Zhou Xiaolan and the others were from who-knows-which batch. They had to follow the rule of first come, first served, and had no choice at all. A small bed next to the corner of the wall was her future place to live.
I just finished making the bed, and then more dirt started falling off the wall...
Zhou Xiaolan didn't want to tidy up either, and just sat there blankly, hugging her knees.
The family had tried many methods, but ultimately had no solution. Even the last resort of leaving an injured person behind was abandoned due to various consequences.
A voice inside her kept telling her that things shouldn't be like this, that she should stay in the city, have an enviable job, and a stable family.
How could all of this have ended up like this? After thinking about it for a long time, it all started from the moment Hua Xiangyun got injured.
Hua Xiangyun...
So what if she's sent to the countryside? Why should she be allowed to stay near her home? Isn't it all because she used her body to seduce Jiang Yi?
The Hua family didn't care about Hua Xiangyun as much as she had expected, and in the end, they didn't arrange a job for her, which was the only consolation she could get.
Even if she wanted to space out, her companions wouldn't allow it.
The old educated youth had just told them that it was inconvenient to get water here, and that they had been traveling for so many days in a row. If they didn't wash up soon, not only would they not be able to stand it, but the old educated youth would probably kick them out.
Dragging his weary body, and borrowing buckets and basins from an older comrade, he stumbled and began his rural life.
However, the harsh conditions they faced were beyond their imagination. Not only was there a lack of water, but food was also extremely scarce. They had never experienced such hardship before, and they fell ill in a short time...
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Hua Xiangyun had no time to rest, but Jiang Yi came very frequently.
Sometimes after get off work, I would immediately ride my bicycle to the end of the county to deliver meals.
Jiang Yi was good at hunting and his cooking skills were much better than Hua Xiangyun's, so even though Hua Xiangyun worked every day, her energy levels didn't drop at all.
This makes them stand out compared to other educated youth.
Hua Xiangyun clearly felt that Captain Ren had been glancing at her more often these past two days. But the next day, the previously easy task of relieving water was gone, and the workload increased.
Captain Ren felt that Hua Xiangyun's companions had all become thinner and darker, while she herself not only hadn't changed, but actually seemed to have gained a little weight, which was not a good sign.
He had promised Director Jiang that he would treat him well and had received some benefits, but these were all done in secret. He was afraid that people would complain and cause trouble in the village.
Actually, he was overthinking it. The task he assigned wasn't heavy, but it wasn't easy either; many young wives in the village were at the same level of intensity.
Now, seeing Captain Ren giving Hua Xiangyun heavier tasks, the villagers felt some sympathy, thinking that Captain Ren really didn't know how to cherish a beautiful woman, and didn't even know how to treat such a pretty girl well, showing no mercy at all.
Hua Xiangyun naturally noticed these changes, but they didn't really affect her much, so she pretended not to notice.
On the contrary, Wu Yanxin spoke up for her, "How could the captain be like this? Your tasks are already very heavy, and he still adds more for you."
"No, we can't treat people like this. Shall we go talk to the captain?"
Ang Lee and the others agreed. If Hua Xiangyun could be given a task today, wouldn't it be their turn tomorrow?
Hua Xiangyun stopped them, "Actually, it's not too bad. Maybe I've been doing too well these days, so Captain Ren gave me some extra tasks."
I've decided to learn from this experience and not finish work and go home too early next time.
Because the tasks were all pre-arranged, Hua Xiangyun would leave on her bicycle after completing and submitting her task each time.
Perhaps it was because they left too early that they became somewhat conspicuous.
Little did she know that someone had been feeding her for a long time, causing her to grow chubby and leading to this beautiful misunderstanding.
Wu Yanxin and the others agreed that this made sense. After discussing it, they decided that in the future, after assigning tasks, they would rather rest a little longer at noon than finish early, so as not to let Captain Ren think they were too idle and give them more tasks.
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Chen Xiaoli's body was getting weaker and weaker, and Xiaobao was too scared to go near her anymore.
Although Chen Xiaoli knew her time was coming to an end, she looked relaxed.
It had only been a little over half a month since Hua Xiangyun's last visit.
"Don't run around by yourself," Chen Xiaoli shouted, stopping Xiaobao as he tried to leave.
"I'll go ask my sister to come and save you." Xiao Bao stood stubbornly at the door. He wanted to leave, but he couldn't disobey his mother.
"Silly child, even if that lady comes, it won't help." Chen Xiaoli knew her own body; she had been experiencing some abnormalities before, but she didn't even want to take medicine, so how could it possibly alleviate her pain?
She knew that Xiaobao didn't want to leave because of her own reasons.
She had heard that committing suicide would result in punishment in the underworld, so she had endured it all these years.
As the little master said last time, if she continues to drag things out with Xiaobao, neither of them will get any good things in the future. Since that's the case, let them reunite in another way.
So she consciously reduced her food intake and increased her workload during this period, and sure enough, she gradually saw results.
“But I don’t want my mom to end up like me,” Xiao Bao reached out to touch the wall, but it passed right through him. “It’s all my fault that I’ve dragged my mom down with me.”
Despite the pain, Chen Xiaoli forced a smile. "Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Your father is heartless. He just left without even stopping to look at us, mother and son. We're all alone in this family, relying on each other for survival."
She had the ability to see ghosts since she was a child. Because she was young and didn't know how to hide it, others thought she was talking nonsense, and some people thought she was unlucky, so she was abandoned.
Later, she was taken in by Xiaobao's grandmother and raised as a child bride.
She suffered countless hardships from a young age, and finally, her mother-in-law passed away, and then her son's father had an accident.
She has the ability to see ghosts, so of course she could see Xiao Bao's father's soul. She never expected that the man was so irresponsible in life, and even in death he was the same. He only told her to take good care of his son before running away, saying he was going to be reborn into a better life. He didn't even consider the character he had in this life. If he were to be reborn into a better life, it wouldn't be his turn.
The rope breaks at its thinnest point, and misfortune always finds those with a hard life. She thought she could rely on her little one for survival, but an illness took the child away.
Sometimes Chen Xiaoli wondered if she was just too unlucky, bringing misfortune to one person after another.
That's what the villagers said too, so she moved here alone and lived numbly day after day.
Pulling herself back to reality, she looked at Xiao Bao with affection. This fate was finally coming to an end, and she felt there was nothing to be nostalgic about.
Call her selfish if you will, at least she and her son had a few more years to spend together, which is exactly what he hated most about her being able to see ghosts; otherwise, she really wouldn't be able to see her own child.
"It's no use. Mom knows her own body. Be good, little one. Play on the side. In a few days, Mom will be able to hold you."
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