In the early 1980s, Su Qingyang, who had just turned eighteen, was an outstanding girl praised by everyone and a good prospect in university.
On the eve of the college entrance examination, I rushed to seek medical treatment to save a sick classmate. I was overworked and ended up missing the exam by one point.
She was trapped by a paper doll: she would break off the engagement if she got into college, and if she failed, she would marry the party secretary's son and become a private teacher.
After getting married, the promised teacher position was replaced by the party secretary's daughter. She hit rock bottom and lived in silence.
Her husband Yuan Genshan, who also just turned eighteen, studied carpentry after graduating from junior high school. Unable to bear his wife's indifference, he went out to work alone.
In the late 1980s, the trend of self-examination emerged, which brightened her gloomy life.
While working as a farmer and raising her children, she stayed up all night to study, and eventually obtained a college diploma.
He also grew from a small construction worker to a big boss with a good reputation. In order to make his wife look at him seriously, he built the first kindergarten in the town for her and said softly: I will fulfill your regretful dream of being a teacher in your life.
The truth is revealed at the grave, a belated apology is made, and a half-life regret is finally reconciled.
This is a story about regret, perseverance, redemption and perfection in an era.
