Now that I've suddenly lost my phone, I didn't feel anything during the day, but now I'm starting to feel a bit uneasy.
She couldn't help but sigh. The thought of going through another period of hardship dampened most of her joy at being reborn.
She was particularly worried when she thought about the second rice harvest coming soon. She hadn't farmed for over 20 years. In her previous life, she went out to work in 2002. She had worked in factories, as a cleaner, and washed dishes at food stalls. In 2008, she even ran her own breakfast and barbecue stalls.
She worked outside for more than ten years and made some money. She didn't return to her hometown until she was sixty-five. By then, all the land in her hometown had been contracted out to others, and she lived alone at home, growing some vegetables for herself.
Thinking about the hundreds of thousands of yuan she still had in her bank account before her rebirth, Yu Qiuying felt a pang of sadness. She had saved that money in case she became unable to move around someday, so she could hire a caregiver. But before that day even came, she died of a heart attack.
So, plans can never keep up with changes, and you never know whether an accident or tomorrow will come first. You should live in the moment, spend your money if you have it, and just live comfortably in the present.
After a jumble of thoughts, Yu Qiuying got up, grabbed a bucket, and went to the kitchen to fetch water for a bath. No matter what, being given a second chance was already a blessing from heaven. The hardship was only temporary. She decided to go to Dongguan Province after the New Year. Whether she set up a stall or worked, it would be better than farming at home.
She managed to live a better life in her past life, and with the experience she gained in this life, there's no reason why she should live worse than before.
"Cailian, please turn on the lights when it gets dark from now on. Don't try to save a little on electricity. If you fall in this pitch black, it won't just be a matter of a small electricity bill." Yu Qiuying carried a bath tub into the kitchen and saw Zhou Cailian sitting in front of the stove, staring blankly at the firelight in the stove hole, with the lights off.
As she spoke, she reached out and touched the rope at the kitchen door to turn on the light bulb before going inside.
Zhou Cailian snapped out of her daze and quickly stood up. "Mom, you're taking a shower so early today? Aren't you going to Aunt Xiuying's house to watch TV for a while?"
Last year, Wang Xiuying's family bought a black and white television. In the past, when there was nothing to do at home after dinner, Yu Qiuying would go to Wang Xiuying's house to watch TV for a while.
"I'm not going. I'm a bit tired today and want to rest early." What's so interesting about a black and white TV? Even color TVs can't attract Yu Qiuying these days.
"By the way, Cailian, why don't you come with me to your maternal grandmother's house tomorrow?" Yu Qiuying remembered her important matter. Tomorrow she was going back to her parents' home. Before her two daughters got married, she would go back on the sixteenth of August, but after her two daughters got married, she postponed her trip back to her parents' home by one day.
Thinking of her parents, Yu Qiuying felt a pang of sadness. In her previous life, her father died of lung cancer in 2002 and her mother died of stomach cancer in 2009. Both of them were tormented to death by illness.
In fact, her parents had noticed that they were feeling unwell a long time ago, but because they were poor, they couldn't afford to go to the hospital when they felt unwell in the early stages. They would usually try to endure it as long as they could, and if they really couldn't bear it, they would go to the clinic to get some painkillers. In the end, it turned into cancer.
Her father, in particular, smokes and drinks, and is very unhygienic. His spit is everywhere in the house, and he won't listen to reason. He also has a bad temper and gets angry easily.
Her mother was the kind of person who liked to endure hardship even when it wasn't worth it. She would refuse to throw away food that had gone bad, always saying that it would be fine if she just reheated it.
In fact, most people in this era are like this. They have experienced hunger in the past and are afraid of it. They all say that wasting food will get you struck by lightning.
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