Xu Mengyi and Lu Zhiguo rushed over as quickly as they could.
Fortunately, Lu Wanqing had already been rescued from the river. At that moment, she was busy absorbing the original owner’s memories.
No wonder the original Lu Wanqing didn’t want to live anymore.
This was seriously messed up.
How shameless did someone have to be to do something like this?
But now—the Lu Wanqing from the 28th century had arrived.
These people had better wash their necks clean and wait.
She glanced at the person still struggling in the water—that was the scheming bitch, Jiang Xiaowei.
This was still the hardest year of 1969.That scumbag man and that cheap woman hadn’t succeeded yet.
There was no future glory, no smooth sailing.
Everything could still be changed.
Hearing the commotion, Lin Yuchuan rushed over. Seeing Educated Youth Jiang Xiaowei struggling in the river, he immediately jumped in and rescued her.
Their clothes were soaked through, yet the two were still holding each other tightly.
In this conservative and backward era, everyone stood around eagerly waiting to watch the drama unfold.
The accountant’s wife, Zhao Hongmei, shouted loudly:
“Oh my! Xu Xiuying, is your family about to hold a wedding? Don’t forget to invite me for a drink when the time comes!”
Xu Xiuying snapped back angrily:
“Zhao Hongmei, why are you everywhere? Whether my family holds a wedding or not, what business is it of yours?”
Zhao Hongmei refused to back down.
“Sure, it’s not really my business.But isn’t your family already engaged to the Lu family? They’re about to get married. And now your eldest son is hugging an educated youth right in public—what about Wanqing, that poor girl?”
Lu Wanqing was still processing the memories and didn’t hear what anyone was saying.
She now fully understood—this was Huaguo, 1969.
The famine years.
The villagers were skin and bones, barely getting enough to eat, yet still had to work daily to earn labor points.
She hadn’t expected to transmigrate into this era.
But that was fine.
With her abilities, skills, and space, she could still live brilliantly.
Lin Yuchuan glared viciously at Lu Wanqing.
“Lu Wanqing, you’re truly malicious! What did Xiaowei do wrong? Why did you push her into the river? That’s attempted murder! Aren’t you afraid she’ll report you to the police? When did your heart become so poisonous?”
Jiang Xiaowei sobbed pitifully.
“Brother Yuchuan, don’t blame Sister Lu. I just lost my footing and fell into the river myself. She didn’t push me. I shouldn’t have stayed so close to you and made Sister Lu unhappy. Wuwu… it’s all my fault. Brother Yuchuan, from now on, whenever I see you, I’ll walk the other way, so Sister Lu won’t get angry again.”
Lin Yuchuan roared:
“Lu Wanqing! When did you become so willful and unreasonable? We’re all revolutionary comrades. What’s wrong with walking together and learning from each other? We didn’t do anything improper! Yet you tried to take someone’s life. When did you become so vicious? I almost don’t recognize you anymore!”
“Break off the engagement! Break it off! I want to cancel the engagement!”
Lin Yuchuan seized this opportunity—he was determined to get rid of Lu Wanqing.
Xiaowei was gentle, understanding, educated, and most importantly—a city educated youth.
If he married her, maybe he’d even get a chance to return to the city and shed the label of “peasant.”
Seeing her wearing a Zhongshan suit and leather shoes made him unbearably envious.
He dreamed of one day being well-dressed, becoming someone important.
Now that opportunity was right in front of him.
His only chance.
“What?!”
Xu Mengyi was stunned in disbelief.
“Lin family boy, we were already engaged! Why would you do this? What about my daughter? Have you thought about her at all? A girl whose engagement is broken—how is she supposed to live after this?”
Xu Xiuying received a signal from her son and immediately put her hands on her hips.
“Xu Mengyi, don’t you know what kind of person your daughter is? Why are you clinging to my son? Your daughter is rough and uncouth, and your family is unreasonable—I’m embarrassed to even say more. That engagement was just a spur-of-the-moment decision back then. It can be canceled. This isn’t the era of arranged marriages anymore. What, do you expect us to be tied to your family forever? Go ask around—see what kind of reputation your family has! Arrogant, domineering, and lazy at work, always scheming.”
Xu Mengyi shot back angrily:
“Xu Xiuying, even if you look down on my daughter, you don’t have to insult us like this. That engagement was agreed upon by both families. Your family even borrowed 100 jin of grain from us to secure the engagement. You still haven’t returned it. If you want to cancel the engagement, fine—return those 100 jin of grain.”
“What?!”
One hundred jin of grain?!
Did the Lin family really borrow that much grain?
And how did the Lu family even have so much grain?
Xu Xiuying sneered.
“What grain? I don’t remember borrowing anything. Do you have proof? Do you even know what kind of year this is? I think you’re just trying to extort grain! You’re trying to force us onto a dead end! Heavens, come take a look—this family is nothing but heartless devils!”
Behind everyone’s backs, Jiang Xiaowei revealed a smug, provocative smile.
She silently mouthed:
Lu Wanqing, you’re no match for me.
Village woman Zhou Qiuyue, who always sucked up to Xu Xiuying, immediately jumped in.
“That’s right, Xu Mengyi. Do you even know what kind of times we’re living in?
Asking for 100 jin of grain—you’re trying to kill the Lin family!
If your family has so much grain, you should be generous.
What’s wrong with giving some away?
You’re just making the Lu family look stingy.
Besides, your daughter has been chasing after the Lin boy forever.
Everyone in the village knows—even one-year-old kids know.
Who knows, maybe she’s already not pure anymore.
You should give even more grain so they won’t cancel the engagement.
And anyway, Lin boy and Educated Youth Jiang didn’t do anything wrong.
As women, we should be more broad-minded, not petty.
Men should come first.
I really don’t know why the man of your household is so useless, letting a woman call the shots.
Look at how you raised your daughter—shameless! She’s disgraced the whole village!
If I had a daughter like that, I would’ve kicked her out of the house long ago.”
Lu Wanqing finished absorbing the memories just in time to hear this woman yapping nonstop.
Accusing her of losing her chastity?
In this era, that label alone could ruin a woman’s life.
The original owner might have endured it.
But she wouldn’t.
Lu Wanqing rushed over like a gust of wind and slapped Zhou Qiuyue twice—hard.
“Your mouth is filthy and you meddle in everything. Did you drink too much laxative? What business is it of yours between my family and the Lin family? Who asked you to jump out and play the good guy? Does the Lin family not have mouths of their own? Why are you speaking for them? You’re sticking your nose so far in—why don’t you just go live by the sea?”
“Ah—Lu Wanqing! You little brat! How dare you hit me? I’m your elder!”