Chapter 64: Back in time

　　The lamb ribs in the pot were still stewing. Wang Shanxi had already led the male educated youth back to the dormitory. Fu Shaohua was reading a book on Wang Shanxi's kang.

　　Zhong Qianxi followed Xu Dazui away, while Jiang Youtao returned to her room, lay on the kang and opened the novel.

　　The cover shows a female general wearing red armor. She is facing sideways, and a sense of heroism comes from her.

　　Jiang Youtao clicked on it directly.

　　Zhong Qianxi in the book is a female general of Fengzhao Kingdom. She grew up in the army, went into battle at the age of twelve, and died on the battlefield at the age of eighteen. Once she traveled through time, she became Zhong Qianxi in the 1970s. Not only did she live in a peaceful era, but there was also unexpected gender equality. The female general was very happy.

　　Even though she had a 22-year-old husband, Xiao Zichen, who was in very poor health, she didn't think it was a big deal. In her world, men were weaker than women.

　　The relationship between the Zhong and Xiao families dates back to the previous generation. When Zhong Qianxi's father was young, he was saved by Xiao Zichen's biological father. In order to repay the favor, Zhong's father directly promised his eldest daughter, Zhong Qianxi, to Xiao Zichen.

　　Xiao Zichen was in poor health. He walked with a stagger and would cough as if he was going to cough out his lungs after just a few words. He had to take supplements every day, such as the malted milk and glucose that Fu Shaohua gave to Jiang Youtao. He had to take two cans a month.

　　The Xiao family had been ruined by him, and his sister was also beaten and scolded by her husband and mother-in-law every day. The original owner, Zhong Qianxi, took medicine and died the day before her wedding. The female general traveled through time and space, and before she could figure out the situation, she was put on a car and married from the county town to the commune.

　　From then on, she started her life of working like a workhorse.

　　Not only did she tie up the Xiao family, but later even the Zhong family was tied up. Then she was alone out there working to make money, with a bunch of useless people following her who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.

　　The only thing that made the female general feel a little comforted was her husband Xiao Zichen. He cared for her and was considerate of her. Although he was in poor health, he would always drag his sick body to make her a bowl of soup and a bowl of noodles. He was the only warmth the female general had in this world.

　　Because Xiao Zichen was in poor health, the couple had no children. When they were old, the female general, at Xiao Zichen's persuasion, passed on her hard-earned career to Xiao Zichen's younger brother's children.

　　Jiang Youtao became more and more irritated the more she watched, and after finishing it, she almost slammed the table and cursed.

　　What the hell is this about? After working hard all your life, you end up with nothing but a useless husband?

　　What do you want? For the bowl of soup and noodles of the weak and delicate husband? You are so rich now, what can't you find in restaurants? What kind of porridge and side dishes can't you eat? Or do you want the weak and delicate husband to care about you? But now that you have money, wouldn't it be nice to find ten or eight handsome guys of different looks to stand side by side and blow and shush you?

　　There are so many vast forests outside, why bother to hang yourself for such a worthless sick person? What is the point of being busy all your life?

　　Jiang Youtao couldn't figure it out, and she didn't understand it. She didn't understand the female general even more than she understood Gu Nianwei being a stepmother in the book.

　　Isn't this definitely poverty alleviation?

　　Without even asking the melon-eating system, Jiang Youtao knew that the female general must have been controlled by the world consciousness. Otherwise, how could a battle-hardened female general do such a stupid thing?

　　"Taotao, the meal is ready, come out and eat." When Jiang Youtao heard that the lamb ribs were cooked, she suppressed her anger and went to eat without any hesitation.

　　It was useless for her to be angry. What she had to do now was to eat first and then find an opportunity to control the water in the female general's brain.

　　All the things in the living room were moved to the wall. On the stove in the middle of the room was a large iron pot of lamb ribs, bubbling. A wooden board was placed across it, with a large bowl of garlic and chili dipping sauce on it.

　　The fragrance filled the whole room.

　　People were coming in and out, and soon the chopsticks and bowls were set out. Old Wang was also invited by Xu Manqiu, and he changed into a new set of clothes that were washed very cleanly.

