Chapter 2

The Lin family has five children, all close in age, with a two-year gap between each. The youngest, Lin Shu Yi, is sixteen years old this year.

Except for the eldest sister and brother, who are married and working, the other three children are all boarding students and only come home on weekends.

They all attend the same high school, Hongqi High School, where junior high and senior high are located on the same campus.

This means that the three siblings go to and from school together.

To be honest, Lin Shu Yin doesn’t like this, especially when it comes to her younger sister, Lin Shu Yi. She finds her a bit annoying.

Because Lin Shu Yi is always asking her for favors.

For example, right now:

“Second sister, can you help me carry my bag? It’s too heavy.” Lin Shu Yi handed her the backpack.

Lin Shu Yin didn’t take it. She had only been in this body for a few months, and to avoid being discovered by the original owner’s family, she tried to act according to the original owner’s personality. But she was a bit annoyed now and didn’t want to carry it.

“Carry it yourself.”

Seriously, a seven or eight-year-old child is one thing, but a sixteen-year-old? Still asking her sister to carry her bag? Doesn’t she have hands?

The comments online were right. The original owner was unloved in this family. While the eldest sister was a daughter, she was the first child, so she was treated differently.

As for the eldest brother, he was a son, naturally he was favored.

Then there was the original owner, a daughter, but not the first, so she was considered expendable. Her twin brother, Lin Jian She, was a son, and because he was a twin, he had absorbed less nutrition and had been in poor health since childhood.

So her parents loved him even more.

Then there was the youngest sister, Lin Shu Yi. Although she was a daughter, she was the youngest, so her parents also liked her a lot.

Lin’s mother had once said in a conversation with someone that having two sons and two daughters was ideal. She also said that twins were not good, and if she had another child, she wanted a son, not twins.

That way, the son would be healthy and strong.

This was a subtle dig at Lin Shu Yin, implying that she was an unwanted daughter.

Seriously, why call her Lin Shu Yin? They should have just called her Lin Du Yu (meaning “extra”).

“Second sister, just help me carry it, okay? It’s really heavy.” Lin Shu Yi whined.

Lin Shu Yin was speechless. “You’re sixteen years old. You’ll be seventeen next year. You’re not a three-year-old. You can’t even carry this little bit of stuff? Carry your own things, do your own things, don’t always think about asking others to do things for you.”

“You can do it at your parents’ house, I can help you carry things and do things for you. But will you do that at your in-laws’ house? Will you ask your mother-in-law to do things for you?”

“You’ll be scolded to death by your mother-in-law, and our parents will be blamed for not teaching you properly.”

Lin Shu Yin directly used the words her mother used to scold her. Whether it was in her memories or after she came to this body, whenever she did something wrong, her mother would say that.

“No… Second sister, you don’t want to carry it, just don’t carry it. Why are you saying so much?” Lin Shu Yi mumbled.

Her second sister’s words sounded exactly like her mother’s, always talking about in-laws.

Lin Shu Yin said, “Right, I don’t want to carry it. Your backpack is heavy, you’re tired carrying it, but will I be less tired carrying it? I have my own backpack too.”

No lady’s fate, but she has lady’s illness!

Lin Shu Yi pouted, “You don’t have many books in your bag.”

Maybe because they were twins, they were together from the embryonic stage. Among the siblings, the original owner had the best relationship with her brother, Lin Jian She.

Seeing his elder sister’s attitude, Lin Jian She asked in a low voice,

“Sister, are you in a bad mood?”

Lin Shu Yin said, “Bad mood? I’ve been in a bad mood.”

Ever since she came to this era, she hadn’t been in a good mood. Everything was inconvenient, and the worst was the food. She loved to eat meat, and if she didn’t eat meat for a day, she felt like she hadn’t eaten.

Since she came here, forget a day, she hadn’t eaten meat in a month.

Not eating meat for a long time made her irritable, and now this happened, making her even more irritable. Nothing was going her way.

“What happened? You were fine at noon.”

Lin Shu Yi was smart, “Second sister, are you worried about finding a job?”

Lin Shu Yin said, “Yeah.”

“Second sister, if you really can’t find a job, why don’t you go to the countryside? It’s not that hard in the countryside, right?” Lin Shu Yi suggested.

Actually, she had her own motives. The policy said that every family must have one child go to the countryside. If her second sister went to the countryside, she wouldn’t have to go after she graduated in a few years.

Otherwise, she would have to go.

Lin Shu Yin didn’t answer her. She knew what her sister was thinking. It was just that she and her brother didn’t go to the countryside in the drama.

It was Lin Shu Yi who went to the countryside.

Although the original owner married the factory director’s son, they had arranged jobs for both her and her brother. It would be difficult to arrange a job for a third person.

After all, jobs were scarce these days.

So Lin Shu Yi was sent to the countryside.

At this moment, Lin Shu Yin felt a little regretful. She should have learned a useful skill in her previous life, like medicine or cooking?

She studied vocal music. Unless she went to the art troupe, her previous profession would be useless.

But the art troupe was not easy to get into for ordinary people.

Sigh!

When they got home, as usual, Lin Shu Yin went to the kitchen to cook. Dinner was sauerkraut stir-fried with noodles, cabbage stewed with potatoes, and cornmeal buns.

She still hadn’t gotten used to it after eating it for months.

That night, when she went to sleep, Lin Shu Yin dreamt that she found a job. After getting paid, she went to a state-owned restaurant and ordered braised pork and braised ribs, as well as a big bowl of white rice.

But just as the dishes were served and she was about to eat, she woke up.

Lin Shu Yin wanted to cry. Oh, heavens, she was living a good life in the 21st century. Why did she have to be brought here? She couldn’t eat well or sleep well.

It was the weekend today, so Lin’s father, mother, and elder brother were also off work. But since she was there, her mother wouldn’t have to cook.

So Lin Shu Yin made breakfast for everyone, told her parents, and went out for a walk.

During dinner, Lin Shu Yi took the initiative to talk to her parents about going to the countryside.

“Mom, is Second Sister going to the countryside?”

Lin’s mother said, “Unless your Second Sister and your Second Brother both find jobs, then your Second Sister has to go to the countryside.”

Her second son had been in poor health since he was a child, and he couldn’t handle the hardship of the countryside.

If her second daughter found a job, the job would have to be given to her brother, and her second daughter would have to go to the countryside. That’s what Lin’s mother had in mind.

Everyone at the table knew what Lin’s mother meant. Lin Jian She felt a little embarrassed, so he said, “Mom, Second Sister doesn’t have to go to the countryside. I’ll go. It’s easy for a girl to be bullied outside.”

Lin’s mother said, “Don’t be silly. You’re not going to the countryside, no matter what.”

Lin’s father said, “It’s too early to talk about this. What if you both find jobs?”

Lin Shu Yi didn’t care. Both find jobs? In their dreams.

But whatever, it wasn’t her turn to go to the countryside. She was only in the second year of junior high, and she still had three years before graduation.

During this time, someone in their family would definitely go to the countryside.

On Lin Shu Yin’s side, the system finally came back to life.

Beep! System task issued!

Please have the host go to Chang Lake Park to save a child who has fallen into the water. Please complete the task within three minutes. Upon completion, the host will receive a decent job and a mysterious gift package.

Lin Shu Yin: “!”

Chang Lake Park!

She was at the edge of Chang Lake Park right now!

Lin Shu Yin quickly scanned the surroundings and saw a child splashing in the lake.