Li Yumei was admitted to the Beijing Iron and Steel Institute in 1977 and returned to Beijing to study, before which she lived in the northern Shaanxi team for 10 years.
After Li Yumei graduated from high school in 1967, in response to the call of the state, she joined the team to the Wangjiagou Brigade in Ganquan County, northern Shaanxi, she came to northern Shaanxi to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle-class peasants, at that time there were many knowledgeable young people like Li Yumei, who went to the countryside after graduating from high school to join the team, Li Yumei originally wanted to stay in the countryside for a few months and go back, but she did not want to stay for ten years.
When he joined the team, Zhiqing lived in the home of his fellow villagers, Li Yumei lived in the home of his fellow villager Wang Mancang, Wang Mancang's father was the captain of the brigade, the power of the captain at that time was quite large, he could manage dozens of people under his hands, the big and small things in the team were decided by the captain, Wang Mancang also had a younger sister in the primary school, Wang Mancang only finished junior high school and dropped out of school, and has been helping his father cultivate the land at home.
Li Yumei and Wang Mancang's sister Wang Erni live in a cave, usually Li Yumei will also teach Wang Erni some knowledge, Wang Erni is also very fond of Li Yumei, often the sister is long, the sister is short, Li Yumei came to northern Shaanxi for the third year, Wangjiagou Primary School just wants to recruit a temporary substitute teacher, several of the Zhiqing who are in the queue want to compete for this place, but whether they can be selected depends on the captain and the meaning of the commune.
At that time, Li Yumei had been living in Wang Mancang's home for three years, and the relationship with Wang Mancang was also very good, Li Yumei wanted Wang Mancang to tell his father about it, and give himself this teacher quota, Wang Mancang did not hesitate to agree, which in his opinion was a matter of his father's words.
But Wang Mancang's father, Wang Dahai, did not think so, as the captain if he gave this quota directly to Li Yumei, he was afraid that someone would gossip, and this matter was not his own decision, Wang Dahai knew his son's careful thinking, he finally agreed.
In the end, Li Yumei successfully got the quota of substitute teacher, although it was temporary, but it was always much better than farming in the countryside, Li Yumei was very grateful to Wang Mancang, so he gave Wang Mancang a hand-knitted sweater, and Wang Mancang felt that this was Li Yumei showing his kindness to himself.
Li Yumei as a substitute teacher moved out of Wang Mancang's home and lived in the school, Wang Mancang usually has nothing to do, often go to the school to find Li Yumei, bring Some Delicious Food to Li Yumei, Li Yumei at first felt that Wang Mancang was a bit silly, but later after two people got along, Li Yumei changed his view of Wang Mancang, he felt that Wang Mancang was still a man worth relying on, working diligently and honestly.
In 1974, Li Yumei and Wang Mancang married, when they got married, Li Yumei did not inform her family, she was afraid that her parents would not agree, after marriage Li Yumei gave birth to a daughter to Wang Mancang, Wang Mancang named her daughter Wang Doudou, Wang Mancang originally felt that Li Yumei had a child, and she could stay in northern Shaanxi to live with him, but in 1977, the college entrance examination was restored, Li Yumei knew the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, she was very excited, and the family also gave her a letter to seize the time to review. He also mailed her some textbooks over.
Li Yumei was admitted to the Beijing Iron and Steel Institute in the first year of the college entrance examination, she wrote to her parents, and by the way, she also told her family about her marriage in northern Shaanxi, her parents were very angry after they knew it, and asked her to quickly divorce Wang Mancang, Li Yumei finally listened to her parents' opinions and divorced Wang Mancang after thinking twice.
Although Wang Mancang was reluctant in his heart, he knew that he could not keep his wife Li Yumei, and he finally agreed to divorce Li Yumei, and when he left, Li Yumei went to the temple to ask for a peace blessing for his daughter, and put it on her neck, hoping that she would be safe and secure in the future.
Li Yumei returned to Beijing to finish college, after graduation was assigned to a high school in Beijing as a teacher, in 1982 Li Yumei met his senior Wei Dongmin, the two people re-established a family, after marriage Li Yumei gave Wei Dongmin a daughter, in 2005 when Wei Weimin fell seriously ill and died, Li Yumei was sad and over-hospitalized, did not expect that in 2015, when her daughter Wei Tingting had a car accident, successive blows let Li Yumei once have the idea of a light life, and was later saved by well-meaning people. When asked if she had any relatives, Li Yumei said, "I still have a daughter in northern Shaanxi."
In 2017, with the help of well-meaning people, Li Yumei returned to northern Shaanxi to find her daughter, Li Yumei came to Wangjiagou, she herself did not expect to come back after forty years, Wangjiagou changed a lot, Li Yumei asked her compatriots about Wang Mancang's address, at this time Wang Mancang's home built a three-story building, the building was built by her daughter Wang Doudou, Wang Doudou graduated from Zhejiang University, and later founded a company with her husband, in 2015 Wang Doudou returned to Wangjiagou to help her hometown get rich together.
Wang Mancang was very surprised when he saw Li Yumei, he did not expect That Li Yumei would come back, the two people who had not met for 40 years, at this time became both familiar and strange, Li Yumei told Wang Mancang about her, Wang Mancang was also very sad in his heart, since Li Yumei left, Wang Mancang did not get married again, a person raised his daughter to grow up, Wang Mancang looks much older than Li Yumei.
Seeing her daughter Wang Doudou, Li Yumei can no longer control her feelings, she cried sadly, Wang Doudou did not have much impression of Li Yumei, after listening to her father's story, Wang Doudou was very calm in her heart, she was very sympathetic to her mother's suffering, and she also had a little more sympathy for her mother Li Yumei, and finally Wang Mancang and her daughter still accepted Li Yumei, and the family was reunited again after forty years, for Li Yumei, her heart was more regret and guilt.