4 Her Sister’s Dream

Yan Lingsu declined the goodwill of the clan because she knew that the harvest this autumn was not good. Her granduncles were in better financial condition, and they were blood relatives. So, Yan Lingsu did not think it was an issue to accept things from both families. However, the rest of the people in the clan were also going through difficult times. How could she receive the rations that they had saved for free? Her family had not reached that level of desperation to do so yet. 

After sending off two groups of people, Yan Lingsu came back from her vegetable field and plucked some cabbages out of the area. "How about we cook the cabbage porridge tonight and cook it a little thicker. There are still two pieces of cake left from Grandmother Zuo. After we have eaten, we can leave some for the Second Brother and Mother?"

Grandmother Zuo sent six pieces of cake. The three of them ate four pieces and still had two pieces left. However, the cake was only the size of a palm. Second Brother and Mother had to walk through the muddy road to and from the town, and they would have to buy things. So they would probably be starving.

Before Yan Lingyu could say anything, Yan Qixun said, "Let's cook some food. I'm afraid Second Brother won't be able to fill his tummy from this piece of cake."

Yan Lingsu thought for a moment and said, "Sure, it seems our Xiao Xun already knows how to care for others."

Yan Qixun was stunned for a moment, but then again, she did seem a little heartless. She was afraid that her third sister would notice her change, so she guiltily changed the topic. 

"Lingsu. Lingwu. Why don't you two look happy today? Are you worried about our family? Actually, there's no need to worry. It's not like we don't have a place to stay. I'll think of a way to earn money for our family, and I definitely won't let you guys starve." Yan Qixun amused Yan Lingsu and Yan Lingyu. 

Yan Lingsu responded, "You're still a young girl, and you are thinking of earning money? Don't worry, Second Brother and mother will be around. You and Lingyu can just take care of yourselves."

When Yan Lingsu said that, she was thinking about her past life. If she were still the twelve-year-old girl from yesterday, she would have to worry about their survival. When she suddenly received memories of her past life, she was still very panicked at first. However, after half a day, she had already gotten used to the memories.

Although Yan Lingsu died in her past life when she was only sixteen, she was a famous and highly-skilled doctor. Besides, she was also good at martial arts. She could have easily practiced her martial arts skills again in this life. As for medical skills, other than acupuncture, there was no need to practice anything else. How could a person like her be afraid of not supporting her family?

She was no longer the orphan that she was in her previous life. At that time, she had no regrets for taking her own life. However, she was Yan Lingsu, who had parents and siblings in this life. She needed to be more accountable to the family.

Perhaps, God pitied her for being alone and helpless in her previous life, which was why he gave her the family she had now. In this life, she would live well and live up to expectations.

For someone like Yan Qixun, as long as she is not interested, she would not let anything bother her mind. However, she had an acute intuition and could almost immediately feel the sadness in Yan Lingsu's heart.

"Sister, are you sad?"

Yan Lingsu's eyes immediately turned red when Yan Qixun asked about her. She rubbed her head, but her face was full of smiles. "No, I'm delighted to have you guys." Those words were strange, and Yan Qixun looked at her in confusion.

To be honest, Yan Qixun had never really understood the emotions of others. Her uncle's favorite saying was, "My little cowardy Yan is a stubborn fool.".

She disagreed with her uncle. First of all, she was not a coward. Secondly, she felt that she was an emotional person. Just that sometimes, she felt that other people's feelings were too complicated. She did not want to spend precious time analyzing them. She felt that other people's emotions had nothing to do with her most of the time. However, she was still willing to spend some time caring about the people she was close to.

Yan Qixun's confused little eyes instantly attracted Yan Lingsu. She patted Yan Qixun's head, and all the sorrowful emotions brought about by the memories of her past life seemed to be healed in an instant. 

Yan Lingsu then turned her head and said to Yan Lingyu, "Lingyu, you've been busy for a long time, go play with Xiao Xun. I'll go to the well and wash the vegetables before I come back."

Yan Lingyu slightly nodded when she heard this. She waited for Yan Lingsu to carry the vegetables from the basket to the well before climbing onto the bed. She did not speak to Yan Qixun and only leaned against the wall in a daze.

Yan Qixun felt like Yan Lingyu wasn't responding, so she simply tried to communicate with the pocket dimension. For the better part of the day, she had been sensing her pocket dimension. She could already feel the pocket dimension's existence, but there seemed to be a layer of barrier preventing her from entering. As long as the pocket dimension was still there, she had a hunch that she could enter the pocket dimension in the future, but it would just need more time.

Within her pocket dimension, she had about three hundred acres of land. There were three connecting buildings in there. One building was for her work and experiments, one was a library, and the third was for storage. She had spent nearly 20 years buying and assembling these three buildings in her previous life. They were built bit by bit on her own, and the area was huge. It was about 1,300 square meters, about the size of two acres of land.

She had collected and planted fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers on the remaining pieces of land. She also kept some chickens, ducks, geese, and pigeons.

She spent most of her time outside of work in that pocket dimension in her previous life. Speaking of which, because of those lands, she could be considered half an agronomist.

Yan Qixun did not know how time passed in that pocket dimension. If time within the pocket dimension was similar to reality, what would the land become after these years? From her time of death in her previous life until her reincarnation to this life, it was already close to ten years. 

Yan Qixun hoped that she could open the pocket dimension soon. Life would be easier as long as she could enter the pocket dimension. Previously, she had kept all her belongings since she was young within the pocket dimension. Belongings included luxury items such as gold, silver, jade, and jewelry.

Her uncle loved her when she was young, and he would buy a few sets of jewelry for her every year. At that time, Han Chinese clothing was popular, and she had uncountable sets of traditional clothes and accessories of the various dynasties. Besides, Yan Qixun had received a lot of these clothes every year since she was young. However, she had rarely worn them, especially the clothes with fur. As for daily necessities, she had almost everything.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Yan Lingyu sigh. There was something wrong with this girl. Yan Qixun glanced at her.

The twins were especially sensitive to each other's emotions. If it were someone else, Yan Qixun would not bother to care about them. However, Yan Lingyu was her sister, so she had to show concern.

Sensing that she seemed very sad, Yan Qixun's mood also sank. "What's going on, Lingyu?"

 Yan Lingyu forced a smile. "Qixun, I'm fine. It's just that I had a dream last night that I was another girl. That girl didn't have a good life. I just felt a little sad when I thought about it."

What was going on? What did she mean when she said she was another girl in the dream? Could it be that she had awakened the memories of her past life just like her?

Yan Qixun scratched her head. It was supposed to be her who had awakened her memories from her previous life. Looking at Yan Lingyu, Yan Qixun felt like she might have had a miserable life before being reincarnated. Otherwise, Yan Qixun's heart, as her twin sister, would not feel inexplicably uncomfortable. Yan Qixun's heart ached for a moment.

When Yan Qixun was young, she did not have any siblings in her previous life, and her cousin was only born when she was a teenager. Besides, she was a genius, so she did not attend school with children of the same age. She did not have any friends of the same age, including siblings.

Of course, she did not have the time or the need to make friends. But she never felt that her 38 years of previous life had any shortcomings.