awakened
Jiang Tian pulled her luggage back to her hometown after a long absence. She pushed open the old door, which made a creaking sound. Tomorrow is Qingming Festival, and she came back specially to visit the graves of her family members.
There was no one else at home, and she was too lazy to clean up. She just took out the instant noodles she had bought in advance from her bag and just had a little to eat in the evening. However, the things she prepared for her family were still very complete.
The entire box was filled with gold ingots and incense and candles she bought, which she had specially ordered from the master chef. She had also called the restaurant in advance to order food, so she could just pick it up tomorrow morning.
She will leave tomorrow night after sweeping the graves, so she can just find a place to rest later.
But now that she was home, she should go and see her grandparents, and her parents first. Thinking of this, Jiang Tian was about to cry.
But she held back. Her grandparents both grew old naturally and didn't suffer much before they passed away, so it was a good thing. As for her parents, that was a long time ago.
I still remember when Jiang Tian first learned the bad news, she felt like the sky was falling. They clearly just said that they were going on a long journey and would come back to accompany her for a long time.
But she didn't even see them for the last time.
She lost her parents, and her grandparents and maternal grandparents lost their son and daughter. Her grandparents even fainted at the time, and it was her maternal grandparents who managed to hold on and take charge of the situation.
Later, Jiang Tian, his grandparents, and those uncles and aunts he didn't know, sent his parents' ashes to the Martyrs' Cemetery together.
Later, Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang built a cenotaph for her parents at home, and placed a few of her parents' clothes in it. This is what Grandpa Jiang said at the time.
"Just arrange a home for them at home. When they come home in the future, they will have a place to stay. They are family and they won't be afraid."
Later, when Grandpa Jiang was dying, he took Grandma Jiang's hand and said, "Don't go to any cemetery, just bury me in the backyard. When you miss you in the future, you can come back to visit."
Grandma Jiang smiled and agreed, "Okay, when I'm gone, I'll be buried there too. I'll watch over our Tiantian with you and bless her with happiness and peace in her future."
When Jiang Tian heard these words, she cried so hard that she couldn't speak. She kept pulling Grandpa Jiang's hand and shaking her head, but in the end she couldn't keep Grandpa Jiang or Grandma Jiang.
I can only be alone in this evening, feeling the cool breeze, lying in front of my grandparents' graves, as if I was lying in my grandmother's warm embrace when I was a child.
The next day, after Jiang Tian paid homage to his parents and grandparents, when he was about to leave, it suddenly started raining outside. He looked at the rain and felt that it was not heavy, so he decided to leave.
I saw lightning and thunder outside, and the rain suddenly became heavier. It seemed as if the sky was pierced through and it was pouring rain.
She had no choice but to cancel her ticket, start rescheduling, and then ask for leave. Fortunately, everything went well.
Since he had to sleep at home tonight, he might as well tidy up a bit. Jiang Tian put down his luggage, rolled up his sleeves, and started to work. He didn't need to tidy up anything else, so he just tidied up his room and kitchen first.
She cleaned up the kitchen and found some food inside, which were sent by her grandparents during the Chinese New Year. Because the custom at home is that you cannot visit the elderly after the Qingming Festival, so if you want to visit your grandparents, you have to wait until the next May Day to come back.
After finishing the instant noodles, Jiang Tian took out the roast chicken left over from the worship ceremony and prepared to heat it up and eat it later.
After eating and drinking her fill and taking a hot bath, Jiang Tian fell asleep soundly. However, in the middle of the night, it was still a little cold when she lay in bed.
She was sweating profusely, and she was still saying, "This is my... steamed bun, let me have another bite."
In the dream, she was dressed in tattered clothes and looked extremely thin. She accidentally found a moldy steamed bun in a corner, but everyone still treated it as a treasure and rushed to grab it. Finally, Jiang Tian got it, but after taking only one bite, it was snatched away by someone else.
In the end, she starved to death.
Suddenly waking up, she looked at her surroundings and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was a dream. If she hadn't pinched herself just now, she would still feel pain.
She almost thought that the dream was real. It was too real. She still remembers the feeling of being on the verge of death. It was so terrifying.
Sitting on the bed, she began to recite silently, "Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, if you are in heaven, please bless me so that I don't have this kind of nightmare again. It's too scary."
After she finished speaking, she just felt a little relieved when she saw a flash of lightning outside. In the dark room, it looked particularly eerie and terrifying, followed by a rumbling thunder.
Jiang Tian was so scared that she quickly lay down, hugged the quilt tightly, and covered her head, but she did not see that the lightning seemed to know the way and went straight into her room without destroying the window.
Then the unknown thing crawled into the quilt and into Jiang Tian's body. She didn't find anything wrong and slowly fell asleep with the quilt covering her.
