Yun Hua remembered that in the novel, the amount of spiritual spring water Liu Xuejiao obtained was limited. There had only been enough to fill a basin.
So why did Yun Hua have an entire well?
It seemed the jade pendant really could distinguish who its true owner was.
As expected of the jade pendant passed down through her mother’s family.
Bloodline really did matter.
Yun Hua only took a brief look around the space.
The villa was the same one she had owned in the modern era, and its courtyard had come along with it as well.
The difference was that beyond the courtyard lay empty stretches of land and farmland.
They seemed to be happily waving at Yun Hua, as though calling out, “Master, come take care of us!”
And how was she supposed to take care of them?
Obviously, by scratching the land and farmland’s itch and feeding them vegetables, fruits, and rice plants.
Yun Hua felt like she had two heads and neither one knew what to do.
This era was so ridiculously short on supplies.
Being sent to the countryside was already bad enough. She would have to earn work points in the village, and now that she had finally obtained a cheat of her own…
She absolutely loved the spiritual spring water.
It could strengthen the body, heal illnesses, and even improve one’s appearance.
But leaving all this land and farmland empty wasn’t exactly practical either.
In the original novel, after obtaining her space, the female lead, Liu Xuejiao, seemed to have gone to the black market to buy some seeds and plant them inside the space.
But even she found it exhausting.
Later, after getting together with the male lead, Yu Hongwei, she initially felt that there were too many women around him, so she didn’t dare tell him about her space.
It wasn’t until they returned to the city and their relationship deepened, after they had decided to get married, that Liu Xuejiao finally told Yu Hongwei about the space.
Later, with the help of the space, Yu Hongwei’s career flourished.
Liu Xuejiao also became the perfect supportive wife.
She helped Yu Hongwei tremendously in both his personal life and his career, making it impossible for him to leave her.
Especially with the spiritual spring water’s incredible effects, Yu Hongwei became completely devoted to Liu Xuejiao.
Yun Hua had no idea whether Liu Xuejiao ever discovered that Yu Hongwei had been cheating behind her back.
Even if she had found out, she probably wouldn’t have done anything about it.
At least, the novel described them as a model couple who were considered very happy.
Yun Hua didn’t want to dwell on the novel’s plot anymore.
Now that she was here, she had no idea whether the future events would unfold the same way.
In any case, staying far away from the male and female leads was definitely the safest choice.
The whole reason Yun Hua had gone to the restroom was to verify whether her jade pendant really contained a spiritual spring space.
Now that she had confirmed it, she finally felt a little safer.
After all, she had barely arrived in this world before being rushed off to the countryside.
What a disastrous start.
Without a cheat, who knew whether she could survive the days of earning work points in the countryside?
It was only 1975, after all. There were still two years until the college entrance examination.
She wasn’t worried about returning to the city.
With her abilities, taking the college entrance examination again would be no problem. And she still had plenty of time to prepare.
The original owner had a high school education, which was already considered quite good in this era.
On top of that, her father was the director of a textile factory.
If she hadn’t been reported and forced to go to the countryside, Yun Hua couldn’t imagine how comfortable her life would have been.
Yun Hua even suspected that the author of this novel had deliberately screwed over the original owner.
Perhaps the author had sent the original owner to the countryside specifically so she could give the female lead, Liu Xuejiao, her cheat.
For the sake of the female lead, the author had really ruined the lives of all those supporting female characters.
Wait.
Now she was the one who had gotten screwed over.
Yun Hua felt a little dejected.
But she quickly pulled herself together.
Wasn’t it just two years of working in the countryside?
Other people could do it.
So could she.
Later Yun Hua: Apparently, I really couldn’t.
When she returned to her seat, Li Jing immediately started chatting with her nonstop.
Yun Hua patiently and gently responded to her.
The novel had said that Li Jing had treated the original owner well and had genuinely considered her a friend.
In that case, Yun Hua would treat Li Jing well too.
She needed to protect herself from being hurt, but she also needed to prevent Li Jing from being harmed.
“Yun, are you hungry? I have some roasted sweet potatoes in my bag. Would you like one?”
Looking at Li Jing’s bright, sparkling eyes, Yun Hua couldn’t bring herself to refuse her.
