Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Zhou Xinyue spent a short period of time leisurely and contentedly picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, feeling peaceful and comfortable in her heart.

Sometimes at night, when it was late and quiet, Zhou Xinyue sat alone in a rocking chair in the yard and recalled the past when she and Jin Youyuan were together. Her tears always flowed like pearls from a broken string.

Zhou Xinyue looked at the moon in the sky, her tears stopped flowing, she sighed, closed her eyes, and the sun rose naturally the next day.

Fanxing got up early the next morning and was about to go to the kitchen to boil some hot water when she saw Zhou Xinyue lying in a rocking chair.

That face still had traces of tears, the brows were slightly furrowed, and the sadness was still there.

Fanxing entered the room, took out a small quilt, and gently covered Zhou Xinyue with it.

The sun was shining brightly and birds were chirping in the yard.

The chirping of birds woke Zhou Xinyue up. When she opened her eyes, she saw several birds chirping in the yard.

He also covered himself with a small quilt.

Fanxing just brought some hot food from the backyard.

Fanxing gestured happily, and probably meant to say, "Yue'er, look, I made some mushroom buns, they are delicious. I also made some millet porridge. Come, eat it while it's hot."

The sight of the stars dancing and gesticulating makes one instantly happy.

Zhou Xinyue rubbed her eyes and said with a smile, "I'm so happy. As soon as I opened my eyes, there was food. I'm so happy."

Fanxing happily pointed at the food and asked her to eat.

Zhou Xinyue nodded and said, "Okay, I'll eat now and live up to our sister's kindness."

Zhou Xinyue ate quickly.

Fanxing covered her mouth and smiled, gesturing, "You should be good to yourself, be nicer to yourself."

Zhou Xinyue nodded while drinking the last mouthful of millet porridge.

Fanxing was very happy when she saw Zhou Xinyue eating up all the food.

Zhou Xinyue helped clean up and went into the kitchen and said, "It's a nice day today, let's go out for a walk!"

The stars nodded vigorously and jumped up and down excitedly to express their happiness.

Soon they both went out. The usually bustling street was no longer as prosperous as before and seemed a little depressed.

People come and go on the street, all looking hurried and with heavy hearts.

Zhou Xinyue and Fanxing still traveled in a low-key manner, dressed like country women.

She looks plain, with her face covered by a headscarf.

The two could feel that this capital city was different from before.

The atmosphere was very tense, and the two of them walked to the north gate unknowingly.

Many people who wanted to leave the city were surrounded at the north gate, but they were not allowed to leave without a permit.

The people surrounded the place in more than ten layers, and all of them wanted to rush out.

There were also many soldiers guarding the gate, all fully armed, and they kept shouting, "You are not allowed to leave the city without a stamped certificate from the four major yamen and the eight deputy yamen. If you continue to make noise, don't blame us for being rude."

A young man who wanted to leave said, "Why don't you let us leave the city? Why don't you let us leave the city? Why?"

Another young man also shouted loudly: "That's right, why don't you let us leave the city? Why? We want to leave the city, we want to leave the city today."

The two boys shouted together: "Charge! Charge! Let's charge forward together, let's charge out together!"

Many soldiers guarding the gate shouted: "Stop, do you hear me? Stop! Otherwise, you will be killed! Stop!"

The people surrounding the north gate had no intention of retreating. They rushed forward desperately and fought with the guards guarding the gate.

Zhou Xinyue was so nervous, feeling like everyone seemed to know something and wanted to escape from here desperately.

Everyone wanted to rush out, but the soldiers guarding the gate wouldn't let them out. Suddenly, there was a scream from the crowd.

An old man yelled, "Murder, murder!"

A gatekeeper shouted, "I have warned you long ago. If you go forward again, I will kill you without mercy!"

The two young men who had just taken the lead in rushing forward in the crowd fell to the ground bleeding.

Zhou Xinyue and Fanxing were shocked to see the scene of a man lying on the ground in front of the crowd, covered in blood.

Fanxing was afraid of Zhou Xinyue and gestured to them to leave here quickly as it was very dangerous.

Zhou Xinyue nodded and said, "That's right, Xing'er, let's get out of here quickly. It's dangerous here. Let's go!"

Fanxing and Zhou Xinyue were about to leave when suddenly an old man and a child nearby were knocked down by the retreating crowd.

The crowd that could not get out was forced to retreat by the soldiers guarding the city gate.

The child who was knocked down cried desperately, and the old man also began to wail, saying that he had hit his waist and could not get up.

When Zhou Xinyue saw this scene, the people who were retreating kept retreating and stepped on the child's hand, which was very dangerous.

Zhou Xinyue rushed forward without thinking, and quickly prepared to help up the old man and child who had fallen to the ground.

Unexpectedly, another woman in the crowd was also ready to help the old man and the child up.

Who would have thought that this woman was obviously a pregnant woman, already six months pregnant, but she ignored the danger and was ready to help the elderly and children.

Unexpectedly, when everyone was hurriedly pulling the elderly and children to the side of the crowd where there were fewer people, Zhou Xinyue discovered that the pregnant person was actually her nominal sister, but actually her aunt, Yaqin.

I saw Yaqin was dressed the same as her, like a common woman.

There was not a trace of rouge or powder on her face, and she even had some freckles.

There were no pearl hairpins on her head, and her clothes were ordinary women's clothing, very simple.

Zhou Xinyue was so surprised that she was speechless for a long time.

Yaqin seemed to notice Zhou Xinyue's shock, and put her index finger on her mouth and made a hushing sound.

Zhou Xinyue immediately understood what Yaqin meant and quickly shut up.

They placed the elderly and children aside. After that, Zhou Xinyue hurriedly pulled Yaqin aside and whispered, "Aunt, come with me."

Yaqin was accompanied by a trusted maid named Shuang'er and a personal bodyguard named Liang Daqi.

Fortunately, the two people beside Yaqin blocked these people in the crowded crowd, otherwise the pushing and shoving of the crowded crowd would definitely affect Yaqin's fetal qi.

Zhou Xinyue quickly led the group around and finally arrived at her own home.

After Yaqin entered the courtyard, she was very surprised and said, "It's been a while since I last saw you. I didn't expect you to have your own courtyard."

Zhou Xinyue smiled and said, "Aunt, how are you doing? Is everything okay?"

After Zhou Xinyue finished speaking, she quickly asked everyone to sit down and gave Yaqin a soft pillow so that she could sit more comfortably.

Yaqin frowned and said anxiously, "I have been very worried about you during this period. Since I knew that he was going to marry the daughter of the Zuo family, I wanted to take you away. But I tried to visit him and take you away many times, but he refused with various excuses. Later, I sent spies in and found that you were no longer in his house. I was very anxious and didn't know where you went. I didn't expect that you actually bought a small courtyard in the capital. You are really smart."

Zhou Xinyue smiled bitterly and said, "I am helpless too. I thought he was a man worthy of my trust in this life. I thought I had met true love, but I didn't expect that he would marry someone else in the end."