A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

Chapter 205 Liu Mei talks to Shen Jiaren about her feelings

Shen Jiaren felt that what Liu Mei said was a bit inappropriate, but she didn't know what to say.

After all, human beings are the most complex creatures. Who knows what will happen if something goes wrong?

But Shen Jiaren didn't quite understand the phrase "drinking water to satisfy one's hunger" and asked directly, "What do you mean by "drinking water to satisfy one's hunger"?

what does this mean?

Did Zhao Yuanchao and Song Xiangxue really have a relationship?

That's not right. The last time I saw you and Zhao Yuanchao, I felt that Zhao Yuanchao had feelings for you. "

When Liu Mei heard Shen Jiaren say that Zhao Yuanchao and Song Xiangxue had a relationship, she got a little angry. She put her hands on her waist and prepared to argue with Shen Jiaren. But when she heard that Zhao Yuanchao had feelings for her, she put her hands down and said to Shen Jiaren embarrassedly, "Well..."

That's right,

Zhao Yuanchao confessed his love to me and said that he wanted to be my revolutionary comrade and wanted to see my attitude and ask what I thought.

Shen Jiaren, "Ah?

What did you say

Zhao Yuanchao confessed his love to you?

What’s going on? What does it mean?

I didn’t understand.”

Liu Mei said in a low voice embarrassedly, "It's just what you think.

After Song Xiangxue did this this afternoon, Zhao Yuanchao found me and said that he had feelings for me and wanted to develop a revolutionary friendship with me and wanted to see what I thought.

I was so scared that I ran over to find you."

Shen Jiaren, "Ah?

Don't confess, why don't you come to me?

I can’t give you any advice on this.”

Liu Mei, "No, mainly, I was startled.

We were just having a nice conversation about Song Xiangxue, but then he said this.

Then Chen Jiaojiao also heard it.

Chen Jiaojiao asked Zhao Yuanchao and me to go back to the educated youth center, saying that if there was anything, we could talk slowly on the way.

She didn't need anyone to accompany her tonight, so she asked my Zhao Yuanchao to go back first.

So, I came to find you."

Shen Jiaren still didn't understand what this was all about.

But before Shen Jiaren could get curious, Liu Mei continued, "Well, actually, I have thought about finding someone to live with before.

But I just can't accept it, I really can't accept it.

There are four brothers and sisters in my family. Although my parents are factory employees, I am the eldest in the family. When I was fourteen years old, the "Go to the Countryside and Mountains" movement was in full swing. As soon as I reached the age, people from the street came to our house and asked me to sign up to go to the countryside and mountains.

My parents used all their connections to buy me a job but failed. They had no choice but to spend money to pick a good place in the countryside for me, and that’s how I came here.

In the following years, my younger brothers and sisters grew up and were also sent to different places by my parents in the same way. Currently, only my youngest brother is still with my parents.

Even so, life is not easy.

Both my parents' parents are around, as are my parents' brothers and sisters. They all have to support this or that, and the family simply can't survive.

We did make trouble before, but all our parents could do was to give us some money and stamp some tickets every month when we were sent to work as educated youth.

This is how we can get through the day.

In recent years, I have grown older, and my grandparents in my hometown have told my parents to just find a local man to marry, saying that a neighbor's child married a farmer who went to the countryside, and that the child was living a very good life, and they also asked if the farmer sent food and drink to the family.

The whole family is enjoying the good life, saying that since others can get married, I can too.

I refused to get married, so people asked my parents to send me less money and stamps. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I got married.

Although my parents still secretly mailed me money and stamps, the amount was much less.

I'm also thinking whether I should just get married.

But I really can't accept it. I wonder why.

There is no problem in supporting rural construction, but this support cannot rely on hard labor. People like us are not good at working hard.

Considering the recent situation in newspapers, I still believe in the power of knowledge.

So I just endured it year after year.

Who would have thought that I would be confessed to so suddenly? "

Shen Jiaren understood that this was because she had not thought it through clearly. The things she had been insisting on were impacted. Just like herself some time ago, she could not find any reason to persevere.

“In fact, many times, many things are not persisted because they are meaningful, but they become meaningful because of persistence.

Therefore, the significance of persistence cannot be generalized. It depends on what kind of life you choose.

Our life is indeed quite hard now. It can’t be said to be much better, nor much worse, than our previous life in the city. But at least if we work hard, we will always have something to eat.

As for the power of knowledge you mentioned, I also believe in it. After all, Chairman Mao said, "Study hard and make progress every day," so I am also studying.

But studying and living are two different things, or rather, the two things are closely related, both closely and indirectly.

The key is how you choose.

For some people, getting married does not affect their studies. For some people, studying does not affect their marriage.

It depends on how you want to persist.

However, after getting married, life will indeed have more daily necessities, but you will also have someone to share your life with.

So I think that choice is not a problem, and whether to get married or not is not a problem. What is important is whether the person you choose can become a true revolutionary comrade with you.

That's all I can say, I can't give much advice on the rest.

After all, I am living in such a confused state now, for no reason, just because life is a muddle-headed one. "

Liu Mei sat on a stool, leaning against the wall, and said in a dazed voice, "Do you think women must get married?

After getting married, do you have to revolve around the family or live around the stove?

After a hard day's work, I have to take care of not only the elderly, but also my husband and children.

Either serving tea or washing dishes, cooking and cleaning the house.

What’s the meaning of such a life?

What is the difference between this and the maids in ancient times?

Is this how New China liberated women?

I can't figure it out.

Originally, I was the oldest in the family, and my parents always told me that I was older and should give in to the younger ones no matter what I did.

I am a woman, and I will marry into another family sooner or later. I must learn these things, otherwise I will be disliked by my in-laws.

I was young at that time and thought that what the adults said was right, so I just endured it at home.

After I went to the countryside, I found that I had no so-called good character at all, I was just a punching bag.

Whoever comes up can be poked twice, whoever comes up can also be stepped on twice.

Even when I first arrived in the countryside, I couldn't eat enough and just drank water. I fainted several times from hunger and it was the educated youth team leader Zhao Yuanchao who shared the food with me.

Later, I started working with the villagers. That’s when I saw Aunt Zhou cursing her mother. It suddenly occurred to me that women could be like this.

There were such things near my home before, but my family always said it was not good.

But after interacting with Aunt Zhou every day, I found that what others said were bad and what others thought were bad were all bad. In fact, it was only when you live a good life that the real good thing happened.

You don’t know, Aunt Zhou is such a petty-minded person and has such a bad temper, but the things she brings back are all eaten by her son and herself, so they are the two who eat the best in their family.

After that, I realized that no matter what others say, it is useless. Only what you eat is valuable.

So my personality became more and more aggressive. Even the team leader said that my personality was inherited from the aunties in the village.

So I slowly started writing letters to my family and calling them to complain about my poverty and cry about how sad I was. Only then did my family start to send me money every month and write to me to see if I had received it.

Because apart from the money I brought with me when I went to the countryside, the money my parents gave me in the first few months were secretly taken away by my grandparents.

You see, it took me so long to think about and work on such a simple thing before I came up with a solution.

I know that my hot-tempered personality makes people stay away from me.

There's nothing I can do about it.

You don’t know, but just a few years after I went to the countryside, someone in the village proposed marriage to me, and someone even came to me privately and said that they would definitely make sure I had enough to eat and wouldn’t faint from hunger like before.

But I don’t dare. I don’t dare to risk the rest of my life.”