The protagonist is reborn as a country girl and assumes she's been handed the role of a tragic extra.
Look at that chipped pottery bowl and clothes covered in patches. Her parents must not love her, and she'll be sold off as a child bride someday. But
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The sky brightens, and cooking smoke rises from every household as breakfast is made.
The protagonist yawns, finishes her hot porridge, and watches the adults head out to work in the fields, dew underfoot.
Then she goes off with her friends to pick mushrooms, gather wild fruit, and dig up wild onions.
Helping a lamb into the world, milking cows, making milk curds...
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The sun sets, and the house fills with the grainy aroma of coarse porridge.
The elders sew by lamplight and chat about everyday things.
The children laugh, play, and catch crickets, so excited they lose track of time.
"Hurry up and go to sleep. The yogurt will be fermented by the time you wake up tomorrow."
After eating the wild apricots her older sister secretly slipped her, the protagonist closes her eyes and decides to think carefully about what to play tomorrow.
● Has a golden finger.
Theme: The years pass slowly in a mountain village, and simple meals warm the heart.
