Recovery of memory

  After dinner, Bai Haoran and his cousin ran out to the bamboo forest to dig for insects. Geng Mei and her sister sat in the courtyard peeling bamboo shoots, while Yu Tian lay in her grandmother's arms gazing at everything outside.

  The old lady may have found that her granddaughter was a bit too quiet, so she took her into the house to find something for her to play with. She wasn't really interested in things like drums, but when she saw a black circle in her grandmother's drawer, she thought it should be fun and reached out to grab it.

  Grandma smiled, "Your brother's doll is quite playful. This was brought back by your grandpa years ago, I don't know what it is either. Alright, since you like it, Grandma will give it to you to play with."

  Yueting held a hoop in both hands and curtsied to the old lady with a smile, amusing her grandma.

  "Second daughter, this little girl of yours is quite interesting. I feel like she's a bit like a little adult. She's only a few months old and yet she seems to understand what I'm saying."

  Geng Mei listened to her mother's words and felt somewhat unconvinced, "Mom, don't you see whose child this is? Your daughter is so clever, how could the child be stupid? Our little girl is clever too, haven't you seen that she doesn't make a fuss usually, only crying out twice when it's time to change her diaper or when she's hungry."

  Geng Mei was telling the truth, and this was something that all the women in the family knew, which is why they found it strange.

  "Mom, did we all behave like this when we were young?"

  The third sister Geng Hong asked somewhat strangely.

  The old lady smiled and shook her head, "You several are not as smart as your niece, maybe she takes after the White family."

  Look, Yu Xi stuffed the ring into her mouth, and the old lady was frightened and shouted, "Hey, my little darling, this thing can't be eaten. Come, Grandma will tie a string around your neck to play with."

  Geng Mei and her three sisters were startled by the old lady's shout, and when they saw what was in Yu Lin's hand, Fourth Sister Geng Die couldn't help but say, "Mom, why are you giving this thing to Yu Lin? Be careful that the child doesn't put it in his stomach. But speaking of which, what is this thing anyway? It's not gold, it's not silver, and I don't know what use Dad had for it when he picked it up back then. It might as well be thrown away."

  The old lady said with a smile while playing with the string, "Hehe, fortunately I didn't throw it away. You see how much your niece likes this thing? The child doesn't like all those small toys in the drawer, but she wants this one from me. Alas, perhaps her grandfather knew back then that his granddaughter would like this thing and specially picked it up to leave for our little girl."

  She tied a rope around her neck with a ring and hung it up, "Well, this time you can't get your mouth on it."

  Rain gently touched the ring hanging from her neck with her small hand, feeling a sense of calmness and drowsiness in her heart.

  In a daze, she felt as if she had fallen asleep, but her mind was flooded with memories of her past life, like a burst dam. She finally understood why she could understand the conversations between adults - she had indeed been reborn, and was trapped in this small infant body. But she felt as though she had forgotten something, which made her heart ache, a sharp pain that seemed to pierce through her chest. It turned out that people really could have reincarnation, and she now had another chance at life. She wondered if her parents had also been reborn, but thinking of her father's unjust death made her grit her teeth in hatred towards his killer, her uncle. Unfortunately, she hadn't had the chance to avenge her father before coming here.

  She opened her eyes and looked around the room, with a faint guess in her heart, but she didn't quite understand why she recovered her memory at this time. Looking at the black ring on her neck, was it this thing that helped her remember past events?

  Hearing her mother's steady breathing beside her, her heart calmed down a lot. Since she had come back to life again, she would definitely protect her family well and not let things happen like they did in her previous life.

  She fell asleep again with her eyes closed, but this time she suddenly had a dream. In the dream, there was a blurry figure, a man in white clothes holding her body and whispering in her ear, "If there's another life, I'll be the one to protect you."

  The longer he stayed at his grandma's house, the more unbearable it became for Bai Haoran. "Mom, when are we going back? I miss my dad and them."

  The little guy pouted his mouth, and that small appearance was so cute, Yu Tong lay in his mother's arms and smiled at his brother.

  Geng Mei patted her son's little head, "Look at your sister teasing you, when Dad is free, he will come to pick us up and take us home."

  She was also uncertain in her heart, and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "I don't know what your dad is doing at this time." She sighed inwardly, wanting to return home early. Although this was her maternal home, no matter how good it was, it wasn't her own home after all.

  Geng Mei helps her sister with household chores every day. She and her three children can't just live off others for free, besides, their maternal family isn't wealthy either, the three of them also need a lot of food to eat.

  Yu Tong is accompanied by her brother every day, and when Bai Haoran goes out to play, she lies on the kang alone or is placed in a stroller by her grandmother. Although she has recovered her memory, she can't show it too much, still being obedient as usual, crying out for adults when something happens.

  It's a relief for Geng Mei to have this child, as the three of them had been staying at their maternal grandmother's house for almost a year since winter. Bai Wenli finally arrived in the spring, just when his son was about to forget him, and took the three of them back together.

  "Oh, son..."

  As soon as Bai Wenli entered the courtyard, he rushed to Bai Haoran, who was still playing with mud, and stretched out his hand. The little guy tilted his head and thought for a while, then happily opened his small arms and flung himself into his embrace.

  "Dad, you've finally come to pick us up. If you hadn't come, my sister and I would have almost forgotten what you look like."

  The son's words made Bai Wenguang's heart a little sour, and even though he was a tough guy, he couldn't help but redden his eyes.

  It's almost been a year since he saw his children. To be honest, in those sleepless nights of tossing and turning, he also missed the three daughters who were far away.

  "Hao Ran, where's your mom and sister?"

  Bai Haoran pulled his big hand to a room, "Sister is sleeping, mom helped grandma and them go sell vegetables, mom said if sister wakes up let me call aunt over to take care of her."

  Bai Wengui looked at his little daughter who was already asleep on the bed, and he felt a thousand emotions in his heart. When he had just left, she was only two months old and hadn't even opened her eyes yet, but now she was one year old. Looking at his daughter's delicate and lovely appearance, a corner of his heart collapsed, this was his flesh and blood.

  Rough big hands gently stroked his daughter's tender face, and Bai Wenli's face was filled with a strong man's tenderness.

  Yu Xuan was slowly awakened by his gentle touch, and during this time she had been having a lot of dreams. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the house had gone out, she wanted to make up for lost sleep, but unexpectedly opened her eyes to see Bai Wenli's doting gaze that was almost dripping with water.