Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

As the sky gradually darkened, Lin Shaoyang and his two companions finally returned. They found two tractors and pulled back the bricks and lime.

As for other building materials, they can only be pulled out after a few days.

Jiang Yanqiu also bought the pots, pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and food she wanted.

She gave him thirty kilograms of coarse grain coupons and ten kilograms of fine grain coupons. Lin Shaoyang bought thirty kilograms of cornmeal, the very fine kind.

The fine grain coupons are useless, but to buy ten kilograms of white flour, it should be 65% flour.

Even though Lin Shaoyang didn't tell Jiang Yanqiu, she knew that he bought it on the black market. Not to mention here, even in the imperial capital, the grain stores didn't sell 65% powder.

Most of the flour in the grain stores in the capital is 85%, and even 75% flour is rarely seen, and sometimes it is even 90% flour.

Jiang Yanqiu originally wanted to wait until they moved out before eating separately, but Lin Shaoyang and the others built a simple platform in the backyard to boil water and make tea for everyone.

Jiang Yanqiu simply cooked her own food there. Zhao Lanlan said she didn't want the remaining food, there were only a few pounds, and she was too lazy to argue with them.

However, it is a bit troublesome to start a fire alone. Take fetching water for example. The well is in the backyard.

But there was no well wheel, so we could only use a rope to hang the bucket to draw water.

The bucket was a wooden bucket made by the locals. It was quite heavy even when empty, and the well was very deep.

The first time Jiang Yanqiu drew water, she threw the bucket into the well and shook it a few times. It was only one-third full of water, but she almost couldn't pull it up.

But it's better than fetching water from other places. You should be able to do it after practicing a few times.

Jiang Yanqiu felt a headache when she thought about having to burn firewood all the time in winter.

During the Great Leap Forward, deforestation was rampant, and Shanshui Village was no exception. All the nearby trees were cut down.

We can’t cut down trees randomly now. We have to pick up dry branches or cut down dead trees for firewood.

If you want to build a house, you have to apply for wood in advance and only start cutting it after the village approves it.

Except for the small barren hill behind them, they had to walk a long way to get firewood. The places nearby had been cleared for growing crops.

The barren mountain behind them was left as it was because most of the land was rocky, it was not cost-effective to reclaim it, and the crops grown there were not good either.

However, there are usually many old people and children grazing sheep here. All the decent firewood nearby has been picked up by them, and the only things that can be picked up nearby are small branches.

In this rural area of ​​Northeast China, if you don’t have some skills and confidence, you really don’t dare to move out and live there by yourself.

If she really couldn't get along with Lin Xiaomei, Jiang Yanqiu really didn't want to move out and live alone.

Jiang Yanqiu rested for two days and was almost recovered.

It may be because of drinking the spiritual spring water. The wounds on my hands that had not healed repeatedly and some of the festering wounds have now scabbed.

However, Jiang Yanqiu had no plans to go to work before the house was built, as she no longer needed those work points.

But she was not idle either. She boiled water and made tea for the people who helped her every day. She also exchanged some mung beans to make mung bean soup for everyone to cool down. She was responsible for settling the wages when work ended.

The rest of the time, she cleaned up her own private plot, which was in the backyard of the house. Each person had two mu of land, and the half-mu vegetable plot was in the front yard of the house.

These plots of land have just been leveled. Since the private plots have more filling soil, there is no need to loosen the soil, just spread the soil evenly.

It was a bit too late to sow the seeds directly now, so Jiang Yanqiu went to the villagers' homes to exchange various autumn vegetable seedlings for planting.

Now every household is thinning out the seedlings, which is a good opportunity to use the thinned seedlings for transplanting.

Jiang Yanqiu is preparing to transplant autumn vegetables such as cabbage, radish, mustard greens, and mustard greens.

I also need to plant some celery, coriander, and spinach, and plant buckwheat for the rest.

Buckwheat will mature in more than two months, and Jiang Yanqiu also wants to take a gamble. If successful, there will be a lot more food.

Jiang Yanqiu was not very familiar with the people in the village. She only knew Aunt Chen and Aunt Qiao next to her.

Jiang Yanqiu saw that Aunt Qiao's vegetable garden on the left was the largest, so she decided to go to her house first to try her luck.

Aunt Qiao doesn't like people like Jiang Yanqiu very much. She thinks she looks unlucky because she has a sad face all day long.

Just as Jiang Yanqiu was about to enter her yard, Aunt Qiao yelled at the top of her voice, "Jiang Zhiqing, what's going on?"

It was like they were afraid that Jiang Yanqiu would enter their yard and bring bad luck to their family.

Jiang Yanqiu didn't go in. Instead, she explained her purpose outside the yard: "Aunt Qiao, I want to plant some radishes and cabbages for winter, but it's too late to plant vegetable seeds directly now. I see that the radishes and cabbages in your vegetable garden are not growing well. Can I come over and exchange some seedlings with you?"

Aunt Qiao looked at Jiang Yanqiu and found that she had nothing in her hands, so she refused without hesitation: "You are late. Our vegetable seedlings have been thinned out and we don't have any extra seedlings to exchange. You should go ask someone else."

Aunt Qiao thought, this person actually came empty-handed to exchange for seedlings. If she agreed, not only would she have to give her the seedlings for free, but she would also have to help her farm. If she didn't help, she would definitely cry and make trouble. That would be too troublesome.

Jiang Yanqiu was a little embarrassed and said quickly: "Sorry to bother you."

Since she didn't know how to grow vegetables, she might just believe what Aunt Qiao said. But since the other party didn't want to exchange, she didn't force it.

I turned around and went to Aunt Chen's house next door. Aunt Chen's vegetable garden was not big, not even half the size of the one at the educated youth's site.

After hearing what Jiang Yanqiu said, Aunt Chen said directly: "I'll just give you a few seedlings, but I don't have many at home, I guess it's not enough for you to grow. I'll ask other families for you later."

Jiang Yanqiu said quickly after hearing this: "That's too much trouble for you, Aunt Chen. I'm so sorry! I don't have anything here. Can I exchange some eggs from you, and then use the eggs to exchange for vegetable seedlings?"

Aunt Chen waved her hand and said, "I have over twenty eggs here. I was planning to take them to the purchasing station in a few days, so I can trade them with you. But every household has a few vegetable seedlings, so just let me know. You don't have to exchange anything."

Jiang Yanqiu shook her head and refused firmly, "That won't do, Aunt Chen. It's not easy for everyone, and I can't be like you, asking everyone to lend a hand when they have something to do. I can't take advantage of everyone, and I also need to exchange some seeds."

Although this is the case, generally speaking, you can go to the villagers' vegetable fields to pick vegetable seedlings as long as you say hello. However, this situation is usually limited to families with good relationships.

If you don't have a good relationship with someone and ask for food, you'll probably get scolded.

Aunt Chen didn't say much after hearing this. It was indeed true. They could pick things from other people's vegetable gardens just by saying hello, and other people could pick things from their gardens just by saying hello. It was not free.