Chapter 1

In 1970, winter slowly arrived in northern China, accompanied by a howling cold wind.

It was as if overnight, snowflakes fluttered down, covering the eaves, bending the bare branches, and falling to the ground to form a thick snow.

The snow was soft and thick. One step deep and one step shallow felt like stepping on clouds. The soft and spongy touch under the feet was a rare pleasure, but Jian Lu didn't have time to appreciate the icy and snowy scenery of the north. The weather was cold, so she hurried.

The girl put her hands in her pockets, clenched into fists, and wore a tattered woolen hat on her head to block most of the wind and snow. Her navy blue jacket was patched with five or six large and small patches, and the color was dark and heavy.

The shirt was a new piece of clothing made by the eldest daughter of the Jian family when she was in her teens. The older one wore it for a few years and then passed it to the younger one. After many twists and turns, the shirt finally came into the hands of Jian Lu, the fourth child.

The clothes were plain and worn, but they couldn't stop that pretty face from glowing in the snow.

"Lulu, did you borrow the cloth coupons for your third sister?" Under the old locust tree, Aunt Liu, who was about to go home, couldn't help asking a few more questions when she saw the most beautiful girl in the village.

Jian Lu exhaled a cloud of white air, and the words she exhaled seemed to be frozen, "Yes, Aunt Liu, I borrowed three feet of cloth coupons."

In half a month, Jian Lu's third sister Jian Xin is going to get married. The bride always needs a new dress. Today, Jian Lu's mother Zhang Cuixia asked her to take an egg to the team leader's house to borrow cloth coupons.

The Jian family originally had three feet of cloth coupons, and now they borrowed another three feet. They could buy six feet of cloth to make a decent set of clothes.

"When your third sister gets married, you will be married soon too!" Aunt Liu looked at the fourth girl of the Jian family carefully. She was really different!

She had an oval face, pretty and charming, with bright and pretty eyebrows and peach blossom eyes that revealed some seductive charm, but inside was clearly a pool of clear water, dry and transparent. Under her small nose, her rosy lips were slightly pursed, and I don't know if it was with a hint of shyness.

"Auntie Liu, you are joking. I am not in a hurry."

After saying goodbye to Aunt Liu, Jian Lu walked to the door of the Jian family, carrying the precious three-foot-long cloth coupons.

The Jian family has two houses, both of which are made of blue bricks and tiles. However, due to years of disrepair, they look a bit run-down. To the east is the house of Jian's parents and the kitchen, and to the right is the main hall. There are two rooms on each side of the main hall. In the past, the four sisters of the Jian family lived there. After the eldest and second sisters got married, only the third daughter Jian Xin and the fourth daughter Jian Lu lived there.

The yard in front of the Jian family's house is not big, only about ten square meters. There is a long and narrow private plot in front of the yard, and a simple chicken coop is built on the east side, where three chickens are raised.

Looking at the colorful houses from the 1970s, Jian Lu's steps towards home became heavier.

Jian Lu grew up in an orphanage. After enduring hardships for half of her life, she finally saved enough money to buy a small two-bedroom new house at the age of 26. She renovated it and moved in only a week later when she traveled back to the 1970s. How could she live like this?

Jian Lu sighed and felt bitter.

That's right, she traveled through time. A week ago, she traveled into a period novel and became the fourth daughter of the Jian family, who had the same name and surname as herself and lived in the Xingmin Production Brigade of the Red Star Commune in northern China in the 1970s.

This period novel, titled "Beautiful Daughters-in-law of the Seventies", tells the inspirational story of the male protagonist Fang Yuanliang and the female protagonist Dong Danqin, who were educated youth sent to the countryside and supported each other throughout their lives.

The cannon fodder female supporting role who has the same name and surname as Jian Lu, that is, her original self, is the original wife of the stubborn male supporting role in the book who died early.

There are four daughters of noble birth in the Jian family, and the original body is the fourth. Because the first three daughters were all daughters of noble birth, when the original body's biological mother Zhang Cuixia was pregnant with her, everyone looked at her pointed belly and thought it was a son. But when she was born, she was still a daughter of noble birth, and the Jian family was embarrassed. And because of her birth, the mother of Jian, Zhang Cuixia, could no longer have children, and the original body became the "sinner" of the Jian family and was discriminated against.

