Chapter 752: The Girl Who Dreamed of Her Past Life
Chapter 752: The Girl Who Dreamed of Her Past Life
That bag of water was the last resort for the mother and her two children to reach the temple. The woman was stunned for only a moment, then she immediately dropped the huge package on her back and chased after them, holding the boy in her arms.
The girl didn't run fast. It would be more accurate to say that she was crawling rather than running. Only by lowering her body could her light weight avoid being blown away by the wind and sand.
The woman didn't chase very fast, so the mother and daughter didn't run very far. They just stayed in the same place for a long time.
Finally the girl stopped, holding the water bag, waiting for her mother and her brother to catch up with her with difficulty.
The woman moved to the girl's side and took back the water bag effortlessly. She turned around to look in the direction of the traveler group, but saw only endless yellow sand and no trace of them.
The woman screamed in despair, like a dying crow, and with strength rising from nowhere, she kicked the girl lying on the ground.
"You cursed magical weapon, you want to die, why do you want to drag us down? Now, we are all going to die here!"
The girl remained silent and endured the beating from her mother's rage. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, stood up, took her brother from her mother's arms, knelt on the ground, and held the boy in her arms.
"Mom, now, give him some water."
The woman knelt down helplessly, woodenly unscrewed the stopper of the water bag, put the mouth of the water bag to the boy's mouth, poured out a little water to moisten his cracked lips, and then put the water inside into his mouth little by little.
Feeling the coolness on his lips, the boy greedily sucked the clear water in his mouth and swallowed it mouthful by mouthful. Just with the nourishment of just one mouthful of water, his complexion visibly improved.
Seeing that her brother had recovered some of his strength, the girl smiled, but the next moment a dry but powerful slap from the woman fell on her face.
"You fool, we've fallen behind and our ration bag has been lost, and you still have the nerve to laugh!"
"Mom, I know how to get to the Snow Mountain. You don't need to follow a guide. I can lead the way."
The girl who was slapped spoke calmly without any resentment or fear towards her mother.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You haven't even left the tribe camp, how can you know the way to the Daxueshan Buddhist Temple thousands of miles away?"
The woman twisted the girl's arm and twisted her hard, venting her anger and asking, "Did you dream about this again?"
The girl looked dazed and said honestly, "Mom, I really had a dream. In the dream, I turned into an eagle flying in the sky, flying to the Great Snow Mountain. I turned into a horse and ran to the Great Snow Mountain. I remember every blade of grass and every tree on the way there. I also remember the appearance of the Buddhist Temple in the Great Snow Mountain. The golden roof was embedded in the white snow, just like a golden mountain..."
"Silly girl, do you think you are a reincarnated spirit boy? Stop dreaming. A reincarnated spirit boy will not be born as a girl. The master has already said that you were a Buddha treasure in your previous life, but it was destroyed because of your sins. In this life, he will repair you and offer you to the Bodhisattva."
"Perhaps what I dreamed of was the scene in my previous life when I was a Buddha treasure, accompanying the Bodhisattva to the Great Snow Mountain?"
The woman was stunned by the girl's question. She gradually calmed down and murmured, "Yes, this is Duoji's blessing. You were born to be the treasure of the Bodhisattva, so you know the way to the Great Snow Mountain. We don't have to die..."
But the next moment, she became worried again and glared at the girl: "It's all your fault. If we lose the dry food bag, we will starve to death on the road."
"Mom, I know where the bag of dry food is. I remember the path I took. I can find it by going back the same way."
The girl remained calm and comforted her: "Even if you can't find a bag of dry food, I can hunt, catch fish, make traps, and use a slingshot to shoot marmots. There are many marmots on the grassland at the foot of the snowy mountain."
"When did you learn these? I only taught you how to milk cows and make butter..."
The woman asked suspiciously, "Did you learn this in a dream again?" The girl pursed her lips and did not answer. The woman seemed to believe it. She sighed and hugged the boy tightly in her arms, with her back against the wind and sand, curled up into a ball, trying to withstand the sandstorm in this posture.
The girl came closer and wanted to hug them together to protect themselves from the wind and sand, but her mother pushed her away with disgust.
"Get out of here, you cursed thing from your previous life. If it weren't for you, Duoren wouldn't have died! Why didn't you go with the master? Why did you run away and hide! It's you who killed your father and caused our family to be spurned by the whole tribe!"
"You are a disaster star. You were born with a good appearance, but you can't get anything in return. I must have had a grudge against you in my previous life. You are here to seek revenge on me!"
"God knows if your nonsense is true or not. Maybe you are just lying to me and want to kill me and Doggie..."
The woman kept muttering, cursing and complaining, and the girl could only curl up into a ball, gritting her teeth and hugging herself in the raging sandstorm.
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After an unknown amount of time, the wind and sand subsided and the girl was awakened by the biting cold night wind. She quickly got up and ran to shake her mother.
In the Gobi Desert of Xiniu Hezhou, the temperature difference between day and night is extremely large, especially after the severe drought in Jambu Continent. The daytime is like a tandoor for barbecue, while the night wind blowing from the direction of the Great Snow Mountain is like a sharp knife scraping bones.
"Ama, the sandstorm has stopped. We need to find a shelter with a roof and complete the obstacle removal ritual as soon as possible."
The woman was shaken awake, and when she saw that it was the girl, she pushed her down, and looked around while holding the boy: "Where's the dry food bag? Didn't you say you could find the dry food bag?"
"It's too late. We have leaked the water vapor. Night has already come. The demon insects will follow the water vapor and come out of the ground!"
The girl then showed a look of panic and urged urgently.
"You are lying to me!"
The woman became furious and tried to kick and hit the girl again, but the girl dodged deftly.
"Ah Ma, have you forgotten what the messenger who delivered the Buddha's will said? Many people died in the night attacks of demon insects because they drank water during the day and did not have time to complete the ritual of removing obstacles at night. Even the large group guarded by the master was not spared."
The girl patiently explained: "Even if you die of thirst or hunger, you can't let the devil bug take you away, otherwise your soul will fall into the evil path forever and become a demon's lackey for generations to come."
"I just gave Doji a sip of water. The wind and sand were so strong. How could it possibly attract the devil insects? Even a dog's nose is not that sharp."
The woman said angrily: "Hurry up and find the bag of dry food, otherwise I will kill you right now without the magic bugs eating you!"
The girl sighed, closed her eyes and meditated for a moment, then pointed in a direction and said, "The dry food bag is over there, but it has been buried by the sand. It will take a long time to dig it out. Let's find a shelter to spend the night first, and come back to dig it tomorrow."
"No, it's too hot during the day. Not only do we have to go back, but we also have to dig a sand pit. It's impossible to dig under the scorching sun. Let's dig it out now and find shelter. There's no need to go through this again and again!"
Facing the unreasonable woman, the girl calmed down, nodded slowly as if she had given up, and said, "Okay, maybe this will be more comfortable and less painful."
After saying that, he led the woman in the direction she had just pointed.
(End of this chapter)