Chapter 3: Endless Kinship

  At night, our classmate Zhao Fei, with his legs crossed, leaned against his arm and gazed through the skylight at the starry sky, lost in infinite reverie. Maybe he slept too much during the day, or maybe the shock hadn't worn off yet, anyway, he just couldn't sleep.

  Through inherited memories, Zhao Fei can confirm that he has crossed over to ancient times. Moreover, he hasn't left the Chinese mainland. However, as for which specific era it is, he doesn't know. As a teenager with a weak body who has never left his village, how many useful memories does Zhao Fei have to draw upon?

  Zhao Fei was born into a peasant family of four. His father, Zhao Hu, was an honest and simple farmer who had no grand ambitions or ideals, his only concern being to cultivate the land well and hope for a good harvest in autumn so that his family could have enough food to eat. His mother, Li Shi, was also born into a peasant family and did not have a name, as it was common in ancient times for women from ordinary families not to be given names unless they were born into large and wealthy households.

  Zhao Fei's village is called Zhaojia Village, located in Zhen Ding County, and it is an agricultural village organized by clan. The whole village has only thirty or so households, all relying on farming for a living. It is a typical agricultural village that relies on the heavens for food.

  Xiao Zhao Fei's memory was very monotonous, all his memories were about things in the village. He was also curious about the world outside the village and had a strong desire to learn. However, due to his weak body, although he wanted to leave the village and see the outside world, it never came true. He would never have thought that before his wish was fulfilled, he would kick off with both legs.

  Zhao Fei lay on the wooden board, filtering through them again and again, hoping to find something useful for himself. However, after repeated efforts, except for solving his own identity problem and knowing who he was, nothing else was of any help.

  "What am I supposed to do?! I don't know anything! With this small body, if I were born in a peaceful era, without any major disasters or illnesses, it would be good enough to barely make it to the end of my life. But what if I was born in a chaotic era? I can only rely on these small arms and legs, but even running is impossible. What am I supposed to do?! Since I'm already here, I'll just have to make do, regardless of whether it's a peaceful or chaotic era. For the sake of my future happiness, (it seems that this NEET still hasn't forgotten his sense of justice) I should probably start exercising first, as this is the foundation of survival! Why did I end up with such an inferior body?! But how am I supposed to exercise? With sit-ups and push-ups? Can this body even handle it?! Ah, what a pity!"

  Zhao Fei lay on his bed, lost in thought about his future development. At that moment, Li walked in.

  "Feier, get up and eat something. Your brother Yun is worried about your health, so he specially caught a wild rabbit for you from the mountain to help supplement your body."

  "Yún Gē..." Zhao Fei intentionally prolonged the pronunciation. Because he was searching for Yun Ge's figure from his childhood memories of Zhao Fei. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration.

  "Mom, when did Cloud come? Why didn't you call me?"

  "Ah, Yun came over when you were still fast asleep, and Ah Yun didn't have the heart to disturb your rest. So she put down her things and left. Fei-er, in the future when you see Ah Fei, be sure to repay his kindness, he has always taken care of you as if you were a close brother. Don't disappoint his good intentions, hurry up and take care of yourself."

  "Don't worry, mom, I know. Yun Ge and I are like biological brothers. I've always treated him as my own older brother." Zhao Fei nodded deeply.

  "That's good, hurry up and get out of bed to eat." Li looked at Zhao Fei with a kind gaze, her eyes overflowing with boundless maternal love.

  "Alright, Mother, I'll go out now."

  Watching Li leave, Zhao Fei's mood couldn't calm down.

  "Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun, it's actually Zhao Yun! But I don't know if this Zhao Yun is the same one from the Three Kingdoms. If he is, should I be happy or unhappy? If it's that Zhao Yun, then I can live a life of luxury with this sturdy leg to rely on. However, everyone knows that Zhao Yun was born in the late Eastern Han dynasty, an era of war and chaos, where human life was worthless. Can someone like me adapt to such a tumultuous world? If it's really a chaotic era, how am I supposed to survive? Ah! The more I think about it, the more confused I get. Whatever, let's just hold onto Zhao Yun's leg for now. Regardless of whether he's the Zhao Yun from the Three Kingdoms or not, he's still a capable person. At the very least, we can go hunting in the mountains together and have meat to eat.

