A lot of years ago, one hamlet falls, the name says: Meng Zhuang. There is a young woman of appearance beauty in the village, make skilly in order to boil make a living. Village person calls her Meng Nv.
很多年前，有一小村落，名曰：孟庄。村里住着一位容貌美丽的年轻女子，以熬制羹汤为生。村里人都叫她孟女。
A dusk that year winter, issued whacker snow, meng Nv folds a plum in the top of a wall. There is shallow laugh on her corners of the mouth, nobody can be distinguished is beautiful beauty, still be person beauty. There is a person all around, so that laughs natural all the more also, all the more this true. She laughs at herself, snow saw, clubs also saw.
那年冬天的一个黄昏，下了好大的雪，孟女在墙头折梅。她的嘴角上有浅浅的笑，没人能分清是花美，还是人美。四周没有人，所以那笑也就格外自然，格外本真。她是笑给自己的，雪看见了，梅花也看见了。
She is taking Na Zhimei to spend, to go in the house.
她拿着那支梅花，向屋子里走去。
Abrupt, meng Nv saw an arctic fox goes to her. That fox goes very slow, the fox that complete unlike has seen before her is address in that way, be full of wariness to the person.
突然，孟女看到了一只白狐向她走来。那狐走得很慢，完全不像她以前见过的狐那样灵巧，对人充满戒心。
That fox approachs to Meng Nv step by step, meng Nv ate one Jing. Intuition tells her, this fox is purposeful the ground approachs her.
那狐一步步向孟女走近，孟女倒吃了一惊。直觉告诉她，这狐是有目的地走近她。
The back of fox, it is one string strings together bloodstain unexpectedly, original, this is the fox that gets hurt only. On its body, have an arrow.
狐的身后，竟是一串串血迹，原来，这是一只受伤的狐。它的身子上，有一支箭。
Meng Nv holds that fox in the arms her room, put her to furnace edge, touching its body carefully, extracted that raises an arrow abruptly next, fox struggled, faint unexpectedly.
孟女将那只狐抱到自己的房间，并将她放到炉子边上，小心地抚摸着它的身子，然后猛然地拔去了那支箭，狐挣扎了一下，竟昏死过去。
Meng Nv is at a loss temporarily, look for some of medicinal herbs, with wooden strong pound, apply is on fox body.
孟女一时不知所措，找些草药，用木棒捣烂，敷在狐身上。
Later, meng Nv puts wintersweet in the vase.
之后，孟女将梅花放在了花瓶中。
The day is late, heavy also sleep deeply goes to Meng Nv.
天晚了，孟女也沉沉睡去。
When she awakes, fox had disappeared. The Mei Ye in the vase disappeared.
她醒来时，狐已经不见了。花瓶里的梅也不见了。
She is busy push the door to be walked out of, discovery is holding a plum in arctic fox mouth only then, the door that affectionately ground is looking at her.
她忙推门走出去，发现那只白狐嘴里衔着一只梅，正脉脉地望着她的房门。
See Meng Nv comes out, fox face about disappeared. The wintersweet in its mouth, ground of for a long time stays in Meng Nv's brain.
看到孟女出来，狐转身不见了。它嘴里的梅花，久久地留在了孟女的脑海中。
When the general will talk about a marriage, meng Nv's parents is filled with joy, general prestige is illustrious, for many times calm down border area. Which woman does not love a hero? Ground of be ashamed of succubus of the first month nods.
当将军来提亲时，孟女的父母满心欢喜，将军威名赫赫，多次平定边疆。哪个女子不爱英雄？孟女妖羞地点了点头。
That spring, meng Nv is imagining the general's appearance countless times, the general's extraordinarily brave and bearing, after imagining him move into one's husband's household upon marriage how lean close to is beside the general look of husband and wife is merry.
那个春天，孟女无数次想象着将军的长相，将军的神勇以及气度，想象着自己过门后如何偎依在将军身边夫妻相欢。
But, the general did not marry Meng Nv, did not come all the time.
可是，将军没有来娶孟女，一直没有来。
In the winter when, transmit the message of battlefield of general die in the last ditch.
冬天的时候，传来将军战死沙场的消息。
Meng Nv defends few of door of keep a lookout.
孟女守了望门寡。
Meng Nv put on the sackcloth of simple and unadorned, defend filial piety for the general, the smile that this lively woman packed up her and smile happily, made relict.
孟女穿上了素朴的麻衣，为将军守孝，这个活泼的女子收起了她的笑意与欢颜，做起了未亡人。
Female gate of the first month does not go out, 2 are not stridden, what forgetting is happy.
孟女大门不出，二门不迈，忘记了什么是快乐。
Winter of that year, the from backyard ha-ha with that address arctic fox jumps, hold to Meng Nv come one branch wintersweet.
那年的冬天，那只白狐灵巧的从后院的矮墙跳进来，给孟女衔来一枝梅花。
Meng Nv sees wintersweet momently, facial rise removed long-unseen smiling expression.
