李芬是个孤儿，是她养母在她六岁时把她从孤儿院里抱走的。
养母是个去过朝鲜的老军人，终身未婚，据说相爱的人在战争中牺牲后，她就决意独身的。
养母是李芬唯一的亲人，李芬非常爱她。
李芬17岁当的兵，做到了通讯站的财务股长，后来才转业到养母所在的城市的邮电局工作。
妈妈的身体一直不好，是医院的常客，而她却十分要强，根本不愿给李芬添麻烦。
李芬工作之余，最挂念的就是妈妈的身体。
和李芬在一起工作的有一个姓刘的女人，李芬喊她刘姐。这个刘姐是个半仙儿，总喜欢给人算命、看手相之类的，据说还很准，局里面好多人都很信她，连局长都请她算过命。
李芬其实心里对她装神弄鬼的这一套很反感，甚至有点瞧不起她……
那天李芬做了个梦，她从来都没有做过这么清晰的梦，仿佛亲身经历似的。梦里，她回到了当兵时的那个通讯站，在她上山时，一条小蛇紧紧尾随着她，她从来就觉得蛇很恶心、可怕，所以当时，吓得她慌不择路的向山上逃。这时，山上有很多的石头往下滚落，稍不小心，就会有危险的。后面是蛇，前面是滚石，怎么办？可李芬宁愿选择危险的向上跑，也不愿被那条蛇追上。可到底她还是被那条蛇给追上了。那条蛇向李芬可怕地吐着信子，却并没有伤害李芬，巨石不断地从蛇的身边滚落，那蛇却一动不动地看着李芬，李芬吓的上上不去，下下不来，只好站在那儿发抖……李芬是吓醒的，她喘着气，半天没有平息。她很奇怪，自己很少做梦，而这个梦是如此的清晰。
第二天上班时，李芬还为昨晚梦里的情景心有余悸，正好，办公室里有个女孩说自己昨晚做了个很有意思的梦来着，李芬也对她说了自己昨晚的那个可怕而清晰的梦。大家说完也没当事儿，都该干什么干什么了，可下班时，刘姐忽然叫住李芬：你家有属蛇的吗？刘姐问。李芬觉得她问的很蹊跷。有啊，我妈妈就是属蛇的呀。李芬说。刘姐犹豫了一下说：记住，你母亲很可能活不了多久了，如果你下次又梦见那条蛇的话，一定不要害怕，那条蛇是饿的，你一定要给它点什么喂喂它，一定要记住啊！说完，刘姐就走了。她一番神神叨叨的教导，把李芬说愣了。
星期天，李芬回家看妈妈时，闲聊着把这件事给母亲说了。而妈妈却笑着给她做了几个表演的动作说：傻孩子，就你妈这身体不会有事的，最后，妈妈还笑着骂李芬是个不坚定的唯物主义者，白受党教育了，白在这个革命家庭成长了……
后来没多久，李芬果然在梦中又见到了那条蛇，这个梦和上个梦是一样的清晰的如同真实的。梦中，李芬在树上摘苹果，可是准备下来时，却见到那蛇在树下仰着脸注视着她，把李芬吓的不敢下来了，李芬在树上等啊等啊，可那蛇就是不走，李芬急的不行。忽然，梦中的她好象隐约想起了刘姐的话了，赶忙把手中好不容易才摘着的苹果，挑了个最小的扔给了那蛇。那蛇吃了苹果后，眼巴巴地看着她，见她没有继续给自己喂苹果，又等了会儿，就走了……
第二天一上班，李芬就拉过刘姐，给她讲自己的这个梦。刘姐听了却不住地说李芬太傻了，为什么不把手中的苹果全给蛇吃掉？最后，刘姐说，你母亲要加寿了，可惜的是加的并不多，但最少也得有三年吧。但那条蛇还会回来的，记住，以后一定要善待它……李芬觉得她是胡说八道的，上次还说自己母亲很快就不行了，才没几天，又说母亲加寿了。
回家看母亲时，她把李姐的话当成笑话和母亲谈起，母亲也笑了，呵呵，这封建迷信要搞到我这马列主义老太太身上了，再见那个小刘，告诉她，这三年，我一定支持她的业余工作，好好活着，不过三年后就不支持了，因为我仍然要好好活着呢。妈妈的乐观也把李芬逗笑了。最后，妈妈说，你再梦见那蛇，就干脆把它打死算了，我不信会有什么结果。李芬却有点恐惧的说，呵呵，我躲还来不及呢。
随后，几年过去了，这件事大家都渐渐淡忘了，而李芬的妈妈好象真的要给刘姐点颜色看看似的，身体也越来越好了，连多年的许多老病根都没有了……
那几年，李芬很少做梦。她现在根本就觉得刘姐的话完完全全就是胡说八道……
可是这一天，李芬一天都觉得自己浑身都不舒服，究竟为什么，自己也说不清。在妈妈
那里吃了晚饭，回到家，她就早早入睡了……那个梦简直是太清晰了，完全就是活生生的现实：李芬在一个池塘边洗衣服，忽然，游来了那条蛇，李芬认得它，和过去梦中见到的一模一样。那蛇游到李芬身边时就游不动了，目光中流露着企求的神色看着李芬，李芬觉得那蛇好可怜。当时只要李芬用手一捧，就能把那蛇捧出水里，可是李芬即怕那蛇，又对那蛇感到恶心，犹豫再三，她终于没有动手去把那蛇捧出……眼看着，那蛇一点一点的沉入了水面，那蛇在沉入水中的最后一刻，用一种绝望的眼光再次凝视了一眼李芬，蛇的眼中竟然流出了泪……那一刻，李芬感到这蛇的样子简直是太可怜了，她忽然觉得自己一定要救这蛇，可是她却不想用手去碰它，她想找一个棍子，想把蛇挑出来，然而，哪里也找不到木棍，最后，李芬从树上折下一个树枝，赶忙跑向那个池塘，可是蛇已经沉没了，李芬捞了半天，什么也没有捞到……
李芬遗憾着迷迷糊糊醒来，眼前还浮现着那蛇可怜的目光，半天，李芬都沉寝在对那蛇的同情中……过了一会儿，李芬清醒了，忽然，她大叫了一声：不好！赶忙推醒自己的丈夫，对自己丈夫说要他赶快叫救护车去母亲那里，她丈夫问她怎么了，她就说了自己刚才的那个梦。丈夫点着她的头，用手又指了指时针已经指向凌晨四点的钟，说了三个字：神经病！然后，又睡着了。
李芬什么也没说，甚至都没有给母亲那里去个电话，就赶忙打120急救电话，然后，穿衣服，到外面拦个车就奔母亲家去了……
李芬一进她妈妈的卧室，打开灯，看到她母亲脸上的泪水还没有干……
尸检结果证明，李芬母亲的心脏是凌晨3点到4点之间停止跳动的，死于一种少见的突发性心脏病。李芬忽然想起来，这一天，距她做上一个有蛇的梦的那天，恰好整整三年……
Introduce:Li Fen is an orphan, it is her foster mother is in what hold her in the arms from orphanage when she is 6 years old. Foster mother is an old soldier that has been to Korea, lifelong and maiden, the person that loves each other allegedly is in in the war after sacrifice, she with respect to be determined celibate. Foster mother is Li Fen's only family member, li Fen loves her very much. The soldier that Li Fen becomes 17 years old, accomplished the financial section chief