Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
"If someone is sick, they should be taken to the hospital. Why would you send them home?"
"My mother is a doctor."
Wan Feng had nothing to say. Why should he go to the hospital when he had his own doctor at home?
"Then you wait here for a while, can you hold on?"
"What are you going to do?"
"I can't go to your house empty-handed. I'll go buy some gifts."
"Okay, okay, buy me some more delicious food to replenish my energy."
"Bug your sister!"
"Ah! You also know that I have a sister?"
Wan Feng was depressed. He ignored Zhang Xuan and walked quickly towards the store.
I bought two bottles of wine and two cans of food. I didn't know if Zhang Xuan's father smoked, but I bought two packs of cigarettes and two cans of milk powder.
Seeing that Wan Feng bought so many things, Zhang Xuan's eyes turned into crescents.
This guy is nice and quite generous.
Wan Feng was holding the bundled wine and canned milk powder in his left hand, with a cigarette tucked under his armpit, and supporting Zhang Xuan with his right hand as they walked through the alley to the right of Xingbei Store into a residential area. Following Zhang Xuan's instructions, they arrived in front of an ordinary house.
This place is now considered to be on the edge of Wu County, and the buildings are still in rural style, with four ordinary thatched houses with a yard and a gate made of iron railings.
When I reached the door, a young girl rushed out of the house: "Sister! You are on vacation! You are finally back. I missed you so much."
Then the girl ran out like the wind.
Zhang Xuan no longer needed Wan Feng's support. He faced the girl and they hugged each other and jumped up and down.
Wan Feng was stunned. Where was the illness he was supposed to be suffering from?
Look at how Zhang Xuan looks now. He is incredibly healthy. Doesn't he look like he's been frightened at all?
Something seems wrong.