Lady Gu 10,000 Years
Transmigration
The gloomy days are finally bright. There is not much food left in the house. Ah Wan brought her bamboo basket and went digging for carrots. He was digging up radishes, and some people called them carrots.
The radishes were not big, not even as big as Ah Wan's fist, but the radishes were thin and had a lot of water. If bitten just a little, it will feel sweet in the heart. If sliced thinly and mixed with sambal, the taste will be fresh and delicious.
It was the best season to eat radishes. As the weather turns colder, the radish taste is no longer soft and sweet. Instead, they will become a little bitter and spicy.
“Ah Wan! Why are you still here? Your husband is here!” An aunt walks with a pengki.
Ah Wan, who was crouching on the ground, blushed. “Auntie, don't talk nonsense. Who, who is my husband?”
Aunt joking, “You're getting married. If he's not your husband, can he be my husband?”
Across the field, the farmers picking vegetables laughed. Ah Wan's face flushed. He may not admit it, but he knows he does have a fiancee. Her fiance's last name was Zhao, and her name was Zhao Heng. He was the only scholar in their village.
Zhao Heng was not a local, he fled to their village when the war began. After that, he lived in the village. Zhao Heng's father has died in the chaos of war, leaving him with his widowed mother and a younger sister who is the same age as Ah Wan. All along, thanks to the help of Ah Wan's family, the three-member family lived in fear.
Ah Wan's family doesn't have a good life either, especially after Ah Wan's father is arrested for joining the army. Without the family support pole, their spending is getting faster. But no matter how tight they were, Ah Wan could not bear to see Zhao Heng suffer.
Ah Wan stuffed the plucked radishes into a small basket and ran home in a good mood. When he passed by a small fish pond, he crouched down and cleared the mud from his hands. His hands froze and his wound was soaked. It hurt so much that he flinched!
Then, she untied her hair tie, wiped her hands with water, and combed her hair until it sparkled. She braided her hair into a beautiful four-piece braid beside her ears and carefully took out a red headband that she only wanted to wear during the New Year. He tied it up little by little.
After he finished, he used his frozen hands to wash his face with a handful of cold water that smelled fishy.
“A-time cold!” yell Ah Wan.
On the other hand, Zhao Heng had long wandered outside Ah Wan's house but hadn't seen Ah Wan for a long time, and she decided to come back again another day. Unexpectedly, as he passed through the fish pond, he happened to see Ah Wan who was crouching by the beach and was washing her face.
Zhao Heng frowned. Can water be used to wash your face? The fishy smell is so strong.
Ah Wan also saw Zhao Heng, and she rushed to her feet. It had only been half a month since the last time they met, but Zhao Heng had grown even taller. Although she was three years older than Ah Wan, she was even smaller than Ah Wan when she first came to the village. Ah Wan was happy to see that he had recovered.
“Ah Heng!” Ah Wan walked over with a smile.
The young girl wore a very bloated cotton-coated jacket with patches on her knees and elbows. He looked so shabby that he was a little embarrassed. However, her face was extremely beautiful, and no other girl in the world was more beautiful than her.
Once upon a time, Zhao Heng also thought that Ah Wan was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. But ever since he saw the city's noble young lady, when he saw Ah Wan again, he felt that she was rude and shabby.
Ah Wan looked at Zhao Heng's hand. They are scientific hands, long fingers, clean and soft. Ah Wan secretly slipped her swollen little hand that had frostbite into her sleeve and asked her with a smile, “Why are you here? It's the middle of the month today, and it's not time to pay tuition...Have you spent all the money you have? I'll get it for you.” Actually, there's not much left. There were only a few silver bars left. New Year's items haven't been purchased, but Zhao Heng's study is important. She thought that her mother would not blame her.
“Ah Wan,” Zhao Heng called him.
Ah Wan turned around, a sweet smile on her red face. “Hm?”
“You don't need to give me silver anymore,” Zhao Heng said.
