The Female Mail Carrier of the 1970s

Next up: My Sixties Nanny Marries a Big Shot Whenever the villagers talked about Cheng Jiantong, they all said he was an unlucky man. He had been born to a hardworking family of farmers in the village, but because his grandparents had helped the resistance during the war against Japan, he was given the chance to enlist in the army. He became a communications soldier and took part in countless battles, large and small, earning many military honors. But during one battle, he was badly wounded while saving a commanding officer and lost the sight in one eye. After he recovered, the officer wanted to arrange an easy job for him and his family in the city. But after listening to his mother cry and carry on, he lost his head and turned down the city job, asking instead to become a postman back in his hometown. He delivered letters and parcels around the countryside, rain or shine, working diligently as a postman for more than twenty years. He was only a few years away from retirement. Who could have imagined that while delivering mail to a remote mountain village, Cheng Jiantong would fall from a steep mountain trail? He lay in the mountains for a day and a night before someone found him. Left partially paralyzed, he could no longer work. The villagers all sighed. "Being a postman is a coveted job with guaranteed security. Cheng Jiantong has no sons, only two daughters, and everyone says daughters will get married sooner or later and become like water poured out of the house. Old Madam Cheng favors her eldest son and his family, so the postman's job will probably go to his eldest brother's son..." * Cheng Ying woke from a dream to find herself back in the 1970s. In her previous life, she had scorned the idea of taking over her father's job, a grueling postman's work that meant climbing mountains and crossing rivers to deliver people's mail, rain or shine. Recommended by the commanding officer her father had saved, she enlisted as a female soldier, and the postman's job went to her cousin. Before her father died, she sat beside his sickbed and saw the proud man weep as he asked her, "Why weren't you willing to take over my job? Do you know? Being a postman isn't just a job. It carries a moral responsibility and the hopes and trust of the villagers... How I wish you'd taken over from me back then and become a postman..." Only later did Cheng Ying learn that her father's fall from the mountain had not been an accident. After her cousin took the postman's job, he lost many letters and parcels and did plenty of bad things, ruining the good impression of the postal service her father had spent years building among the villagers. This breach of trust was her father's greatest regret before he died. Back in the 1970s, Cheng Ying decided to honor her father's wish and take over his postman's job. Not long after she started, she was delivering mail to a remote mountain village when she accidentally fell from a steep trail. In a daze, she saw a group of men dressed in traditional Miao clothing surrounding her. One of them shouted excitedly, "Young chieftain, there's a woman! A beautiful woman!" "A woman?" A deep, pleasant voice rang out. "Carry her back and make her the bandit's wife." January 7, 2023. The blurb has been posted as a screenshot on Weibo. Theme: Independence and self-reliance