Chapter 251 Maybe it’s not about traveling through time, but about returning!
Seeing that face so close to her, Su Mei was so excited that her whole body trembled. She reached out and touched Bai Xiaofang's face, which was several times older than in her memory, then threw herself into her arms and burst into tears:
"mother!"
"Hey, don't cry, don't cry, just say what you want to say. You're making me so anxious. Why are you crying, my little girl?" Bai Xiaofang held Su Mei's head and gently coaxed her while asking her questions anxiously.
What are you crying for? Su Mei doesn't know either.
She had no memory in her mind, but she was very clear that the Bai Xiaofang in front of her was the mother she had thought about countless times in the orphanage in her later life.
Su Mei had no idea what exactly was going on.
Su Mei only remembered that after her parents had a car accident, she was sent to an orphanage.
The teacher said that her parents were from the city, her mother was a teacher, and her father was a doctor, and they both loved her very much.
But what Su Mei found strange was that although her teacher had said that she was a city girl, her childhood memories were of the dim lights of an old house, her parents working in the fields, and her catching crickets in the cornfields when she was young. [ps: This paragraph appeared in Chapter 89. ]
She used to think that those memories were wrong, but now those wrong memories gradually overlapped with the fragments in Su Mei's mind.
Those vague memories seemed to be tearing apart the passing time bit by bit and drilling out from the depths of Su Mei's mind.
She had a splitting headache. If Bai Xiaofang hadn't held her, she would probably have rolled over on the ground in pain.
Su Mei couldn't bring herself to talk about those metaphysical memories, so she could only tell Bai Xiaofang: "Mom, I have a headache. It hurts so much that I'd rather die than live."
Su Mei didn't even want to recall, but she couldn't control herself. Those memories had traces of complication, but they could not completely burst out from the depths of her consciousness, squeezing her brain so much that it felt like it was about to explode.
Finally, Su Yongcang also ran under the rock slab and asked:
"Meimei, what's wrong?"
"She said she has a headache. Hurry up and carry her on your back. Let's go back."
Hearing this, Su Yongcang hurriedly squatted down and asked Bai Xiaofang to help Su Mei onto her back. After he carried Su Mei down the hillside, the rain gradually became heavier.
It was raining heavily, and Su Mei's brothers also ran out from another place at the foot of the mountain.
The eldest brother Su Shengtang took Su Mei from Su Yongcang.
Because the eldest brother Su Shengxue's home was the closest to the area, Su Shengtang carried Su Mei directly to his home.
Su Shengxue was sent back to invite Su Xuanhu.
When they arrived at Su Shengtang's house, Su's brow didn't hurt much anymore, but he fell asleep in a daze.
When Su Xuanju rushed over and lay on the bed, Su Mei had already developed a low fever.
Su Xuanju checked Su Mei's pulse and said there was nothing wrong with it, but Su Mei just couldn't wake up and kept mumbling in her sleep.
"Teacher, I really dreamed about my mother. In the dream, I called her mom. She touched my head so gently and beautifully. She must be my mother."
In her dream, Su Mei saw her teacher shaking his head at her:
"Our little sister is a city kid. Nowadays, few people in the city call their parents "dad and mom". Even in the countryside, it's rare. You must have watched too many TV dramas about ancient times."
.......Su Mei slept for the entire afternoon and only woke up when candles were lit in the room at night.
She opened her eyes and glanced around the room she was lying in a daze. Just as she was about to sit up from the bed, Bai Xiaofang came around her:
"My dear daughter, you are finally awake. How are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
"No." Su Mei shook her head. Her headache no longer hurt, but her mind was still cloudy. Those memories never came out.
With the help of Bai Xiaofang, Su Mei sat up. As soon as she sat up, she saw the tall candlestick on the windowsill.
The candlestick coincided with the impression deep in Su Mei's memory. No wonder the "lamp" in her memory was placed on the windowsill, dim and flickering.
It turned out that it was not a lamp but a burning candle, or perhaps a kerosene lamp.
Although Su Mei still hasn't completely recovered those lost memories, she has now begun to vaguely determine that she may not have traveled through time at all, but her soul has returned.
Thinking of this, Su Mei immediately asked Bai Xiaofang:
"Mom, did we live here when we were little?"