Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Zhou Xinyue couldn't help but sigh. She suddenly missed home and her parents so much. If she were at home, her mother would have already prepared breakfast with her favorite dumplings, meat buns, and all kinds of other foods she liked.

The more Zhou Xinyue thought about it, the sadder she felt. Her stomach rumbled, her head ached slightly, and her whole body ached. She really didn't want to move at all, but if she didn't move, she was afraid she would starve to death.

Zhou Xinyue turned her head to look at the man. He was still in a coma, but the dark black color of his lips from the poison had faded a lot. There was hope. It seemed that the toxicity had decreased.

Zhou Xinyue was still a little happy in her heart. It seemed that if she couldn't make it in the future, she could become a barefoot doctor. This was also a way to make a living. Zhou Xinyue shook her head helplessly and smiled, then struggled to crawl out to find something to eat.

Unexpectedly, there was a nest of bird eggs at the entrance of the cave. Zhou Xinyue's eyes widened and she was overjoyed. This was simply a gift from God!

No wonder the birds were screaming, it turned out that the wind blew down the bird's nest. Unfortunately, the eggs were almost all broken. Some of them looked intact but would break if touched.

Zhou Xinyue slowly brought in the nest of eggs, made a simple stove with two stones, placed a relatively flat stone slab, added some water, put some eggs on top, and reluctantly ate a little.

Zhou Xinyue fed the man some eggs as usual, but it was not enough to satisfy his hunger. As long as she didn't use her right foot to walk, she could just drag herself along, hopping and skipping, trying not to put her right foot on the ground as her injury was badly sprained.

Zhou Xinyue limped and saw some wild raspberries beside the grass, and she jumped up with joy. These were the wild raspberries that her mother and grandmother often wrapped in banana leaves and gave to her to eat when she was a child when they went to work in the mountains. She was so happy. They tasted sour and sweet and were delicious.

Zhou Xinyue laughed happily, held the food in the corner of her clothes, and limped back to the cave.

Zhou Xinyue started eating happily. The more she ate, the more she missed her family, and tears slowly flowed down her face.

I don’t know how my parents and grandparents are doing. I miss them so much. I remember when I was a child, my grandparents loved to pick raspberries for me. My grandparents passed away early, and besides my parents, I only have my grandparents. I miss them so much.

Zhou Xinyue held her head and cried in the cave for a long time. She was so emotional that she had a splitting headache and fainted again.

When she woke up again, it was already dusk. Zhou Xinyue endured the pain all over her body and got up again. If she didn't eat something, she might starve to death here.

Zhou Xinyue slowly got up and limped out to pick a lot of wild raspberries and other wild fruits that she couldn't name.

I also picked some fungi that I recognized, and also picked some wild vegetables that I recognized. Before I knew it, I had picked a lot of them.

Zhou Xinyue slowly went to the nearby mountain stream to look for a slightly concave stone. After searching for a long time, she finally found one. It was very heavy, and she carried it up with great effort. Unexpectedly, her right foot hurt and she rolled back into the water.

Zhou Xinyue was in a terrible state. She climbed out of the water with great difficulty and finally climbed up the small slope. She was so tired that she lay on the grass and looked at the starry sky. Zhou Xinyue covered her face and started crying again.

Zhou Xinyue knew that she might not be able to go back and could only survive in this place. Zhou Xinyue adjusted her emotions, wiped away her tears, and continued to move the stones back to the cave.

God helps those who work hard, and she finally moved into the cave. Fortunately, she found some firewood beforehand and used sparks to light a fire. She barely heated up the stones, added water and wild vegetables to cook. Although it was tasteless, it was better than nothing.

Zhou Xinyue didn't know how to hunt or fish. Apart from being lucky enough to pick up a nest of bird eggs, she could only fill her stomach with wild vegetables and fruits.

Zhou Xinyue used a leaf as a bowl and finally ate some hot soup, some wild vegetables, and some wild fruits. She was no longer hungry and felt about four-tenths full.

Zhou Xinyue fed him little by little, and fed him a lot under the light of the fire.

Zhou Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief. She saw that the man's lips were becoming lighter and lighter, and the black was becoming lighter and lighter. She was happy for him. The poison was temporarily stabilized. Although it was not completely eliminated, at least his life was saved.

Zhou Xinyue fell into a deep sleep, feeling tired and sleepy. Suddenly, she was awakened by a sobbing sound.

I didn't know when I woke up. The sun was shining brightly outside the cave. I saw the man struggling to get up and sit against the wall, looking around.

Zhou Xinyue also got up and sat opposite the man. He looked around, looked at Zhou Xinyue, then looked down at his own injuries, and instantly understood everything.

The man saluted with both hands and said in a deep and magnetic voice: "Thank you for saving my life, little brother. Please accept my greeting."

Little brother? You think I'm a boy. That's fine. We're alone in this remote place. If the news gets out, it will be troublesome. I don't know if he's a bad guy or a good guy. It's safest to pretend to be a man for now. I'm afraid that if he knows I'm a woman and does something inappropriate to me, I won't be able to get help from heaven or earth. Thinking of this, Zhou Xinyue decided to pretend to be a man to deal with him.

Zhou Xinyue said, "No, you don't have to be polite, brother. You saved my life, and I saved yours, so we're even."

"How can this be possible? My little brother cleaned my wounds for me and even risked his own life to take drugs to heal my wounds. Even my biological brothers might not be able to do this."

Zhou Xinyue looked at him in confusion and asked, "How do you know that I took drugs to heal your injuries? I don't think I mentioned this."

The man curled his lips and raised them. Zhou Xinyue was fascinated by the charming curve of his mouth.

He said calmly, "Brother, you must have suffered a lot in the past two days. Your teeth are all blackened by the remaining poison, and your lips are also slightly black. But don't worry, it won't hurt your body. The remaining poison should disappear in two days."

Zhou Xinyue muttered, "What? Black teeth? Black lips too? What would I look like then? I would be so ugly!"

"As a man, what does beauty or ugliness matter? Standing tall and making achievements is the real thing."

"Stand tall? Yes, it's natural for a man to stand tall. It's also natural for him to do something. But...what does it have to do with me?"

The man looked at Zhou Xinyue with strange eyes and said, "Brother, don't you have any lofty ambitions?"

"No, I'm quite sure I don't."

The man was even more puzzled and asked, "Why? A man should have ambitions and be fearless in life, brave enough to venture into the world."

"Stop, sorry, that's you. For me, I don't have the same ambition as you. Although the world is big, only home is the foundation, only home is the root. I just want a place to accommodate one person, a small courtyard with three or five good friends in my spare time, a cup of wine under the drizzle of peach blossoms in spring, a cool breeze in summer, fanning myself and appreciating the summer moon, a leisurely watch of osmanthus flowers falling in autumn, and a boiled wine and discussion of heroes in winter. I think this is life, this is where life is."

When Zhou Xinyue thought of this, she thought of her ex-boyfriend. She used to hope to live a life like this with him, but now, things have changed and she just wants to live a good life in the present.

Get rid of the government, try your best to find money to buy land and houses, and live the rest of your life peacefully with Erdan and Sandan.

Zhou Xinyue didn't know when she was lost in thought. After a while, she came back to her senses and found that the man was looking at her with strange eyes.

There was appreciation, confusion, inquiry and all kinds of emotions intertwined in his eyes that were hard to describe.