About four or five minutes later, Song Li turned to face Song Jianshe, observing him without saying a word.
This was an unfamiliar place. The self-protective instincts hidden within her awakened, causing her to subconsciously remain silent, wanting to know more information that would benefit her.
However, Song Jianshe did not notice Song Li's abnormality and pulled her along, saying, "Let's go quickly, we'll be going to work soon, and we'll lose work points if we're late."
As he spoke, he pulled Song Li along and hurriedly walked in one direction.
Deducting work points? The term seemed familiar, originating from the last century. However, Song Li wasn't surprised. With the concepts of production teams and grain distribution as a backdrop, she remained much calmer.
As Song Li passed by two small irrigation ditches, she suddenly felt a slight sense of familiarity, but she still didn't say anything.
Song Li was dragged by Song Jianshe to a house where several wooden sticks were nailed together as a door, and then he left her and went into a mud-brick house by himself.
Song Li subtly glanced around. There were three mud-brick and thatched houses with low, crooked earthen walls. Apart from that, there was nothing else in sight.
Then, they turned their attention to the people in the mud-brick house that Song Jianshe had entered.
Just then, Song Fang turned her head and saw her sister looking at her with a very unfamiliar gaze, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Song Fang smiled with her head down and called out timidly, "Sister, come and eat."
Song Jianshe also said, "Lili, come quickly. After you finish eating, your father (pronounced with a third tone, meaning father in Northwest dialect) has to go to work. You and your sister also need to go herd pigs."
Letting pigs roam freely? Is that what she thinks it is? Are the pigs the ones she imagines to be?
Urged on by Song Yongren, Song Li had no choice but to abandon all her thoughts and enter the mud-brick house.
In just a short while, Song Yongren and Song Jianshe had put down their bowls, picked up tools such as hoes, and walked out the gate, quickly disappearing from sight.
Song Fang placed a bowl in front of Song Li and smiled shyly, "Sister, eat quickly, I'm going to let the pigs out."
Song Li was alone in the mud-brick house, and only then did she relax slightly, her nerves no longer so tense.
He let out a heavy sigh, finally able to make no attempt to hide his anxiety, panic, and helplessness.
She was as if she had wandered into another world, completely unaware of everything, and could only guard and protect herself.
Now, she can finally relax a bit, all by herself.
Looking at the dark, murky walls, with occasional glimpses of what appeared to be wheat stalks and a solitary earthen stove, Song Li formed her own guess.
This place seems to have some similarities with my hometown!
...
That day, Song Li and Song Fang herded a pig and spent the whole day herding it.
Throughout the day, Song Li finally managed to extract some information from Song Fang, gaining a better understanding of the current situation and feeling less panicked.
According to Song Li's understanding, she seems to have come to her hometown in Northwest China in the 1960s, a place called Hongqi Village.
And she is now called Song Lili, thirteen years old. It can also be said that the owner of this body is named Song Lili, which is very similar to her name, except that there is an extra "Li" in it.
The Song family now consists of four people: the father, Song Yongren; the older brother, Song Jianshe; and the younger sister, Song Fang. Their mother, Wu Ying, starved to death a year ago.
For this reason, Song Lili (hereinafter referred to as Song Lili) deduced that it must be shortly after the end of the three-year economic hardship.
Then, Song Lili suddenly realized what had happened that morning and finally understood everything.
In this era where everything is public, what happened this morning doesn't seem hard to understand.
By the end of the day, Song Lili had learned almost everything.
The sun sets, and the moon rises.
Song Lili looked at the gruel in front of her, so thick it reflected her image, and the bowl with several chips, and gritted her teeth to drink it. In these times, having anything to eat was a blessing.
Before going to bed, Song Yongren suddenly came in with a small bowl in his hand, one side of which was missing. Song Lili smelled the scent of grass from it.
Song Yongren placed the herbs in front of Song Lili and said, "Fangfang said you bumped your head. Is it broken? Here are some herbs. Apply some and it will heal faster."
Song Lili frowned slightly in disgust at the dark, grassy-smelling substance, but ultimately gave in.
Apply some, after all, there's a shortage of medical care and medicine these days.
Song Lili noticed the pain in the back of her head that morning and knew how it happened, but it didn't hurt much as long as she didn't touch it, so she just endured it.
Now that there's a way to alleviate it, let's apply it; something is better than nothing.
As for the fact that it was dark and somewhat disgusting, Song Lili could only ignore it.
Soon, Song Renyong went out, and Song Fang lay down next to Song Lili.
The Song family only had three rooms, all of which were made of adobe. One room was the kitchen, one room was the bedroom of Song Renyong and Song Jianshe, and the other room was the bedroom of Song Lili and Song Fang.
Besides the three rooms, the only other thing in this huge yard is a low, smelly pigsty made of adobe bricks in the corner.
Apart from these, it was bare and had nothing.
Lying fully clothed on the hard earthen bed, Song Lili was in a very bad mood, with a hint of irritability in her expression.
Only when she heard Song Fang's steady, long breaths beside her did she dare to relax and let go of those ever-emerging thoughts, allowing them to wash over her mind.
Only then did she dare to reveal her truest emotions.
He lay flat on his back with his arms over his eyes, which also covered his facial expression.
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