In the autumn of 1987, 13-year-old Shen Zhixia moved into the Tongzi Building of the Agricultural Machinery Factory with her father.
The new home is 30 square meters, and there are nearly seven people crowded into it: father Shen Guoqiang, stepmother Fang Xiulan, Fang Yuanzhou and Fang Xiaohai brought by stepmother, adopted Xiaohe, and stepmother is still pregnant with one child.
Shen Zhixia doesn't have a room of her own, she just draws a curtain in the living room.
She thought this was just a group of people making do with each other.
Stepbrother Fang Yuanzhou was rebellious and reckless. He stole money to buy a tape and was whipped by his father with a belt.
My sister Shen Yutong suffered from high fever and convulsions in the middle of the night, and the family drove to the hospital in the snow.
Shen Zhixia was admitted to the County No. 1 Middle School but could not afford the tuition, so she silently put the admission notice into a drawer.
And Fang Yuanzhou also quietly took the train ticket to go south to work.
At the train station, Shen Zhixia grabbed his backpack strap: "If you leave, this family will fall apart."
Three little ones ran over, each hugged a leg, and cried, "Brother, don't leave."
Fang Yuanzhou tore up the ticket and said with red eyes, "Go home."
Later, Shen Zhixia gave up No. 1 Middle School and went to normal school, and became a teacher after graduation.
Fang Yuanzhou went to an electronics factory in Shenzhen and sent money back every month.
A family that is not related by blood managed to make a living in the years when food stamps were not enough and the coal stove was often out.
The bicycle squeaked and squeaked as it rode through the streets of the small town.
We meet halfway, but they are each other's way home.
Purpose: Solidarity and mutual assistance