The Great Drought of '79: I Found an Underground River to Protect My Nine Younger Siblings

Period rebirth + cozy healing + farming and providing for the family + no CP + no romance + golden finger.

During the severe drought of 1979, not a single grain was harvested. Lin Wanqiu’s father went hunting in the mountains, where a wild boar broke his leg. The family had no money for treatment, and he passed away. Overwhelmed with grief, her mother soon followed him, leaving Lin Wanqiu alone to raise her nine young siblings.

Even ordinary families were going hungry at the time, and hers was in an even more desperate plight. At a critical moment, while digging a cellar for sweet potatoes, Lin Wanqiu accidentally uncovered an underground cave connected to a subterranean river teeming with fish and shrimp. It could have saved the whole family. But because she was kindhearted, she told the entire village, only for others to seize the river and drive her family into a cowshed. Her siblings met with tragic fates.

Burdened by endless regret, Lin Wanqiu spent her life consumed by guilt. She was reborn while making offerings to her parents, just before discovering the underground river. She also gained the ability to understand animals and store things in a pocket space. In this life, she put away her naivety, fought the village’s vile residents tooth and nail, and guarded the underground river with her life, swearing to protect her siblings.