Yunling was sleeping soundly when she was awakened by a knock on the door.
She reached for her phone beside her, but couldn't find it. Suddenly, she realized, "Wasn't she... already dead?"
On her way home from get off work today, two middle-aged women were arguing, and the argument escalated into a physical fight. She happened to be passing by and was pushed.
He was hit head-on by a car and thrown into the air.
What's going on now?
Looking around, it didn't seem like a hospital, and I didn't feel unwell.
She quickly sat up and found herself lying on the kang (a heated brick bed). The room she was in was very simple, with mud-plastered walls and "double happiness" characters pasted on the windows—a room full of the feel of a bygone era.
Did she time travel?
Otherwise, it wouldn't have appeared in such a strange place.
She wandered around the room barefoot, spotted the newspaper on the table, and quickly flipped it open. It said 1972.
Oh my god!
She didn't die, but she time-traveled!
I want to cry.
I can't bear to part with modern air conditioning, washing machines, mobile phones, computers, the internet, and all kinds of delicious food.
The knocking sounded again. Yunling hesitated for a moment before opening the door. Standing outside was a pretty young girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a bright smile and two dimples.
"Third sister-in-law, Mother has cooked you a bowl of sweet egg soup. Eat it while it's hot."
Third Sister-in-law? A married woman?
Crying!
Yunling took it, forced a stiff smile, and said, "Thank you."
The little girl paused for a moment, then her smile widened, and she said, "I even added an extra spoonful of sugar for you."
"Thank you," Yunling said, her voice trembling.
Judging from the girl's tone, white sugar seemed to be a very rare thing.
I feel like crying again. Her snail rice noodles, spicy hot pot, hot pot... are all gone. I'm heartbroken.
The little girl smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, you eat first. When you're done, put the bowl on the windowsill, and I'll come and get it in a bit."
After the little girl left, Yunling returned to her room and sat down in a chair. Ignoring the steaming egg drop soup, she was a little flustered, wondering what was going on with her.
[Ding! The gossip-eating system is at your service.]
Yunling was stunned for a moment, then smiled and quickly accepted the fact that she had a cheat code.
"System, can you introduce yourself?" Yunling asked quickly.
[This system is called the "Gossip System." It has detected that the host is a seasoned gossip enthusiast, and therefore the binding has been successful. Because the host's body in the original world was fragmented, this system expended energy to transport the host through time and space to this world. The host can obtain rewards by "eating gossip."]
Yunling immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
The most important thing now is to understand your own identity, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed.
She asked, "System, what is my current identity?"
[Would you like to accept the original owner's memories?]
Yunling decisively accepted, but the next second, her head felt like it was being pricked by needles, and countless images flashed through her mind.
She simply lay down on the table and began to sort through the original owner's memories.
The original owner was also named Yun Ling. She was eighteen years old this year and had just graduated from high school. Her parents were both workers in a textile factory in Jiang Province. She had an older brother who was already married and an older sister who worked as a waitress in a state-run restaurant. The original owner was the youngest in the family and was quite spoiled.
The original owner of this body was rather naive. When she learned that her best friend Su Qing was going to the countryside to become an educated youth, she also signed up without telling her family.
When the Yun family learned the news, it was too late. The notice to go to the countryside had already been issued, and they were to go to the countryside the next day. They could only pack their luggage overnight and send the original owner off on the train with tears in their eyes.
The original owner and Su Qing were not assigned to the same group. The original owner came to Yunxi Brigade, while Su Qing went to the neighboring Qingshan Brigade.
The original owner had high hopes for life in the countryside, but was proven wrong on the very first day. The accommodations were terrible, the houses were dilapidated, and there was a group of educated youth constantly arguing. She developed a fever that night and didn't recover until the third day.
On the fourth day, when she went to work, she fainted because she had never done any work before and the weather was hot.
In the following week, she fainted twice more and called her parents, crying and saying that she regretted it.
Yun's parents were at a loss; how could someone return to the city so soon after going to the countryside? They told the original owner to persevere a little longer, and they would think of a solution.
On his way back to the village, the original owner was in a daze and suddenly fell into the river, where he was rescued by a man named Qin Chuan from the village.
On the way back with the original owner on his back, Qin Chuan was seen by Aunt Qian, who was the village loudspeaker, and the news was spread, causing a stir in the village.
The original owner thought that Qin Chuan was the captain's son, his family was well-off, and he was good-looking, so she went along with it and married Qin Chuan.
The two held their wedding yesterday.
"What about the original owner?" Yunling asked quickly.
[When the system brought the host's soul to this world, the original Yunling had already stopped breathing and been reincarnated.]
"That's good." Yunling breathed a sigh of relief.
Her stomach growled, and she picked up the sweet egg soup from the table. It was sweet and delicious.
She ate everything up, then took the bowl outside and saw the little girl from before.
The little girl is Qin Tiantian, the youngest daughter of the Qin family. She has been frail and sickly since childhood, and has been doing housework at home since graduating from junior high school.
Qin Tiantian was washing clothes in the yard when she saw her and asked with a smile, "Third Sister-in-law, are you still hungry? There are still two sweet potatoes in the kitchen."
Before Yunling could refuse, Qin Tiantian took the bowl, ran back to the kitchen, grabbed two sweet potatoes, and stuffed them into Yunling's hands.
"Third Sister-in-law, have some! This is a special sweet potato from our area, with a red flesh, and it's especially soft, sweet, and juicy."
Yunling glanced at it; the sweet potato was small, wrinkled, and covered in dust. Plus, she wasn't very hungry, so she refused, saying, "You eat it! I just had sweet egg soup, so I'm not hungry yet."
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