In 1977, the autumn in Ancheng was much colder than usual.

Yan Qianqian sat on the soft and warm cloth chair in her second uncle's house. She looked around but didn't see her cousin Yan Sisi. She turned to look at her second aunt and asked in confusion, "Aunt, where is Sisi?"

According to her memory, her cousin at that time should have just fallen into the water and been rescued. She had not yet experienced being forced into marriage or having her engagement broken off. As a result, she became depressed and committed suicide amidst the rumors.

Yan's mother, who had just returned from the hospital, replied with a slightly hoarse voice: "The girl went out to play."

The fewer people who know about my daughter falling into the water and getting injured, the better.

Mother Yan leaned to the side to block her niece's eyes from looking at her. She was also worried that Sisi, who was lying in the room, would suddenly speak out. She could only hope that the person would leave quickly. She asked calmly, "Qianqian, when did you come back from the country? Why didn't your father and the others tell you?"

Counting the time, this girl has been working in the countryside for about five or six years.

Speaking of which, my sister-in-law was really cruel. She actually let her 16-year-old daughter replace her 18-year-old brother to go to the countryside. The girl who used to be pretty now has yellow skin, dry and cracked lips, and I don't know how many patches her clothes have had. It's really a sin.

When Yan Qianqian heard her second aunt mention the word "countryside", her expression froze for a moment, and she changed the subject, "They may have forgotten, aunt, where is my second uncle?"

When Yan's mother heard her mention her husband, she became even more nervous and said carelessly, "Your second uncle is working overtime at the factory. I just came back to get something and will leave soon. Why don't you come over to play when Sisi is home?"

Yan Sisi, who was separated by a wall, had no idea that someone had suddenly come to her house. Her hair on her forehead was wet with sweat, and she lay on the wooden bed with her eyes tightly closed, her thin eyebrows wrinkling and relaxing.

I don't know how much time has passed, and I don't know when the voices in the living room disappeared.

Yan Sisi, lying on the bed, felt as if she had suddenly fallen into an abyss of darkness. Then her body suddenly sat up with a start. The next second, she opened her brown eyes and began to gasp violently.

Yan Sisi clutched the quilt tightly with her hands, staring at the red cabinet in front of her, then raised her right hand and pinched herself hard. The intense pain instantly spread to her brain, and tears welled up in her eyes the next second.

It hurt, but she was happy. The pain meant that she had finally gotten rid of that strange dream.

In her dreams, she has always been the counterpart of her cousin Yan Qianqian since she was little. She is the only child in her family, so her parents dote on her very much and basically satisfy her whatever they can.

My cousin has three older brothers, one older sister and one younger brother. My uncle's family is particularly patriarchal, so my cousin has been oppressed since she was a child.

But everything changed after her cousin asked her for a wooden bracelet. Her cousin began to have smooth sailing. First, she married the son of a high-ranking official, and then she took the college entrance examination and was admitted to a school in Beijing.

She accidentally fell into the water on the day her cousin came back to the city. Later, when her cousin came to visit her, she took a fancy to her wooden bracelet and bought it. Then she began to be forced to kiss and was harassed by a jobless hooligan who did all kinds of things. The person she was originally engaged to also quickly broke off the engagement.

After being forced into marriage and having her engagement broken off, she became increasingly silent under the onslaught of rumors, and finally committed suicide one day under the instigation of her neighbors.

After her death, she found a book in a misty space, and realized that she was a counterpart in a time-travel novel. The heroine was her cousin, and the wooden bracelet that was bought was a space bracelet that could store supplies. After the heroine got the bracelet, even her illusory luck improved, while her luck became very bad.

Yan Sisi covered her aching back of the head and endured the headache as she continued to recall what the book said about her:

After thinking for a long time, I only remember that after her death, my father never recovered and his already injured health became worse. In the book, he also died a few years later. My mother also died soon after due to the shock of the death of her daughter and her husband.

Just as Yan Sisi was about to continue reminiscing, she heard loud knocks on the door coming from outside the house.

Yan's mother, who was stewing bones in the kitchen after sending the others away, heard the knock on the door and shouted, "Who's here?"

