In a chaotic world of infrastructure development, a woman's path to survival after being reborn

The night was quiet. Su Li, who was hiding in the corner of the kitchen, didn't dare to breathe loudly. She was quietly observing her surroundings. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, she quietly put the leftover steamed buns and some leftover ingredients from cooking into her spatial storage.

After doing all this, Su Li carefully returned to her room, without disturbing anyone, and quietly lay down.

However, Su Li, who was lying down to sleep, was not at peace. She was planning to find a suitable opportunity to escape from this mansion.

That's right, Su Li is not from this era. She arrived here three months ago and became a second-class maid in the Zhang family.

The life of a maid in ancient times was not as miserable as one might imagine. On the contrary, her life was probably even more affluent than that of a young lady from an ordinary landlord's family in the countryside. So Su Li had come to terms with it, at least she didn't end up dressed as a beggar on the street!

Su Li is an easygoing person. After accepting the fact that she had traveled through time, she quickly adjusted her mindset and believed that she could integrate into this era.

Indeed, Su Li did a great job. She didn't think that she was extraordinary just because she was a time traveler. Instead, she immediately recognized her identity and carefully integrated into this era, adapting to her role as a maid.

Because of Su Li's caution, her changes went unnoticed by others, and the maid's life continued as usual...

After adapting for a while, Su Li was able to survive in this era without any flaws as a maid, and she was finally able to relax for a moment.

However, on her very first night of relaxation, she began to have a recurring, frightening dream.

In her dream, the capital city would soon be captured by rebel forces, and the Zhang family, where she lived, would suffer heavy losses due to the rebel attack.

As a noble family, how could the head of the Zhang family not have any plans? On the night the city fell, the masters and servants of the Zhang family fled to their respective homes. They took the strong and healthy servants with them, leaving only some weak and helpless maids.

The invading army was a ruthless mob that showed no mercy to the city's inhabitants. In my dream, the maids who were left behind and unable to escape were all violated by the mob, their fates horrific. Overnight, the capital city became a living hell...

Su Li was jolted awake by the terrifying scene in her dream. She was terrified. Although it was a dream, the experience made her feel as if she were actually there. Even after waking up, she was still afraid and felt fear.

This dream had a significant impact on Su Li, causing her to be somewhat distracted for the next few days.

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Even maids get two days off a month. Su Li has been tormented by that dream lately and is feeling unwell, so she specifically asked the head maid for leave, saying that she was not feeling well and needed to rest for two days.

Su Li usually behaved very well, and since sick maids in ancient times were not allowed to serve their masters, the head maid quickly agreed, giving Su Li time to stay in her room and think.

Women in ancient times didn't have many ways to relieve boredom, and Su Li didn't want to lie in bed and overthink all the time, so she thought of embroidering something to pass the time.

Perhaps because her mind wasn't on the embroidery, or perhaps because she wasn't skilled enough, her fingers were pricked by the thin embroidery needle after only a short while, and blood oozed from her fingertips.

Seeing the blood gushing out, Su Li hurriedly covered the bleeding spot with a handkerchief, and because of her hasty actions, her body and clothes were stained with blood.

Whether it was a perk of time travel or not, Su Li found herself in a different place the next second.

Arriving in a strange place for the first time, anyone would feel apprehensive at first, and Su Li was no exception. For example, right now, she was lost in confusion as she looked at the empty meadow with only a spring in the sky. Everything in front of her felt both strange and familiar.

It felt unfamiliar because Su Li had never been here before, yet familiar because the plot was exactly the same as the one in the novels she had read before she transmigrated.

Time passed slowly, and Su Li, realizing that there was no danger on the grassland, finally felt relieved and had the mood to check everything around her.

Although she didn't know how this space was triggered, Su Li was certain that this meadow was her cheat code after transmigrating. She just didn't understand why this cheat code would appear at this time, especially after she had that terrible dream...

The space wasn't as magical as legend had it. There were no mountains of supplies, no advanced technology beyond its time. All there was was a small, ever-flowing mountain spring, fifty square meters of uncultivable land, and a small sack of various seeds. Before transmigrating, Su Li was a renowned agricultural scientist who cared most about the experimental fields. But now, things were different; she had no chance to farm at all…

Perhaps this cheat ability is somewhat useless, but for Su Li it is already a very good thing, and she cherishes it.

The appearance of the golden finger was not accidental. Su Li was not so naive as to think that it was all a gift from heaven. Unlike the other maids in the mansion who were content with their lot and whose greatest wish was to please their master and be matched with a suitable husband in the future, she wanted freedom and to be able to make her own decisions.

Although Su Li was able to adapt well to the role of a maid, she would still be happy to escape it if she could.

Su Li originally planned to save some money in the next year or two and then redeem herself when the time was right. However, things did not develop as simply as she had imagined.

The number of rebels rising up, the number of starving and freezing disaster victims, and the number of ordinary people selling their children were increasing. Even the maids living in the mansions had heard about these things, which shows how big the uproar was.

The events outside had a significant impact, but they didn't affect the maids in the Zhang household much. They continued to do their jobs as usual, perhaps feeling that those events were far removed from their lives. They probably thought that instead of worrying about the turmoil outside, they should focus on figuring out what to wear.

The other maids in the Zhang household could ignore what was happening outside, but Su Li couldn't; she was more nervous than anyone else.

If something as bizarre as time travel has already happened, why can't the things that happen in dreams be real?

Since acquiring the cheat ability, Su Li has become more cautious than before, and naturally pays more attention to external affairs. The turmoil made her realize one thing: she must leave the Zhang family and the capital as soon as possible.

Once Su Li made up her mind to leave the capital, she would not hesitate for a moment. She understood what she would face after leaving, so she had to make plans in advance. Since she had such a great cheat tool as the spatial dimension, why not stock up on more food?