Mulberry

Eight or nine-year-old children are full of energy and forgetful, and this is not the first time Ye Chen has experienced such an inexplicable thing.

She was always sick when she was a child, and she couldn't find anything, and she would cry suddenly.

Parents were distressed and worried, until they went to the temple to find an old monk.

It's just that Ye Chen is young, her luck has not yet risen, and she can't hold back her fate, but it just so happens that her fate is not very good, she is easy to bump into dirty things, and she is always frightened.Many children are easy to see things when they are young.

They specially asked for a consecrated amulet for this purpose, saying that it would have no effect when they reached adulthood.

After that it was much normal.

My parents have told me many times and set many rules. I am not allowed to go out by myself when it is dark, and I cannot go to remote places. I wish I could stay with you all the time.

Ye Chen doesn't know the inside story, and is very proud of her "unique" superpower.

It is rebellion that leads to a young age, and I am very disgusted by being controlled all the time, but I am not very afraid of these things.

After all, she usually can't remember anything, and she always sees something strange when she is confused, or she will faint from fright, or disappear after looking at it for a while.

It is lucky that I have never met such a terrifying and ferocious ghost.

And as I got older, I moved here a few years ago to go to elementary school, and this kind of thing has become much less.

I don't bother to tell my parents about such trivial things, so as not to worry too much.She struggled for a while and then put it behind her.

However, the mulberry tree by the rear window made her remember it in her heart, and she kept watering it every day.

The first ones to grow taller were naturally the other two, but the one Ye Li planted by herself also took root crookedly and was one centimeter shorter than the others, growing with difficulty.

Ye Chen was very happy, she didn't play outside with her classmates every day after school, she put down her schoolbag and ran out of the back window immediately.

Check to see if this little branch has grown taller, and whether the buds on it have green leaves. When you reach out and touch it, you will have a silly smile on your face.

Sometimes they whispered advice, like taking good care of a little sister, telling wonderful stories to the tree that I am embarrassed to tell others, and foolishly trying to control the wind and rain to control the world.

Sometimes when I’m in a bad mood, I secretly complain to the tree, thinking that this teacher is too rigid, I leave too much homework today, and the physical education class is so tiring...

The trivial can talk until dark, and the tree can't refute, but she feels as if there is one more person to scold the teacher with her.

After scolding, I touched the leaves and ran home to eat again, very simple and happy.

Ye Mo was afraid that the shallow soil would not be able to stand up, so she dug out two buckets of soil from the vegetable field, and carefully cultivated a small hill, on which the small mulberry branches grew tenaciously.

Looking at it, Ye Li felt very happy, maybe because of the sense of accomplishment, maybe because of the "revolutionary friendship" with Mulberry.

Soon the mulberry branch was pulled out, new leaves grew, and it grew to be as tall as her.The other two trees are enough for silkworms to eat, and Ye Mo is very precious in protecting her little mulberry tree.

Luo Xinyi also bought a box of silkworms for her homework. She heard that her family had mulberry leaves, so she came here to pick them.

"Little Leaf!"

Ye Mo tapped on her slippers to open the door and let her in.

"Hey, you have raised so many silkworms." She circled the shoebox, opened the lid and saw a dozen chubby silkworms, gnawing around a leaf, "So cute! Why are they so fat... "

Ye Chen also cared about Silkworm Baby, hurriedly wrote the end of the observation diary, and proudly introduced it to Luobo.

"Of course my silkworms are good, and the mulberry leaves are the best and freshest!"

"Look at this one, it turned out to be the thinnest among them, and it hasn't grown up yet. I heard from my mother that the silkworm's head is translucent here, and it's about to spin cocoons. I'm going to find a small paper box for them. .”

"Ah, it's so fast, it's only been over a month, so wouldn't mine be spinning too?" Luo Xinyi also touched it, and it was cold and soft to the touch, fleshy.

The two played with the silkworm for a while, and then turned on the TV to watch cartoons while the adults were not at home.

The protagonist of the cartoon is going to lead his friends into the world, defeat monsters, and plant a time treasure box at the base before leaving.

It contains everyone's wish, which is for them to come back and read after they succeed.

"It's so cool, using words and treasure boxes to record our experience!" Carrot followed the lines and exclaimed pretendingly.

"I also really like the Time Treasure Box. What wish did you say they wrote?" Xiao Yezi thought this was the coolest idea in the world, and wrote it down for herself in a few years.

The mysterious and unknown future is exciting.

"I guess I must wish you all the best." Luo Bo looked at the music at the end of the film and thought, "The treasure box of time... you say, we also buried a treasure box, which belongs to us, and we will open it together later to see each other What did you write, and how?"

Ye Li was moved by this idea almost instantly, and frowned after thinking about it.

"What to use, where to put it, do we have to dig a hole ourselves..." As they talked, the two of them found it troublesome and gave up.

So I happily switched channels and watched cartoons.

"Hey, what time is it now? I have to go back quickly." The one who didn't pay attention to the time ran out in a hurry, and slammed on the brakes at the door, "Little Yezi, I'll pick some mulberry leaves at your house!"