As the door opened, Su Dani and the other two who were standing at the door rushed in, shouting, "Is this Yan Sisi's house?"

Mother Yan looked at the three people who had come in. She saw a familiar face on one of them and immediately ran over to stop him in a panic, her voice trembling a little: "What are you doing here?"

Yan Sisi, who was sitting in the house and was startled, heard someone outside mention her name. She endured the headache and walked out: "Mom, who's here?"

Standing in the living room with an unpleasant look on her face, Yan's mother turned around and saw Sisi coming out. Her heart tightened, and she quickly ran over to block the young lady with her body. At the same time, she kept pushing her into the house with her hands, and said in a sharp voice: "Hurry up and go in, don't come out."

Yan Sisi, who hadn't figured out what was going on, was pushed a few steps before Su Dani, who came from behind, grabbed her arm. She was confused and only felt the pain in her arm. The next second, she heard a loud voice shouting, "This girl must be Sisi. She really looks just like Jiajun said."

After Su Dani finished speaking, she began to pinch Yan Sisi's body with both hands. At the same time, she kept looking her up and down with her cloudy eyes, and said critically, "This child is too thin. It doesn't look like she will have a good birth."

His face is white and clean, but his body looks so fragile that it will break if squeezed. How can he provide offspring for the Zhou family?

Yan Sisi looked at the familiar yet strange face in front of her, suddenly pulled her arm away, and interrupted her: "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

Su Dani's face immediately turned cold when she heard this, but she thought of what her son had told her before she came, and she smiled what she thought was a kind smile and said, "I'm Zhou Jiajun's mother. My son rescued you from the river a few days ago. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Mother Yan stepped forward and stood in front of the young lady, looking at them coldly. She knew they were here with ill intentions and asked angrily, "I have collected all the things, what are you doing here?"

The other auntie who was walking behind quietly approached Yan's mother and held her arm. She turned her head and looked outside the door at the neighbors who had heard the noise and looked over. She whispered, "Mother Sisi, my nephew couldn't sleep at night after saving your daughter. He was afraid that others would gossip about your daughter, so he asked me to come and propose marriage."

Yan Sisi was stunned after listening to them, because what they said was exactly the same as what she had said in her dream. Yan's mother, who was being held by her side, shuddered when she heard the words, and looked at the woman who was speaking fiercely. The next moment, she closed the door to block the neighbors' curious eyes, and turned back to them and said in a low voice: "You accepted the things at the beginning and said that you would not tell anyone about it. Why do you regret it now?"

Mother Yan thought about how she was scared half to death when her father brought her daughter back home a few nights ago, all wet and wrapped in clothes. Now this family had come to her house shamelessly again, and it looked like there was no going back.

Su Dani, who was standing in the living room, had no embarrassment on her face. Her yellow eyes kept looking at the things in the room, and she refused to admit it and said, "What? My family didn't receive anything. Besides, it's your daughter's blessing that my son likes her. Otherwise, who would like her when your family doesn't even have a son?"

After Su Dani finished speaking, her eyes swept across the half-covered TV on the cabinet not far away. She immediately revealed a greedy look. She planned to ask her son to move the TV to their room after he got married.

Sudani walked around the room, touching this and that. This alarm clock could be placed on her cabinet in the future, and this piece of cloth was pretty enough to make shoes for her daughter.

As expected, her son was amazing. He was able to marry the daughter of a dual-worker family. However, this girl had a vixen-like face. She would have to keep a good eye on her for her son after marrying her.

Li Xiaohua, who came with her mother-in-law Su Dani, also echoed at this moment: "Your daughter was rescued from the water by my third brother. Who else can your daughter marry if not to him?"

Finally, he threatened secretly: "If you agree now, your reputation as a lady will be better. If you don't agree, we don't know what kind of gossip will be said outside."

Mother Yan was so angry at their shameless appearance that her hands were shaking. She was also afraid that if she didn't agree to this group of people, they would really go out and ruin her daughter's reputation. She didn't know what to do for a moment.

