Chapter 4 Spatial Presence

  Two small hands held together came to the riverbank, the river water was emerald green and flowed slowly, extending all the way around the mountain on that side, with no visible source. The river water was crystal clear, and the sand was fine and white. A few bare willows swayed in the wind, surrounded by silence.

  Song Jie gazed out, feeling that the vast expanse of Guangyuan was refreshing and all her troubles seemed to disappear. She felt so small, becoming a tiny dot in the grandeur of nature.

  Greedy sniffing the fresh and cool air, thinking that decades later all the scenery will be polluted by industrial waste gas, the current scenery will no longer exist, she is a little disappointed.

  Reborn once, nothing can be changed, she doesn't even know what the meaning of her rebirth is, and for a while, she falls into a demonic predicament, extremely perplexed.

  The corner of her clothes was lightly pulled, Song Jie came back to herself, and saw that it was Xiao Yanniang. The little girl was already somewhat dissatisfied with being ignored by her, pouting her small mouth, which could hang a bottle of oil.

  "Pfft" Song Jie laughed and teased her: "Yan'er sister, why did you bring Ni Ni here today? Is there some secret you want to tell me?"

  Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, earlier when Ni Ni was dazed she always felt that Ni Ni was far away from her, for a moment it was different from usual. Children are sensitive but also forgetful, after being teased by Song Jie, all her doubts were thrown to the back of her mind.

  "Nini, you're so clever, how did you know I had a secret to tell you? Come on, follow me, I'll take you to see."

  Two people ran to the front of a strangely shaped willow tree and stopped, Little Swallow mysteriously said to Song Jie: "Nini, I'll tell you a secret, but you can't tell anyone else, if you do, it's the little dog who told, come on, let's make a pact."

  Song Jie was speechless, extremely childish, stretched out her little finger, "hooked up, one hundred years are not allowed to change, changed into a small dog", solemnly made an oath, and finally stamped it.

  The little swallow crouched on the ground, picked up a branch under the willow tree and started digging the mud. Song Jie looked at it with great curiosity and also became interested, squatting on the ground to watch with enthusiasm.

  A hole was dug, revealing an old iron box, a round biscuit tin that had been buried for a long time. The pattern on the lid had faded and become unclear, indicating that the box was from a very distant past.

  The whole box was dug out, the mud on top was blown away, and Little Swallow carefully opened the lid to reveal a set of six intricately carved wooden Fuwa dolls with red-painted bellies, ranging in size from large to small.

  Underneath the big fortune cat, there is a small handkerchief that can be seen to show its owner's love and care for it. From this, Song Jie could even feel a kind of happy emotion.

  "Nini, do you know? This was brought back by my dad and mom a few days ago, I really like it. You were sick at that time and didn't see it. We are the best of friends, I'll give you half of Da A Fu, we each get three, how about that?" said little Yan innocently.

  After listening to the words of the child in front of her, Song Jie was stunned for a moment. She thought it was just a child's boast, but unexpectedly, she was willing to share with herself. In fact, it can be seen that she has an extraordinary liking for this doll, and perhaps also the joy of loving her parents.

  For some reason, Song Jie was particularly moved. Since her rebirth, she had become somewhat melancholic and sentimental, and a small matter would make her cry.

  As she looked at Da A Fu, she seemed to see a child's sincere friendship and selfless expectation. At this moment, Song Jie suddenly felt enlightened, and her previous confusion disappeared.

  Isn't what I sought in my past life someone who would care about me and always be there to protect me? Now that I've been reborn, everything has started anew. I have people who love me and good friends who treat me well. All my wishes have come true.

  And what I need to do is protect them!!!!!

  The knot in her heart was finally untied, Song Jie felt a sense of relief all over her body, and she had finally found the meaning of rebirth.

  Little Swallow was staring at Song Jie with wide eyes, as if she would cry if he said no. Seeing the little kid's abandoned puppy-like expression, Song Jie took over Da A Fu and tightly hugged him in his arms, secretly deciding to treasure him for a lifetime.

  Seeing good friends accept their own toys, Xiao Yan'er smiled with curved eyebrows, and Song Jie also laughed happily.

  Suddenly, a small, chubby hand stretched out from behind and snatched the big Ah Fu from Song Jie's arms. Song Jie was startled and looked up to see two tall and sturdy little boys.

  The boy, about eight or nine years old, was dark and chubby, with a rough face. Due to the cold, he had a runny nose and was holding the big doll that he had snatched from Song Jie. He was Wu Huahua's son, Da Niu.

  Song Jie was particularly angry, just said to treasure it, turned around and was snatched away "Hurry up and return it to me, how can you snatch someone's things".

  Soft and gentle voice, where is the deterrent force? The little fatty listened more spiritedly, raised his hand high "Not giving, not giving, there's a little Song Jie in the village, only mother no father, an unwanted wild child, wild child." He even sang a smooth tongue twister.

  On the other side, the kid also started teasing Song Jie, and the two naughty kids surrounded her, holding their hands high up in the air, but refused to give her the big Ah Fu.

  The little swallow beside was also anxious, stretched out its hand to reach the doll, you throw it to me, I'll throw it back to you, just to make you can't catch it.

  Song Jie had never thought that kids could be so disobedient. If it were in the past, she would have definitely spanked them first.

  Song Jie got angry, she bent down and lowered her head, rushing towards Da Niu's waist, bumping him with a loud crash. Da Niu was caught off guard and stumbled backwards. The children were all about saving face, seeing himself lose so much face in front of his younger brother, how could he bear it? Da Niu lived up to his name, his eyes turned red with rage, he grabbed a large stone from the side and threw it at Song Jie.

  Song Jie dodged too late and was hit right on the face, the stone smashed onto her cheek, blood gushed out instantly, pouring out profusely, from her nose down to her chin, everything was a bloody mess. "Ahh...ohh..." Song Jie's eyes welled up with tears from the pain, she wailed and cried, who still remembered how old she already was?

  The big cow saw that it had caused trouble and was scared out of its wits, so it dropped the big fortune cat and ran away with its little friends in a cloud of smoke.

  The little swallow had never seen such a scene before, and was immediately stunned, crying uncontrollably on the side. This provoked Song Jie to glare at her: "Go find an adult!"

  Xiao Yan'er heard this and hurriedly wiped away her tears and ran home. As soon as she finished speaking, Song Jie felt a small stone in her mouth scratching her tongue, and when she spat it out to take a look, it wasn't a small stone at all, but rather one of her big front teeth!

  "Wow", she covered her front teeth with her chubby hands and cried even louder, revealing a gap in her upper teeth.

  Tears and blood flowed into the neck, flowing onto the jade pendant. Suddenly a white light flashed before her eyes, "whoosh" and Song Jie disappeared from the spot.