Wear it quickly, it's better to live a miserable life than to die

Seven months after Guo Chang left, He Huacan gave birth to a son. She was depressed as she could not contact Guo Chang.

At the same time, she heard some news that Guo Chang had had a relationship with Sun Qiumei.

Later, they all entered the He family and were able to have a secret affair.

He Huacan, who couldn't find anyone, vented all his anger on Sun Qiumei.

The He family's beloved daughter was bullied, and the entire He family joined in, taking turns targeting Sun Qiumei.

Sun Qiumei was beaten to the point of miscarriage and died. The He family's explanation to the public was that Sun Qiumei had an affair with someone else and the child in her belly was not theirs.

The team leader came forward and imposed a symbolic fine, but Sun Qiumei was thrown into the mountains without even having a straw mat.

The He brothers and sisters still live together, and He Huacan is still the treasure of the family, along with her children.

The spring breeze of reform and opening up blew into Pianxi Village.

The He family was bold and the brothers and sisters worked together to grow and develop, becoming the first ten thousand yuan household in Pianxi Village.

Guo Chang returned to the city, stayed on as a teacher at school, remarried, had children, and lived a happy life.

Many years later, Guo Chang and He Huacan met again, and they got back together and put aside their past grudges.

Everyone has a bright future, except Sun Qiumei, who is lying in the cold mountains, with her body eaten by wild beasts.

Only she was left with no remains.

At this time of autumn harvest, Guo Chang and He Huacan have been married for more than a month. Now their job is to look after the corn in the threshing ground.

Compared to the hard farm work done by others, their work is quite easy.

Sun Qiumei was a quiet person and her family conditions were average, so when something went wrong no one stood up for her.

Ding Yi perfectly plays the role of a taciturn, hardworking educated youth.

When praised, he just smiled shyly.

A month later, the autumn harvest was over and it was already mid-November. It was now the Frost Descent. When I woke up in the morning, everything was white. A gust of wind blew by and I shivered involuntarily. I retracted my neck to prevent the cold wind from getting in.

After a year of hard work, I can finally relax.

The people at the educated youth site made an appointment to go to the town for a stroll and buy daily necessities.

The weather is getting colder and colder. When it snows, it will be inconvenient to go to town.

The mountain road was rugged, and the educated youth were unable to rob the group of uncles and aunts. They rode away in ox carts, and they could only walk on their own two legs.

After walking for two hours and climbing over two mountains, we finally saw the shadow of the town.

If they had just arrived, they would have chosen to charter a car.

Nowadays, in an era where labor is glorious, this little road is nothing.

It takes two hours to get from Pianxi Village to the town, and it takes three hours from the town to the county by bus.

"Okay, it's ten o'clock now. Everyone go buy what you need. We'll meet here at two o'clock in the afternoon."

On the street, Li Aiguo, the elder brother of the educated youth, reminded everyone not to miss the time.

When the group dispersed, almost everyone rushed to the post office. Some sent letters, some sent parcels, and some went to withdraw money and pick up parcels.

On weekends, go to the market.

There was a crowd of people gathered in front of the post office, making it look chaotic.

Ding Yi frowned and gave up the urge to write a letter to ask for the textbooks and contact his family to see their attitude. Instead of wasting time, he might as well go to the county town to look for it.

After much deliberation, Ding Yi decided to send the letter, at least to know his family's attitude and decide how to treat them in the future.

As I recall, Sun Qiumei had a very distant relationship with her parents and brothers. Her father didn't care about her and her stepmother was in charge.

Sixteen-year-old Sun Qiumei signed up to go to the countryside without hesitation.

Five years have passed.

During this period, I received a total of three letters from home.

One letter said that his father retired and gave the job to his second brother.

One letter asked for special products.

The last letter was about the third brother Sun Qiuyang getting married and almost having the betrothal gift.

Every letter seemed to be contacting her, but there was no mention of her in any word.

"Probably, it's to give up." Ding Yi thought so in his heart, affixed an eight-cent stamp and handed it to the staff.

Squeezing out of the small and crowded post office, Ding Yi stood outside the door, said something to the other educated youth, and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

Passing by the station, Ding Yi went in to ask and found out that there was only one bus to the county town a day, departing at 8:30, leaving in the morning and returning at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Seats are limited and tickets must be purchased one day in advance.

In other words, if they wanted to go to the county town, they had to set out from Pianxi Village at six o'clock in order to catch up.

Ding Yi returned to the post office and asked other educated youth who had not yet finished their work if any of them wanted to go to the county town.

"Qiu Mei, why did you think of going to the county town?" Wu Na's face flushed red before she sent the package and looked at Ding Yi strangely.

"Wu Na, I've been here for five years and have never been to the county town. I want to go and take a look, and..." Ding Yi pulled Wu Na over, walked to the corner, and leaned close to Wu Na's ear.

"According to rumors, the higher-ups are planning to resume the college entrance exams. I..."

"What..." Wu Na was startled and her voice suddenly rose.

Ding Yi covered Wu Na's mouth and whispered, "Shh, keep your voice down, don't make any noise."

Looking around and not attracting too much attention from others, Ding Yi put down his hand and whispered, "I also heard it from others. I don't know the details. The news will be announced by the higher authorities next autumn at the latest. I want to go back to the city, Wu Na. This is our only chance."

There are five men and six women who are still staying in the Pianxi Village Youth Camp. The sixth woman is Ding Yi (Sun Qiumei), Wu Na in front of her, Jiang Mei who is a bit talkative but actually has a good heart, Wang Lixia, the oldest woman, and Yu Ran and Fang Lanhua who have only been there for two years.

The five men are Li Aiguo and Ji Ming, old educated youth who have been working in the countryside for ten years, as well as Zhao Xing who came at the same time as Sun Qiumei, and Xiong Deliang and Wang Feng who came later.

Every year, educated youth go to the countryside. Over the years, among those who come and go, only these few remain at the educated youth site.

Other educated youth either used their connections to return to the city, or, unable to stand the life at the educated youth sites, married, had children, and integrated into the local community.

"Is the news reliable?" Wu Na grabbed Ding Yi's arm with a bit too much force. Ding Yi couldn't help but frowned, then pulled his arm back calmly.

"Seventy percent. I thought, we have to learn all the time. If the news is false, the knowledge we have learned is ours, so we won't suffer any loss. What if it is true? If it is true, we will have the upper hand over others."

There seemed to be light shining in Ding Yi's eyes.

"Wu Na, I want to take a gamble. I can't get all the textbooks in town, so I have to go to the county. I want to go back to the city. If it's true, I just hope I won't regret it."

The gentle whispers rang in Wu Na's ears over and over again. Her eyes lit up, and she grabbed Ding Yi and murmured, "Yes, what if it's true? Wait a minute, I want to go too. Also, do you want to notify others?"

Ding Yi said: "Tell them when you see them. When we gather, we will go to the station together to buy tickets. I plan to go tomorrow."