Chapter 1 1992

Lin Qiu touched the back of her head which was a little painful. Her mind was as fuzzy as a mess. She forced herself to open her eyes.

The room was dark, and she pressed the switch at the bedside as usual, but she only felt the rough wall.

Lin Qiu sat up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he looked around, only to find that he was sleeping on a vermilion bunk bed.

Lin Qiu always had a sense of déjà vu about this bed and this room.

Lin Qiu suddenly remembered her husband's panicked face and her daughter's earth-shattering scream.

She remembered that she seemed to be hit by a flowerpot that fell from the upper floor of her rented house.

She also remembered the wet top of her head and the bright red blood on her hands.

Oh, it turns out that she was killed by a flowerpot.

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New Year’s Eve of 2023.

This day has dual meanings for the Wang family. First, it is New Year’s Eve, the day when the family reunites; second, it is Wang Xiuren’s birthday on this day.

New Year's Eve and your birthday should be celebrated properly.

Therefore, my daughter, who was teaching in Hunan Province, rushed to Foshan as soon as the winter vacation started and booked a hotel early, just for the New Year’s Eve dinner and birthday dinner on this day.

According to the customs of Hunan Province, Lao Wang and his family should return to their hometown to celebrate the New Year. However, since Lin Qiu's parents died of illness one after another this year, in order to prevent her from being saddened by the scene, Wang Xiuren was willful and insisted on spending the New Year in Fo City.

The family of three happily ate a sumptuous meal, lit candles, sang birthday songs, and shared the cake bought by their daughter. Then they walked hand in hand back to the rental house.

Who knew that when Lin Qiu was about to walk into the unit door, a flower pot fell from the sky.

Then his eyes went dark, his body tilted, and he lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes again, I saw the scene above.

Lin Qiu found it incredible.

She had seen those time-travel TV dramas where the characters got into car accidents or something, and then traveled back hundreds of years to become entangled with several princes and nobles, and had a passionate and tragic love affair with them.

But being hit by a flowerpot happened to him decades ago, so Lin Qiu was instinctively a little scared.

She clenched her hands tightly, not feeling any pain even when her nails dug into her flesh. Her eyes were wide open as she looked around vigilantly.

The bunk bed was placed against the wall, and under the window opposite the bed was a chest of drawers with a 14-inch black-and-white TV on it. Two camphorwood boxes painted vermilion were placed against the head of the bed, serving as bedside tables.

There was a washstand diagonally opposite the bunk bed. Two enamel basins with white background and red flowers were placed one above the other on the washstand. A yellow towel was hung on the washstand, and a soap box was placed on the partition between the shelves. Next to the washstand is a large wardrobe with a padlock hanging in the middle.

oh!

It seems that these big items were the dowry my father gave me before I got married.

Lin Qiu felt more at ease when he thought of his father.

"Mom, pee!"

The childish voice brought Lin Qiu back to his senses.

Only then did Lin Qiu realize that there was a child lying against the wall on the bed.

The child's eyes were half open and his face was red from being covered.

Lin Qiu looked at the child's features carefully, and the more he looked, the more familiar she looked. Is this Shanshan? It’s exactly the same as Shanshan’s one-year-old photo in the album.

The child might be a little anxious because he had to pee, and he twisted his body anxiously.

Lin Qiu quickly lifted the quilt and walked out with the child in his arms.

The outer room is the kitchen and the living and dining room.

I didn't have time to take a closer look, I just saw an aluminum pot hanging on the wall.

My daughter told me that cooking with an aluminum pot is harmful to the body and I can’t use it to cook anymore! Lin Qiu thought.

After peeing, Lin Qiu held Wang Shan and walked around the room for a few laps. Then he went close to the washstand and looked at the calendar hanging next to it.

February 8, 1992, the fifth day of the first lunar month, a Saturday.

Lin Qiu suddenly remembered that it was on this night that Wang Xiuren's parents, Wang Zongsheng and Li Xiuying, took the four brothers to the old house for a meeting. The next day, Wang Xiuren lent all the money he earned from working to his brother Wang Xiude to build a two-story red brick house.

When their family wanted to build a house, his brother couldn't pay it back, so they had to borrow money from everywhere. Not only did his parents not help him, they also made sarcastic remarks everywhere: How can you build a new house without any money?

Thinking of these past events, Lin Qiu became furious.

Lin Qiu frowned and hesitantly opened the drawer of the chest of drawers, and sure enough, the wallet was inside. He shook Wang Shan in his arms, then put her on the bed to sit and wrapped her with a quilt.

"Shanshan, be good. Mommy will pack up some things and play with you later!" Lin Qiu kissed her little face.

Wang Shan sat obediently, looking at Lin Qiu with her big eyes.

I opened my wallet and counted the banknotes and coins inside; the total was one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-three cents. Feeling for the key to the inner compartment, Lin Qiu picked up the key, unlocked the wardrobe, took out a small brown suitcase, and found a passbook at the bottom of the suitcase. It contained the savings that the couple had saved from working outside during the two years of their marriage.

Thinking that Wang Xiuren would soon lend the money to his brother, Lin Qiu simply took out a suitcase bag, packed the mother and daughter's clothes, stuffed them in with the passbook, zipped it up, and put it on the bed. After thinking for a moment, he stuffed his wallet back in.

Lin Qiu took out a cotton coat from the closet and put it on, then put on a pair of baggy cotton trousers.

As he walked toward the bed, Lin Qiu suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure in the dressing mirror, feeling a little dazed.