“Why? Didn't you study again?” Ah Wan asked, surprised.
Zhao Heng stopped. “No..”
Ah Wan thought she was worried about her future college fees, so she hurriedly patted her chest and said, “Don't worry, I have money! I.. I can get money! When spring comes, I will pick wild vegetables! I can also cut wood! I can farm..”.
“Ah Wan, where did you get the silver?” Zhao Heng cut him off.
Ah Wan froze.
Zhao Heng said with a grim expression, “You don't need to hide it from me. I've known that your silver didn't come from the right method.Two years ago, you didn't actually go to your cousin-in-law's house. You... you entered the brothel!”
A lightning strike hit Ah Wan's head! Ah Wan swayed and the basket on her back fell to the floor. The red radish rolled on the floor.
Ah Wan looked at Zhao Heng with a pale face. “Who? Who told you that?”
Zhao Heng clenched his fists tightly and said, “You don't care who tells me, just say yes or no! Did you enter the brothel?
Ah Wan's eyes turned red. He grabbed Zhao Heng's arm. “Ah Heng..”.
Zhao Heng was caught off guard when she saw the pair of swollen hands covered in frostbite. He was so scared that he pulled his arm back!
Ah Wan felt disgusted and did not dare to touch her hand again. She just sobbed more and more and said, “I... I didn't get into the brothel! Ah Heng, believe me, my money is clean! I traded it for a jade pendant!”
Zhao Heng looked at him coldly. “Where did you get that jade pendant?”
“I took it!” Ahwan.
Zhao Heng sneered, “Can a random jade pendant be exchanged for so much silver?” She once naively thought that her expensive school fees had all earned Ah-Wan from farming and cutting wood, but who would have thought! How shameless is he?! She was already engaged to him, yet she was still doing unspeakable things with other men! Why is he so dirty?!
“Ah Heng, believe me, I did not enter the brothel, I swear!” Ah Wan cried until her heart was almost broken. He really didn't enter the brothel, really didn't…
The two grew up together as childhood lovers. For a very long time, Zhao Heng and his little sister ate at Ah Wan's house and stayed at Ah Wan's house. He still remembered the days when the entire village was starving. It was Ah Wan who kept her food and fed her little by little. If it wasn't for Ah Wan, she might have starved to death already. He still had feelings for Ah Wan.
“Don't worry, since we already know each other, I won't tell anyone about this. It's just that I can't marry you anymore,” he said kindly. Zhao Heng thought that he had done his best. After all, for a woman, nothing is more important than her reputation. Since he was willing to protect his reputation, he should be satisfied.
Zhao Heng said correctly, “I am a scholar. Master said that with my talent, I can definitely become a government official in the future. I can't marry an indecent woman.I'll visit your house to cancel the wedding. Don't come looking for me again.” As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Heng did not dare to look at Ah Wan's heartbroken face and run away.
But just a few steps he stepped, suddenly there was a loud splashing sound from the fish pond behind him.
Meanwhile in the other hemisphere.
“Spring has arrived. All things have been brought back to life. Time for animals to mate again.”.
Yu Wan was awakened by that evil ringtone again. She knew without thinking that her aunt who urged her to get married did it. Yu Wan's parents died early. He was raised by his aunt. Her aunt is the director of the zoo. It was 1.8 meters tall and had a loud voice.
Yu Wan swiped the answer button and brought the phone a meter away.
“What is going on?! What time?! Childcare providers have been waiting for you for two hours! Do you still want to get married? Do you want to?! Are you planning to stay by my side forever? Let me warn you, you are already 18 years old. My obligation to raise you has been terminated! If you don't get married this year, I'll.”.
Yu Wan's eardrum was numb. He could guess what he was going to say without even hearing it. It was an ultimatum given once a month. Her aunt had threatened her for three years, but she had not fulfilled it.
But... child care providers? Professor of Biology who keeps pandas? It's something worth seeing. Maybe he could steal a panda and go to prison for life.
