Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Zhou Xinyue said: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

The man smiled and said, "That's great! Although your aspirations are different from mine, your words make me yearn for home. I think many people want to have such a comfortable life, but there are no brave men to defend the country. If the country is gone, smoke will rise everywhere, and wars will rage. Brother, how can you talk about your aspirations?"

Zhou Xinyue was shocked and her pupils dilated. She felt like she had been enlightened by the words of the strange man in front of her.

Yes! I live in a modern peaceful era and have no experience of living in ancient times. I don’t know that wars were frequent in ancient times. When people encountered wars, they were displaced and corpses were everywhere. Zhou Xinyue didn’t experience it, so she naturally didn’t know.

Zhou Xinyue just looked at the man in front of her in shock without saying a word.

The man smiled and said, "What's wrong? Little brother, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Zhou Xinyue blushed and said bitterly, "No, you are right. I have too little experience and am too idealistic. I don't know the current social situation. I speak jokingly. Brother, please don't laugh at me."

The man smiled bitterly and said, "How could it be? I haven't heard such elegant words for a long time. It's very comfortable to listen to them occasionally. If I could find someone's heart, build a small family together, enjoy the flowers in spring, the rain in summer, the moon in autumn, and the snow in winter, have children around my knees, and grow old with my wife, life is nothing more than this, a great blessing in life, and what I want."

As he spoke, the man looked towards the cave entrance and remained silent.

The silence in the cave is better than sound at this time.

After a long while, Zhou Xinyue couldn't help but break the atmosphere and said, "May I ask how old you are? What's your name?"

The man looked back from the cave entrance to Zhou Xinyue. After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm twenty-one. You can call me Ayi. What about you?"

Zhou Xinyue raised her eyebrows and thought: Oh, you seem to be holding back by not saying my full name. Although I’m young, I’m quite shrewd. Well, in that case, I’ll keep it. I can’t say the name Goudan anyway, so I’ll just use my own name.

Zhou Xinyue said calmly: "I...will be fifteen soon, and I haven't been given a proper name yet. My family members currently call me Xiaoyue or Yue'er."

The man smiled and said, "So you are only 15 and haven't even put your crown on yet. No wonder you are so innocent. You are so cute."

Zhou Xinyue was speechless and said, "Oh, it's rare that someone says I'm cute, thank you so much. What does the vertical crown mean?"

The man was slightly surprised and said, "In our country of Liding, when a man turns 15, the elders in the family will tie a hairpin on him and make his hair stand upright, which means he has reached adulthood. They will also formally grant him a name and allow him to become a citizen. Don't you even know this?"

Zhou Xinyue pretended to be enlightened and said, "So that's how it is. I had a serious head injury before and lost all my memories before that. I only remember what happened after the injury, so..."

Ayi nodded and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder I feel that you are different from others. You think differently, talk differently, and do things differently. If ordinary people saw a stranger injured like me, they would definitely ignore him. But you stayed and treated me. I haven't met such a kind person for a long time."

Zhou Xinyue smiled and said, "It's just human nature, nothing serious. Ayi, you don't have to be polite."

"Ayue, thank you. I am not a person who likes to say thank you, but you treated my wounds in such a difficult environment and fed me with wild vegetables and fruits to keep me alive. I am really grateful. What do you want in return?"

Zhou Xinyue looked at him curiously and thought, you are in this state, and you still want to repay me. Although you are grateful, I think he is a good person, but what can you give me in return with your torn clothes?

Ayi seemed to see through his thoughts and said with a smile: "Hahahaha, Ayue, just ask for whatever you want. Even though I can't do it now, it doesn't mean I can't do it in the future."

Looking at Ayi who was laughing heartily, Zhou Xinyue was actually mesmerized and thought that he looked really good when he laughed.

Ayi continued, "Your expression is like that of a country woman. If it weren't for your male body, I would have thought that you were like those girls who were so happy to see me that they couldn't walk."

Zhou Xinyue blinked her eyes and said guiltily: "Tsk, what's so great about that? I just looked at you for a few more times. You really think you are so pretty. You are overestimating yourself."

Ah Yi stopped smiling and said with a serious expression: "Okay, tell me, what do you want? I will definitely repay you when I have the chance."

Zhou Xinyue looked at Ayi in front of her and thought to herself: What can I lack? I just lack money. Now I just want to buy a yard and move out, so that I can have a place to stay and give Erdan and Sandan a home.

Zhou Xinyue sighed and said, "Alas, what do I lack? It's nothing but money. With money, everything is good. Without money, nothing is good!"

Ayi looked at Zhou Xinyue with disdain and said, "So you are so vulgar? You want money? I thought you wanted something special."

Zhou Xinyue smiled and said, "I am just so vulgar. I just want money. Will you give it to me? Do you have any?"

Ayi nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Zhou Xinyue said: "See? You can't even protect yourself and yet you're still talking nonsense."

Ayi smiled but said nothing.

Ayi looked at her right foot and said, "Stretch out your right foot."

Zhou Xinyue looked at him and asked, "Can you cure this?"

Zhou Xinyue didn't ask too much and stretched out her leg. Ayi gently lifted her leg. Zhou Xinyue hurriedly said, "Go slower, I'm very afraid of pain, very, very afraid of pain. Go slower, go slower, I'm nervous, can you do it?"

Ayi raised his eyes and gave a wicked smile. Zhou Xinyue was mesmerized for a moment. In an instant, there were two clicks. Zhou Xinyue was stunned. Ayi covered his wound again and fell back, lazily, as if nothing had happened.

Zhou Xinyue was stunned. She turned her feet and was able to move them. However, it was still very painful. She could just move them.

Zhou Xinyue hurriedly got up and took two steps lightly. Although it was painful, her feet no longer felt the severe pain that prevented her from even landing. The pain was much relieved, and she could move slowly and even her ankle could move.

Zhou Xinyue said in surprise: "This, this, this is fixed? Did I connect the wrong bone?"

Ayi said lazily, "You misplaced it yourself, and it made your ankle worse. Don't worry, just rest for two days and you'll be fine."

Zhou Xinyue said happily: "You are quite good, you are quite capable. I couldn't even touch the ground for the past two days, but now I can walk slowly, haha."

Ayi looked up at Zhou Xinyue who was happy and also smiled happily. At this time, a gurgling sound came from Ayi's stomach. Ayi said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, this is something I can't control."