Chapter 2: Getting Up at Night
A lot had happened in 1991, and the planned economy was on the verge of collapse. But something as big as economic reform still seemed too far away from Xiaoshi Village.
The people in Xiaoshi Village only care about the wheat in the fields and the money in their hands.
In her previous life, what Lu Xing and her group of old sisters talked about the most was which family's younger generation had made great progress and which family had encountered trouble.
The only thing that could be connected with the economic system reform was that Lu Yuan, once the most promising man in the village, was laid off because of the factory closure.
As the most promising person in the village, Lu Yuan was admitted to the county steel mill and married a woman from the city. Both husband and wife were workers in the factory and both were employed by the government.
This also led to them both being laid off after the factory closed down, and the family suddenly lost two sources of income.
But now, the biggest thing for Lu Xing is that she was reborn with the memories of her previous life.
She had watched TV dramas in which the protagonists who died tragically would be reborn and seek revenge on their enemies.
But Lu Xing thought about it and realized that she died of old age and didn't have any enemies. Apart from her memory of how to farm, the rest were all gossip about Xiaoshi Village. It seemed that she couldn't accomplish anything great.
What can gossip do?
The feeling of hunger in her stomach interrupted her thoughts.
There was still extra noodles in the pot in the kitchen, and Lu Xing was too lazy to light a fire and cook again, so he just had cold noodles with pickles for dinner.
The system had been watching Lu Xing since she was sitting at home thinking, and thought that the host's head was damaged during the transmission process, which caused her to be motionless.
Only when Lu Xing started eating noodles did it breathe a sigh of relief and dare to speak.
[Host, you were silent just now and I was so scared. I thought I made a mistake and made you mute.]
In other words, the system's voice is a neutral mechanical sound with a sense of serious doubt, otherwise this sentence would really sound like an insult.
To tease the system, Lu Xing made a joke, "Haven't you shared a room with my corpse before? Is there anything scarier than this?"
However, this joke seemed to have gone a bit too far. The system, which was only a little bit scared, was frightened to tears.
To appease the system, she quickly changed the subject, "Okay, I was just joking. Otherwise, let's talk about the mission."
Speaking of tasks, the system immediately became serious.
[Okay, host, we only have one task to complete, and that is to reach 100% exploration.]
"And then? What is exploration level? No clue?"
【No. 】
"Where's the mission help?"
【No. 】
"So what can you do?"
【After completing the task, I can grant you one wish. 】
"What if the mission fails?"
【If you fail, you will die.】
"But I was already dead."
[Yeah! What should I do then?] This was the first time System.LittleWaste.System had encountered such a situation. Looking at his backend, the tangled code was almost in a knot.
The main reason is that it has invested all its energy in Lu Xing's rebirth. If the mission is not completed, it will suffer a great loss.
For some reason, when Lu Xing listened to the self-doubting voice of System 66, an image of a puppy circling its tail came to his mind.
The puppy chased its tail for a long time but couldn't figure out how to solve the problem.
Touched by the cuteness of his own imagination, Lu Xing wanted to comfort the system. It didn't matter if it couldn't find the problem, because being reborn would be a very interesting experience.
Because the host's rebirth had come at a huge cost, most of the system's functions were now unusable. It looked at the task that seemed to have gone awry and spoke hesitantly.
[If...if that doesn't work, I can open up my own database to help you complete the task.]
For the system, the database stores all its information. Opening the database means that all its information is open to Lu Xing.
It was a little resistant to this choice, but then it thought about how it had so many problems. Lu Xing not only didn't scold it, but also patiently comforted it. He also didn't want her to die because of the failure of the mission.
"Information database?" When Lu Xing heard the system say that, the first thing that came to mind was the high-tech-looking data on TV. "Is it high-tech data? The kind that can be used to build spaceships?"
As soon as he heard it, he felt that this thing seemed very powerful, and Lu Xing was a little looking forward to it.
【spacecraft? 】
The system flipped through its database. Ever since it bound to the host, it had been automatically collecting information about the surrounding area. Therefore, the database was filled with daily gossip about the surroundings.
[There is only one record related to spaceships in the information database. Do you want to listen to it? ]
"Are there really spaceships? Tell me about them."
Wang Xiuhe said to Lu Yu, "Brother Yu, do you think our affair won't be discovered?"
She originally thought she would hear some complicated and difficult information, but she didn't expect to hear a familiar name. There was so much information contained in one sentence that Lu Xing didn't know where to start. All her surprise turned into one sentence.
