Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

When I heard someone calling the firewood seller like that, I didn't pay much attention at first until someone passing by said it.

“Didn’t you hear?

People are calling you, why don't you sell the firewood you are carrying?"

"Sell, sell!"

"Since you're selling it, why don't you hurry back?"

"Oh!

Oh!

Thank you, thank you! "

When he turned around, he saw an old man waiting for him there, so he quickly went up to him and asked.

"Uncle, do you want some firewood?"

“I said, why didn’t anyone answer?

So it's a girl?"

Girl?

What happened to the girl?

Can’t the girl sell firewood?

Fortunately, I heard the other party say it before I asked it directly.

"Girl, just be a girl!

Our bun shop is running low on dry firewood, so please bring some over here!"

When I heard this, I had no reason to disagree and just said it directly.

"Okay, no problem, but I don't know where your shop is?"

"It's in front, that's the Cheng Family Steamed Bun Shop, your uncle's shop.

I originally came out today to try my luck, but I didn't expect to actually encounter it.

This is the first time I see you, girl. Why are you selling firewood on New Year's Day?"

When I heard this, I immediately told the other person about my experience.

And the sooner you let people know your experience, the better, so that no one will become suspicious of you later.

"Uncle, to be honest, I don't want to come out to sell firewood during the New Year, but if I don't sell firewood, I will have to beg for food!"

"No, why would I learn from those people for no reason?"

"Ugh!

how to say?

It was not long ago that I followed my brother and sister-in-law and passed by our Beijing city, but they cruelly abandoned me and I had to make a living on my own!"

"you?

Where are your parents?"

"My parents passed away a few years ago. My brother and sister-in-law heard that the Northeast was liberated, didn't they?

I planned to take my family back to my hometown to farm. Actually, it wasn't my fault. My brother was afraid of being drafted, so he took his family away early. But when we passed through Beijing and needed to change trains, they left me behind. "

"this?

That girl, how have you been lately? "

"Hi!

I don’t know if my brother and sister-in-law are stupid or they just didn’t think about it at all. When we left, in order to make things lighter, they actually put most of the things, especially the heavier ones, in my backpack. I don’t know what to say, at least there was some food in it.

Otherwise I wouldn't have made it until now. I originally came out just to take a look today, maybe I'd meet a kind host and even get some New Year's money.

But then I thought, I can't go to the city empty-handed, so I just brought a bundle of firewood I had picked up recently."

"I never realized that you, a girl, are quite capable. You are better than those healthy people who do nothing.

By the way, girl, where are you from? Your accent doesn't sound like a northerner."

"To be honest, I was born in Shancheng. After my parents passed away a few years ago, I went to Haishi with my eldest brother to make a living. My eldest brother made a living by carrying sacks at the port.

My sister-in-law took me to do some odd jobs at home to supplement the family income. When I heard that my hometown in Northeast China had been liberated, I thought about going back there. It would be better than earning so little money every month that was not enough to feed the family.

Besides, they have been conscripting men very frequently and very strictly recently. If you don't have some connections, you can't even think of escaping like usual. Isn't that the only way you can go back to your hometown to farm?"

"Your eldest brother shouldn't be the head of the family, right?"

"I really can't hide anything from you. Ever since my mother passed away, my eldest sister-in-law has been the head of our family. Otherwise, she wouldn't be willing to marry my eldest brother?"

"Whether you are willing or not, you don't have to tell me. It will make things difficult for you, a girl!"

"It doesn't matter whether it's hard or not. In this day and age, if you can survive, you're lucky!"

"Yes, by the way, little girl, I won't waste time talking to you. I'll tell you directly that since the city and the surrounding areas have been noisy before the New Year, I don't have much dry firewood prepared at home. I think you are a good girl, how about you bring me two bundles of dry firewood every day?"

"really?"

"Does it seem like I'm kidding you?"

"No, no, absolutely not."

“Isn’t that done?

Girl, just tell me something straightforward, okay? "

"Yes, it will definitely work!

How could it not be possible?

I have to thank you for giving me a meal, otherwise I would never have dreamed of such a good life. "

"In that case, I'll make it clear to you, but how much is this firewood?"

"That's easy, easy, as long as the money I earn is enough for me to eat."

“That’s good, but I think the price of food in the city will drop soon.

By the way, girl, after all this talk, I still don’t know your name?"

"Uncle, my name is Wang Wenxing!"

From then on, Gu Xiaojiu and Gu Jiaxing officially changed their name to Wang Jiaxing.

There is no such person as Gu Xiaojiu or Gu Jiaxing in the world anymore.

As long as they don’t live under the same roof with me, even if they meet me, they won’t know that I am the same Gu Jiaxing from before. Instead, everyone knows that my name is Wang Wenxing.

"Hmm! That's a good name.

Okay, just put the dry firewood here!

Send another bundle of dry firewood before dark this afternoon."

"Come on."

"Here, this is the money for a bundle of firewood, and take this bun!"

"No, sir, I can accept your money, after all, I'm selling firewood, but I can't take this bun no matter what!"

"Okay, here you go. Just stop talking nonsense. Today is Chinese New Year, so I'll give you a big bun as a bonus. Do you want me to give you a big red envelope?"

"No, no, I still want the big buns!"

“Isn’t that enough?

It’s getting late, you should go somewhere else and maybe you can meet a good family. But what about me?

Do you have to go out and wish New Year's greetings to people you know?"

"Then you are busy, sir. I will bring you the dry firewood before four o'clock in the afternoon. Is that okay with you?"

"Okay!

No problem, after I finish my New Year greetings at noon, I won’t be out again in the afternoon, you can send it over anytime.”

"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work, I'll be leaving first."

"it is good."

I finally found a job to make a living and don't have to worry about begging for a living.

I don’t know how long I can do this job of selling firewood, but it’s better to have it than not.

As for other things, I can only take one step at a time. It is impossible to really run to that person and say that I have been abandoned by my family. That is not realistic.

I was thinking about it while walking on the road, but I couldn't come up with a good solution.

I just took a walk around the city, and to be honest, it's just so-so. The houses are just nicer than those outside the city walls, but as for the rest, there's really nothing special about it.