The 1960s: The Story of a Country Girl's Journey to the City

"Hey, comrade, kick the ball over here."

In the center of the playground, a tall boy waved his hand.

Bao Ya stopped, looked down at the soccer ball at her feet, and then looked up at the group of people on the playground. The tall boy was smiling and gesturing to her.

A slight smile played on her lips as she subconsciously took a small step back, her knees slightly bent, and her toes lightly touched the surface of the ball before she launched a powerful kick. The ball rolled quickly along the ground, steadily flying towards the tall boy.

"Wow, not bad technique. A young girl with pretty accurate footwork."

Su Jingrui stared blankly at the girl's back. Why did she look so familiar? Could it just be that she looked similar?

"Hey, Su Jingrui, staring at that girl for so long, could it be that you're interested in her?"

Several comrades teased Su Jingrui from behind, holding a soccer ball.

"Get out of the way, that person looks so much like my sister, even the way they walk is similar."

"That girl was wearing a military uniform. Is your sister in the army too? When are you going to introduce us?"

"No, I have to go check it out."

Su Jingrui ignored what the people behind him were saying and took off running towards Bao Ya, shouting as he ran:

"Bao Ya~, Bao Ya~"

Bao Ya seemed to hear someone calling her, and she suddenly stopped in her tracks. She saw a short-haired man wearing a tank top running towards her.

"Sanmao~"

When Bao Ya recognized the person as her uncle's third son, her eyes lit up instantly. She waved excitedly at him, her face beaming with joy.

Su Jingrui is now about 1.8 meters tall. He has a resemblance to Bao Ya in the area between his eyebrows, wheat-colored skin, and a big white tooth when he smiles.

"Bao Ya, it really is you. Where are you going?"

Sanmao ran up to Baoya, his voice brimming with barely concealed excitement.

"Let's go to the hospital cafeteria. Are you busy right now? Come with me."

"Okay, you wait here, I'll tell them."

After saying that, Sanmao turned and ran towards the basketball court.

Sanmao told his comrades, grabbed his clothes, and ran back. The group of comrades behind him stared blankly at his back, somewhat bewildered.

"Company commander, company commander, Su Jingrui really knows that girl."

"Why would he be happy to know you?"

"Just because he knows someone doesn't mean we know each other."

"Yeah, his sister is our sister too."

After thinking about it, the group realized he was right, so they stopped playing football and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Bao Ya and San Mao chatted about family matters as they strolled toward the supply and marketing cooperative. The cooperative helped her purchase the vegetables for her daily meals. Because she was cooking for the wounded, she had meat and eggs every day, though in small quantities.

"Director Li is busy."

"Bao Ya's here to get something? Xiao Lin, quickly bring over what you've prepared."

Director Li of the supply and marketing cooperative was arranging work at the front when he saw Bao Ya come in and greeted her from behind.

"Hey, who's this young man? Is he a relative of yours?"

As she spoke, Sister Qian from the counter moved closer to Bao Ya, her eyes scanning San Mao up and down, making San Mao scratch her head in disbelief.

There's no way around it, Grandma Su's genes are just too good; her grandchildren are all exceptionally good-looking, no matter where you look at them.

"Sister Qian has such good eyesight, this is my cousin, my maternal uncle's son."

"Bao Ya, does your brother have a girlfriend?"

Uh……

I thought Sister Qian just liked handsome young men, but I didn't expect she was choosing a son-in-law.

When people asked Bao Ya if he had a boyfriend, Su Jingrui's face flushed red, and he became rather awkward. He felt he couldn't come to the supply and marketing cooperative anymore.

"Director, is this what you need?"

Lin Chuxue walked out of the small warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative carrying a net bag. When she looked up, she met Bao Ya's big, bright eyes.

Lin Chuxue's breath hitched. How did she run into this persistent guy again? She didn't want to see Lin Baoya at all right now.

Bao Ya once again marveled at the female lead's luck. She truly was a chosen one; just a few days later, she was already working at the supply and marketing cooperative. She herself was still doing odd jobs. It would be a lie to say she wasn't jealous.

"Peach Blossom, what are you doing here?"

Bao Ya spoke first; although she wasn't lucky, she had a mouth. It wouldn't hurt to disgust her.

Hearing Bao Ya call her Peach Blossom again, Lin Chuxue almost lost her composure. In her past life, her birth name was also Lin Peach Blossom, given to her by her illiterate grandmother.

Because of his unsophisticated name, he was often laughed at by his classmates, and it wasn't until he went to college that he changed it to Lin Chuxue.

The first thing she had to do after transmigrating was to change her name, but so far, the only person who has consistently called her Peach Blossom is Lin Baoya.

"From now on, I'll be a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative. When you come to buy something, and this is a man, you should be careful not to get too close to men all the time, it's easy for people to misunderstand."

Lin Chuxue forced a smile, tilted her chin up, and boasted to Bao Ya about her job before sarcastically accusing her of getting too close to men.

"You don't even recognize him? This is Sanmao, the third son of my maternal uncle. When you were little, you fell into a cesspool, and he was the one who fished you out with a cesspool."

Bao Ya beamed as she talked about Sanmao to Lin Chuxue, while staring wide-eyed at Lin Chuxue's expression.

Lin Chuxue froze instantly. Had the original owner fallen into a cesspool when she was a child? When did that happen? She began searching her memory for the original owner's memories.

Sure enough, the muscles in her face began to twitch erratically. Bao Ya's smile grew even brighter.

Upon hearing the words "fall into a cesspool," everyone else instinctively took a step back, as if they could smell the stench.

Sanmao ignored what they were saying, quickly took the net bag from Lin Chuxue, put the things into the cloth bag that Baoya had brought, and then hid to the side.

He wasn't interested in what Bao Ya said about who he had scooped out with a manure spoon, or who had scooped out him with a manure spoon. These were commonplace things in the countryside. The important thing now was to protect those few eggs.

Before Lin Chuxue could catch her breath, a dark-skinned and chubby girl suddenly rushed in from outside.

"Which of you is Lin Chuxue? Why are you stealing my job?"

The girl looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. She wore a red and black checkered jacket with the sleeves rolled up halfway, her trouser legs were stained with mud, her face was flushed, and there were beads of sweat on her forehead. It was clear that she had rushed over from outside.

She stood in the middle of the room with her hands on her hips, her small eyes scanning the people present, finally landing on Lin Chuxue and Bao Ya.

"Xuemei, calm down. This is a decision made by the higher-ups, and there's nothing we can do about it."

Director Li was a little annoyed when he saw the visitor, but he had no choice but to step forward and comfort him, fearing that things might get out of hand.

"Why? This position was clearly meant for me, how did it become hers? You guys are bullying me like this."

"This wasn't my decision. I asked you to go to the written exam with Xiaolin, but you said it was too much trouble and refused. Xiaolin passed, and now you're causing trouble? What are we supposed to do?"

Director Li explained with a stern face that jobs at the supply and marketing cooperative were highly sought after, and even the opportunity to take the exam was not something everyone could know about.