Wang Meili's eyes dimmed. "You accidentally fell into the river and were rescued."
You don't look right.
What else are you hiding from me?
"Mother, can you tell me about the situation at home?"
Zhao Jiaojiao wanted to know the current situation at home. The clothes they wore were all patched up. Could they still have enough to eat?
She could accept living in a worse condition and wearing patched clothes, but she could not accept not having enough to eat and being hungry.
Wang Meili sighed, "Your father is the accountant of the brigade. You are the second child. You have an older brother who joined the army last year. You have a younger brother and a younger sister. Your father is the third child."
"Brigade Accountant, what year is it now?"
"Seventy-five years."
Zhao Jiaojiao immediately absorbed this information.
If she remembered correctly, the country only resumed the college entrance examination in 1977. Nowadays, many high school students who don't have a job have to go to the countryside to become educated youth.
In other words, it was still the era of earning work points in the collective, and there was no household contract responsibility system yet. Don't ask her why she knew this, it was because her mother often mentioned it.
"Are we splitting up?" Zhao Jiaojiao thought for a long time and uttered this sentence.
In the era when collectives earned work points, many people did not separate their families. Sometimes five generations of a family lived together in one yard.
"The family split up." Because there was a spoiled daughter in the family who often took medicine, several sisters-in-law did not want to see their daughter spending money on medicine all the time, so they made a fuss and split up the family.
When Zhao Jiaojiao heard these words, she breathed a sigh of relief. This was a good thing. There wouldn't be so much mess. Living under the same roof would inevitably lead to quarrels.
"Eat something first."
Before eating the red fruit, Zhao Jiaojiao asked, "Mom, have you eaten yet? Let's eat together."
Wang Meili was stunned. Her daughter, who used to eat all the delicious food by herself and never knew how to share it with others, was now so sensible. This made Wang Meili feel a little touched.
And there are all those rumors going around in the village now.
In public, my daughter was rescued from the water by a strange man and was carried in his arms. Her plans to find a good man to marry were ruined.
So Wang Meili concealed the truth and did not tell her daughter, who was eager to marry and live a good life in town, who saved her.
"What's wrong?" Could it be that the original owner was actually a very selfish person and was unwilling to share his food?
It was a bit strange that she did this suddenly.
"It's okay, Jiaojiao, eat. I'll bring you some porridge."
After Jiaojiao was rescued, she remained unconscious and did not wake up even after taking medicine. It was the next day. She did not go to work and just stayed by her side. Fortunately, Jiaojiao woke up.
After eating a handful of red fruits, Zhao Jiaojiao, who had been feeling a little weak all over, felt a little stronger. She looked around the simple room and sighed deeply. She was about to start living a hard life.
It was just as her mother said: If she lived in the 1970s, she would probably starve to death.
Does she still need to go to the fields to earn work points?
I don’t know if the original owner could read?
This family is so poor, I'm afraid the original owner probably didn't receive much education.
"Jiaojiao, drink the porridge. There will be medicine later."
Zhao Jiaojiao's eyes fell on the bowl of rice and vegetables that could be clearly counted. Her face instantly became bitter, and she was really going to suffer.
“Eat quickly!”
Zhao Jiaojiao took the bowl, ate the porridge with a look of deep hatred, and then drank a large bowl of medicine.
"You sleep a little longer, I'm going to work."
Now that her daughter has woken up, Wang Meili doesn't want to delay going to work.
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