‘Don’t want a new mum’: girl complains about mother’s grey hair but says doesn’t want replacement, warming hearts on Chinese social media

A little girl went viral on the mainland Chinese internet after she complained about her mother’s grey hairs because she worried they were a sign the woman was about to die.

The unnamed mother, from Shaanxi province in northwest China, shared a video of a heartwarming talk with her little girl, whose age is unknown, on her Douyin account with 291,000 followers.

Her daughter became worried after she saw the grey hairs and asked: “Your hair is also falling out. Are you going to die?”

“No. I’m just growing older,” the mother answered.

The girl said: “I have not grown up yet, so you are not allowed to die. If you pass away, who will look after me?”

She then puckered her eyebrows and pursed her lips while she waited for an answer.