"Could it be a legendary treasure? I heard that in ancient times someone obtained a treasure that could hold mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon..."

"Stop guessing! I bet it's just nonsense! Look at Liu Yuelan, her eyes are all red, she looks like a wolf!"

The villagers have seen plenty of trivial matters in their daily lives.

Disputes over land, quarrels, family divisions, and grain grabbing...

What haven't you seen?

But this is the first time I've ever heard the word "space" from a living person.

That doesn't sound like human speech.

The more they listened, the more eerie it seemed; the more they looked, the more bizarre it appeared.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Liu Yuelan was no longer just curiosity, but also a hint of fear.

Only Su Qingzhi remained quietly standing in the same spot.

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze clear and bright as water.

But in those eyes, there was a perfectly appropriate hint of confusion.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and her lips moved slightly.

"space?"

She deliberately emphasized those two words, drawing out the last syllable.

She tilted her head, her eyes slightly narrowed, her gaze fixed on Liu Yuelan's face, a faint smile playing on her lips, feigning innocence: "What are you saying? I don't understand a word you're saying?"

"What is space? What does 'cannot be opened' mean?"

She frowned, her brows furrowing like a crumpled piece of paper.

She even reached out and patted her ears, as if she doubted that she had misheard.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by 'spaces can't be opened'? The more I listen, the more confused I get."

Her voice became even softer, almost a whisper.

But those eyes were frighteningly bright, fixed intently on Liu Yuelan's expression.

There was even a hint of sympathy.

That kind of condescending, sarcastic "sympathy".

You wouldn't...

"Have you not recovered from being beaten by your mother-in-law yet?"

She spoke softly, her tone as gentle as if she were coaxing a child.

But the barbs in her words pierced people's hearts one by one.

"Is your head still spinning? Are you staggering? How can you be spouting such nonsense? It's all incomprehensible ravings..."

"How about I have Zhiyu accompany you to the clinic to get checked out?"

She glanced back at the crowd, her tone suddenly becoming concerned.

"If you have a head injury, you can't delay. Old Zhang, the doctor at our village clinic, may be a bit rustic, but he knows some basic things. He can prescribe some calming medicine for you, which might help."

"Pfft..."

One of the neighbors, hiding behind the crowd, couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.

"Hahaha!"

Some people were laughing so hard they were bent over.

"Oh my God, listen to what he's saying!"

Someone was laughing while wiping the corner of their eye.

"She said the ring can open up a space? Then can my hoe open up the Heavenly Palace?"

Another man slapped his thigh, laughing so hard he could barely breathe.

"Lan Yin, are you out of your mind?"

A middle-aged woman came out carrying a basket, her brows furrowed like a wrung-out rag.

"It's so confusing, it's like watching a ghost story at night and then having a fit of hysteria during the day!"

"Yeah, spending two thousand dollars on a worthless ring?"

Another man crossed his arms and sneered, his voice sharp and bright.

"Are you crazy? Two thousand years ago! How many bags of flour could you buy? How many new houses could you build? Just for a rusty iron ring?"

"I have a silver earring that's much better than yours!"

An old woman, leaning on a cane, approached shakily, grinned, and revealed a few yellowed teeth.

"How about I lend you three hundred yuan? I guarantee it'll open that 'space' you mentioned! It might even allow you to communicate with the living and the dead, and meet your ancestors!"

"Hahaha……"

"Is she perhaps driven to insanity by being bullied by her in-laws?"

"I think she's gone mad with the desire to turn her life around!"

Everyone laughed so hard they were doubled over, thinking Liu Yuelan was incredibly stupid.

"No! You don't understand. Listen to me, that ring really, really isn't an ordinary ring!"

But as soon as she said it, she suddenly stopped.

Her voice stopped abruptly.

She suddenly realized that all the people in front of her, men and women, young and old, combined, knew fewer words than she did alone.

They spent their entire lives working in fields, cooking stoves, and pigsties, and they recognized hoes, sickles, and grain coupons.

But what do they know about rebirth or space?

How could anyone know that she was a soul that had returned from the 21st century?

How could anyone understand that the ring contained a treasure trove of otherworldly resources that could grow spiritual herbs, store supplies, and defy fate?

The more you try to explain, the more ridicule and skepticism you'll attract.

A bone-chilling cold gripped her heart.

She stood there, surrounded by laughter, sarcasm, and footsteps.

But she felt as if the whole world had suddenly become quiet, leaving her all alone, standing forlornly in the wind and snow.

She suddenly raised her hand and pointed directly at Su Qingzhi.

"It was you! Su Qingzhi! You orchestrated this from beginning to end! You deliberately lied to me from the start! You pretended to be so innocent, but you had already planned everything in advance!"

"That ring, that ring that should have been on my finger, it should have been mine! It was the only keepsake my mother left me, the most precious thing I have in my life! You used those underhanded methods, those sneaky tricks, to snatch it from me!"

"Second sister-in-law, how long are you going to keep making a scene here?"

Su Qingzhi immediately interrupted her sharply.

"I risked my life to pull you back from the brink of death because we're family, and because you were on the verge of death! But what did you do? Instead of being grateful, you repaid kindness with enmity and turned around and bit me! You made up these bizarre and nonsensical lies to frame me! Who gave you the audacity? Who allowed you to act so unreasonably!"

"You're saying that ring is yours? Do you even know whose family sent it? Everyone knows that our Su family carefully selected it and personally delivered it to the Shen family as a token of our betrothal! How did it suddenly become your personal property in your mouth? What kind of logic is that?"

"Just because I, Su Qingzhi, come from the countryside and am not as respectable as you, a girl from the Liu family, does that mean I should be allowed to bully and humiliate you, and even your own things are taken from me with a mere word? Why should my things become yours with just a few words? Do you think the rules of this world were made for you alone?"

As she spoke, her voice suddenly lowered.

“I…I’ve always treated you like a younger brother or sister-in-law, and I’ve never thought of competing with you or taking anything from you…but you treated me like this…”

She gently pinched the corner of her eye, and her eyes instantly reddened.

Her appearance was so pitiful that it evoked pity in me. She looked exactly like a helpless woman who had been wronged and isolated. Liu Yuelan stood blankly in the middle of the courtyard, her feet seemingly nailed to the cement ground.

Her face was as pale as paper, her lips trembled slightly, and she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a single word.

Zhu Xiuqin was still shouting.

"All she does is cause trouble all day long! She didn't bring a single penny of dowry when she married into the family, and instead, she's throwing money away every day! She must have had the worst luck in the world!"

And then there's Su Qingzhi's seemingly innocent yet actually mocking gaze.

She stood at the doorway of the west room, her hands clasped in front of her, a slight smile playing on her lips.