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Newlyweds' Gratitude in the 1960s

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In a 1965 northern Shaanxi village, educated youth Su Xiaotang agrees to marry Lin Jianguo (who has a leg injury) to repay his mother—who once traded half a year’s saved brown sugar for退烧药 to save her. On their wedding night, she clutches a train ticket to the city, ready to break off the marriage—until Lin comes in with six months of saved food stamps and a jar of face cream from the county town: "I know you don’t want to stay. This is for your fare." Su freezes—she remembers Lin secretly carrying firewood for her, giving her his corn bun at rations, even staying up three nights to mend her clothes. Her "gratitude" was never one-sided; it was their silent love hidden in patches. She tucks the ticket under the kang mat, takes his hand: "I’m staying. Let’s save food stamps together from now on."

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