This is a woman wearing a maroon cotton jacket made in a tailor shop, black corduroy trousers, and her hair casually spread out. She might be a mother-in-law, as she looked a little sloppy, but her smooth, fair face and well-proportioned figure showed that she was still young.

Lin Qiu looks back on his life.

She was born in a rural area of ​​Heng County, Yancheng, Hunan Province. Her parents had two sons and two daughters, and she was the second one. Although he was born in the countryside, he was fortunately loved by his parents. After graduating from junior high school, his father arranged for him to learn craftsmanship from an old tailor in the town.

At the age of 20, she met carpenter Wang Xiuren through an introduction, got married at the age of 21, gave birth to Shanshan at the age of 23, and then stayed in her hometown in Heng County to raise the baby. After her daughter went to college, she followed Wang Xiuren to Fo City and cooked for him until she was hit by a flowerpot and returned to the past.

Speaking of which, Lin Qiu's life can be said to be a microcosm of an ordinary rural woman. The husband works outside to earn money, while the wife farms and takes care of the children at home, raising them to become successful.

My husband Wang Xiuren is fine except that he is easily influenced by others. He even single-handedly bore the heavy pressure from his parents urging him to have a son, and didn't care if he was called a coward. Although he did not live a rich and luxurious life, all the money he earned from working was given to him, and he did not beat or scold his wife like other rural men. Lin Qiu lived a relatively good life.

Daughter Wang Shan can be said to be the pride of Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren. She has been well-behaved and sensible since childhood, and has been successful in her studies, never causing any worries for others. If Wang Xiu'ren had not suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage in the year of her college entrance examination, causing financial difficulties for her family, she would not have had to study as a free teacher training student. I didn’t have to worry about finding a job after graduation as I was directly recruited by the school to work at a municipal school in Xingcheng, the capital of Hunan Province.

The only regret is that Lin Qiu never saw his daughter get married until he died in the previous life.

My daughter is pretty and has a good job, so it should be easy for her to find a partner.

But one of the daughter's requests scared away most of the outstanding boys: she wanted to take her parents with her when she got married. Most of the boys who are willing to agree to her request are not very good, and her daughter doesn't like them.

Lin Qiu knew that her daughter was unable to get married because she was afraid that no one would be around to take care of her and Wang Xiuren when they got old.

All the relatives in the family are concerned about the fact that Wang Shan is still unmarried at the age of over 30. In her previous life, her father and mother were worried about the fact that their granddaughter still had no partner until they died.

Thinking of his father and mother, Lin Qiu really wanted to go back and see them.

Lin Qiu picked up her daughter and wanted to ask Wang Xiuren to ride his bike to take her back to her parents' home.

When she really walked to the door, the cold wind from outside blew in, making Wang Shan's face wrinkle.

Lin Qiu lifted his daughter up and said, "Come on, let's ask Dad to take us to grandma's house!"

Winter was really hard to bear. Wang Xiuren was worried about his parents, so he would go to see him every day and chat with his other brothers.

Turning right from the entrance, he entered the hall of Wang Xiuren's old house. The door was open. Lin Qiu did not go in, but shouted inside: "Wang Xiuren, something happened at home, please come out!"

Not long after, Wang Xiuren came out with drooping shoulders: "What's the matter? Does Shanshan miss her daddy?" Then he came over and wanted to kiss his daughter.

Lin Qiu smelled the alcohol on Wang Xiuren's breath and couldn't help complaining, "Why are you drinking before dinner time?"

"Mom just steamed two jars of wine and asked us brothers to have a taste. Don't worry, I didn't drink much." Wang Xiuren smiled embarrassedly.

"You stink!" Lin Qiu saw his daughter's wrinkled nose and pushed Wang Xiuren: "Stand back, don't let the stink disturb Shanshan!"

"I know, I know. Just go away." Wang Xiuren was not angry even after being told that.

"What's the matter with you calling me out? If nothing is wrong, go in and cook. It's windy outside, don't let it blow on Shanshan!" Wang Xiuren turned sideways to block the wind for his wife and children.

"What about you?" Lin Qiu looked at him.

"Mom asked me to stay for dinner." Wang Xiuren felt a little embarrassed because his parents only called him and didn't mention Lin Qiu and Shanshan.

Lin Qiu got a little angry when he heard this. He had never seen such parents-in-law who only called their son when eating. From the corner of his eye, he saw the old family's two sons, Wang Ming and Wang Lei, who were chasing after the enemy in the old house, and they just turned around and left.

"What's the matter?" Wang Xiuren followed.

"I want to go back to my parents' home!" Lin Qiu said in a somewhat aggressive tone.

Lin Qiu held his daughter in his arms, picked up the luggage bag on the bed and walked out.

Wang Xiuren quickly grabbed the luggage bag: "Why do you suddenly want to go back to your father-in-law's place?"

Lin Qiu didn't let go and held the luggage bag: "Why are you stopping me? I just want to go back to my mother's house. Anyway, your family doesn't have food for us mother and daughter!

"Why are you saying this! We have rice and vegetables at home. I'll cook for you and your mother later." Wang Xiuren also knew that his parents were wrong, but he couldn't say anything.

"Forget about cooking! I'll just go back to my parents' house to eat." Lin Qiu let go of her hand, "Carry my luggage and take me to Linguan."

After saying this, he lifted his daughter up and walked straight out.

Wang Xiuren could only resign himself to his fate and follow behind with his luggage bag.

"Second brother, Mommy wants you to remember to come to the old house for a meeting tonight!"

After walking less than a hundred meters, Wang Xiu De caught up from behind and shouted at Wang Xiu Ren!

"Okay, tell Mom that I'll be back for dinner!" Wang Xiuren waved his hand behind him.