Zhang Hui didn't know at first why she had to become an intellectual youth. Clearly, it wasn't that no one else in the family could go to the countryside; why was it her?
Later, when she eavesdropped on her parents' conversations at night again, she learned why she had to become an intellectual youth: someone had seen her and was investigating her.
This frightened her greatly. She certainly knew that if her true identity was discovered, she would face various outcomes—who cared about going to the Northeast as an intellectual youth, she would definitely be sent to the Northwest for reform.
It couldn't be like now, where her family would remit money to her every month. At that time, they too would be unable to escape disaster; they'd hardly be able to take care of themselves, let alone her.
And how would her siblings feel knowing why they went to the Northwest? Would they have no opinion on her? They would definitely be unhappy and might target her in unknown ways.
