Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 1: Reborn

In a daze, Shen Zhao felt like he was floating up like a cloud.

Fly straight towards a ball of light not far away.

Only later did I realize that the ball of light was actually a tightly closed window, with rays of light shining through the gaps between the window frames.

Entering through the window, I saw a small house with a wooden roof and earthen walls.

A tall copper lamp with branches was placed on the floor of the room. Three lamp plates were burning with bean-sized flames, illuminating the surroundings very brightly.

There was no furniture in the house. The dirt floor was covered with a straw mat, and on the straw mat was a quilt of an indecipherable color.

A half-naked woman with disheveled hair stood on the mattress.

I saw her arms being held by two women, in a half-squatting position, groaning in pain.

Another woman knelt at the woman's feet, as if delivering a baby: "Madam, I can already see the top of the baby's head, please try harder."

The woman's face was covered in sweat, her hair stuck to her cheeks. She gritted her teeth and exerted force, and felt something flowing out from under her body.

"It's born!" The midwife quickly caught the red little baby and exclaimed in a low voice: "It's a girl."

The woman's relaxed expression changed instantly. She sobbed silently twice, and tears rolled down her cheeks.

A woman holding her up whispered in her ear: "Don't be afraid, Madam. We have made all the arrangements. You will definitely give birth to a little boy."

Unexpectedly, the woman was not only not comforted, but her tears flowed even more violently.

Suddenly, her stomach tightened again and she screamed in pain.

"Ma'am, hold on, there's still one!"

The experienced woman quickly slapped the baby's butt twice, and when she started crying, she wiped her mouth with a cloth dipped in hot water.

Then he used a pair of burned scissors to cut the baby's umbilical cord, took out a piece of twine from the medicine box to tie it tightly, and then gave it to the slave beside him to bandage it.

After a while, the woman gave birth to another child, who was slightly smaller than the previous one, but cried louder.

"It's another girl." The midwife announced the gender in a low voice.

When the woman heard this, her head tilted and she fainted.

There was a chaos and confusion, some were pinching the Ren Zhong point, some were taking out the placenta.

Shen Zhao looked at it in surprise.

However, what surprised her even more was that a woman next to the woman pushed open the wooden door and went out, and a few moments later came in with a bamboo basket.

Shen Zhao was curious and went over to take a look. He saw the woman taking out a tiny baby from the basket. The baby seemed to be only a few days old.

The woman quickly stuffed the baby into her arms, put the newborn baby girl into the basket, covered it with a piece of cloth, and took it out.

No one spoke during the whole process, as if nothing had happened. Even the woman who had just woken up approved of the woman's actions.

Shen Zhao was surprised and followed the woman out of the door involuntarily.

The moon and the stars are shining in the sky outside, and the lonely courtyard stands alone in the countryside.

There were a few houses not far away, but at the moment it was dark and only their outlines could be seen vaguely.

The woman walked quickly with the basket, and Shen Zhao followed her involuntarily.

After walking for a long time, the woman came to a wilderness and stopped.

Putting the basket down, she took out the tightly wrapped baby girl and placed her in a shallow pit.

Then he kowtowed to the baby girl respectfully, muttered something, and with trembling hands quickly dug the soil to bury the baby girl.

Shen Zhao was stunned.

She actually wanted to bury the baby alive!

You bastard! So vicious!

If you don't want to keep her, you can give her away! Why bother to kill her?

Shen Zhao was extremely angry, as if he was the baby girl.

He wanted to kick someone, but he felt like air and couldn't touch anything.

Watching the woman leave, Shen Zhao frantically dug at the dirt covering the baby, trying to give the baby a chance to breathe.

However, she could do nothing, and as time passed, she felt more and more suffocated.

Shen Zhao was terrified and confused. He wanted to escape from here as quickly as possible, but his body was tied up tightly and he couldn't move at all.

It’s over! I’m going to die again this time!
Shen Zhao was gasping for breath, and the intense suffocation made him see stars.

