"Hmph, Jiang Xin, this lazy good-for-nothing, how many days has she been married into our family? She doesn't do any work, and sleeps until noon every day."
"In my opinion, our family really has rotten luck. It was supposed to be Jiang Wan that Fu Yu marries!"
"If it weren't for Jiang Xin's interference, Fu Yu wouldn't have left his bride just a few days after the wedding to go out to sea with his mentor!"
"Alright, alright, old lady, you better say less, in case someone inside hears it, it would be bad!"
...
When Jiang Xin opened her eyes, she was utterly dumbfounded.
Listening to the murmuring voices outside, her head felt like it was going to explode.
She couldn't comprehend how just an hour ago, she was slaying the zombie king in the apocalypse, only to be transported to this godforsaken place the next second.
Ignoring those unfamiliar voices outside, Jiang Xin carefully examined the room.
What she saw was a run-down clay house, an empty room without even decent furniture.
Even the walls were covered with newspapers.
A musty smell hit her nose, causing Jiang Xin to frown.
On the wooden window, there were two roughly cut red double-happiness symbols stuck on it.
Looking at the red velvet quilt covering her, printed with the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in water, she realized the owner of this room had just recently married.
A severe pain in the back of her head brought on a flood of unfamiliar memories, like a revolving lantern in her mind.
After sorting through for a while, Jiang Xin finally understood her current identity and situation.
She had transmigrated into a book!
Into an era novel named "Charming Wife of the 80s", becoming a cannon-fodder character.
The original owner had the same name as her, just eighteen years old this year.
The original owner's parents were teaching in the provincial capital but gave up their jobs for business opportunities and went out of the province for commerce in recent years.
Originally, the parents intended to take the original owner along, because a family should be together regardless.
But thinking about the harsh conditions of this trip and not knowing when they'd return, they didn't want their daughter to suffer with them, so they entrusted her to a distant relative for care.
This way, she wouldn't have to toil and endure hardships.
They even spared no expense, giving this distant relative quite a few food stamps.
And the protagonist of the book is none other than Jiang Wan, mentioned by those two people outside.
Charming and knowledgeable, with fair skin and beauty.
She had a prearranged marriage with Fu Yu, the male counterpart in the book, since childhood.
Originally, they were planning to hold the wedding banquet formally, but coincidentally Jiang Wan got into the teacher's college in the provincial capital.
Suddenly, the disparity between their statuses widened.
The Jiang Family increasingly felt that Fu Yu wasn't a suitable match for their precious daughter.
Fu Yu was merely a farmer, whose future, no matter how good, would only be confined to the paddy fields.
But Jiang Wan was different; for a college student in the 80s, they were worth gold, guaranteed a job assignment upon graduation, providing a stable livelihood.
What good match couldn't she find in the future?
People aim high, and water flows low.
Jiang Wan and the Jiang Family naturally developed thoughts of breaking off the engagement.
But living in the same village, breaking off the engagement with Fu Yu right now would bring shame upon their entire family from the villagers.
So Jiang Wan targeted the naive and easily bullied Jiang Xin, who had just arrived a few days ago.
At a village feast, taking advantage of Fu Yu being drunk, Jiang Wan also made Jiang Xin drunk.
Then amidst the chaos, she locked them in a room together and called the villagers over to catch them in the act.
After making it widely known.
Jiang Wan took the opportunity to appear harmed and won the villagers' sympathy.
Jiang Xin ended up disastrously, framed and loudly cursed by the whole village as a seducer of her brother-in-law.
Jiang Xin had no clue she had fallen into Jiang Wan's trap.
Unaware of the situation, she even clumsily apologized to Jiang Wan, feeling deeply ashamed.
Despite explaining repeatedly that nothing happened between her and Fu Yu.
With so many eyes watching in the village, Jiang Xin was simply at a loss for words.
In the end, to save Jiang Xin's reputation, Fu Yu gave Jiang Wan a long glance and chose to break the engagement with Jiang Wan and marry Jiang Xin instead.
Only then was the matter settled.
But the marriage was reluctant; Fu Yu went out to sea with his mentor the day after the wedding, expected to return in about a month and a half.
After recalling all the memories, Jiang Xin almost cursed aloud.
Ugh!
This Jiang Wan was truly harmful.
In her view, the most innocent one in all this was the original owner.
After marrying Fu Yu, the village's curses not only didn't lessen but intensified.
Under continuous cursing, the original owner's mental state deteriorated, crying every day.
Moreover, the Fu Family resented her for ruining the marriage between Fu Yu and Jiang Wan, losing an excellent daughter-in-law.
So treated the original owner poorly.
They didn't even notice she stayed shut in the room daily, avoiding food and drink.
So, the original owner wasn't sleeping until noon.
She starved herself to death!
Jiang Xin closed her eyes briefly and looked at her shrunken, rumbling stomach with some depression.
She retrieved a sandwich and a bottle of orange juice from her own space, planning to fill her belly first.
The moment she realized she transmigrated, she first checked her infinite resource space.
Luckily it was still there!
Her heart couldn't help but feel a bit fortunate.
The heavens didn't treat her unfairly after all, otherwise, she couldn't imagine how to live in such an era without the space.
With the space, at least she wouldn't starve to death and had some confidence.
Accepting what comes and adapting quickly is her way.
Jiang Xin pondered future strategies while munching on the bread.
Thinking about Fu Yu, she found the memories very fuzzy.
She simply couldn't recall him.
Regarding her convenient husband, Jiang Xin had no fondness.
Just felt that as a man, he showed no sense of responsibility.
If marrying the original owner was to take responsibility.
Then leaving her aside like this, leading to her death from depression.
He bore half of the responsibility.
When Fu Yu returned, the first thing she'd do is divorce him!
While Jiang Xin was angrily thinking, a strangely familiar voice came from outside:
"Auntie, I've heard that Jiang Xin has been locked inside for days, I'm a bit worried about her and came by to check."