HER HARDSHIPS (1)

When she was 4 years old, her adopted father and mother had passed away due to massive flood occurred in their village. Before they died, they somehow managed to sent their son and daughter to a safer place. Her brother was only 10 years old at that time. they were unwilling to separate from their parents but they can't. They cried and their tears shed was greater than the volume of flood. Their hearts were broken as they had no one to care except each other. From that day both of them cared for each other. As they saying goes " if one door shuts, another opens ", they were adopted by a master who is well versed in medicine. They learned a lot about medicine. They had somewhat a good life with the master. They did all the chores and went to mountain to get some herbs for medicine. Master took care of them as his own children. For 6 years, they had a peaceful life hoping that they will live a better life. But unexpectedly, a big tragedy happened one day. As usual Zhenzhu and her brother went to the mountain to get some medicinal herbs, her brother went for some extension in the mountain to get rare herbs. Unfortunately that was a forbidden area. While plucking the herbs under the demon tree, he was killed by it by inhaling the poisonous gas while she was playing in the riverside. When he's about to die and buried under the demon tree, he said, " Zhenzhu, I am sorry, I am leaving you alone in this world, Hope you can forgive me for that, I wish you will live a better life with master." On hearing this, she turned and began to run to the direction from where her brother was. He told " If you are my lovable sister, Don't come near me ", he then buried deep inside by the demon tree. She cried heavy heartedly, as her one and only family member was also passed away.