The late September sun was still blazing fiercely, and there wasn't a breath of wind on the mountainside.
Su Yuehe stood in the shade, one hand holding a hoe, the other fanning herself with a straw hat.
Someone asked the educated youth Bai Jianguo – the only one there with a watch – what time it was. Bai Jianguo looked up at Su Yuehe before saying, "A quarter to four."
"Su He, we've finished the task, shall we go back?"
Yannan Production Brigade had three production teams. Su Yuehe was the newly appointed women's team leader of the Lingxia Production Team, and today she had led her team to repair the mountain road.
Su Yuehe took a towel and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She had a pair of peach-blossom almond eyes that held a hint of a smile, fair and smooth skin, and two jet-black braids hanging down her back. Dressed in a dark red top and wide blue trousers, she didn't resemble a country girl capable of farm work from any angle.
The male educated youths from the city didn't dare to look directly at her; only Bai Jianguo made no attempt to hide his fervent gaze.
Ever since Su Yuehe recovered from her illness, she had become increasingly fair, almost glowing, beautiful enough to stir people's hearts.
Bai Jianguo swallowed. He was unwilling to accept it.
Since the basic task was complete, Su Yuehe also didn't want to continue toiling under the scorching sun.
She smiled and said, "Let's just smooth out the road surface a bit, then we can go back."
Hearing this, the commune members all happily joked one after another.
"Su He, will you still be leading the team tomorrow?"
"Su He, you should lead the team from now on!"
"Su He..."
Su Yuehe smiled and said, "I'm only leading the team for these few days; it won't be me tomorrow."
The brigade cadres, for the sake of the "advanced brigade" title, always liked to make everyone start early and finish late, but the work was never-ending, and the commune members suffered untold hardships.
Therefore, everyone preferred cadres who were both young and "reasonable" like Su Yuehe.
After smoothing the road surface, the commune members went to the small stream below the mountain road to wash their hands, preparing to go home.
Su Yuehe asked to borrow a tool from the auntie next to her: "Auntie, could I borrow your hoe for a moment?"
"Aren't you going home?"
"I'm going into the mountains to dig up some *he shou wu*."
The auntie handed the small hoe to Su Yuehe, not understanding. "What do you want to dig that for? It's hard to dig and not worth much money. Aren't you tired?"
Su Yuehe put the sickle and small hoe into her basket, ignored the previous question, and replied with a smile, "Not tired."
Of course, Su Yuehe went into the mountains primarily not to dig *he shou wu*, but to dig for other precious medicinal herbs.
After graduating from high school, Su Yuehe had worked as a primary school teacher for two years in Yannan Production Brigade, but for the past half year, her position had been replaced by the brigade secretary's daughter, who had just graduated from junior high.
To appease Su Yuehe, the secretary had made her the women's team leader of the Lingxia Production Team, but this job was harder than being a teacher, the work points earned were not as many as a teacher's, and most importantly, there was almost no subsidy.
Su Yuehe felt aggrieved and uncomfortable deep down, and consequently fell seriously ill.
Who would have thought that this illness would completely change her.
While she was ill, she transmigrated into a book – a cultivation novel – becoming the junior sister of a cultivation sect. Following a master with max-level combat power in all aspects, she had to use both wit and courage to compete for favor among her fellow disciples, while diligently cultivating immortality. Just as she was about to descend the mountain to find a cultivation partner and complete the great task of dual cultivation, she was struck by a bolt of lightning, suffered qi deviation, and transmigrated back.
She had cultivated in the book for over three years, yet she had only been unconscious for three days.
The moment she transmigrated back, Su Yuehe discovered that she had originally been living in a "chronicle" novel.
She was the original wife of Bai Jianguo, a famous wealthy intellectual youth and an important supporting character in the rural romance novel. She first endured domestic violence, then emotional abuse, and ultimately, consumed by sorrow and despair, took her own life.
A tragic end.
And not long after her death, the scumbag married his confidante – who had worked alongside him for many years to build his career, and who was also the female protagonist's younger sister in the novel. They lived a life of loving devotion until their hair turned white.
Therefore, half a month ago, the first thing Su Yuehe did after recovering from her illness was to refuse her third aunt's matchmaking attempt, rejecting Bai Jianguo, who had originally been considered an ideal marriage candidate.