  Zhao Fei couldn't stop worrying about his own fate in his heart. As a transmigrator, he didn't have grand ambitions or ideals. He just hoped to live a peaceful life until his dying day. But would that really happen?"

  "Hmm~~~" was all that could be heard, followed by a rumbling noise coming from his own abdomen, causing Zhao Fei to smile awkwardly.

  "Haha, looks like I'm really hungry. Forget it, thinking so much doesn't solve anything, it's just adding trouble for myself. It's better to be carefree. Time to get up and eat." With that, Zhao Fei flipped over and got out of bed to prepare for a meal. Slowly standing up, he felt his legs trembling like bamboo sticks, and all he could feel in his heart was helplessness.

  "Alas~~~~~" could only sigh and walked out of the room.

  "Quickly come out, Fei Er, if you don't come out soon, the food will get cold." Seeing Zhao Fei coming out of the house, Li Shi hurried over to support him.

  Looking at the hot steaming meat soup in front of him, looking at his father gnawing on a black pancake, looking at Xiaoduo's eyes that were both thirsty and timid. Zhao Fei's tears kept falling down.

  "Fei'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?" Li Shi anxiously asked as she saw Zhao Fei cry.

  "If you want to be a man, don't cry easily, wipe away your tears and eat." Zhao Hu looked at Zhao Fei with a loving glare.

  "Uh-huh, I know, Father." Zhao Fei wiped away his tears and sat down.

  Zhao Fei took out most of the rabbit meat from his own stew and divided it among his parents and Xiaoduoer.

  "Feier, what are you doing? You just woke up and need to nourish your body. Your father and I are fine, we don't need to eat these." She said, then tried to push away the rabbit meat brought by Zhao Fei.

  "Mom, it's okay, this is too much, I won't be able to finish eating. You and Dad work hard for our family every day so that we can eat well, you need to take care of your body even more."

  "But..." Li still felt some reluctance, although she knew it was a remaining piece of filial piety.

  Zhao Hu interrupted Li and said to her, "Forget it, this is all the child's filial piety. Look at Fei Er, even if you push him away, he won't eat. You'd better eat and fulfill the child's filial wishes."

  Li had no choice but to eat the rabbit meat handed over by Zhao Fei. Although his face was filled with helplessness, his heart was still warm.

  Drinking the still slightly warm meat soup, looking at his parents in front of him, Zhao Fei's heart was filled with melancholy. It is said that parental love is unparalleled and great, and at this moment, Zhao Fei deeply felt this sentence. Before crossing over, he had never felt such deep parental love. Because before crossing over, his family was well-off and there were no major events. Although his parents loved him very much, they didn't have such a deep emotional connection.

  "Ugh~~~~ I've crossed over, but what about my parents? What will they do when they find out? They'll be heartbroken. Heaven, are you playing a trick on me? Thinking of how my parents worked hard to raise me until now... and before I could even repay their kindness, you brought me here! Why did I have to get struck by lightning?" Zhao Fei's head was getting more and more painful as he thought about it. He really wanted to look up at the sky and ask Heaven, what exactly did I do wrong?

  "Feier, what's wrong? Why have you stopped eating?" Seeing Zhao Fei put down the meat soup, as if thinking about something. Li Shi hastily asked.

  "Oh, it's nothing, Mother. I was just thinking about something. I'll eat now, I'll eat now." Zhao Fei, who had come out of his reverie, picked up the meat soup he had put down and continued drinking.

  After dinner, Zhao Fei was about to clean up the dishes when Li hastily stopped him.

  "Feier, you're still weak, let me handle these things. You go rest."

  "Mother, don't worry, this won't take much effort, I can handle it."

  "That won't do either, listen to your mother's words and go rest quickly."

  Looking at Li's resolute expression, Zhao Fei could only shake his head helplessly.

  "Alright then, Mother, I'll go rest first." After saying that, she handed the tableware to Li and reluctantly walked back to her room.