Chapter 1: Becoming a Green Tea
My throat is burning and dry.
There was also a sharp pain at the back of my head...
No, shouldn't she be dead?
Su Heng felt as if someone was helping her up, and a stream of cool water poured into her throat, relieving her urgent need.
“Ahem…”
Su Heng took a moment to calm down and finally opened her eyes.
"Awake?" A clear female voice came from above.
"Next time you pretend to be dizzy, choose a better place."
Looking up, what comes into view is a cool and beautiful face of a beauty, and the beauty's arms are filled with fragrance.
Su Heng felt so dizzy that he couldn't hear what the beauty was saying.
She hadn't seen a living person for a long time, so she felt very familiar when she saw her own kind.
Just as she was about to thank her, she saw a cold expression on the beautiful woman's face, and before she could say anything, she pushed her away and left.
What's going on?
The whispers and strange looks from the people around were so noticeable that Su Heng couldn't ignore them.
But what has a stronger presence is people’s clothes and the environment they live in.
Fine sunlight shines through the gaps in straw hats. Among the green mountains, forests and fields, people in gray-blue short jackets and trousers are working in the fields.
What lay beneath him was no longer the desolate wasteland of the end of the world, but the soft green grass on the ridges of the fields.
Not far away came the sound of gossip: "The Lu family's daughter-in-law is making trouble again!"
"Yes, I've fainted eight hundred times in just a few days."
"He was even falling in front of Cheng Zhiqing yesterday!"
"Look at her, she's not a quiet person..."
What are they talking about?
Su Heng sat up and was about to speak when unfamiliar memories suddenly flooded into her mind like needles.
She asked how she could survive by self-destructing with superpowers, it turned out that she had traveled through time.
I also traveled to a sweet love novel of the period, where I saw the ultimate green tea girl who stood between the male and female protagonists and repeatedly caused trouble for them.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that she has a husband, who is a sinister and crippled man who holds grudges.
It's okay for her to commit suicide in front of the male and female protagonists, because the other party is at least a cultured person and his methods are relatively polite.
But my lame husband is a retired special forces soldier who was injured.
Not only did she want to cheat on someone, she also felt that the other person was delaying her pursuit of love and wanted to kill him.
Of course, she didn't have a good ending in the end, and she and her lame husband died together.
Su Heng was silent. No wonder the beauty just now ignored her. It turned out that she was the heroine Song Wan.
But I'm lucky enough to have saved my life for free, so why should I care about my identity?
Su Heng took a deep breath of the extremely fresh air. This was a beautiful world without zombies and natural disasters, and there were many living people whom he had not seen for a long time.
God knows how long it has been since she saw a living fellow human since the base was breached by mutant beasts.
No matter what they were talking about, Su Heng was overjoyed at the thought of being reborn, and she didn't care about anything else.
The fields in spring have a unique fragrance mixed with green grass and various plants, a scent full of hope.
She sat up and found that the injury on the back of her head might be serious, and she felt a little dizzy.
The captain was also attracted by the commotion here, and when he saw Su Heng, he looked very upset.
"Lu's wife, what's wrong with you?" Captain Zhao took off the straw hat on his head and fanned himself with it, then asked with a frown.
"Captain, I accidentally hit my head and want to go back and rest for a while."
Su Heng looked at the face of the person in front of him from the original owner's memory, and did not try to be tough, but showed the captain the blood on his hand.
Not much, but enough to give the captain a scare.
Zhao Dafu almost stepped in a ditch. "Why is there so much blood? Are you okay? Go to the clinic and get some medicine!"
This girl usually makes such a loud noise for no reason, but why is there no sound today when she really got hurt?
The person who was gossiping just now was also shocked when he saw the blood on his hand. He didn't expect that he was really fainted, and his face suddenly felt a little hot.
"No, I want to go back and lie down."
Su Heng could feel a faint energy flowing in her veins. Her wood-based ability was still there, but only one tenth of it remained.
The wood element is a supernatural power full of vitality. Although it is very weak, Su Heng used this little bit of power to repair the wound on the back of his head.
The dizziness like a concussion has improved a lot, and the only remaining energy has been directly drained away.
But the captain didn't know and insisted that Su Heng go to the health center.
Seeing her staggering and unable to stand steadily, his brows twitched and he quickly asked the nearest aunt to help her to the health center.
"Old Du's family, please help her go and take a look. I'll tell Xiao Li later."
Xiao Li is the scorekeeper. At this time, collective labor is recorded according to working hours and quantity. It is still a while before noon when work ends.
Aunt He was a little unhappy about missing out on these work points, but after looking at Su Heng's pale face, she nodded and agreed.
Seeing Su Heng's pretty and neat appearance, she washed the mud off her hands in the stream in the field ditch before coming.
The peasant woman's hands were not very pretty, they were dark and rough, and she didn't dare to use any force when she held Su Heng's fair and soft arms.
