A Left-Behind Mom in the Nineties Has Seen the Light

At sixteen, Liu Suqin graduated from junior high and followed her cousin south to find work. Like most young women in the factories, she met a male coworker around her age who shared her interests, fell in love with him in no time, and married him. Then she went back home to have a baby, raise her child, and manage the household. Her husband continued to work away from home. Because they lived apart for years on end, their relationship was neither especially warm nor especially cold. Fortunately, the man she married was reasonably responsible and regularly sent his wages home. Liu Suqin stayed in their hometown to look after their bright, well-behaved son and daughter, and even built a beautiful three-story house. Later, both children went away to university. As other families in the village bought homes in the county seat for their sons to marry in, they also emptied their savings to buy one. From then on, they looked forward to their son coming home so the family could be reunited. Then, out of the blue, their son, newly graduated with a master's degree, told them he wanted to make it in a big city and would not be coming home. When she looked again, the considerate, sensible eldest daughter she remembered had become a strange, rebellious woman past the usual age for marriage. After a lifetime of toil, with her husband always away and her children each going their own way, Liu Suqin had become utterly alone... One day, she woke up more than thirty years in the past. She was still in the factory dormitory, her eldest daughter still in her belly, while her young husband bustled about packing her bags to send her back to their hometown to await the birth. Liu Suqin gritted her teeth and stamped her foot. She would stay in Shenzhen to await the birth, have her baby, and work. In this life, she would never again be a mother left behind! Blurb dated January 23, 2024 Theme: Keep your feet on the ground and work hard to build wealth.