Suddenly, a force seemed to release the restraints on his body, and Shen Zhao flew into the air. He suddenly opened his eyes.

What I saw was an extremely familiar face.

But this face was about ten years younger than I remembered, about sixteen or seventeen.

When the boy saw her wake up, he subconsciously stood up, took a few steps back, and put his hands behind his back.

Shen Zhao, lying on his back on the ground, was in a daze for a while before he remembered what was going on.

I was actually reborn!
Reborn at the age of fourteen.

When she suddenly emerged from the dark prison and saw Xue Lingyao at first sight, she was a little slow to react.

In grief and anger, he slapped Xue Lingyao hard.

As a result, he was pushed into the ditch with great force, hit the back of his head, and passed out instantly.

The person who pushed him was Xue Yi, Xue Lingyao's twin brother, who was standing next to the boy.

Shen Zhao raised his hand with difficulty and touched his tongue.

Fortunately, the tongue is intact.

I touched the back of my head and it was sticky and covered in bright red blood.

"Stop pretending, I know you're fine."

The handsome young man looked at her coldly with a cold face: "If you hadn't hit Lingyao first, how could Ayi push you?"

Shen Zhao took a deep breath and slowly calmed the hatred in his heart.

Reason told her that she couldn't confront them at this moment.

Because this was the wilderness, he was alone and weak, and he had a head injury, so he was no match for the three people in front of him.

In her previous life, she had witnessed the cruelty of the Xue siblings and Qin Yi, so she could not take it lightly in this life.

I was finally reborn, and I couldn't let myself be killed by these people without even seeing my parents.

As the saying goes, endure the calm for a while and take a step back to open up the world.

As long as he is alive, he will have plenty of time to take revenge, so there is no need to rush.

Shen Zhao closed his eyes, slowly sat up, and said softly while enduring the dizziness in his head: "I don't blame him."

The boy was obviously relieved, but his tone was still cold: "Then go to the water and wash it, don't let anyone see the blood."

Shen Zhao suppressed the urge to kill, and slowly stood up with the help of the big rock beside him.

Calming herself down, she walked towards a puddle.

The wound must never come into contact with water, otherwise it may become infected and induce serious illness.

He took off the blood-stained linen coat and rubbed it gently in the water, and the bright red blood dyed the entire puddle red.

Shen Zhao washed his clothes indifferently, wrung them casually and put them on.

He turned to the boy and said, "Qin Yi, can I go home now?"

Qin Yi stared at her for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay." After a pause, he said: "I hope you don't tell your parents about what happened today."

Shen Zhao hummed lightly.

At this time, Xue Lingyao came over and said softly: "A Zhao, my brother was wrong just now. I apologize to you on his behalf." As she spoke, she bent over slowly.

Shen Zhao said nothing, turned around and walked towards his neighbors.

Not long after walking, Xue Yi's cold voice came from behind: "Shen Zhao! Don't think you can be arrogant just because you are Qin Yi's fiancée. If you dare to attack my sister again, I will not forgive you!"

Shen Zhao walked forward with an expressionless face. After being extremely angry, he was unusually calm.

After walking for a long time, I finally saw the thatched houses I remembered and my mother pounding rice in the fenced yard.

Shen Zhao held back his tears and ran over quickly.

When he reached the gate of the courtyard, Shen Zhao was so dizzy that he could not stand. He had to hold on to the door frame with his hands and gasped for breath.

Zhang Shanyue saw his daughter coming back soaking wet and with a frighteningly pale face, so he quickly dropped the wooden pestle and ran over to hug her: "A Zhao, what happened?"

He looked back at the way he came and asked in confusion, "Didn't you go to pick dates with Qin Yi and the others? Why did you come back alone?"

Shen Zhao was choked with sobs and couldn't speak, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

Then everything went dark and he fell into his mother's arms.

(End of this chapter)