Seeing that it was getting late, she continued on her way back to the village without stopping.
Xujia Village is located in a remote area. The steelmaking and Great Leap Forward outside did not actually affect this village, simply because the village was too isolated.
There are advantages to being closed off, but there are also disadvantages.
That is because the villagers are very superstitious, and every household burns incense.
The Xu family also had incense, but the original owner didn't have the money to buy it, so she threw the wooden plaque and incense burner into the woodshed.
When she got back, she had to set up the incense as a formality. Otherwise, if the villagers found out that she was being disrespectful to her ancestors, she would be severely scolded.
The original owner's man was named Xu Zhijun, who held a minor official position in the military.
His first wife died in childbirth while giving birth to their third child. The Xu family only had his elderly mother, who was over seventy, so they arranged for Xu Zhijun to remarry; the original owner of this body was that second wife.
After getting married, Xu Zhijun went to the military camp and has been gone for a year. He hasn't returned since, and there has been no news of him for the past few months.
What Chen Yunyun said to Aunt Wang yesterday, and to those two aunts this morning, was all a lie; Xu Zhijun still hasn't sent a letter back.
But she now needs the protection of the Xu family, so she can only pretend that Xu Zhijun is still in contact with his family. She even has to tell the villagers that Xu Zhijun will be back for the New Year.
A husband who is an officer in the army still carries some weight in a small mountain village.
As Chen Yunyun walked, she sighed, thinking: Relying on the original owner's man who is far away is not as good as accumulating points to exchange for that Five Elements Manual. With the ability to protect myself, I will no longer have to be scheming and careful at all times.
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