Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

"So where do you live now?"

"I live in an abandoned house near the front gate and the city wall."

"this?"

"Are there any other relatives at home?"

"I'm all alone now!"

"Now?

What about before that? "

"My family used to have parents, a brother, sister-in-law and a little nephew. But after my parents passed away a few years ago, I lived with my brother and sister-in-law.

Later, after my sister-in-law gave birth to my nephew, in order to make life better for our family, my brother and sister-in-law took us and my nephew to move to Hai City to make a living.

However, they didn't expect that after a few years of good times, they started to conscript men again. In order to avoid being drafted, my brother planned to take his family back to his hometown in Northeast China.

What was even more unexpected was that when we were passing by the Beijing Railway Station to change stations, my brother and sister-in-law actually left me behind."

"This is really, really outrageous!"

"It's really hateful, but when I saw you talking about these past events just now, you didn't seem to care much?"

“What do you care about?

Do I care that they treat me differently after their parents pass away?

Or have they all abandoned me, and I still have to miss all the kindness they showed me in the past?"

"No, how do you say this?"

"Yes?

Is there something else going on here?"

"Actually, it's nothing?

These are all very common things. I couldn’t understand them before, but after experiencing them, I figured them out.”

"What did you figure out?"

"how to say?

To be honest, I really couldn’t understand why they treated me like that before.

Especially when my parents were still alive, they always said that I was his closest sister and that he would be my supporter in the future.

But after my parents passed away, he was the one who allowed my sister-in-law to bully me.

When it was just him and my parents at home, no matter how hard the days we spent together were, he would never bully me.

What's more, if there is something delicious, he will specially save it for me.

But why did everything change after I got married? "

"Bully you?

Or after you get married?"

"Um!

how to say?

I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I say this, but even though my parents are still alive and our family is very poor, the relationship between me and my sister is very good.

We often try to do more work and be more considerate of our parents' difficulties.

But even so, there won’t be less food for me at home, right?

Even if I’m not full, it’s no big deal, right?

But ever since my parents passed away, no, it should be since my sister-in-law found out she was pregnant, everything has changed completely, as if I were a superfluous person in the family.

If I wasn’t young, I would have been sold a long time ago.

Although he neither beat nor scolded me at that time, he would often criticize me for not working enough or eating too much, and at most he would just glare at me!

But not long after my father passed away and then she gave birth to my little nephew, she completely changed.

Do you remember that from then on, there was endless laundry to do every day, not to mention that it was impossible to even eat half full every day? "

"Then why did you go to Haishi again? Where did you live when you got there?"

"I used to live in the mountain city with my master. After my father passed away, my eldest brother had no other skills except for his strength.

The owner of the house was moving at that time, so he fired our family.

Only when it is absolutely necessary would one move to Hai City to make a living!

As for where to live..."

"What do you rely on for your life in Haishi?"

"My brother relied on his strength to carry sacks at the port, and my sister-in-law took me to do some odd jobs, telling others that it was to supplement the family income.

Actually, there wasn't much I did. She just asked me to wash some dirty clothes for other people, or do some sewing work.

That being said, I was the only one doing it, and she was just there to take care of the kids."

"Is that how your big brother watched you get bullied?"

“What else can we do?

After all, they are husband and wife, right? "

"this?"

"Have you forgotten the saying that when you marry a wife, you forget your mother. What's more, she is not your mother, but just a sister who will be married sooner or later."

"This this……"

"Then do you know where your hometown is?"

"I know something, but I don't know where exactly?"

"where?"

"I don't know where exactly Fushun in the northeast is."

"this?

Didn't your parents tell you when they were alive?"

“Tell me what?

At that time, there were Japanese invaders everywhere. Even if you told me, there was no way for me to go back?

The only reason I know this is because I overheard my brother and sister-in-law talking. "

"Then do you remember when you came to Jing City?"

"Remember, what happened on the 10th day of the th lunar month last year?"

"nothing?

I just didn’t expect that you could handle such a cold day at such a young age. "

"What's this?

When we were planning to leave Hai City, knowing we would be returning to the Northeast, my brother and sister-in-law started making preparations in advance.”

"Oh!

What preparations have you made?"

"how to say?

Even though I have always lived in the south, I know how cold the Northeast is. Although I have never experienced it, I have heard other people talk about it.

Before leaving Hai City, my brother bought a lot of cotton. It can be said that except for me, everyone else had a new set of cotton clothes and trousers.

I was reluctant to throw away the old cotton, so I picked and sewed it on my cotton-padded clothes, trousers, and bedding. "

"What about food?"

"Most of the food is at my brother and sister-in-law's place. The only food left is about ten pounds of grains. I can't bear to throw them away, so I put them in a backpack and let me carry them!"

"But, with only ten kilograms of food, I'm afraid we won't be able to last more than two months, right?"

"How is it impossible? Don't you remember how we managed to survive when we had nothing to eat?"

"I may have forgotten, but wasn't it winter at that time?"

"Too!"

"I know you don't really believe it, but since my parents passed away, I have gradually seen their true nature. I won't be stupid enough to do nothing and let them bully me, right?"

"this?

Too. "

"So what did you do?"

"Actually, it's nothing?

In the beginning, when I was picking up some clothes to be washed or mended, my sister-in-law took me with her.

But as time went by, she gradually stopped caring and I had to do everything by myself.

Sometimes the hosts would give a little more money, or food, and I just had to give my sister-in-law the due amount.