Yu Wan took a shower and got off. However, the moment he opened the car door, a flower pot fell from the sky…
…
Yu Wan was awakened by the cold. When he woke up, he found himself lying on a dilapidated brick bed. Underneath it was a mattress that gave off a moldy smell, and on its body was a blanket that was even more moldy smell.
The biting cold wind pierced through the cracks of the walls, making the already cold house even more ruthless than before.
His mind is fucked. Strange images and sounds flashed through his mind, but everything was too blurry. He didn't know if it was real or if he had damaged his brain and fabricated the imagination.
There are flashing lights in the house.
Yu Wan looked towards the fire and saw a very thin little boy crouching on the ground in front of the wall facing the window sill. He was wearing ragged ancient clothes. In the brazier in front of him was a half-dry piece of wood. Since the wood was not fully lit yet, the boy tried his best to add the withered grass and leaves. Although the wood is not fully lit, it is still lit.
Seeing that, the little boy got up and went to the table to pick up an old iron pot filled with water and put it on the edge of the iron basin.
Yu Wan was confused.
“Hei,” Yu Wan called the boy.
The little boy turned around and his eyes twinkled. “Kak, are you awake?” He put down the fire tongs and ran towards Yu Wan.
The little boy called him Brother. It seemed that the memories in his head were not his imagination. He really became someone else—
“So, do you feel uncomfortable?”
Yu Wan shook her head against her wishes. “I don't feel bad. Where's mommy?”
“Mother passed out,” said the boy.
“How did he faint?” ask Yu Wan. Although the memories in his mind told him that his mother's body was never strong, it wasn't so serious that he fainted.
The boy lowered his head and said sadly, “When they said you were dead, Mom cried. She kept crying and then fainted.”
So it's because he's too sad…
Yu Wan looked at her brother and felt deep worry and fear in her heart. It was very difficult for him. One of the people closest to him had died and the other had fainted. He really did not know how he could survive.
Yu Wan extended a hand and stroked her dirty little head. “See, I'm not dead yet, right?”
The little boy looked up, his eyes shining brightly. “Ya!”
Yu Wan glanced at the brazier and the iron pot near the wall, which could hardly be called cooking utensils, and asked, “Can you pour me a cup of water? I saw you boil water.”
“OK!” The little boy rushed over excitedly. He was very happy to be useful. Of course, he was still too young and did not know that water could only be drunk after boiling. When he saw the water billowing, he felt the water was already boiling.
He poured the half-frozen water into the chipped porcelain bowl and carefully brought it to Yu Wan.
The water had only boiled half. If it was in his previous life, his aunt as director would probably nag him until his ears grew calluses. “Drinking raw water? Are you afraid of parasites? You young people don't care about your body!”
Yu Wan was not as special as her aunt. He had been drinking raw water before, but now that he thought about it, he did not know whether his actions back then were really not special, or whether he was too rebellious and deliberate to be non-special. Her aunt was a good person, but sometimes, she was so chatty that she couldn't stand it.
Yu Wan laughed bitterly. After moving to such a place, she would not even have time to be scolded by her aunt.
Suddenly, he felt a chill beside his hand. The boy thought the water was too hot when he saw that he did not drink it after a long time, so he immediately blew it with his small mouth.
Yu Wan finished the water in her bowl. After drinking it, he felt much more energetic. He said to the boy, “By the way, how many days have I slept?”
“Three days.”
In that case, their mother might be unconscious for three days? Yu Wan looked at the skinny boy and asked, “Have you eaten something these few days?”
“I ate it! I ate at Grandma's!” The little boy said.
“Are you full?” ask Yu Wan.
The little boy stopped talking. His lips were chapped and he looked weak and pale. He must not have eaten until he was full.
Yu Wan lifted her blanket, put on a patched cotton jacket, and said to her starving brother, “Let's go and meet Mom first, then I'll make you something to eat.”
