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The Daylilies Mom Never Saw

share time: 2025-11-01 06:01:32

Lin Xiaoman lived with her mother Zhou Xiufen for 20 years. A bunch of dried daylilies always sat on her mother’s bedside, but Zhou never spoke of their origin. When Zhou fell into a coma from late-stage lung cancer, Xiaoman found a yellowed photo—young Zhou standing in a sea of daylilies, with “Huaixi Village, Yicheng” written on the back. She rushed to find the field, only to be told by villagers, “There’s no Zhou Xiufen here.” She met Ah Ju, Zhou’s old friend, who revealed: “She sold her family’s daylily field to pay for your surgery. She hid it for 20 years to spare your guilt.” Xiaoman returned in tears, only to find her mother awake, with paper daylilies on the bed: “I knew you’d go. The field’s gone, but you’re back—that’s enough.” That night, neighbors planted daylily seedlings downstairs. In the morning, Zhou smiled in her coma. Xiaoman held her hand, watching the first daylily bloom outside the window...

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