Chapter 3 The Seven Souls Return…

The rain grew heavier and heavier, and soon rainwater began to drip from the eaves.

After everyone returned to the Lin family's courtyard from the back mountain, the neighbors gave Lin Ziyan some instructions and then went home.

Only now did Lin Ziyan properly examine the Lin family's courtyard.

A wall made of pebbles of varying sizes mixed with concrete encloses the small courtyard.

The front yard turned out to be a garden, with all sorts of seasonal flowers in full bloom.

The grape trellis stood in one place, lush and green.

She thought of her sisters' names and instantly felt relieved.

The original owner's father was somewhat learned, and the names of several people were derived from poems.

"Ziyan, come in here for a moment."

An old man's voice came from inside the house, full of energy.

Lin Ziyan looked at her second sister, who was looking at her with a wary gaze.

She didn't think much of it, assuming that the two sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time and were therefore estranged.

Lin Ziyan, relying on the original owner's memories, walked towards Atai's room.

"Creak!"

She arrived at the door and pushed it open.

The old man was sitting in a wicker chair, his gaze deep and his emotions unreadable.

Lin Ziyan nervously clenched the hem of her clothes, feeling, for some reason, as if the other woman had seen right through her.

"Sit down." Atai's cloudy eyes held an ambiguous light.

Lin Ziyan wondered if the old lady had discovered something.

The old man stared at her for a while, then slowly took the money out of the needle.

It was mostly loose change, so it was a thick stack.

"Ziyan, here are three hundred dollars. That's all the money Grandma has."

“If you really can’t gather all the gold jewelry by then, you can pawn this set,” Lin Atai said calmly.

Her wrinkled face didn't reveal much emotion.

Lin Ziyan didn't answer. In this era, everything was in need of rebuilding, and this place was by the sea, so she wasn't worried about not being able to make money.

Now, she is even more afraid of being seen through by the old man in front of her.

"Ah Yan, your seven souls have finally returned," Lin Atai exclaimed, her eyes softening.

Lin Ziyan looked at her with alarm, not as calm as the old woman.

This is the first time she's met an old man since her rebirth; she shouldn't be able to slip up so quickly.

"Take it. You'll need to support this family from now on." The weariness on Lin's face was evident.

Lin Ziyan did not accept it, but stepped forward and gently hugged the old man.

"Grandma, please put it away first. I'll come back for it if I really need it."

She suddenly felt very sorry for the old man in front of her. The white-haired man had sent off the black-haired man, and he dared not reveal the grief in his heart. How painful it must be to keep it all inside.

The old man's body stiffened visibly for a moment, then relaxed.

"It's good that you're back..." she murmured.

…

Early the next morning,

Lin Ziyan felt like her whole body was about to fall apart, and her head was throbbing.

I knelt and followed the master who was performing the ritual all night, and my calf muscles are sore.

She dragged her tired body to the sink, saw the person in the mirror, and froze for a few seconds.

Her hair was jet black and messy, and her almond-shaped eyes were as if covered with a layer of moisture, making them look bright and lively.

She has long, curled eyelashes, a delicate nose, and small, rosy lips.

Her skin was as white as cream, so fair it seemed you could squeeze water out of it, and it glowed with a white light.

Lin Ziyan came to her senses and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the original owner looked exactly like her.

However, this is a small fishing village, so the original owner shouldn't be this pale.

She found a new toothbrush and started brushing her teeth while thinking about how to make money.

After all, I only have 47 yuan in hand right now, and my family is waiting to eat and drink.

In addition, there's over a thousand in foreign debt...

After washing up, Lin Ziyan quickly went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

But when she arrived at the kitchen, her second sister, Xiaori, had already cooked breakfast and was using a stool to scoop it into a large basin.

Sweet potato porridge?

The air was filled with a rich, sweet, and sticky aroma.

Lin Xiaori looked at her warily, his gaze unreadable, and asked suspiciously,

Why are you up so early?

Lin Ziyan was taken aback. Shouldn't her eldest sister get up early to cook breakfast?

A memory flashed into my mind.

The original owner refused to do any housework, citing her preparation for the college entrance examination and studying late into the night every day.

After being admitted to the Ocean University of Fukushima, he became even more unruly, never staying home and always hanging out with his classmates.

All the housework and farm work fell to his second younger sister, Lin Xiaori.

"I'll cook breakfast from now on." Lin Ziyan walked to the side and helped transfer the porridge she had ladled out into the water.

Lin Xiaori, "..."

She had been in a daze these past few days, and only now did she realize that what Aunt Chen said was true; her sister might really have changed.

But whenever Lin Xiaori thought of the past, he quickly suppressed his thoughts.

Maybe they're just putting on an act for a few days?

Lin Ziyan received no response and was not in a hurry. She walked out of the kitchen.

There's plenty of time in the future; she'll have time to change her second sister's opinion of her.

Lin Ziyan thought to herself that in her previous life she was an only child and had no sisterly affection.

Having been reborn here, and now that I've taken over the original owner's body, I definitely have to help take care of her family.

Of course, they will also be my family in the future.

Lin Ziyan was thinking to herself that after breakfast she should go back to school and drop out, because her family's current situation did not allow her to go back to school.

The original body chose aquaculture as her major, which was exactly what she studied before her rebirth. There was no need for her to waste time learning university knowledge from scratch.

In the 1980s, when making money was everything, the most important thing was to earn money.

If possible, she also wants to apply what she has learned by raising fish fry.

It's not possible right now, as the conditions don't allow it.

…

Lin Ziyan took two buses before finally arriving at Ocean University in Fuzhou.

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