After three years of severe drought, not a single grain is harvested in Mokou Village. Every family's jars and granaries are empty, and even babies in their swaddling clothes are fed paste made from tree bark to stave off hunger.
Only Shen Sanniang and Qiao Yatou survive from Shen Deshan's family in Mokou Village.
Shen Sanniang's real name is Li Qinghe, and she is Shen Sanlang's wife.
Her husband was conscripted three years ago. A year later, all news of him ceased. The villagers say Shen Sanlang died on the battlefield, but his family refuses to believe it and has yet to go to the government office to claim his compensation.
In her previous life, Li Qinghe secretly went to the government office to collect the money without telling the Shen family. With it, she joined a refugee caravan and made it all the way to the Pingyang area.
Just as it seemed they might survive, an earthquake struck, followed one after another by plague, floods, and war.
In the end, Li Qinghe still couldn't protect her daughter. Mother and daughter died horribly in the chaos of war.
After she died, no underworld official came to escort her to reincarnation. She couldn't even find a ghost friend to chat with. She wandered around as a soul until, in a two-courtyard residence in the capital, she saw her husband, Shen Yuan, clad in armor and holding a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Beside him stood a beautiful woman with a slender figure and delicate features.
The sight struck Li Qinghe like a bolt of lightning. She had married Shen Yuan at sixteen, become a widow at twenty-one, and lost her daughter at twenty-five.
Why? Shen Yuan had never had to support his parents, endure famine in years of drought, or suffer the agonizing loss of a child!
Yet in the end, he had attained high office and great wealth, with a beloved wife and young children by his side.
As Li Qinghe seethed with resentment, a storybook suddenly appeared in her mind.
Her name was in it, too. After reading every word, Li Qinghe finally understood:
She, Li Qinghe, was the original wife who died early in the story.
When she regained consciousness, Li Qinghe had returned to one month before the villagers fled their homes.
The storybook also contained a magical treasure left by an immortal. It could store objects and provisions, and even hide someone inside for safety.
P.S. The male lead appears after the refugee storyline, so his entrance is late.
Theme: I won't be a tragic original wife. I'll live for myself.
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Is the author still writing this book?
It's well written, but it's a little slower.
Does that family have so much clothes to wash every day? Do they hire several people to wash clothes every day? How much money can they spend instead of just buying a servant to wash clothes?
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