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

Bao Ya inadvertently caught a glimpse of the Rong family's eldest daughter-in-law's unfriendly gaze, as if it were poisoned. She had no recollection of her; was she the original owner's enemy?

The original owner of this body seems to have quite a few enemies, probably more than she can remember. Since she has grudges, she might as well take revenge first.

"Uncle, why don't you take this opportunity to divide the family property among them today?"

"What?"

"On what grounds?"

……

Everyone stared at her like she was a monster. Had this girl gone mad? Was she addicted to dividing the family property? She had just divided her own property, and now she was dividing it up for the Rong family. And that didn't even include the time she taught everyone how to calculate the gongfen (a unit of measurement for public funds) a few days ago.

"Cough cough cough..."

The old man coughed in anger. What kind of madness was this? A young lady like her, thinking about dividing the family property every day. What will everyone think of her in the future?

Bao Ya hurriedly patted the old man's back, then said, "I'm doing this for the good of our brigade. I don't know what kind of grudge Rong's sister-in-law has against her. Just now, besides Rong's mother, she was the most enthusiastic one to stop the car. It's like they're fighting to the death. Who knows what will happen in the future? If someone dies, our brigade will be ruined."

The old man looked at Rong's eldest daughter-in-law, then at Rong's mother, and then at the Liu family. He thought to himself that this was the result the Liu family had ultimately wanted, so it was better to separate sooner rather than later, otherwise there would be more trouble in the future, and his old bones couldn't afford to deal with them.

"Rong family, gather all your money, banknotes, and belongings, and give us a count. Someone come forward and take inventory of his family's possessions."

"What?"

The Rong family was stunned. Bao Ya's few words were enough for this old senile man to divide their family property. On what grounds?

"No way, we won't separate our families. What right do you have? She has her own family, but we have ours too."

The old man was amused when he heard this.

"You're right. Whoever has time should go to their mother's home and send a message to the person in charge of their mother's home and their brigade leader to come over."

Tell them they must come today, or I'll send those two wicked women back to them with a bang tomorrow.

Let's see who dares to marry a girl from their brigade after this!

When the Rong family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law heard this, they were terrified. If this got back, it would definitely affect the marriage prospects of their daughters, and their sisters-in-law would probably not let them off the hook.

Just then, Brother Liu's son returned with the news that Rong Lao Er's wife had given birth to a son. The mother and child were too weak and needed to stay in the hospital for a few more days of observation.

Upon hearing this news, the Liu family became even more assertive. After her sister got married, she gave birth to two daughters in a row, which her mother-in-law disliked and often tormented. Although the Liu family was angry, there was nothing they could do but give their sister more financial support and scare her husband to make her life easier. After all, in the countryside, not having a son does indeed make one look down upon.

Now that my sister has given birth to a son, what else is there to say?

The Rong family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked ashen-faced. They were doomed; the Liu family would definitely skin them alive.

Finally, Granny Rong insisted that the family had no money, so Uncle Qi made the decision that the medical expenses for the second son's wife would be deducted from her work points, the house would belong to the second son's family, and the eldest son would go out and build his own house.

Granny Rong lived with the eldest son, and starting at age sixty-five, she received a pension according to village custom. All the household items were smashed; there was no need to divide them.

During the second son's wife's postpartum period, several of Liu's sisters-in-law helped out at home, and the Rong family provided for their food rations.

Everyone except Granny Rong and her eldest son's family was satisfied with the result.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, especially at night. Bao Ya tossed and turned all night, unable to fall asleep. She had only managed to drift off for a short while in the latter half of the night when she was woken up by mosquitoes. Feeling sticky all over, she couldn't fall back asleep.

The sky was already beginning to lighten, so I got up, quickly washed up, and strolled up the mountain with my little basket on my back.

She missed the air conditioning. The heat of the past few days had made her very irritable. The large wooden tub at home was just the right size for Gou Dan to sit in, but it wasn't appropriate for a grown woman like her to take off all her clothes to bathe.

She was so annoyed. She missed the bathtub, air conditioning, and big bed from her past life... The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became.

At the entrance to the mountain path, I could vaguely see a person ahead, acting suspiciously. Could he be a spy? Could it be the person those people were looking for the other day?

Bao Ya's heart raced with excitement. Without thinking twice, she followed. The man kept looking around as he walked, and Bao Ya used the surrounding trees and weeds to hide herself.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Old Man Lin. There was a small mound of earth where he had gone, and that was... his great-grandmother's grave.

Yes, she was Lin Baoya's great-grandmother and Lin Laohan's biological mother.

Wow, this old man is quite filial.

When Old Man Lin arrived at the grave, he looked around to make sure no one was there, then lay down on the ground and stared at the earth for a long time before taking out a few pieces of paper money for burning, lighting them with a match, and starting to burn them.

Is this some kind of strange sacrificial ritual? It looks like they're going to lick the dirt off the ground and burn some paper money. Why is it so complicated?

Bao Ya kept complaining to herself, watching Lin Laohan's actions become increasingly strange.

The way her grandfather was lying on the ground just now didn't look like he was kowtowing, so Bao Ya, who was originally going to leave, decided to stay and see what he was up to.

After the paper had completely burned, Old Man Lin sat there for a while longer. When all the embers were extinguished, he brushed away the ashes, giving the impression that he had burned the paper but was afraid of being seen by others.

It's understandable that we're breaking with feudal superstitions and no longer burning paper money.

Old Man Lin looked at the ground and felt it was about time, so he went down the mountain via another path. That path led to the fields. Was he trying to create the illusion of taking a stroll?

For some reason, Bao Ya just had this feeling.

It's already bright outside, and the sounds of people getting up early can be heard throughout the village. Some houses are already smoking from their chimneys, and people are starting to cook.

Bao Ya waited a while longer, dug up a few wild vegetables and threw them into her basket. Seeing that there was no other movement, she slowly walked over to see what the old man was looking at on the ground.

She also lay down on the ground to look, and after looking for a long time, she only found a black patch where the paper was burned. She didn't find anything, so she reached out and touched it. When she touched it, she found the problem. If you pressed down hard on the patch of ground where the paper was burned, you could make a fingerprint. The surrounding area was hard.

The grave has been there for many years, and the surrounding ground should be the same hard as the surrounding ground after years of rain erosion. The spot where the paper money was burned is different from the surrounding ground.

Thinking of this, Bao Ya took out the shovel for digging wild vegetables from her small basket and dug down into the ground. After digging about 30 centimeters deep, she dug out an oil paper package. When she opened the oil paper package, there was a piece of tattered cotton cloth inside. When she opened the cotton cloth, a bright yellow color was revealed.

Bao Ya's eyes widened, and she was so excited she almost shouted.

"I'm rich! I'm rich! There are two gold bars inside!" Bao Ya was so happy she almost jumped for joy when she saw the two gold bars.

It feels quite heavy when you put it on; could it be the legendary large yellow croaker? Look at that color, so appealing!