Chapter 21 The Northland is a vast expanse (4)

Mmm, it seems that she has been prepared for a long time. As soon as she went out, she ran into the dense forest with reed flowers on her back.The night was extremely dark, and the wind whipped the branches "creaking" and screaming.Lu Hua didn't even think about how her stepfather would treat her mother after she left, would he beat her to death?She just wanted to run, and she didn't know where she would go.Anyway, she didn't want to see her father and mother again, she didn't want to hear her father's scolding all day long, and she didn't want to smell the alcohol overflowing from his pockmarked face all day long.She must escape, she believes that mother will not take her to a beautiful place.

Lu Hua was weeping and was already unconscious.Hands, feet, and face don't seem to belong to me anymore.She didn't wear a cotton slap or a rabbit fur scarf, and she only wore a pair of felt socks on her feet.She heard Mum panting pitifully, "whistling and wheezing", she wanted to come down and take a walk so that Mum could not rest.But she couldn't move at all. She looked up at the sky and found that all the stars were running after them in unison.She cried with ease. The snow fell with gusto and bohemian.The body of the reed is covered with snowflakes.She exhaled, stuck out her tongue, let the snowflakes disappear bit by bit on the sound surface, and then moistened the clear water to her throat.

Mmm stopped suddenly.It gasped as if it was on the verge of death with long and short sounds, while buckling up and barking.Lu Hua knew it was going to die of exhaustion, so she tilted her body, trying to get down.But her legs were numb.They have come a long, long way.The sky was still gloomy, the cold wind was blowing mercilessly, and it made some creepy noises from time to time.For the first time, she felt that the night was so long and terrifying.She suddenly missed both her mother and her father.Later, she couldn't think of anything, and her mind went blank.Mum pushed her into the snow nest, and rushed towards a place four or five meters away.

Vaguely, she saw Mum tearing something black.The black thing squirmed on the snow at first, then slowly stood upright, pressing down on Mum, like a big tree struck by lightning.She yelled "Mmmm", and then she didn't know anything. She felt that her head, hands, and feet were all lost, and she was completely empty, with a chaotic fog in front of her eyes.The fog was so thick, like smoke, that she couldn't open her eyes because of the choking.Later, she woke up.The first thing I saw was Dad's face with deeper pits, as if it had just been hit by a bug.When she looked at her mother, she saw that her hair was gray, her face was gray, her lips were gray, her eyes were gray, and even her voice was gray: "So, finally, still, still, here we come." Tears fell, also gray.She still felt empty, as if her internal organs had been dug out, and there was nothing left, she couldn't move.

The sky was overcast, and the hazy sun was hidden in the gray clouds and smoke. She finally came back to life.She timidly and weakly asked her mother, "Has my hair turned gray?" "No, Luhua, your hair is as black and shiny as a bear's skin." "Well, it was crushed to death by a black thing, a black bear." She recalled the experience intermittently, her mouth twitched, and she said tremblingly.She wanted to cry, but the tears couldn't come out. "Mmm, you're not dead, you're living well." Mother turned her head and called out one after another, "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm--" Niang turned her head and called out loudly as she turned her head.

Hearing the call, it swiftly jumped into the room, dexterously placed its front paws on Luhua's shoulders, looked down at Luhua, stretched out its tongue and licked her forehead and face wholeheartedly.She felt that the corners of her eyes were warm and moist, and she felt that there was a clear stream flowing through her empty body, congcong tingling.She finally cried out, crying like a sunny day with light rain, fresh and comfortable. "Can she get up?" "I have to lie down again." Who is Dad talking to?Lu Hua followed the prestige and saw a person who had the same nose, mouth, eyes, and ears as them, standing in front of her like a myth.She trembled with fear.In addition to her father and mother, in her consciousness, there will be no other person here.She thought of the many stories her mother had told her, and she was even more confused.Maybe this is a man who can eat people, don't you see that he has his mouth open?How come his teeth are as white as birch bark?Why are father and mother's teeth like yellow glue?She closed her eyes, and her temples ached so badly.There was a damp and rustic smell on the kang, and because the kang was too hot, my mother sprinkled water on the kang.She smelled the breath and slowly fell asleep again.

The snow is still flying domineeringly.The pale black gate was completely bleached by snowflakes.Lu Hua's legs were sore from standing, so she lay on her back on the ground.The sky seems very, very far away, and it seems so close.She felt that she had become a snowflake in this world, melting into it, and was about to rise slowly.