Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Jiang Yanqiu explained, "When I moved in, the landlord told me there were two educated youth living next to me, one married and one single. Captain Lin doesn't look married, so that must be Liu Yuanda."

Lin Shaoyang smiled and said, "That's true. He moved very quickly. He got married after only two months and his son is already three months old. His girlfriend used to work in our factory, but since there was no one to take care of the child, he gave the child to his brother-in-law."

Jiang Yanqiu said after hearing this: "Didn't his family ask to help take care of him? I remember that his family used to write letters often asking what their eldest son wanted to do."

Lin Shaoyang did not shy away from saying, "After his parents knew he came to the capital to work, his father gave his job to his younger brother. He brought his younger siblings who were still single and insisted on coming to the capital to take care of him in his old age. He also said there were many opportunities in the capital and asked him to arrange schools and jobs for his younger siblings.

Liu Yuanda couldn't possibly agree to this. He argued that the eldest son should inherit everything his parents owned in their old age. If his parents came to the capital to support him in his old age, he would have to return to his parents' hometown and sell his house and job. He then explained to his parents the laws and regulations regarding children's support for their parents' old age, and finally they calmed down.

However, she would write to him from time to time to complain about his brother being mean to the elderly. Liu Yuanda went all out and wrote directly to the street where they lived, suing the two working brothers. Now everything was finally quiet. His parents wrote to him and called her an ungrateful person."

Jiang Yanqiu said with emotion: "It's true that every family has its own problems. If Liu Yuanda can't stand up, whoever marries him will be unlucky."

Lin Shaoyang agreed happily, "That's right. But he's still quite capable. After coming to work, all the knowledge he had previously learned has come in handy. He's improved the machinery and equipment several times since he arrived, and the product quality and production speed have increased significantly. Our factory director values ​​talent, and now he's already a level 7 worker, with a salary of over 100 yuan, plus bonuses and other things."

Jiang Yanqiu gave a thumbs up and said, "That's amazing! I only make 20 yuan a month."

Tian Mi also said cheerfully, "I earn more than you, thirty-three yuan, but those who work in state-owned farm units get seniority wages, while we do the same farm work and get nothing. This is too much discrimination."

Lin Shaoyang smiled and said, "When we entered the factory, our monthly salary was also 27.5 yuan. I only have a junior high school education, not that high.

So, if you have nothing to do, you have to study more, especially the knowledge you learned in junior high and high school. You have to review it carefully. The factory is paying more attention to math, physics, and chemistry now. They are even running a university. You can still study full-time, and the focus of your studies will also be math, physics, and chemistry."

Jiang Yanqiu felt that there seemed to be some hidden meaning in these words, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Many factories are now running their own workers' universities.

It is called a university, but in fact it is just a group of advanced elements selected from the factory, set up an office with a sign, and have one or two teachers teach these people mathematics, physics and chemistry.

This diploma is not recognized by the state even if the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination has not yet graduated. If you want to apply for a professional title, you still have to take exams in mathematics, physics and chemistry as required. If you fail the exam twice, the diploma will be invalidated.

Tian Mi curiously asked Lin Shaoyang, "How much is your monthly salary?"

Lin Shaoyang just said: "I'm not as good as Liu Yuanda."

Then he started chatting with Chu Tingnan and the others about other things. They were talking animatedly, and some of what Jiang Yanqiu and the others said could not be understood.

Jiang Yanqiu and Tian Mi didn't interrupt, and they chatted about their own things. In the middle of the conversation, Jiang Yanqiu asked Tian Mi: "Are you going to the brigade to handle the procedures before the New Year or after the New Year?"

When Tian Mi heard this, she couldn't help but start complaining non-stop: "I went there before the New Year. Oh, you don't know, I was so angry. That person not only ate our winter vegetables and mountain products, but also took out my hazelnuts and pine nuts to eat. When we went to pick pine nuts before, he was enjoying it at the educated youth site. How can he have the nerve to eat it now?

She was too lazy to heat the kang, so she took out our quilts and used them. She covered herself with three layers of quilts, three on top and three on the bottom. She also said that it was a waste of firewood for her to heat the kang by herself.

If I wasn't afraid of affecting my return to the city, I really wanted to beat her up."

The Tian sisters were stingy. They didn't even buy expensive things like kang when they took their suitcases with them. They left all the mountain products outside without locking them. They thought no one would dare to take their things.

Jiang Yanqiu was speechless after hearing this. It was really disgusting to touch other people's things without their consent.

Especially the food, everyone picked it with great effort. They went to the mountains without taking a break even when it snowed. Tian Mi's hands were covered with frostbite.

Now she is enjoying what is ready. If Tian Mi hadn't suddenly come back and found her, she would probably have been eaten by rats.

Tian Mi's voice was quite loud, and Lin Shaoyang interrupted and asked, "Is it the new educated youth? How dare they take your things? Are they more powerful than Lin Xiaomei?"

Jiang Yanqiu turned to him and said, "You should know her, Wang Haijuan."

Lin Shaoyang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know her. Jiang Yanqiu continued, "She's the eldest daughter-in-law of Village Chief Zhao. She went with you and is now going to the countryside for the second time."

Lin Shaoyang still shook his head and said, "I don't know. When we first went there, most of us stayed at the members' homes, and only a few stayed in the brigade cafeteria.

At that time, there were many regional conflicts, and everyone formed cliques. People from different places had little contact with each other. Later, the situation improved, and most people left.

I knew that Village Chief Zhao’s eldest daughter-in-law was an educated youth, but I didn’t know what she looked like or what her name was.

Tian Mi said with a smile: "It's a good thing I didn't leave, otherwise she would sell you out if she got close to you, and you would have to help her count the money!

As soon as he arrived, he instigated us to sow discord between us and Jiang Yanqiu, saying that we had such a good relationship, yet Jiang Yanqiu lived in such a big blue brick and tile house, while we lived in a leaky earthen-walled house, and Jiang Yanqiu didn't consider us friends at all.

Really, we're friends, not to take advantage of our friends, and making friends doesn't mean we have to share all the good things with each other. Even family members wouldn't do that. I don't know what she's thinking."

Jiang Yanqiu thought to herself that we are not that good either, and we are just partners, not friends.

Tian Mi continued, "She said before that she went to the countryside a second time for the sake of her child. Now, I don't know who gave the Zhao family the idea. The Zhao family's new daughter-in-law asked her for child support, but she didn't even let the child eat a single meal, saying she borrowed the food rations to supplement the family income. The Zhao family gave her the child's dirty clothes to wash, but she refused, saying she was sick. Now she's making a fuss every day. If it weren't for the need to go back to the city, I would have stayed to watch the fun."

After saying that, Tian Mi paused for a moment, then continued, "No, I have to write to Zhao Lanlan when I get home and ask her to tell me the outcome."

Jiang Yanqiu said helplessly: "Zhao Lanlan's home leave is still three months away, it's still early."