The north wind was blowing, strong outside and light inside. Several of us hid in the corner, shivering. Wang Li had her own space but couldn't go in, because the four of us were together every day.
We wanted to buy some firewood, but except Wang Li, we were all in our teens. We didn't have enough to eat every day and we didn't have the energy to go to the mountains.
She lived like this without enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear. Suddenly one day Shu Ya stood in front of her. Wei Wei wanted to accompany her so he signed up to go to the countryside.
Wang Li was so moved that she cried. She hadn't cried since she came to this era, but today she cried her heart out.
Baobei used his connections to find her a woodshed to live in, which was much better than the cowshed. In this day and age, people didn't dare to take too good care of her for fear of being reported.
The one who helped was the village chief.
"Well, although it's a little small, it's still okay to live in. I'll build you an earthen house in the spring."
"Go to the cowshed and get some straw. Spread it over the bed. It's too cold to sleep on the floor."
The village chief didn't dare let Wang Li live there alone, for fear of gossip, so he asked four of them to move to the woodshed.
Wang Li was very worried. Would she implicate the village chief? The Little Red Soldiers were too scary now. Officials didn't dare to speak out. When the other party came home and found out, no matter how many connections they had, it didn't matter. Even Lao Lu was scolded. Just because she couldn't explain the origins of the money, food, and guns, they said she was a capitalist and was digging into the corners of the social leader. Wang Li regretted it so much at that time. Wouldn't it be better to give herself space? So much money was given to them. How much could so much food be sold for now?
What I regret most is that I shouldn't have taken in Han Ya. Doing good things too much will always bring retribution. Look, it's coming to her.
In this way, the four of them swept the cowshed during the day and went up the mountain to collect firewood. Every night Shuya would secretly bring her noodles, and they lived like this until 1972.
Shuya married the youngest son of the village chief the following year. In order to take care of Wang Li, the girl never went to join the army. The child was very stubborn and would not listen to Wang Li's advice.
One day, a man moved in next door. The village chief said that he was an official who came to the countryside to experience life. Wang Li did not take it seriously and lived her own life every day. In fact, she had the space to live a less miserable life, but she was afraid of being seen by others and implicated her children, so she never did much.
Sometimes I think how unfortunate it is that I traveled through time. I didn't make good use of the space I had and was always trying to help others, but in the end, I was harmed by the people I helped. The children were fine. Cuiyun wanted to come and accompany her, but she didn't let her. Sanniu's wife came to visit for a while, but she asked her to go back. It was enough for one person to suffer, there was no need for everyone to suffer together.
Lao Mo, who lives with Wang Li, is a university professor. The cuffs of the clothes he wears now are worn out by the work, and he has never changed his clothes in all these years.
Shuya married a soldier out of necessity, otherwise she would have been reported by others for helping Wang Li.
Except for Wang Li, everyone here is a high-level intellectual and is very easy to get along with.
That day Shuya was scolded by her mother-in-law again, "Look at you, you went to deliver the quilt again, aren't you afraid of what will happen if someone reports you, kid, I really can't do anything with you, I asked you to join the army but you didn't go, look at how many times the third brother has written to you, if you don't go, aren't you afraid that someone will hook up with the third brother?"
"Don't worry, mother-in-law. If he can be seduced, I will divorce him."
"Don't worry, mother-in-law. My family is trying to find connections. My grandma will be able to go back soon. When she goes back, I will go back and bring you and dad to live in the city. You have never lived with my grandma and don't know her, so you don't understand what I am doing. My grandma is an extremely great woman. When we were fighting the Japanese, I heard my father tell many stories about my grandma. My grandma did many things that no man could do. I admire my grandma very much.
"I heard from San'er that your grandma is not your biological grandma, why are you still so nice to her?"
"Hey, mother-in-law, you don't know. My father told me that my grandmother didn't have any children. My grandmother fled from her hometown at that time. She took a few villagers with her and fed them all the time. Later, she saved Bobo and his mother. My father was bullied by the villagers and was on the verge of death. My grandmother brought him to Shanghai and gave him good medicine, so he survived. Do you know how precious medicine was at that time?"
Mother-in-law, don't worry. They will just have to suffer for a few years and then die. If I didn't help them, not to mention my grandmother, those people might have starved to death. Now the place my father found for them is quite remote, so no one will know what we do there.
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