ebookland Chapter 34 My Educated Youth Husband is Gone and Never to Return
Chapter 34 My Educated Youth Husband is Gone and Never to Return
Jiang He opened her eyes and found that it was nighttime and the original owner of the body was sleeping.
Jiang He closed her eyes and absorbed the plot.
This world is very different from before.
Here, men and women are equal, and people call this a new era.
With the great unity of the people and socialism, women can also hold up half the sky.
It is now 1971, and this is a place called Dayang Brigade.
The original owner worked at the town's supply and marketing cooperative.
Originally, the original owner of this body was a girl from the countryside who would not have had such an opportunity, but her father was a tractor driver who would go to town every day and sometimes work at the commune.
Upon learning that there was a vacancy at the supply and marketing cooperative, they immediately signed up the original owner of the body.
Then take the original body to participate in the exam.
The job posting was only up for an hour, and many people didn't know about it; otherwise, they would have been scrambling to get it.
The original owner of this body graduated from high school, passed the exam smoothly, and successfully got a job.
It wasn't until the original owner officially started working at the supply and marketing cooperative that those around her found out.
The original owner had four older brothers: Jiang Shan, Jiang Shui, Jiang Tian, and Jiang Pannu. Later, when the fourth brother grew up, he insisted on changing his name to Jiang Chi.
The original body was Xiao Wu.
She was a daughter they had longed for, so her parents doted on her very much.
With a large family, high work points, and enough food to eat, the original owner of this body didn't have to worry about anything.
Before going to work at the supply and marketing cooperative, the original owner was playing at home.
Playing with my nieces and nephews.
My three older brothers are all married and have children.
Fourth Brother is only one year older than Jiang He, and he is twenty years old this year. They are not yet engaged.
Four educated youths came to Dayang Brigade.
There are two men and two women, including the male protagonist and his sister.
The male protagonist and his sister had a tough time living in Dayang Brigade.
The male protagonist then set his sights on the original owner of this body.
The original owner had a job, and her family's financial situation was among the best in Dayang Brigade.
The male protagonist deliberately gets close to the original owner of the body, and the original owner falls in love with the male protagonist.
The original owner of this body had a salary, and she would send any good food she could find to the male protagonist.
The male protagonist's sister was also taken good care of by the original owner of the body.
Later, the male protagonist gave his sister an idea: to seduce the original owner's fourth brother.
The younger sister said she liked the original owner's fourth brother, so the original owner tried his best to bring the two together.
She felt that if her sister married her brother and she married the male lead, it would be a double blessing for the family.
Later, the male protagonist asked the original owner to give her job to her younger sister, saying that the original owner would not need to work at home anymore and that he would support her.
The original owner of this body listened to the sweet words and handed over the job.
Although the male protagonist married the original owner of the body, he didn't own a house, so he and his sister moved into the original owner's house.
Her parents naturally wouldn't mistreat her; they still ate together, and since she wasn't working anymore, she was allowed to continue playing at home.
Until the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came, the male protagonist and his sister prepared for the exam, and also asked the original owner and his fourth brother to prepare together, so that they could go to university together.
The four of them were studying together, but the original owner of the body was pregnant. The male protagonist told her to rest well this year and take the college entrance examination next year.
The male protagonist, his sister, and his fourth brother went to take the college entrance examination together.
The male protagonist and his sister received their college acceptance letters, but the fourth brother did not; he failed the exam.
He wasn't feeling well on the day of the exam and wasn't in good shape.
This was because the younger sister had taken away her fourth brother's blankets the nights before the exam, hoping he would catch a cold and have a fever and miss the exam.
However, my fourth brother was in good health and insisted on finishing the exam.
Actually, the fourth brother did have an acceptance letter, but the male protagonist and his sister stopped him and destroyed it.
The younger sister sold her job at the supply and marketing cooperative, gave her fourth brother fifty yuan, and gave the original owner of the body fifty yuan, telling them to study hard and take the exam again next year.
The male protagonist and his sister left the Dayang Brigade just like that.
The following year, Fourth Brother took the college entrance examination again. The original owner of this body had just given birth and was still in postpartum confinement, so he missed the exam again.
The original owner of this body also gave up the college entrance examination, planning to take the child to find the male protagonist later.
The fourth brother passed the exam and went to find the male protagonist's sister, who had already found a boyfriend at school.
She never expected that her fourth brother would actually pass the exam and even come looking for her.
My sister said she didn't know my fourth brother.
When they got married in the village, they didn't get a marriage certificate. They just held a wedding banquet and invited the neighbors to a meal.
Fourth Brother couldn't produce any evidence of a relationship between the two, so her boyfriend mistook him for a harassing street urchin and had him beaten up.
Fourth Brother lay unconscious in that alley.
Her boyfriend saw that the person was dead and something had happened, so he dumped the body in the middle of nowhere and disposed of it.
A stranger dies in an unfamiliar place, and no one will find out.
