Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

Jiang Yanqiu went to that small city again. She would go there whenever she had time.

She was disappointed every time, but she hoped a miracle would happen.

With their help, No. 1 Middle School remains a key middle school in the local area.

When I went there this year, the freshmen were undergoing military training.

Jiang Yanqiu was already familiar with the place, so she walked straight into the campus without even saying hello.

Jiang Yanqiu and Chu Tingnan stood for a while while watching the military training, then prepared to leave.

Suddenly a familiar face appeared in front of me!

Jiang Yanqiu was stunned. They were exactly the same, even the mole on the bridge of their noses was the same.

But she knew in her heart that this was not her old self!

She is not that tall, her skin is not that white, and her grades are not that good.

That year, she only scored three points higher than the admission score, and was able to be admitted to an ordinary No. 1 Middle School.

The passing score for the main campus of No. 1 Middle School today is more than a hundred points higher than it was back then!

However, the No. 1 Middle School now has branches, and the admission score is quite low.

Chu Tingnan looked at Jiang Yanqiu and suddenly introduced her, "That little girl's name is Chen Yueran. She has very good grades. She scored over 600 points in the high school entrance exam. Even someone from a rural school can score 539 points.

It's just that her father is a bit of a scumbag. He is a brother-obsessed man. He earns so much money, but he spends it all on helping his brothers and doesn't care about his wife and children.

Ten years ago, our people encountered them on the road to the cement factory. Chen Yueran was seriously injured. Our people quickly drove her to the hospital and gave them some money, which saved her life.

Jiang Yanqiu asked in surprise: "Why haven't I heard you say that before?"

Jiang Yanqiu and the others arranged people to keep an eye on this place, but they couldn't find anyone.

In fact, it is not that we have specially arranged people, but we have funded several businesses on several roads, so that we can help those who are in trouble.

If you need money, just contact the people in their company here, they also have investments here.

Chu Tingnan said helplessly: "Later, something unexpected happened and no contact information was left. Those people suddenly forgot about it. It was not until a while ago that they remembered it and investigated it. They just sent the information to me.

However, Chen Yueran's parents are now divorced. Except for her older brothers and sisters who are married, the rest of them live with her mother in the countryside. Her mother now raises pigs and cattle to support their education.

They are brothers and sisters who are doing very well. Two of them are now in college, and they also have an older brother who is also in the senior year of high school in the same school. They also have a younger sister who is in junior high school in their hometown.

Her father was in business, but he used all his earnings to buy houses and cars for his uncles and to pay off his gambling debts, leaving nothing for his children.

Jiang Yanqiu was a little surprised and asked curiously, "Why did you get divorced?"

The question she asked her mother most often was: "Why don't you get a divorce?"

My father worked outside all year round and was stingy with his money. Every time he came home, he took the pigs and cows at home to pay off his debts.

My mother's life was really hard. After she got married, she worked as hard as an ox or a horse. Not only did she have to take care of the elderly, but she also had to raise a group of younger brothers-in-law.

Jiang Yanqiu always couldn't help asking her mother, why don't you get a divorce when life is so hard?

Why do we have to give birth to them even though it is so hard?

My mother always said cheerfully, "If I hadn't given birth to you, I wouldn't have anyone to rely on now."

In fact, my mother has been trying hard to help them.

When her brother and sister bought a house, she even took out her coffin savings to pay the down payment for Jiang Yanqiu.

Jiang Yanqiu refused, but she said, "You are too honest and easy to be bullied. If you meet a bad in-law in the future, your brother and sister will not be reliable if I am gone. Having a house will give you an extra way out."

Jiang Yanqiu said that it didn't need to be that much, just a smaller down payment would be enough.

But she said: "If you pay more for the down payment, you can pay less interest. The interest is too high."

She added, "Pay more each month, and pay less for a few years. With us, you can save money and get by."

Whatever her brothers and sisters had, she wanted Jiang Yanqiu to have the same, including the house and car.

Everyone said that she didn't help her son but helped her daughter instead, and that she was so partial that she wasn't afraid that no one would take care of her when she got old.

But she said, "When we were sick and bedridden, we didn't see our son. How can we count on him when we are old?"

She favors boys over girls, but she also hopes that all her children can live a good life.

Chu Tingnan just said lightly: "Maybe he figured it out. I heard that all the money his father earned was given to his grandmother. Chen Yueran had a brother who was sick and asked his grandmother for money, but his grandmother refused. In the end, his brother had a high fever and convulsions and died.

When Chen Yueran fell from the building, her father earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but her mother didn't even have the money for the bus fare to the city.

A woman carried Chen Yueran on her back for sixty or seventy miles to the city for medical treatment. If our people hadn't encountered her, she might not have been saved. After Chen Yueran recovered and was discharged from the hospital, her mother filed for divorce.

Jiang Yanqiu choked up and said, "This is also good."

Chu Tingnan smiled and suggested, "Do you want to help their family?"

Jiang Yanqiu waved her hand decisively: "No need, just tell the school and ask them to supervise your studies. Don't worry about anything else for now. We'll talk to them when they need us later."

If I remember correctly, her uncles have owed a lot of usury to loan sharks because of gambling in the past two years.

