Chapter 1: Traveling through space
"Oh my God, what sin have I committed to have such a daughter? I have raised her for more than ten years, and now she poisons the whole family and puts them in the hospital. This is not a daughter, this is a living devil!"
Lin Xiangnan had just opened her eyes, her whole body still limp, when she heard the woman cursing in the yard. She was so scared that she quickly sat up from the bed, thinking in confusion: "Is this person cursing me?"
Encountering this situation just after waking up, Lin Xiangnan quickly read the memory of his original body, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Good news: she wasn’t the one being scolded.
The bad news: She was the one knocked out by the poisonous mushrooms.
The one who was cursing was her mother, Hu Meili. Yesterday, her stepsister, Liu Hongying, cooked a meal of dried mushrooms and potatoes, which caused food poisoning for the whole family and sent them to the hospital.
Lin Xiangnan loves to eat mushrooms and he suffered the most serious poisoning. Now his stomach is still a little uncomfortable and his head is groggy, so he took a leave of absence from class today.
Theirs is a blended family, and the atmosphere has been very delicate recently because of the children going to the countryside. The mushroom poisoning incident really hit Hu Meili in the lungs.
When Hu Meili came home from get off work, she started slamming doors and banging pots, making loud noises, letting everyone in the yard know that she was in a bad mood.
All the people living in the yard are the family members of the factory workers. There are a few middle-aged women who like to gossip about other people's affairs. Now they are surrounding Hu Meili, seemingly trying to persuade her but actually adding fuel to the fire.
"Don't be angry. If something happens to your body, who knows who will take over your job."
Hu Meili immediately put her hands on her hips and cursed loudly: "How dare she! If she has the guts, she can poison me to death. Let's see if the police can arrest her."
"Hongying, not only does she not have a job, she can't even handle household affairs. What's she going to do in the future?"
"It's pitiful. He's only 22 years old and already has a lame leg. Life in the countryside is really not easy."
Speaking of going to the countryside, the group of aunts asked Hu Meili about Lin Xiangnan's situation.
"Two of your children are graduating this year. I'm afraid it's hard to arrange a job for them. Is your Lin Xiangnan going to go to the countryside?"
Hu Meili said confidently, "My Lin Xiangnan is a girl, and her best years are limited. Of course I have to keep her by my side."
"Has Lin Xiangnan secured a job?"
"Not yet. She won't graduate from high school until the end of June, and it's only April now, so there's still time. If you find out there's a job for sale, remember to tell me." Even if she had to borrow money, Hu Meili wanted to keep her daughter by her side.
Hu Meili was also scared.
Her biological son Lin Xiangdong and stepdaughter Liu Hongying both went to the countryside in 1968. At that time, all the junior high school and high school students from the classes of 1966, 1967 and 1968 were arranged to go to the countryside. They went to frontier and remote rural areas. They were arranged to go wherever the conditions were most difficult. It was a rigid rule and they had no way to change it.
Lin Xiangdong was fine, as he was a boy, and although life was hard, he was able to get through it. But Liu Hongying suffered greatly, as she had to return to the city due to a limp last year. In fact, Liu Hongying's leg injury was not serious at first, and she deliberately made herself limp in order to return to the city.
One of her fellow educated youths married a widower who was ten years older than her and had children in order to return to the city. She was just squeezed by her stepmother, and she didn't have to suffer from hunger, cold, or bullying. In comparison, she was already very happy.
It is now 1974. The children have been going to the countryside for six years. Parents in the city know what the situation is like in the countryside.
In order to keep Lin Xiangnan in the city, Hu Meili has been thinking of ways during this period. She inquires about jobs and looks for suitable partners for Lin Xiangnan. If she can't find a job, she can get married. As long as she can stay in the city, anything is fine.
Hu Meili was making plans for Lin Xiangnan, but Lin Xiangnan was lying on the bed with his eyes open, thinking about going to the countryside.
Lin Xiangnan was born in the 21st century. Her daily job is to lie down and collect rent. When her parents were living off their parents, they also gave her a few houses.
In the past, Lin Xiangnan was motivated by her grandparents, but when she was in college, her parents and the elderly in her family passed away. Without anyone to push her forward, she started to give up. Her family left her a huge inheritance of hundreds of millions of yuan, which made her completely lose interest in work and only want to eat, drink and have fun.
