August 25, 1974, First Production Team of Gutang Village, Haiwan Town, Nanyan City!
Near the foot of the mountain stood an adobe house. From the dilapidated state of its walls, it was obvious that the house had already weathered many years of wind and rain!
Inside the room, beside an old Eight Immortals table, sat a sharp-faced, monkey-cheeked woman. Behind her was a disheveled man with unkempt hair, pacing back and forth.
Not only were the clothes they wore covered in patches, but they were also stained black and purple in places. Just from their clothes, one could tell how little their owners cared about cleanliness.
Behind them was something cobbled together from wooden planks that could probably be considered a “bed”! A girl lay on top of it. Her face was as pale as paper, and she looked almost no different from a dead person.
“Mother, what do you think we… we… should do now?” the disheveled man asked with lingering fear.
“Didn’t I tell you not to cover her mouth so tightly? You just wouldn’t listen. We hadn’t even reached the house yet! And you already suffocated her to death. Just think, what would’ve happened if we’d carried her back during the daytime??”
At this point, both mother and son were overwhelmed with lingering fear!
“Mother! Do you think… they scammed us? We paid fifty yuan for her. Could this woman have already kicked the bucket before they sold her to us? Otherwise, she’s so pretty, why would they have been willing to sell her?”
Hearing this, the woman picked at her ear and rolled her eyes several times. “Enough! Stop giving this old lady all that nonsense. If she’d already kicked the bucket from the start, would I have let you spend those fifty yuan??
“We’d better figure out how to get rid of the corpse first. Otherwise, it’ll start stinking if we leave it for another few days. Tomorrow, I’ll go find you another wife. This time, we definitely have to find a plump one, someone good at bearing children.”
“Mother, why don’t we just throw her straight into the big river behind our mountain?”
Hearing this, the sharp-faced, monkey-cheeked woman happily slapped her thigh. “That’ll work! This river leads straight to the sea! The current is really strong too, so it’ll definitely wash her all the way out to the ocean. Hurry up and carry this thing out and throw it away.”
“All right! Mother, I’ll go when it’s time for everyone to eat. It’s almost time for them to finish work now. If I go out at this hour, someone will definitely see me.”
“Right! Wait until mealtime. My son’s brain really does work well. There definitely won’t be many people on the road then. You’d better remember not to let anyone see you.”
Song Chucheng, who was lying on the bed, was currently receiving the Original Owner’s memories. Great waves of memories surged into her mind, and her head hurt as though something were viciously drilling its way into her brain.
Her entire body was stiff as she tried to open her eyes, but no matter how hard she struggled, she could not even move her eyelids at that moment.
Who would have thought! She had only just finished celebrating with her friends after buying the first home of her life, and it was even a top-floor duplex with an ocean view!
Yet when she woke up from a single night’s sleep, she had actually joined the great transmigration army and transmigrated into the 1970s of a parallel space-time. The girl whose body she now occupied even had the exact same first and last name as her.
From the memories she had just received, she learned that the Original Owner’s identity was also unbelievably melodramatic. It was completely the plot of a prime-time “true and fake heiress” drama!
She was even a “fake heiress who had enjoyed nineteen years of life as a Commander’s Daughter.”
The true heiress had come storming back half a month ago. And sure enough! After a round of verification, the matter really turned out to be true, and the young girl’s position immediately became delicate.
It was an unbelievably melodramatic plot. The true heiress had grown up in an impoverished rural family and lived more than a decade of rural life, while the Original Owner, the fake heiress, had instead lived more than a decade as a Commander’s Daughter.
Comparing the two, the Commander and his wife naturally felt heartache for their biological daughter! Their daughter, who should have been treasured in the palms of their hands, had actually suffered in the countryside for more than a decade.
But there was really no way to pursue responsibility for the matter. They, as parents, had been careless, and besides, they had been the ones who made the mistake in the first place, so there was no one else they could blame.
The Original Owner had been pampered and spoiled since childhood. When she heard that they wanted her to return to the countryside, how could she possibly be willing?
She was also engaged to Li Yuze, the grandson of a Senior Commander in the military compound. The Original Owner had followed behind him ever since she was little, and deep down, she liked him very much as well.
