Chapter 1

"Why are the flowers so red?

Why are they so red?

Ah, red like, red like a burning fire... "Xie Huaxiang woke up to a familiar melody. When the song sang the word" burning, "Xie Huaxiang's heart jumped out of habit. Sure enough, the word" fire "came out of the cassette player along with a burst of static.

This was Xie Huaxiang's mother, Hu Aichun's favorite cassette player. After listening to it for a long time, the cassette player would wear out, and the sound quality would inevitably deteriorate. Xie Huaxiang could count which parts of the cassette player were particularly worn out with her eyes closed. She silently hummed a few words in her heart. Xie Huaxiang suddenly opened her eyes wide and sat up abruptly.

That's not right. At this time, who would still use the old-fashioned cassette player and cassette player? These things at home had long been thrown away. More importantly, where would Xie Huaxiang find anyone who liked to listen to "Why Are the Flowers So Red?"

What caught her eye was an old-fashioned wooden bed and a white quilt with red floral patterns covering her body. There was also a double-door cabinet at the end of the bed with a piece of paint missing. This was clearly Xie Huaxiang's boudoir when she was a young girl!

What's going on? Could it be that she hasn't woken up yet?

Xie Huaxiang stretched out her hand and pinched her thigh hard. "Ah, it hurts!" She couldn't help but cry out.

Hearing the noise, Hu Aichun poked her head in and said, "If you're awake, then hurry up and get up. Follow me to line up on the street to buy meat. How old are you? You don't know how to help out. All you know is to sleep all day long!"

Hearing this familiar nagging voice, Xie Huaxiang's eyes immediately welled up with tears. To her, this energetic scolding was simply better than the sound of nature. "Mom!" She cried out with a sobbing voice.

This voice caused Hu Aichun to misunderstand. "What? I wake up early and work late every day to serve you and your father day and night. Now I can't even say a word to you?

Look at the girl from the Zhang Family next door … "Hu Aichun paused. He remembered that the girl from the Zhang Family next door had just taken over her mother's job and was already working in the factory. However, his daughter's future was still uncertain. If she still couldn't get a job, then she would have to answer the country's call and go to the countryside to cut the queue.

Thinking of this, Hu Aichun was a little discouraged. He said resentfully, "Breakfast is in the pot. Hurry up and eat it while it's still hot. There's new hairtail in the non-staple food shop today. I'll line up and fry it for you guys for lunch."

Xie Huaxiang responded vaguely. She pretended to rub her eyes and secretly wiped away her tears. It really wasn't a dream. When she woke up, she had returned to the time when she was still a girl. Her parents were still alive and she hadn't married that scum, Jung Yongcheng. This was great!

Hu Aichun nagged a few words. "Bang!" There was a sound from outside. He closed the door and left. She was always like this. She was the one who always complained that Xie Huaxiang wasn't like other girls. She was the one who knew how to do housework, but she was also the one who never really let her do any work.

Xie Huaxiang felt warm in her heart. She jumped out of bed. It was good to be young. Even her movements were especially agile. She rushed to the living room with familiarity. She grabbed the calendar hanging on the wall with both hands and looked at it. It was May 20, 1976. This familiar date made Xie Huaxiang's heart skip a beat. It was actually this day!

At this time, people still didn't attach any special significance to the date "520." Xie Huaxiang remembered this date not because of the young people in the 21st century, but because this was the day she first met Jung Yongcheng.

In her previous life, Xie Huaxiang lived a very pretentious life. She firmly remembered this "meeting anniversary." Every year, she would celebrate this day in all sorts of ways. Until this day in a certain year, she designed a big surprise. She pretended to be on a business trip but suddenly returned home. When she opened the door, she saw Jung Yongcheng and another woman rolling around in disheveled clothes. It was an unbearable scene.

From then on, Xie Huaxiang hated this day. God was fair. She was actually reborn to this day. This time, she couldn't repeat the same mistake.

The pain she suffered in her previous life, the joy of being reborn, and the longing for a new future. All kinds of complicated emotions intertwined in Xie Huaxiang's heart into a complicated ball of yarn. Before she could calm down and sort it out, there was a knock on the door.

The old-fashioned wooden door was either locked from the outside or locked from the inside. The Xie family lived in the workers' compound of the textile factory. The isolated neighbors were all acquaintances from the factory. As long as there was someone at home during the day, the door would generally not be locked. Hu Aichun just went out and closed the door.

Xie Huaxiang ran over in her slippers. Before she arrived, the door was pushed open. An impatient voice urged her from the door, "Xie Huaxiang, what's wrong with you? You said you'd wait at the door at 8: 30. I've been waiting for you for half a day. What are you waiting for?"

Hearing this voice, Xie Huaxiang's heart was filled with physical disgust. Most of the sufferings she suffered in her previous life could be said to be caused by the owner of this voice, her so-called "best friend" since she was young, Tang Guiying. To put it bluntly, Xie Huaxiang now wanted to strangle this person to death whenever she saw her!

Tang Guiying rushed in hurriedly, picked up a cup on the table, and poured it into her mouth without a care. She even stopped to "smack" her lips. She felt that it was sweet and tasted good, so she continued to drink.

