Chapter 1 Stung by Wasps at Seventy
Looking at the crowded people and luggage on the train, and smelling the indescribable mixture of smells, Ning Xuan wished she could faint again.
She was thinking, how could someone be so unlucky?
She just wanted to take advantage of her annual leave to travel, go hiking, relax, and get away from the stress of work.
As a result, on the way up the mountain, she encountered a naughty child who had stirred up a hornet's nest. Before she could even watch the commotion, the child, who was agile and quick, ran away in a flash.
Although she was only in her 30s, her physical age was probably more than 60. She was already panting when she reached the halfway point of the mountain and couldn't outrun them at all. Although she tried to tuck her head into her sun-protective clothing, the clothing was too thin and it was of no use. She was still surrounded and attacked.
Then Ning Xuan died. She still vividly remembered the fear and pain of being attacked by wasps before she died.
Unexpectedly, she woke up again, only to find herself not on a mountain or in a hospital, but on a green train from the 1970s.
Fortunately, she had received the original owner's memories when she first woke up, and Ning Xuan quickly understood her situation.
She had transmigrated to the 1970s in a parallel universe. The original owner of this body was also named Ning Xuan. She was 18 years old and had just graduated from high school. Due to the rural relocation policy, she had to go to the countryside because she had no job.
To prevent her own daughter Ning Lan from going to the countryside, the original owner's stepmother registered the original owner for the rural assignment without informing her first, and then persuaded the original owner's biological father to buy Ning Lan a job.
The saying "with a stepmother comes a stepfather" is absolutely true. The family could have bought two jobs, but after buying the jobs, they probably wouldn't have any savings left. But even if they lost money, at least they could still earn more through their jobs. However, the original owner was still directly abandoned.
Because of her stepmother's methods, the original owner gradually became invisible in this family. If it weren't for the fear of gossip, the original owner might not have been able to go to school.
The key point is that the stepmother was ruthless. Apart from the two sets of patched clothes that the original owner usually wore, she only gave him ten yuan and some food coupons. She didn't give him any other commonly used coupons, quilts, or cotton clothes.
The original owner was timid and dared not fight for anything. Then, on the train to the countryside, she was hungry and scared, and fainted. When she woke up, she had become Ning Xuan in the 21st century, who was attacked by a swarm of wasps.
Thinking that she only had ten yuan, Ning Xuan felt dizzy. What a hellish start!
Even if I had transmigrated earlier, I would have thrown a tantrum and acted crazy to squeeze more money and tickets out of my family. This is a trip to the countryside in the north, where I don't even have a cotton-padded coat.
Although ten yuan has strong purchasing power now, it is not enough for her to buy winter gear for the northern countryside.
I wonder if I'll return to the modern world after this body dies.
Waaaaah, according to the laws of time travel, the possibility of going back is almost zero. I just tried going to the train toilet, and there's no space system or anything like that. I didn't even get one of the golden fingers that time-traveling heroines are supposed to have. It's so tragic.
Ning Xuan stared blankly, unaware that the train had stopped midway and the people next to her had changed.
Then I heard someone say, "Hello comrade, could we switch seats? My friend isn't feeling well, so a window seat would be better for him."
Ning Xuan turned to look at the boy who had asked her the question, and rolled her eyes. "Sorry, I'm not feeling well either. You should find someone else to switch with."
"You're perfectly fine, how can you be so heartless? Jiajia is quite weak, what's wrong with you moving aside?" Before the boy who asked the question could say anything, another boy next to him shouted.
Hearing the other person say that, Ning Xuan thought to herself, here it comes, she's encountered the same moral blackmail scenario on the train. She was already annoyed, and now someone is eager to be scolded.
"Why don't you ask the guy across from me to switch seats? Are you thinking I'm an easy target because I'm a woman?"
"Never mind, Brother Zhipeng, I'll just sit here. It's fine. My health has always been like this, so there's no need to trouble others for my sake," the girl in the blue dress said softly.
Ning Xuan then noticed that there was a girl behind the furious boy. She had a gentle and delicate temperament, and her appearance was that of a girl from a modest family. Her low double ponytails hung down in front of her chest, making her look even more delicate and arousing people's protective instincts.
Ning Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and her face almost cracked with rage.
