Chapter 67: Climbing the Mountain in Search of a God!
Such a young child, yet she had to suffer the life-and-death partings of two loved ones. Every villager who came and went sighed with sorrow and ached for her.
But there was nothing they could do. Birth, aging, illness, and death were simply the natural course of human life. No one could change it.
"Xiao Cao, eat a little. If your mother saw you, she definitely wouldn't feel good about it either."
Hu Xiaocao took it mechanically, then blankly shoveled in a huge mouthful. She barely chewed before swallowing it straight down.
Auntie Li's heart ached at the sight.
Even now, Hu Xiaocao still refused to give up, because she didn't want to become a child without a mother. "Auntie, do you think there's still a way to save my mother?"
Auntie Li sighed and muttered to herself, "The doctors all said there's nothing they can do. Unless a great immortal comes down, I'm afraid she can't be saved."
The speaker had been careless, but the listener took it to heart.
Auntie Li continued saying many things afterward, but Hu Xiaocao didn't hear any of them.
"Immortal!"
Those were the only two words she remembered.
Hu Xiaocao abruptly rose from her chair, startling Auntie Li.
"Xiao Cao, what's wrong?"
Hu Xiaocao shook her head frantically. "N-Nothing. I just thought of a way to save Mom."
She shoveled down her food in great mouthfuls, as though she had made up her mind about something.
When Auntie Li heard this, she took it for the ravings of a child. "The great doctors from the city couldn't do anything. What could a little girl like you possibly do?"
"I can't do anything, but Grandpa Mountain God can! He's so powerful that he could