Meng Yan's Transformation

"Wula Yayan! Wulan Yayan! Wake up, hold on! We will definitely find Mingqi..." Zhan Yu cried, and hurriedly took out a cardiotonic from the first aid kit and injected it into Wulan Yayan. As the baby cried again, Wulan Yayan opened her big eyes as deep as lake water, "Let me see, my baby..." Zhan Yu hurriedly held the baby to her, "Look at how beautiful your daughter is! She looks so much like you and Mingqi..." The child stopped crying when she came to her mother. Wulan Yayan looked at her daughter tenderly and lovingly: "Yes, my baby daughter is so beautiful! Just like the golden lotus flowers blooming in our grassland that I saw in my dream just now... Let's call her Mengyan." Wulan Yayan used her last bit of strength to touch the child with her hand, and her eyes suddenly shone with brilliance, as if she saw something: maybe she saw Mingqi riding the "Black Whirlwind" to pick her up; maybe she saw the Swan Lake on the Bayinbuluke grassland; maybe she saw the kind, gentle and amiable faces of her parents in heaven; maybe...

After Wulan Yayan was cremated, Zhan Yu planned to ask his sister Zhan Feng to come from the grassland to bury Wulan Yayan's ashes next to her parents' grave in her hometown, Bayinbuluke Grassland, and adopt Xiao Mengyan, because his sister had not given birth after marriage and had longed to have a daughter for many years. He already had 8 sons and a daughter...

Zhan Feng rushed over when she got the news. She first visited her sister-in-law Yunqing who had just given birth and looked dazed, and then she couldn't wait to see Xiao Mengyan. She wanted to hug Xiao Mengyan so much! But seeing that Xiao Mengyan had just fallen asleep: tears hung on her white and chubby face, her big eyes seemed to be open under her crescent-shaped eyebrows, her long eyelashes were wet, she had thick and curly black curly hair, and her red mouth kept moving... Zhan Feng looked at her with joy and really wanted to kiss her and hug her, but she was afraid of waking up Xiao Mengyan, so she retracted her outstretched hands, "Zhan Yu, look at Xiao Mengyan, her little mouth keeps moving, does she want to drink milk, is she hungry?" "How can she not be hungry? Although your sister-in-law Yunqing just gave birth not long ago, her nutrition is not enough, and there is not much milk. Xiao Mengyan can't eat enough!" Zhan Yu said distressed.

As he was talking, Xiao Mengyan burst into tears. Zhan Feng hurriedly took out the milk bottle and milk powder from the bag he brought with him, found a thermos and filled it with water, rinsed the milk bottle and nipple, added milk powder, and picked up Xiao Mengyan. Xiao Mengyan drank the milk and stopped crying. She fell asleep again while drinking the milk...

Zhan Feng watched Xiao Mengyan fall asleep and put her down. While packing up the small clothes, socks, quilts and other items she brought for Xiao Mengyan, she asked Zhan Yu: How is your life? Why did you leave the grassland? Why didn't you write to me for so long? After the bullet head was removed from your leg during the Korean War, does it still hurt? When will the shrapnel in your head be removed? I was injured in the army and transferred to the local hospital in the grassland. Now I have been transferred back to the Northeast. Does the government have any new arrangements? She asked questions like a string of cannonballs...

Zhan Yu replied: After the shell head was removed from my leg, it doesn't hurt much now. The current medical technology in the hospital cannot remove the shrapnel from the head. I'll wait for a chance in the future. The shrapnel in the head sometimes causes pain. When it attacks, my head hurts a lot, and I want to get angry. During the operation, my hands tremble when my head hurts. That's why the grassland hospital put me on the list of people to be transferred down. Now I'm in the local village clinic. I don't need to go to the operating table, but the money I earn can't support my family! I want to resign and go back to the production team to earn work points. At least I can use the work points I earn to get back the food rations so that the children can have enough to eat! Your former sister-in-law died of postpartum madness on the way back to her hometown after I was sent down to the countryside. Her baby kept crying and making a fuss. I had to be both a father and a mother, and life was hard. I had no choice but to marry your current sister-in-law, Yunqing, through an introduction. Your sister-in-law, Yunqing, was a top student at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, and was also a sent-down household. She was 18 years younger than me, and it was a waste of talent to marry me. The year before last, she gave birth to a girl, Yingying, and a few days ago, a girl died at birth due to malnutrition... I was not doing well, so I didn't want to disturb my sister, for fear of causing trouble to her. When I came back from the grassland, I wanted to send my second son, Ziru, to my sister to raise, but my sister thought boys were too noisy and liked girls, so she left me to the widow Niu Sao. I really have no choice now. Wulan Yayan is dead, and I can't find the whereabouts of my comrade Mingqi... Little Mengyan can only be raised by my sister. This is little Mengyan's birthday...

The year 1969, the Gregorian calendar’s August 8th, 9:30 p.m.…The lunar calendar’s June 26th, the year of Jiyou, the hour of Hai.

A few days later, Zhan Feng was going to take Xiao Mengyan away. His eldest brother Zhan Yi, his eldest sister-in-law Fang Qing, his third brother Zhan Feng, Zhan Yu, Yun Qing and others came to see him off. As soon as they reached the door, Xiao Mengyan burst into tears. "Zhan Feng, come and see if the child has urinated or defecated, or maybe she is hungry..." said the eldest sister-in-law Fang Xin. "That's impossible, I just fed Xiao Mengyan and changed her clothes..." Zhan Feng replied.

At this time, Yunqing came forward and hugged Xiao Mengyan. Xiao Mengyan stopped crying immediately and smiled at Yunqing, showing her sweet dimples. She babbled something, "Mom, can you keep my sister? Don't give my sister to aunt!" Yingying came over at some point and held Xiao Mengyan tightly. "Sister, we gave this child away. I raised her as my daughter..." Yunqing said.

How can this work?

Everyone started arguing, and Zhan Feng was so angry that she started crying. She really liked Xiao Mengyan and really wanted to have a daughter.

"Aunt, don't cry. When Xiao Mengyan and I grow up, we will become your daughters. Don't compete with mom anymore," Yingying said, pulling Zhan Feng's sleeve.

No matter how everyone tried to persuade her, Yunqing was like possessed and refused to let Xiao Mengyan go, just like her mental state when she had just given birth.

Yes, a mother who has just lost her child must be in such a heart-wrenching pain! People who have never been mothers cannot understand.

Zhan Feng had no choice but to stay for a few more days, thinking that Yun Qing would let her take Xiao Meng Yan away with her after everyone persuaded her, but Yun Qing would not let go and even held her when she slept. There were several times when she wanted to secretly take Xiao Meng Yan away while Yun Qing and Xiao Meng Yan were asleep, but as soon as Xiao Meng Yan left Yun Qing's arms and was held in Zhan Feng's arms, she would cry loudly, her little face turning red from crying...

It seems that Xiao Mengyan doesn't want to leave this home! She doesn't want to leave her mother Yunqing!

Zhan Feng said goodbye to his family and Xiao Mengyan with great regret and reluctance, took Wulan Yayan's ashes and set off on the road back to Bayinbuluke Prairie...