Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Jiang Yanqiu regretted coming out to grind for food at this time.

Before she had finished grinding, Li Hehua and Li Chunni came over with baskets, followed by a group of gossipy aunts.

Li Chunni approached and said, "Jiang Zhiqing, why are you out grinding flour? Have you made arrangements for the educated youth at your educated youth camp?"

Jiang Yanqiu said cheerfully, "Auntie, that's what I'm asking. How would I know if the new educated youth are arranged by me? Besides, don't you know better than me whether the arrangements have been made?"

There were quite a few villagers watching outside the educated youth site just now, and they could have heard something.

When she came out, these people were still gathered at the educated youth site.

He came to her specifically either because he didn't hear clearly or because he was looking for a scapegoat.

If I come to her now, even if she said nothing, I can't clear myself of the blame even if I jump into the Yellow River.

When the matter is brought to a head, this group of people might make her take the blame.

She came out at this time, and these people came to find her again. The people at the educated youth center must have guessed that she was the one who revealed the things happening at the educated youth center.

These aunts have honest and capable husbands and obedient and sensible children. They have nothing to do in the day so they meddle in other people's affairs.

You say they are bad people, but apart from being mean, they have never done anything harmful to the world.

Don’t say that rumors can kill people. They can’t even type and don’t have that kind of knowledge. They are just venting their anger.

You say they are good people, but they are quite annoying one day and have affected other people's lives.

Li Chunni was not embarrassed and directly stated her purpose: "We just want to know why Village Chief Zhao came out of the educated youth center with a gloomy face."

Jiang Yanqiu thought that Village Chief Zhao didn't care, but it turned out that he was just enduring it.

Amazing

So he said, "Why else? The educated youth are coming to share the brigade's food. Are you happy that they are sharing your food?"

Tian Dazui burst out laughing and said, "Jiang Zhiqing, you don't even believe what you said. You Zhiqing didn't divide our food. We all had a fixed amount of food.

If not a single educated youth came, the commune would not give us an extra grain of food; even if a hundred educated youth came, the commune would not give us a less grain of food.

We would also like you educated youth to come here. For every educated youth that comes, we can reclaim ten more acres of land. We don’t have to pay grain tax for the reclaimed land for the first two years, and we can divide it equally among the villagers.”

This was the first time Jiang Yanqiu heard this statement, but if the educated youth went to the countryside and had no land, what could they farm?

It's not like there's a shortage of land in the Central Plains. What we have the most here is wasteland.

"There's so much land to be reclaimed, but the labor force is limited. Everyone can't cultivate it, and the educated youth can't do it well. What's the point of reclaiming it?"

"You're underestimating you educated youth. Lin Shaoyang and Liu Yuanda are doing just as well as us. Even those who can't do farm work still spend money to buy food. They don't eat it for free. The price is even higher than the unified purchase price. In fact, we're making a profit."

Okay, I can't argue with you.

The educated youth came to share your food, but you talked about it every day and it became your catchphrase. Now it’s not the case anymore.

Jiang Yanqiu looked at Li Chunni, put the basket beside her and said, "Auntie, aren't you going back to eat? The family is waiting for your food to be cooked."

"I've already eaten it. This is..."

Before Li Chunni could finish, Jiang Yan interrupted and said, "You're not bringing this to see the new educated youth, are you? You're really so enthusiastic. I want to thank you on behalf of the new educated youth. I'll take it back to them later."

Jiang Yanqiu lifted the basket you two had placed on the ground and, without giving you two a chance to speak, said, "Have you heard? I heard that two years ago, a female educated youth in the Corps at Guta Mountain committed suicide."

Li Hehua was immediately distracted and asked in surprise, "Committed suicide? Why did he commit suicide?"

Jiang Yanqiu pointed at the dish and said, "Auntie, are you really not going to send this dish back to cook?"

Li Chunni immediately understood and said, "It's really for you. I thought I didn't plant anything for you since you just came here this year."

Jiang Yanqiu: "How can I feel comfortable with that?"

Li Hehua also said with pain: "What's there to be embarrassed about? I haven't been able to eat enough these two days. We don't give it to you every day, just this once."

Jiang Yanqiu: I really don’t want your food, so I reminded you to go back and cook.

Without waiting for Jiang Yanqiu to speak, Tian Dazui pushed her away and began to grind the millstone for her, saying, "I'll grind the millstone for you. Tell us how that educated youth committed suicide."

Jiang Yanqiu did not refuse and said, "Then I'll trouble you, auntie. It is said that there is a young woman who came from the Corps. She is very beautiful and pure. After joining the Corps as a young woman, she is capable and was rated as a five-good soldier.

She is beautiful and capable, and many male educated youth like her.

But at that time, the educated youths in the Corps were not allowed to date, so everyone could only suppress it in their hearts.

One day, a bold male educated youth wrote a love letter to the female educated youth. She happened to be busy and had no time to read it, so she just put the letter under the kang mat. It was seen by the female educated youth who shared the room with her. After she left, she secretly opened the love letter.

It was full of bourgeois ideas, so the female educated youth who shared the same room with her was handed over to the company.

The female educated youth was labeled as having "malignant expansion of bourgeois ideology". Their company commander called her shameless, the female deputy company commander talked to her, and the class even held a "struggle against selfishness and criticize revisionism" meeting for her.

The female educated youth took the examination but was not allowed to pass. Everyone called her a vixen, a capitalist, etc.

……

Later, the female educated youth was so depressed that she attempted suicide. She was saved the first time she attempted suicide.

The second time she ran to the village near their company and jumped into the abandoned well to end her young life. Her body was discovered by villagers twelve days after her suicide.

After the female educated youth's body was salvaged, its appearance remained unchanged. It lay quietly on the white snow like an ice sculpture of a goddess.

Everyone was saying in disbelief: "Is she really dead? Why is she so upset when she didn't do anything?"

"Yes! The little girl, not even eighteen years old, lost everything and was driven to death by rumors. And the people who forced her to death received no punishment except an apology."

We are not fools. Regardless of whether Jiang Yanqiu's story is true or not, it is just a sign for them to spread rumors all day long.

I was very happy when I was listening to the story, but now I feel like I have eaten shit and can't speak.

Jiang Yanqiu also committed suicide because of rumors.

At the beginning, he spread a lot of rumors about the eldest daughter of a capitalist and the old rich landlord.

In that era, the landlords and rich people all ate peanuts, so what was the difference between their situation and that of this female educated youth?

It’s just that Jiang Yanqiu came to terms with it after being rescued in time, but the female educated youth didn’t.

Jiang Yanqiu didn't care about them, she had already ground the flour.

He put the cornmeal in a cloth bag, and without hesitation, put the vegetables in Li Hehua and Li Chunni's baskets into the sack that had been used to hold the corn for grinding.

Listening to her stories is not in vain.

This story is also true, it’s just a true story I saw on the Internet in my previous life.

After Jiang Yanqiu walked away, everyone remembered the purpose of their visit, but they didn't find out anything useful.

I just heard a story that had nothing to do with it.

Li Hehua and Li Chunni each lost a basket of vegetables.

Now I want to take back the cucumbers and persimmons that Jiang Yanqiu put in the bag.

But I also felt a little embarrassed and couldn't bring myself to do it.

In the end, the two of them and Tian Dazui, who was grinding flour for Jiang Yanqiu, went home with constipated expressions on their faces and felt unwilling.