Her head hurt terribly, and her brain buzzed relentlessly. Why does it hurt so much? Su Meier slowly opened her eyes.
“Captain Su’s wife, she’s awake! She’s awake!”
A thunderous voice pierced her eardrums.
Immediately afterward, a series of hurried footsteps rushed toward the young woman lying on the bed.
This time, Su Meier opened her eyes completely and stared blankly at the yellowed, darkened “ceiling” above her.
So it was a dream.
Her brain must have started up incorrectly. She closed her eyes again.
“Daughter, daughter, don’t sleep! Doctor Fang said if you keep sleeping, you won’t wake up again!”
Liang Shufen gently shook her shoulders.
The shaking only made Su Meier’s headache worse. She raised a hand to support her head.
“Stop shaking me. My head hurts.”
As if shocked by electricity, Liang Shufen immediately let go of her shoulders. Her voice was full of concern.
“Daughter, I won’t shake you anymore. Does it still hurt?”
A somewhat weathered face entered Su Meier’s field of vision.
A middle-aged woman had appeared in her dream!
And she could see her so clearly, even the vivid wrinkles on her face.
Su Meier couldn’t help admiring that despite the woman’s aging skin, her former beauty was still evident.
At that moment, the woman was staring at the injury on her forehead with bright, attentive eyes.
Suppressing her panic, Liang Shufen turned toward the barefoot doctor standing nearby.
“Doctor Fang, my daughter has woken up. She’ll be alright now, won’t she?”
“If she’s awake, she’ll be fine. If her head hurts, I happened to bring some painkillers in my medicine box. I’ll leave enough for two days.”
As he spoke, the barefoot doctor opened his medicine case.
“Good, good. Thank you, Doctor Fang.”
Liang Shufen took out a two-cent coin from the pocket of her patched trousers.
“This is the consultation fee.”
Doctor Fang waved it away.
“Captain Su’s wife, I can’t accept this. The captain has always taken good care of me. This little favor is the least I can do.”
When earning work points during the day, he often benefited from Captain Su’s consideration and was frequently assigned lighter tasks.
With his thin frame, unable to carry heavy loads or do strenuous labor, he still earned few work points, but at least enough to keep himself fed.
“This…”
Liang Shufen hesitated. She looked at the coin in her hand. After only a brief moment of indecision, she made up her mind.
“Here, take it. You spent time and effort coming all this way. Everyone gets sick now and then. We can’t keep taking advantage of you every time we need your help.”
After several rounds of polite refusal, Doctor Fang finally yielded to Liang Shufen’s persistence and accepted the two cents.
“Captain Su’s wife, you’re far too courteous!”
Privately, he resolved that from now on, anything concerning Captain Su’s family would always be his top priority.
After seeing the barefoot doctor out, Liang Shufen gently closed the door and turned around.
Her daughter had already sat up.
“Daughter, why did you get up?”
The girl on the bed was staring blankly at a poster pasted on the wall.
On the highly era-specific poster were several striking words:
“Great Motherland, Flourishing and Prosperous, 1975!”
She had pinched her thigh several times already. The pain twisted her face, yet those bright red words remained glaringly before her eyes, almost painful to look at.
Su Meier could no longer remain calm.
This didn’t feel like a dream at all!
She glanced down at her body.
This petite frame was clearly not her original body of 174 centimeters. At most, this body was around 165 centimeters tall.
An unbelievable thought surfaced in her mind.
Had she transmigrated?
And into the 1970s, an era where people struggled to stay warm and fed?
What exactly had happened?
All she had done was stay up for three consecutive nights rushing to finish design drawings.
After returning home, she had collapsed into bed and slept deeply.
When she woke up, she was here.
But what about the original owner of this body?
Where had she gone?
Now that Su Meier had taken over her body…
Could it be that the original owner had gone to her era instead?
The absurd thought nearly shattered her composure.
Had her life been too smooth?
Was heaven dissatisfied and decided to make her experience a completely different life?
At present, there was no better solution. She could only take things one step at a time.
Perhaps someday she would find an opportunity to return.
But why had she entered this body without inheriting any of the original owner’s memories?
Without memories, how was she supposed to survive here?
Su Meier forcefully knocked herself on the head.
Stupid brain, remember something!
“Hiss—”
Now not only did the inside of her head hurt, but the outside hurt terribly as well.
A porcelain enamel cup appeared before her, along with an unfamiliar pill.
“Daughter, if it hurts, take a painkiller first.”
Daughter?
Su Meier looked up blankly at Liang Shufen without saying a word.
Seeing her reaction, Liang Shufen slapped her thigh.
“Oh no! She damaged her brain from the fall! I need to bring Doctor Fang back!”
Before her brain could react, Su Meier’s hand moved first, grabbing Liang Shufen.
“Mom, I’m fine. My head just hurts, and I can’t remember some things. Maybe it’ll come back later.”
Hearing her speak normally, Liang Shufen relaxed.
At least she wasn’t stupid.
Then another thought occurred to her.
Could forgetting actually be a good thing for her daughter?
After all, the breakup had happened so suddenly.
Her daughter still couldn’t accept it.
If she regained her memories, she might do something foolish again.
After reaching that conclusion, Liang Shufen no longer felt the need to fetch the doctor.
“Maybe it’s better if you don’t remember. Those sad things aren’t worth holding onto. Life has to move forward.”
Su Meier was completely confused.
What was that supposed to mean?
Something felt off.
She touched the large bump on her forehead and asked,
“Mom, how did I get hurt?”
Liang Shufen carefully studied her expression before answering slowly.
“You hit your head against a door panel.”
“How did I end up with such a huge bump?”
Su Meier pressed further.
“Daughter, perhaps it’s better if you don’t remember. All I can tell you is that you were acting desperate over a man who wasn’t worth it.”
Liang Shufen didn’t conceal much.
After all, the whole village already knew.
Because Tao You’an had left without saying goodbye, it effectively meant the end of their relationship.
Many villagers were already watching the situation like a spectacle.
Right now, the most important thing was for Meier to let it go.
Her daughter was beautiful.
She had looks, a good figure, and an education.
In the village, she was considered highly desirable.
Why would she worry about not finding a husband?
If there was any flaw, it was only that she was a little lazy.
So what?
The Su family had spoiled her lovingly.
Holding the enamel cup in her hands, Su Meier finally understood.
The original owner had been fierce.
Heartbroken from love, she had actually rammed her head into a wall.
That must have hurt terribly.
At least, Su Meier knew she could never do something like that.
“Meier, don’t tell me you still have feelings for that brat?”
Liang Shufen asked worriedly.
Su Meier was startled inwardly.
The original owner even shared the same name as her.
Keeping her expression calm, she replied,
“I have no memory of him now, and he’s basically a stranger to me.”
Liang Shufen still seemed unconvinced.
“Daughter, he wasn’t the right man for you. Discovering that now is cutting your losses in time.”
“Mom, since I chose to forget him, it means I want a fresh start. I won’t throw my life away over a man ever again.”
Su Meier spoke with absolute certainty.
After all, it was better to live poorly than die.
As long as she could eat and drink, another day was another day.
She had no intention of seeking death.
Whether or not she had truly exchanged places with the original owner, returning home would be ideal if the opportunity ever arose.
But if it never came…
Then she would reluctantly make the best of this era and find a way to live comfortably.