A delicate and gentle educated youth came to the village, and the aloof and cold soldier king droppe

Beijing, 2024, First People's Hospital.

In the pristine white hospital room, an elderly woman with a weary face lay on her side on the bed.

Wrinkled fingers caressed an old, worn-out black-and-white photograph.

It's clear that she's looked at and touched this photo countless times.

The photo shows a man and a woman sitting side by side.

I remember this photo was taken in the summer of 1984. The woman in the photo was twenty-five years old and the man was thirty.

This photo was taken when they were getting their marriage certificate.

The man in the photo had a handsome face with sharp features that was truly captivating, but his life was tragically cut short in the winter of 1987.

The woman's face was beaming with a warm and happy smile.

"Gu Nan, I think I can't hold on any longer."

"Thirty-seven years, thirty-seven years without you, I have tried my best to live well."

“I have saved tens of thousands of people, but I never had the chance to save you.”

"I miss you so much, so much, so much..."

The old woman's once clear eyes instantly became cloudy with the overflowing tears.

The various instruments used to monitor vital signs gradually returned to normal.

"Teacher Su!!"

“苏教授！”

"Woooo..."

At this moment, everyone in the ward was overwhelmed with intense grief. A renowned physician and medical genius had fallen completely at this moment.

……

"Su Niannian! I'm talking to you, are you even listening?"

“If you don’t agree to go to the countryside in place of your brother, then I’ll marry you off. There’s someone in the next county who’s willing to pay two hundred yuan as a bride price to marry you.”

"Even though he has two children and his legs aren't very nimble, he's an honest and reliable person, so it's still a good place for him!"

Two hundred yuan as a bride price! In 1976, that was a very high price.

If that person hadn't been a widower with two children, if he hadn't been disabled, or if Su Niannian hadn't been so beautiful, how could there have been a dowry of two hundred yuan?

Anyway, if Su Niannian doesn't agree to go to the countryside in place of Li Junlang, Tao Chunhua will sell her to that widower for two hundred yuan to spend.

Hearing the sharp, noisy voice beside her, Su Niannian's scattered consciousness was gradually pulled back.

Looking around, the room was small, with simple wooden furniture, and the walls, which were originally covered with old newspapers, had turned a dark yellow with the passage of time.

Su Niannian was sitting on a small stool against the wall.

Meanwhile, Tao Chunhua was pointing at Su Niannian and talking animatedly.

Su Niannian's father was sitting at the dining table, puffing on his pipe without uttering a sound.

On the wooden table sat a chipped enamel mug, filled with cheap tea leaves, which was steaming.

The calendar near the door, with its striking red date 1976, stirred something within Su Niannian.

Memories of the past flooded back to Su Niannian's mind.

I've been... reborn?

Has it gone back to 1976, before the forced relocation to the countryside?

In her previous life, Su Niannian's mother passed away when she was six years old. Su Niannian remembered that it was late autumn when the icy river swallowed her mother's life.

She became a child without a mother.

Less than two months later, her father married Tao Chunhua.

Tao Chunhua was a widow from the same village, and she had a son named Li Junlang who was a year older than her.

Later, Tao Chunhua gave birth to a son and a daughter for her father.

In front of outsiders, Tao Chunhua always put on a good show, leaving no room for criticism.

At home, Su Niannian was always treated like a maid and manipulated by her.

If Su Niannian does something that displeases Tao Chunhua, Tao Chunhua will beat Su Niannian severely.

However, Tao Chunhua was clever enough to hit places that could be covered by her clothes, and Su Niannian was too ashamed to let others know.

She endured this humiliation in silence until 1976, when Tao Chunhua sent Su Niannian to the countryside in place of her brother, who was not related to her by blood.

Su Niannian started working in a clothing factory at the age of sixteen, earning a monthly salary of twenty yuan. Young people with formal jobs were exempt from going to the countryside.

With his two younger siblings being quite young, the assignment to go to the countryside fell to Li Junlang.

Li Junlang is unemployed and spends his days loafing around; how could he possibly agree to go to the countryside to work and suffer?

That's why Tao Chunhua is forcing Su Niannian to go to the countryside in place of Li Junlang. And in this way, Su Niannian's job at the clothing factory can also earn her some money!

A good calculation.

In her previous life, Su Niannian agreed to go to the countryside to avoid marrying a crippled divorced man. Fortunately, she was somewhat shrewd and sold her job at the clothing factory before leaving.

I sold two hundred yuan worth of tickets and set off for the countryside with the money and the few tickets I had saved up through frugality.

Two hundred yuan, if used sparingly, could have provided enough for a comfortable life in the countryside.

As a result, he was tormented by Lu Xingguang and Huang Yingying, two educated youths, in Kaoshan Village. He was always the scapegoat for others, framed for stealing, and falsely accused of having illicit relationships.

Even the money was swindled away by the two sweet-talking people, leaving them with nothing.

Just when Su Niannian was at her wit's end, the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was announced.

Through her own efforts and her past academic foundation, Su Niannian managed to get into an ordinary university.

Just as Su Niannian returned to the city to prepare for university, Tao Chunhua tricked Su Niannian into giving her university admission notice to her son.

One night, Tao Chunhua drugged Su Niannian and brought in a thug, intending for the thug to rape Su Niannian.

As a result, the scoundrel was physically weak, but he liked to harass young girls, leaving Su Niannian with many large and small scars on her body.

Tao Chunhua even gave the thug 100 yuan, on the condition that Su Niannian not be allowed to come out again and must be kept under close watch so that her son's impersonation to go to university would not be exposed.

Su Niannian was locked in a dark and gloomy storage room by thugs.

He endured physical and mental torment from thugs every day.

She was only able to escape from that dark, filthy, and disgusting place when the thug was arrested for committing a crime.

Then, he met Gu Nan again.

The only man in Kaoshan Village who ever gave her a sliver of warmth.

But at that time, Su Niannian was completely devastated, her body and mind were ravaged beyond recognition, and she didn't want to accept anyone anymore. Even if her body hadn't been violated, she... felt disgusted at the sight of any man!

For two years, Gu Nan took meticulous care of Su Niannian, helping her rediscover herself.

It helped her accept everything around her and rekindled her hope to live.

At that time, Gu Nan was like a dazzling light, slowly illuminating her dark, cold, and hopeless world.

In 1984, Gu Nan proposed to Su Niannian.

Su Niannian was also afraid of dragging Gu Nan down, as he was already successful in his career and as bright as the sun.

Thirty-year-old Gu Nan appears mature and composed, handles things properly, and has an excellent physique and appearance.

How could someone as exhausted as herself be worthy of a man like him? Until he said that he was deeply attracted to Su Niannian from the first moment he saw her.

He had been waiting for a very, very long time.

Looking at Gu Nan, whose eyes were filled with love for her, and at the deep affection in his eyes... Su Niannian still agreed to Gu Nan's marriage proposal.

The days after marriage were the happiest, most peaceful, and most joyful days of Su Niannian's life.

Unfortunately, the rope always breaks at its thinnest point, and misfortune always afflicts the unfortunate...