that communication stands, the post and telecommunications office of the city that ability be transferred to civilian work is in to foster mother later works. Mom's body is bad all the time, it is the frequenter of the hospital, and she is very ambitious however, wish far from Li Fen incommode. Li Fen works, what miss most is mom's body. Have a woman that surnames Liu with what Li Fen works together, li Fen calls her Liu elder sister. This Liu elder sister is a half celestial being, always like and so on of person fortune-telling, photograph seeing a hand, return allegedly very accurate, inside the bureau a lot of person very believe her, ask even the director her to had calculated a life. Li Fen installs a god to do a this of ghost to feel disgusted very much to her in the heart actually, have bit of look down upon even Li Fen did her …… that day a dream, she had never made so clear dream, as if like personal experience. In the dream, she returned that communication station when be a soldier, when the hill on her, a small snake closely follow at sb' heels is worn she, she feels the snake is very disgusting, terrible, so at that time, frighten so that she does not escape on the Xiang Shan of choose road unbearably. At this moment, the rock that there is a lot of on hill boils downward fall, do not take care a bit, can have risk. The snake is from the back, it is to roll stone in front, how to do? Ke Lifen auxes would rather choose risk run up, also do not wish to be overtaken by that snake. But after all she still is given to overtake by that snake. That snake is saying a letter terribly to Li Fen child, did not harm Li Fen however, megalith boils beside anguine ceaselessly fall, that snake looks at Li Fen motionlessly however, the before last that Li Fen frightens does not go, refuse to come down, be forced to stand over to quiver …… Li Fen is to frighten wake, she is panting, did not appease a long time. She is very strange, oneself daydream rarely, and this dream is such clarity. When going to work the following day, li Fen still is last night the scene one's heart still fluttering with fear in the dream, as it happens, there is a girl to say she did a very interesting dream to coming last night in the office, li Fen also said him to her that terrible and clear dream last night. Everybody says to also was not become thing, should do what to do, when can coming off work, liu elder sister calls Li Fen suddenly: Does your home have those who belong to a snake? Liu elder sister asks. The odd that Li Fen feels she asks. Have, my mom belongs to a snake namely ah. Li Fen says. Liu elder sister hesitated to say: Remember, your mother cannot live probably how long, if you dream of that snake again next time, certain
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