The sun has set in the evening, but the heat lingers.
Nearing six o'clock, workers from the textile factory next door finished their shift, and then a noise broke out from the communal kitchen in the tube-shaped building.
Jiang Ningning withdrew her gaze from the distance and looked at the perpetual calendar on the bedside table.
January 13, 1976, the Northern New Year’s Eve in the lunar calendar.
Is this... time travel?
Ten minutes ago, Jiang Ningning was secretly watching short videos in the toilet to avoid overtime, and accidentally liked the novel "The Twins Travel Thousands of Miles to Search for Their Leader Dad".
But now I find myself in a strange room, damp and cramped, with no decent furniture except two shabby long benches.
There is an idiot chattering in my ear:
"Ningning, I heard that Donglin has increased its allowance this month. All your uncle needs for his wedding is a bicycle."
"They have had a good relationship since they were young. If Jianjun loses face, it means your man is embarrassed."
"Look at the twins you gave birth to. They both inherited your sickly nature. What will they achieve in the future? They will have to rely on Jianjun's children to help them."
Jiang Ningning's vagina was throbbing with pain, but she refuted in a soft voice without realizing it: "If my brother-in-law hadn't been too lazy and poured water on the door in winter, I wouldn't have given birth prematurely."
This beautiful voice, as sweet as honey, does not belong to her, but the pain surging in her chest is so real.
The middle-aged woman's voice exploded upon hearing this. "It's obviously you who didn't pay attention to the road, but you have to blame Jianjun. No wonder you haven't been to me and your father to show your filial piety in these years. I guess you are full of resentment. It's a pity that Donglin has been gone for many years, leaving us two old people alone without anyone to take care of us."
Military officer husband Huo Donglin? A pair of twins, Xia Xia and Man Man?
Jiang Ningning's pale face was stunned for a moment.
She did more than just travel through time.
Instead, she traveled through time and space and became the biological mother of the two genius twins in the military marriage story who passed away young.
She was originally a left-behind military wife. Her husband Huo Donglin received an emergency mission 20 years ago and never came back, but she would send her allowance from the army on time on the 15th of every month, which increased from the initial 10 yuan to 1 yuan.
This was a time when the country was still under construction and the centimeter food coupon system was still in place, with a pound of rice selling for ten cents.
Generally speaking, this huge sum of money is enough for the mother and her two children to live a well-off life without having to worry about food and clothing.
But her husband's family took away half of her salary every month as a "safekeeping allowance" and hinted at her to pay filial tribute from time to time.
This time it was even more excessive. When my brother-in-law got married, not only did he pay the betrothal gift, he also took away all the bills to buy three-turn and one-ring, and even took away the money to buy milk powder for the twins.
She was weak in character and didn't dare to resist until her mother-in-law decided to give her this house and the job in the textile factory...
This house is the only legacy left to her by her parents, and it is also the home where the mother and her two children depend on for survival.
It turned out that my mother was an ordinary female worker in a textile factory, and my father was an eighth-level technician. They both died in the special flood fighting and rescue operation ten years ago.
Over the years, the factory leaders have helped and taken care of her a lot. They sponsored her to finish high school, and after graduation, she joined the factory to take over her mother's job and arranged for skilled craftsmen to teach her step by step.
But Yuan 덿 is too delicate.
The needle would prick her fingertips and they would swell for three days, the rough fabric would rub her skin red, and the slightest bump would cause her skin to become bruised and swollen the next day. I don’t know if she was abused in the factory.
The leader of the factory had almost plucked out his hair bald before introducing her to Huo Donglin, who had better conditions, thinking that she could just lie down and enjoy a good life after joining the army.
It turned out that she was so eye-catching that Huo Donglin fell in love with her at first sight.
She inherited her biological mother's good looks. Her fair face looked like a finely carved jade. She was wearing patched cotton, but her beauty was so bright that one could hardly look at her closely.
But this good-looking appearance also brought disaster, as shown in the following:
First, after the wedding night, her husband left in a hurry without having time to take her with him to join the army. The sister-in-law was jealous of her face and often tried to sow discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
During her confinement, she instigated her mother-in-law to kick the mother and her two children out of the house on New Year's Eve on the grounds that "there were too many people and not enough space".
In addition, the orphan and the widow live alone, without any help from her natal family or her husband's family. At first, neighbors lent a hand from time to time, but over time rumors began to spread.
The gossipy old woman called her a vixen behind her back, seducing men everywhere, and the twins were often ostracized by children of that age.
It turned out that not only did she take all the money to please her husband's family, but she also left the two children hungry and cold. The twins had to pick up scraps every day to earn money for food.
This time, under the coercion and inducement of the mother-in-law, although she resisted but it was futile, she finally gave up the house and the two jobs reserved by her parents.
The twins, boy and girl, gathered enough hope and secretly took a car to the island to find their father.
And it turned out that he would die tonight.
Jiang Ningning: “…”
This saintly white lotus who would rather starve herself and her children to subsidize her husband's family, this genius who selflessly feeds a four-year-old child, this beautiful and fragile woman who breaks at the slightest touch... her new identity!
After digesting the memories that did not belong to her in her mind, a pair of rough, sallow hands suddenly grabbed her, like a vine clinging to a tree, constantly squeezing out nutrients.
Tian Cuifen, who was wearing an indigo shirt and carrying a bamboo basket, saw that she didn't nod for a long time, and her tone suddenly turned stern: "If it wasn't for the whole family tightening their belts to send Donglin to the army, how could you eat public food and have a house to live in now? You can't be a shameless person. If you don't give it to me, you are not filial. Tomorrow I will take a car to the army and ask the leaders for justice."
After listening for a while, Jiang Ningning could tell that the old lady was a shrewd and calculating person.
First he explained the reason and moved her emotions, then he brought up the fact that the whole family had supported their son in the past, threatened the troops to make trouble, and coerced and induced her to hand over the money.
In the 1970s, reputation and work were very important. It was impossible for the old lady to go to the army to cause trouble and cause her eldest son to lose his job and his reputation. Just pure scare.
But the original one is stupid and will definitely give in.
This trick works.
Outside the window, the twins, a boy and a girl, were huddled together.
The two little faces seemed to be carved out of the same mold, with snow-white skin and black eyes like grapes. The pupils are black, with clear black and white.
The faded indigo cotton jacket wrapped around two lonely bones, the sleeves were patched on top of patches, and the bruises on the little hands were darker than the twilight.
"Manman, we're out of room." The sister with crooked braids suddenly squatted down, her voice softer than melting snow.
"Mom will definitely compromise like she did before."
Manman immediately used her body to block the cold wind blowing in from the corridor, and wrapped her small hand with her cold palm, "Stupid Xia Xia, I've told you many times to call me brother."
"Brother won't leave you homeless." It sounded like a promise, but also like he was encouraging himself.
The brother and sister leaned head against head and shoulder against shoulder.
Next to them were sacks that gave off a foul smell. Uncle Zhang, who collected scrap, said that these pieces of broken iron sheets could be exchanged for at least ten cents.
"Let's go find Dad..."
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a sound of bowls being smashed in the house, followed by Tian Cuifen's loud yelling: "Are you sick? Why are you suddenly throwing cold water on my face? Ouch, I'm freezing to death..."
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