“Sure. I’ll have one.”
Yun Hua then took two white-flour steamed buns from her own bag.
She wanted to give one to Li Jing.
Li Jing was startled.
These were white-flour steamed buns!
She had never eaten one before.
Her family mostly ate sweet potatoes.
Boiled sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato cakes—even the tender tips of sweet potato vines were picked and stir-fried.
And they were always cooked dry, without a drop of oil.
Otherwise, they ate cornmeal buns and pickles.
Sometimes, when they were lucky enough to have rice, it was usually watery porridge with barely any rice in it.
Now, with a white-flour steamed bun right in front of her, Li Jing couldn’t help swallowing.
Suddenly, the roasted sweet potato in her hand didn’t seem nearly as appealing.
But she didn’t dare accept the bun.
White-flour steamed buns were so expensive.
She couldn’t afford to eat something like this.
“No, I can’t take your steamed bun. This stuff is so expensive. I can’t afford to eat it.”
As she spoke, Li Jing gently pushed Yun Hua’s hand, which was holding the bun wrapped in newspaper, back toward her.
In this era, food was usually wrapped in newspapers.
If people weren’t particular, they simply held food directly in their hands.
It wasn’t like modern times, when plastic food bags and disposable gloves were so convenient.
Yun Hua was a doctor, so she had developed certain occupational habits. No matter what, she couldn’t bring herself to eat food that had been handled directly.
As for why she had accepted the roasted sweet potato from Li Jing?
That was because the sweet potato still had its skin on. She would have to peel it herself anyway.
Besides, Yun Hua loved roasted sweet potatoes.
People in this era might have gotten tired of eating them, but as someone from the modern era, Yun Hua absolutely loved them.
When she used to work night shifts at the hospital, she would sometimes crave roasted sweet potatoes whenever she got hungry.
There had once been a woman selling roasted sweet potatoes outside the hospital entrance.
Later, the woman stopped selling them.
Apparently, her daughter had graduated from university and told her mother to go home and enjoy her retirement.
Roasted sweet potatoes were delicious.
They were sweet and soft, with a wonderful sticky texture.
Of course, they tasted best when they were freshly roasted and piping hot, but given the circumstances, Yun Hua thought this was good enough.
Having one at all was already something to be grateful for.
Li Jing, however, didn’t see it that way.
Sweet potatoes weren’t worth much.
If her family hadn’t thought that boiled sweet potatoes would be inconvenient to carry on the journey, they might not even have been willing to make roasted sweet potatoes for her.
Liu Xuejiao saw Li Jing actually refusing Yun Hua’s white-flour steamed bun and thought Li Jing was being stupid.
“If Educated Youth Li doesn’t want it, Yun can just give the bun to another educated youth, can’t she?”
After saying that, Liu Xuejiao blinked several times, giving Yun Hua a look that clearly said, You know what I mean.
Yun Hua wanted to say that she didn’t.
Even if she did understand, she was going to pretend she didn’t.
“No, that won’t do. Educated Youth Li, if you don’t want my steamed bun, then I can’t accept your roasted sweet potato either. I really do like roasted sweet potatoes, but I don’t feel right taking yours.”
Yun Hua ignored Liu Xuejiao’s incredulous expression and continued talking to Li Jing.
Li Jing struggled with the decision for a long time, fidgeting with her fingers until they almost hurt.
“Then I’ll take it. But you can’t give the roasted sweet potato back to me.”
Her voice was very soft, but Yun Hua still heard her.
“Okay. It’s a deal.”
Across from them, Liu Xuejiao watched the interaction between Yun Hua and Li Jing with an expression as though she had seen a ghost.
So the two of them had been going back and forth for so long just to amuse everyone else?
Looking at Yun Hua’s beautiful face, Liu Xuejiao felt increasingly uncomfortable.
What a vixen.
Then she secretly glanced at Yu Hongwei.
He had his eyes closed and appeared to be resting.
Only then did she let out a quiet sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he was different from the other male educated youths.
Her judgment really was excellent.
She had noticed that ever since this Yun educated youth appeared on the train, the young men had been acting like mice that had spotted a cat.
Wherever Yun Hua went, their eyes followed.
What a bunch of hopeless men.