Reborn into the 70: Turning Adversity into Her Dazzling Path

”So that’s how it’s done, but why didn’t anyone tell me?” Wang Shuxia said as she watched Gu Lingling washing the dandelions.

”They probably thought you already knew.” Liu Yating replied.

No wonder the dandelions were so bitter when they ate them. After boiling in water, they need to be soaked in cold water for a while and then rinsed several times.

”Some people like to eat bitter foods, and the benefits are even greater,” Gu Lingling explained with a smile.

They had dandelion egg dumplings for lunch at Liu Yating’s house.

”How are your studies going?” Gu Lingling asked.

She came today to deliver dandelions and to check on Liu Yating’s homework progress over the winter break.

”Of course, I’ve been studying every day, even on New Year’s Day,” Liu Yating said with a smile. ”Now, the first thing my dad does when he comes home is ask about my studies, he’s more concerned than when I used to go to school before.”

Since winter started, Gu Lingling, Liu Yating, and Hao Lianlian made a pact. Even though they weren’t together to supervise each other’s studies, they wouldn’t fall behind in their coursework for even a single day.

Daily Chinese, math, and English studies were a must.

Keep pushing through, and this struggle will end next year.

When the college entrance exam is restored, the three of them can participate in the first one.

Just thinking about it fills Gu Lingling with a fighting spirit.

It’s worth mentioning that the nursery rhyme medley Gu Lingling arranged for Liu Yating and Liu Yaxin became a hit at the military base’s New Year’s performance. Almost everyone on the base knew them, ”Look, those are the two kids good at singing nursery rhymes.”

Liu Yating and Liu Yaxin were ecstatic.

Since eating Gu Lingling’s dandelion salad and dandelion dumplings, Liu Yating couldn’t forget about it. So she arranged to go digging for dandelions with some of her friends from the base.

But the dandelions on the base were already getting old, so someone suggested going up the mountain to see if there were any other wild vegetables.

They set a time, and Liu Yating invited Gu Lingling too.

When they arrived at the meeting point, they unexpectedly found Jiang Hong there as well.

Jiang Hong didn’t have a good look in her eyes when she saw Gu Lingling. She hadn’t forgotten that if it weren’t for Gu Lingling, their family wouldn’t be in this situation.

And it was just a couplet, was it really necessary to be so stingy and not write it for their family?

Because of this, Jiang Jiuming came back and scolded Liu Xiaoqin harshly.

Liu Xiaoqin was in a bad mood, and Jiang Hong, the most immediate victim, felt useless as a daughter since she couldn’t even bring her father back.

If Jiang Hong were a boy, her status in the Jiang family wouldn’t be this low.

”Is she crazy?” Liu Yating gestured to Gu Lingling and glanced at Jiang Hong, ”Why does she look like she wants to eat you alive?”

Gu Lingling smiled faintly, ”Who knows?”

She could guess some of Jiang Hong’s hostility; she was speechless about Jiang Hong and Liu Xiaoqin.

She didn’t think teaching Wang Shuxia to cure meat or helping Yang Yunhai with pickling to send to his grandma’s house was wrong, even if it upset Liu Xiaoqin.

But who is Liu Xiaoqin anyway? She doesn’t even know her.

Yet she had received so much help from Wang Shuxia and Yang Yunhai; curing meat was just Gu Lingling’s way of showing gratitude within her means.

Fearing hate from Liu Xiaoqin and her daughter, she decided not to bother.

”Let’s go, I’ll teach you to recognize some edible wild vegetables later.” Gu Lingling didn’t bother with Jiang Hong, getting glared at wouldn’t hurt her.

”You can eat this too?” Liu Yating asked in surprise and admiration as she looked at Gu Lingling, ”Lingling, how do you know so much? You’re amazing.”

She could tell at a glance what was edible and what wasn’t.

Gu Lingling smiled.

In her past life, the first two years she was with Lv Guodong, their life was tough and they had no money, so they survived by digging for wild vegetables everywhere. Over time, she naturally recognized many more.

She shook her head, thinking again about the past life.

She was about to speak to Liu Yating when suddenly there was a scream. Gu Lingling turned her head to see the girls digging for wild vegetables screaming and scattering.

The one she didn’t recognize, Jiang Hong, was desperately running towards her.

”Lingling, get out of the way,” Gu Lingling seemed to hear Liu Yating’s scream.