The little money her father earned was not enough to pay back the debt, so he had to ask his children for help.

In her previous life, all her brother’s college tuition and scholarship were taken away.

If we help the Chen family now, wouldn’t that be giving those people an easy deal?

Father Chen didn't care whether the child had ever been raised or not. He just knew that since it was his own child, he had to listen to him.

In his previous life, he was still thinking about his younger brother until his death.

"it is good!"

As the two of them were talking, the school bell rang.

That familiar face was the first to rush out of the campus like a gust of wind, probably running to a small restaurant outside to eat.

A meal costs three dollars, and you can eat as much as you want. If you go too late, you will have to wait in line for a long time.

In her previous life, she always ran very slowly and kept falling for unknown reasons. She was always the last one in line and had to wait in line for a long time.

After a long time, the classmates were unwilling to go with her because the lunch break was limited.

Jiang Yanqiu said to Chu Tingnan, "How about we have lunch here later?"

"No problem." Chu Tingnan certainly had no objection. He had wanted to try it for a long time, but he was afraid that his wife would not be used to it.

The two were not in a hurry and just watched the students eat outside the restaurant.

Chu Tingnan watched the students squeeze their lunch boxes tightly and couldn't help but sigh, "That's the good thing about being young. They all have such good appetites."

Jiang Yanqiu explained: "Most of the female students take it home to eat twice, half at noon and half in the afternoon."

Chu Tingnan asked in surprise, "Eat it cold?"

Jiang Yanqiu said, "Just use an alcohol stove to heat it up in the dormitory."

Chu Tingnan said in surprise: "You really know how to save money. How much does it cost in a day?"

Jiang Yanqiu said: "Breakfast is 50 cents to 1 yuan, and this meal is 3 yuan. Most people spend 3.5 yuan. Those who are better off will also buy some fruit. Fruit here is very cheap. Apples are 50 cents to 1 yuan per pound."

Chu Tingnan's jaw dropped in shock. He said, "A box of rice and a box of vegetables, with so many kinds of vegetables, freshly cooked, and meat, for only three yuan. It's such a good deal!"

Jiang Yanqiu just smiled and said nothing.

Chu Tingnan added, "So, if you calculate it this way, it's only a little over a hundred yuan a month for living expenses. When those two bastards at home were in high school, their weekly pocket money was more than two hundred yuan."

Jiang Yanqiu said: "Most girls can save money to buy clothes with 200 yuan a month. Most of them come from well-off families nowadays."

"I'll see if we can give some scholarships to rural students. Two hundred yuan is not enough."

After waiting for fewer people, the two of them went to eat.

After finishing his meal, Chu Tingnan couldn't help but sigh, "The prices here are really cheap. A meal tastes pretty good for three yuan. Back in the 1980s, the prices were much higher, and the food wasn't this delicious."

Jiang Yanqiu then laughed out loud and said, "Maybe the oil used is gutter oil."

Chu Tingnan didn't hear clearly and asked loudly, "What oil?"

Jiang Yanqiu replied: "Gutter oil."

Chu Tingnan was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing and said, "You really are risking everything, even eating gutter oil."

Jiang Yanqiu reminded him, "I'm just guessing. We used to cook for ourselves, and I heard it from others, but there's no evidence. Let's go back to the hotel quickly, or you'll have diarrhea and can't find a toilet later."

Chu Tingnan smiled and said, "Am I that delicate? Gutter oil is nothing. I've even eaten rats before."

Jiang Yanqiu gave him a thumbs up and said, "You're amazing! We've never eaten a rat before."

Chu Tingnan said awkwardly: "I was just fooled."

The group spent a few more days playing in the local area, eating local snacks every day. There weren't many tourist attractions in this place, so there was nothing to do but eat.

Chu Tingnan wanted to eat everything he saw and his mouth never stopped eating from morning to night.

He would try anything he had never eaten before, and he had a very good stomach.

Jiang Yanqiu originally wanted to go back and see her mother from her previous life, but she couldn't find the way, so she simply didn't go.

This time when he returned to the capital, Chu Tingnan bought a lot of peppers and two large bags of ugly apples to take back.

These apples were only fifty cents per pound, but Chu Tingnan bought more than a hundred pounds and bargained with the seller until he got three pounds for one dollar.

Back at the hotel, Lin Shaoyang complained, "Have you never eaten an apple? You bought so many apples to take back."

Chu Tingnan said, "Try it. You'll feel like the apples you ate before weren't really apples. They're sweet and crisp, and have a fruity aroma. The best part is, you can buy so many of them for only one yuan for three pounds. Back in the 1980s, the apples we ate were much more expensive than this, and we even needed tickets."

Lin Shaoyang continued to complain, "The richer you are, the stingier you are. You even bargain with people for apples that cost fifty cents a pound."

Chu Tingnan curled his lips and said disdainfully, "You really don't know how to enjoy life. If you have the guts, just don't eat!"

"If you have the guts, don't let us get it for you!" Lin Shaoyang said, picked up one, wiped it casually and put it in his mouth.

Their generation, who had lived in the countryside, didn't have so many particulars. Just like Chu Tingnan said, they even ate mice before.