Chapter 14: Rebirth

"My child, my child, it''s really you. Mother has finally found you." While passing a small shop, my hand was suddenly grabbed by a flamboyant, extravagantly dressed woman, who immediately pulled me into her embrace.

“孩子，我的孩子，真的是你，母亲终于找到你了。”在穿过一小店时，我的手突然被一位疯疯癫癫穿戴华贵的妇人拉住了，然后马上这位妇人把我拥入怀抱中。

Seeing this, my mother quickly stepped forward to pull me away.

母亲一瞧这件事，马上上来拉我。

"Madam, you are mistaken. This is my daughter, not yours."

“夫人，您弄错了，这是我的女儿，不是您的女儿。”

"How could this be? How could she not be my daughter? She is my daughter, Swallow!" The woman refused to let me go while her maidservant tried to persuade her that I wasn''t the young lady she thought and that she had mistaken me for someone else.

“怎么可能？怎么可能不是我的女儿？就是我的女儿燕儿。”妇人不肯松手，而她身边的丫头也劝说妇人说我不是小姐，夫人是认错了。

"Mother! Mother!" I called out to the woman.

“娘!娘！”我朝着妇人叫道。

Upon hearing my calling, the woman''s tears turned into laughter, leaving my birth mother and the maidservants stunned.

这下妇人转哭为笑，而我母亲和妇人以及身边的丫鬟都惊呆了。

"Child, come back with me," she said.

“孩子，和我回去吧！”

"Mother, this woman..." I held my birth mother''s hand. "She raised me and took care of me. I can go with you, but her family is so poor they don''t even have food to eat."

“娘，这位……...”我拉着母亲的手道。“她养育了我，照顾了我，娘，我可以和你走，可是她们家很穷，连饭都没得吃”

"Take all of this!" The woman''s maidservant pulled out all the money she had, and I quickly took it from her, placing it into my birth mother''s pocket, trying to attract as little attention as possible.

“这些都给你！”妇人丫环把身上的钱财全部拿出来，我忙接过妇人手中的钱，装进母亲的口袋里，尽可能少引起别人的注意。

Then, I whispered softly into my birth mother''s ear:

然后悄声和母亲耳语道:

"Mother, take this money and go home quickly. Don''t make a fuss, and I''ll find a way to visit you later. Make sure to save some money for yourself, and don''t let father find out. Don''t worry about me. I''ll manage. This is our only way out." After sayin