Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Zhou Xinyue felt happy as she watched everyone having fun. Later she found out that eight or nine of the servants who came with them were children of the villagers in Guihua Village.

When the villagers saw their children, the lively and warm scene made Zhou Xinyue feel happy and touched, but also a sense of emptiness.

Seeing many old mothers looking at their children, crying with joy and wiping their tears, Zhou Xinyue shed tears. She missed her mother and father, and wondered if they were doing well now.

Zhou Xinyue turned her head and saw Erdan and Sandan in the corner. They were watching the scene of everyone reuniting with their families with tears in their eyes and were quietly wiping their tears. They had no parents, and they must be feeling very lonely seeing this scene.

Zhou Xinyue walked over, put her hands on their shoulders, and said comfortingly: "We are a family, we will never be separated, okay?"

They laughed, and Zhou Xinyue also laughed, with tears falling from the corners of her eyes.

Everyone was very happy that night and the bonfire warmed everyone present.

Zhou Xinyue later found out that this Osmanthus Village had been funded by the � family all year round. Every year, everyone would receive food, clothes and other things from the � family at irregular intervals, so that everyone would not go hungry and would have clothes to wear.

Originally, his family had a large farm. But many years ago, after the great epidemic, Goudan's mother passed away, there was a fire, and then a heavy rain. The farm was no longer in its original state.

The family never repaired it and it gradually fell into disrepair, but the family never stopped supporting Guihua Village.

Zhou Xinyue still praised the kind behavior of her husband in her heart.

Before they knew it, many people were drunk and they talked about many things in the past around the campfire.

The village chief came over with a wooden box and said, "Dan girl, you are now a big girl and will soon become an adult. This old man has kept this for a long time because I hope you will leave it to you before you become an adult. This is the thought your mother left for you!"

Zhou Xinyue took the wooden box and was curious about what was inside, so she opened it. Inside was a pile of things that were burnt but not completely burned, a mess.

Zhou Xinyue felt dizzy from drinking some wine, so she closed the door again, wanting to wait until she was more sober before opening it again.

In short, the welcoming banquet tonight was very lively and everyone was very happy.

The next morning, Zhou Xinyue was woken up by Erdan. Zhou Xinyue rubbed her eyes and woke up. Erdan said happily, "Hurry up and have breakfast. The village chief and others are already in the yard and have prepared breakfast for everyone. Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Zhou Xinyue quickly tied her hair up casually, put on men's clothes and went out. Everyone was still chatting and laughing lively.

The breakfast was very simple, just wild vegetable and millet porridge. Zhou Xinyue knew it couldn't be compared with modern breakfast. Everyone ate happily, and Zhou Xinyue was just as happy eating and chatting and laughing with everyone.

Zhou Xinyue arranged for everyone to go home to visit her parents. The servants who were not from this village stayed behind to help with farm work and cooking for the next two days. Erdan and Sandan went with her to pay their respects.

They came to Ye Ningfang's grave with memorial items in their hands. Erdan and Sandan could no longer control their sadness and knelt down with tears streaming down their faces, expressing their longing for Ye Ningfang.

Zhou Xinyue stood there awkwardly, her heart in turmoil. She wanted to pretend to be sad, but she couldn't squeeze out any tears.

Erdan said after a while, "Come here quickly, Goudan, to meet your mother."

Erdan wiped his tears after he finished speaking. Zhou Xinyue looked at this very unfamiliar grave and really didn't know what to say. Erdan quickly said, "Come, kowtow to your mother and pay your respects."

Zhou Xinyue took a deep breath, knelt down and said, "Sister, I will communicate with mother now. Please don't disturb me for now. I will communicate with mother."

Erdan nodded hurriedly, wiped his tears, and pulled Sandan to the back.

Zhou Xinyue then took another deep breath, feeling uneasy, not knowing whether Ye Ningfang could hear her.

Zhou Xinyue said in a very small voice: "I'm very sorry, I'm not actually your daughter. I'm sorry to occupy your daughter's body temporarily. I don't know how I got here. This is also something I can't figure out. Your daughter was killed by the fourth concubine of the mansion with a vase that day. This is something no one wants to see. Now, Erdan and Sandan are helpless. Now that I'm here, they are also my relatives. I will take care of them, protect them, and stay with them forever. Please rest assured."

After saying that, Zhou Xinyue kowtowed. At this moment, a breeze blew gently in the quiet woods, as if responding to Ye Ningfang. The fragrance of flowers blown by the breeze was refreshing.

After the memorial service, they returned to the village. Erdan and Sandan were outside the room, laughing and joking with the people from the mansion in the yard. Zhou Xinyue was about to lie down when she suddenly saw the black wooden box on the table.

Zhou Xinyue stood up again, walked to the table and sat down, slowly opening the wooden box. She was dizzy yesterday and didn't check this thing carefully, so she would take a look today when she has time.

Zhou Xinyue carefully took out these things. The one with the highest degree of perfection was a painting, neither too big nor too small. Most of it was burned, but a few people could still be vaguely seen on the painting.

The scene is in a large courtyard. In the left corner there is a big pot boiling something, a little girl is making a fire, a little boy is playing with a stick, in the middle there is a man holding a bowl of soup and passing it to a woman with a smile, the woman is smiling and taking it with her hand. There is a small child sitting on the ground at the feet of the woman, this child should be Goudan, right?

There are some people lying on the ground on the right side of the painting. Because the painting is incomplete and dirty, some of the faces and bodies of the people lying in the painting are missing, and the painting is severely damaged.

Zhou Xinyue looked at the gentle and charming woman in the painting and thought that she should be Goudan’s mother. She was indeed a beauty, looking very gentle and beautiful.

It seems that this Goudan inherited her mother's beauty.

When Zhou Xinyue was looking at Goudan's mother carefully, she suddenly noticed this man. He was very handsome, with a hint of tenderness between his eyebrows.

The only difference was that this man had a black mole at the corner of his left eye, with a few hairs on the mole. When he was handing the medicine to Goudan's mother, the three back fingers of his hands were curled up. In modern terms, he looked a bit effeminate.

This man was quite intimate with Goudan's mother, so he must be Goudan's father. Zhou Xinyue thought that Goudan's father must be a sissy.

At that time, Erdan talked about many things in the past, but rarely mentioned Goudan's father. It was strange. Zhou Xinyue thought she had to ask Erdan about it.