(Note: This story is purely fictional and takes place in a parallel universe, a parallel universe, a parallel universe!)
(Set in Northeast China, from November to April is the hibernation period, during which no work is done.)
When Fang Yuan woke up again, he was lying in a mud-brick house in the countryside.
It was pitch black outside, and two women were lying beside him.
She was still in a daze for a while after waking up.
Discovering that memories of one's previous life are becoming blurred is similar to the feeling after watching a TV series.
I still remember it, but I don't feel anything special about it anymore.
At the same time, their island space was gone.
At this moment, all she has in her mind is the memory of her current body's entire life, ending in November of this year, which is the time before the original owner died.
It is now August 12th, her first night in Heilongjiang Province.
The owner of this body is still named Fang Yuan, who is only 17 years old this year. He is a young educated youth who was tricked into going to the countryside by his stepmother and stepsister right after graduation.
This is Heilongjiang Province, Heilongjiang Province in August 1973, which is located at the foot of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
Fang Yuan's first thought was, "Won't we freeze to death here in winter?" And this bed board—no, it should be the kang (heated brick bed)—is so hard.
The second thought was that ginseng seemed to grow here. Could she be able to go up the mountain to pick ginseng in this life?
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Fang Yuan shouted in his mind:
"System, hurry up and give me the female lead's storyline, and do I have my system space yet?"
[Host, please receive the original female lead's memories. System space has been allocated.]
"·····"
Not long after accepting the new memories given by the system, Fang Yuan angrily slammed his fist on the kang (a heated brick bed).
You bastard! The original owner of this body was actually killed by the original female lead, Wang Qingqing.
The key point is that Wang Qingqing is her stepsister, the one who tricked her.
That vicious woman who always liked to compare herself to her and then tricked her into going to the countryside.
That's it? And she calls herself the female lead?
God is truly blind.
"Hmm? Fang Yuan, can't you sleep either?" Zhou Jiahui asked softly.
"Oh? Yeah, you're not asleep either?" Fang Yuan replied awkwardly.
She hadn't expected that her bedmate next to her wasn't asleep either.
"This bed—no, this kang (heated brick bed)—is too hard; I can't sleep on it," Zhou Jiahui said, turning over.
She never expected the place she went to to be like this.
On her very first day in Northeast China, she already felt the hostility of the place.
Hearing the two voices, He Hongying, the former educated youth sitting on the kang (heated brick bed), spoke up:
"It's like this when you first arrive. You'll be able to fall asleep after a while. It's not actually that hard here, since the hibernation period is long."
She couldn't sleep when she first arrived, but she was able to sleep soon after, because she was tired from working in the fields.
Fang Yuan then realized that none of the three people in the room were asleep.
Indeed, this was only her first night in the countryside, and with so many people around, everyone was a little unaccustomed to it.
Fang Yuan replied, "This is my first time sleeping on a kang (heated brick bed), and I'm not used to it."
"It is quite hard, but you'll get used to it. I'm also from the South, and I wasn't used to it when I first came here, but I got used to it after a while."
He Hongying replied with a smile that she had been sleeping here for two or three years and had gotten used to everything.
“This is my first time sleeping on a kang (heated brick bed), it’s so hard and uncomfortable. Can’t we just sleep on a bed?” Zhou Jiahui replied.
“The winters here are especially cold and long. Only heated brick beds can keep you warm. The people here aren’t stupid, are they?” He Hongying replied.
These people really came to the countryside at the worst possible time. They're facing the autumn rice harvest right away, just like when they first came to the countryside.
"Oh, so how do people usually work in the fields here? What do they plant?" Zhou Jiahui asked curiously.
"We only work here from the end of April to the end of October. The rest of the time we stay indoors. We grow wheat, corn, rice..."
Thinking that it was still early, He Hongying slowly explained the situation here to Fang Yuan and Zhou Jiahui.
Zhou Jiahui would respond from time to time, but Fang Yuan didn't say anything.
She integrated all the memories in her mind, and she now knew exactly what was going on here.
She was thinking about the original owner's situation of being forced to give away a cheat ability.
The original owner's death was not caused by her own actions, but was a scheme plotted against by Wang Qingqing.
Wang Qingqing lives in Yongsheng Brigade, which is next to Fangyuan, and is next to their Hongqi Brigade.
After this woman went to the countryside, she kept track of the original owner's situation.
She wanted to know if her family had sent her any packages or anything.
My jealousy reached its peak after I learned that she had moved out not long after.
She specifically told the local scoundrels that she was very spoiled at home and had money.
The original owner of this body was targeted by that scoundrel and died three months later.
Afterwards, Wang Qingqing, under the guise of her sister, took away her belongings and obtained her spatial pendant, thus reaching the pinnacle of her life.
The original owner of this body, along with his father, brother, and younger brother, all became villains and met tragic and miserable ends.
You bastard, you killed her and you still want to profit from her misfortune? Dream on.
Fang Yuan reached down and took off the jade pendant from his neck, touched it, and then suddenly had the idea to put it into the space provided by the system.
Surprisingly, it actually went in.
Looking at the jade pendant in the system space, Fang Yuan asked the system:
"System, can I take the jade pendant to the next world and use it there?"
Anyway, she knew how this world would develop, and the one cubic meter of space the system provided was enough for her.
After I finish my studies and get into a good university, or after I make money in business, I can buy two houses in Beijing and live a comfortable life as a rich woman.
Wouldn't it be better to store the cheat codes in the system space and use them when we encounter a more difficult world later?
Anyway, since she has the original female lead's memories, she probably knows what these cheat abilities are.
If the cheat system in this world cannot be retrieved, it will be taken back into your system space.
"······"
Okay, we won't let her exploit any loopholes in the system.
After letting his mind wander for a while, he took out the jade pendant and dripped blood onto it to signify its ownership.
They then discovered that it was a small courtyard with several acres of land.
"System, why isn't this courtyard in the space that the original female protagonist opened?"
Fang Yuan carefully checked Wang Qingqing's memories and discovered that there were some discrepancies after the space was opened.
Wang Qingqing's space consists only of a pond and a few acres of land.
She then thought of her past life, in which Zhang Xiuzhen didn't seem to have a small wooden house either.
She built a small wooden house behind herself after she obtained the space.
[Because this body is the true owner of the cheat system; any outsiders who find it and open it will only get a simplified version.]
"Huh? So the original owner was still so unlucky?" Fang Yuan remained skeptical of the system's words.
The fact that someone originally possessed a "golden finger" (a special ability or advantage) doesn't necessarily mean that person is lucky.
"What do you mean?" Fang Yuan asked, indicating that he did not understand.
How can a cooked duck still fly?
"·····"
However, no matter how much Fang Yuan asked, the system remained silent, so she had no choice but to give up.
However, the golden finger she possessed was different from others, which ultimately improved her mood considerably.
She carefully observed the extra yard.
Although the overall area of this space is not large, the courtyard is much larger than that of a wooden house on an island.
The courtyard is a traditional-style siheyuan (traditional courtyard house), with two fruit trees and a well in the middle.
Unfortunately, the fruit trees did not bear fruit.
The main house has three large rooms, with two side rooms on each side.
The main house consists of a living room, a bedroom, and an ensuite bathroom in the bedroom. The side rooms are the kitchen and storage room.
Time remained frozen in the storage room.
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