This is a security seal.
This was truly a time of decline for the working class.
Su Yu felt somewhat fortunate. She had at least woken up to find herself in the working class, able to eat in the canteen today. If she had been classified as a peasant, a third-generation poor peasant—her social status might be clean, but life wouldn't be so good. She knew from her memories that the countryside was currently experiencing famine, with people everywhere going hungry. If she had actually gone to the countryside, she might be eating tree bark with the villagers today.
Returning to the home she remembered, Su Yu stood at the door, unwilling to go in at all. She felt that this place was simply uninhabitable.
The Su family lived in a large courtyard. More than a dozen families lived in that courtyard. Each family only had a single room, with several generations crammed into one space. Pots, pans, and other household items were piled up inside, and the courtyard was filled with various miscellaneous items. It looked crowded and chaotic.
"Su Yu's back! Why aren't you coming inside?"
Aunt Li, who lived in the same courtyard, came out to get water and saw her standing at the door in a daze. She asked her what was wrong.
"Just got back." Su Yu came back to her senses, smiling as she entered.
Then, relying on her memory, she crawled into her own single room. Looking at the dilapidated wooden door to the room, she frowned and reached out to open it.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw several people sitting inside.
A young couple sat at the table. The woman had braids, a long face, thin lips, and a nose. She was wearing gray overalls. The man wore textile factory overalls; he had a square face and a sturdy, honest appearance.
Su Yu briefly recalled her memories and realized that these were the original owner's younger brother, Su Dazhi, and his wife, Liu Mei. They had been married for less than three months and were currently arguing about separating the household. If they wanted to separate, they could simply move out, but these two were insisting on dividing the house. Su Yu thought they were incredibly shameless, comparable to her cowardly father who had sold his daughter.
However, this was the original owner's family matter, so Su Yu didn't bother with it and went straight into the house.
Seeing Su Yu return, Su Dazhi looked up and moved his lips as if he wanted to think of something, but Liu Mei next to him pulled him back, and he stopped talking.
On the other side of the large communal bed sat a young girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a blue dress. Knowing that Su Yu had returned, she snorted and lay down, as if she was sulking with someone.
"I'm not eating anything!"
This is Su Lin, fourteen years old. According to the original owner's memories, this girl was pampered like a daughter from a young age, unaware of the hardships of ordinary people, and developed a vain nature. Right now, she's making a scene at home because she wants to buy the same dress as her classmates. Since the original owner's money was all used up for Su Dazhi's wedding, and all her cloth coupons were used up, she can't fulfill her request. She's been refusing to eat for two nights in a row, and has had to be coaxed into eating.
Su Yu pouted. "Fine, I won't eat then. Who cares?" She'd already eaten everything she had; why should she care if anyone else ate? In this place where food was scarce, she'd rather no one ate at all, leaving it all for her alone.
She took a basin from under the bed, found some clean clothes, and went to take a shower in the shower room in the yard. The shower room was a small room of less than five square meters built by the neighborhood committee. After all, dozens of people were crammed into the yard, and this kind of living problem had to be solved.
Su Yu took her water ticket to get hot water and took a comfortable shower. She was thankful it was summer; if it were winter, life would be unbearable.
I hope that when I wake up, everything will be back to normal.
Anyway, she's not planning to stay here. She'll just get a good night's sleep tonight, and maybe she'll go back tomorrow.
Having grown accustomed to a life of luxury, bringing her to live in the 1960s would be the death of her.
She had no food, no drink, no clothes, and still had to work so hard. A day trip would be enough for her, but if it meant a lifetime of hardship, she'd rather find a place to run herself over and die.
Inside the house, Liu Mei stood up and looked outside, then turned to Su Dazhi, who was also stunned, and said, "What's wrong with your sister? She ran away early this morning. She didn't cook for us, didn't come back for lunch, and only came back now. She didn't even ask if we'd eaten, and she doesn't care about anything?"
Su Dazhi asked blankly, "Is my sister angry?"
He also found it quite strange. His older sister used to come home early, and when they arrived, food would already be ready. She wouldn't feel at ease until she saw they had eaten their fill. Why was she coming home so late now, and ignoring everyone? Just now, Lin was throwing a tantrum and refusing to eat. If it were before, his older sister would have already brought food to coax her. Why did she act like she didn't see it?
It seems the eldest sister is really angry this time.
Lying on the bed, Su Lin touched her stomach, then resolutely closed her eyes. She refused to believe her older sister would truly abandon her. If she came back later and saw her still lying there, she'd definitely feed her.
But she wouldn't listen unless her older sister promised to buy her that new dress.
When Su Yu returned home refreshed, she found that her family was still in the same position as before, seemingly unchanged.
However, Su Yu ignored them.
Aside from remembering them, these people had no connection to her. Besides, she was definitely going back, so there was no need for her to bother with them.
After putting her things down, she drew the curtain between the beds and lay down to sleep. Just as she closed her eyes, she sat up and said to Su Dazhi and his wife, "Take it easy tonight, don't do anything."
Su Dazhi and Liu Mei were stunned, their faces flushed red: "..."
Seeing Su Yu lie down and fall asleep, Su Lin stared in surprise, then sat up.
Su Dazhi and Liu Mei, the couple, stared at her blankly.
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