Chapter 3

n her memories, this textile factory belonged to the original owner’s maternal grandfather.

Later, after the liberation, the original owner’s grandfather handed over the factory to the state to support national development, along with over ten properties and shops.

Their family was given the title of a red capitalist family.

As for Su Lizhen, the daughter of the Su family, after graduating from school, she was assigned to work in the textile factory’s women’s federation and later rose to the position of women’s federation director.

However, in the increasingly tense political climate of the 1960s, the Su family was once again targeted for criticism.

The old man of the Su family took out the certificate given by the leaders at the time, and this matter was dropped.

But Su Lizhen lost her position as women’s federation director and became an ordinary textile worker.

Her younger brother, Su Xuelin, who was 15 years younger than Su Lizhen, resolutely chose to enlist in the army.

Li Yuechan felt dizzy; it must be from losing too much blood!

She lay weakly on the bed, unable to help it; after all, someone had cracked her head open.

At that moment, something suddenly fell out of her collar. She reached out and touched it. Oh wow, it was a jade pendant!

She thought for a moment; this jade pendant seemed to be the one her grandmother gave her when she was little.

She quickly pulled down the jade pendant and examined it closely. Hmm, it definitely wasn’t an ordinary item; her grandmother’s family was a capitalist family, so this jade pendant was definitely not simple!

Suddenly, she remembered the time she spent reading those time-travel novels at the base and couldn’t help but wonder if this could really be a treasure; perhaps it was a space jade pendant?

Li Yuechan finished speaking and turned to leave, still mumbling to herself, “Hmph, who does he think he is? Daring to laugh at me!”

She squinted, recalling the few people who had fought with her yesterday, and involuntarily clenched her fists.

Guo Xingmei looked at the back of Li Yuechan’s head and thought that the girl seemed to have become prettier.

When Li Yuechan returned home, she saw the corn soup warming in the pot, thick and fragrant.

She filled a bowl to the brim and heated some pancakes in the pot.

Eating the soup with the pancakes was delightful, and she felt overjoyed!

Before long, someone knocked on the door with a “bang bang.” The front door wasn’t locked, and with a creak, it was pushed open.

Li Yuechan focused her gaze and saw, oh, wasn’t that her neighbor Mao Duo!

Mao Duo glanced at Yuechan and noticed the gauze wrapped around her head. Pouting her lips, she looked as if she might cry or might not.

“Yuechan, are you okay? I wanted to come see you yesterday but thought you might be resting, so I waited until today.”

Li Yuechan looked at Mao Duo, her little face scrunched up. “Aren’t you supposed to be at school at this time?”

“I… I finished class early.”

“Who are you kidding? You skipped school, didn’t you?”

“Yuechan, I was just worried! How are you doing?”

Li Yuechan gulped down a bowl of soup and then patted her chest, “I’m fine, it’s just a big scar where my head was injured; this little wound is nothing!

By the way, Mao Duo, do you know where those people from yesterday live?”

“Yeah, it’s only a ten-minute walk from here.”

“Okay, take me there later. If they dare to hit me with bricks, I won’t let them off easily!”

“Yuechan, you can’t beat them, can you?”

Li Yuechan blew on her little fist, “Hmph! That’s not certain.”

“By the way, Yuechan, this is what my mom asked me to bring you. Thank you for standing up for me yesterday.” Mao Duo said as she handed over a basket.

Li Yuechan looked at the basket and saw ten eggs lying inside. This was quite a precious item nowadays!

She quickly waved her hand, “No need for that. You’re my little brother; if I don’t help you, who will?”

Mao Duo shook her head vigorously, “No, no, Yuechan, my mom specifically asked me to give this to you. Just accept it!”

Li Yuechan looked at the boy, thought for a moment, and agreed. She placed the ten eggs in the kitchen and returned the basket to Mao Duo.

“Alright, let’s go find them!”

“Okay!”

Before going out, Li Yuechan quickly found one of her mother’s headscarves and wrapped her hair. She couldn’t go out with such a big piece of white gauze; it looked scary.

The people who bullied Mao Duo yesterday were a few individuals who had taken her homework. After learning about it, Li Yuechan immediately decided to confront them.

Although the original owner had a bad temper, she was still a girl, and in the end, she would suffer losses.

On the way, Mao Duo recounted the details about those individuals to Li Yuechan, who nodded, her eyes darting around, a sly smile forming at the corners of her mouth.

They first went to the house of a family with the surname Wang, who worked at the steel factory.

Li Yuechan knocked on the door with a “bang bang bang.” With a creak, a woman opened the door, looking at the unfamiliar girl with a puzzled expression, “Who are you?”

Li Yuechan smiled sweetly, “Auntie, is Wang Daming home?”

The woman curiously scrutinized Li Yuechan, thinking to herself that this young girl was quite pretty and well-dressed. Could she be Daming’s girlfriend?

But the girl looked young, probably not even an adult yet. Well, her son was grown up; she couldn’t meddle in his affairs anymore.

She called out, “Daming, someone’s looking for you!”

Then she turned and went back into the kitchen to cook.

Wang Daming scratched his head and walked to the door, instantly startled when he saw Li Yuechan.