In this situation, no one could help her; she had to save herself.
The first solution she thought of was to go to the countryside, rather than get married.
Because in a short period of time, she simply couldn't find a man who didn't care about her family background and was willing to marry her.
However, going to the countryside is not an easy task.
She was treated like a maid at home, and whenever she had the idea of going out to work, she would be beaten by her stepmother.
She found a job under such pressure, but it was quickly ruined by her stepmother.
As her nominal mother, she has far too many ways to easily sabotage her job.
Therefore, she has had virtually no assets from childhood to adulthood.
She volunteered to go to the countryside, and because she volunteered, the place she went to was very close to Furong City.
However, her family not only wouldn't prepare any supplies she needed for her trip to the countryside, but she also had to keep it a secret and dare not let anyone in her family know.
In this way, she would be all alone, and might not even be able to guarantee her basic living after going to the countryside.
Just as she was learning where she had registered and was at a loss about what to do in the future, she learned some news from the educated youth office.
The person in charge of the educated youth office needs to set an example by sending their own daughter to the countryside.
However, due to the machinations of others, they were directly assigned to Lingbei, a place 108,000 miles away from Sichuan Province.
Such a remote and mountainous place was naturally not something their family wanted their daughter to go to.
And so, she came up with a great way to make money.
That meant exchanging rural locations with that family, in which case they would have to give her money and tickets as compensation.
In this way, she earned enough money to travel to Lingbei and purchase supplies.
She left her hometown and came to Lingbei, a place where she knew no one, to start her new life.
This painful past did not defeat her; instead, it fostered her optimistic and positive personality.
Because she knew very well that she had managed to survive under those conditions and escape from her stepmother's clutches.
From now on, there shouldn't be any difficulties that can defeat her.
What doesn't kill her makes her stronger.
Therefore, she sincerely envied their happy past and despised them for only knowing how to enjoy life and end up like this.
Meanwhile, Wei Sheng and Zhuang Xue shared similar thoughts with Ding Xiang.
Because they were both the eldest children in their families, they were taught by adults from a young age to take good care of their younger siblings.
So at home, they are both well-behaved and sensible people.
When it was time to go to the countryside, their families, who were used to their sacrifices, naturally sent them there.
After the two went to the countryside, they initially kept in touch with their families through letters, but later, knowing that they were living a hard life in the countryside and had very little money, they naturally stopped writing.
They could sense their family's attitude towards them, so they hadn't been home for the past few years.
Compared to them, Xu Ji and Wang Zhu were actually quite fortunate; at least their lives before adulthood were happy and fulfilling.
This topic is destined to be heavy, after all, those who still live in the countryside all have their own unsatisfactory aspects.
Although Shen Mu Ning and the other people who could rent rooms on their own could not fully empathize with their distress, they understood the heavy mood they were in at that moment.
Zhang Jiayang was most impatient with this dull atmosphere. He noticed that everyone was reluctant to talk, so he had to step in and liven things up himself.
"Let's not dwell on the past all the time, we can still talk about the future!"
Since I can't think of any profound or meaningful topics for the moment, I can only talk about the future.
However, his attempt to liven things up was ultimately futile, as everyone became even more silent.
They knew very well that unless their families made a concerted effort to find them jobs, they would be destined to stay in the countryside for the rest of their lives.
If you're lucky, you might find someone you're destined to be with, get married, have children, and spend your life together.
Those who are unlucky may encounter bad people, or even lose their lives.
After a long silence, a disdainful laugh broke the stillness.
"We've been working in the countryside for so long, and there's no bright future to look forward to."
"But you four new educated youths, if your families are supportive, you might be able to escape this misery."
Zhu Yang spoke for the first time tonight, directly dividing the educated youth into two camps.
One side consists of the former educated youth who have been sent to the countryside for a long time but have not yet been able to return to the city, while the other side consists of Shen Mu Ning and her three companions who still have hope.
Shen Mu Ning raised an eyebrow, her gaze towards Zhu Yang full of meaning; she was trying to separate the new and old educated youth.
In fact, she wasn't the only one who noticed the deeper meaning behind it; Chu Mingxu also realized it immediately.
Ever since he noticed that Zhu Yang and Shen Mu Ning's conversation was strange that afternoon, he had been paying special attention to the two of them.
The moment Zhu Yang spoke, he focused all his attention on this person.
Sure enough, after realizing that Zhu Yang was not as upright, fair, and considerate of others as he appeared, she realized that he was not the same person he was.
He felt that Zhu Yang's words at this moment had a hidden meaning, as if he wanted to put the new and old educated youth on opposite sides.
Shen Mu Ning immediately turned her attention to Zhu Yang, so her feeling was correct?
But what do they have in common?
Before Chu Mingxu could figure it out, Shen Muling said, "If we had connections, we wouldn't have gone to the countryside."
“Even if our family can help us return to the city, it won’t be possible in a short time. We will still be living together for a long time.”
Shen Mu Ning was telling the truth; she knew she would stay in Xinshan Brigade until the college entrance examination was reinstated.
As for Lin Siqi, according to the novel's plot, she knows about the resumption of the college entrance examination, so she won't go back.
Zhang Jiayang returned to Beijing directly after Chu Mingxu went abroad, but that was in 1976.
As for He Xiaolan, she remained in Xinshan Brigade forever. Even after the resumption of the college entrance examination and the return of educated youth to the city, she was unable to leave this place.
Upon hearing Shen Mu Ning's words, Zhang Jia Yang and Lin Si Qi both nodded.
Lin Siqi's idea was indeed the same as Shen Mu Ning's; given her family background, they could indeed get her back to the city quickly.
But since she was fortunate enough to be reborn, she knew in advance some major historical events that would affect the future.
Why doesn't she use these opportunities to accumulate capital in advance, study hard in the countryside, and get into a good university?
As for Zhang Jiayang, his original idea was to follow Chu Mingxu for a few years for the time being.
He knew about the Chu family's situation and understood that he probably wouldn't be leaving Xinshan Brigade anytime soon.
Therefore, as his follower, he naturally had to stand with Chu Mingxu through thick and thin and settle down in the Xinshan Brigade.
"Huh? Is this what you all think?"
Dingxiang didn't understand why these people who seemed capable of returning to the city didn't seem so enthusiastic about it.
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