Chapter 1

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ding Jun’s last memory of her previous life was a retrograde sports car. Then, she opened her eyes and stared blankly at the broken roof in front of her.

She had traveled back in time to 1979.

Her original body did not have many memories, so it was not difficult for her to find her bearings.

This person was an ordinary country girl, and her name was also Ding Jun. There was a brother and a sister in the family. She was sandwiched in the middle and was the least favored sibling. After she graduated from primary school, she stopped studying and helped the family. When she reached the legal age of 20, her mother arranged a marriage for her. Her mother happily took the betrothal gifts and sent her away.

This marriage was not an ordinary one.

Her legal husband, Chen Zhiguo, was a soldier who was ten years older than her. A few days ago, he suddenly came back with six children and said that he had divorced his partner, Liu Yuxia.

Mother Chen scolded Liu Yuxia during the day and cried during the night. After three days of torment, her body did not collapse. She took out 200 yuan of her retirement fund and planned to find a wife for her son.

In this era, 200 yuan was a sky-high price. Cream-flavored popsicles were only two cents each! If it were not for her six precious grandchildren, this stingy old lady would not have been willing to pay so much for the betrothal gifts.

It could not be helped. This was a man with six children, and a normal family would shake their heads upon hearing this. However, she was not willing to find a poor family for the children.

Mother Chen had used her lifetime of connections and was at her wit’s end. Finally, she found a suitable candidate.

This person was Ding Jun.

The original body and Ding Jun’s personality were vastly different. She was a coward. Since young, she listened to her parents and did whatever they told her to do. Because she did not like to talk, she did not have much of a presence in the village. When others mentioned her, they only said one thing: ‘The little girl looks very honest. She serves her family well and is very diligent’.

Such an honest child almost cried her eyes out when she heard that she was going to marry into a second marriage and become the stepmother of six children. Even so, she did not dare to say anything to disobey. With her eyes swollen like a walnut, she received her marriage certificate and attended her own simple and crude wedding banquet.

Mother Ding saw Ding Jun’s sad face and felt a little guilty. She smiled and said to Mother Chen, “The child is so obedient. She just can’t bear to part with her family!”

Mother Chen rolled her eyes. She did not really like this crying new wife, and it was not appropriate for her to say anything at her son’s wedding banquet. She could only take a deep breath, and she forced out a fake smile. “Not bad. The young lady has strong feelings.”

The original body was crying so much that her eyes were almost going blind. Everything she saw was a blur. When she heard the words that Mother Chen had uttered, she quietly raised her head and took a glance in that direction before lowering her head again.

It was as if she could be bothered about this.

Mother Chen did not know whether it was good or bad to marry an honest wife… It should be better than the previous one?

Thinking of the competitive Liu Yuxia, Mother Chen gritted her teeth again.

Fine, she had already married him. In this way, Ding Jun could not abandon her six children and run away with another man.

Yes, on the surface, the Chen family was united against the outside world. They said that Chen Zhiguo and Liu Yuxia had a peaceful divorce, but in fact, they knew very well that this heartless Liu Yuxia had taken a fancy to someone else. After cheating on her son and being caught in bed together with another man, the two of them separated.

Liu Yuxia had already given birth to six children, it’s no wonder that she wanted to try something new with her life.

Thinking of this, Mother Chen sighed and decided that Ding Jun was not so bad after all.

The original body stood there foolishly. From time to time, it would sniff and change its center of gravity from its left foot to its right foot.

The man next to her noticed that she seemed to be tired, so he moved closer to her ear and asked, “Do you want to go back to the house to rest?”

The original body had never been in close contact with the man before, and she was so scared that she shrunk her neck. She was stunned for a while before she understood what the man meant, and nodded her head foolishly.

Chen Zhiguo had been exchanging pleasantries with the guests around him, but he had also diverted some of his attention to his new wife. Seeing that she had responded, he said a few words to the people next to him and led her back to the house.

The original body sat in the empty house for a long time, not daring to move at all. When the crowd outside dispersed, Mother Chen lifted the curtain and entered the house. Seeing her cowardly appearance, she could not help but roll her eyes again.

“You’ll live in this house with the children.”

The original body listened to mother Chen’s instructions and only nodded after a long while.

Mother Chen sighed and said, “My family never liked to pester anyone. Since you’ve married into our family, live a good life. Serve the six children well, serve your man well, and you’ll have a good life.”

Hearing mother Chen mention Chen Zhiguo, the original body shrank back again and asked hesitantly, “…What about him?”

This voice was not much louder than a cricket. Mother Chen thought for a while before saying, “You mean Zhiguo? He has no more holidays. He’ll catch the train back to the army in the afternoon.”

The original body quietly put the children to sleep and then laid on the bed, tossing and turning. She thought about her new husband who was thousands of miles away on their wedding night and thought about the naughty children. She cried for a long, long time.

When she fell asleep in a daze and opened her eyes again, the soul in her body became Ding Jun.