After rebirth, I win people's hearts by being cute

In the Great Zhou Kingdom, 18000 miles away from the capital, on a small road, bursts of baby crying were heard, attracting the attention of a passing couple.

The pale and skinny woman looked towards the place where the voice came from: "Dad, listen, is there a child crying?"

The man's eye sockets were sunken, his body was hunched, and he was unwilling to pay attention. "You probably heard it wrong, let's go."

The woman walked for a while, and the crying sound was getting closer and closer. "No, his father, there really is a child."

Following the sound, I saw a gray swaddling cloth with only a thin layer of pudding on it.

When I lifted the corner of the quilt, I saw the child inside was like a little monkey, small and red, and his mouth was constantly looking for something.

He opened the swaddling clothes and found a baby girl who looked like she was only a few hours old. "Daddy, come quickly."

When the man got closer to her, she said, "It's a girl. What a sin. She was thrown away after only one day."

Here, poor families believe that daughters are useless and a waste of money, so most newborn baby girls are thrown away.

The man looked at his heart without any ripples, "Let's go, there is still such a long mountain road to go."

The man who was devastated by life now just wanted to get on with his journey as soon as possible and climb over the big mountain ahead to get home.

If I have some spare time when I get back, I can dig another acre of mountain land.

The woman looked at the swaddling clothes, closed her eyes, put her down cruelly, and quickly followed the man's pace.

The baby in the cradle felt uneasy and cried even more heartbreakingly. The woman also had a child, and she really couldn't bear to hear the crying.

“His father…” Before he could finish, the man turned around and said expressionlessly, “If you walk faster, you won’t be able to hear me.”

As the woman walked closer, she felt that the crying sound was getting closer, and a voice in her head urged her to pick up the baby.

'Take her with you, she will bring blessings to your home.'

The woman stopped, turned around and picked up the child, "Dad, let's take her back."

"We have to feed the dog anyway. If we leave her here, the wolves from the mountain will come down soon."

She really couldn't bear to see her daughter being taken away by a wolf. It was a living life, not a cat or a dog.

The man was silent. "You know the conditions at home. We..."

The woman interrupted him anxiously: "Let's take her home and raise her first. If someone wants her, we'll send her away and raise her as long as we can."

"If she can grow up safely, she will marry Shitou or Xiaoshi."

The man was a little moved by this. They lived in deep mountains and forests, and it was difficult for men there to find wives. Unless they married through exchange marriages, they would remain single.

And he has three sons.

A man's silence is seen by a woman as tacit consent.

The girl in her arms was crying loudly. The woman looked around and saw no one to tear open her clothes. "Don't cry, Niuniu. Eat."

In fact, the woman kept her for another reason, which was that the voice said she was a blessed child.

If it can really bring good luck to my family, it doesn't matter if I have to suffer a little.

But she didn't plan to tell this to anyone, not even to her own man.

The mountain road back was very high. It was the only way for the people of Maocao Village to go to the market. There were many wolves and other animals in the deep mountains.

So every time there is a market, people from the village would come in groups. Today, the couple were slow in shopping and missed the time to go back with the villagers.

Walking in the mountains, it was dark and terribly dark because it was late in the evening. Wolves were howling above, and the woman was holding the child in her arms and leaning against the man.

He trembled as he spoke: "His father..."

The man took the child in his arms and took her hand, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, let's walk faster."

The woman turned around and saw a few wolves sitting on the top of the hill. She was so scared that her legs went weak. The man, sweating profusely, comforted her: "Don't look back. Don't be afraid."

Under any other circumstances, they would have been the wolf's meal, but today something strange happened. The wolf just watched them walk out of the mountains without moving an inch.

The woman looked at the child in her husband's arms and felt that it was because of her in the cradle that they were safe.

The village where they lived had to go through the mountains for some distance to reach. It was full of thatched houses and earthen-walled houses, hence the name Thatched Village.

There are dozens of families living here with various surnames, who migrated here during the war years.

"Dannian, Danian's wife, why did you come back just now?" The couple who picked up the child were Su Danian and his wife Liu from Maocao Village.

The person who questioned them was the old man who had gone to the market with them in the morning.

Su Danian lowered his head in shame, his dark face flushed: "I didn't buy any affordable food just now, so I thought about shopping more, but I didn't pay attention to the time."

The old man sighed and disagreed: "If you can't buy it, just go next time. It's dangerous in the mountains. What will happen to your children if something happens?"

Su Danian nodded and said that he would never do that again.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard crying and the old man saw clearly that it was a child in Su Danian's arms.

Shock filled his cloudy eyes. "Where did this kid come from?"

Liu didn't dare to speak, so Su Danian explained, "Uncle, we picked it up on the roadside."

"Just at the entrance to the mountain?"

Seeing that his guess was correct, the old man slapped his thigh and said he was confused, "You, what can I say to you?"

"We just saw that kid, and no one dared to stop him. More kids means more mouths to feed. You..."

"Before it gets dark, hurry up and carry him to Nibaao."

Niba'ao was where the village placed children who died young. Some baby girls were also abandoned there. As it was close to the mountains, any child left there would eventually become prey to wolves.

Su Danian said with a stiff upper lip: "Uncle, we are going to raise her. If she grows up, she will be Shitou's wife in the future."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade them, the old man shook his head and told them not to regret it.

Seeing that her husband looked unhappy, Liu lowered her head and didn't know what to say.

The man handed the child to her and walked in front: "Go back, the children must be starving."

When the two returned home, smoke was already rising from the kitchen, and they were just waiting for their cornmeal to be put into the pot.

"Grass, Stone"

A small, thin boy, about five years old, rushed out of the house, staring at her with sparkling eyes, "Mom, you're back."

Liu patted his head and praised him, "Oh, you are so good. Look, I brought you a wife. Do you like her?"

The little boy doesn't know what a wife is, but he knows what love is.

Chang joked with him: "If you like her, you can take care of her yourself, okay?"

He nodded, not quite understanding, and followed Liu into the house, watching her put the swaddling clothes on the bed. "Look after my sister. I'll go help her cook."

Shi Tou was puzzled. Didn’t he mean daughter-in-law? Why was it sister again?

Curious, he moved closer and accidentally pressed down on the swaddling clothes with his little hands, and immediately the baby started crying.

He was frightened and shivered. He quickly pulled his hand back and patted the swaddling clothes like his mother patted his brother, saying, "Don't cry, little sister. Be good."

Sure enough, the baby stopped crying, and he happily climbed up and patted it even harder and harder.

This completely pissed off the baby in the cradle.