Whenever the Original Owner’s adoptive mother compared the Original Owner with her biological daughter, she felt especially resentful.
Why should her own flesh and blood have had to grow up in that filthy, disorderly countryside??
During that period, combined with the true heiress’s deliberate guidance in ordinary circumstances, the Original Owner ultimately suffered a crushing defeat!
In just half a month, whether it was her own popularity with everyone around her or her relationship with her own fiancé, the Original Owner had completely ruined it all.
The Original Owner was utterly heartbroken, so she packed her luggage and left the Commander’s home.
Little did she know! The true heiress had been waiting precisely for this.
Before the Original Owner could even get on the vehicle, she was seized by the people the true heiress had hired. They then sold her to a remote rural village, and the person the true heiress had chosen to buy her was an old bachelor.
In fact, throughout that entire half month, the true heiress had constantly been trying to ruin the Original Owner’s reputation with everyone around her.
That way, as long as the Original Owner left, the true heiress’s parents would not go looking for her. They might even eagerly wish for the Original Owner to leave on her own and return to her biological family.
When the time came, as long as the real heiress told their parents that the Original Owner had gone back to find her biological parents, there would be no problem at all.
After the Original Owner was sold, the old bachelor carried her home overnight. She struggled constantly along the way. Just as she was about to shout, the old bachelor covered her mouth. Before they even reached the old bachelor’s doorstep, the Original Owner had been suffocated to death.
Song Chucheng, who was lying on the bed, felt someone roll her up in that thing. Immediately afterward, the person hoisted her onto his shoulder and was just about to stride outside.
“Wait! Here’s her identification, and there’s also a letter of introduction.
“Originally, after you finished the deed, we were going to have the Production Brigade Leader issue a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate for you. Keeping these things now will only leave behind trouble, so throw them away while you’re at it!”
Song Chucheng could not help sighing inwardly. This real heiress’s scheming was fucking meticulous. She had even prepared the marriage letter of introduction in advance. As long as the old bachelor got his own letter of introduction issued, they could go register their marriage. That way, the Original Owner would be completely tied to the old bachelor.
The old bachelor carried Song Chucheng for about half an hour before stopping.
It seemed that he had tossed the Original Owner’s documents away. Song Chucheng hurriedly memorized the number of steps he took, and then he walked for roughly another five minutes.
Song Chucheng then felt herself being flung outward. She cursed furiously in her heart. Fortunately, no large stones or anything like that had been tied to her, and she had not been stuffed inside that thing either. She had only been rolled up in it.
As soon as she entered the water, it immediately came loose. Fortunately, after being soaked in the icy river water, her body actually became slightly movable. However, she could only move her fingers. The only thing she could do now was drift downstream with the river current.
Everything else could only be left to fate.
At a fork in the great river, a military vehicle was stopped nearby, and two men in military uniforms stood by the riverbank.
“Regiment Commander Su, we’ll have to wait a little longer. Xiao Liu is already checking it. He should figure out what’s broken very soon.”
Xiao Liu was anxious as well. Their vehicle had broken down while stuck in this awkward, out-of-the-way place, with no village ahead and no shop behind. There was not even anyone around whom they could ask to come tow the vehicle.
“Mm! There’s no rush. Take your time.” Su Mushang looked down at the undulating surface of the river beneath his feet. Against the surrounding scenery, his entire figure appeared especially at ease, and his mood involuntarily relaxed as well.
However, the man beside him, who was likewise dressed in a military uniform, was not in nearly as leisurely a mood to admire the scenery. One moment, he went over to help Xiao Liu, and the next, he came back to talk to Su Mushang.
But most of the time, he was basically talking to himself. After finishing his conversation with Xiao Liu, he plucked another foxtail grass, held it between his lips, walked over to Su Mushang, and squatted beside him while gazing at the great river before them.
He seemed to spot something? He could hardly believe it. He immediately tossed away the foxtail grass in his mouth and vigorously rubbed his eyes. Once he saw clearly, he abruptly sprang to his feet. “Over there… that… Regiment Commander Su, over there! On the river, isn’t that a person?”