Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Si Niang suddenly saw Zhou Xinyue was silent, and she felt very curious, so she continued to ask: "What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop talking? Don't you want to talk to me?"

When Zhou Xinyue heard this, she saw that Si Niang was a little unhappy, so she quickly explained, "I was actually recalling and thinking about how to organize the words to tell you."

"Okay, have you thought about it?"

"He and I met on a ship. At that time, I was on the ship, working as a cook for the crew. He often came to help, and as time went by, we gradually developed feelings for each other, and we got together. After we got together, we had children one after another, and we have lived a normal life until now."

"Oh, I see! It does sound quite plain. Plainness is bliss. But sister, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not?"

"Fourth Lady, you're welcome. If you have anything you want to ask, just ask."

"Sister, you are so beautiful. Sometimes it is hard to imagine that your husband is just an ordinary sailor. With your looks, you are one in a million no matter which country you go to. But you are actually a pastry cook. This is even more shocking. Your story, your work, everything about you is shocking."

Zhou Xinyue smiled bitterly and said, "Appearance is actually the least valuable thing in the world. It will fade with the passage of time. The shelf life is even shorter and it will be gone soon. But if I have a skill, I think I won't go hungry."

After listening to this, Si Niang smiled and nodded repeatedly, praising, "That's right, I agree with what you said. It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Appearance really can't be used to make a living. You still have to have a skill to be able to gain a foothold in the world. No matter where you wander, you can find a bowl of rice for yourself."

Zhou Xinyue smiled and said, "Yes, that's the truth."

"Although you are young, I agree with the truth in what you said. You are very mature in your thinking."

Zhou Xinyue laughed twice and said, "No, no!"

The two women discussed life in this way, and before they knew it, night had arrived.

As there were waves of guests in front of the front room, singing and dancing, and the sound of stringed instruments continued at night, the nightlife began, and everyone in the kitchen started to get busy again.

Before we knew it, it was already Chou time. The people in front started to get tired and some left their seats to sleep. Gradually, the kitchen also became quiet.

Outside this big kitchen is a courtyard-like building with rooms on all four sides and an upper floor.

They decided that the women would sleep on the second floor and the men would sleep on the first floor, and that everyone should be ready to take orders at any time.

Zhou Xinyue was exhausted and felt that if someone asked her to make pastries next time, she would definitely not go and would firmly refuse.

Because I am really too tired. It's not enough to be exhausted. I can't take care of my children. I miss my children but can't see them. I have to endure the pain of missing them. Next time, no matter who it is, I will never go there again.

With such thoughts in mind, Zhou Xinyue fell asleep exhausted.

It was quiet at night. A person and a dark shadow slowly approached Zhou Xinyue's room.

The dark shadow was standing right next to Zhou Xinyue. He didn't do anything and just sat there watching blankly.

Zhou Xinyue, who was unaware of the situation, was grinding her teeth with her eyes closed, then she turned over and farted.

He slept soundly, snoring one after another.

I don't know how long it took. Thinking of going to the bathroom, Zhou Xinyue, who had a bloated bladder, couldn't hold it in any longer and prepared to get up to go to the toilet.

As I turned over and slowly sat up, I saw a tall dark shadow in front of me.

She was so scared that she opened her mouth wide and prepared to scream.

A big hand covered her mouth.

A familiar voice sounded in his ears. "It's me, the city lord you've been thinking about day and night, Balbu."

Zhou Xinyue's brows relaxed for a moment, but she became angry again when she heard his name.

This person is really sick and neurotic. He stays up in the middle of the night and runs to someone else's bedside to stand there and scare people. Only a mentally ill person can do such a thing. Who else can do such a thing?

Zhou Xinyue grabbed his hands with both hands and pulled them apart. She said, "Are you sick? Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night? What are you doing here?"

Balbu suddenly chuckled twice and said, "I'm not doing anything. I just want to come and see you, that's all."

A strong smell of alcohol hit Zhou Xinyue's nose. Zhou Xinyue quickly covered her mouth and nose and said in disgust: "Oh my god, such a strong smell of alcohol, are you drunk?"

Balbu waved his hand and said, "You underestimate me. How can I get drunk with such a small amount of wine? I look drunk but I am not."

Zhou Xinyue rolled her eyes at her and said, "A drunk person never says he is drunk."

Balbu chattered a lot to himself again, talking to himself.

Zhou Xinyue listened patiently to the long-winded chatter. Sometimes he spoke words that Zhou Xinyue could understand. Sometimes he spoke the language of a minority ethnic group, a word she couldn't understand.

But the general meaning is how much I like her. Tonight in the front hall, there are all kinds of beauties that I can't see for some reason, and I don't know what's wrong with me.

I was unhappy about various things and wondered if I was sick, so I came to seek medical treatment.

These are the sentences that can be summarized from the sentences that can be understood. As for the sentences that cannot be understood, I cannot understand any of them.

Zhou Xinyue was grabbed by his arm and held back for a while. She felt she couldn't hold it in any longer and yelled, "I want to go to the toilet, let me go."

"No, no, you can't go. If I say you can't go, then you can't go."

"I really can't do it anymore, let me go."

"No, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Zhou Xinyue really couldn't hold it in any longer, and in a fit of rage, she picked up something nearby and angrily hit him with a hammer. The man let go instantly and fell silent.

Zhou Xinyue hurried to the bathroom and came back to continue sleeping.

Until the next day, early in the morning, more than a dozen people blocked Zhou Xinyue's door.

Liu Si Niang came in hurriedly to remind her, saying, "Call your lover over, and at least stay out of the way. After all, you're married, so you should be careful. Look, this morning, your sister opened the door and saw a man lying on the ground. She was so scared that she sat down on the ground, and the people next door saw it, and everyone was watching!"

Zhou Xinyue didn’t know how to answer for a moment. She thought she was dreaming yesterday. Now, there was blood on the man’s head on the ground!

Zhou Xinyue didn’t know what to say or how to explain!

Zhou Xinyue took out a tiny bamboo medicine bottle from her personal cloth bag. As soon as she opened the wooden stopper of the small bamboo tube, the pungent smell went straight to her head.

She squatted down, put the bottle in front of Balbu's nose and smelled it. The pungent smell woke Balbu up immediately.

"Wow, that stinks, what's that?"

Zhou Xinyue looked speechlessly at Balbu, who still had a trace of blood on his forehead. She felt speechless and a little guilty.

After all, if it wasn't for him, he wouldn't have been knocked unconscious by her, and he wouldn't have bled. But who made him run into someone else's room in the middle of the night without saying hello, and say so many inexplicable things.

Not only did he say some weird things, he also didn't let others go to the toilet. He was obviously almost unable to hold it in, but he still kept talking for no reason. Who could stand this?

Zhou Xinyue took a handkerchief from the basin and wiped the blood off his head. She poured some medicine powder on the small wound on his head and healed it in a short while.

The wound was not deep and did not hit any vital parts.

He looked at Zhou Xinyue affectionately as she washed his face and applied medicine on him, blowing gently with her lips pursed from time to time, and felt a warm feeling in his heart.