　　After everyone sat down, they first toasted Fu Shaohua, and then started eating lively.

　　The ingredients for stewing lamb ribs were taken out by Gu Nianwei from her space. Because there were enough ingredients and the stewing time was long, the lamb rib meat was particularly tender. The bones fell off easily when bitten, and the marrow in the spine came out easily when pulled out.

　　It is salty and fragrant without any smell of mutton. If you put some potatoes, pumpkin and other side dishes in the pot, the taste will be great.

　　Fu Shaohua sat next to Jiang Youtao and took care of her meticulously. She didn't even need to pick up her chopsticks, as Fu Shaohua could predict what she wanted to eat and put it in her bowl in time.

　　While the group was enjoying the meal here, Lu Yunan in the educated youth kitchen over there was very indignant. She was eating the coarse grains cooked by the new educated youth together, and the cabbage and potatoes without any oil or water. She was so angry that she almost cried.

　　She kept scolding Jiang Youtao and the others for being stingy and selfish. They were totally different from the united and friendly educated youth family described in Zhao Rongguang's letter.

　　The other educated youth looked at each other, but no one paid any attention to her.

　　You can tell from the smell outside that they are stewing meat. They don't know them, and they are not related to them. Why should they invite you to dinner? What's more, you are causing trouble for them as soon as you come. Are they crazy that they have to invite you like this? Just because you are the fiancée of some educated youth?

　　What are you thinking about?

　　The meal lasted from noon to night. Fu Shaohua and Wang Shanxi sent Old Wang back home. When they came back, the mess in the house had been cleaned up.

　　Jiang Youtao was washing dishes in the corridor, and Fu Shaohua went to help.

　　"Did you have enough tonight?" Fu Shaohua asked.

　　Jiang Youtao glanced at her, then looked into the room and said, "I'm very full. How about you? Are you full?"

　　There was no electricity in Liushugou yet, so a kerosene lamp was placed in the corridor. Under the dim light, Fu Shaohua's facial features looked even more delicate.

　　Jiang Youtao suddenly remembered the saying that the more you look at a beautiful woman under the lamp, the more charming she becomes.

　　They are really not lying to her, Jiang Youtao sighed in her heart, especially now that he was smiling with his teeth showing, he almost made her faint.

　　"I'll buy it for you if I see it next time. Do you like eating geese? I saw two brigades raising a lot of geese. I'll buy two for you to taste in a few days."

　　The dim light cast a layer of warmth on the two of them, but the look in Fu Shaohua's eyes when he looked at Jiang Youtao was even warmer than the light.

　　It was dark, and Fu Shaohua did not go home. He stayed overnight with Wang Shanxi. Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao drank some wine and could not sleep either.

　　The two of them simply stayed on Gu Nianwei's kang and chatted.

　　Her quilt was very soft, and had the scent of lotus, which was fresh and elegant, and smelled very good.

　　"Weiwei, you heard what Aunt Xu Dazui said. If we leave this house here for a long time without living in it, it will definitely bring disaster. Let me tell you, what should we do?"

　　Gu Nianwei had been thinking about this problem all afternoon. They were already working in the commune. They went there to make some connections during the Spring Festival this year, and their household registration would definitely be moved to the commune next year. This house in Liushugou would be useless.

　　The brigade has the right to reclaim the house at that time. So the best way is to deal with the house before they move their household registration.

　　"I asked Sister Yunying about it this afternoon. Sister Yunying thinks it's good to live in a big bunk bed, but Yonglan is afraid to live in such a big house by herself. So I think it's better to sell this house."

　　When they first selected the site, they chose a very good one. There were mountains surrounding it at the back, and they could go around the house to get into the back mountain. If they didn't want to have much contact with the people at the educated youth site, they could just build a wall to separate the yard into two.

　　This idea coincides with Jiang Youtao's.

　　"When the food is distributed tomorrow, I'll ask Aunt Dazui."

　　"OK."

　　After talking about this, the two started talking about other things. Gu Nianwei asked about Jiang Youtao's feelings for Fu Shaohua.

