Shao Song and Yi Manyu, their faces dark with anger, didn’t say another word and immediately turned around to return to their room.
On the other side, Ye Weiliang and the others paid them no mind at all and continued to leisurely enjoy the delicious roast suckling pig.
Even though Shao Song and Yi Manyu had already shut their door tight, the irresistibly tempting aroma of roasted meat still drifted into the room, unstoppable.
Yi Manyu couldn’t help swallowing and silently cursed, “So hateful! These people are eating so well.”
Seeing this, Shao Song let out a helpless sigh and said, “Forget it. Let’s just eat something simple and rest early. We’re really exhausted today.”
Shao Song and Yi Manyu were an engaged couple, so they ate together.
Originally, Shao Song had planned to join Ao Jiarui and the others for meals, but because of what happened with the rabbit meat at noon, Ao Jiarui and his group had isolated both him and Yi Manyu.
Yet, the two of them actually believed that this situation was due to Ye Weiliang being narrow-minded and lacking generosity—always nitpicking over small matters and caring too much about gains and losses.
If Ye Weiliang were to find out what they were really thinking, she would probably slap them with several loud, resounding smacks without hesitation!
She had given them food, and they were still not satisfied? Complaining that the portions were too small and that it was too spicy?
This was something she had hunted herself—if they wanted to eat, they could go hunt it themselves.
Giving was a favor; not giving was her right.
After all, there was never any deep emotional bond between them.
As for those two spoiled young masters and misses, Ye Weiliang found them utterly unbearable.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Ao Jiarui and the others helped Li Xingxing clean up the mess.
Ye Weiliang went to wash up.
While she was in the bathhouse, Ye Weiliang slipped into her space.
Looking at the little “supplies” leisurely grazing in their respective areas, Ye Weiliang felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.
She felt she could go up the mountain again to stock up on more “supplies.”
Now all that was missing were some seeds to plant.
As for vegetables…
She could go exchange for some at the team leader’s house later.
If they all had vegetables in their private plots, they should have seeds.
After bathing in the space, drinking spiritual spring water, and taking a Nourishing Essence Pill, Ye Weiliang left the space and pretended to finish washing up in the bathhouse.
By the time she was done, Li Xingxing and the others had already finished cleaning up.
In this era, not to mention the countryside—even cities had little nightlife.
Everyone returned to their rooms to lie down. After a full day of labor, they were truly exhausted.
There was simply no energy left for chatting or doing anything else.
Ye Weiliang had also overexerted herself today and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Her dream was gray and hazy, and before her appeared a little baby, speaking in a soft, milky voice.
“Big Sister Weiliang, I’m Er Ya.”
Ye Weiliang found it a little surprising. “Er Ya, how did you turn into a baby?”
Ye Er Ya explained, “Lord Yama saw that my previous life was too bitter, so he sent me to reincarnate early and even allowed me to keep my memories. That’s why I’m a newborn baby now.”
“Then are your family treating you well?” Ye Weiliang asked happily for her.
“They treat me very, very well. This place might be where you lived before—the twenty-first century, right? There are lots of tall buildings here, and many families have cars. This family seems very wealthy. I heard my father even has a private jet. I’m the only girl in the family, and they all dote on me. I feel very happy.”
“Then you shouldn’t be called Er Ya anymore, right?” Ye Weiliang was full of envy—she had never known what parental love or familial affection felt like.
“Mhm. They all call me Guai Bao. My full name is Ye Mengyao. They say I’m as precious as a gemstone,” Ye Er Ya—no, Ye Mengya—said sweetly.
Ye Weiliang replied, “That’s good. As long as you’re happy.”
Ye Mengyao knew she felt troubled inside. “Big Sister Weiliang, you’ve met my parents over there, right?”
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“Yes, I met them,” Ye Weiliang said calmly.
“How are they now? Are they doing okay?”
“They’ve been sent down to the Black Province. The whole family lives in a cowshed and does work cleaning up cow dung.”
“Big Sister Weiliang, I actually don’t hate them at all. I used to resent them, but last night I dreamed that you went to see them at the cowshed. I heard everything you said, even though I couldn’t see the scene there.
