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I instinctively rolled to the side and dodged! The agility of my movements surprised even me! This body... so young! So full of energy!
I looked around the dim, cramped room. There was a rickety wooden bed, and next to it lay a drooling fool... it was Wang Jianmin's younger brother, Wang Jianguo! Where am I... the Wang family?!
Could it be that I have been reborn? Back to the time before I married Wang Jianmin?!
I hurriedly looked at my hands. Although they were a bit rough, they were definitely the hands of a young girl! Not those calloused and scarred hands!
I really have been reborn! And judging by the scene... it seems to be...
“Mom! Don’t hit Sister Xiulian!” A timid voice rang out, and a small figure stood in front of me. It was Wang Jianmin's younger sister, Wang Xiaocao. In my previous life, Xiaocao was the only one in the Wang family who treated me with some kindness, but she was also weak and timid, unable to protect herself.
“Get out of the way! You worthless brat! You’re just stirring up trouble!” Qian Guifen pushed Xiaocao aside and came towards me.
At that moment, a male voice came from outside: “Mom! What’s all this noise early in the morning?”
It was Wang Jianmin! He was wearing a blue cotton jacket, his hair slicked back neatly, and his face bore an expression of impatience. But when he saw me, a glint of calculation flashed in his eyes.
Right! I remembered now! It was autumn of 1977! I had just graduated from high school and returned to the village. The Wang family was currently sending matchmakers to propose marriage! Because I was beautiful and a high school graduate, I was highly sought after in the area. They thought marrying me would bring them prestige! Qian Guifen had been trying all sorts of ways to curry favor with my family these past few days while secretly pressuring me to agree quickly!
This morning was when I first refused to help Qian Guifen with heavy farm work and got cornered by her for scolding! In my previous life, I had been intimidated into cooking for her, which marked the beginning of my tragic servitude to the Wang family!
Not this time!
“What’s all this noise? Isn’t it just your future wife being lazy?” Qian Guifen immediately complained to her son. “She can’t even make breakfast without making excuses! How can we marry her off like this?!”
Wang Jianmin frowned and looked at me, his tone condescendingly “gentle”: “Xiulian, why did you make Mom angry? Apologize to her. A woman should be working in the fields and cooking.”
Here we go again! Using that “for your own good” tone to serve his own interests!
I scoffed inwardly, raised my head, and looked at him coldly: “Wang Jianmin, first of all, I am not your wife yet, so your mother has no right to dictate to me. Secondly, I can cook, but not right now. I’m not feeling well and need to rest.”
My words left both Wang Jianmin and Qian Guifen stunned! The Xiulian they remembered was somewhat aloof due to her education but soft-spoken and timid; how could she suddenly become so... assertive?
“Hey! You little brat dare to talk back?!” Qian Guifen snapped back into reality and immediately tried to throw a fit.
“Mom!” Wang Jianmin held her back, signaling her to calm down. He thought I might just be throwing a tantrum that needed soothing.
“Xiulian,” he switched to an even more “gentle” tone, “I know you’re delicate and not used to farm work. Once we’re married, I won’t let you work in the fields; you can just stay home doing laundry and cooking for me while taking care of the kids…”
“Stop!” I interrupted him, looking at his self-satisfied face with disgust. “Wang Jianmin, I don’t know who gave you the impression that I would marry you.”
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