Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Wang Lanhua's voice floated out from the house: "Why are you back so late? What happened? Who is so cruel to abandon the child?"

Village Chief Zhao was so frightened that he quickly stuffed the note into his mouth and muttered, "How can it be that easy to find? Let us keep it and wait for notification. They will go to the various brigades and companies to investigate and notify us when they have results."

Wang Lanhua muttered, "If you ask me, there's no need to look for it. It must have been thrown away by a family that couldn't afford to keep it. Just send it directly to an orphanage."

Village Chief Zhao shouted angrily, "Just follow the police's instructions. You don't need to support me. Hurry up and bring me some water. It's freezing cold out here."

Seeing that he was inexplicably angry, Wang Lanhua didn't dare to say anything. Although she had the final say at home, the decision was still made by Village Chief Zhao.

As for Jiang Yanqiu, this little guy is quite easy to raise. He must have been well taken care of in the womb and is also energetic.

As long as his diaper is not wet and he is not hungry, he will sleep soundly.

Unfortunately, he was young and didn't eat much, so he got hungry quickly. Jiang Yanqiu got up to feed him four times and changed his diaper five times in one night.

The next day she was still thinking that she had this child as an excuse so that she wouldn't have to go cut reed stalks, and she was too lazy to get up when the radio came on in the morning.

Soon the village chief arrived and said, "The commune and the police are looking for the child's parents. You should keep the child and send him away once the parents are found."

Jiang Yanqiu didn't want to agree so quickly, lest the village chief see any flaws, so she said: "But village chief, I can't go to work with my children, and I still have to rely on work points to make a living."

The village chief hesitated for a moment and said, "Take care of him for a few days. No one in the village has time to take care of him. We're not busy now, so you don't have to go to work. I'll have the village office give you some extra work points and food rations later."

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, Lin Shaoyang interrupted: "I'll take care of the child during the day. I can't do heavy work, but I have no problem taking care of the child."

Jiang Yanqiu was so angry that she really wanted to kick him like Gu Qingshi did, preferably kicking him five or six meters away.

But what else could she say? She could only give the child and the five unwashed diapers from last night to Lin Shaoyang, and then carry two sweet potatoes to cut reed stalks.

Jiang Yanqiu went straight back to her room after returning in the afternoon and was too lazy to take care of the child. She also asked Lin Shaoyang to take care of the child at night.

After dinner, Lin Shaoyang brought the child over. When Jiang Yanqiu asked him to take care of the child at night, he said, "It's not that I don't want to, but I'm a wounded soldier and need more rest. Besides, I sleep very soundly at night and can't hear the child crying. I also snore and the child probably won't sleep well either."

There were so many reasons and they were sufficient that Jiang Yanqiu couldn't refuse.

After the reed stalks were cut, the villagers organized people to go hunting in the mountains.

The team leader personally led the team into the mountains, and all the male educated youth except Lin Shaoyang followed. The trip would probably take ten days to half a month.

The factories and units in the commune organized people to go hunting in the mountains, and they all passed by the village.

The Corps also arranged for them to stay in the village office so that they could go into the mountains to chop firewood.

Village chief Zhao is very busy all day and has no time to take care of the children's affairs. Accountant Li is busy checking work points and has no mood to meddle in other people's affairs.

Jiang Yanqiu went to ask every two days. At first, Village Chief Zhao always said to keep the baby for a few more days, but then he would hide from Jiang Yanqiu and disappear.

However, the educated youth came with things to feed the children, and Qiao Lei brought five kilograms of rice.

Gu Qingqing took out an 800 ml can of malted milk. According to the original owner's memory, this cost more than 40 yuan per can.

Jiang Zhenzhu and Jiang Yuzhu from the Jiang family could only buy one can per month, and the original owner could only taste a few sips when he was sick.

Xu Yan also brought a bag of milk powder that her family sent her, and Zhao Lanlan helped take care of the child and wash diapers during the day.

Jiang Yanqiu gave her some cloth and asked her to make two sets of clothes for the child.

Lin Shaoyang also gave two bags of milk powder. Wang Haiyang and Qin Yiheng said they would buy more after they finished the milk powder.

Liu Yuanda didn't give anything, but when he didn't go hunting in the mountains, he fetched four buckets of water for Jiang Yanqiu every day, saying that it was for washing diapers.

Jiang Yanqiu took care of her more at night and didn't take much care of her during the day.

If she let Zhao Lanlan and the others sleep here, they would also help take care of the children.

But this is impossible. Jiang Yanqiu has prepared food for the little guy and put it in the space. When he wakes up, he can just take it out and feed him.

When other people come together, we have to get up in the middle of the night to cook porridge and wait until it cools down before feeding it.

Lin Shaoyang went to the regional hospital for a follow-up check-up and brought back a bottle and a thermometer. He asked Jiang Yanqiu to measure the baby's temperature before each meal to avoid scalding the child.

Jiang Yanqiu almost fainted from anger.

In addition to the baby bottles, Lin Shaoyang also brought some steel pipes and other things, and led people to convert the well in the yard into a pressurized well.

The educated youth were all very happy to do so. It was inconvenient to draw water, and the well platform was very slippery in winter, so they were always nervous when drawing water.

Everyone pooled their money for buying materials and gave it to Lin Shaoyang.

But the next problem was that people from the surrounding area came to fetch water, and the secrets of the educated youth site became even smaller.

Jiang Yanqiu was glad that she had built the wall, otherwise everyone would have seen everything she did.

That day, everyone gathered at Jiang Yanqiu's place to look at the little one. Xu Yan suggested, "I'm afraid this child's parents can't be found. Let's give her a name!"

Qiao Lei said, "Jiang Xue."

Gu Qingqing said: "Jiang Bingbing."

The two of them said it almost in unison.

Xu Yan laughed and said, "Why don't you just say 'cold, cold ...

Lin Shaoyang suggested with a smile: "Jiang Yanqiu will be responsible for raising the child, and you will be the one to name the child."

Jiang Yanqiu said without hesitation, "I hope this child will be bright and clever, and have a bright future. How about calling her Xueying? As for her surname, we can discuss it later if we can't find her parents."

Xu Yan quickly responded, "I think it's fine. Her nickname will be Xiao Xuehua, and her full name will be Jiang Xueying."

The full name is Jiang Yanqiu, and she can choose any nickname.

What opinions can anyone have? Maybe the parents are coming to look for him, and he will just yell for a while.

That day, Aunt Chen came to Jiang Yanqiu with a pair of shoes.

While the two were chatting, Jiang Yanqiu casually asked, "Auntie, are there any new babies born in our village recently?"

Aunt Chen blinked her eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "There aren't any newborns, but Village Chief Zhao's daughter-in-law, Wang Da Niu, and a family in Lishugou are probably expecting babies soon. Why are you asking this suddenly?"

Jiang Yanqiu sighed softly and said with a bitter face, "Ah? Little Snowflake has no milk to drink. I was thinking that if there was a newborn baby in the village, I could take Little Snowflake to ask for some breast milk for her."

After saying that, she shook her head helplessly.

Jiang Yanqiu has been thinking about it these days, and the more she thinks, the more she feels that this child must be from someone in the village and cannot be from another village.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Coupled with Village Chief Zhao’s strange attitude, she became even more certain that her guess was correct.

But what is the other party's purpose in doing this?

It is impossible that they really cannot afford to raise a child. The children in the village all have food rations, and they are not fine grains.