"Okay—" Ye Li waved her hands indifferently, jumped up after two seconds, and ran to the window to shout out.

"Wait! Carrots, don't pick the tree on the far left!" He stretched out his fingers anxiously, "You pick the tree in the middle."

I didn't know the radish, so I obediently picked the leaves and said goodbye to go home.

Ye Mo propped her head on the window sill, maybe it was the backlight, she saw the night fell, and the hazy shadows of the trees glowed softly.

It's really strange, how could this tree be so cute, she couldn't help wanting to cherish it and let it grow strong.

In the breeze, the green leaves of a tree swayed, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, like a green skirt with a height of one person, and the hem of the skirt swirled and spread out.

Ye Chen was unconsciously fascinated by the sight, fragments of figures kept flashing in her mind, the soft face of the girl became more tender, most likely two people were holding hands, jumping up and down happily.

Was it she who gave her the mulberry branch... The inexplicable intimacy in my heart is indescribable, it is the age that most fantasizes most, and Ye Chen's middle school two decides on their own.

"I don't know what your name is, anyway... let's call it Sang."

A flash of light flashed in his mind.

"Sister Sang... Sister Sang!" My heart suddenly jumped happily, as if a pearl that had been lost for many years resurfaced, shining with twinkling.

I don't remember exactly, but we will be friends from now on.

Ye Chen is a little excited and childish enough to have princess disease, she must be the chosen one, with superpowers that no one else has.

You can see things that ordinary people don't know, and there are special friends that no one knows. If you think ordinary people are hot chickens, they can't compare with our unique Princess Leaf.

Hmph, she will soon fly to the sky to save the world just like on TV.

Should I choose purple or pink princess dress...

The fantasy story that I was embarrassed to tell others flew thousands of miles away in an instant, and accompanied her into dreamland all the time.

It was night, and the moonlight coated the mulberry tree, which was no taller than one person, with silver light.

The sharpest young leaves unfolded with a snap, and a few lights that seemed to exist and disappeared, flickered through the window, got into the curtains, and looked at the little girl on the bed.

Ye Mo is wandering in the deep dreamland.

The light touched her forehead and dissipated immediately.

In the dream, Ye Mo was out of control and came under the big tree again. She saw herself knocking on the tree trunk, and a girl sprang out from behind.

It's really you!

Ye Chen was pleasantly surprised, but she didn't hear the slightest sound. She seemed to be watching a movie, and nothing she could do outside the movie would affect the progress of the plot.

The girl didn't feel any abnormality at all, and greeted her with a smile.

"You are here again."

"Who are you? I know everyone in the village. Where do you live?" Ye Mo heard herself asking.

"Guess." Seeing her frowning in distress, the girl replied with a smile, "My family lives here."

"Ye Mo" seemed to understand something, and ran around the big tree twice.

"Are you a monster? You really live in a tree."

"That's not true! I'm a tree spirit, a mulberry tree spirit!" He retorted angrily, "I'm already hundreds of years old, so I'm not some trash monster."

"How is it possible, you look younger than me."

The girl was so angry that her face turned red, and she whispered, "The tree is hundreds of years old. I have cultivated for a long time before I have clear spiritual wisdom."

"Ye Mo" smiled triumphantly, "Then I will be my sister."

"I am! I know a lot more than you do!"

After several rounds of childish and senseless quarrels, "Ye Mo" finally lost the wind, "Okay, okay, then what's your name, my name is Xiaodu."

Ye Mo was forced to possess her and did not know her name until now.

It's really strange, is this yourself?She thought in a daze, it must be, because she has such a special ability.

"I, I haven't given a name yet..." The girl raised her head timidly, "I have never met anyone who can see me, they are all afraid of me..."

"you are the first……"

Ye Chen's mood surged in an instant, and she felt that it was not a good taste, it was a bit pitiful.

I want to play with her, I want her to smile happily...

"Then do you have other friends?"

The girl shook her head disappointedly: "But I know a lot of things, and I also know you."

Xiao Mian grabbed her hand, "Then we'll be friends from now on... Anyway, I'm usually fine, we can play together."

"Just...can I call you mulberry, it's a mulberry tree anyway."

"Really? Of course!" The girl smiled happily and held her hand tightly. "It's agreed, we will be friends from now on."

"Well, we are friends. I will come to play with you when I am free. No one will know. This is our secret."

Ye Chen also smiled, and looked closely at Sang's delicate face, and knew it was you.

How could I not know you... After all, after all...

what is coming.

Ye Mo had a headache and woke up unsteadily from her dream, her memory was confused, and she looked dumbfounded facing the dark room.

Friend... Sister Sang!

I firmly remembered every bit of the dream, and got up and sat on the window sill. Outside the window on the first floor, there was a vegetable field. On the moonlit grass, the mulberry tree flexibly shook its branches and jumped out a few times. Light fireflies.

Flickering spots of light passed through the window, dancing around the leaves like fireflies.

Ye Li opened her eyes wide, the pupils were full of shining light, she turned her head and tried to catch the small spots of light, but they mischievously ran away.

