The upbringing of a rural girl

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She was born in a small farm yard in the early seventies, the youngest child in the family, and she has two older sisters and an older brother. Although it was an era of son preference, she was fortunate that her parents, brothers and sisters regarded her as a treasure in the palm of her hand. She is lively and cute as a pistachio in the family. At that time, the standard of living was still very low, the parents worked in the production team to earn work very hard, and they could not earn much money all year round, and the grain was barely enough for the family, but the laughter in their families was continuous.

Every day, her eldest sister, who was thirteen years older than her, had to work with the adults in the production team, and her second sister, who was nine years older, attended primary school in the village, accompanied only by her brother, who was six years older than her, and from a few months onwards, she was often left with only her brothers and sisters at home. Time passed day by day, and she grew up day by day. When her brother reached school age (it should have been eight or nine years old at that time), she also began to spend time with adults in the wild. At first, her mother put her into the basket for the production team to weave things with thorns in order to be safe, and later she could play with other children in the field, and won the love of the whole village with her liveliness and cuteness. With her young age, she can also hum two sentences of the model play rehearsed in the village, and the imitation of the action provokes the old and young people working in the fields to laugh out loud. This went on for a few years, and she reached school age.

That day when I came home from school, there were suddenly a lot of people at home, more things, all brand new, all pots and kettles, she didn't ask, no one told her what was going on, just saw the eldest sister crying in the room, she looked at it silently for a while, and then silently withdrew. The next morning, for the first time in the world, dumplings were eaten without a new year (dumplings could only be eaten in the New Year' in that era), and since then, the eldest sister has rarely appeared in the family. However, the second sister cared more about her. Tie her pigtails, tell stories, tutor her to study, take her with her to mow grass and feed pigs and rabbits. Because she studied well, looked good, and was lively, she became a bright spot in school. The festival school organizes theatrical performances, and the teachers love to push her on the stage. She also took out her hand while reciting dances and singing, although she didn't understand what other people's evaluation was. With the marriage of the second sister, the family life dropped significantly, and soon the brother dropped out of school, and the seventeen-year-old brother joined the army of coolies who left home to bulldoze and earn money. She also felt pressure from her parents, because her brother had reached the age of marrying his daughter-in-law and had to prepare dowry money. In her sophomore year of high school, she had to leave her beloved school because there was no ability at home for her to study, and she returned home in the sad eyes of her teachers and classmates.