Born in 1969 [Water Conservancy]

Temporary blurb:

In 2069, after living exactly one hundred years, Ms. Zhong peacefully closed her eyes in the hospital.

When she opened them again, she was back in 1975, on the night before she was to be sent to her new parents' home.

Her mother fished a five-cent coin from beneath her pillow. After hesitating for a long while, she sewed it into Ms. Zhong's threadbare padded jacket. With red-rimmed eyes, she whispered, "Keep it. Buy something to eat when you're hungry."

Her eldest sister stood to one side with their elder and second brother, her toes poking out of her broken plastic shoes. Her second sister had just come back from cutting grass and hadn't even parked the handcart. Their youngest sister was still nursing in their mother's arms, sucking so hard that her little face had turned red, but not getting a single drop.

Ms. Zhong calmly tucked the coin away. "Don't worry, Mom. I'll make a good life for myself."

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