孟女看到梅花的一刻，脸上浮起了久违的笑容。
Arctic fox bend over falls in female foot of the first month, ren Mengnv keeps rub Suo is worn.
白狐伏在孟女脚下，任孟女不停地摩娑着。
When arctic fox leaves, meng Nv is good one is not abandoned. Have this fox only, know her loneliness.
白狐离去的时候，孟女好一阵不舍。只有这只狐，懂得她的寂寞。
Meng Nv sleeps to midnight, the moon with argent discovery passes through gauze account have diarrhoea come in. How is the moon outside beautiful? Her bare is worn before the foot walks along a window, however within an inch of is frightened dizzily in the past, student of a white garment, standing in her window edge to staring at her window to look. There is a wintersweet in his mouth.
孟女睡到半夜，发现银色的月光透过纱帐泻了进来。外边的月亮会多么漂亮呢？她赤着脚走到窗前，却差点吓得晕了过去，一个白衣书生，正站在她窗边盯着她窗子看。他的嘴里衔着一支梅花。
She wants to cry greatly instinctively, cannot open a mouth however. That student sees Meng Nv is a little amazed also first, hide hurriedly, but, later he stealthily smell head comes, laugh slightly to Meng Nv, also be the sort of bashful ground laughs. So flashy, meng Nv's heart beats Dong Dong is continuously to ring, be afraid of is that student leaves her so far to also can listen so that see.
她本能地想大喊，却开不了口。那书生先见到孟女也有些吃惊，慌忙躲起来，可是，后来他又悄悄探出头来，对孟女微微一笑，也是那种羞涩地笑。就那么一瞬间，孟女的心跳得咚咚直响，怕是那书生离她那么远也能听得见吧。
Be in in that winter, the night with a boundless and indistinct heavy snow, bai Shusheng is pulling Mengnv to gallop and go. They reached a place that knows them without the person. Meng Nv and student do skilly to make a living.
就在那个冬天里的，一个大雪茫茫的夜晚，白书生拉着孟女飞驰而去。他们到了一个没有人认识他们的地方。孟女和书生做羹汤为生。
Meng Nv's hand is very artful, the skilly that she does is the world little some is delicate. The skilly that the family does her calls mother-in-law of the first month soup. Although the time that two people spend writes a composition say some poor, it is musical instrument a twenty-five-stringed plucked instrument closes however cry, raise case neat eyebrow.
孟女的手好巧，她做的羹汤是人间少有的美味。人家把她做的羹汤叫孟婆汤。两人过的日子虽作文说有些清贫，却是琴瑟合鸣，举案齐眉。
When the person of that down and out comes, peony flower leaves as it happens. He wanted a skilly, meng Nv's shallow laugh attracted him at a draught, he is staring at a Mencius to stay to look slow-wittedly, meng Nv is shy the ground is low first.
那个落拓的人来时，牡丹花开得正好。他要了一份羹汤，孟女浅浅的笑一下子吸引了他，他盯着孟子呆呆地看，孟女羞怯地低下了头。
It is that shy expression let him identify Meng Nv, he says, you are long, do not have a form of address for one's wife of move into one's husband's household upon marriage then like me really. She calls Meng Nv.
就是那个羞怯的表情让他认出了孟女，他说，你长的，真像我那没有过门的娘子。她叫孟女。
Student and Meng Nv in pairs are stupefied.
书生和孟女双双愣住。
General? Are you already decease? How? Meng Nv faces this abrupt unforeseen event, be at a loss temporarily.
将军？您不是已经亡故了么？怎么？孟女面对这突然的变故，一时不知所措。
A form of address for one's wife, I find you eventually, battle sufferred a defeat, I am barely escape one's life. That a hand that plays Meng Nv.
娘子，我终于找到你了，仗打败了，我是死里逃生呀。那个一把拉住孟女的手。
Meng Nv sees Bai Shusheng, see a put sb on the spot again, jing urgent, faint in student bosom unexpectedly.
孟女看看白书生，又看看将军，又惊又急，竟晕倒在书生怀里。
After Meng Nv awakes, general and student disappeared twice unexpectedly. She Jing urgent, so confused that be at a loss.
孟女醒来后，将军与书生两个竟都不见了。她又惊又急，慌得不知所措。
The general carried a fox to come back a little while.
将军一会拎了一只狐回来。
An arctic fox, go up to still inserting an arrow personally.
一只白狐，身上还插着一支箭。
Meng Nv remembered that many arctic fox year ago. She is seized, pull out suddenly that arrow, touching carefully, burst into tears. She uses a hand fine fine touch, for fear that finds on that fox body another cut, do not cannot help wanting to confirm this is that arctic fox however.
孟女一下想起了多年前那只白狐。她夺过来，猛地拔出那箭，小心抚摸着，泪流满面。她用手细细抚摸，生怕找到那狐身上另一个伤口，却不忍不住要去证实这是不是那只白狐。
What should general mouth explain, meng Nv is holding Na Hufei in the arms to run quickly however and go, her whats do not want to listen to ……
将军开口要解释什么，孟女却抱着那狐飞奔而去，她什么也不要听……
From now on the world does not have Meng Nv.
