Midwinter is approaching, and it snows overnight, dyeing the mountains and rivers white.
"Come on, Yun Chao has fallen into the ice cave!"
A urgent cry for help broke the tranquility of the small mountain village.
Several villagers ran quickly to the water's edge, and some village women also ran over upon hearing the sound, and there was a sudden uproar.
"Quick, quick, quick, if you still have energy, squeeze out the water in your stomach!"
"This Yun Er is so old yet he comes skating with a bunch of kids. It's really disappointing!"
Yun Chao's consciousness was dazed, and he felt like someone was desperately pressing his stomach.
A large amount of ice water spurted out, and there was an unlucky little crucian carp in it.
"Send him home quickly, don't freeze to death!"
…
When he regained consciousness again, Yun Chao found himself lying on a worn-out wooden bed covered with a tattered straw thatch.
Half an hour later.
Can't go back?
Looking at the blackened thatch on the roof, Yun Chao let out a heavy sigh.
It's not a dream, it should be time travel.
From the new century of great material abundance, a person fell into a trap in the ancient times when his family was living in poverty.
In his previous life, Yun Chao came from a poor family, but after working hard, he was finally admitted to the Agricultural University as a doctoral candidate, becoming the pride of eight villages in ten miles.
Unfortunately, when I went into the mountains for investigation, I encountered a landslide and reluctantly left that world.
According to the memory of the original owner of this body, we learned that this was a dynasty called Dawu, and the original owner's name was actually Yun Chao, a third-generation farmer from Wolong Village, Qingyang County, Dongping Prefecture.
Wu Dynasty?
Which dynasty is this and has it ever appeared in history?
After sorting through the memories of the original owner like a quick glance, Yun Chao smiled bitterly and shook his head. The original owner of this body was even worse than him.
I lost my father at the age of seven, my mother at the age of nine, and my elder brother died at the age of twelve. I finally reached the age of sixteen, and I didn’t even taste what it was like to be a daughter-in-law, so I fell into an ice hole and lost my hair...
At this moment, the door opened and a little girl walked in.
The little girl was holding a coarse porcelain bowl in her hand and was dressed in old linen clothes. She was about fourteen or fifteen years old. She was thin and looked malnourished.
However, the little girl is very delicate, with a pair of dark eyes, as smart as black grapes.
"Second brother, this is the ginger soup cooked by Aunt Wang next door for you. Drink it quickly to ward off the cold!"
Memories related to the original owner appeared in Yun Chao’s mind:
The little girl's name was Lin Youniang. She said she was his little sister, but she was actually his child bride.
At that time, Yun Chao's eldest brother was seriously injured. He was worried that no one would take care of his brother after his death, so he bought her back from Lin Youniang's brother and sister-in-law.
Yun Chao shuddered and took the bowl. He drank it all in one breath, regardless of burning his mouth.
With a bowl of hot ginger soup in his stomach, Yun Chao finally felt like he was alive again.
"Thank you!" Yun Chao wiped his lips and handed the bowl back.
"Ah?" Lin Youniang was stunned, her big eyes full of uneasiness.
Seeing the little girl's strange behavior, Yun Chao realized that being polite was not the style of the original owner of his body.
Because there was no family to discipline him, the original owner developed many bad habits, including being lazy, sneaky, and especially fond of bullying children.
And Lin Youniang is exactly the child in his eyes.
Don't say thank you, just don't hit her or scold her.
"Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take a rest."
In order to prevent the little girl from seeing the flaw, Yun Chao returned to his original tone and waved her away.
Although Lin Youniang thought Yun Chao was a little strange, she didn't think much about it and went out to fetch water with two wooden buckets.
Looking at the little girl's thin back, Yun Chao couldn't help but lament that a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old girl might have been a junior high school student in her previous life. Some were so pampered that they couldn't even take care of themselves and had to rely on family members to take care of them.
But at the same age, Lin Youniang has to shoulder the burden of the family, doing heavy housework day after day, and being bullied by her nominal second brother and possible future husband. It's really not easy!
…
After lying down for a while, Yun Chao regained some strength. In order to appease his protesting stomach, he had no choice but to get up and look for food.
Entering the low kitchen, Yun Chao opened the rice vat in the corner.
There are only a handful of poor rice grains, and they can’t even cover the bottom of the vat.
