Chapter 1: Return to 1974?

“Woooo… Enamel cups, kettles, portraits of Chairman Mao…” “Woo woo~ Mom!”

When the baby saw her getting up, he stretched out his two little hands, grabbed the front of her clothes and reached for her arms.

The soft, warm touch made Lin Wanshu’s head spin! At the same time, memories she had never experienced before flooded her mind.

After sorting through the extra memories, Lin Wanshu finally understood what was happening. This baby… was hers!

She had gone back to the past and married Qin Yan, a famous first-class martyr in the team?!

How did all this happen?

But before she could think about it, the baby had already reached out and pulled at her clothes! Lin Wanshu had never had a child until she died in her previous life.

Now, holding this soft little guy in her arms, her hands couldn’t help but shake.

Don’t worry, don’t worry, mom will feed you.” The child was already one year and three months old, but in this era, supplies were scarce and there was no proper nutrition for children. In this life, she hadn’t stopped breastfeeding him.

She skillfully lifted her clothes and began to feed the baby. The little guy must have been very hungry, and he gulped down the breast milk.

Perhaps it was the mother-daughter bond. She had never raised a child before, but the moment she held the little one, her heart softened.

In her previous life, she was the envied wife of the richest man, a figure of admiration in the eyes of outsiders. The man was successful, financially secure, and never strayed. Even though she was forty and childless, he remained by her side.

But no one knew that after twenty years of marriage, the man had never touched her. Their marriage was a result of a bloody accident.

Lin Wanshu had accidentally fallen into the water, and it was Zhao Mingyuan who had saved her.

Being rescued in full view of everyone, she had been forced to marry him, despite her reluctance. Lin Wanshu was grateful for his life-saving grace, and even though she had no feelings for him, she had planned to make the best of their marriage.

But from the day they married, they had no contact beyond sleeping under the same roof.

Lin Wanshu’s mother had died early, leaving her without guidance. 

She was conservative by nature, focused on her work, and ignored the whispers of the world, unaware of what a normal married life should be like.

Childless and burdened with the guilt of being saved, she endured the constant torment of her mother-in-law.

After the reforms and opening up, Lin Wanshu started a small business. Perhaps she was lucky, her business flourished, and she made a fortune in a few years.

Feeling guilty, she didn’t object when Zhao Mingyuan proposed taking over the factory, choosing to step back and work behind the scenes.

In the 1990s, the south was booming. Riding this wave, Lin Wanshu amassed a significant fortune.

During this time, she finally discovered the reason for her inability to have children and realized her fall into the water and rescue were not accidents.

But it was too late. Zhao Mingyuan had become the true head of the group!  He finally stopped hiding and began bringing all sorts of men home.

Lin Wanshu had been deceived for over a decade. She hated herself for her naivety and Zhao Mingyuan for making her feel like a lesbian.

To avenge Zhao Mingyuan, she spent years draining his shares and kicking him out of the group.

But she was hit by a car just after she finished dealing with Zhao Mingyuan! When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1974, married to Qin Yan, a soldier!

The whole situation was so surreal that Lin Wanshu couldn’t help but question the reality of her previous life.

“Is my memory messed up, or is this all real?” she wondered. “If it’s not real, why do I remember every business deal I signed so clearly?

But if it is real, why did I marry Qin Yan in this life and have a child? We never crossed paths in my previous life.”

Suddenly, Lin Wanshu remembered the white light that had shot out of her left wrist when she was hit by the car.

She quickly raised her hand and saw the little red mole on her wrist, letting out a sigh of relief.

With a thought, a paradise-like space appeared in her mind.

It turned out that this little mole was a space.

The space was originally a jade pendant left to her by her mother. In an accident, blood had fallen on the jade pendant, transforming it into a mole with a hidden space.

This very space had allowed Lin Wanshu to build her vast business empire in such a short time.

The space remained as it was before she was hit by the car, with a spiritual spring emitting faint white smoke at its center.

Surrounding it were various plants, both familiar and unknown.

Not far from the spiritual spring was a house. From the outside, it looked small, but inside, it was a different world, as spacious as four standard football fields.

In addition to the original contents of the space, she had also filled it with supplies from her previous life: food, clothing, daily necessities, fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, and even delicacies from the mountains and the sea.

The items in the wooden house remained unchanged, even the fresh ones never rotted.

In a corner of the wooden house, rows of bookshelves held all sorts of books. Half of them were originally in the space, and the other half she had collected herself.

Lin Wanshu’s maternal grandfather’s family had practiced medicine for generations. Later, due to the war, her mother, Tao Xianyun, was the only one left in their branch.

Tao Xianyun followed her parents to flee to Shangwo Village, which later became the Red Star Brigade.

Because of the war, Tao Xianyun had no chance to learn any medical skills from her father. After finally settling down, Tao’s father and mother gradually fell ill.

Knowing they didn’t have much time left, they hurriedly arranged for their daughter’s marriage.

Sure enough, not long after Lin Wanshu was born, the old couple passed away.

Tao Xianyun’s fate was truly unfortunate. She was born…

Lin Wanshu was injured during childbirth and never became pregnant again. Her in-laws were unhappy, and a few years later, they died during a famine, leaving six-year-old Lin Wanshu alone.

She had secretly given her daughter the jade pendant.

It was unclear if the jade pendant was an heirloom, but most of the books inside were medical texts.

Lin Wanshu hated her own naivety, realizing she hadn’t even understood basic marital knowledge.

During those years, she not only plotted revenge against Zhao Mingyuan but also spent every night in the space, studying the medical books left by her ancestors.

Perhaps she inherited a talent for medicine, as she could understand the complex content with ease, absorbing knowledge at a glance.

Within a few years, she had finished all the books on a bookshelf.

Besides reading, she also learned acupuncture, massage, and herbal medicine.

To make her own medicine, she even set up a separate laboratory, equipped with advanced and complete equipment.

Although she had never practiced medicine professionally, her knowledge base was already vast.

After exploring the space, Lin Wanshu suddenly remembered something crucial.

It seemed that in her previous life, the tragic news of Qin Yan’s sacrifice had reached the village soon after the Dragon Boat Festival!