Looking at the woman in front of him, who had the same face and voice as his mother, but whose hairstyle, clothes, and overall temperament were completely different from his mother's, Chen Shuning was once again certain that he might have time-traveled.
But the mother in front of me doesn't seem to be this old. Even if she hadn't had the accident, she shouldn't be this old in this day and age.
If that's the case, then this person can't be my mother. So, am I still myself?
Thinking of this, Chen Shuning quickly raised his hand to look at it.
Sure enough, the thin little hand in front of her was not hers. She thought that although she was not a beauty, her hands had always been very beautiful since she was a child. They were as white and delicate as the tips of newly sprouted bamboo shoots after the rain. Unlike this one, which had long joints but no flesh, it was not as pleasing as her plump, white hands from her previous life.
The size is wrong too. Although the thin little hand in front of me is clean and pretty, it is obviously a little girl's hand.
At this moment, Chen Shuning could no longer hear what the people around him were saying, because he had just realized the fact that he had really transmigrated.
A sharp pain shot through her head, followed by a series of memories that were not hers flashing through her mind like a movie.
Yes, Chen Shuning has time-traveled to China in the 1960s or 70s, or more precisely, to China in 1968. Although she is still called Chen Shuning now.
The reason she traveled to this place was because of the rural relocation program. Due to that momentous event, universities were closed, high school graduates could not enter universities, and they could not be assigned jobs. The country urgently needed to resettle these young people, so young people in the city who were over seventeen years old and had no jobs had to go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants.
Three members of the Chen family were eligible to go to the countryside this time: Chen Shuzhu from the first wife's branch, Chen Shuning from the second wife's branch, and Chen Shuting from the fourth wife's branch.
The original owner's death was really Chen Shuting's fault. Jiang Province, which she was going to go to for her rural assignment, was considered the best, a typical land of fish and rice.
My neighbor, Aunt Wang's daughter, went to the countryside there a few years ago. I heard that it's spring-like there all year round and there's no shortage of food. Aunt Wang's daughter not only has enough food for herself, but she also sends a lot of food back home every year. It really makes all the neighbors around her extremely envious. So in the past two years, it has to cost money to arrange to go to the countryside in the south.
Little did they know that in previous years there was no mandatory requirement to go to the countryside. Those who went to the countryside were either unloved at home, or were not well-fed at home, or were used to doing manual labor at home.
Such people, let alone going to Jiangxi Province, would probably have a better life in the Northwest than at home. They are used to hardship. Although many of them find it difficult to adapt to the hard work of farming when they first arrive, they all know that they are the ones abandoned by their families. Even if they write letters to their families to complain, it is of no use. So no matter how bitter or difficult it is, they grit their teeth and persevere, which is why this beautiful misunderstanding has occurred.
The worst place is the Northwest, where Chen Shuzhu is going. I heard that it's not only poor there, but also severely lacking in water. People have difficulty even drinking water all year round, let alone taking a bath. So most of the people who are assigned there by the government without spending any money are the ones who go there.
The two sisters, who had never gotten along, were sent to different rural areas – one good and one bad. One was spoiled and pampered, while the other felt resentful. They got into a fight over a disagreement. As a result, the comrades from the educated youth office had just delivered the train tickets for their trip to the countryside when Chen Shuzhu and Chen Shuting started fighting.
The fight resulted in Chen Shuzhu fracturing his arm and needing to be hospitalized. Chen Shuting, who assaulted Chen Shuzhu, compensated him 50 yuan and covered all his hospital expenses.
Chen Shuning, who tried to break up the fight, also got hurt. He was pushed by Chen Shuting, and the back of his head hit the edge of the well, killing him instantly. Luckily, Chen Shuning had transmigrated, otherwise his parents would have faced the pain of outliving their child.
Although Chen Shuning remained in a daze and couldn't wake up, the doctor's examination showed that there was nothing seriously wrong and he could go home to recuperate. This explained why Chen Shuning had vaguely heard those strange things at the beginning.
Mr. and Mrs. Chen were kind-hearted and did not ask their fourth brother's family for compensation.
What they didn't know was that this accident would take their daughter's life, but at the same time, it would also benefit her, a lonely soul from another world who should have perished in the fire.
Chen Shuning not only accepted the idea of time travel well, but was also secretly excited. Although she felt somewhat sorry for the original owner, she could sense that the original owner was truly dead. Even if she hadn't time-traveled, the original owner would never have returned.
So all she could do for the original owner was apologize, and she secretly vowed in her heart that she would do her best to make the original owner's family, who is now her family, live a better life, which could be considered as fulfilling her filial duty on behalf of the original owner.
Although life is tough now that she's been reborn into this era, she's no longer the orphan Chen Shuning who had no parents and no one to love her. Here, she has not only parents but also brothers and sisters, and she's no longer all alone.
This alone made Chen Shuning feel that this time travel wasn't such a bad thing after all. Even though she was about to be sent to the countryside right after arriving, she was still happy.
What surprised her even more was that the original owner's parents in her memory were actually her parents from her previous life, or more accurately, two people who looked exactly like her parents from her previous life.
This was a blessing from heaven for Chen Shuning, who lost her parents at a very young age, even though it was an era of hardship and scarcity, and her family was not wealthy.
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