Everyday Life in the Countryside in the Eighties

I've started a new historical romance: The Little Everyday Life in the Prefect's Household In one sentence: Her father was robbed by bandits, her mother was struck by tragedy, her elder brother became a monk, and she was left alone. *An '80s story about leaving the city to lie flat in the countryside The Luo family, who live in the compound for employees of the Parts Factory, are the neighbors everyone praises. Luo Yongmin and Liang Lanlan were both born in the countryside. With no one to help them, they worked hard and made a life for themselves in the city. He became a team leader at the Parts Factory, and she became a staff member at the Textile Factory. They forged a deep revolutionary friendship, started a family, and had four children. Their eldest son, Luo Weixing, graduated from junior high, married the daughter of a skilled worker, and became a technical worker. Their second daughter, Luo Jingfang, graduated from junior high. She's pretty and knows how to dress, and is now discussing marriage. Their third daughter, Luo Yijiao, graduated from a technical secondary school and is about to be assigned a job. Their youngest, Luo Jie, is still young and attending junior high. Luo Yijiao is the third child. Her parents dote on her less than they do her eldest brother, Luo Weixing, and she isn't as sweet-talking as her second sister, Luo Jingfang. The qualities her neighbors praise most are that she's hardworking and quiet. As her mother puts it, she's a mute gourd: you could hit her with a stick and not get a peep out of her. At least she's honest. Luo Yijiao used to be as meek as they come. Just before her job assignment, she had a nightmare. In the dream, she was a horse, laboring tirelessly and diligently, selflessly giving everything to her family. In the end, everyone else looked radiant and successful, while she was pale and emaciated, worn down by a host of ailments. When she woke up, Luo Yijiao had become a troublemaker. She didn't even want the iron rice bowl anymore. She kicked up a fuss and insisted on going back to the countryside to lie flat. Whoever wants to be this family's workhorse can do it themselves. It took Luo Yongmin and Liang Lanlan more than twenty years to shed the mud of the countryside and truly become city folk. Their neighbors praised them, and back in their village they were role models, the people everyone aspired to emulate: leave the countryside, make it in the city, become workers, eat state-supplied grain, and wear leather shoes. Leaving the countryside and settling in the city was almost everyone's dream. Luo Yijiao was the first city dweller in the whole county to voluntarily return to the countryside. You couldn't find another person like her anywhere. Luo Yongmin and Liang Lanlan watched coldly, waiting for Luo Yijiao to take a hard fall in the countryside, then come meekly back to the factory to tighten screws, hold on to her iron rice bowl, eat state-supplied grain, and get married and have children. Back in the countryside, Luo Yijiao felt like a fish in water. She ate and drank to her heart's content, and loved to chatter about everything. Before she even realized it, she'd gone from being the