The 1980s: A Frail Educated Youth Finds Her Feet in the Countryside, Raising Kids and Living It Up

Song Wei spent more than a decade struggling to survive in a wasteland apocalypse before finally dying. Her only regret was that she never managed to eat her fill.

When she opened her eyes again, she was a sent-down youth in the far northeast.

The bad news: The original owner was a frail beauty and a hopeless romantic, basically a pretty ornament.

The good news: Everything here was normal. No radiation, no mutations. The village where she was sent was even backed by mountains full of wild produce. At last, she could eat her fill!

Before long, Song Wei went from a sickly weakling who couldn't lift a finger to a firebrand who could punch out a wild boar, carry a tree on her shoulder, beat up thugs, and hold her own against the village aunties.

The folks in Ping'an Brigade warned each other: “That educated youth Song is trouble. Whatever you do, don't provoke her!”

Song Wei, for her part, insisted she just wanted to enjoy good food. Every day, she worked her shift, then headed into the mountains to stock up on anything edible. In her free time, she just gossiped and watched the village ladies stir up drama. She was perfectly reasonable.

Well... she had also picked up a filthy, pitiful little kid nobody wanted.

But what was the deal with that towering, muscular man with a six-pack who'd returned from the army and was now following her around?

Oh, he was the kid's older brother.

Song Wei picked up the chubby little kid she'd been raising and held him out. “Here, your kid.”

The little one burst into tears. “I don't want my brother! I want big sister...”

The man ignored his younger brother completely and gazed at her with dark eyes. “I have no home anymore.”

Song Wei asked, “What do you mean?”

He replied, “You've already taken in the little one. How about taking in the big one too? I'm pretty strong.”

Song Wei said, “...Are you brothers trying to scam me?”