The dragon's offspring was an egg in its first year. The mother protected it in her arms day and night, and every slight tremor of the dragon egg filled the mother with joy.
The following year, a beautiful baby boy hatched from the dragon egg, and the mother loved him even more. The village committee demanded that she hand over the child, but the mother pleaded pitifully and was granted the opportunity to keep the child temporarily.
One day, the father said to the mother, "We should have a second child."
The mother did not agree.
In this village where the average couple has more than twenty children, the mother thought for the first time that having Longwa was enough for her in this life, and she would never want a second child to take away her love for Longwa.
The mother devised a plan: she hid Longwa and told the public that the child was lost.
In Peach Blossom Village, losing a child is not a big deal, even if it is a dragon's son.
However, because her mother repeatedly refused to have a second child, her family couldn't gain any energy points. Her husband divorced her as a result. Her neighbors drove her out of the village.
Due to the constraints imposed by the gods, the mother could not stray too far from the village, so she had to stay temporarily near it.
The mother secretly took the child in and went to the peach orchard to collect branches, to gather thatch in the wilderness, and to search for wild fruits. She traded her labor with the villagers for food, seeds, and daily necessities.
She supported herself and her children with her own hands.
Their lives were simple but happy.
Five years passed in the blink of an eye. She was taught from birth that rats should have many children, but she only had one son, yet she felt that her life had never been so fulfilling.
However, dragons are different from rats.
The gods noticed that dragon energy was faintly present in the ordinary Peach Blossom Village. They ordered the dragon prince to be taken away and decreed that he should never be given anything to his mother again.
The mother nearly went blind from crying and almost died. In her dreams, she heard the dragon prince say, "Mother, don't die, wait for me to come back."
She has only been able to survive until now because of Longzi's words.
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