A firefly lightly landed on her hand, it was cold, not like the real thing.

"is that true……"

That's right, I have seen all kinds of ghosts, and it is definitely possible to see tree spirits.

Ye Chen poked her head and watched the light return to the tree, secretly happy, it's not just a dream, Sister Sang is really there.

She was so innocently happy, and after blowing the cool breeze by the window for a while, she couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell back on the bed.

The little girl Ye Chen lives like a chosen child. In an ordinary well-off family, there is a hidden superman with supernatural powers. During the day, he sneaks into the school to pretend to be a disguise. After school, he accepts the task of protecting the fragile tree spirit. Keep saving (yi) saving (qi) the world (wan) world (shua).

The busy time flies by quickly.

The final exam of the fourth grade is still easy, and with the coming of winter, the Spring Festival is still as usual and festive.

The difference is the tacit little secret between her and Sang Shu, and the occasional fragments let her gradually string together a story.

Everything in the dream was so familiar to her, so real, like a memory she should have had.

Gradually, the dreams she could remember became clearer and clearer, and Sang would appear in the dream, no longer a memory video tape, and she could occasionally chat with Sister Sang.

"Why don't you play? Are you unhappy?"

Ye Chen entered the "Dream Screening Hall" again, and saw Sang squatting beside her and asked.

The little mute sat under the tree without speaking, his tattered clothes were clenched into a ball, and he only poked at the tree trunk with his eyelashes down.

"Hey, hey, you poked me so itchy!" Sang deliberately teased her with a smile, but got no response.

Sighing helplessly, "Don't care what others say, they don't understand anything."

He stretched out his arms to hug Xiaodu, feeling her trembling slightly in his arms.

Once someone comforted her, the hoarse voice couldn't help crying, "They said that I, they said that Granny Zhang was dumb and crazy..."

Hugging Sang tightly: "That's not true, Granny Zhang is so nice, why should they talk nonsense."

"...and said that I am also crazy."

The little dumb couldn't help wiping away tears, "They don't play with me, I know it all, they say I talk to the air..."

"Hush—" Sang hugged her head, "They don't know, they just can't see it, the little dumb is a very kind and nice person."

"I can see that the little dumb is helping Granny Zhang with cooking, picking up the ears of wheat, and watering the trees. The dumbest is not a lunatic, but the smartest person in the world."

Ye Chen didn't understand, she still didn't understand the pain that Xiao Mian suffered.

But she herself follows the dumb, and can feel everything she touches normally, and her mood fluctuates with the dumb, making her even more blocked.

Ye Mo looked at her dirty oversized clothes, as if she had experienced it again, that is, living in that small village, her eyes were sore.

The person in his arms gradually calmed down, and raised his dirty face: "I have Sister Sang, so I don't need them to be friends!"

"Okay~Okay," Sang magically took out a few mulberries from behind, "I'll eat them for you, don't be unhappy."

The mulberry is obviously the best. The small purple-red grains are round and plump, and the broken ones leak out purple juice, staining the teeth of both of them.

Sweet and sour, Xiao Du couldn't stop eating.When the harvest is good, few adults in the village will climb the ladder to the tree just to pick some fruit, and the children can only pick food under the tree.

But Granny Zhang wandered into the village, didn't have her own land, didn't talk much, and lived in a thatched hut with disheveled hair, so she was naturally not very popular.

I can only collect rags and buy them on weekdays to earn meager money, and pick up some rotten vegetable leaves and fallen ears of wheat in other people's fields.

But he also picked up a little girl, who grew up under the ignorance and disapproval of everyone.

Although the little mute won't go hungry, it's hard for him to get enough to eat every meal, and he's quite thin.This time I let go of my stomach and finally had a good time.

"Okay, it's really gone, Kazuki is gone."

The little mute still raised his head and searched relentlessly, and Sang couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it: "There are really only uncooked ones left."

The two of them leaned against the tree, and they probably had some private conversations, Ye Li quickly lost sight of them.

There is only one big tree left in the space.

She pursed her lips and approached the big tree, so real that even the stripes of the bark could be clearly seen.

"Sister Sang! Is this really me and you..."

A soft green figure gradually condensed in the canopy of the tree, walking to her side, "Ye Mo doesn't care so much, it's just that I... am selfish and want you to..."

"You can just watch a movie, so... Would you still be my friend?"

"Of course." Ye Mo nodded directly, no matter what, she liked Sister Sang very much.

Stretching out his hand to touch the light and shadow, he passed through as usual, "Why can't I touch you now, and I can't see you clearly."

Guang Tuan patted her head like a human being, because she was only as tall as her, so it was a bit difficult.

"Don't worry, you will know later."

Ye Mo woke up wandering around again, the fruity aroma in her mouth seemed to have not dissipated.She looked out the window at the mulberry trees that were already one story high, and realized that it was already dawn.

Suddenly, I really want to eat mulberries...

The branches outside the window are stretched in the morning light, and under the cover of green leaves are small and new green fruits.