Xie Huaxiang remembered that before her mother left, she had told her not to drink the cup of water on the table. It was medicine for her father's Xie Yiping. Her father had been constipated for the past few days. She was afraid that he would refuse to drink it, so she specially added some sugar.

Seeing her drink the water, Xie Huaxiang subconsciously wanted to stop her. However, when she saw this annoying face, she held back and patiently stood by the side. When she finished the entire cup of water, she said coldly, "You can go. I'm not going."

Xie Huaxiang felt that she was really blind back then. This woman looked mean, had a domineering personality, and ordered people around. How on earth did she become good friends with such a person?

However, at that time, she even fell in love with a man like Jung Yongcheng. It was clear that she was blind.

"You're not going?"

Tang Guiying looked as if she had seen a ghost. "Do you know how hard it was for me to get in touch with those people from the Municipal Party Committee? It wasn't easy for me to make an appointment with them to go ice-skating this morning. How can you say that you're not going?"

"Anyway, I'm not going. If you want to go, then go by yourself!"

Xie Huaxiang held the door with one hand and made a gesture of closing the door. She looked like she was going to keep people at a thousand miles away.

"Xie Huaxiang, what's the matter with you today?"

Tang Guiying was also angry. She was the daughter of the textile factory's deputy director. Since she was young, Xie Huaxiang had always obeyed her. She had never treated her like this before. "We've already made an appointment. You have to go even if you don't want to!

It's not like you don't know what kind of people they are. If you really make them angry, you'll suffer. "

Xie Huaxiang sneered. "You're the one who provoked them. Whatever good or bad things happen to them, you'll be the one to suffer. What does it have to do with me?"

Tang Guiying was so angry that she pursed her lips forcefully. When she pursed her lips, her originally overly fat lips looked even uglier. "Fine, Xie Huaxiang. Since you don't appreciate my kindness to help you, then obediently go to the countryside and cut the queue!

When that time comes, don't blame me for not helping you. "After she finished speaking, she turned around and left angrily.

"Take care, I won't see you out!"

Xie Huaxiang said behind her and then slammed the door shut. According to the trajectory of her previous life, today should be the day when she went to the skating rink with Tang Guiying and met Jung Yongcheng. Jung Yongcheng fell in love with the beautiful Xie Huaxiang at first sight and pursued her relentlessly.

At that time, Xie Huaxiang was just an inexperienced little girl. When she saw that Jung Yongcheng was handsome, had a good family background, and could even arrange a job for her so that she could escape the fate of going to the countryside, of course, she was dazzled by him and plunged headfirst into the mud pit that had caused her pain for most of her life.

When Tang Guiying heard this, she was even angrier. She stomped her foot hard and left without looking back. With her special identity, she had always been able to do whatever she wanted in this courtyard, let alone Xie Huaxiang, who had always obeyed her. She really did not know what kind of bear's heart and leopard's heart had eaten today to dare treat her like this. Tang Guiying fiercely swore that she would ignore her for at least ten days.

Naturally, Xie Huaxiang would not take Tang Guiying's anger to heart. She remembered another very important matter.

Today was not the day she first met Jung Yongcheng, that scumbag, but it was also the day she first met Shen Tingsheng. Unfortunately, in her previous life, she only cared about looking for Jung Yongcheng and missed this meeting.

"Shen Tingsheng!"

When she said this name, Xie Huaxiang could not help but smile. In her mind, the image of a handsome, elegant, and steady middle-aged man appeared. He was indeed worthy of being the scholarly businessman that was advertised in financial magazines. He was already so old, yet he was still able to win the favor of women of the three generations.

"No, no!"

Xie Huaxiang shook her head and drove away the image of Shen Tingsheng in her mind. At this time, he should still be a poor country boy. It was said that back then, Hu Aichun treated him as a beggar and a swindler and chased him away with a big broom. How poor he must have been!

"Pfft!"

Xie Huaxiang could not help but laugh. She really could not imagine what Shen Tingsheng was like when he was young.

In her previous life, in front of Xie Huaxiang, Shen Tingsheng always had the appearance of a mature, wise, and successful man. She really could not imagine what he was like before he became successful.

Fortunately, when she thought of Shen Tingsheng, Xie Huaxiang forgot the unhappiness that Tang Guiying had brought to her. She hummed a little tune and went to wash up. She took out a white cotton dress with light pink floral patterns from the wardrobe and put it on. Then, she braided her black, soft, shoulder-length hair into two braids. She looked at the young girl in the mirror. Her double eyelids were big and bright, and her face was full of collagen. She was simply youthful!

Xie Huaxiang was very satisfied with her youthful image. She happily walked to the kitchen. In the pot, there was rice porridge and steamed buns that Hu Aichun had warmed up for her. The rice porridge was thick and thick, and the steamed buns were big and soft. It was very appetizing.

At this time, the conditions of the families were not very good. However, Xie Yiping and Hu Aichun were dual workers in the factory. Their conditions were not bad. Moreover, they only had one daughter, Xie Huaxiang. Since she was young, they had never mistreated her. Whether it was in terms of food or clothes, they always gave her the best.