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Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

Wen | Liu Mengyang Editor| Swallow Photo taken | the author

It was a very cold winter.

On that day, the sky was covered with lead-colored clouds, and it seemed that it was going to snow. Because of a story and the end of the story, I drove to the countryside with a few friends.

The car was bumpy on the potholed road, everyone's hearts were churning with joy and sorrow, and I stared at the few leaves of the trees on the side of the road that were trembling in the wind, and I couldn't help but think of the little girl named Leaf that we were about to meet. I thought, is the little girl also a leaf that does not want to fall from the tree and fall with the wind?

Sitting next to me was a lady, with a nervous look all the way, and in order to ease the solemn atmosphere in the car, I smiled and said to her, "Congratulations on having a daughter all of a sudden." ”

Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

She didn't speak, just smiled nervously.

When we finally arrived at the village, as soon as we got out of the car, we saw that there were several people in the alley surrounded by a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, and when we saw the situation, we rushed to greet them. Because I wanted to remember the story, I turned on my camera and followed behind to take pictures.

This is a story of small talk, in the small talk, a friend said that there was a little girl in his hometown, named Ye Zi, since the death of her parents since childhood, the little girl lived alone in the old house left by her parents, and then the house partially collapsed, and the life of the little girl became more miserable.

Everyone sighed, and the lady in the small talk suddenly stopped crying and cried.

Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

She choked up and said, "Can I adopt her?" ”

We all froze for a moment, unconsciously applauding her righteous deeds.

After some contact, the little girl was also happy to be adopted by this lady, and our dream journey began.

As soon as the little girl saw the lady who was about to adopt her, she rushed forward and grabbed her arm tightly, as if she had seen her biological mother who had been reunited for a long time. Oh, yes! How eager she must have been accompanied by a kind mother like other children, how eager she is to lie in her mother's arms and lie down! Maybe she even longed to be reprimanded by her own mother for not studying well.

I seemed to hear the little girl's loud cry from the bottom of her heart: "I have a mother, I have a mother." But no, she just stared timidly at the lady, a look that was both strange and familiar.

Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

She wrapped her arms tightly around the lady and refused to let go, her intuition telling me that she did not want to lose, and was afraid of losing the person in front of her who was going to be called "Mom" by her.

The neighbors who had just gathered around the little girl all looked happy and thanked the lady very excitedly, and the simplicity and enthusiasm of the townspeople made us a little confused.

Unaware that it was time to return, the little girl said that she would come to us when she had packed up her things. When they parted, the little girl still held the lady's arm tightly. Only then did I realize that this was a very beautiful little girl, wearing a small black silk jacket, a thick blue silk scarf around her neck, and her black-brown hair extended very smoothly to her shoulders, and it was obvious that the little girl had been carefully dressed for this dream-like encounter.

Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

Although a long time has passed, I can't forget the little girl's movement of hugging the lady's arm and those big and energetic eyes, and I always wonder, what is her eyes going to tell us?

On the way back, I asked the lady with some puzzlement: "Why did you adopt her?" Is it sympathy? Do you want to have a daughter yourself? ”

She shook her head, as if to say to herself, "Because I am also an orphan, I know that I don't have the taste of motherhood, and I was adopted later." ”

On the way, I saw those leaves again, and I wanted to say to the leaves, if you have a home, don't shake in the cold wind.

Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves
Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves
Liu Mengyang - Documentary essay | leaves

About author:Liu Mengyang, graduated from Shandong Judicial Police College in 2013, is a literature lover

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