In 1977, my fiancé Gu Yunjia was admitted to Beijing University, and the whole village praised me for my good fortune. But on the day the admission notice arrived, I saw him hugging Zhou Qing, an educated youth, and saying, "The person I love is you." After breaking off the marriage, taking the exam, and going north alone, from the Xiangyang Brigade to the campus of Beijing University, no one believed that a rural girl could gain a foothold in his territory. But fate never disappoints those who grit their teeth and move forward. When Gu Yunjia turned around and begged me for forgiveness, I was no longer the little Huanhuan squatting under the window waiting for him. The daughter of Xiangyang Brigade is destined to live her life as her supporter.
