Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 303 - 1: The Cannon Fodder Sister-in-law in a Group-Pampering Story (Part 1)
"Wake up! Wake up!"
Jiang Lai was woken up by Little Buding. When she opened her eyes, she still felt groggy. The memories of the last century seemed like something that happened in a dream, extremely blurry, and looking back felt like watching someone else’s story.
She frowned, sat up, and drifted into a daze.
Little Buding was a bit worried. There were so many temptations in the last century, Jiang Lai stood at the pinnacle of the world, having everything she wanted. Sometimes it really worried that Jiang Lai would sink into it and never want to wake up again.
Thankfully, she chose to leave without hesitation after finding a successor, perfectly completing the task and once again breaking a record within their realm.
Little Buding was very gratified. For once, it did not mock Jiang Lai, but instead showed rare concern with a sentence.
"Are you very tired? Why not lie down for a bit longer?"
"Stop pretending to be concerned with me, don’t waste time."
"Jiang Lai, you’re just a thankless dog, biting whoever you see."
Saying she was a wolf would be giving her a compliment.
Jiang Lai yawned and replied carelessly.
"What are you supposed to be? Still think you’re a person?"
Alright, she seemed to be fine now.
Little Buding didn’t waste any more time with her and directly launched the next task.
——
When Jiang Lai opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a hard ground, surrounded by a few heads. A large dark hand was pressing hard on her temple, rubbing, while saying something.
"Nothing serious, just got sunstroke, a bit of water will sort it out."
Seeing Jiang Lai open her eyes, those people in straw hats dispersed, leaving only a woman in a white top and a straw hat squatting beside her asking.
"Trying to slack off with this trick again? Get up quickly and get to work. If you don’t earn eight points today, you’ll surely get scolded again."
Jiang Lai slowly sat up, looked around at the golden wheat fields, everyone in each ridge was bending over and working hard, while she was lying on the ridge, the heat radiating from the ground making her sweat all over, and her head throb.
Looking at the dark-skinned, strong-limbed woman opposite, some contents flashed in Jiang Lai’s mind.
"What’s wrong with you? Got sunstruck?"
"Nothing, too hot to work."
After saying that, Jiang Lai slowly got up and walked away, leaving the woman behind staring in disbelief and shock.
Busy nearby, Sister-in-law Tian approached and asked.
"What’s up with the wife of your family’s third?"
"What else, slacking off again."
"Just started and already slacking, if you don’t earn those eight points, your mother-in-law won’t be easy to handle."
Liu Suping couldn’t care less.
"No matter, let’s get to work quickly, the days are short and work isn’t easy."
Everyone went back to the hot laborious work, only Jiang Lai silently walked back. Passing by a small creek, she stopped and scooped a handful of water to wash her face.
The cool creek water instantly cleared her head a bit. Looking at the leisurely grass-eating big buffalo across, Jiang Lai wiped her face.
"Damn, back to this kind of place again?"
Not long ago, she was living a life with luxury cars and villas, and in a blink, she was back to this poor, challenging era.
Little Buding sighed.
"No choice, bad luck drew this one. Work hard, and I’ll try to get you an easier one next world."
Jiang Lai didn’t continue to complain because she was starving. This stomach seemed like it never had a full meal, and the hunger made her want to jump down and fill up with water.
"Calm down, drink too much water and you’ll have diarrhea. Not a single piece of paper left to wipe."
Little Buding’s tone was cold.
Jiang Lai’s eyes were full of melancholy.
"Do you think you’re really funny?"
"I’m telling the truth; you’ve lived in the countryside before. It’s just that this time it’s hell mode, and this family you’re in is nowhere near as rich as the team leader’s."
Jiang Lai sat down, leaned against a big tree, and closed her eyes.
"What about the plot? Send it over."
This is a novel called "Fortune in the 70s", which tells the tranquil life of the blessed heroine Xie Yumian.
Grandpa Xie had a total of three sons. Eldest Xie, after separating, married Lv Cuixia from the same village. In the following years, they had four sons, and when Lv Cuixia was pregnant with the fifth, Eldest Xie and Lv Cuixia were hoping for a daughter.
After Lv Cuixia dreamed of the Bodhisattva Guanyin one night, she gave birth to a daughter, Xie Yumian, the next day.
As the long-awaited daughter among five children, Xie Yumian was adored by the entire family from birth. Furthermore, she was blessed, making life for the previously struggling Xie Family increasingly better and enabling the three oldest brothers to marry in succession.
The eldest, Xie Guo, married Liu Suping from the neighboring village, and they had a son and a daughter. The family hadn’t separated yet.
The second son, Xie Qiang, married Wang Fengjiao, a girl from the same village who sold tofu and was already pregnant.
The third son, Xie Jian, married the original Jiang Lai, whose Jiang Family valued boys over girls. To marry off a sister-in-law, they married Jiang Lai to the quiet and taciturn Xie Jian for a bridal price of two hundred bucks.
As for the fourth son, Xie An, he was in the army outside and had yet to marry, as he rarely returned home.
The first thing upon marrying into the Xie Family was mother-in-law Lv Cuixia brainwashing the new daughter-in-law: prioritize little sister-in-law no matter if it’s about food or drink because she brings fortune. Being able to marry into the Xie Family and enjoy blessings is owing to the little sister-in-law bringing wealth.
The original and Xie Yumian were the same age, seventeen, and had not long been married. Formerly suffering and unloved at the Jiang Family, the original thought marrying into the Xie Family could bring blessings. To her surprise, not only were all the work points her husband earned handed over, but even occasional small businesses’ profits had to be managed by the mother-in-law.
The Xie Family had a large household and many expenses. Every day, the porridge was reserved for the little sister-in-law, the three sons, and the grandchildren, with the remaining portion divided among the three daughters-in-law.
The original yearned for control of the household, but even eating a bit more at the dinner table led to scolding, naturally unwilling, leading to nightly arguments with her husband, demanding to split the family.
Sensible and honest Xie Jian, having been brainwashed since childhood to cherish his sister, of course disagreed. He insisted his wife do the same: prioritize his sister with good food and drink. He himself took on the bitter and heavy tasks, sparing the only light task of watching the farm for his sister, Xie Yumian. Even the pregnant sister-in-law had to work the fields, let alone Jiang Lai, who had no children and was required to complete the full eight points daily.
Eight points were not easy for a woman to earn, with the hearty and strong eldest wife working nonstop all day to meet it, while the slender and weak Jiang Lai practically had to starve to finish it.
A few days into the busy farming period, she couldn’t bear it anymore. Mother-in-law Lv Cui Ping thought she was lazy, resorting to hitting or scolding. The original endured, but also became increasingly envious of the little sister-in-law who could earn five points just overseeing the farm, hence harboring both overt and covert dissatisfaction with the little sister-in-law.
