Chapter 6

In the last moments of her unconsciousness, Xia Yunxuan thought, “This is really time travel, but it’s so damn painful.”

When Xia Yunxuan woke up again, she found herself lying on a hard wooden bed. Her head was also throbbing. The memories of the original owner played out in her mind like a slideshow.

Xia Yunxuan listened carefully for any sounds of conversation. She quickly took a cup of spiritual spring water from her space and drank it. The pain subsided a little.

Now she finally understood why the original owner had died. Her grandmother and mother had forced her to marry a man from a butcher shop in town. The original owner had heard that this man had already killed several wives. She was so scared that she jumped into the river and died. Coincidentally, her plane had a malfunction, and she was transported here. And their names were the same.

After figuring everything out, Xia Yunxuan sighed. She really didn’t have any luck with family. Her own parents didn’t care much about her. Now, in the 1970s, they were even more cruel. They wanted to sell her to get a dowry for her useless brother to get married and buy a dress for her sister.

Now, Xia Yunxuan from the 21st century had arrived. She was going to show this family how it felt to be bullied. She would make them pay for what they did.

She, Xia Yunxuan, had always believed that she was the one who bullied others, not the other way around.

Taking advantage of the fact that the family was out, she quickly grabbed something to eat to fill her stomach. The original owner was so foolish, she didn’t even eat. She imagined that when those so-called family members came back, there would be a fight. Although she was now a powerful woman, she needed to eat to have the energy to fight.

She had no psychological burden about fighting with her family. According to her experience reading novels, the original owner’s identity was probably suspicious.

Otherwise, why were all the members of this family ugly except for the original owner, who had fair skin and beautiful features? Anyone with eyes could see that the original owner didn’t belong to this family.

And if her mother was biased towards boys, why was her sister always better off than her? In terms of looks, she was much prettier than her sister. Her mother should have loved her more.

After she figured out the truth, she had to quickly cut ties with them. She didn’t want to have anything to do with this family. As someone from the future, she knew how everything would turn out. Plus, she had her space. She wasn’t afraid of these people trying to leech off her.

After eating, Xia Yunxuan felt her strength returning. “Yes, now I’m more confident.” After getting the original owner’s memories, she was furious thinking about how her brother and sister had bullied her.

She wasn’t the original owner. Now that she was in her body, she had to get some payback. She hated owing people favors.

Soon, Xia Yunxuan heard the factory whistle in the village from her room. She knew the family was coming back.

She was excited. She wanted to try out her strength. Xia Yunxuan used her mind to communicate with FeiFei, “FeiFei, will my strength be okay? If I’m in the middle of a fight and lose my strength, won’t that be a joke for the family to see?”

FeiFei replied, “Sister, don’t worry. The strength I gave you will stay with you as long as I’m around. So, relax and have fun beating up those scumbags.”

Hearing voices outside, Xia Yunxuan hushed. She heard her grandmother and mother talking. “I don’t know if that stinky girl woke up. She dared to jump into the river. When she wakes up, I’ll teach her a lesson.”

“They gave such a high dowry. What’s wrong with it? It’s her good fortune that someone like that would even look at her. She’s just a stinky girl.”

Her mother said in a low voice, “Mother, this girl is very stubborn. She’s probably fine. When she wakes up, I’ll teach her a lesson for you. Don’t get upset and ruin your health.”

“Hmph,” the old woman thought. She had disliked this girl from the beginning. She had a fox-like face. Compared to her, her face was so ugly.

Plus, she knew this girl’s identity, so she disliked her even more. Even though this girl had always been a good student, obedient, and kind, and was beautiful, she just couldn’t stand her.

When the family came back, they saw that the stove was still cold. They began to grumble and criticize, “All day long, you just eat rice and lie in bed. You can’t even do any work. Even a dog knows to chase chickens.”

“Are you really dead? Even if you’re not dead, you don’t know how to get up and work. You think you’re some kind of rich lady. Bah! You don’t have that kind of luck.”

“You’ll always be a farmer. You’ll always be digging in the fields.” Then they started to bang and crash things, making a lot of noise.

Xia Yunxuan didn’t care. They didn’t mention her name. She’d let them have their say. She’d get her revenge later.

After about half an hour, Xia Yunxuan heard someone calling out for dinner. She had already eaten, so she didn’t care if she ate or not. She wanted to see if they would even bother to look at her.

They brought out some vegetables, thin porridge, and some pickles. The old woman He looked at her granddaughter and said, “Yunrou’s, go see if your sister has woken up. If she has, tell her to get up and eat. Why is she still lying down? Is she going to lie in bed for the rest of her life?”

“Grandma, I’m not going. If she’s awake, she knows to come out and eat. I worked all day and I’m exhausted. I still have to call her to eat? Does she really think she’s some kind of rich lady?”

Xia Yunrou’s spoke loudly, as if she was deliberately trying to get someone’s attention. Xia Yunxuan didn’t care. She wanted to see what else they would say.

She heard her brother, Xia Dabao, say, “Yeah, Grandma. Let her eat or not, I don’t care. If she doesn’t eat, I can eat more. Look how thin I’ve gotten. It’s all vegetables and porridge. Grandma, why don’t you buy some meat? How can we eat this?”

“It’s all because of that dead girl. If she hadn’t married that butcher Zhang in town, we wouldn’t be short of meat.”

“It seems like that dead girl is going to get a beating again. Since she’s not coming out, I’ll go get her. Let’s see if she’s still lying in there.”

After saying this, Xia Dabao kicked the door of the storage room. The already dilapidated storage room was almost falling apart after Xia Dabao’s kick.

Xia Dabao yelled, “Xia Yunxuan, you stinky girl, are you deaf? I’m calling you, but you won’t answer. You’re awake, but you won’t get up to cook?”

“Are you itching for a beating again? Do you want me to loosen you up? Fine, I’ll do you a favor.” After saying this, Xia Dabao picked up a fire poker and charged towards the storage room.

When he reached the storage room, he saw Xia Yunxuan sitting there perfectly fine. He didn’t notice anything wrong. He thought it was still his sister who he could bully. He yelled, “Xia Yunxuan, are you deaf? You won’t answer when I call you? You’re awake, but you won’t get up to cook.”