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In a 1962 Shanghai alley, Lin Zhaodi, a housewife worrying about her family’s next meal of cornmeal, finds a newspaper-wrapped wooden box at her gate—inside are 2 catties of rice, an unopened can of orange slices, and a pencil note: “Come tomorrow.” From then on, she gets a “mystery box” every day: her child’s much-needed notebook, her mother-in-law’s hair oil, even winter cotton wadding. As supplies pile up, so do rumors of “using connections,” her mother-in-law’s scolding of “inviting trouble,” and a visit from the street committee. Until one day, her husband’s military medal falls out of a box. She realizes: her husband, missing for three years, had hidden his unspoken “I’ll come back” in every box—all this time...
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