Now the first two daughters of the Jian family are married, and the third daughter is also going to get married in half a month, leaving only the original body who has not yet got married.

She was originally recognized as the most beautiful girl in the commune. She was beautiful and generous. Everyone who mentioned her would praise her. However, she was inferior and timid by nature.

She has always secretly liked the original book's male protagonist, the educated youth Fang Yuanliang, and wanted to save her food to give him a favor. Unfortunately, she ran into the female protagonist Dong Danqin, who was also an educated youth. The male and female protagonists in the book had an ambiguous relationship, but the original author had a beautiful appearance but was filled with inferiority complex, so she could only bury this secret love in her heart.

Later, she was spotted by Hong Qiang, who grew up without parents and ate at many houses in the village. Hong Qiang discussed with Jian Hualin and made her his live-in son-in-law. Jian Hualin got a son for nothing, and when he died in the future, there would be someone to carry his coffin and take care of him in his old age, which fulfilled his dream of having a son. Hong Qiang got the beauty smoothly. After all, he had no parents, and others disdained to be live-in sons-in-law, but he didn't care, as long as he could marry the original person.

In the book, Hong Qiang married the original body as he wished and became the son-in-law of the Jian family. However, he unexpectedly learned that his dream wife actually liked the male protagonist in the original book - the educated youth Fang Yuanliang. Hong Qiang, who was already violent, could not stand this and immediately started a fight. As a result, he had a grudge with the male and female protagonists of the original book. Later, because he became a son-in-law, he was often used as a topic of conversation by the members of the commune after dinner. In addition, he suspected that the original body still had Fang Yuanliang in her heart, and his psychology became more and more distorted. In the end, he vented everything on the original body, beating, scolding, slapping, and punching were commonplace.

Even when she was pregnant, she was not feeling well and was late in cooking, so Hong Qiang kicked her in the stomach, killing the baby. Even though she was in poor health, she still had to dress herself, cook, and serve Hong Qiang.

She was abused by Hong Qiang for many years, and her body was often covered with bruises. Her biological father was a bully and her biological mother dared not say anything. Finally, she could not bear the abuse anymore and committed suicide by jumping into the river on her 30th birthday.

After the original body died, the violent male supporting role Hong Qiang still opposed the hero and heroine of the original book everywhere and set traps for them, which made the relationship between the two stronger than iron, and finally they joined forces to deal with him.

When Jian Lu first read the novel, she sighed for the cannon fodder female supporting role with the same name and surname, but she never expected that she would become her when she woke up.

Fortunately, the time point I traveled to was before my original body got married, so everything can still be saved! As for the male protagonist and the stubborn male supporting role in the book, go to hell!

She needs to stay away from these people to stay safe!

"Lulu is back?" Third sister Jian Xin saw fourth sister at the door in the yard, raised her hand and called her, then walked over and dragged her back to the house to warm herself by the fire, "You must be cold, warm yourself up quickly."

There was a fire burning in the house, and as soon as you stepped into the house, you could feel the warmth, which seemed like two completely different worlds from the freezing cold outside.

Jian Lu took off her untied hat, took off her jacket, and handed the three-foot-long cloth coupon to her third sister, "Third sister, you have completed your mission successfully."

Across from her, the pretty Jian Xin smiled and brushed the snow off her fourth sister's shoulders. She then took the cloth coupons and complimented her sister, "I'm sure you can do this."

Jian Lu and Jian Xin are somewhat similar, but Jian Xin is more beautiful, while Jian Lu has a more delicate face. When they smile together, their eyebrows and eyes are curved, and you can tell that they are a family.

"Third sister, when you were engaged, what was the name of the matchmaker your brother-in-law found?" Jian Lu sat on the kang and asked Jian Xin. The original body didn't interact with people very much, and didn't understand many things.

