's ancestral grave in the village after her death, but buried her here alone?

Having doubts, Liu Ya asked Xiao Shu'er, "Why is there no tombstone in front of mother's grave, but only a small pagoda made of stones?"

"This is what my mother meant. When she was very ill, she took me and my eldest sister up the mountain and chose this place. She said that she would live here alone after she passed away. Gathering means long-lasting happiness. And my mother also said that she didn't want a tombstone with "Liu Fangshi" written on it, but a stone pagoda that was erected at will. At that time, my mother used charcoal sticks to draw the appearance of the stone pagoda , It was built with seven stones ranging from large to small. Later, my mother really passed away, and this stone pagoda was built with the stones that my eldest sister and I found."

Speaking of this, Xiao Shu'er said again: "My mother specifically explained that there is no need for a real stone tower, as long as it is a stone picked up at random and piled up according to the size to form a tower. For this reason, whenever there is After the strong wind blows, my eldest sister and I will come over to see if the stone pagoda has been blown down by the wind. If it falls down or the stone rolled to nowhere, we will find another stone and put it on again. But it’s okay There aren't many times like this, and there's not a lot of wind that can blow a few rocks over."

Could this be... a code?

For some reason, Liu Ya suddenly thought of this stalk.She didn't know what this stone pagoda really meant. She only knew that her mother was a very good doctor. Of course, she could also know that she had reached the terminal stage of some serious disease, and she could also infer the approximate time of her death.

But such a harsh condition is obviously not just done for some kind of fun.Because at that time, interest is not important at all, what is important is the unfulfilled wish in her heart.Does that mean that this small, haphazardly built stone tower has some special meaning?
"Second Sister, I'm home. Is it because I suddenly ran up the mountain to see my mother, which made you feel uncomfortable?" Xiao Shu'er tugged on La Liuya's sleeve, interrupting her thoughts.

Liu Ya was distracted just now, and she didn't quite hear what Xiao Shuer said before, so she just shook her head and said, "It's okay, Second Sister is not uncomfortable, but I just wonder if it's going to be too late? Let's go quickly."

Liu Ya knew that it was impossible for her to find the answer now.And she has no intention of pursuing such a truth that does not belong to her at all.If she was really Ya'er, a silly girl, all this might still make sense to her.But she was already Liu Ya, so she didn't want to explore what was the special significance of being attached to this stone pagoda when her mother was alive.

"Yes, let's go. I'm really afraid it will be too late." Xiao Shu'er hurried to lead the horse.But then said: "But, I can't come to talk to mother last night, can I? So I can only choose in the morning."

Liu Ya smiled, patted Xiao Shu'er's head and said, "If you want to see your mother in the future, ask Second Sister to accompany you. Don't run there alone."

Liu Ya knew that even if it was their mother, Xiao Shu'er was still a nine-year-old child after all, and she would still feel shadowed if she wanted to walk to the grave alone.Therefore, she will accompany Xiao Shu'er to visit her mother in the future.

(End of this chapter)