The ceiling of the straw mat room was very low, and Lin Ying always felt that the house was somewhat oppressive and suffocating.

The mud walls were directly whitewashed, which brightened up the originally dark room considerably.

Lin Ying finally realized that she was in a different place now.

Wait, Grandpa.

As Lin Ying regained consciousness, she felt heavy and struggled to sit up in bed. The first thing she saw was the man in the green military uniform.

The man stood there against the light, which made him appear even taller than he already was.

It took Lin Ying a long time to finally see who was standing there.

"Zhao Si? What are you doing here?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Ying suddenly froze. Wait, was that the sound she just made?

Looking at the woman in front of him, Zhao Qinghuai couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Laugh..." Lin Ying finally couldn't help herself and ran over to the mirror hanging by the door.

When Lin Ying saw that she had gone from being slim to a fat woman weighing at least 160 pounds, and that her voice had even turned into a baby voice, she covered her face and couldn't bear to look.

She knew this was her grandfather's punishment.

It's her fault for disregarding her own life. Since she loves drinking poison, just poison her into the very thing she dislikes most.

Especially in front of Zhao Si. It was just too humiliating.

Zhao Qinghuai looked at Lin Ying, who was hugging the chubby girl and covering her face, trying hard to suppress her laughter: "Well, my name is Zhao Qinghuai now, this is the Great Northern Wilderness, and you are now my wife. You're with me in the military, and we're living in the border defense family compound now."

It took Lin Ying a while to process what he meant: "You," that damn baby voice.

Zhao Qinghuai finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. Before Lin Ying could finish her sentence, he hurriedly said, "Well, you haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll go to the cafeteria to get you some food."

After saying that, he left.

As Lin Ying watched Zhao Qinghuai leave, she began to ponder the current situation.

What did Zhao Si just say? This is the Great Northern Wilderness? Lin Ying didn't know this before; she only learned from her younger son's memories that the first batch of people "went to the countryside" starting in 1955. And next year, in 1968, a large number of educated youth will go to the countryside. Among them, the two most difficult places have become the focus of everyone's attention.

One is the Great Northwest, and the other is the Great Northern Wilderness.

However, many people are unaware that as early as 1947, the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, following the central government's directives, began developing the Great Northern Wilderness. Grain production exceeded 100 million jin (500,000 kg) in 1952. In 1958, General Wang Zhen led 100,000 demobilized soldiers into the Great Northern Wilderness, initiating a large-scale development and construction boom. Grain production surpassed 1 billion jin (500,000 kg) in 1959.

The Great Northern Wilderness was truly a place of hardship back then.

So, Zhao Si was actually a soldier in the Great Northern Wilderness?

And what did he just say? Marriage? Her and him? Thinking about how Lin Ying's life as the daughter of a capitalist's family won't be easy, is this the shelter her grandfather found for her?

Lin Ying knew that her grandfather had once saved Zhao Si's life, so this was her way of repaying that debt of gratitude.

Thinking of this, Lin Ying couldn't help but recall her past. To be honest, Lin Ying's feelings were complicated. Did she hate him? Of course she did. However, she was no longer the same person who blindly hated Lin Rong as before.

Having read the whole story, Lin Ying knew that it wasn't Lin Rong who wanted the Lin Family Medical Clinic, but her father.

Lin Rong used this to sow discord between her and her father. Although she was raised by her grandfather, how could she not yearn for her father's love?

Rather than saying Lin Rong hurt her, it's more accurate to say that her father hurt her more because of Lin Rong.

As for the golden finger that Lin Rong had stolen, Lin Ying couldn't help but swallow hard when she thought of how ruthless Lin Rong had been to her. In the novel, Lin Rong was an orphan in her previous life and had developed the habit of being a lone wolf since childhood.

That's why she dared to be so ruthless to herself. If it were her, she would never stab herself in the chest without being absolutely certain that the jade pendant had a spatial dimension.

That could be a matter of life and death.

From Mo Zi's memories, Lin Ying knew that in the original story, she married Li Weiyi, but because of the "Great Revolution," Li Weiyi's family also became pariahs. In order to protect himself, Li Weiyi gave her to a member of the local revolutionary committee.

Enraged, she stabbed herself in the chest with a hairpin, but unexpectedly opened up a spatial dimension.

Now that Li Weiyi is Lin Rong's fiancé, she doesn't have to suffer anymore.

As for the benefits that space brings? It's not that Lin Ying is just being a sour grapes. Lin Ying has been well-off since childhood, having everything she could want. She has abundant material resources and has never cared about material things.

Although the spiritual spring in that space was indeed very good, she had been going to see doctors with her grandfather since she was a child and had witnessed many births, aging, sickness and death. She knew that people would always be born, age, sick and die. The spiritual spring in the space might make the living more comfortable, but it would not make people live forever.

Just as Lin Ying was lost in thought, she saw Zhao Qinghuai run back from outside, holding a meal in his hand. He said to Lin Ying, "I have a mission. This is your lunch. You are now the head of this household, so you are in charge of handling things here. Also, there is money and coupons in the drawer. Buy whatever you need. There is a military dependents' supply and marketing cooperative up ahead."

After saying that, Zhao Qinghuai left.

Lin Ying looked at the things in her hand, then watched Zhao Qinghuai leave. She wanted to say "Be careful," but then she remembered her own voice and held back.

She vowed never to speak again until her voice returned to normal.

Speaking of this, Lin Ying thought of her grandfather again. Although in the eyes of outsiders, her grandfather was a highly skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor, in Lin Ying's eyes, he was just a quirky old man.

Back then, her grandfather was jealous of her because she learned medicine so quickly, and he refused to teach her the content of poison medicine.

He said something like, "The cat teaches the tiger how to climb trees, but the apprentice will starve the master." He implied that if she mastered all of those skills, wouldn't she surpass him?

He would never entrust this to himself before he died.

So, given Lin Ying's current state, even if she wanted to save herself, there's nothing she could do. She absolutely has to find her grandfather.

Although she didn't know her grandfather's current situation, based on her understanding of Zhao Si, her grandfather was his savior, so he should be fine.