Yu Xiangan found herself dreaming. In the dream, she couldn't see herself. She hid aside, anger lingering in her chest, and the voices from the other side of the wall were still echoing in her ears.
A familiar female voice: "Brother Boyang, I didn't change my clothes in time this month. I must be pregnant with your child. What should we do?"
The male voice was surprised at first, then delighted: "If you are pregnant, give birth to it."
The woman's voice became a little nervous: "But the two adults are already discussing the dowry for you and your sister. How can we give birth to the baby?"
The man said with a smile, "Don't worry, I've already thought about it. You're graduating soon, aren't you? I have a relative who's in charge of assigning people to go to the countryside. I asked him to write her name on the list and put her far away. If she goes to the countryside, my marriage to her will definitely not work out. Then I'll ask my parents to marry you, and we can be together openly. When the baby is born, we'll say it's premature, and no one else will know."
The female voice smiled happily: "Brother Boyang, you are so nice."
From these few sentences, as well as the anger and sadness that "she" truly felt, we can extract enough key information that she should be this "sister".
Yu Xiangan: Bah!
Scumbag and bitch!
How could I have such a dream!
The dream continued as "she" walked home in a daze. It started to rain heavily on the road, but she did not dodge and just went home in the rain.
This "home" is very dilapidated, with mud brick walls and gray tiles, full of age.
"She" came back, and only changed her clothes and lay down on the bed when her family reminded her. She then developed a high fever.
He tossed and turned with fever and became confused.
At times like this, the scene that made "her" sad kept replaying in my mind.
It seemed that someone noticed her high fever and gave her some medicine, which reduced her temperature a little, but then she had a high fever again.
During the high fever, Yu Xiangan "dreamed" from time to time about the experiences of her sister who was betrayed by her fiancé and younger sister over the past decade.
Then Yu Xiangan woke up, raised his hands, and looked at his dry claws. Yu Xiangan's blood froze and he had three questions in his mind.
who I am?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
Her mind went blank. Wasn't she dreaming?
How did this dream become reality?
Yu Xiangan sorted out her thoughts from the beginning. After graduating from college, she opened a private restaurant. Less than a month after opening, she went to the market to buy fresh ingredients. On the way back, she looked up inadvertently and saw a suffocating scene at the corner in front of her - a little girl with pigtails squatted on the ground playing with a small Barbie doll, and right above her, a heavy billboard was shaky and about to fall!
Yu Xiangan had no time to think and rushed over as fast as she could, wanting to carry the little girl away from the danger zone before the billboard fell.
But she didn't notice that on the other side of the corner, another person saw the scene at the same time, and they made the same choice - and then the tragedy happened.
If it weren't for each other, they might have been able to leave this dangerous area at that critical moment, but because of this corner, they had no way of knowing each other's existence and bumped into each other here, wasting a little time. Just in that little time, the billboard fell down and fell on their heads.
Yu Xiangan only felt a pain in her head at that time, and then her eyes went dark and she knew nothing.
Yu Xiangan touched her head and it didn't hurt, just that she felt dizzy due to the high fever. She guessed that she died at that time, and then she came back to life in the body of Yu Xiangan, who had the same name and surname as her in 1970.
I don’t know if any passerby called an ambulance. She probably couldn’t be saved, and what about the child and the young man?
Alas, he clearly had good intentions to save people, but is this a case of good people being rewarded?
Lose your life to save others, and then regain your life in another miraculous way.
It was also a good deed. I wonder what happened to the young man. He looked about the same age as her. It would be a shame if something happened to him. The consolation is that the little girl who was protected by them should be fine.
These thoughts flashed through her mind, and her belly came out to make its presence felt.
“Gurgle…”
Yu Xiangan's stomach rumbled violently. She was hungry, extremely hungry.
Whenever she thought of food, she couldn't help but salivate.
Rice, chicken legs, braised pork, braised duck, roast chicken...
The more I think about it, the hungrier I get.
Yu Xiangan's face fell, and then her eyes moved around. She had the memories of the original owner, and looking at the scene here, she felt both familiar and unfamiliar.
The room was not big, with mud brick walls covered with old newspapers. There were not many things in the room, just a bed, a tattered cabinet and a stool.
Her textbooks were placed on one side of the cabinet, with a little red book on top. At certain times, memorizing a few sentences was very useful. Her clothes were placed on the other side. There was no food in them. She couldn't even find something to fill her stomach. How about she get up and go to the kitchen?
She remembered there were some sweet potatoes in the corner of the kitchen.
But... this body was most likely lost due to the high fever. She felt weak all over. Now that she is here, the fever has subsided, and her body has lost its strength. She doesn't even have the strength to get out of bed.
As her stomach growled louder and louder, Yu Xiangan didn't know whether her weakness was due to the high fever or hunger.
Just then, she heard footsteps getting closer.
"Fifth sister, are you feeling better?" The six-year-old younger brother Yu Xiangju ran over with a bowl of water in his hand.
