This is a true story. The story took place around 1970, when the movement to go to the mountains and countryside was at its most vigorous in the countryside. The protagonist of the story is called Xiu'er. Her name, like her person, is very ordinary. However, her life is so inspiring!
Xiu'er is my cousin, she is the biological sister of my mother's ex-husband, Zhao Changjiu. According to the naming habits of that era, if I guessed correctly, Xiu'er's real name should be Zhao Changxiu. I don't know why, in such a cold winter day, I suddenly thought of her. My cousin Xiu'er, maybe because of her personal experience and her life's encounters, it seems that it can no longer be modified with words like "unfortunate"!