"This sentence has something to do with spaceships?!"
[Yes, this sentence contains the character "yu" (yu), which makes it the most relevant sentence in the database.]
Afraid that the host would not believe it, the system read a few other search results, all of which were meaningless records like "xx had dinner at x o'clock".
"But Wang Xiuhe is Lu Yu's sister-in-law. What could happen between them?" Lu Xing suspected that there might be something wrong with the system's information database.
My records cannot be wrong.
The system insisted that the information it provided was accurate, but Lu Xing still didn't quite believe it.
After all, Wang Xiuhe's house is right next to Lu Xing's, and they can't even hide the noise of their quarrels. How come she never heard of such a big thing as her sister-in-law and brother-in-law getting together in her previous life?
Moreover, at this time in his previous life, Lu Yu was about to get married. The two families had always lived in harmony and there was no news of any conflicts.
It was already late. Normally, Lu Xing would have fallen asleep long ago, but today he had experienced rebirth and heard such shocking news from the system.
She lay in bed, suffering from insomnia for the first time in a long time.
After it got dark, she couldn't see clearly. She searched for a long time but couldn't find a place to turn on the light, so she had to go to the toilet in the dark.
Her family built the toilet on the west side, next to which was Wang Xiulian's pigpen, and next to it was where they stored firewood.
It was quiet in the middle of the night. Lu Xing was using the toilet alone when he suddenly heard a rustling sound.
She listened curiously along the wall and finally found that the source of the sound was the firewood pile in Wang Xiu Lian's house.
Because of his old age, Lu Xing's hearing has not been good, and he listened for a long time but still couldn't understand what was happening on the other side.
Fortunately, she is not alone now, and the system can automatically scan and collect everything that happens within a 10km radius of her.
It can also clearly recount what happened just across the wall.
It's this content that seems to be wrong.
"Are you saying that the two people across the street seem to be fighting, and all they say are um and ah?"
Lu Xing thought of the message the system had found earlier. "Are these two people wearing clothes? Are they Wang Xiuhe and Lu Yu?"
[No. Host, how did you know it was them? You're amazing.]
The village was so quiet at night that the movement nearby seemed even more noticeable.
After she confirmed the situation, she couldn't fall asleep and lay in bed with her eyes open until daytime.
When Lu Xing got up in the morning to heat up his meal, he saw smoke coming out of the kitchen next door. When he went out to get some water, he met Old Mrs. Lu.
Although they were neighbors, their relationship was average. When they were young, Mrs. Lu's husband always wanted to marry Lu Xing, but unfortunately he failed, so he ended up marrying Mrs. Lu.
Because of this, the two families would have minor conflicts every now and then.
As she got older, Mrs. Lu felt that having two sons was better than Lu Xing, so she started to cause less trouble. She would only occasionally say a few bad words.
This is also true when pouring water.
When she saw Lu Xing pouring water, she insisted that he was crossing the line and scolded her family for polluting their land with the water.
Normally, Lu Xing would definitely fight back.
But what happened yesterday was too shocking, and Lu Xing didn't want to continue talking to her. He just responded and turned around to go home.
After returning home, Mrs. Lu still couldn't figure out what had happened to her and why she was behaving so abnormally.
Wang Xiuhe saw that Mrs. Lu came back with a bad look on her face and thought that she had lost the argument with the neighbor. "Mom? What did the neighbor say again? Don't take it to heart."
"She's the only old lady in her family, and it's quite pitiful. If others see us with so many people in the family, they will think we are bullying her by relying on our numbers."
"What do you know..." Mrs. Lu wanted to say something, but when she saw her stomach, she swallowed it back. "For the sake of my good grandson, I won't bother with you."
She smiled and touched Wang Xiuhe's belly, "My dear grandson, you must grow up well."
Lu Yu was the last one to get up in the family. He sat at the table and ate in silence.
Old Mrs. Lu gets angry when she sees her son. He hangs out with a bunch of hooligans in the village every day and no one knows what he does. He is already twenty years old, but he doesn't even have a job and doesn't do any farm work.
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do all day is eat. You don't even know how to learn from your big brother and go out and find a job. Wait till I die and see what you'll do."
Hearing the name of the eldest brother, the two looked at each other guiltily.
Old Mrs. Lu, who was teaching her son a lesson, saw the two people's little actions and said nothing. She just thought that Lu Yu was old enough and it was time to find him a wife.
After getting married, I should be able to focus on my life with my wife taking care of me.
【Author has something to say】
Why isn't this considered a related search for spaceships? Hahahaha
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