When Jiang Tian woke up in the morning, he didn't sleep well because of the dream last night, so he got up a little late. His eyes were still a little dark, and he heard that the sound of rain outside had stopped.
I got up lazily and began to feel lucky that I had booked a ticket for the evening train. I could have lunch before leaving and still have time.
I opened the curtains to breathe in the fresh air after the rain, but the moment the sun came into view, a "ding—, system starts." sounded in my head.
She shook her head, thinking it was just the aftereffect of a dream, and even laughed. It was daytime now, and even if there were any ghosts and monsters, they wouldn't dare to come out now.
What's more, her family members are at home, protecting her.
I didn't expect this dream, and the after-sales service, to be quite outrageous. As she thought about it, she saw a desolate area outside, which looked particularly desolate under the sunlight.
She felt that she must still be dreaming, otherwise how could it be so scary? When she returned home yesterday, the grass nearby had all emerged and the willow trees were also covered in green.
But now, overnight, the grass and trees withered, as if it were winter. However, unlike winter, the trees now are not dormant like in winter, but can still feel the vitality, just waiting for the spring season to start growing immediately.
But there is no life, only dead silence.
Jiang Tian told her grandparents that she was different from others since she was a child. In addition to her five senses being somewhat sensitive, she could accurately feel the needs of plants.
She could feel which tree needed watering and which blade of grass didn't get enough sunlight, but when she was little, Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang thought it was just a joke, but later they found out that what Jiang Tian said was true.
He repeatedly reminded her not to tell anyone about his ability, because after all, a man is innocent but he is guilty of possessing a treasure.
She couldn't quite believe the world before her eyes. "I must be dreaming. I didn't expect this dream to be a dream within a dream. It's so scary. I should go to sleep quickly. Everything should be fine when I wake up."
After saying that, she closed the curtains, lay down on the bed, and prepared to sleep again.
[Emergency Alert! Emergency Alert! The system is running low on energy and cannot be activated. Please find energy as soon as possible.]
Jiang Tian covered her ears. This dream was so noisy, as if there was a voice in her head. It was so uncomfortable. But now there was no sound.
After lying in bed for half an hour, Jiang Tian still hadn't fallen asleep. She kept her eyes open and looked at the ceiling. There was a starry sky painted for her by Jiang's father on the ceiling, which looked quiet and beautiful.
She seemed to have regained her courage, and then pinched her right hand hard with her left hand, "Ouch, ouch, it hurts."
She used too much force and still hoped she was dreaming. Thinking that dreams didn't hurt, she pinched herself hard. Sure enough, reality always disappoints.
She tried to communicate with the supposedly powerless thing in her head, "Hi, hello, what's your name?"
There was no lively response. Jiang Tian continued, "Do you know what happened?"
Then Jiang Tian tried to find many more topics, but still no one responded. Realizing that she was like a fool talking to herself, she stopped talking.
I was about to go check on my family members in the backyard first, and I was relieved to find that their graves were all intact and there was no damage. But I was not completely relieved yet.
She saw that the tree next to her parents' cenotaph had also withered. She ran over and lay on the poplar tree, carefully feeling the vitality inside, but there was no fluctuation.
Just when she was about to cry out of disappointment, there was a slight movement from inside the tree. Jiang Tian thought the tree could still be saved and was about to get some water.
She was stopped by a breeze and watched a seed slowly emerge from the trunk. It looked like a special effect in a movie and emitted a green light.
If Jiang Tian had seen this phenomenon yesterday, she would have screamed in surprise, but now, she felt Yang Shu's idea of entrusting her son to others.
This seed is her child and the continuation of her race. I hope Jiang Tian can preserve it and plant it when the opportunity arises in the future.
She also 'told' Jiang Tian that he only needed to put it in a cloth bag or a wooden box.
Jiang Tian took the seed, and the green light followed the seed into her hand and into her body.
[The gift of the poplar tree, the final strength, the system has sufficient energy and can be activated.]
Hearing the voice in her head, she was startled. Looking at the poplar tree that quickly lost its vitality, she felt a little sad. Then she quickly ran back to the house, found a bag, and put the seeds in it first.
Then she tied the bag, tightened the mouth, wrote the word "Poplar" in a corner, and put it in the big wooden box that her grandmother had given her.
When her grandmother gave it to her, she said with nostalgia, "This wooden box was made when your grandfather and I got married. The wood is all good. You can use it to store your treasures in the future."
Although young Jiang Tian did not know the significance of this wooden box to Grandma Jiang, he used it very carefully, and the box is still intact today.
Although she later had other wooden boxes, this one was the most meaningful to Jiang Tian, so the seeds were also placed in it.
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