"Yeah." Yu Xiangan breathed a sigh of relief and sat up. She felt dizzy and the world in front of her was a little colorful. She calmed down and looked at Yu Xiangju. This was the youngest brother of the original owner. He was chubby and had a tanned complexion. You could tell at a glance that he was a naughty boy who often played pranks outside. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be her brother in the future.
She took the water and took a sip. It was warm water, which made her empty stomach feel better.
She drank the bowl of water slowly. Her fever had subsided, but she didn't know if it would come back. The medical conditions in this era... It was worrying just thinking about it.
She asked hoarsely, "Xiao Ju, is there anything to eat?"
"Fifth sister, wait a minute. There's some food left for you. I'll bring it to you." Yu Xiangju took the bowl and ran out again.
Not long after, he came back with a candy. "This is the candy I hid for your birthday. Fifth sister, eat it. Your illness will be cured after you eat it."
This is hard candy, the cheapest kind. She never ate it before, but now Yu Xiangan's saliva is rapidly secreting, "...Thank you, Xiaoju."
"Fifth sister, you take a break first. The food has been sitting for a long time. I'll heat it up over a fire and it'll be ready quickly." He acted like a little adult, suppressing his reluctance. He didn't even dare to look at the candy and went out quickly.
At that time, candy was precious. He got a few candies on his birthday, and he kept the last one for several months, not wanting to eat it.
But now he has taken it out.
Yu Xiangan opened the candy wrapper with some emotion and put the candy into his mouth. It was sweet. Sweet things can quickly replenish energy. He instantly felt a little more energetic.
She touched her forehead again and found that the temperature did not rise. She breathed a sigh of relief, then emptied her expression and looked at the beam.
She had never thought that one day she would be so hungry, so hungry that she felt her stomach growling wildly, and that if this continued she would become sick from hunger.
One chicken, two chickens, three chickens... Finally, she saw Yu Xiangan coming over. His voice was like heavenly music to her: "Fifth sister, please eat quickly. I have heated it up."
Yu Xiangan didn't have time to say anything more, he took the bowl and started to wolf it down.
Yu Xiangju was frightened by her attitude, "Fifth sister, eat slowly, be careful not to choke." There was not much other food at home, but the sweet potatoes were enough. Their family had no land in the county town, but their grandfather and uncle were in the production team and had their own private plots. Sweet potatoes had a high yield and were the most planted.
Yu Xiangan ate sweet potatoes stewed with wild vegetables. There was almost no salt in the food and it was not tasty at all. However, no matter how bad it tasted, there was no room for criticism at this time. The most important thing was to satisfy his hunger.
Yu Xiangan ate everything up and was only half full. Fortunately, it wasn't long before dinner.
Yu Xiangju asked her, "Fifth sister, are you feeling better?"
Yu Xiangan nodded: "Yes, I'm much better."
The fever subsided, my stomach felt full, and my body gradually regained some strength.
Yu Xiangju nodded like a little adult: "That's good, get well soon."
Yu Xiangan laughed.
Not long after, Ding Minxiu came back from school. She put down her school bag and came to see Yu Xiangan first, saying in a caring tone, "Are you feeling better now? The teacher said that if you are still not feeling well tomorrow, you don't have to go to school."
The moment she opened her mouth, Yu Xiangan's body stiffened for a second. It was her! The sister who had hooked up with her future brother-in-law and caused a death!
Ding Minxiu didn't know that Yu Xiangan overheard her and Zhou Boyang's conversation yesterday, and her expression remained normal.
Yu Xiangan looked at her carefully. This sister had fair skin and two pigtails hanging down her shoulders. She looked innocent and harmless. It was impossible to tell that she was secretly having an affair with her future brother-in-law or was pregnant.
If the original owner had not happened to overhear it, he would not have known what was going on when the list of people going to the countryside came out.
"Yeah, much better." A surge of anger surged in my heart, coming quickly and urgently. This should be the original owner's emotion.
Ding Minxiu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing her words, and acted like a caring sister: "That's good, but your voice is still a little hoarse, so you still have to be careful. I'm going to cook first, you have a good rest."
Yu Xiangan nodded with mixed feelings. The original owner was eighteen years old this year. Ding Minxiu was a few months younger than her and was also eighteen years old. She was able to do such a "big thing" at the age of eighteen. What else would she do when she was eighteen?
Yu Xiangan thought back, when she was eighteen, she was still in her rebellious period and was trying hard to convince her parents not to go to college and to learn cooking. At the age of eighteen, Ding Minxiu was already a pure and innocent white lotus.
What should she do?
She had to make a decision as soon as possible. There was no doubt that she had to give up her conscienceless fiancé Zhou Boyang, but she couldn't delay going to the countryside. If her name was added, she would have to go to the countryside!
She had never worked in the fields, so she had to find a way to stay in the city. According to the current policy, only one child of a family with many children could stay in the city. Their eldest brother stayed, and the younger siblings had to find a way out when they reached a certain age. As long as they could get a formal job, they could stay.
In this era, jobs are the iron rice bowl that everyone envies. They can be passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson. There is not enough for family members, so they will never be passed on to outsiders.
How can she get a regular job?
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