Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 1426: Chapter 1426: Chronicle of the Seventies (1)

[Thank-You Card synthesis in progress...]

[Thank-You Card synthesis successful, current progress 10%.]

[Obtained an Identity Fragment, would you like to view it?]

Chuzheng was standing in the dark, with only the sound of the King’s Account in her ear.

You can still view it?

”View.”

[Identity Fragment decoding in progress...]

A screen appeared in front of Chuzheng.

On it, words started slowly appearing.

[Identity Fragment 1: Male.]

Chuzheng waited for what came next, but the darn thing just kept flashing, showing no intention of continuing.

All done?

This is it?

Are you kidding me?

”Male” is such crap information!!

Chuzheng calmly asked, ”Is that it?”

[Missy, there’s only one piece of information for the Identity Fragment.]

Chuzheng felt there was definitely schadenfreude in the voice of the King’s Account.

”Did you do this on purpose?”

[Missy, you lucked out, the first unlocked fragment is this, can’t blame me ~]

Chuzheng: ”...”

Fine!

You bastard, you damn thing, just you wait.

[Let’s continue squandering across dimensions then~]

-

”Pa—”

A crisp sound echoed by Chuzheng’s ear, like a slap.

But she didn’t feel any pain, so it shouldn’t have been aimed at her.

Chuzheng opened her eyes, the light was a bit dazzling, it took a while to see clearly.

The first thing she saw was a woman, hair tied at the back, clothes worn and washed-out, not even wearing shoes, just standing in the mud.

Facing the woman stood a girl with pigtails.

The girl was covering her face; it was likely she was the one who got slapped.

Beside the girl stood a man and a woman, the woman was holding the girl, obviously protecting her.

A few others were standing around, of all ages, seemingly there to watch the show.

”Second sister-in-law, what are you doing!” The man frowned and said, ”How can you hit a child? Even if Jiaojiao broke your stuff, you shouldn’t hit people like that.”

The woman pointed at the girl, voice loud, ”Do you know how much that thing is worth? Now it’s smashed to pieces, and this damn girl is still lying, saying it wasn’t her who broke it. You all tell me, what should we do about this!”

”My second child saw it personally, and you still deny it.”

”Oh dear, that’s a real tale, your second child saw it? Of course, your second child would side with you, my child’s saying she didn’t break it either!”

The woman pulling the pigtail girl retorted.

”What, you people still want to deny it?!” The woman suddenly got angry, hands on hips, starting to curse.

The woman wasn’t willing to be outdone, and soon the site became a battleground for their argument, voices rising over each other.

Chuzheng was irritated by the thumping on her forehead.

At this moment she stood among the crowd, sticking out more than those watching the show.

No memories, no idea what role she was playing.

She just stood expressionless.

The two women fought fiercely, the man eventually managed to pull them apart: ”How much is it, we’ll pay. It’s just a child breaking something, what’s the big deal?”

”Pay, why should we pay, it’s not our kid who broke it!!” The woman’s voice was sharp and thin, like it could pierce into one’s brain.

”Dad... it really wasn’t me who broke it.”

The pigtail girl seemed scared, curling up behind the woman.

”If not you, then who!”

The girl’s gaze swept towards Chuzheng, and Chuzheng’s heart skipped a beat. The girl then said, ”It... it was sister... who broke it.”

Chuzheng felt the eyes on her.

No need to guess...

She was the sister.

”I knew it wasn’t Jiaojiao.” The woman immediately said, ”You damn girl, not working properly, running around, and even dared to break other people’s things.”

The woman sneered, raised her nostrils to the sky, and reached out her hand: ”I don’t care who broke it, it’s someone from your family. Twenty bucks, pay up!”

”What?”

The man’s face was shocked.

Chuzheng came to understand.

This era isn’t the familiar modern one.

Probably goes back decades, twenty bucks is still a big deal.

”That’s a rare item, what do you think this is? It’s something you can’t even buy. Twenty is already a favor because we’re relatives.” The woman disdainfully rolled her eyes.

”Twenty, are you robbing?”

The woman exploded again.

”Me robbing? That’s funny, go outside and ask around if I didn’t give you a fair price!”

”What kind of junk is worth twenty bucks?”

”With your little knowledge, don’t be a disgrace here.”

”Who are you calling ignorant?!”

The two started fighting again, escalating to the point of being physical.

Seeing the situation was spinning out of control, the onlookers finally stepped in to separate them.

The woman was held back, but her feet still tried to kick: ”No money, I’m telling you, we have no money!!”

Chuzheng took advantage of the chaos, secretly slipping away from the back.

She was really confused now.

Why wait to get beaten?

Chuzheng seemed to be in a village, like those from the sixty or seventies, with a pervasive shabbiness.

Capital ’poor.’

Everyone was busy watching the drama, leaving the fields quiet and deserted.

Chuzheng first found a place to receive memories.

-

The original host’s surname was Ling.

The original host’s mother died young, and her father soon married another woman, who had a daughter and a son.

Because she was a stepmother, the original host’s life was self-explanatory.

When she was young, it was somewhat better. But once she could work, the original host was exploited beyond recognition.

Came back home exhausted, couldn’t rest, and still had to work.

In short, one word—miserable.

The stepmother was strong-willed, the father weak and submissive.

So in this household, the stepmother ruled.

Even if she abused the original host, in this environment, nobody would say anything, maybe just sympathize with her.

Everyone was struggling to eat, who had time to mind others’ business.

Later, the original host fell in love with a sent-down-young man from the village.

Thought she’d have a better life if she could marry him.

Who would have guessed her sister urged the stepmother to marry the original host off to a man from the neighboring village.

The original host heard that person wasn’t nice, was older.

The stepmother took the man’s money, effectively selling her off.

The original host refused to go, but the man showed up to take her by force, and the young man she was dating didn’t even dare show his face.

Later the original host heard the young man was with her sister.

Only then did the original host realize her sister fancied the young man and urged the stepmother to marry her off to that rogue.

The original host knew at this point, but it was of no use.

Later when the college entrance exams resumed, the young man could return home, and the two thrived, their days were honey and oil, becoming the first wealthy family in the village.

While the person the original host married liked to drink, and after drinking, he’d beat people.

The wounds on the original host never healed.

Eventually, the original host couldn’t take it anymore. She set the place on fire while the man and herself were drunk.

*

The setting of prices and such is all fictional, just randomly written, don’t compare it to historical reality.

Thank you.

Bow.