Ning Xi opened her eyes and saw the low, old-fashioned roof and the mottled walls covered with newspapers. The back of her head suddenly ached.
The second before she lost consciousness, she was drinking milk tea and lying on the bed watching a new Northeastern comedy.
Oh yeah, she seemed to have taken a big sip of tea jelly and it got stuck in her throat...
Ning Xi stretched out her hands, which were thin and small, like chicken claws. They couldn't be hers.
This is keeping up with the trend and traveling through time!
As her mind cleared up a little, a wave of memories that did not belong to her flooded into her mind.
This is 1972, Mingjiang City, Province C in the north.
The original owner was also called Ning Xi, she was twenty years old this year, started studying late, and just graduated from high school.
This is not the point. The problem is that Ning Xi discovered that she was not simply traveling through time, but traveling through a book, a sweet love novel from the 1970s.
However, the original owner was just a small cannon fodder and died unexpectedly due to poor health before the plot began.
But according to memory, the original owner's death had other reasons.
She familiarized herself with the language while recalling the past. Fortunately, the local dialect was easier to get started with.
"Ning Xi! Why haven't you washed the clothes yet?" An angry voice came from outside the door, and then the door of this small, shabby room was kicked open.
Lin Xiaoyue warned Ning Xi in the morning, but she didn't expect that when she came back from going out, the dirty clothes were still piled there.
This dress is her favorite one. How can she wear it tomorrow if she doesn't wash it?
Ning Xi looked at the young girl with pigtails who was screaming hysterically in front of her, and memories of her flooded into her mind.
This person is named Lin Xiaoyue, the stepsister of the original owner, and a twin boy and girl with the male protagonist Lin Zhendong.
Not long after the original owner's father passed away, his mother He Hongjuan married Lin Yongjun, who was also divorced. The twins, a boy and a girl, were the children of Lin Yongjun and his ex-wife.
Seeing that she was still sitting on the ground motionless, as if she was provoking her, Lin Xiaoyue came over and pulled her in anger.
As a result, he failed to pull the person and ended up tearing the patched sleeves.
She threw the torn sleeve away in disdain and yelled, "Hurry up and wash the clothes, or you'll have a hard time when Mom comes back tonight!"
Ning Xi sneered, "Let her wash, right?" Wait.
"Help me up first. I didn't eat lunch and now I have no strength."
Lin Xiaoyue was startled for a moment by her impolite attitude, but then she thought about how she had been in a bit of an abnormal mood recently because she was going to the countryside, so she didn't take it to heart.
"You'd better be obedient, otherwise you won't be able to eat at night." Lin Xiaoyue felt relieved when she saw her sickly appearance.
Thinking that I would have to wear this skirt tomorrow, I pulled the person up.
She didn't want to wash the clothes herself because it would make her hands rough.
Ning Xi's eyes darkened, and revenge begins with you!
In the memory just now, Lin Xiaoyue locked the meal left for Ning Xi in the cupboard because Ning Xi did not help her wash clothes last night.
He also took the keys away.
As a result, the original owner was already weak and wanted to save energy by lying in bed, but he fainted due to hypoglycemia and when he woke up he was the modern Ning Xi.
Since she has used someone else's body, her main task is to help the original owner get revenge.
"Go to the kitchen and make me a bowl of frangipani. I need two eggs and some brown sugar."
Ning Xi ordered her bluntly.
In the original owner's memory, this stepsister and stepbrother especially loved drinking frangipani, but the original owner never had any.
Eat well first, only then will you have the strength to work. Now I am so weak that I will feel dizzy after walking a few steps.
"You dare to order me to do things? Eggs? Not even a feather!" Lin Xiaoyue exploded.
Ning Xi gave her a look of disdain: "If you want a cow to work, it has to eat grass first. You don't even understand that. Is that thing on your neck for decoration?"
Lin Xiaoyue's eyes widened in anger, and she was about to speak when Ning Xi interrupted her: "What time is it now? Are you going to wait until the sun goes down?"
"You'd better be obedient!"
Lin Xiaoyue glanced at the sun outside and chose to swallow her anger.
There’s nothing wrong with making a bowl of frangipani anyway, so she makes a bowl every morning.
At worst, I can just not eat it for the next two days.
Between not eating eggs and not doing laundry, she chose the latter.
After beating two eggs, Lin Xiaoyue thought for a while and decided to open the sugar jar, scoop a small spoonful of brown sugar into it, pour some hot water over it, and give it to Ning Xi.
"Well, not bad." The egg droplets were bright yellow, and it was obvious that they were often made with hot water. Her technique was even better than that of the cafeteria auntie.
Lin Xiaoyue had just been scolded by her, and now she felt a little proud when she heard the praise, "Nonsense, every day..."
"Go and take out all your dirty clothes. If there's any that have been left out for too long and have a smell, I'll wash them for you."
Ning Xi knew that she would not be able to say anything good once she opened her mouth, so she did not give her a chance to finish.
"Okay, after you finish drinking, please help me wash my skirt and hang it up. I need to wear it tomorrow." Lin Xiaoyue put the skirt into the wooden basin and turned back to the room to look for dirty clothes.
After a while, he brought out a lot of them.
She was lazy and did nothing at home. Except for cooking, all other housework fell on Ning Xi.
The original owner's mother, He Hongjuan, was responsible for cooking, and the cupboards were always locked.
Thinking of this, Ning Xi felt that this woman was very out of place.
According to memory, He Hongjuan treated these two twin brothers and sisters a hundred times better than the original owner, who was not well fed or clothed in this family.
Doing the most housework, eating the least meals, wearing the most patched clothes, and living in the most dilapidated room.
It is so sad that anyone who hears it will cry.
The problem is that He Hongjuan is not trying to please her stepchildren because she loves her current husband and is devoted to him.
On the contrary, she is stingy and a miser in this family.
Lin Yongjun pays for all of He Hongjuan's daily living expenses, so He Hongjuan and her mother-in-law, Old Mrs. Lin, do not have a good relationship.
But the old lady lives with her eldest daughter, and she rarely comes here, so she prefers to keep out of sight.
"I'm going out to play. Hurry up and do the laundry. And help me make the bed. Otherwise, I'll make you suffer when I come back tonight!"
Lin Xiaoyue threw all her clothes beside the wooden basin, smoothed her hair in front of the mirror, put on her hat and went out. Before leaving, she did not forget to lock the cupboard again.
After drinking the frangipani, Ning Xi felt that she gradually regained her strength. She locked the door of the main room and entered Lin Xiaoyue's room.
The original owner cleaned the house every day and knew that there was a spare key to He Hongjuan and his wife's room in Lin Xiaoyue's room.
After finding the key from under the bed, Ning Xi opened the door and took down the iron box on top of the wardrobe.
The non-staple food book, grain and oil book, and household registration book are all in it.
The educated youth were about to move their household registration to the countryside. Ning Xi opened the letter and saw that the information inside was all handwritten, and her column said "Moved out".
There was another reason for the migration - educated youth went to the countryside.
Originally, she was supposed to go to the countryside. He Hongjuan and Lin Yongjun secretly signed her up for it. The destination was in the south, and the time was three days later.
Ning Xi put the household registration book into her pocket and took a pair of scissors from the sewing basket beside the bed.
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