Li Yan, a university graduate and village official dedicated to poverty alleviation, accidentally transmigrated into Li Family Village, nestled in a mountain gully. Her family was impoverished. Due...
Waves of hunger came over her, causing the unconscious Li Yan to slowly wake up. She opened her eyes with difficulty, and what came into view was a patched gray curtain.
I struggled to get up and looked around. The house made of yellow mud was short and cramped. The small room was full of miscellaneous items. The only furniture was the bed under me and a cabinet without a door.
Looking at everything in front of me, a flood of memories suddenly came flooding back.
Her original name was Li Yan. She had just turned ten this year and lost her life to a cold.
Had she traveled through time? She had traveled to a dynasty that had never existed in history! The only thing she knew at this moment was that she had traveled to Lijiazhuang.
The Li family has never split up, and old man Li has two sons and one daughter.
The eldest brother, Li Wenfa, and his wife, Ms. Liu, have two sons and one daughter, namely, fourteen-year-old eldest cousin Li Jianmin, twelve-year-old cousin Daya, and four-year-old younger cousin Maomao.
His father Li Wenzhi and his mother Lin had a son and a daughter, but in this backward ancient time, the youngest son died of illness at the age of three.
Li Yan smiled bitterly in her heart. In modern times, she was an orphan. With the care of the government, she successfully graduated from university. As her life was getting better, she suffered a plane crash!
I couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, I have nothing to worry about."
Li Yan, immersed in her memories, suddenly heard footsteps. She looked towards the door and saw a little kid staggering towards her with a bowl of medicine. It was the original owner's cousin Maomao.
Seeing that he had woken up, the little guy said excitedly: "Second sister, you are awake? I scared you yesterday because you ignored me no matter how I called you."
Then he raised the black medicine bowl and handed it to Li Yan: "Second sister, drink it quickly. I touched it and it's not hot. Doctor Zhou said that as long as you drink the medicine, your illness will be cured."
Li Yan took the medicine bowl, looked at the little boy who nimbly crawled to the bed and sat down, blinked her clear eyes and said cunningly: "I secretly put sugar in it, so it's not bitter, sister." After saying that, she couldn't help swallowing.
Looking at the little person in front of me, he was wearing a gray coat. The empty clothes were obviously ill-fitting. Due to long-term malnutrition, his face looked dark yellow and he looked thin and small.
In this era when a cold can be fatal, Li Yan had no choice but to pick up the bowl and take a deep breath. She drank the dark medicine liquid down her throat in one gulp. She suppressed the discomfort, took a deep breath, and asked, "Where's your aunt?"
The child sat by the bed, with a sad face and some worry, and said, "Auntie said she felt dizzy and needed to rest for a while! Second sister, is Auntie okay?"
He touched the child's dry yet soft hair and said, "Let's go and take my second sister to see it."
The child was obviously hesitant. "Are you well now, sister? Do you want to rest for a while before going?"
Li Yan said, "Sister has taken the medicine and she doesn't feel uncomfortable anymore. Let's go!" Maomao then jumped off the bed, took Li Yan's hand and walked out of the house.
Li Yan walked out of the room holding her cousin's hand. What she saw were several dilapidated tile houses with yellow mud plastered on the exterior walls.
All sorts of dried vegetables hung from the eaves of the old house. The courtyard was piled high with newly harvested millet. In the fenced-off open space near the wall, a dozen or so chickens were happily foraging for food.
The low mud wall could not block the view of passers-by. Standing in front of the door, Li Yan could still vaguely see people busy in the fields in the distance.
It was the busy farming season, and the villagers were so busy they wished they had three heads and six arms. Mrs. Lin had returned from the fields early because her daughter was sick, but she had felt dizzy from decocting the medicine, and was now sitting under the eaves to rest!