Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Qiao Lei's murderous face instantly smiled like a flower, and she said delicately, "Sister Xiaomei, how is this possible! You are my best friend, how could I possibly harm you! However, you want so much rice, and I really don't have it here at the moment. I guess you have to wait another week or so. Can you ask your friend to come back in a week to get it? As for the rice, I won't charge you a penny! But Sister Xiaomei, you have to help me keep this secret!"

"And we'll continue to eat together in the future. Actually, I've always been reluctant to leave you. I didn't want to eat with you before, not because of anything else, but because I thought you were too smart, and I was always worried that you would find out my little secrets. But now that you know everything, it doesn't matter. I don't have to be on guard against you anymore. We're still good sisters!"

Lin Xiaomei felt like a deer running around in her heart, and her mind was full of thoughts of running away quickly. Qiao Lei must be thinking about how to deal with her.

But the reality was too cruel. Without a letter of introduction, she couldn't even leave the commune. She had nowhere to go and she had no way out.

The only thing she could count on was the letter of introduction in Zhao Guizhong's hand. Now she felt that Zhao Guizhong was more reliable than Qiao Lei.

She doesn't have to work, as long as she has a letter of introduction, she can run to the border and smuggle herself out, which is safer than staying with Qiao Lei.

So, she feigned composure and replied, "Okay, don't worry. As long as you can get me a full ten thousand kilograms of rice, I promise to leave this place immediately and never appear in front of you again, nor will I tell anyone a single word of your secret! If you don't believe me, I'll leave you with something I can use against you. If I betray you, I'll die a miserable death."

Unfortunately, Lin Xiaomei's credit limit with Qiao Lei has already become negative.

Qiao Lei curled her lips into a playful smile and said, "Sister Xiaomei, where are you going? How could you abandon me? It would be great if we could go together! Just don't worry. As long as you help me keep my secret, I will definitely not treat you unfairly. In the future, we can start a small business together and make a lot of money. What do you think?"

Lin Xiaomei didn't think it was very good, but when she thought about how Qiao Lei could actually create food, she didn't dare to say "no".

She could only reply with a look of surprise: "As long as you help me get rich, everything is up to you, and I will listen to your arrangements!"

Qiao Lei still had that unfathomable smile on her face, which made Lin Xiaomei even more frightened.

At this moment, Aunt Chen's sharp and loud cry suddenly came from outside the house: "Oh no! There's a fire! The educated youths are setting the house on fire! Come and help!"

This shout scared the two of them so much that they ran out to see what was going on.

My goodness, there is black smoke billowing above the kitchen of Gu Qingshi next door, and it is almost reaching the sky.

Aunt Chen was yelling at the top of her lungs, her voice was really loud, and it just so happened that everyone had just finished work and returned home.

As soon as they heard that the fire was set by the educated youth, they rushed over anxiously to help put out the fire. They didn't care about anything else and just smashed open the locked yard door.

Everyone rushed into the house, but found no one inside.

Some people fetched water, some used mud to put out the fire, and some used other things to put out the fire.

After everyone had gone to great lengths to finally make sure the fire would not spread any further.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the soybean oil was accidentally spilled, and the flames followed the soybean oil to the corner where firewood was piled next to it, which caused the fire.

It was a long time before Zhou Qianru came back slowly. When she came back, she saw everyone gathered at the gate of their yard, all with strange expressions.

Zhou Qianru was puzzled and asked curiously, "What's going on? Why are you all gathered here?"

In response to Zhou Qianru's question, everyone gestured for her to go into the house and take a look.

Zhou Qianru walked into the house full of suspicion, and was instantly stunned by the scene before her.

The house was in a mess, with black burn marks everywhere, and even a big hole in the floor above his head!

If it had not been discovered in time, Jiang Yanqiu's house and Qiao Lei's house nearby would also have been affected.

Qiao Lei and the others were not as close together as Jiang Yanqiu, but they were also very close. They also had grass roofs, which made it easier for fire to start.

However, surprisingly, Zhou Qianru didn't say a word after seeing this horrific scene.

Speaking of the cause of this fire, it is actually quite helpless.

Several male educated youths ate together with Zhou Qianru because she could not cook anything. Usually, the male educated youths were responsible for cooking and lighting the fire.

As the only girl, she only needs to be responsible for eating.

Look, today Gu Qingshi sent Lin Shaoyang and the others to the provincial capital and hasn’t come back yet. Jiang Yu also went up the mountain to chop firewood with others and hasn’t come back yet.

It was almost noon, and Zhou Qianru, whose stomach was rumbling with hunger, couldn't stay hungry forever, so she decided to cook for herself.

Anyway, cooking looked simple, so Zhou Qianru lit the fire with confidence.

But no matter how she fiddled with it, the fire just wouldn't start.

Later, she was so anxious that she even used up her precious soybean oil, but it still had no effect and the fire just wouldn't start.

After trying several times without success, Zhou Qianru gradually lost her patience and simply stopped cooking. She turned around and went to eat at the house she was close to.

However, she was walking in such a hurry that she didn't notice that the oil barrel next to her had fallen over.

What's worse is that the dying fire was reignited by the flammable material underneath, and the fire only grew stronger...

The group of onlookers in the village did not feel sorry for Gu Qingshi and his family's house.

I just feel sorry for that barrel of soybean oil, which weighs four or five pounds and is enough for an adult for a year.

The team leader, the brigade secretary, and accountant Li were not there, so the women's director was in charge.

Zhao Yufen stood in front of the crowd and solemnly warned everyone, "Everyone, please pay attention to fire safety! It's winter, and the weather is very dry, which is a high-risk season for fires!"

As she spoke, she waved her hand, telling everyone to disperse and said, "Hurry back and eat, we'll be back to work soon."

When everyone heard this, they left immediately. It was getting light late and dark early, and there was only an hour's break at noon, and they hadn't had lunch yet.

As for how Zhou Qianru should deal with this matter, no one seemed to care. After all, it was her own business.

Seeing that everyone had left, Zhou Qianru quickly turned around and went to find a few more people to help repair the burned house.

She often drives a tractor and has a carefree personality, so she is very popular in the team.

Jiang Yanqiu and the others didn't come back until almost dark. She and Jiang Yu had a cart of firewood together, and Xu Yan and the other three also had a cart of firewood.

When Yang Dashu came to get firewood for them and told them about the fire started by the educated youth, several people still didn't believe it.

Everyone believed it only after they saw with their own eyes that the outer wall of Gu Pingping and his men had been burned black.

After learning the cause of the fire, everyone was speechless.

Zhou Qianru has been here for more than two months, but she still doesn't know how to make a fire.

But this was none of their business, they couldn't help, and they wouldn't express any opinions. Only Jiang Yu had a sad face.