Zhang Xuemei was reclining in her chair, half asleep, her brow furrowed as if something was troubling her. She seemed to be dreaming about something, her dreams unresolved.

"Auntie, wake up! Auntie, Grandma, please wake Auntie up!" Zhang Yajing anxiously nudged her aunt, and seeing that her aunt was still not awake, she quickly shouted into the house.

Zhang Xuemei felt someone pulling her, and with difficulty opened her eyes, only to find that she was not in her own home.

"This is?" She was still a little confused, looking at the little girl in front of her. She felt that the girl looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.

"Oh dear, Auntie, you're finally awake! Get up quickly. My mom said the family planning officials are here and they're looking for you at every house in the village. You should hide as much as possible."

When Zhang Yajing saw that her aunt had woken up, she quickly urged her to hide.

"What? The family planning office is here? Oh dear, why didn't you say so sooner!" Zhang's mother, Liu Taohua, was a little anxious and kept pacing around.

The little girl was a bit aggrieved. She had already called for her aunt, but her aunt was asleep and wouldn't get up!

Zhang Xuemei was stunned. Looking around, she realized that this seemed to be her parents' home.

Looking down at her prominently protruding belly, she wondered how she could be pregnant again.

Is this what my daughter always calls rebirth? But this is too outrageous!

Seeing that her youngest daughter was still standing there blankly, Zhang's mother was getting anxious!

She grabbed her daughter's hand and said, "Come on, quickly hide in the attic, behind the big bed. It's dark there, you won't be able to find us."

Zhang Yajing quickly grabbed her grandmother, "Grandma, no, my mom said it's not safe to hide at home, she told me to take my aunt to hide in the mountains."

Zhang's mother was taken aback. "Up in the mountains? Is that alright? Your aunt is so heavily pregnant."

"There's nothing we can do about it. My mom said that an auntie at the village entrance was found hiding in her house and has been taken away."

"Oh dear, Auntie, hurry up and come with me, we're going to be late!" Zhang Yajing urged her aunt to leave quickly.

Zhang Xuemei came to her senses and twisted her cheek hard. "Ouch!" Oh my god, it hurt. Could all of this be real?

Moreover, she recognized the little girl as her niece when she was a child, so she is currently pregnant with her second child.

Realizing what had happened, Zhang Xuemei didn't dare to delay any longer and immediately stood up.

"Ya Jing, come on, quickly take your aunt up the mountain." Zhang's mother pushed the two of them towards the back of the mountain.

The two encountered many people along the way, but everyone tacitly pretended not to see them.

A kind old lady even gave them directions, worried that the aunt and niece might get lost and run into the family planning office.

“Come on, Auntie, let’s go this way. I’ve been here with my classmates before. There’s a hillside there that’s perfect for hiding people. You can rest here too.”

Zhang Yajing supported her aunt, not daring to walk too fast, for fear of falling.

Zhang Xuemei held her breath and followed her niece to the back of a sloping hill. Not caring about the dirt, she slowly slid down the hillside.

Seeing that her aunt was covered in sweat and looked thirsty, Zhang Yajing stood up and said, "Aunt, sit down for a while. I'll go to the front and get you some water. I also brought a water bottle."

Zhang Xuemei nodded; she was indeed quite thirsty, knowing that her niece spent all day running around in the mountains and was very familiar with the surroundings.

"Be careful, don't fall, and don't let anyone see you."

"I know, Auntie!"

After Zhang Yajing left, the surroundings quieted down. The weather in June was already quite hot, and after climbing the mountain for so long, Zhang Xuemei's back was sweating.

She was now certain that she had traveled back in time, back to the days when she was pregnant with her second child, and that this child…

Zhang Xuemei lowered her head and touched her belly. This time, she was determined not to give the child away again; she would raise it herself.

It would be best if her husband agreed, but if he didn't, she wasn't afraid to get a divorce.

Lost in her own thoughts, Zhang Xuemei heard footsteps approaching from afar, and her heart jumped.

Looking ahead, the person slowly stood up, leaning against the earthen slope, ready to run if things went wrong.

Although she's heavily pregnant and definitely can't outrun them, the family planning officials didn't search the mountain in her past life, so they probably won't this time either, right?

Zhang Yajing, with a large water bottle hanging around her neck, slowly came up the slope. Seeing her aunt half-standing, she quickly went over to help her sit down.

"Auntie, it's alright. I checked and there's no one around. You should drink some water first."

He handed the water bottle over, and only took it from his aunt after she finished drinking, then drank a few sips himself.

When are they leaving? How long will we be staying on the mountain?

It had been such a long time that Zhang Xuemei couldn't quite remember how long she had spent on the mountain in her previous life, but it certainly hadn't been short.

Zhang Yajing was bored and picked up stones from the ground to play with. When her aunt asked her what her mother had told her, she told her aunt what her mother had told her.

“My mom told us to stay on the mountain and that she would come to pick us up. She told us not to come down the mountain on our own, in case we ran into her.”

The seven-year-old girl is already very capable; she can handle the tasks her mother asks for perfectly without being afraid at all.

The little girl knew that her aunt wanted to have a younger brother because everyone thought so. If she had a younger brother, her aunt wouldn't have to work so hard.

"Auntie, you must be carrying a little brother. Don't be afraid, they won't be able to find you."

Zhang Xuemei touched her niece's hair and thought with a wry smile: What kind of younger brother is this? No matter how many children I have, they will all be daughters. I'm destined to have no sons.

Besides, who says daughters are inferior to sons? My own niece is much better than my nephew.

However, this was also her niece's good intention, so she smiled and replied, "It's okay, a younger brother or sister is fine. Anyway, Auntie isn't planning on having any more children. Let's raise them well, and then Jingjing can play with her little sister, okay?"

"Okay! I'll definitely be a good older sister," Zhang Yajing patted her chest and assured them.

The aunt and niece chatted by the earthen slope until they both fell asleep.

When Lin Haitao found the two of them, they were fast asleep!

"Wake up, Xuemei."

Zhang Xuemei was startled awake, thinking it was someone from the family planning office, and was almost scared to death.

Upon seeing that it was his sister-in-law, he immediately went limp and couldn't even stand up.

Lin Haitao felt heartbroken seeing her third sister's pitiful state; it was always the women who suffered.

"Alright, they're all gone. I looked around the village several times to make sure they were gone before I rushed up the mountain to look for you. This place is quite secluded; I searched for quite a while."

"That's right, this is our secret base," Zhang Yajing said proudly.

"You did a good job this time. When you get back, Mom will give you a dime. Don't tell your brother, he's a big mouth and can't keep a secret."

Lin Haitao was initially worried about whether her daughter could handle the matter well, but to her surprise, she actually did. She deserves a reward.

Zhang Xuemei looked at the sky; it was already dark, probably past six o'clock.

"Sister-in-law, shall we go down the mountain now?"

"Let me help you down, and Jingjing will lead the way. I brought a flashlight, so you can use it to light the way."

Zhang Yajing led the way. The little girl was very thoughtful, and she even turned sideways to light the way so that her mother and aunt could not see her.