Yesterday she was shopping, and suddenly a handsome man wearing a black gown and with an outstanding temperament appeared in front of her.
"Lin Xiangnan, your time is up, come with me."
The handsome guy in black was so good-looking that Lin Xiangnan stared at him for a long time. He followed him for a few steps before coming to his senses. "Where are you taking me?"
"The underworld. Reincarnation."
Hearing this answer, Lin Xiangnan immediately stopped and said, "I declined. I haven't lived enough yet."
His refusal was ineffective, as Lin Xiangnan was tied up with a thin chain and forcibly taken away on the spot.
Lin Xiangnan quickly explained, "You've got the wrong guy. I had a physical examination last month and I'm in great health. I'm definitely not going to die yet."
The handsome man in black sneered, "That's what everyone who hasn't lived enough says."
"I can die suddenly in my body, is there any justice in the world? You must be mistaken, I don't accept it, I want to file a complaint against you!"
Lin Xiangnan was dragged all the way to the office lobby, and problems arose when his identity information was being verified.
The one who was to blame was another 'Lin Xiangnan', not her. It was just a coincidence that the two had the same name and appeared on the same street at the same time, and the soul-collecting employee accidentally collected the wrong soul.
"I told you you were wrong." Lin Xiangnan rolled his eyes in anger.
Upon hearing the news, the sneer on the handsome guy in black disappeared, replaced by a standard smile showing eight teeth.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Lin. My work error has caused inconvenience to your life. I have prepared several compensation plans for you. Please take a look."
As he spoke, the handsome man in black handed out several standard contracts.
The modern population is growing explosively, with too many people dying every day, and situations where the wrong souls are taken away often occur. Therefore, the employees of the underworld have a set of standard response templates when facing such situations.
As long as the compensation is in place, although the employees will have their performance bonuses deducted and will lose money, at least they will not be involved in cause and effect.
Lin Xiangnan simply looked at a few compensation plans and put the list aside. "Don't bother with that. Just send me back and make sure I'm healthy for the rest of my life. I'm very satisfied with my current life of eating and waiting to die."
With money, free time and good health, what else could she be dissatisfied with?
The smile on the handsome man in black turned humble. "I'm sorry. Your body is frozen in the morgue and will be cremated soon. You can't go back."
"Huh? Do you think you're talking human language?" Lin Xiangnan sneered and turned hostile on the spot, "Then what's there to talk about? No more talk, I don't want any compensation, I'm just going to file a complaint against you!"
Compensation is still required, but she has to pull the trigger and gain more benefits for herself.
The handsome man in black quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, this is all negotiable. You can make up for the rest of your life span elsewhere."
Finally, with the extreme push and pull of both sides, Lin Xiangnan became a member of the army of time travelers, and also had a space and a welfare mall system. The balance in the system was her assets during her lifetime, including deposits, stocks and real estate, totaling more than 200 million, which can definitely ensure that she can live a comfortable life.
As soon as Lin Xiangnan's consciousness entered the space, he saw the villa where he lived during his lifetime. Lin Xiangnan did not go to see the house, but directly summoned the mall.
[The item you purchased has arrived, do you want to receive it? ]
"I haven't bought it yet?" Lin Xiangnan was a little confused, but still clicked to confirm.
There was a flash of white light, and two bottles of pills appeared in front of her.
Body Strengthening Pills: Thirty pills in a bottle, one pill a day, to keep you healthy and enjoy everything you eat.
Refreshing pills: A bottle contains 30 pills, one pill a day, it will make you think clearly and help you learn things faster.
Before her death, she lived a life of plenty, and the space and mall could only maintain her previous living standard, so she also requested a healthy body and a smart mind.
This was the benefit that the handsome man in black promised to give her. Lin Xiangnan quickly put away her things and prepared to buy a bottle of mineral water and take medicine in the mall. But when she clicked on the mall page, her eyes widened.
"Are the prices in this mall serious?"
Rice costs 1.4 cents per pound, flour costs 1.8 cents per pound, pork costs 8.0 cents per pound... and her balance is over 200 million.
Lin Xiangnan gave a thumbs up unconsciously, "Brothers from the underworld are really honest."
At this moment, the handsome man in black in the underworld was holding his chest with a look of heartache, "This damn devil is so difficult to deal with. I have worked for nothing for a year."