　　Jiang Youtao propped up her chin and said, "Of course I have a crush on him. He's a beautiful boy, enthusiastic and proactive. Who wouldn't like him? But I'm still young, not even eighteen. I think you have to be eighteen to date, right?"

　　That being said, Jiang Youtao felt that she might not be able to stay with Fu Shaohua until she turned 18.

　　Jiang Youtao was afraid that Gu Nianwei would ask again, so she quickly asked her back: "What about you? What do you think?"

　　"I'm not in a hurry. At least I have to like him and he has to be pleasing to me before I can get along with him. Besides, I don't necessarily have to get married." Gu Nianwei had never thought about getting married in her previous life.

　　After traveling through time, she inexplicably wanted to be someone's stepmother, which really scared Gu Nianwei. She thought that she would definitely have a relationship in the future, but not necessarily get married.

　　She has no shortage of money or things. The things stored in the space are enough for her to use until her next life, so she is not in a hurry and does not want to get married and serve other people's parents.

　　"When I date in the future, I must find someone who is tall and strong, who can be with me every day, and preferably one whose parents are both deceased." Gu Nianwei felt that what Jiang Youtao said at that time was particularly right.

　　She has a car and a house, both her parents are deceased, and she can both be a hostess and do housework.

　　Jiang Youtao also laughed: "This is the best, it saves you a lot of trouble."

　　The two sisters talked until midnight, and only fell asleep together when their eyelids started to droop.

　　Jiang Youtao got up at dawn the next morning. She returned to her room, lay on her kang, took out some snacks, and began to read the collapse report of the small world No. 5.

　　After Zhong Qianxi retired, she finally had time to cultivate her sentiments. She has always been interested in the oil paintings and sketches in this world. In order to learn these two things, she enrolled in a class at Qingdao University and started studying from early morning to late night every day.

　　During her studies, she met a group of old friends and started traveling around the world. Xiao Zichen could go with her three times out of five times. Zhong Qianxi was worried about his health, so when he didn't go, she would just play around and go back.

　　One day when she was sixty-seven years old, she ended her trip early and returned home. When she opened the door, she heard Xiao Zichen's charming voice, which was a tone she had never heard from Xiao Zichen before.

　　Zhong Qianxi walked towards their bedroom, she pushed open the door, and on her and Xiao Zichen's bed, there were two naked bodies lying. One was Xiao Zichen, the man who slept next to her day and night, and the other was also very familiar to her, he was Xiao Zichen's younger brother Xiao Zilong.

　　The two were completely unaware of Zhong Qianxi's arrival. While exercising, they were discussing how to make Zhong Qianxi die without anyone noticing, and then take over the family business she had worked hard for.

　　Zhong Qianxi could accept many things in her life, but the only thing she could not accept was betrayal. Xiao Zichen's face overlapped with the face of the deputy general who betrayed her in her previous life, so she stabbed Xiao Zichen without mercy.

　　Xiao Zilong was terrified, and under the threat of Zhong Qianxi, he told what happened between him and Xiao Zichen.

　　The two had been sleeping together since they were seventeen years old, and they had not severed their relationship even after they got married. Their parents were also aware of their affair.

　　After Xiao Zilong finished speaking, Zhong Qianxi killed her decisively, then went to Xiao Zilong's home and killed Xiao's father and mother who knew about the incident. She also killed Xiao Zilong's children, leaving only Xiao Zilong's wife behind.

　　After being caught by the police, Zhong Qianxi confessed to hee actions and was eventually executed by firing squad.

　　Before her death, Zhong Qianxi reviewed hee life.

　　She found it unbelievable that since she started traveling through time, she became less and less like herself.

　　The illusion created by the small world dissipated like fog at this moment, Zhong Qianxi awakened to her true self, and the small world began to collapse.

　　But Zhong Qianxi's power is too weak, and the consciousness of the small world she lives in is too special, with the power to go back in time.

　　When Jiang Youtao met Zhong Qianxi, her little world had been restarted five or six times. If Zhong Qianxi still could not escape the fate of helping the Xiao family with poverty alleviation this time, then she would not even have the chance to reincarnate.