On every scroll there's Father's name. Father has no grown-up son,
Mulan has no elder brother.
I want to buy a saddle and horse,
To serve in the army in Father’s place."
Chen Mo was stunned!
What?
Serve on her father's behalf?
Disguised as a man to serve in the army?
Everyone suddenly became quiet. No one spoke anymore!
Zhang Ye began to write even faster.
"In the East Market, she buys a spirited horse,
In the West Market, she buys a saddle,
In the South Market, she buys a bridle,
In the North Market, she buys a long whip. At dawn, she takes leave of Father and Mother,
In the evening she camps on the Yellow River's bank.
She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling,
She only hears the Yellow River's flowing water cry tsien tsien. At dawn, she takes leave of the Yellow River,
In the evening she arrives at Black Mountain.
She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling,
She only hears Mount Yen's nomad horses cry tsiu tsiu."
A slightly plump, middle-aged woman's eyes turned red.
A few other women, who had heard up to here, were also greatly touched!
What a pitiful girl! What a filial daughter! What a brave woman!
Upon reaching this point, Zhang Ye's brush suddenly turned sharply. It was as if the characters in his folk song poem were about to jump out with the change of his strokes. The atmosphere heated up.
"She goes ten thousand miles on the business of war,
She crosses passes and mountains like flying. Northern gusts carry the rattle of army pots,
Chilly light shines on iron armor. Generals die in a hundred battles,
Stout soldiers return after ten years. On her return she sees the Son of Heaven,
The Son of Heaven sits in the Splendid Hall. He gives out promotions in twelve ranks