Su Heng smiled, put her arm around Aunt He's arm, and said gratefully, "Thank you, Aunt He."
The little girl was very beautiful with red lips and white teeth, and her voice was sweet, unlike before when she spoke in a sarcastic tone.
Looking into her sparkling eyes, she seemed quite sincere.
Aunt He's complexion looked a little better, and the unhappiness in her heart eased a little.
"Well, why bother with thanking me? It's just a matter of helping out."
The health center is next to the main intersection of the brigade and was built in recent years. The brigade basically has earthen brick houses, and this brick and tile house is quite rare.
The wall was painted with gray, and a large slogan was written on it with charcoal.
The windows are made of green glass framed by fine wooden lattices, giving off a sense of age.
The doctor inside was a local barefoot doctor named Liu.
He looked at the wound on the back of Su Heng's head. Although it was no longer bleeding, the wound was quite deep.
This position is quite dangerous. Dr. Liu was a little surprised to see the person still alive and kicking.
"Why don't you go to the town hospital and get some stitches, it would be best." He advised. After all, he was just a barefoot doctor and not very professional.
"No need, just give me some medicine."
Although Su Heng is not a doctor, she can feel the condition of her body, and the wounds she had received from using her supernatural powers have begun to heal.
"Don't try to be so arrogant. If you feel unwell, you'd better go see a doctor."
Doctor Liu didn't say anything more. Rural people don't like to go to the hospital because they are afraid of spending money.
He took out a jar of ointment made from herbs from the cabinet at the back. It was black in color, but it smelled of the fragrance of medicinal herbs.
He pulled apart Su Heng's thick black hair, first used alcohol to disinfect it, and then applied medicine.
Su Heng was grimacing in pain one second ago, but the next second she felt a coolness and the pain eased a little.
"Okay, take this can back and I'll charge you ten cents."
What an impressive price!
In 1976, the largest denomination of a coin was only ten yuan.
But he only had fifty cents in his pocket. After paying, Su Heng discovered that the original owner didn't have much money either.
Originally, the Lu family gave her eighty yuan as a betrothal gift, and her parents brought back forty yuan for the original owner.
This was considered a lot in that era. Because the Lu family's situation was special, her mother-in-law also bought them some large items such as a sewing machine.
However, it was also the first time for the original owner to have so much money on his own, and he couldn't help but spend it lavishly. After just over a month, only a few dollars were left.
It was almost noon when Su Heng came out of the clinic and her stomach started to growl in protest.
Although I really don't want to go back and face the original owner's cruel lame husband, I can't run away now, so I'd better go back and get something to eat first.
"Auntie, do you have extra eggs at home? I want to buy some."
"I just saved some money. I'll give it to you when you pass by my house later." When Aunt He heard that there was money to be made, she agreed with a smile.
Private transactions were prohibited during this period, as they were considered speculation.
But it’s okay for villagers to occasionally exchange their own vegetables for a little money.
Eggs were five cents each, and she used the remaining forty cents to buy eight. Holding the eggs, Su Heng declined Aunt He's offer to send her back to the Lu family.
The Lu family lives in a remote area, with clear streams on both sides of the dirt road, and gurgling water flowing through it.
Occasionally, there are naturally grown camphor trees or Chinese toon trees, with the green new leaves flashing in the spring sunshine, bringing gusts of fresh air to passers-by.
The house was newly built, a rare brick and tile house in the village, and it had a yard.
Su Heng took the key to open the gate. The yard was quiet. Unlike other people in the village who raised chickens, ducks and geese in their yards, there was only a tree to provide shade.
There wasn't even a trace of people there, and the temperature seemed to drop a few degrees once I entered.
The Lu family had few members, and by Lu's mother's generation, they only had a daughter, so they took a son-in-law in. After Lu Mingchuan was born, her husband died, and the mother and son depended on each other for survival.
Now the only elder passed away half a month ago, leaving only the young couple.
Su Heng unconsciously slowed down her pace, and prepared to go to the main room to put down her straw hat before going to the kitchen to cook.
This courtyard has a common layout in the north, facing south. The kitchen is connected to the east room of the main house, and the west wing opposite is now empty and used as a storage room.
The main house is divided into three rooms, with the main hall in the middle.
The west room was originally the wedding room of Lu Mingchuan and Su Heng, and the room on the east side was where her mother-in-law lived.
But the mother-in-law died not long after their marriage. The original owner disliked her husband for being crippled, so she drove him to her mother-in-law's room and they slept in separate rooms.
The bedroom door on the east side was closed. Su Heng took a look and left the main room.
The sun was a little strong at noon, so she went to the kitchen along the shady steps under the eaves.
When passing by the window of the room on the east side, Su Heng saw that the window was also closed, and looked inside curiously.
When I saw that pair of cold, dark eyes through the greenish glass, I almost dropped the egg out of fright.
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