After receiving memories that weren't hers and experiencing a book that had appeared in her mind, Jiang Li quickly understood her situation.
She had been reviewing documents in her study at home. After she finished, she saw that the clock pointed to one in the morning, so she casually called her younger brother studying in America.
Who could have known that before they could exchange a few words, her heart suddenly ached. Then her vision went black, and in the midst of her brother's anxious and worried cries, she lost consciousness.
When she opened her eyes again, she endured the pain from the back of her head and discovered that she had transmigrated into a novel with a questionable worldview.
Of course, this was all based on the memories left by the original owner and the book that appeared in her mind.
Was she worried?
Not at all.
She knew what it meant to accept one's fate and also knew that in her original world, she was most likely overworked and died of a sudden heart attack.
The original owner had been born with a chronic illness and was most sensitive to extreme emotions. Who would have thought that two days ago, Zhou weimin from the same village would come over without warning to break off their engagement?
This morning, the original owner's ex-fiancé had tricked her into going to the small creek at the foot of the mountain behind the village with the help of her best friend. When she left, she accidentally fell backward and hit her head on the ground. The village doctor said she was only unconscious and would wake up by lunchtime at the latest.
But when she woke up, it was a different person. It seemed that the original owner had died in her sleep.
The parents were arguing in the main room. The day after the Zhou family broke off the engagement, the original owner's father returned from a meeting at the commune and brought up a marriage proposal.
In a fit of anger, the original owner agreed to go to Beicheng without thinking and marry a man named Luo Yanqing, who was mentioned by Secretary Wu.
As a mother, Cai Xiufen couldn't let her precious daughter marry a man who had already been married once and become a stepmother to three children upon entering his home. So Cai Xiufen objected to this marriage proposal.
Yet unexpectedly, Captain Jiang rode his bicycle to the commune this morning to settle her marriage. Director Wu personally handled everything, and with his old boss's special approval, the two men helped Luo Yanqing in Beicheng and Jiang Li register their marriage.
At this point Captain Jiang hadn't taken out the marriage certificate from his pocket to show his family. Otherwise, Cai Xiufen wouldn't have just been arguing with him.
Cai Xiufen was dumbfounded. She really thought that Li Bao's words yesterday were just to vent her anger. Could someone tell her what was going on right now?
Jiang Guowei and his wife, Jiang Guqiang and his wife, Jiang Guofu and his wife, as well as their respective children, plus Jiang Li's only uncle, Jiang Guoan, who was still single, all stared at her in shock: "..."
My little sister (sister-in-law) is crazy!
To be honest, Jiang Guofu had received a call from home not long after he arrived at work this morning. He was told that his little sister Li Bao had fallen unconscious by the creek. As a good elder brother who doted on his little sister, he couldn't not go home to visit.
Thus, Jiang Guofu rode his bike back to the village with his wife and two sons at top speed.
The original owner Jiang Li was definitely a darling of the family.
Why?
It was simple. In Captain Jiang's generation, there were three brothers and no sisters. These three brothers had married and had children one after the other, as if they were competing, and each had a son first.
It wasn't until Captain Jiang and his wife had their fourth child, nearly ten years later, that they finally welcomed a pair of dragon and phoenix twins—a precious little girl and a boy.
She was doted on by her grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, and older male cousins. Later, as her older brothers and cousins got married, they all had sons as well. These younger generations, without any prompting from their elders, also doted on the original owner, their little aunt.
Some of the nephews were twenty years older than the original owner and even had children of their own, but they didn't feel the least bit embarrassed. Whenever there was something delicious, they stuffed it into the original owner's hands.
For example, the original owner's eldest cousin from her father's side was forty-three years old, and his eldest son was twenty-two. He got married last year and had a child earlier this year.
In short, the entire Jiang family doted on the original owner. From a young age, she had lived a life of luxury and was spoiled by her family, becoming both delicate and innocent
But because of her illness, the original owner had been weak since she was young. However, she had grown up to be especially beautiful, and she only became more beautiful as she grew older. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that her skin was like white jade, her eyes were bright and lovely, and her lips were red like peach blossoms.
On top of that, the original owner had a sweet mouth. The love her family showed her could have been described as holding her in their hands for fear of breaking her and keeping her in their mouths for fear of melting her.
This also meant that by the time the original owner grew up to adulthood, she hadn't washed a single piece of clothing or cooked a single meal. She hadn't even done light housework like feeding chickens or sweeping the floor.
The villagers would gossip about how the Jiang family spoiled their daughter too much. This was a more polite way of saying that the Jiang family spoiled their daughter to the point that she was lazy and gluttonous. If a man were to marry a woman like that, he could forget about living a comfortable life.
On top of that, she was a sickly woman who couldn't have kids. Even if she was as beautiful as an angel, what use would she be?
"Now you've got nothing to say, do you? Li Bao has no objections to marrying comrade Luo."
Captain Jiang broke the silence in the main room and shifted everyone's attention back to Jiang Li. He pulled out a marriage certificate from his pocket, which looked like an award, and unfolded it for his family to see.
"This is Li Bao's marriage certificate. I went to the commune this afternoon and Director Wu said that his old boss had made a special exception for Li Bao and Comrade Luo Yanqing's marriage. So, we went to the civil administration office and helped them obtain their marriage certificate."
"Jiang Laigen! You must have lost your mind! You arranged this engagement for Li Bao in front of Director Wu yesterday, and now you've gone behind our backs to get the marriage certificate. How dare you!
Cai Xiufen was furious. She stood up and was ready to pounce on Captain Jiang to give him a couple of slaps.
Jiang Li quickly grabbed her mother's arm. "Mom, please believe me. I wasn't speaking out of anger yesterday. Dad even brought back the marriage certificate. There's no backing out now, and I never planned on doing so in the first place. You don't have to worry. I'll definitely be fine once I go to Beicheng."
"How can you expect your mom to be at ease? You've never done anything since you were little. How will you live in Beicheng? You're still a child yourself, how will you take care of three little ones?"
The thought of her precious daughter facing all sorts of difficulties in Beicheng made Cai Xiufen's heart ache.
She was afraid—afraid that her Li Bao would go hungry, that she would become sickly in a few days, that she wouldn't even have clean clothes to wear, that she would be wronged and have no one to turn to, that she would cry herself to sleep...
I can learn, Mom. I'm very smart, and everyone in our family knows that. Besides, cooking and doing laundry isn't difficult."
"I've seen you and my sisters-in-laws do the housework every day, and I've been taking notes. Why don't I cook a few dishes tonight? Let everyone try them and see how they are."
(End of chapter)