1
Winter is coming, and the weather has suddenly become extremely cold.
Bai Le was sitting by a small lake. She didn't know where she should go. She was discouraged and tears rolled down the corners of her eyes.
Bai Le hurriedly lowered his head and buried his head in his knees, as if this would cover up his momentary fragility.
But this is just to comfort himself. Bai Le understands very well, and it is precisely because he understands that he is even more aggrieved and helpless.
Why, why, why is my hair red...
Bai Le's eyes became more and more red, and he buried his head lower and lower.
The White Country is a country with a large territory, adjacent to the Blue Country and the Purple Country.
In the white country, white is respected because they believe that white represents the purest and purest blessing and expectation of God.
All the people of the White Kingdom have white skin color, only their hair is different. No one has snow-white hair, and there will be variegated colors. The closer to white, the more blessings he has received from God, and he is blessed by God. of.
And red...is considered cursed.
2
Bai Le lived in a small town called Attia on the border of the White Kingdom.
Because of her red hair, Bai Le has not been out of the house since she was born. After her parents passed away, she worked in a bakery.
Originally, she disguised herself very well, but after three years, no one in the town noticed Bai Le's red hair.
Today, unfortunately, I ran into a rogue guest who wanted to marry her back home. During the dispute, she accidentally ripped off her covering cap.
In this way, the whole town knew that Bai Le had a cursed red hair.
The owner of the bakery didn't dare to take her in anymore. Walking on the street, everyone's eyes were filled with disgust and fear. There were discussions everywhere, and some even shouted, "Get out of the town."
Bai Le raised his head and looked at these people. He didn't know why people who were usually so kind and friendly suddenly became so hideous, obviously he didn't do anything...
She was suddenly sad and disappointed.
Bai Le hurried out of the town and came to this lake unknowingly.
3
After an unknown amount of time, Bai Le felt that something was pulling at the corner of his clothes.
She was a little scared, it wouldn't be some kind of poisonous snake and beast, is she so unlucky, is her red hair really cursed, Bai Le was even more sad for a while.
The sound of "woo hoo" suddenly pulled Bai Le out of his pessimism.
She turned her head slowly, and saw a pair of black shining eyes staring at her - a small white dog.
Seeing Bai Le turn his head to look at it, it seemed even happier. It kept circling around Bai Le, and its tail swayed, with a hint of ingratiating.
Although Bai Le felt inexplicable, but this little white dog was willing to get close to her, which made her feel better.
But this little white dog kept biting the corner of her clothes and walked into the forest for some reason.
She doesn't know where she is now, and she doesn't know how to get back, and she can't get rid of this smart-looking dog, so she just follows it.
At least, it's not afraid of itself and doesn't care if it's cursed...
4
After walking for a while, the little white dog finally let go of Bai Le's clothes and ran happily into a half-human-high hole.
Bai Le hesitated for a while, but finally followed in.
The scene in front of him made Bai Le a little surprised. The Xiaoliu Waterfall fell from the mountain, surrounded by fruit trees and a large house.
But what surprised Bai Le was that the young man standing in the orchard was picking, with his waist-length white hair tied up at will, and wearing a white robe, the whole person looked... very addicting.
This man is blessed by God.
After Bai Le reacted, he immediately lowered his head, turned around and wanted to leave.
"Hey wait, are you the guest Xiaobai invited back?" The boy's voice was very clean.
Bai Le heard the voice and stopped for a while, she didn't answer, she bit her lip, still raised her foot to go, but didn't want Xiao Bai to move faster, she bit her trousers and pulled it back.
"I'm sorry, Xiaobai seems to like you very much, so that's why. Since you're here, stay for a while." The young man said with a smile.
Bai Le couldn't make Xiao Bai let go, so he pulled on his hat, lowered his head lower, and answered in a low voice.
5
The teenager walked up to Bai Le and said, "My name is Luo, is it convenient for me to know your name?"
"Bai Le." After thinking for a while, Bai Le said his name.
The boy seemed to be very happy, and his tone carried an upward joy: "Bai Le, what a nice name, nice to meet you, oh right, it's evening, let's stay for dinner together, just as the new vegetables are ripe, you can take good care of them. Try it."
After speaking, without waiting for Bai Le to refuse, he went straight to dig carrots.
In fact, the boy was really happy. In fact, the boy recognized the girl at the first sight of Bai Le, but Bai Le quickly lowered his head and missed the surprise in the boy's eyes.
He finally saw this girl again! The girl still keeps the hat.
Luo is in a very happy mood now, and he almost couldn't control himself to go up to ask the other party just now, but seeing Bai Le's reaction just now, he seemed unwilling to communicate with others, so Luo held back.
And Bai Le was really a little complicated and nervous, she didn't know why she stayed inexplicably.
But she was very afraid, in case this young man named Luo found his red hair, and then feared her and hated her like the people in the town.
6
From a young age, she knew that she seemed different from others. Her parents never allowed her to go out, and she always moved.
When she was only five years old, she couldn't stand being alone in her room and crawled out the window secretly.
Later, when the parents found out, they reacted very violently. The father even beat him, and the mother kept crying...
She didn't understand at the time, but in order not to worry her parents, she never left the house again.
Thinking of this, Bai Le's mood dropped again.
