Episode 8 recap: Everyone gathered at Rainbow Bruck to celebrate the New Year.
Li Wen Xiu sat alone at the table, quietly weeping. After crying for a long time, she gradually calmed down, put on her glasses, and picked up a pen to write line after line of words on her notebook, putting an unsatisfactory period on her short-lived love. As she wrote in her article: "The world is bright, the earth is profound, and late autumn has arrived."
It was during this transitional season that Tuo Ken returned to the county with his children to attend school, and he was deeply in love with Chao Ge. Su Li Tan sold half of his sheep and horses and planned to move to a remote mountain pasture alone. Zhang Feng Xia followed A Yi Bie Ke back to Rainbow Bruck, and on the way, passing by that tree, memories surged up in her heart, once again buried deep inside.
As for Ba Tai, he went to the Burjin Horse Ranch, and since then, Li Wen Xiu never saw him again. The successive conflicts made Su Li Tan doubt himself and realize that his dominance was causing trouble for his family. In the end, Su Li Tan agreed to let Tuo Ken take the two children to the county to attend school. Tuo Ken told Ba Tai about this, hoping that the conflicts between Ba Tai and Su Li Tan would be completely resolved and not destroy the father-son relationship.
On the day of the Gulbang Festival, Ba Tai handed over the well-trained Taxyue to Li Wen Xiu, believing that Li Wen Xiu and Taxyue would get along very harmoniously. Because the Gulbang Festival was a major holiday, local herders gathered to watch horse races, and there was a lively market nearby. Even Zhang Feng Xia came to sell things with her camel.
Su Li Tan, dressed dignifiedly, rode a horse with a hunting rifle on his back to find Ba Tai. With the mediation of Uncle Buick, the father and son finally had an open and frank conversation. Although Su Li Tan found it difficult to accept the changes and developments in the world, he was willing to let Ba Tai live the life he liked and handed the hunting rifle to Ba Tai to report to Uncle Buick.
Seeing his father's transformation, Ba Tai was deeply moved, and the father and son resolved their conflicts. On the other side, Chao Ge found Gao Xiao Liang in the market, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and angrily accused him of damaging the ecology by turning over the grass. However, Gao Xiao Liang denied it.
Gao Xiao Liang said that he was in the market to buy caterpillar fungus at a high price and did not personally dig up the grass, so there was no destruction. However, this behavior was equivalent to abetting evil, and Chao Ge could only condemn him morally, without any evidence of his wrongdoing. Li Wen Xiu saw Gao Xiao Liang riding a motorcycle passing by and immediately chased after him on Taxyue, ignoring Zhang Feng Xia's dissuasion.
At this time, Ba Tai had to participate in the race and had to hand the hunting rifle to Zhang Feng Xia, asking her to deliver it to Uncle Buick. However, Zhang Feng Xia was worried about her daughter's safety and did not immediately go to find Uncle Buick. She held the hunting rifle and looked around. On a nearby hillside, Gao Xiao Liang handed over the caterpillar fungus he had collected to his acquaintance, but unexpectedly, the other party went back on his promise and directly lowered the price from ten thousand yuan per kilogram to one thousand yuan.
Just as Gao Xiao Liang was arguing with the person, Li Wen Xiu rushed over and scolded Gao Xiao Liang, wanting to snatch the Grandma pendant from his neck. Gao Xiao Liang, angered and ashamed, turned around and knocked Li Wen Xiu to the ground.
Coincidentally, Zhang Feng Xia saw this scene, ran over with the hunting rifle, and pressed the muzzle against Gao Xiao Liang's head, while Li Wen Xiu took the opportunity to get up. Gao Xiao Liang explained that he wanted to exchange the old lady's jade pendant for money so that he could leave with Zhang Feng Xia, but he didn't actually do it, so he came up with the idea of selling caterpillar fungus.
It wasn't until today that Zhang Feng Xia saw Gao Xiao Liang's true colors. They were completely different people from different worlds. Disappointed, she raised her gun and wounded him, warning him not to have any more ideas about digging up the caterpillar fungus, or else the next time would be a bullet in his mouth. However, the more Gao Xiao Liang thought about it, the angrier he became. He rode his motorcycle and chased after Zhang Feng Xia and her daughter on horseback. He pulled Zhang Feng Xia off the horse, but fortunately, the police arrived in time and caught Gao Xiao Liang.
On the other hand, Li Wen Xiu, who didn't know how to handle horses, was dragged and injured all the way by Taxyue. Ba Tai arrived late to save Li Wen Xiu and shot an arrow through Taxyue's neck. To alleviate Taxyue's pain, he personally used a knife to cut off its head, and then he cried in grief. Everyone present was deeply moved and saddened by the scene, and Li Wen Xiu had long since cried until her tears ran dry.
That day, Li Wen Xiu sat alone at the table, silently weeping. After crying for a long time, she gradually calmed down, put on her glasses, and picked up a pen to write line after line of words on her notebook, putting an unsatisfactory period on her short-lived love. As she wrote in her article: "The world is bright, the earth is profound, and late autumn has arrived."
After the Gulbang Festival, Tuo Ken took his children back to the county to attend school, deeply in love with Chao Ge. Su Li Tan sold half of his sheep and horses and planned to move to a remote mountain pasture alone. Zhang Feng Xia followed A Yi Bie Ke back to Rainbow Bruck, and on the way, passing by that tree, memories surged up in her heart, once again buried deep inside.
As for Ba Tai, he went to the Burjin Horse Ranch, and Li Wen Xiu never saw him again. Saying goodbye to her mother, Li Wen Xiu personally came to the horse ranch to find Ba Tai, only to learn that Ba Tai had gone to Qingdao to study and there was no definite date for his return. Zhang Feng Xia comforted her heartbroken daughter and gave her a phone number from the city. Through the number, she found out that Liu Haibo had been looking for her for three months, intending to publish a collection of her articles.
That night, Li Wen Xiu had dinner with everyone at a roadside stall. Liu Haibo asked about Li Wen Xiu's experiences on the grassland, and Li Wen Xiu recalled the bits and pieces of these days, expressing that she had learned to love, learned to live, and learned to get hurt. At the same time, she had also hurt others, feeling overwhelmingly guilty.
Since then, Li Wen Xiu stayed at the publishing house, pursuing her long-awaited literary dream and receiving her first manuscript fee in life. Li Wen Xiu didn't return to Rainbow Bruck but traveled around for a long time, working while organizing her previous experiences into published writings. After saving some money over the years, she remembered her mother on the grassland and finally decided to see the world she had always wanted to see.
In the blink of an eye, three more years passed. Li Wen Xiu bought fireworks and returned to Rainbow Bruck just before the Spring Festival, inviting Chao Ge, A Yao, Su Li Tan, and others to celebrate the New Year together. Su Li Tan knew that it was just an accident that happened years ago and not Li Wen Xiu's fault, so he asked Zhang Feng Xia to tell Li Wen Xiu not to send him money every year.
As the fireworks soared into the sky, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance. Following the sound, Ba Tai took off his hat, revealing that familiar face, bringing tears to Li Wen Xiu's eyes.
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