Chapter 1 Warning

Gu Yihan had been having the same dream for several months in a row. In the dream, there was a pale and thin woman wearing a bulky gray pregnant woman's clothes.

Just like the orphanage grandmothers described in their time when they couldn't get enough to eat, Gu Yihan often spaced out at work during the day, always feeling restless, and reached out to touch the jade pendant around her neck.

This jade pendant was already hanging around Gu Yihan's neck when the orphanage director found her.

She had never taken the jade pendant off her body for 23 years. When she was 18, she accidentally cut her finger and accidentally touched the jade pendant, discovering the space inside it.

The jade pendant itself isn't very large, only about fifty square meters. It can only be used for preservation and storage, and in modern society, it doesn't serve any practical purpose.

Having read several novels, I was worried that I might be transported back to that impoverished era.

These past few days, Gu Yihan has been organizing her savings, because she herself is an orphan.

The student loans she took out after starting university meant that Gu Yihan was either working part-time or on her way to school. After finally graduating from university, she had only worked for a year and hadn't saved much money, just around 80,000 yuan.

Looking at her savings, Gu Yihan thought for a moment and then decided to spend it all on supplies. Although she might be overthinking things, what if she did time travel?

Over the next few days, Gu Yihan took a bus to Fujin City, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province. She first found an agency that could rent a warehouse for short-term use and rented a warehouse for 15 days. She then asked where she could find a shop that specialized in grinding flour and rice.

The agent kindly gave me directions. Following their directions, I went inside and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a white smock and a mask.

Gu Yihan asked, "Auntie, I'd like to ask you, do you sell rice here that you can grind fresh?"

The woman, speaking in a thick Northeastern accent, said, "Yes, what kind do you want?"

Gu Yihan: "I want 10,000 jin of rice, 10,000 jin of wheat, and 10,000 jin of corn. Can you grind them?"

The older woman said, "Sure, young lady, do you still want your rice husks and wheat bran?"

Gu Yihan smiled at her older sister and said, "Big sister, I want all of these. Could you please calculate the price for me?"

The auntie happily said, "Rice is 1.7 yuan per jin, wheat is 1.53 yuan per jin, and corn is 1.12 yuan per jin, which is 43,500 yuan."

Gu Yihan watched her older sister quickly calculate the price, and her heart ached with heartache.

"43,000 is fine, you can skip the 500. Come again next time!" the aunt said with a smile.

Gu Yihan paid the deposit to the aunt and left her address, saying she would pay the rest when the goods arrived.

After leaving the house, Gu Yihan went straight to the farmers' market. She still had less than 40,000 yuan left and needed to buy things quickly. She bought eight 50-jin barrels of oil, two boxes of salt, 500 jin of pork, 400 jin of mutton, and 1,000 jin of eggs.

I only have 24,000 yuan left in my savings, and there are still so many things I haven't bought.

I feel like this money is not enough at all. There is no other way at the moment, so I can only buy the necessities first. I also need to buy some milk powder for the pregnant woman.

Then Gu Yihan went to the supermarket and bought 10 boxes of sanitary napkins, 10 boxes of skincare products, 10 boxes of milk powder, 2 baby bottles, 1000 jin of brown sugar, and 2 cotton quilts weighing 10 jin each. She also ordered 1000 steamed buns and 1000 steamed breads from a breakfast shop, until she had spent almost all her savings.

The aunt called to say the goods had arrived, so Gu Yihan rushed to the warehouse, paid the balance, and put the items in her spatial storage after the aunt and the others left.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. Gu Yihan had no dreams and felt no discomfort. She thought she had misjudged the situation and went to sleep very early that night.

When Gu Yihan regained consciousness, she felt as if she were enveloped in a dark space, which felt extremely comfortable.

Every day I want to open my eyes and see the outside world, but I find that I can't open them no matter what I do, and I can't resist the attack of sleepiness.

As time passed, Gu Yihan became more and more lucid. She knew she had been reincarnated but had not yet been born.

During the few days she was lucid, she figured out who the family members were.

Her mother, Liu Zhaodi, is 25 years old and has two daughters, one 7 years old and the other 5 years old.

My father's name is Zhou Jianguo, and he is 28 years old. His grandfather passed away when he was very young, and his grandmother raised him by herself.

So Grandma was very domineering in the family. She said that if this baby was another girl, she would make Father divorce Mother.

Gu Yihan has limited waking hours each day. Whenever she is awake, she listens intently to the sounds outside, trying to find out what year it is.

Liu Zhaodi: "Jianguo, do you think I'm having a son this time?"

Zhou Jianguo rolled over and said, "Who knows? I can't see anything through your belly."

"It's definitely going to be a son. I've already given birth to two worthless children. It's time for it to be a son," Liu Zhaodi said resentfully.

Zhou Jianguo was extremely annoyed and said angrily, "Anyway, Mother said that if you don't give birth to a son, you can go back to your parents' home."

Liu Zhaodi, her face deathly pale, cursed, "Zhou Jianguo, don't you have any conscience? I bore your children, and you want me to go back to my parents' home."

Zhou Jianguo immediately sat up and glared at her fiercely: "Wait until you have a son before you talk to me about having children. If you only have girls, how dare you say that?"

"Go to sleep, or I'll beat you up." After saying that, Zhou Jianguo fell asleep and started snoring.

Liu Zhaodi could only watch Zhou Jianguo cry silently and whisper, "This one must be a son."

Gu Yihan sighed inwardly as she heard the arguing outside stop. She was probably going to be disappointed; she knew all too well whether she was a boy or a girl.

And so, Gu Yihan's days passed by incredibly quickly, caught between sleep and wakefulness.

Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, she heard Liu Zhaodi say, "Sister-in-law Cuihua, are you bringing food to your husband?"

Zhang Cuihua looked at Liu Zhaodi standing at their door and said, "No, it's just that it's too hot, so I brought some water for my husband."

Liu Zhaodi: "Hey, Sister Cuihua, your belly is so much smaller than mine! I remember yours was about the same size."

Zhang Cuihua smiled but didn't say anything.

Liu Zhaodi warmly pulled Zhang Cuihua along, saying, "Come in and rest your feet, it's so hot."

Without waiting for Zhang Cuihua's reaction, she pulled her into the courtyard. Left with no choice, Zhang Cuihua followed Liu Zhaodi into the courtyard.

Gu Yihan was puzzled, because she knew that her mother was not a warm-hearted person in this life, so what was she doing?

Zhang Cuihua listened to Liu Zhaodi's rambling for a while, then stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I have to go home to cook for my family. Let's chat some more when we have time!"

Liu Zhaodi smiled and said, "Okay."

Zhang Cuihua stood up and walked outside. When she reached the courtyard, a pebble suddenly rolled to her feet. Zhang Cuihua didn't see it and stepped on it, causing her to fall.