It is April 1972. This is Yangshutun, a remote village in Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. Four years ago, my parents died protecting the production team's cattle.,Grandma Lin and her two daughters-in-law were terrified after that incident. They became more restrained for a while, but after a period of quiet, their old habits resurfaced. While they didn't dare to do anything wrong in public, they continued to plot behind the scenes.,We ran out of money and the family is starving. I've been lying on the kang for days without eating, just thinking about how in two more days the relief funds will arrive.。