Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

In the suburban women's prison, Jia Zhang was packing her clothes. She had been here for three years and today was finally the day she would be released from prison. She did not want to stay any longer and could not wait to go home.

No way? This is really not a place for people to stay.

Jia Zhang now weighs less than 100 pounds, her face is full of wrinkles, and half of her hair is white. Only in her triangular eyes can one vaguely see her former self.

If someone familiar came over, he might not recognize her.

When she first came in, Jia Zhang was fearless and thought that this place was just like her home and everyone gave in to her. She never wanted to do any dirty or tiring work and always argued with her team leader.

But reality taught her a good lesson. The team leader in the same cell not only dared to beat her, but also led a group to beat her. He didn't let her go until she urinated on herself.

After being beaten, she learned her lesson and started to tell tales and complain to the warden.

Jia Zhang never expected that the supervisor not only did not help her, but after listening to the team leader's opinions, he also said that she was disobeying management, and directly put her in a small cell and put her on a cross brace as a punishment.

Is that cross brace worn by humans?

I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t stand, I couldn’t straighten my waist, and I was always stuck in a half-squatting position. Even to go to the toilet, I needed someone’s help to take off my pants.

After a week of punishment, Jia Zhang became completely obedient and never dared to talk back or complain again.

Because she had a history of snitching, the team leader held a grudge against her. From then on, all the dirty and tiring work assigned by the team was contracted by her.

In such an environment, she was not able to eat enough every day, especially this year, which was even worse, so she aged so quickly.

"Zhang Xiaohua, are you ready? Your son is here to pick you up."

"Alright, alright, Supervisor Li, I'll be right there."

Hearing that her son was coming, Jia Zhang was extremely excited. After leaving this gate, she could go home and be her own emperor again.

The two men left the cell, passed through inspections by spearmen along the way, and finally arrived at the gate.

"Zhang Xiaohua, this is your release certificate. After you get out, you must behave yourself and stop committing crimes. I hope you won't come here again."

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, Master Li."

Jia Zhang took the release certificate and walked out of the door quickly with great excitement.

Outside the gate, Jia Dongxu, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Jia Zhang coming in and smiled happily.

"Mom, you've suffered a lot in the past few years. Your son will take you home."

Because he could visit his mother in prison every year, Jia Dongxu was not too surprised when he saw his mother. He just comforted her.

"Son, Mommy is finally out, woooooo..."

The moment she saw Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhang finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears, as if she wanted to pour out all the grievances she had suffered over the years.

Seeing his mother like this, Jia Dongxu knew that she must have suffered a lot in the past few years. He could only take her package and let her cry enough, maybe that would make her feel better.

After crying, the two were about to leave. Jia Zhang's stomach made a "gurgling" sound again, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Dongxu! You know that life in there is not easy. Have you brought some delicious food for mom? If not, buy her a roast chicken!"

Jia Zhang's stomach seemed to be awakened by the word "roast chicken". After she finished speaking, it started to "gurgle" non-stop.

When Jia Dongxu heard his mother's request, his head went numb. His mother was so bold to say that. In this year of famine, where could he buy a roast chicken?

However, in order to appease Jia Zhang and trick her back home, he had no choice but to tell a lie.

"Mom, let's go back and eat! I've arranged for Huairu to buy meat. As long as we get home, you can eat whatever you want."

"Really? You can't lie to mom. If I can't eat it when we get home, don't blame me for getting angry."

Although Jia Zhang was in prison, she knew that there was a famine outside, so she was a little hesitant to believe what her son said.

Mr. Zhou Shuren once said that if you tell a lie, you have to cover it up with several lies.

Now Jia Dongxu has also encountered this situation. He is in a dilemma, but he decides to continue editing.

"Don't worry! I have saved up meat coupons for several months. When you come home, we won't eat any of it. We will leave it all for you."

Jia Zhang was half-believing and half-doubting her son's words, but no matter what, she had some thoughts. You know, since she went to prison, she had forgotten what meat tasted like.

"I'll trust you this time, let's go!"

Believing that they would be able to eat meat when they got home, Jia Zhang forced herself to endure the hunger and walked towards the place where she would be boarding the bus.

When they arrived at the boarding point, just two miles away, Jia Zhang was already seeing stars and sweat broke out on her face. One can imagine how weak she was.

The two waited for twenty minutes before the bus came. After they got on the bus, it slowly headed towards the city.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, quite a few people had gathered at the gate of the courtyard.

The men were watching the chess game, the women were chatting, and the children were running around.

Although everyone seemed to be chatting and gossiping, their actual purpose was only one: to see Jia Zhangshi's "return of the king".

Hu Zi, who lives in the backyard, is already 8 years old this year and knows a few things. He is now blocking the way of Bang Geng and his sister.

"Bang Geng, I heard that your grandma was released from prison today. What's up? Are you two going to welcome her?"

Bang Geng, who is only 6 years old this year, also looked confused and asked silently: "Do I have a grandma?"

This cannot be blamed on him. When Jia Zhang was arrested, he was only 3 years old and had long forgotten the existence of his grandmother.

"How come you don't have a grandmother? Not only do you have a grandmother, but she's also a labor camp inmate."

Hu Zi said proudly.

These are what he heard the adults say in their conversations. Although he didn't know what a labor camp prisoner was, he felt from the tone of the adults that it was not a good thing.

"Can the prisoners eat it?"

Bang Geng asked in confusion.

For a child, nothing is more tempting than eating, especially these days.

"Prisoners can't eat it, but being a prisoner is glorious! Your grandmother is glorious, and she's going home soon. Just imagine how honorable it is to have a grandmother who's a prisoner."

Hu Zi talked nonsense in a serious tone.

He was ready to make Banggeng suffer because he was a boaster every day and he ate all the meat at home.

Banggeng, who was completely unaware of this, was still thanking him foolishly.

"Thank you, Brother Huzi. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known! It turns out my grandma is so awesome."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Hu Zi quietly ran to the side and went to play with other children.

As for the Banggeng brother and sister?

There was a grandmother of a prisoner in a labor camp, who would want to play with them?