After her stepsister shoved her down and split her head open, she suddenly remembered what would happen decades later.
In 1972, 17-year-old Lin Xia was knocked over by her stepsister, and her forehead struck the corner of a table.
When she opened her eyes again, memories from 50 years in the future filled her mind: the college entrance exams would return, secure jobs would disappear, and it would be easy to go to the countryside but hard to come back to the city.
Her stepmother pressured her to go to the countryside in her stepsister's place. Her stepsister wailed outside the door, while her father rubbed his hands together and said, “A harmonious family brings prosperity.”
Lin Xia didn't cry or make a scene. She picked up a piece of chalk and drew a wall newspaper on the factory's blackboard.
The union chairman slapped the table in delight. “We want this girl!”
From then on, Lin Xia became the youngest worker in the steel mill's publicity department. Her stepmother was so furious she ground her teeth, and her stepsister was forced into a match and married off.
But Lin Xia knew an even bigger stage lay ahead: the 1977 college entrance exams would be her real battlefield.
She didn't just want to avoid being sent to the countryside. She wanted an entire future.
It's very interesting. The writing in the beginning is a bit immature, but the plot develops more smoothly later.