Chapter 1 Chapter 1 A Dream

What does death feel like?

It is difficult to describe the leaves of elm.

In 1966, the college entrance examination was suspended. Ye Yu, a high school student who had just turned 17, traveled through time and space to more than 300 years later, becoming an orphan of the same age.

Three hundred years later, the Ye Kingdom was much more prosperous than it is today and was one of the world's top powers.

Even though Ye Yu was an orphan after traveling through time, he still enjoyed nine years of compulsory education, basic underage welfare, and donations from various charitable organizations or philanthropists in the society.

The free room in the orphanage was ten thousand times better than the one Ye Yu had lived in before, with a soft big bed, bright lighting, a separate bathroom, and clean wooden floors. Even the rooms where the cadres lived in the compound in the 1960s were not as beautiful and luxurious as this.

Apart from the initial sadness and fear of leaving her parents and relatives, Ye Yu was soon attracted by this colorful, prosperous and bustling metropolis. The food, drinks, entertainment and sights were all there, as if she had arrived in a fairyland. At that time, she made up her mind to study hard, get into university, and make a name for herself in the future.

After working diligently for a year and a half, I was finally admitted to a key university. But before I could experience the wonderful life of a college student in the future, the end of the world came quietly.

The end of the world is not the zombie crisis in movies and TV dramas, but a series of disasters such as high temperature, extreme cold, plague, earthquake, war, biological mutation, etc., which almost wiped out mankind.

Fortunately, humans are also part of the food chain and are also capable of mutation. Those who survive the disaster have more or less awakened to mutation and have the confidence to survive.

Mutated people not only have enhanced physical fitness, but may also develop a variety of superpowers through genetic mutation. Ye Yu, whose vitality is like a weed, is one of the lucky ones. Apart from other things, she has also chewed on tree bark and grass roots when she was extremely hungry.

Relying on his special powers, Ye Yu lived in the apocalypse for about several decades. The exact number of days is unclear due to several earthquakes and floods. He then stayed in the Hope Base for more than ten years.

The timekeeping of the Hope Base starts from the time the base is built. The new year does not mean the end of the world. Frequent natural disasters and mutant creatures still threaten human survival at all times.

In the eighteenth year of the new era, Ye Yu and his teammates with special abilities took on a difficult mission outside the base. Unfortunately, they were surrounded and attacked by a group of high-level mutant eagles. They died together to protect the team.

It may be that God suddenly discovered her time-travel bug and snapped his fingers, setting things right and sending her back from three hundred years later to three hundred years ago.

In short, it’s great that I don’t have to die. I have a chance to be reborn. I am extremely grateful!

Ye Yu is not afraid of death, but does not want to die.

Death is easy, but no one who has been struggling to survive in the end times really wants to die. She has persisted in such difficult times such as natural disasters and doomsday, so of course she wants to live!

After extreme pain and long cold, there was darkness and light, and the world had changed.

His eyes were suddenly filled with joy. Ye Yu hadn't experienced such emotional ups and downs for a long time.

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It has really been too long, and the experiences in the future are so full of ups and downs and passions. If Ye Yu's memory had not been enhanced after his mutation, he would have forgotten everything that happened in this era.

Even if you haven't forgotten it, it takes some time to dig out the information from the corners of your memory.

Ye Yu blinked and tried hard to dig out more things from the corner of his memory.

The Ye family now lives in a small courtyard with two entrances in a certain alley in the old city. There are not only the Ye family but also several other families living in this courtyard, and their family only occupies three and a half rooms.

Ye's father and mother live in one room, the eldest sister is married, the second sister and the third sister Ye Yu live in one room, and the fourth and fifth brothers live in one room.

The remaining half of the room was used as the main room, and the kitchen was built alone in the backyard, which was considered an illegal construction. But in this era, as long as you gave the street office a heads-up and there was no one in the yard who disagreed, it would be fine. Almost every household that had the conditions did so.

As for the toilets, there is one at each end of the alley. They are relatively clean because they are cleaned every day. The most annoying thing is to go to the toilet in the middle of the night in the cold winter.

At this moment, Ye Yu was in a small living room of about 20 square meters, and she was not the only one sitting in the room.

There are also father Ye Hongjun, mother Wang Laidi, second sister Ye Lan, fourth brother Ye Baoguo, and fifth brother Ye Weiguo. The names of the Ye sisters all come from the plants in the yard, and the names of the brothers come from their parents' expectations of them, which is very characteristic of the times.

From the above, we can see that Mr. and Mrs. Ye tend to favor boys over girls, which is a common problem in this era.

Ye Yu was almost given the name Zhaodi or Laidi, but in order to avoid the name being the same as her mother Wang Laidi, she used the name of the elm tree in the courtyard.

Of course, favoring sons over daughters does not mean that Ye's father and mother do not love their daughters at all. It can be seen from the fact that they sent all five children to school, and the eldest sister Ye Xing also married well.

But when it comes to choosing between their son, the Ye family, and their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ye would often choose the first or the second, and they would often give up the last one.

At this time, the Ye family is facing this difficult choice.

"Mom, I really don't want to go to the countryside. I don't want to go to the countryside." The second sister Ye Lan had a sad face. Her eyes were red and swollen. She didn't know how many days she had been crying.