“After hearing it, I suddenly stopped resenting them. I know they didn’t lose me on purpose—I was deliberately switched by bad people. And didn’t they say they would make up for it in the future? As long as everyone gets along peacefully, that’s enough.”
“Mengyao, do you really not hate them? Because of their negligence, you ended up…”
“Big Sister Weiliang, I really don’t hate them. If they had deliberately abandoned me because they preferred sons over daughters, I would definitely resent them. But since I was switched out by bad people, then it wasn’t their fault. On top of that, after discovering the mistake, they’re trying hard to make up for it.”
“Big Sister Weiliang, I’m very happy now. I have parents who dote on me, grandparents and maternal grandparents who love me. I think there’s no need to cling to the past. But now that you’re living in my place over there, I still hope you can accept them and enjoy their love.”
“Perhaps because you couldn’t bring yourself to forgive them on my behalf, that’s why I appeared in your dream. Big Sister Weiliang, I also hope you can have parental love and the affection of grandparents. Let the past be the past.”
“Mengyao, you’re really kind,” Ye Weiliang murmured, her lips trembling, managing to say only that.
“Big Sister Weiliang, I’m not kind. This was all the fault of human traffickers. Once the mistake was discovered and corrected in time, it’s not unforgivable. You should know how history develops—you know that ten years later, after they’re rehabilitated, they’ll be able to return to the city.
“By then, they’ll be your strongest support. You don’t need to consider my feelings. Right now, you’re the one in this body—how you choose to live is up to you.”
Ye Weiliang remained silent for a long while before finally saying, “Alright, I understand. Mengyao, thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Lord Yama told me that the world I’m living in is actually a novel. Originally, my relationship with the Ye family should have ended the moment I died. But because you went into my body, the story of this novel will be rewritten. Now, please rewrite a new storyline. I hope that when I grow up, I’ll still be able to see this novel—and see a happy Big Sister Weiliang.”
After saying that, Ye Mengyao disappeared before Ye Weiliang could even ask whether she would appear in her dreams again.
She sighed and opened her eyes. The sky outside was already growing faintly light.
In the north, dawn breaks as early as three or four in the morning. Judging by the light, it was probably just past three.
Work didn’t start until six, so Ye Weiliang didn’t rush to get up. Instead, she sent her consciousness into the space.
Seeing the jade slips and books on the shelves, she chose a jade slip and pressed it against her forehead.
It was an illustrated manual on Chinese herbal medicine. All its contents flowed into her mind, and now she only needed to slowly familiarize herself with and learn them.
When she opened her eyes again, the sky was already bright.
She turned over and sat up, preparing to get out of bed. Li Xingxing had also woken up.
She glanced at her watch. “Ah, it’s already five-thirty. We gather at six—will we still make it?”
Ye Weiliang stopped Li Xingxing, who was about to jump out of bed to cook.
“Sister Xingxing, it’s fine. Let’s go finish our work first and come back to eat breakfast later. Last night’s roast suckling pig still feels like it hasn’t digested yet.”
“That works. I don’t think I can eat breakfast right now either. Eating meat twice a day like this—I wouldn’t even dare imagine it back home,” Li Xingxing laughed as she got dressed.
The two went out to wash up.
The noise they made woke Ao Jiarui and the others, who were still asleep.
Seeing that it was getting late, they hurriedly got out of bed, washed up in a rush, and dashed out.
With such a commotion, the engaged couple still sleeping didn’t wake up at all.
Hao Jianguo, acting in his role as the person in charge of the Educated Youth Compound (appointed by the team leader last night), went to knock on Shao Song’s door.
After receiving a response that he’d get up right away, he casually reminded him to wake his fiancée as well.
Hearing a definite answer, Hao Jianguo left the compound.
What he didn’t know was that as soon as he left, Shao Song fell back asleep again, which resulted in the two of them not appearing before the team leader for the entire morning.
When Liu Aimin saw that those two educated youths were absent again, his face turned black with anger.
But when he turned and saw Ye Weiliang and Li Xingxing, he was very satisfied.
After all, Ye Weiliang finished all her work in just one hour.
Then she spent another half hour finishing Li Xingxing’s work as well.
After recording the work points, Ye Weiliang said she wanted to go to the county town. The team leader agreed without hesitation.
Li Xingxing felt she had nothing she needed to buy, so she went back to rest.