Daily life of female supporting actresses in the 1970s

The next morning, as soon as it was light, the loud broadcast sounded. Just as I got up, I heard the sound of a gong, asking everyone to gather in the wheat field and harvest the wheat early.

There was no time to make breakfast, so she took the steamed buns and eggs she had abandoned from the space. Jiang Yanqiu also cooked a large enamel pot of rice porridge to take with her.

The other educated youth didn't have time to make breakfast, so they either brought porridge or biscuits or something.

The leader of the gathering team at the wheat field informed us that the weather forecast said there would be a storm in the near future.

We are not afraid of drought here but we are afraid of flooding. This place is next to the river, there are mountains and meadows all around. Even if there are drainage ditches all over the land, it will be flooded after a heavy rain.

When flooding occurs, the wheat fields will become a vast ocean, and people will have to go into the water to fish out the wheat.

After a brief notice, even the meeting to recall the bitter past and cherish the sweet past was cancelled, and the sickle was used directly.

The new educated youth had bad luck and was thinking of asking for leave to go to the commune to buy some things.

Nowadays, people from the elderly in their seventies and eighties to children as young as seven or eight are not allowed to ask for leave, let alone young people.

The educated youth had nothing to do so they went to pick up wheat ears with the children, otherwise they would sprout in the ground when it rained.

When the work was divided, Gu Qingqing and three new female educated youth were assigned to dry the wheat.

The work of drying wheat was not high, as it was done by the elderly and children, but it was easy. They turned the wheat over from time to time, drove away animals that stole the wheat, and usually sat up to rest.

Qiao Lei also wanted to go and dry the wheat, but when she thought about the teacher's quota, she held back.

From now on, she will change her image in everyone's mind.

Except for Song Jianshe, all the other male educated youth went to push carts and transport wheat.

Song Jianshe looks young and hasn't grown up yet. He is less than 1.6 meters tall and very thin. He is just a half-grown child.

The third team leader came over and said to them, "Each of you will work on one ridge. After you harvest, bundle the ridges and carry them to the roadside, you will earn ten work points. You can harvest alone or in groups. You are not allowed to leave until you have finished harvesting."

These are long ridges, each one meter wide, probably about four or five miles long. It is really not easy to finish cutting a ridge.

But seeing that the three teams were the same, they didn't say anything else.

After the third team leader left, Lin Xiaomei suggested, "How about we work together? Two of us will cut the grass, two will bundle it, and one will carry it to the roadside at the edge of the field."

Zhao Lanlan thought of Lin Xiaomei's laziness and Qiao Lei's slacking attitude, so she directly refused and said, "You guys should form your own team. I'll do my own thing."

Jiang Yanqiu was not prepared for them to start working together right away.

It is very tiring to bend over and cut wheat for a long time. When you are tired of cutting, you can stand up and move around to bundle wheat. When you are tired, you can carry wheat. You can take turns living there to rest.

"If we don't want to be partners, then we won't be partners."

Lin Xiaomei also didn't want to be with Qiao Lei. Although she wanted to be friends with Qiao Lei, Qiao Lei was not short of money and was the number one person who slacked off at work.

She still had to rely on work points to support herself, and when they were together before, she had to rely on work points to earn them.

Instead, Qiao Lei and Song Jianshe worked together, one cutting the fruits while the other bundled them and carried them to the roadside.

In order to change her image, Qiao Lei cut very hard, and she had already trained herself in the space during this period.

Because they were not tied together, they were soon left far behind.

In the middle, it was Song Jianshe's turn to cut the weeds. He couldn't even hold the sickle properly, and Qiao Lei was afraid of cutting his legs, so she asked him to continue tying and moving the weeds while she cut them herself.

Lin Xiaomei regretted it immediately, but who made her not trust Qiao Lei?

The patrol captain saw Qiao Lei's speed and praised her, saying, "Little Qiao, the educated youth, did a great job today."

Qiao Lei said cheerfully, "Captain, we may quarrel sometimes, but we know what's important and what's not. We can't be lazy about something as important as the wheat harvest."

"That's good to know. Keep it up." The captain left with a look of satisfaction on his face. It seemed that this educated youth Qiao was not that bad after all. At least he knew what was important.

However, since it came to food, everyone worked very hard. No one was slacking off like before. Everyone worked harder than the other, and soon Jiang Yanqiu and the other educated youth were all left behind.

Some people were holding large sickles, and they cut a lot of wheat with one stroke. They were so fast that each of them had to have two people following behind to bundle the wheat.

Everyone goes to have lunch at noon. Today is the first day of harvesting wheat. It is not far from the educated youth site. In addition, we were in a hurry in the morning and did not bring lunch.

It was only after Liu Yuanda reminded him last night that Lin Shaoyang realized why Liu Yuanda and the other man were so excited after the educated youth Lin Xiaomei sold grain to Jiang Yanqiu. The grain was probably saved from their mouths.

His first reaction was that Lin Xiaomei could not have stolen their food, but then he remembered that Lin Xiaomei was caught red-handed when she stole Jiang Yanqiu's money.

Secondly, as Lin Xiaomei herself said, every household does not have enough food to eat. In July, they run out of food and have to go to the village to borrow food. How can they have extra food to sell?

Secondly, Lin Xiaomei’s character is really bad, although she has never reported anyone else.

But she always labels others as capitalists, landlords, and rich people who enjoy all kinds of personal enjoyment.

No one dared to sell grain to her in this situation. It's better to be safe than sorry. Reselling grain is a serious crime.

Although everyone knew that Lin Xiaomei would not admit it and they had no evidence, they still felt they had to give her a warning.

So after work, Lin Shaoyang and Liu Yuanda ran to the place where the female educated youth were working and kept Lin Xiaomei.

Seeing this, Zhao Lanlan also stayed.

Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Shaoyang finally asked, "Lin Xiaomei, tell us, where did the food you sold to Jiang Yanqiu come from?"

Lin Xiaomei replied nonchalantly, "I went to the village to collect them. Where else could they come from?"

Lin Shaoyang put away his usual sunny and cheerful smile, and said with a stern face, "Where did you buy it? Tell me, I'll buy some too."

Lin Xiaomei lowered her head and said stubbornly, "They gave me all the extra food. Where is the food left?"

Liu Yuanda said with disdain, "That family's excess grain, that family's excess grain was sold during the unified purchase. Why is it still there now?"

Lin Xiaomei was afraid of Lin Shaoyang, but not Liu Yuanda: "Just because you don't know doesn't mean they don't have it. If someone has food, they'll tell you and tell you so you can borrow it!"

When Liu Yuanda heard this, he said bluntly: "And with your character, who would dare to sell food to you? Only if you can't survive and want to eat the free food from the government, then we will sell food to you."

When Lin Xiaomei heard what Liu Yuanda said, she immediately replied angrily, "What's wrong with my character? Even if my character is bad, there are still people who care about me. Unlike you, you are already 25 years old, lazy and eat all day long, and you still want to marry an educated youth for nothing. With your character, even the locals look down on you. You still want to marry an educated youth? It's almost like a dream."

"You..." Liu Yuanda was so angry at her that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Lin Xiaomei became even more arrogant and said, "What are you talking about? Am I wrong? You don't even look at how much food you have. You have no self-awareness at all. You don't even have enough to eat, and you're stealing it for others. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Where do you think I get the food I sell?"