The original owner's family did not find anything, assuming that the fourth brother was already with his wife.
The original owner had just given birth and couldn't travel far, so she could only stay at home to take care of the child for the time being.
One by one, people from the original owner's family began to have accidents.
Dad was repairing a tractor, but he forgot to put stones in front of the tractor tires. The tractor started moving and ran over Dad, killing him.
My older brother was digging for lotus roots in the pond when he tripped and fell in, and died.
They said the eldest brother was too tired.
The second brother's son went to play by the river and fell into the water. The second brother went to save him and managed to pull the son out, but the second brother himself did not make it out and drowned.
The third brother suffered an even worse fate. It rained all day on the day he sent his brother's remains up the mountain, and the mountain path was slippery. The third brother slipped, fell all the way down the mountain, and died.
All the men in the Jiang family are dead.
The original owner went to find the male protagonist when the child was two years old.
As a result, the child was stolen at the train station.
The original owner of this body went mad, turning into a crazy old woman searching for her lost child.
The male protagonist met the female protagonist in college, and the two studied and progressed together. After graduation, they naturally got married.
The original owner's family were nothing more than cannon fodder in this world, tools specifically designed to make the male protagonist live comfortably during his time as an educated youth sent to the countryside.
They even died tragically one by one because they couldn't disturb the male protagonist's family.
"He'er, He'er, wake up, breakfast is ready."
Her mother knocked on the door from outside, calling Jiang He to get up.
Jiang He opened her eyes; it was already daylight.
Dressed according to the original owner's memories.
The clothes here are simple, tight-fitting with narrow sleeves, clean and neat, and easy to move in.
Jiang He quite liked it.
Moreover, in the summer here, people wear short-sleeved dresses, showing their arms and ankles, and no one will scold you for being indecent.
Moreover, women could also show their faces in public, so all the colleagues in the supply and marketing cooperative were women.
In the school, boys and girls studied together and learned the same knowledge.
This era is truly wonderful.
It's just that this era was relatively poor, with a lack of material resources, but a very rich spiritual life.
Jiang He got dressed and, following the original owner's habits, folded the quilt. The original owner had short hair that reached her ears, so she didn't need to style it.
"He'er, come here, wash your face quickly, then eat breakfast so you won't be late for work."
Her mother had already prepared water for washing her face, and there was also a mouthwash cup placed to the side. Jiang He remembered that this was called a toothbrush and toothpaste.
After brushing my teeth, I had a cool, minty taste in my mouth.
Breakfast consisted of a bowl of sweet potato porridge and a dried vegetable pancake.
"Xiao He, your big brother will take you to work today."
The eldest brother, Jiang Shan, pushed his bicycle out of the house.
This bicycle was specially bought by Dad so that Jiang He could go to work in town.
All the older brothers wanted to ride bicycles.
The four of them agreed to take turns driving Jiang He to work, one person per day.
Today it was Jiang Shan's turn to take Jiang He to work.
He hadn't touched a bicycle in three days, and he couldn't wait to get back on it.
"Okay, big brother, I'm coming."
Jiang He picked up her handbag and sat in the back seat.
There was a cushion that her mother had specially tied for her in the back seat, making it more comfortable to sit in.
"Let's go!"
The older brother rang the bell twice and set off.
When they meet someone on the road, the older brother rings the bell.
"Jingle bells, jingle bells"
"Jiang Shan delivered it today?"
"Yes, I took Xiaohe to work today."
Jiang Shan was very proud.
He rode his bicycle with great flair, taking his sister to work in town—a first in any place.
When they arrived at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang He got off her bicycle.
"Xiao He, your older brother will come to pick you up tonight."
"Got it, big brother."
Jiang He went to her counter and first wiped the glass cabinet with a rag.
There were still sunflower seed shells on the ground, so I swept them up with a broom and sat down on a chair inside the counter.
Jiang He's counter sells fabric. At this time, fabrics are typically new for three years, old for three years, and patched up for another three years, so very few people buy fabrics.
Only some families with better financial conditions might come to buy fabric once a year to make new clothes.
The eldest son wore the clothes, then the second son wore them, then the third son wore them.
Jiang He's family is the same.
When we were little, the eldest brother would wear the clothes, then the second brother would wear them, then the third brother would wear them, and finally the fourth brother would wear the third brother's clothes.
When it was the fourth brother's turn, his clothes had patches on them.
When she was little, her fourth brother would even wear her clothes.
Because her mother made her new clothes every year, her fourth brother thought her clothes were beautiful.
Later, when the fourth brother grew taller, he finally had the chance to wear new clothes.
Most families only buy fabric to make new clothes when they are preparing for a happy occasion.
These few new clothes might last me half my life.
So Jiang He had quite a bit of free time, chatting with the older woman next to her, and the day passed by.
Before leaving get off work, Jiang He went to the counter selling cookies and candies and bought some sweets and snacks.