Jiajia, Zhipeng, Ningxuan... This scene and these names... why does it look so much like a novel I read before I transmigrated, "Sweet Romance in the 70s: My Pampered Wife is the Beloved of the Group"?
If I'm not mistaken, the boy who first asked for a seat is Lu Xun, the second male lead in the novel, and also an admirer of the female lead, Xu Jiajia. Zhou Zhipeng, with his impulsive personality, is also one of the female lead's devoted admirers.
After all, she's the darling of the group; wherever the female lead goes, she's pampered and fawned over by a bunch of people.
That's not the key point. The key point is that the original owner of this body was actually cannon fodder in the novel. She fell in love at first sight with Lu Xun, who came to ask her questions on the train, and immediately agreed with a blush when asked to give up her seat.
After arriving at the educated youth settlement, she did many things that were out of character for this man. She was penniless and had to borrow grain and money from the brigade to get through the winter, but she still managed to find a way to exchange eggs with the villagers in the brigade to give to Lu Xun. She also took the initiative to wash Lu Xun's clothes. She didn't even have enough work points to eat, but she still helped Lu Xun with his work.
The key point is that knowing the second male lead likes the female lead, the original owner even decided to sacrifice her own love to fulfill the other's greater love. She took the initiative to become a stumbling block on the road to love between the female lead and the male lead for the sake of the second male lead's love, and then she was killed off.
Remembering the original owner's fate in the novel—failing to frame the male lead only to be tricked into marrying a scoundrel, and then, unable to bear the humiliation, committing suicide by jumping into a river—Ning Xuan felt a chill run down her spine. To save her own life, she had to stay far away from this group of main characters, and above all, she absolutely had to avoid falling in love!
Emerging from the memories that roughly led to the book, and seeing the scene of Jiajia being cared for by two boys, Ning Xuan confirmed once again that she had not only transmigrated, but had also transmigrated into a book, and was even cannon fodder.
Having made up her mind to stay away from the main characters, Ning Xuan planned to pretend to be asleep as much as possible along the way to avoid communication.
After another day and night of swaying on the train, it finally arrived at the station.
The original owner wasn't completely stupid. When her stepmother didn't prepare any food for her, she secretly made some dry rations for herself. However, she was too timid. When she transmigrated, the original owner endured not eating anything, planning to eat only half a pancake a day. When she first transmigrated, she was so hungry that her hands and feet felt dizzy.
She did want to be generous and eat more, but there was only so much dry food in her package, and once it was gone, it would be gone. She also only had a little money, and with the future uncertain, she had to save as much as possible.
After getting off the bus, they found the person from the brigade who had come to pick them up; he was a dark-skinned, tall, middle-aged man.
I am Zhou Aiguo, a member of the Hongxing Brigade of Xiangyang Commune. The brigade leader is still in a meeting at the commune. You can first see if there is anything you need to buy in the county town.
Our brigade is not far from the county town, but it's not very close either. It takes about an hour by oxcart, so you can take advantage of this time to see what's lacking and buy it quickly.
You can leave your luggage here and I'll watch it for you, or you can send a representative to watch it with you.
Please return to the station entrance in 2 hours. You can wait for a maximum of 10 minutes. If you are late, please find your own way to get there.
The group of educated youth looked at each other, all wanting to go and buy something, but they were also really worried about leaving their luggage with strangers.
Not all of the educated youth knew each other; they were strangers to each other.
However, some of the educated youth had a lot of luggage, and it was not practical for them to carry it all to buy things. In the end, one boy with a lot of luggage said that he would stay here to watch his things and ask someone he knew to buy things for him.
Only then did others feel comfortable leaving their luggage there. Of course, most important items like money and tickets were kept by themselves unless they were completely stupid.
Ning Xuan didn't have much luggage at all, so she carried her snakeskin bag herself, which wasn't heavy anyway.
She was so hungry that she wanted to buy something to eat first, so that she would have the energy to think about buying something she needed urgently.
When I arrived at the state-run restaurant, I used my food coupons to buy two large steamed buns for 10 cents.
The moment Ning Xuan received the steamed bun, before she could even marvel at how substantial it was, she was startled by the electronic voice that came from her head.
After a few seconds of instrumental music,
[Congratulations on activating the Multiverse Trading System. Would you like to bind it now?]
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