I'm Just an Extra on Set, but I Cleaned Out the Supermarket to Save the Whole Village

After three years of severe drought, Shen Dahua threw herself into a dry well, hoping to end it all and save the last bite of wild greens for her grandson.

Who could have imagined that when she opened her eyes again, she would find herself in a “heavenly paradise”?

People here raced around in metal boxes, their buildings so tall they pierced the clouds. Even more shocking, there was so much white rice that people didn’t bother eating it!

Still bewildered, Shen Dahua was grabbed by a man with a megaphone. “Ma’am, would you play a starving old woman fleeing famine? We’ll feed you, pay you two hundred a day, and throw in two chicken legs!”

Shen Dahua clutched those two glistening chicken legs, tears streaming down her face. “How is this acting? It’s practically a role written just for me!”

In the first scene, she had to portray someone “desperately hanging herself.” The lifeless despair in Shen Dahua’s eyes brought the entire crew to tears, and even the award-winning actress was so swept up in the scene that she broke down.

The director said, “That old lady isn’t acting. She’s clearly been through real hell!”

When Shen Dahua returned to the past with a basket full of refined salt, stainless-steel pots, and ham sausages, the family, who had been preparing to mourn, stared at her in astonishment.

Shen Dahua dusted off her sleeves. “Stop crying. I found a lie-flat job in the land of immortals. Our whole family is going to live!”