“Song Zhiwei, your brother is the only boy in the family. How glorious to go reclaim land in the Great Northwest! Just think of it as going in his place. The textile mill's office job has to be saved for him so he can get married!”
Faced with her biased parents' unreasonable decision, modern-day female executive Song Zhiwei let out a cold laugh. “Sure, I'll go to the educated youth office right now.”
Then, without hesitation, she made sure her twin brother's name was firmly put on the list of those sent to the most remote farm in the Great Northwest. As for her, she took her letter of recommendation for a permanent position and proudly started work at the state-run textile mill!
Reincarnated into the role of a stepping stone for her family to bleed dry? Anyone who wants to be cannon fodder can take the job!
With a huge general store at her disposal, she has everything from premium flour to fatty pork, from military coats to radios. In the 1970s, when even a bar of soap requires a ration coupon, Song Zhiwei has cash in her pocket and eats rice with braised pork every day.
Her biased parents are starving and come begging for food, while her rotten brother gnaws on tree bark in the Northwest and writes asking for money.
Song Zhiwei holds up an enamel mug printed with “Labor is glorious,” blows the oil off her food, and says, “It's early in the morning. Go beg somewhere else. I wouldn't even give the dogs my dishwater.”
She also strikes a mutually beneficial deal with Captain Lu of the transport team, a well-connected man who often drives around in a jeep. The two cross paths in shadowy alleyways, and she makes her life in the 1970s flourish!
