A Salt-Alkali Land Comeback

When she woke up, Lin Wan, an overworked agricultural science researcher, had become the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. She was the male lead’s long-suffering wife: ignorant, lazy, and vain. To stop her soldier husband from returning to his unit, she would cry, throw tantrums, and threaten to hang herself. She was the perfect foil to the reborn heroine’s goodness and virtue. According to the original plot, she would push things too far, and the male lead, unable to take any more, would soon divorce her. Then the reborn heroine’s kindhearted cousin would take her in, and she would die miserably after enduring endless domestic abuse and poverty.

Lin Wan: “…” Thanks, but whoever wants this blessing can have it! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ When she arrived, the original owner was clinging to the male lead, Gu Yan’s, leg, throwing a fit and refusing to let him leave.

Facing the man’s icy expression and the neighbors’ eager stares, Lin Wan quietly let go, stood up, and dusted off her backside. With all sincerity, she said, “Go on, then. Be careful on the way, and don’t worry about things at home.”

Gu Yan: “?”

Nosy neighbors: “??”

Lin Wan had a clear goal: before the male lead came back, she would swiftly split the household, get into college, leave this pair of made-for-each-other jerks far behind, and head for a wonderful new life!

She put her expertise from her past life to use, developing better crop varieties and making plans. She turned barren saline soil into fertile fields, led the entire village to prosperity, and became a famous “golden goose” far and wide.

But something about the plot seemed off.

The male lead, who was supposed to despise her, kept coming home on leave more often, sending back more and more of his pay, and looking at her with increasingly fiery eyes.

Lin Wan: “…Big brother, wake up. Your reborn heroine is waiting for you in the next village!”

Gu Yan (looking aggrieved):