Chapter 4: The Reincarnation of Su Daji

Chapter 4: The Reincarnation of Su Daji

Su Taotao wanted to ask more about Chenchen, but she didn’t want to push too hard or risk revealing too much. When Zhou Linglan carried him away, she casually suggested that he could take the origami back to play with.

Zhou Linglan smiled and said, “Just keep it in your room. I’ve got plenty in mine too. In the past, Zhengtu’s father loved folding these things, and Zhengtu, influenced by him, could fold just about anything. But I’m not good at it, so I only learned a little.”

Zhou Linglan looked at Chenchen affectionately and stroked his head. “Our Chenchen is as smart as his father; he learns everything quickly.”

In the past, Su Taotao couldn’t stand listening to her go on about these things. She used to act like she was too good to even talk to them, always holding her nose high. When she had money, she would eat in town, and it was normal for her to not show up for an entire day. When she ran out of money, she would appear right on time for meals, only to complain about the food or even snatch it from the child. This was the first time she had spoken to them so calmly.

Actually, when Su Taotao first married into the family, she hadn’t been like this. If she had revealed her true nature from the beginning, Fu Zhengtu wouldn’t have married her. It was indeed after Fu Zhengtu left that she changed.

Zhou Linglan was very happy about Su Taotao’s transformation, but she was afraid that it wouldn’t last long and that she would revert to her old ways.

Su Taotao nodded, thinking that Chenchen was indeed much smarter than most children.

Su Taotao rubbed Chenchen’s head and told him to go rest with his grandmother.

She would have liked to keep him with her, but Chenchen was still a little resistant to her. She decided to take it slow.

After they left, Su Taotao immediately found a mirror to see what she looked like.

When she looked in the mirror, she almost dropped it. She finally understood how Chenchen could be so beautiful; at least half of his looks came from the face in the mirror.

This face was somewhat similar to her previous life, with a small, delicate face, skin as white as snow, and a tall, straight nose. However, her eyes in her previous life had been rounder and larger, giving her a naive, girlish look. The face in the mirror was like a modern-day incarnation of Su Daji, with those alluring, slanted fox eyes that could captivate anyone with just a glance.

Chenchen’s long, thick eyelashes were inherited from the previous Su Taotao.

But in this era, being this beautiful wasn’t exactly an advantage. Fortunately, the original Su Taotao didn’t know how to dress up much. She wore a long braid with a heavy fringe, which toned down the stunning beauty. Additionally, her personality was quite off-putting, so while she was extremely beautiful, she wasn’t the kind to cause trouble because of her looks.

She looked at her ample bosom, weighed and pinched her buttocks, unsure whether to be surprised or pleased. It was as if all the fat in her body had concentrated in just these two areas.

Su Taotao covered her face, realizing that with this kind of looks and figure, even she would have trouble resisting herself.

It was a rare and dangerous combination, but unfortunately, she was in the wrong era for it.

Su Taotao decided to keep up the original Su Taotao’s lack of awareness and even use some means to make herself look a little uglier and more country bumpkin-like. She couldn’t afford to appear sexy or alluring. With the elderly and young in the family, if some unprincipled bully took a liking to her, she wouldn’t have the ability to protect herself and could easily get into trouble. It was better to be cautious.

Next, Su Taotao took stock of her belongings.

She was really poor. Following the original Su Taotao’s memory, she searched all the usual hiding spots and only found 13.85 yuan in an old, rarely-used iron box. There were very few scattered vouchers, and not a single grain or meat voucher.

Su Taotao couldn’t help but laugh and cry. This “fortune” had probably been forgotten by the original Su Taotao. In this era, 13.85 yuan could buy about ten jin of meat. If the original Su Taotao had remembered this money, there wouldn’t have been anything left; she would have eaten and spent it all.

Su Taotao sighed and decided to clean up the messy room thoroughly.

It had to be said that the original Su Taotao was really dirty. The pillowcase, for example, was nearly as dirty as a dishrag. She probably hadn’t asked Zhou Linglan to wash it, and Zhou Linglan didn’t dare to touch her things. There was even a layer of oil on the pillowcase!

Thinking about how long she had slept on this pillowcase, Su Taotao silently recited “resources are scarce, don’t waste food” a hundred times to keep from vomiting up the fish porridge she had just eaten.

Her clothes were also a mess, thrown everywhere, with clothes from all four seasons mixed together. Su Taotao rummaged through them. Compared to this era where most clothes had several patches, she had quite a few good clothes, but the styles were quite shocking.

Wasn’t this era supposed to emphasize simplicity and plainness? Why were there so many gaudy clothes?

Su Taotao looked down at her own clothes, which were also a gaudy mess. After picking through them for a while, she found a green military uniform and two white shirts.

The cotton-padded jacket was plain, just an ordinary army coat, and it looked like it had been around for some time, probably brought over when she went to the countryside.

Su Taotao picked it up and examined it. Some parts were even moldy, and there was a bulge on the back pocket.

She felt it with her hand, and the texture was off—it didn’t feel like cotton at all, as if something had been sewn inside.

She found a rusty pair of scissors and carefully cut the stitches. When she took out what was inside, she was utterly dumbfounded…