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After several buses, Chunlian finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. Chunlian looked at the Qingfeng standing in front of her and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Although she didn't even eat lunch, she felt full of her heart when she looked at the mountain in front of her.

She climbed up the mountain skillfully with her backpack. When she was a child, Honglian would always take her around the mountain to steal bird eggs from trees, radishes from people and vegetables, fishing fish in the river, and doing things like stealing chickens and dogs. Honglian would have done it with her. Logically speaking, such a person would definitely be very annoying, but the people in the town did not exclude them at all. Honglian is her good sister and can also be regarded as her good "mother". She has always been very serious about Chunlian's diet and daily life. In addition to not letting her go hungry, she also teaches her a lot of knowledge and principles.

While thinking, Chunlian had already walked a long way. She looked at the deserted open space in front of her and widened her eyes incredibly. Could it be that she had taken the wrong path? She hurriedly turned around and looked at the path she had walked when she came. There was nothing wrong! She had been walking this road for a whole decade, how could she have taken the wrong path?! Could it be that she had hallucinations in her dream? She reached out and rubbed her eyes hard, and opened it again. The scene in front of her was still like this, a wilderness, and no grass grew. There was a small town here, where those houses, big trees, streams, and people disappeared?

There was a rustling sound from the grass. A woman carried a hoe and a basket, humming a small song and walked down the mountain along the mountain road. She was a little surprised when she saw Chunlian, and even more surprised when she saw her school uniform, "Little girl, you are not from us, are you?" The woman spoke with authentic local accent.

Chunlian calmed down and turned her head to find the woman standing beside her with kindness, "Auntie, where is the town here before?"

This time the peasant woman looked at her even more incredible, "Miss, are you stupid by the sun? I have lived in this mountain for decades. How can people live in such barren mountains and rivers, let alone a small town!" The peasant woman looked at Chun Lian and was completely stunned. She couldn't help but reach out to wave her hand and asked enthusiastically: "Miss, are you hotstroke? My family is in the village at the foot of the mountain. Why don't you go back with me to have a glass of water!!"

"No, no need, thank you aunt, thank you."

Chunlian waved her hand politely and refused her, walking forward dumbly...

"Little girl! Hey!" The peasant woman called her behind her, but Chunlian seemed to be unable to hear it and went straight forward. The peasant woman was hesitating whether to go forward and pull her back, but when she looked up at the sky, it was going to be dusk, and it would be bad if she didn't go down the mountain! "Little girl! Little girl! Remember to go down the mountain before dark!! You must remember!!"

The peasant woman, regardless of whether Chunlian had heard her words, hurried down the mountain with a hoe and a basket.

The dark clouds floating somewhere covered most of the sun. The sky, which was already nearly dusk, quickly changed its face. Chunlian walked forward with her backpack. It was early summer. In this large open space, the sparse weeds were already knee-high.

She still couldn't believe what she saw. Could it be that the home she had lived for ten years was full of illusions? Even flowers, leaves, grass and trees did not exist? Almost for a moment, her heart beat suddenly and she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

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