Outside, it was raining heavily, while inside the dilapidated thatched cottage, it was drizzling.
Lu Jingzhi covered the bloody gauze on her forehead and looked at the two people standing in front of the broken bed. After a brief silence, she whispered, "Where is this...? I seem to have amnesia..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl who had been smiling at her because she had woken up suddenly stopped smiling. "Oh, so you have amnesia. That's nice, very nice."
Lu Jingzhi: "..."
Ah, no, don't leave, don't people always say that after crossing over to another time?
After the two women, one older and one younger, left her room, the memories of the original owner poured into her mind like a surging river.
Lu Jingzhi finally understood why their attitudes towards her were so strange.
Not long ago, the original owner's father died in an accident while working in the nearby town. Her mother, now sick, could not get up. Their grandparents not only refused to spend money to treat her but also blamed their misfortunes on her. They even wanted to sell the two sisters, claiming that they needed the money to buy a coffin for their father. "We've supported you two for so long, it's about time you show some filial piety to your father," they said.
To protect her daughters, the original owner's mother gathered her courage and took them away from home. The village head, seeing their plight, allowed them to live in an unoccupied thatched cottage at the edge of the village.
When their mother fell sick and later awoke—
She stopped tending to the crops, stopped cooking meals, stopped boiling water, stopped chopping firewood... But she kept ordering the two sisters around, having them fetch water and firewood, all while she herself kept the place tidy.
It wasn't just one day but every day, burning up all the stored firewood at home.
With nothing to eat or drink, the older sister fainted from hunger. When she woke up again, she too stopped doing any chores.
Feeling a throbbing pain on her forehead, Lu Jingzhi clenched her teeth and gasped in pain. Anyone could see that those two were not their original selves. Moreover, it was possible that both of them were pampered young ladies from well-off families.
Damn it, what was she supposed to do in this miserable and destitute situation? All three of them just give up and throw their hands up in despair? Starving together?
Just yesterday, the original owner's sister had brought back a rabbit, only for it to be snatched away by some people from the old house. The original owner tried to protect her food and was pushed to the ground, her head hitting a rock, and blood gushing out. She died on the spot.
That must have been the reason for her arrival here.
The bedding was yellow and greasy at the edges, with the cotton wadding inside bunched up into lumps. The dilapidated bed was not small, but she could only curl up pitifully in one corner. The rest of the space was occupied by pots and pans catching the leaking rainwater.
Lu Jingzhi clenched her fists; while everyone else in the family could be in despair, she couldn't be.
Even in the post-doomsday world, she had never experienced such hardship.
It was okay for clothes and necessities to be simple, but she absolutely couldn't go without food!!
Her top priority now was to heal the wound on her forehead. Medical conditions in ancient times were backward - the wound had only been crudely bandaged to stop the bleeding. That huge wound on her head could lead to infection and death if not handled properly.
A faint green light flickered on the tip of her right index finger.
In the blink of an eye, it turned light blue.
The dim and narrow room seemed to be illuminated by its glow.
Great!!
Her water and wood dual mastery special ability was still with her!
It was okay if it was weaker; as long as there were mountains and forests, Lu Jingzhi was confident that she could gradually restore her abilities.
In the doomsday world, water mastery and wood mastery abilities were also known as healing mastery abilities.
The wound on her forehead slowly healed, with a tingling and numbing sensation that was not very comfortable. But it made Lu Jingzhi let out a sigh of relief.
For one day and one night, while it rained, Lu Jingzhi practiced her special abilities and focused on healing her wound. She stored her ability only to use it up again. As time went by, she became more and more skilled and her connection with nature grew deeper and deeper.