Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

The heavy snow lasted for three days and three nights. The sky and the earth were covered with white, as if the whole world was covered in white.

The thick snow made it difficult to walk, and even small things like going to the toilet or getting some firewood became difficult.

At first, Xu Yan and her friends just came to Jiang Yanqiu to read books and do needlework.

However, as the weather grew colder, the four of them simply decided not to return to their own place. They moved all their food, quilts, and firewood to Jiang Yanqiu's place, as they were too lazy to heat the kang at home.

Moreover, the house they lived in was quite old and the walls had cracked a long time ago. Although it had been repaired on the outside, it was still drafty in such windy weather.

The walls were red hot, but it was still not warm at all.

Every night, I have to get up in the middle of the night and heat the kang again, otherwise I won’t make it until dawn.

Jiang Yanqiu didn't care. She didn't enter the space if she had nothing to do. It didn't matter to her whether there were people around or not.

It would be better if there was someone to accompany me, otherwise the sound of wind blowing and ghosts howling in the middle of the night would be really creepy.

As soon as the snowstorm passed, Jiang Yu hurriedly asked for leave from the production team and went home. This was the advantage of being close.

During the time that Jiang Yu was away, Gu Qingshi followed him to learn how to cook every day.

Jiang Yu didn't know how to cook at first. He ate with a few male educated youth, and then went home during holidays to learn how to cook from his mother. After a year, he could cook quite well.

At first, his family knew that the other male educated youth cooked for themselves, and they were worried that he wouldn't eat well, so they arranged for his younger brothers and sisters to cook for him during the busy farming season.

Gu Qingshi has been cooking a few simple dishes with Jiang Yu during this period. Otherwise, once Jiang Yu returns, the brother and sister might not even have problems with three meals a day.

Gu Qingshi had also thought about whether he should cook with others.

But after careful consideration, he found that there was no place suitable for him to live with her.

Let's talk about the front yard first. There were the Tian sisters living together. Gu Qingshi didn't want to associate with them at all, let alone have anything to do with them. Eating with them was out of the question.

As for Xu Yan's group, because Gu Qingqing had a problem with them, she didn't agree to team up with them at all;

The only ones left were Qiao Lei and Jiang Yanqiu, who started the fight on their own. However, Gu Qingshi didn't want to have any entanglement with other women.

Of course, Gu Qingshi and his sister knew very well that even if they were willing, Jiang Yanqiu and Qiao Lei would not eat with them.

I decided to learn how to cook by myself so that I can have enough food and clothing.

Of course, it was Gu Qingshi who learned to cook. Zhou Qianru said that she had no talent and didn't want to hang around the pot.

What can Gu Qingshi do? Just bear with it!

It's winter again. Jiang Yanqiu is particularly afraid of the cold. After it snows, she basically stays in the house reading books, and occasionally goes out skiing or ice skating.

But Xu Yan and the others are different. They are at the age when they are lively and active. They can't sit still and always can't help running out to play and have fun.

Or he would go to watch other people's fun, and come back every day to tell Jiang Yanqiu the latest gossip in the team.

This family is fighting again, that family is getting married, this family is marrying off a daughter, and that family is slaughtering a pig again!

On this day, four people rushed into Jiang Yanqiu's house like a gust of wind!

Before Tian Mi even came in, she shouted, "There are more educated youth coming to our brigade. Twelve of them at once!"

Jiang Yanqiu couldn't help but feel a little puzzled after hearing this, and quickly asked, "Twelve? So many people? Where do they live?"

Tian Mi knew her little thoughts very well, and said with a disdainful smile: "Don't worry, they won't live with you, they will all live in Aunt Yang's house.

Although Aunt Yang's household registration had been moved, they still kept the house. Fearing it would deteriorate if left unoccupied for too long, they asked the brigade to arrange for educated youth to live there.

Secretary Wang asked us a while ago if we wanted to move to Aunt Yang's house. The house there is much better than our dormitory, but we're used to living here and don't want the hassle of moving around all the time!

Jiang Yanqiu showed a hint of embarrassment on her face, and she really wanted to say to Tian Mi: You will lose friends if you speak too bluntly.

But he changed the subject and said, "I'm just curious. Why are there so many educated youth here at this hour?"

Xu Yan, who followed in, explained, "They were all transferred from the company of the neighboring regiment."

Jiang Yanqiu immediately understood after hearing this. If the educated youth who went to the countryside to work want to return to the city, the conditions are much more relaxed than those in state-owned units!

Most people can return to the city after staying in the countryside for two years as long as their family background is not a problem.

Although few people in big cities can return to their original places, it is still no problem to go to other places. No matter where you go, it is better than farming in the countryside!

But the educated youth working in state-owned units like the Farm Corps were not so lucky, as they had many more restrictions.

Although they receive a stable salary every month, it is not easy for them to go through the procedures to return to the city.

There are many ways for educated youth who went to the countryside to return to the city. Except for cities with heavy population pressure, other places have some recruitment quotas for educated youth who went to the countryside to work.

The educated youth on farms and in the military corps had far fewer options: they could retire due to illness, care for their elderly and frail parents, take over their parents' jobs, or find ways to transfer to other places. But transfer orders were not easy to come by!

In short, it is much more difficult for the educated youth who worked on the Corps farm to return to the city than for the educated youth who went to the countryside to work.

So now the educated youth have a saying: "The more you queue up, the better it gets. The more you queue up, the longer it gets."

Many educated youth in farm corps racked their brains to find ways to turn themselves into educated youth sent to the countryside to work, just to make it more convenient to return to the city!

As for why I was suddenly arranged to come to this Shanshui Brigade, it is probably because the living conditions have gradually improved this year!

There were few educated youth in Shanshui Brigade, and they had a greater chance of returning to the city, so these talents were assigned here.

The newly arrived educated youth did not live together as before, which meant they had little contact with Jiang Yanqiu and others.

These newly arrived educated youth are not newcomers who know nothing. They have experienced many hardships and suffered a lot during their days in the countryside!

Naturally, they are not like the educated youth who have just gone to the countryside. They are either full of enthusiasm for the upcoming life in the countryside, or confused about the future and pin their hopes on others.

They are all honest and just want to live their lives in peace, return to the city as soon as possible, and not sit around and cause trouble.

Most of these people who came here probably had connections and were heading back to the city! It wouldn't be long before they all left.

It is not cost-effective to transfer to the countryside without connections and hope. Buying a military group can earn more than 400 yuan a year, which is stable.

When the harvest is good, the Shanshui Brigade earns more than 100 yuan, and after deducting the food cost, there is only 40 or 50 yuan left. When the harvest is bad, they even have to pay out of pocket.