In the summer of 1970, it was time for another high school student to graduate.
In the streets and alleys, various propaganda slogans in response to the "Go to the Countryside" movement can be seen everywhere.
The world is vast and full of opportunities.
There are so few job opportunities, and these positions are so crowded that if you don't have connections, you won't even know about the job openings, let alone successfully find a job.
The sky gradually brightened, illuminating the small, shabby house.
"Second brother, second brother, aren't you going to visit Sister Xiaoping tomorrow? Why haven't you gotten up to clean up yet?"
In a trance, Lu Zhengguo opened his eyes again, and when he looked up, he saw the face of his younger sister, who was about ten years younger. She looked like she was in the first grade of junior high school, small and tender, just a child.
"Hongmei?" He opened his mouth, but found that his throat was hoarse and his head was dizzy.
Lu Hongmei didn't notice that her second brother was different. She poured a cup of hot water and handed it to Lu Zhengguo, looking like a little kid. "Mom said that you are sick now and asked you not to go out."
"But don't worry, second brother. I will cover for you and your future second sister-in-law."
She knew that her second brother would get married soon, and she would be his sister-in-law.
She had met her future second sister-in-law before. She was pretty and gentle, and she was a blessing to her second brother.
But I heard that the second sister-in-law is Shen Man's stepsister. Although she is very beautiful, she is not a good person. She always bullies her and joins forces with her mother to bully the future second sister-in-law.
The second sister-in-law is so pitiful.
It would be great if my second brother could marry my second sister-in-law earlier.
Lu Zhengguo looked up and around. Old-fashioned calendars and old newspapers covered the walls. There were also portraits of great men hanging on the walls. A red kettle was placed on the table.
Everything is familiar yet strange.
He couldn't help but be distracted for a moment, thinking that he was dreaming, so he didn't pay too much attention to what Lu Hongmei said.
Until... a future sister-in-law broke 깊놛's thoughts.
Lu Zhengguo's body froze, and he suddenly looked up at Lu Hongmei, his eyes reddened, and his voice was extremely hoarse, "What... future second sister-in-law?"
I don't know why, but I always feel that this dream is too real and doesn't seem fake at all.
Lu Hongmei was puzzled and spoke subconsciously, "Second brother, you are not confused, the future second sister-in-law is the future second sister-in-law, have you forgotten that our family and the Shen family have already started discussing the wedding date?"
"You took leave from the army this time just for this matter."
Lu Zhengguo was completely stunned, his eyes moved to the old-fashioned calendar on the wall.
June 21, 1900, not 1989.
It took him a long while to come back to his senses, and he slowly lowered his eyes to hide the emotions surging in his eyes.
"Hongmei, when do mom and dad plan to go to the Shen family to propose marriage?"
Tomorrow is a day that is very familiar to me. It is the day when I was with Shen Man. It is also the day when Shen Man fell from being a proud girl in heaven to the mire.
Lu Hongmei thought her brother was confused, so she rolled her eyes at him and said, "Second brother, how could you forget even this? Mom and Dad said you would have a month's vacation this time, and we have prepared everything for your wedding. They said they would come to propose formally the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, Sister Xiaoping asked me about you yesterday. She said she wants you to go to her house tomorrow. She wants to discuss something with you. She also said that this matter is very important and is related to your marriage. You must go."
Lu Zhengguo was silent for a moment. If he remembered correctly, this time was when he and Shen Ping initially confirmed their relationship. They had been engaged since childhood.
Although the Shen family and our Lu family are not very familiar with each other, they know each other.
The marriage was arranged by my grandfather's generation. Both families were workers in the same machinery factory, so the conditions were equivalent, so they tacitly agreed to the marriage.
The day before yesterday, just after returning from the army, Shen Ping came to talk to her about marriage. She didn't care who she married because she didn't have someone she liked, so she agreed, which was considered a preliminary confirmation of their relationship.
Tomorrow, at Shen Ping's request, 놛 will go to Shen's house to see her, and will also meet the 18-year-old, charming and attractive Shen Man.
In fact, Shen Man had already met 놛깊 on the day 놛 had just returned from the army.
She didn't seem to recognize me yet, and just thought I was someone from some background, so her attitude towards me changed, and was obviously much gentler than when she was a child.
"Second brother, second brother, what are you thinking about?" Lu Hongmei saw that Lu Zhengguo was distracted and waved her hand in front of him.
Lu Zhengguo collected his thoughts and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing, my head hurts a little from the cold, but I'm fine now."
Now I am sure that I have gone back to the past, back to the time when everything had not yet begun.
Lu Hongmei breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that everything is fine. By the way, second brother, I heard that my second sister-in-law will have a step-sister and a step-mother in the future. These two people always bully her in private and take her things."
"You should marry your future sister-in-law as soon as possible, so that she won't be bullied by the mother and daughter."
"Now my second sister-in-law has graduated from high school. If she gets married, she won't have to go to the countryside."
When Lu Zhengguo heard his sister calling Shen Ping the future sister-in-law, he frowned and interrupted her, "Hongmei, I'm not married yet, don't mess around, or you'll ruin other people's reputations."
"Alright, go out first. I want to take a rest."
If she hadn't been reincarnated, she wouldn't have known that Shen Ping had such a vicious face hidden under her gentle and soft appearance.
All the grievances and sufferings that Shen Man suffered in the next four years were manipulated by her behind the scenes.
Lu Hongmei curled her lips, turned around, opened the door and went out, "I know, I know."
Her second brother was a rigid person. They were going to get married soon and nothing would go wrong. Shen Ping treated her as her second sister-in-law and it was a done deal. Why couldn't she do it?
After everyone left, the room became quiet.
Lu Zhengguo looked up at the small room.
According to the original trajectory, this was going to be the wedding room of 놛 and Shen Man, 놛 would abandon her to return to the army on the wedding night, and from then on Shen Man would be tortured by 놛's family here for four years because of this marriage.
Four years later, when 놛 comes back, she wants a divorce. After the divorce, Shen Man will marry that man and have children for 놛.
And 놛 could only watch from the dark, watching our family of four living happily together, watching her cry for that man and laugh for that man.
But now, everything has returned to the original place. There is no misunderstanding between her and Shen Man. Without that man, everything can start over.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhengguo's chest felt very hot, and no one knew that his heart was beating violently.
I really want to go see Shen Man right now, to marry her, and to take her back into my arms.