In early 1966, the national college entrance examination was suspended. The government first suggested that high school students and other educated young people go to the countryside to engage in construction. Later, a policy was introduced that stipulated that except for a few special cases, educated young people over the age of 18 needed to go to the countryside.

Sijiucheng, also known as Yanjing, is the capital of Ye State. Information here is better than in other cities, and various rules and regulations are enforced at the forefront. Some street offices have already held concentrated talks on new policies in their alleys.

Ye Lan is only one and a half years older than Ye Yu. She turned 18 last year and is 19 this year. She is now facing this dilemma.

Ye Lan didn't want to go to the countryside at all. The practice of educated youth going to the countryside started in the 1950s, but the number was small. It gradually increased in the 1960s. Among her acquaintances in Beijing, there were educated youth who went to the countryside and wanted to return to Beijing but couldn't. She didn't have grand and bright ideals, she loved beauty and cleanliness, and it would be great if she could stay in Yanjing!

But it’s not easy for Ye Lan to stay in Beijing.

Workers who have jobs can stay, but they must be regular workers, not temporary workers.

I haven't heard of any factory recruiting workers now. It is obvious that it is impossible to get a job based on assessment at this point in time.

But since workers nowadays have stable jobs, meaning they can work for life and can also designate a successor to take over, there are other paths.

One is to buy a job.

If it was before the policy of "going to the countryside" was introduced, even last year, they could have gritted their teeth and bought a job, or borrowed some money, to buy a job like garbage collector that many people don't want to do. But after the policy of "going to the countryside" was introduced, these jobs were actually out of demand, and because they involved large transactions and required great risks, this path was blocked for ordinary families.

Second, inheritance by blood.

Ye Hongjun and his wife are both full-time workers, so it would be feasible for them to give their jobs to their children.

Wang Lai Di now works in a textile factory as a third-level operator, earning 20 yuan a month, and also receives other benefits during festivals. Ye Hongjun works in a machinery factory as a fourth-level technical electrician, and is also considered a bonus unit.

The couple has a combined income of about 50 yuan per month, which is why they can support a family of seven and send all five children to school.

This is also an important support for a family.

But if Ye Lan were to take over her mother's job, she would have to start as an intern, and after three months she would be offered a permanent job, her salary would only be 13 yuan, a reduction of nearly half. Wang Laidie has not reached the required working age to formally retire, and therefore cannot receive her pension. The financial resources of the entire family would certainly drop drastically.

What's more, the Ye family has more than one daughter. There is also a third daughter who will be 18 years old next year. In addition, there are two sons. The eldest son will also face the possibility of going to the countryside in a year. They always want to keep one son by their side.

Because of these, even though Wang Lai Di couldn't bear to hear Erya crying, she still kept her mouth shut.

Ye Hongjun sighed and said, "Er Ya, you know the situation at home. You can't move away from work. If you don't want to go to the countryside, there is only one way."

After a pause, he continued, "Get married."

In this era, the marriage age for women is 18 and for men is 20. In the countryside, it is even earlier when only a wedding banquet is held without getting a marriage certificate. It is not uncommon for girls to get married at the age of 18.

It's just that the current situation is chaotic, so there shouldn't be too many people who want to get married to avoid family ties, and single men and women with jobs shouldn't be too competitive. But the probability of getting a good marriage if you rush into marriage is very small, not to mention getting a decent bride price or something like that.

However, due to her parents' good genes, Ye's mother was also the most beautiful girl in the village when she was young. Otherwise, Ye's father would not have spent a high bride price to marry a rural girl. Ye Lan is naturally good-looking, with big eyes, fair skin, and shiny black hair. If she really wants to get married quickly, it is not impossible for her to lower her conditions.

However, Ye Lan has a like-minded childhood friend named Li Wei, who is the same age as her and lives in the next courtyard. His parents are also machinery factory workers. Because they live close to each other, both families know about it and it is almost tacitly acknowledged.

But Ye Lan wiped away her tears and said resolutely: "As long as there is a suitable one, I will marry!"

"Over there, Xiao Wei..." Wang Lai Di quite liked the boy next door. She had watched him grow up since he was a child. He looked energetic, had a sweet mouth and was a decent person.

"He has two older brothers and younger brothers and sisters. His eldest sister-in-law doesn't have a job, so she can't stay with him," Ye Lan lowered her head, tears falling one by one, crying as she spoke, "He also said he wanted to go to the countryside, and he went to register yesterday."

Ye Lan didn't want to go to the countryside at all, not even with Li Wei accompanying her. The two had argued about this several times, and the most intense one was yesterday morning.

"Go to the countryside if you want to. If you don't have little Viagra to accompany you, I will join the army in the future and go to the border of our motherland where the hardships are the most needed. It will be more amazing than going to the countryside for you." The youngest, only eleven years old, Ye Weiguo was like a proud rooster. His expression was very annoying and his words were true.

"Shut up."

Wang Lai Di stopped him.

She was born in the countryside and knew the hardships of the countryside better. As for whether to go to the countryside or not, she actually stood on the side of the second daughter.

There was another silence.

At this point, Ye Yu was finally able to match people with people and things with things, and avoid mixing up the facts. She raised her right hand to indicate that she had something to say.