Chapter 1: Married for three years right after I came here? It doesn't matter, even military marriages have to be divorced
Outside the green train, crowds thronged, many of them there to see off their loved ones.
Jiang Ning leaned against the windowsill, somewhat speechless about her current situation.
She even broke into the niche genre of transmigrating into novels.
The carriage was packed with people, and the noise was deafening. The aisle was filled with stacks of luggage, leaving only a narrow space for people to pass through.
Jiang Ning glanced around and saw that everyone's clothes were in plain and somber colors, either black or gray, with only the younger women wearing more colorful clothes.
Jiang Ning fiddled with her long braid, which represented all the hair she had in this world; she now had two braids.
They pulled out a braid and held it to their nose to block out the indescribable smell in the carriage. Some people even brought live chickens and ducks on board, making the smell even more indescribable.
Jiang Ning leaned against the windowsill, sorting through the plot in her mind.
In the present world, she had just attended the Lasker Award ceremony when she inexplicably transmigrated into an inspirational novel called "The Rise of the 70s: How a Rural Girl Became Rich," set in 1978.
I clicked to watch it because one of the female supporting characters had the same name as me.
Halfway through reading, Jiang Ning wrote numerous negative reviews for the author, who then logged in late at night and engaged in a heated argument with her.
The novel's title sounds quite inspiring, but it's actually a melodramatic soap opera disguised as an inspirational story.
The rural girl is actually a reborn heroine with superpowers, and Jiang Ning is just a substitute bride who is cannon fodder.
The reborn heroine Jiang Ting was originally going to marry Shen Mo, who was in the army, but after the marriage, she lived a life of widowhood at home until she learned of Shen Mo's death in battle a few years later.
Jiang Ting lived a life of widowhood, only to wake up and find herself reborn. Unwilling to live another life of widowhood, she conceived the idea of having her younger sister, Jiang Ning, marry in her place.
Three years ago, Jiang Ting secretly sent Jiang Ning's household registration book to the military base and got a marriage certificate with Shen Mo. Then she pretended to be innocent and cried, saying that the household registration book had been sent to the wrong place.
From then on, there was no more news about Jiang Ning in the book. It was all about how Jiang Ting worked hard to take the college entrance examination, received a university admission notice, and then got engaged to a soldier who was a company commander and also the male protagonist in the book.
The male lead comes from a wealthy family and can even bring the Jiang family to live in the city. However, Jiang Ning is already married, and the male lead's family does not accept her going to live in the city, so Jiang Ning stays alone in the countryside.
The female protagonist in the book, Jiang Ting, is determined to succeed in the college entrance examination after it is reinstated. Through countless opportunities and hard work, she becomes the richest woman in the world decades later and lives a happy life.
After finishing the book, Jiang Ning wanted to know if the original owner of the same name as her would have a different ending, but in the end, she still ended up as a widow, eventually dying alone in the countryside from hardship.
Jiang Ning felt wronged on behalf of the female lead. Although the original owner was just an insignificant cannon fodder character, everyone in the book had wronged her.
Jiang Ting, the reborn female protagonist, secretly changed the household registration book without consulting Jiang Ning in order to secure her own future. Jiang's mother did nothing about it; the die was cast. She could only advise Jiang Ning to accept the fact. Her husband, whom she had never met, was even more irresponsible. Three years after they got their marriage certificate, he had never thought of his wife.
In this era, a woman is expected to follow her husband after marriage, and her husband never mentioned taking her to his home.
Jiang Ning certainly wouldn't sit idly by and wait for her fate; everyone says military marriages are impossible to end.
It doesn't matter, even military marriages have to end in divorce.
As soon as she transmigrated, she told Jiang's mother, Wang Lihua, that she was going to the capital to find Shen Mo. Jiang's mother naturally agreed and sent Jiang Ning onto the train without hesitation so that she could go to the capital.
"Ningning, Ningning, Jiang Ning!" Suddenly someone called Jiang Ning's name from outside the window.
"Second sister, second sister!"
Jiang Ning turned her head and heard a woman in a gray-blue coarse cloth dress with short hair calling her. A boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old was standing next to the woman.
Seeing Jiang Ning looking over, Wang Lihua's eyes suddenly reddened as she looked at her daughter. She handed over the things in her hand, "Ningning, this is some food and clothes for you, and there's five yuan in it. If you need anything, be sure to ask the train police."
Jiang Ning glanced sideways, her eyes cold, and didn't reach out to take the item.
When she met her gaze, Wang Lihua was taken aback. Her daughter had always been obedient and gentle, and she was always submissive and never resisted anyone. Why did she suddenly seem like a different person, and she didn't even call her "Mom" anymore?
Looking at her obedient and well-behaved daughter, Wang Lihua regretted not arguing with her eldest daughter's husband's family, so that her second daughter could stay with them for a year or two longer. But her husband left home and never came back, leaving her and her child alone. As a woman, she didn't dare to argue.
"Thank you." Jiang Ning looked at her for a moment and then took the package.
The boy next to Wang Lihua had dark skin. He peered out of the train window, his big eyes fixed on Jiang Ning. "Second Sister, will you come back?"
Jiang Ning's only good impression of the Jiang family was of her youngest brother. In the original work, this brother moved to the city with Jiang Ting, but would still occasionally go to the countryside to help the original owner with some heavy work.
Jiang Ning reached out and touched his head. "Maybe, maybe not."
After saying that, the train was about to leave, and Jiang Ning looked away without turning her head.
The green train rattles along the railway tracks, and the scenery outside the window flashes by.
Jiang Ning had accepted the fact that she had transmigrated into the book. She leaned against the windowsill, exuding a lazy air.
People around her would occasionally glance at her.
Appearance is an important factor in making a good or bad first impression in any era, and Jiang Ning happens to be one of the best ones.
Her delicate face, fair and tender skin, and phoenix eyes that seemed to ripple like lake water exuded an oriental charm, as beautiful as a lotus flower. Her arched eyebrows were graceful, and her lowered eyes possessed a natural and captivating allure. Her nose was high and straight with a small tip, and her lips were tinged with a sandalwood red. Every movement of her lips was enchanting.
Her features were exquisite and bright, yet they carried a hint of coldness.
The occasional glances from those around her told Jiang Ning that the original owner of this body must have had a pretty face, and that she still had such fair skin after working in the countryside for many years. As the saying goes, fair skin covers up a hundred flaws, this was truly a gift from God.
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At this time, Jiang Ting had just received her admission notice from the Capital University in the city. Her fiancé's family was very happy and even booked several tables at a state-run restaurant.
Jiang Ting was clearly distracted at the moment.
Her tragic end in her previous life was because she chose the wrong path. She shouldn't have unhesitatingly chosen to register her household registration and get a marriage certificate with Shen Mo just because he was a soldier. He only said that he wanted to marry a daughter of the Jiang family, without specifying who it was.
She lived a good life with the money Shen Mo sent back every month, and for a short time she did well, until she saw Jiang Ning, who had gone out to work, return to the village with her husband. Jiang Ning's husband was a military officer, much better than her husband, who was just a scoundrel!
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