Meng Yan's Transformation

When she woke up the next morning, Zhan Mengyan told Yunqing about her dream about Liu Yunfeng.

Yunqing said while making breakfast: "Mengyan, if you dreamed that Liu Yunfeng said her house was leaking, it means her grave might have a hole. The day after tomorrow is the seventh day after Liu Yunfeng's death. Your father will go to participate in the memorial ceremony. Ask him to tell your uncle Liu to check if there are any holes in Liu Yunfeng's grave and repair them in time."

"Mom, can I go to the seventh day memorial service for Sister Yunfeng? I want to help Sister Yunfeng clean and decorate her grave." Zhan Mengyan asked.

"Mengyan, you cannot attend the seventh day memorial service for Liu Yunfeng. Only your sister Yunfeng's direct relatives can attend. Your father shouldn't have attended, but your Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu insisted that your father attend." Yunqing replied.

"But I have a lot to say to Sister Yunfeng." Zhan Mengyan said disappointedly.

Yunqing saw Zhan Mengyan's disappointed but hopeful expression, and she said, "It's okay. If you have anything to say, you can ask your father to tell him. But no matter what, you, Zhan Mengyan, must not participate in the first seven days of Liu Yunfeng's memorial ceremony. It seems that you really can't wear the clothes that your aunt Liu returned to our house, Mengyan, even if you don't want to. Otherwise, you will dream about Liu Yunfeng again, and have strange ideas in your head."

"Mom, mom, I won't make any more requests. Is it okay if I don't participate in any of Sister Yunfeng's sacrificial activities? Please don't throw away my and my sister's red and green jackets. They are the only two good clothes for the two of us. It would be a shame to throw them away!" Zhan Mengyan said hurriedly.

Yunqing saw that Zhan Mengyan cared a lot about her two red and green clothes, so she said, "I can't bear to throw them away. I bought you clothes with the money I saved from selling many baskets of eggs. But I'm worried that, as our neighbor Zhang Ersao said, the clothes really have the scent of Liu Yunfeng on them. I'm afraid that if you wear them, you'll get sick, and that won't make up for the loss. Your sister Yingying listened to what our neighbor Zhang Ersao Zhang Yumei said, that if a person used something before he died, a trace of his soul would be left on it. So your sister Yingying believed it and was determined not to take her green coat. She's brave, but she won't do anything risky. I think it's really impossible, so I'll take the two clothes apart, mend them and splice them together, and use them as two mattress covers, so it won't be a waste. Let's make the best use of them."

"Mom, don't tear up the clothes yet. Think about it again. You weren't so superstitious before. You didn't believe in ghosts and monsters. Why have you become the same as our neighbor Zhang Yumei? Besides, if Sister Yunfeng really has a soul left in those clothes, Sister Yunfeng would not harm me. With her kindness, she will protect me, and we are good sisters who get along best with each other." Zhan Mengyan said confidently.

Yunqing knocked on Zhan Mengyan's forehead and said angrily, "Why did I become superstitious? It's because you always get sick. Zhan Mengyan, you are so heartless, and you blame me for being superstitious. Sometimes, things that cannot be explained by medicine really need to be treated as strange diseases. For example, you slept for so long this time that I couldn't wake you up no matter how I called you. But my neighbor Zhang Ersao asked me to put a bowl in front of your head at 12 noon, put seven grains of rice in the bowl, tap the edge of the bowl with chopsticks, call your name, and ask you to go home for dinner. It really woke you up. So you can't force yourself to believe in ghosts and gods, but you can't not believe in them at all."

"Mom, I wronged you. You are the best mom in the world. Everything you do is right. I have made an appointment with my classmates to go to school to inquire about the results of the high school entrance examination. I'm going to school. I won't have breakfast. I'll take the leftover leek dumplings from yesterday and eat them on the way." Zhan Mengyan said as she jumped happily and went out.

"Mengyan, come back here and drink some hot porridge before leaving. Why are you in such a hurry..." Yunqing shouted.

"Mom, I'll come back and drink later..." Zhan Mengyan said without turning her head, making a V-shape of victory with one hand.

"Alas, Mengyan, the results came out a long time ago, and we didn't dare to tell you. It seems that the truth cannot be hidden. Today we can't hide it from you anymore. Your father doesn't agree with you going to high school... Our family can't afford to support two high school students... My poor little Mengyan..." Yunqing looked at Zhan Mengyan's back, talking to herself, and occasionally wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her clothes...