The room is freezing, and Yun Chao's heart is even colder. The winter solstice hasn't even arrived yet, and there are still several months before next summer's harvest. The family has already run out of food. How can we survive next?
The feeling of starvation is really uncomfortable. As a modern person, Yun Chao finally realized what real hunger is.
It felt like there was a fire burning in my belly, and everything looked like food. I wanted to take a few bites of myself to satisfy my craving!
My braised pork ribs, my spicy beef, my fried chicken and fried skewers, my takeout instant noodles, where are you all...
While I was thinking wildly, the firewood door of the yard rang.
Yun Chao went out and saw that it was Lin Youniang who had returned carrying two large wooden barrels.
Two large buckets were full of water, and the carrying pole bent her delicate waist.
Yun Chao stretched out his hand to help, but because of his physical weakness, as soon as he took the pole, the two large wooden barrels fell to the ground with a clang, and the water inside spilled all over the floor. Yun Chao was also staggered and almost fell. The horse lies down.
Lin Youniang was so frightened that her face turned pale. She didn't care about the water she had worked so hard to fetch, and quickly supported Yun Chao.
"Second brother, are you injured anywhere? It's all my fault, it's all my carelessness..."
His little hands were cold, with cracked wounds on them, his lips were blue and purple from the cold, his ears were also frostbitten, and his big misty eyes were full of worry and panic...
Seeing this scene, Yun Chao thought of the little girl's meticulous care for him over the past few years, his parents in his previous life, and the little girl who was about to graduate from college. Yun Chao had mixed feelings. He held Lin Youniang's cold little hand and was speechless for a long time.
Lin Youniang was shocked by Yun Chao's abnormal behavior. She wanted to pull her hand back, but she didn't dare. Her face was red with embarrassment.
Although she is young, Lin Youniang is very smart and knows that she will marry Yun Chao in the future.
When her future husband held her little hand and looked at her with that strange look, Lin Youniang suddenly felt a strange warmth in her heart, making her whole body feel dizzy.
Her parents died when she was young, and she was bullied by her brother and sister-in-law. In Lin Youniang's childhood memory, she never had enough to eat.
He didn't have enough to eat and was beaten. Even when he came to Yun's house, he was injured.
Although Yun Chao sometimes scolded her and occasionally hit people, it was nothing compared to the punishment he suffered at his brother and sister-in-law's house.
Feeling the warmth in Yun Chao's hand and seeing his gentle gaze, Lin Youniang felt that she couldn't even tell the difference between east, west and north. It was like a deer had broken into her chest, thrashing about desperately.
…
"Second brother, the porridge is ready, drink it while it's hot." Lin Youniang put a bowl of rice porridge on the table.
"What about you, why don't you drink?"
"There's still some in the pot, I'm going to drink it right now."
Yun Chao walked to the kitchen with the bowl in hand, opened the lid and saw that there was almost no difference between the gruel and the clear soup at the bottom of the pot. There were almost no rice grains visible in the crystal clear soup!
"Did you put all the rice into my bowl?"
"I...I'm not hungry..."
Ignoring the little girl's obstruction, Yun Chao poured the rice porridge in the bowl back into the pot, picked up the spoon next to it and stirred it. He first filled a bowl for Lin Youniang, and then a bowl for himself.
"drink!"
Lin Youniang held the coarse porcelain bowl and shed tears unsatisfactorily.
Although Yun Chao's tone was fierce, she was very happy, very happy, very happy.
The second brother has finally grown up and knows how to feel sorry for himself!
The sight of a bowl of gruel moved Lin Youniang to such an extent that Yun Chao couldn't laugh or cry. A little girl is a little girl. No matter how strong she is, she still needs to be cared for.
A bowl of gruel is nothing to worry about, and I still feel hungry after finishing it.
Putting aside the longing for the past life for the time being, and taking care of what has come, Yun Chao is ready to solve the current predicament first.
What else? You can't commit suicide, right?
"Young lady, just wait, I'll let you eat something delicious soon!"
"Okay, okay, then I'll wait for your delicious food!"
Even though she knew her second brother was bragging, Lin Youniang was still very happy because she had never heard Yun Chao say such "nice" words since she entered the Yun family.
Yun Chao saw the smile in Lin Youniang's eyes and knew that she didn't believe it.
You don’t believe it, right? It doesn’t matter. I will show you today what a real time traveler is!