Yan Sisi looked at the scene which was exactly the same as in her dream. She might have been worried about being controlled by them like in her dream when faced with such a situation before, but she would not be worried now.

Yan Sisi picked up a stick nearby and broke it in front of everyone: "Who dares to talk nonsense?"

The three people who were ready to continue shouting immediately quieted down when they saw this. Ma Dani, who was standing closest, looked at the stick broken into two pieces in Yan Sisi's hand and couldn't help but take a step back.

I cursed him in my heart: You little brat, you're just trying to get me here without even finding out who the person is.

Seeing that the situation was calm, Yan Sisi continued calmly: "The chairman said that marriage is free, so does your son want to hook up with our family?"

She remembered that she was pushed into the water instead of falling into it, and the book never mentioned this at all; it just wrote that she fell into the water.

"I want to see who else besides my son would marry you, a worthless thing that has been held by someone else?" Su Dani said sternly and timidly, and opened the door with her daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, and said fiercely to the people watching the excitement outside, "Get out of the way, what's there to see?"

Seeing them coming and going quickly, Yan's mother looked at the neighbors who were still watching the excitement at the door, quickly restrained her expression, suppressed her worries, and sent them all away. She turned back and sighed at her daughter, "When did you become so strong? And what if Wei Ming's mother knew about this?"

Yan Sisi threw away the stick in her hand and said, "Mom, this stick was cracked before. I just used it to scare them. Don't worry about Wei Ming. Where's my dad?"

When Yan's mother saw her daughter mention her husband, she immediately thought of the bone soup that was still stewing in the kitchen, so she hurried over to lift the lid of the pot. Fortunately, the bone soup was not boiled dry.

Yan Sisi, who followed closely, asked again, "Where's my dad?"

At this time in the dream, her father seemed to be put in a sack and was injured and hospitalized.

Yan's mother scooped a bowl of bone soup and handed it to her daughter. Seeing her eyes looking straight at her, she couldn't hide it from her. "Your father was put in a sack last night."

Yan Sisi, who had taken the bowl, was stunned when she heard this. What happened in her dream happened again. Worried that her father was seriously injured, she hurriedly asked, "How is Dad injured? Is it serious?"

Yan's mother turned around and put bone soup and mixed grain steamed buns into an aluminum lunch box, saying, "It's OK, but the arm needs to be put in a cast, and the rest needs to be hospitalized for observation."

After saying that, Yan's mother picked up two aluminum lunch boxes, walked around Yan Sisi and continued, "I will stay in the hospital with your father tonight and ask his family what to do."

"I'll go with you." Yan Sisi put the bowl in her hand on the table and was about to go out with Yan's mother.

"You have a wound on your head, so don't run around. Lock the door at home. If there is any noise, go next door to find your aunt Gu. I'm leaving first." Yan's mother stretched out her hand to stop Yan Sisi from moving forward. She finished her words in one breath and without waiting for her daughter's response, she slammed the door shut.

Yan Sisi, who was forced to stay at home to recuperate, touched her head which was still aching. She could only turn around and slowly drink the bone soup on the table before continuing to lie on the bed to recuperate.

Yan Sisi lay back on the bed, thinking of what had interrupted her before. She got up from the bed and picked up the wooden bracelet she had taken off the desk some time ago. After looking at it for a while, she didn't think it was a golden finger.

After all, what other golden finger is as gray as this one? One can only vaguely see some flower branches carved on the surface. If this wooden bracelet had not been given by her grandma, she might have put it away long ago.

This wooden bracelet has been worn on her hand for almost ten years and nothing unusual has ever happened. But how come it opened up a space in just a few days after it came into the heroine's hands?

In the book, the cousin opened the space because she accidentally dripped blood on it. I wonder if her blood could also open the space if it dripped on it?

Thinking of this, Yan Sisi couldn't contain her excitement any more. She ran to Yan's mother's room and took out a sewing needle from the drawer.

Yan Sisi returned to the room, sat cross-legged on the bed with her hands clasped together, and after worshipping all the Eastern gods and Buddhas, she gritted her teeth and stabbed her thumb ruthlessly.

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