从此人间无孟女。
This age is born before, countless metempsychosis ……
前生今世，无数的轮回……
Then, in Acheron nether bridge bank, much a woman that sends skilly to contact pedestrian, she is Meng Nv, the soup that she sends, it is soup of mother-in-law of the first month.
于是，在阴间的奈何桥畔，多了一位向来往行人送羹汤的女子，她就是孟女，她送的汤，就是孟婆汤。
The person of contact, changed one stubble another stubble. Generation after generation, always cease ceaselessly.
来往的人啊，换了一茬又一茬。生生世世，永不停息。
But, have a person, did not come all the time however.
可是，有一个人，却一直没有来。
Mother-in-law of the first month this is first-class, it is millenarian.
孟婆这一等，就是一千年。
Had drunk the person of soup of mother-in-law of the first month, memory is come to by gather up of mother-in-law of the first month, be being hanged is everywhere by the side of the nether bridge. Doing not have a person to be able to know the leaf on the tree over there is memory, the leaf that also knows a rose without the person is memory, only mother-in-law of the first month knows everything of concerned memory is secret. In the still of night when, those memory can be stolen steal murmurous, make a noise so that mother-in-law of the first month headaches. Her meeting drink like a fish, the instant, all around quiet come down.
喝过孟婆汤的人，记忆便被孟婆收集起来，挂得奈何桥边四处都是。没有人会知道那里的树上的叶子是记忆，也没有人知道玫瑰的花瓣是记忆，只有孟婆知道有关记忆的一切秘密。夜深人静的时候，那些记忆会窃窃私语，吵得孟婆头疼。她会大喝一声，瞬间，四周便安静了下来。
Mother-in-law of the first month can pick a leave sometimes silent listen respectfully, bian Xiao listens by the side of her meeting, because be the memory of a certain person,speaking to her, the body be dead of that individual, memory remembers its host however.
孟婆有时会摘下一片叶子静静聆听，她会边听边笑，因为是某个人的记忆在对她讲话，那个人的躯壳不在了，记忆却记得它的主人。
Also occasionally, woman of the first month is letting listening to be able to drop tear comes, that is sure it is the love story that a woman tells her.
也有时候，孟婆听着听着会掉下眼泪来，那必定是一个女子讲她的爱情故事。
Memory won't be gone, they become independent severally, before picking extraction memory newly to meet those who fly to him, be born, generation after generation continues. Also have particularly strong memory now and then, the mother-in-law that take the advantage of the first month flies at a draught carelessly. Pay in Yun Duo or hill above, then Yun Duo also had memory, become rain till him, flow direction earth.
记忆不会死去，它们各自独立，新摘取的记忆会飞到他的前生上，生生世世延续。偶尔也有特别强的记忆，趁孟婆不注意一下子就飞去。付在云朵或山的上边，于是云朵也就有了记忆，直到他变成雨，流向大地。
Someone says soup of mother-in-law of the first month is black, drink issue it, your memory was immersed in black completely, also someone says soup of mother-in-law of the first month is gules, because red is the color of blood, it is the harshest also most swift and fierce, return somebody to say, soup of mother-in-law of the first month is white, drink issue it, your brains is met a blank.
有人说孟婆汤是黑色的，喝下它，你的记忆就完全陷入了黑色，也有人说孟婆汤是红色的，因为红色是鲜血的颜色，它最刺目也最凌厉，还有人说，孟婆汤是白色的，喝下它，你的头脑就会一片空白。
Mother-in-law of the first month hears this word to be able to laugh, soup of mother-in-law of the first month is what color, want to read her state of mind. She is the woman with a capricious pretty in those days, she likes to make a practical joke, she wants to get boiling water of mother-in-law of the first month into what color to do what color, hades also takes her have no other way, because of the practice of soup of mother-in-law of the first month, have her only a person is witting.
孟婆听到这话就会笑，孟婆汤是什么颜色，要看她的心情。那时她是个蛮任性的女子，她喜欢搞恶作剧，她想把孟婆汤弄成什么颜色就弄成什么颜色，阎王也拿她无可奈何，因为孟婆汤的做法，只有她一个人知晓。
Eventually, after waiting not to know how many chiliad, also be night, the dim light of night is unaltered good, mother-in-law of the first month boils boiling water of the mother-in-law that make the first month with one's own hands. She does this boiling water all the time, however never personally has tasted. If really so effective? Can you forget after all?
终于，在等了不知多少个千年以后，也是一个晚上，夜色照旧好，孟婆亲手熬制孟婆汤。她一直做这汤，却从来没有亲口尝过一口。果真那么灵验吗？到底会不会忘记呢？
End of mother-in-law of the first month removed …… of that bowl of soup
孟婆端起了那碗汤……(文/冷露湿花魂)