"Yes, Aunt Hongmei, most of our team asks her to be the matchmaker." Jian Xin answered casually, not understanding why the girl suddenly asked this, "What's wrong?"

"No problem, I'm just asking."

"You don't have someone you like, do you?" In fact, Jian Xin had a vague feeling that when she was working in the fields before, she found that the girl's eyes seemed to always drift towards Fang Zhiqing who went to the countryside last year. "Tell me the truth, is it Fang Zhiqing..."

"No!" Jian Lu immediately distanced herself from the matter. She was not joking. The hero in the original book was the heroine's!

She'd be crazy to mix it with theirs.

She found out from the matchmaker that she was going to find a partner for her when she had time. It would be better for her to find a good partner than to be schemed by Jian's father!

"Nian Di, Laidi, what are you doing in the house? You all just do nothing!" The voice of Zhang Cuixia, Jane's mother, floated in from the wood cracks, interrupting their conversation.

“Here it comes!”

Jian Lu frowned slightly, thinking that the name was harsh. What kind of feudal and superstitious name was it? But before she could say anything, she was pulled out by her third sister and went to the kitchen to work together.

Three days after traveling through time, Jian Lu has already mastered the living skills of the countryside. There was firewood burning in the wide stove hole. She picked up a wooden stick and fanned it with a summer cattail leaf fan. The fire quickly became stronger, burning in the iron pot on the stove, and the aroma of steamed sweet potatoes wafted out.

Dinner was simple as usual, with each person having half a corn bun, half a boiled sweet potato, and a bowl of boiled cabbage. There was still a month before the Chinese New Year, and the old pork in the house could not be moved until New Year's Eve, so they had to endure it.

"I've borrowed the cloth coupons. I'll go to the county town with Lai Di to buy cloth in a few days." Zhang Cuixia bit into a corn bun and looked at her prettiest daughter. "Will Nian Di go?"

Zhang Cuixia has the most complicated feelings towards her youngest daughter. Jian Lu is the prettiest, but she is the main culprit for her infertility. If only the fourth child was a son, he could have established a family and let her hold her head up high in front of her husband and mother-in-law. Such a handsome son would surely be easier to find a wife...

What a pity, she is a lady!

Jian Lu resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She just felt that her ears were in great pain. However, it was useless to reason with them. She could only scare them, "Mom, we are destroying the four olds now. You keep saying 'Laidi' all the time. Aren't you promoting feudal superstition? Be careful that the Little Red Soldiers hear you and report you..."

The words were not finished, but they were enough to scare Zhang Cuixia. She had heard about the powerful people there. She only stammered, "It's just a name, why are you reporting me?"

Jian Hualin's hand holding the chopsticks froze. He had never expected that his usually quiet little daughter could say such a thing. He began to teach his wife a lesson in a deep voice, "You too, have no ideological awareness. It's been a long time, and you still don't change your mind?"

"Got it." After Jian Hualin, the head of the family, spoke, Zhang Cuixia didn't dare to say anything else and only called Xinxin and Lulu.

Jian Hualin is not tall, but he is very energetic. Perhaps it is because he is a poor farmer for three generations that makes him stand out straight. Unfortunately, he has no son, so he can only endure the gossip behind his back by the members of the community.

Fortunately, the youngest daughter in the family is pretty and is a well-known beauty in the area. Those who want to marry her line up in a long line, but when the idea of ​​a live-in son-in-law is mentioned, everyone is unwilling.

Who can bear this humiliation these days? It's not easy to be a live-in son-in-law.

However, there are those who are blinded by lust. Jian Hualin has already decided on a candidate, and when his third daughter is about to get married, he announced, "Lulu, go to the city with your mother and your third sister in a few days. When you come back, bring back some more cloth. You are old enough to make new clothes."

This was so strange that even Zhang Cuixia was puzzled. She knew that men disliked their youngest daughter the most. "What's wrong? Why do you suddenly want to make clothes for Nian...Lulu?"

Jian Hualin smiled as he thought about having a son soon. "Lulu is old enough, it's time for her to get married. I found a partner for her, Hong Qiang from our production team, and let him be her son-in-law."