"Sister, you are so awesome!" Zhang Weishuang's eyes lit up. She also wanted to learn from her elder sister. Sure enough, people who can read have good brains.

While eating the delicious boiled eggs, no one else could say anything unpleasant, and since the thing had already happened, everyone chose to accept it.

After dinner, Zhang Jiuyun had a serious talk with Zhang Weifang, mainly advising her to take it easy in the future, otherwise it would be difficult for her to find a partner.

Zhang Weifang agreed verbally, but she didn't take it seriously in her heart. She would never suffer any grievances that she didn't deserve in her life again.

Time quickly came to the end of the month. Apart from the busy farming season, the last five days of every month were the days for everyone to get a haircut.

There was a barber named Zhang Mantang in the village. He learned the craft outside for several years and became a professional barber after returning to the village.

He shaved the villagers' hair and beards for five days at the end of every month. His business was good and the brigade subsidized his work points. Shaving hair was also a welfare provided by the team to everyone.

Shuanglong Village is large and has a large population, so it has a supply and marketing cooperative, a health center, a barber, a carpenter, etc., and is fully equipped.

There are four villages around Shuanglong Village. People come to Shuanglong Village to buy things and get a haircut.

During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, in order to meet the needs of the members for disease prevention and treatment, the production brigade selected young people with junior high school education. After a short period of training, they were called rural health workers and were responsible for the work of the health center run by the brigade.

The health center only provides simple treatment, mainly focusing on disease prevention.

After several years of development, the health center has become a village clinic, which has medicines distributed by the commune hospital, and also has barefoot doctors and nurses. The nurses are mainly responsible for picking up medicines and giving injections.

There are many people in the village, so everyone has to queue up every time they get a haircut. The barber sets up a stall in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters, and everyone sits in groups of three or four on the stones next to it waiting.

It took two hours to get Zhang Weifang's turn. She came alone this time, and most of the people getting their hair cut were men.

As for the women, besides her, there were only two older ones.

Zhang Mantang's family and hers are related, so naturally they know her. In addition, Zhang Weifang has become famous recently, so many people know her.

"Weifang, how do you want to cut it?"

"Brother Man, cut it short for me, just to the base of my ears."

"You kid, it's so beautiful for a grown-up girl to have braids. It would be a pity to cut them off." Zhang Mantang looked at her disapprovingly.

"Brother, please help me cut my hair. It's too long and it's inconvenient to work."

"Okay, as long as you don't regret it."

After Zhang Mantang finished speaking, he cut off Zhang Weifang's long braid with two "clicks" and trimmed it again before shaping it into shape.

There was an old mirror hanging on the chair next to him. Zhang Weifang picked up the mirror and took a good look at it.

"Well, it's very good. Man Cousin has great skills."

"That's right, your brother's craftsmanship is one of the best in the entire Le'an County."

Zhang Weifang really thought it was good. Her hair looked much neater and the short hair made her look smaller.

The other two middle-aged women were also very satisfied with her hairstyle, so they asked the barber to cut the same hairstyle for them.

Zhang Weifang also took the two braids home, as she wanted to keep them as a souvenir.

Her family members were also very satisfied with her new hairstyle and surrounded her to look at it for a long time.

August 1st is the day for the temple fair in the county town. There are not only opera performances, but also many stalls.

On this day, everyone gathered together and rushed to the city to join in the fun.

Zhang Qiaona also took the children to the county town to play. This time she brought Zhang Weifang and Zhang Weishuang. The other children were too young and stayed at home.

Shuanglong Village is 20 miles away from the county town. There is no transportation and everyone has to walk.

It took two hours to reach the county town after walking and resting along the way. Zhang Weifang was so tired that he really wanted to lie down.

"Mom, I can't walk anymore. Let's find a place to rest."

Zhang Qiao Na glanced at her and saw that her skin was sunburned, so she found a shady place for everyone to rest for a while.

There was no place to sit on the roadside, not even a stone, so Zhang Weifang could only squat on the ground to rest. Now she didn't care about her posture.

However, when Zhang Weifang saw many people squatting nearby to cool off, he didn't have so many thoughts.

There are only two perpendicular roads in the county town. People set up stalls on the roadside. In front of the stalls, there are crowds of people, and the sounds of noise and bargaining are endless.

Zhang Weifang pulled Zhang Weishuang and followed closely behind Zhang Qiao Na. They were sweating profusely and their clothes were stuck together.

Zhang Qiao Na didn't buy anything, she just walked around the stalls and looked around.

It was exactly 11 o'clock in the morning. The sun was big and round, and the heat was making people feel uneasy. Zhang Weifang was thirsty and hungry, and felt like his throat was on fire.

She finally managed to squeeze out by pulling her sister, picked up the kettle and gulped down two gulps of water before she recovered.

Zhang Qiaona was still walking around inside, while Zhang Weifang and Zhang Weishuang were waiting for her outside.

"Wei Shuang, drink some water. It's too hot."

"Sister, I'm not thirsty." This was the first time Zhang Weishuang had come to the county town since she was a child. She was very curious about everything in the county town and didn't feel tired at all.

Although Zhang Weishuang is only 14 years old, he is nearly 1.7 meters tall and has a relatively broad figure. He looks very mature.

"Sister, let's go over there and take a look. I heard the sound of opera singing."

In this era, people's spiritual life is limited, and the only entertainment they have is the occasional movie from the countryside and local opera.

Zhang Weifang didn't appreciate the babbling sound at all, but seeing that her sister was interested, she didn't try to save her face.

The temporary stage was in the square behind the county committee. There were already many people sitting and standing in the audience. Everyone was listening to the play and discussing it from time to time. Of course, there were more middle-aged and elderly people.

Most young people have no patience and don’t understand, they just join in the fun.

However, even though he couldn't understand what they were saying, Zhang Weifang still enjoyed watching the opera performers.

Each one is dressed very beautifully, with gorgeous costumes and exquisite makeup, which makes people very yearning.

In this simple and unpretentious era, the appearance of actors is undoubtedly the red dot among the green grass.

Although many people look down on this profession, they envy their looks and dress, and even the countless charms they display in their singing and recitation.

Zhang Weifang envied them, but also felt sorry for them. In a few years, when the storm comes, it will be difficult for these people to regain their current glory.

Zhang Weishuang likes watching plays very much, and Zhang Weifang also watched half of the show with her. She felt and listened with her heart, and actually understood it.

The opera was not a traditional piece about a talented scholar and a beautiful woman, but a play about a rush to take an imperial examination. She did not understand how it was sung, but she thought it was very nice. She even felt that she had been sublimated and had gained some more artistic cells.