"Eat a candy, I made it myself!" Luo didn't know when he walked in front of Bai Le, and a pink candy wrapper appeared in Bai Le's sight.
"A girl once told me that if you're not happy, just eat one candy, or if you're not happy, just eat two."
"Thank you, thank you!" Bai Le took the candy hesitantly. She liked the color of the candy paper very much, it was very beautiful.
Luo gave the candy and walked away. Bai Le didn't recognize him. He didn't want Bai Le to be nervous about facing strangers all the time.
7
Sure enough, after Luo walked away, Bai Le breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the candy in his hand, and slowly peeled off the pink candy wrapper.
But as soon as it was fed into his mouth, Bai Le was stunned. The taste of this candy... how could it be so similar.
Bai Le liked to eat sugar when she was a child, but the sugar in the small town was too expensive, so her parents poured it out and made a lot of sugar at one time. When Bai Le was unhappy, she used sugar to coax her.
But since his parents passed away, Bai Le has never tasted that taste again.
Bai Le's tears flowed involuntarily, she raised her head and looked at Luo, "This candy, really, did you really make it yourself?"
Hearing the trembling voice, Luo turned around and saw Bai Le, who was bursting with tears, and was shocked.
"What's the matter? Is sugar bad? I made it according to the taste of the sugar you gave me! I, I, I will try to do better next time and invite you to eat it." Luo said urgently explained.
Bai Le was completely stunned at this moment, and it took a while before he recovered, and some memories suddenly appeared in his mind.
8
"Please eat a candy, you will be happy if you eat candy." The girl held a candy in her fleshy palm.
"You won't be happy even if you eat candy, eat it yourself." The boy pouted.
"Then eat two!!!" the girl said angrily.
"Pfft!" Looking at the girl, the little boy smiled and opened his eyes, "I'm still a little unhappy eating two, I need three."
The girl stared at him with wide eyes, and then her face became a ball, and she gave the boy three candies reluctantly.
"Aren't you always unhappy with so much candy?" the boy asked casually.
"Huh?" The girl tilted her head and thought for a while, "Because of my hair, my parents didn't let me go out. I sneaked out. It's not fun to play alone."
The boy thought about it and put the white hat on his head on the girl's head.
"This way you won't be able to see your hair, and you can go out to play in the future. I'll give you this hat, thank you for the candy," the boy said.
Bai Le was suddenly happy: "Do you really give it to me? Then I-"
"Lele, Lele, where are you?" In the distance, I suddenly heard the anxious voices of my parents.
Bai Le suddenly remembered that he had slipped out for too long, and ran back quickly, waving at the boy as he ran: "I'll play with you next time!!"
"Next time..." Seeing the girl's figure getting farther and farther, the boy lowered his head to hide his expression.
9
"Are you okay?" Luo asked softly.
Bai Le slowly raised his head, looked at Luo, and said, "You were the one when you were young, the one who asked me for three candies?"
Luo suddenly got stuck, but he didn't expect Bai Le to ask this, so he calmed down, "Well, it's me."
"you……"
"you……"
The two spoke at the same time, stunned for a while, and both of them couldn't help laughing.
"Let's eat first, then I'll tell you my story slowly." Luo said, and Bai Le nodded lightly.
After dinner, Bai Le and Luo gathered around the stove.
"After that, I moved elsewhere with my mother. Bai Guo respects white and believes that white is the purest color and energy. When I was young, many people praised my white hair and said that I must be the happiest person. , I believe it." Luo said.
"Until one day, some people in military uniforms came to my house and took my father away and never came back. My gray hair is inherited from my father."
When Luo said this, he seemed to have thought of something, and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"After many years, I learned that the blood of the white-haired person is the medicine that can bring the dead back to life..."
"And then my mother moved me everywhere and dyed my hair a normal color when I went out."
"When I met you, when we first started moving, you were my first friend, um, it seemed to be my only friend." Luo smiled at Bai Le.
Luo finished speaking calmly, as if he didn't care about those things at all, but Bai Le was heartbroken when he heard it.
"Then what about... your mother?" Bai Le asked anxiously.
"She passed away, and she didn't survive the illness last year, so I moved to this forest to be with her."
The two chatted very late, and then Bai Le and Luo lived in the forest all the time.
During the day, Bai Le and Luo tended the vegetable garden and orchard together, and at night they chatted and drank tea by the fire, while the little white dog napped on the floor, flicking its tail from time to time.
10
"Are you okay?" Luo asked softly.
Unconsciously, this winter that used to be unfortunate for Bai Le has passed. Bai Le is very happy every day, but he also hides some thoughts.
"Candy?" Luo walked over to Bai Le and handed out two candies.
Bai Le took it over, hesitated for a moment, and decided to ask Luo, "Luo, what color do you like?"
"Huh?" Luo was a little puzzled. After seeing the tension and anticipation in Bai Le's eyes, he thought about it and understood, "I like pink."
"What color is pink?" Bai Le was a little disappointed when he didn't hear the answer he wanted.
Looking at Bai Le's reaction, Luo was a little amused, but more joyful.
"Pink is the color of love."
"Huh?!" Bai Le stared at him with wide eyes, which reminded Luo of Bai Le when she was a child, and when she asked for three candies, she also widened her eyes like this, and Luo couldn't help laughing out loud.
"The color made by white and red is pink. It belongs to me and you."
Last updated: October 23, 2022