Chapter 25: The Young People in Our Village
Before Xu Cheng was born, Xu Cheng's mother had already given birth to seven daughters. The first four were already married, leaving only the fifth, sixth, and seventh daughters. The fifth daughter of the Xu family is the same age as Xie Yun, both 18 years old this year.
Xu Cheng's mother is much older than Zhang Ruifeng. Although she had many children, the intervals between them were not very short, with some born two years apart, and some even four years apart. This shows that her childbearing period was very long. She married at 19, gave birth to a daughter at 20, and continued to have children until she was 41. She is already 50 years old this year, while Zhang Ruifeng is only 38.
In this era, Xu Chengma was very impressive for being able to give birth to eight children and raise them all, with no one dying in infancy and no one being abandoned.
Her eldest and second daughters didn't go to school. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they attended literacy classes. The subsequent daughters all graduated from primary school, which is fourth grade. Xu Cheng is also in fourth grade now. He said he would stop attending school after fourth grade to go home and work.
From this perspective, Xu Cheng's mother can be said to be doing a good job.
But in fact, it is impossible to maintain equality.
After Xu Cheng dropped out of school, he worked at home for a few years. When he was old enough, he went to the commune to take over his father's job. Xu Cheng's father used to be a carpenter and now worked as a worker in the commune's timber factory.
Therefore, even though the Xu family has a large population, they still live a good life.
Xu Cheng's father lives in the dormitory of the sawmill every day and only comes back once every ten days or half a month. He doesn't care about anything at home and just pays money home every month.
Zhang Ruifeng greeted Xu Chengma, and Xie Yun and Xie Shen followed behind, calling her "Auntie." Xu Laoliu and Laoqi called Zhang Ruifeng "Auntie." After the pleasantries, Xie Yun asked, "Where's Laowu? Isn't she watching?"
Xie Yun and Xu Laowu are of similar age. They went to elementary school together and often played together as children. Later, Laowu dropped out of school to work at home, while she continued to go to school, and gradually, they played less and less together. However, with Xie Yun returning to the village to farm in the past two years, the two have occasionally run into each other and can chat for a while.
Mainly, it was Lao Wu who spoke and she listened.
Before the autumn harvest, Xu Laowu told the original owner that her mother was already looking for a husband for her.
When Xie Yun asked, Xu Laoliu said, "Sister Binbin, Fifth Sister is at home washing clothes. She will come over later."
"oh."
Xie Yun didn't say anything else. She just asked casually. After all, she was most familiar with Lao Wu.
Xu Cheng's mother asked, "It's so cold out, why are you still fumigating with mugwort?"
Zhang Ruifeng laughed heartily. "I just cleaned the pigpen and chicken coop before leaving. If I don't fumigate them, everyone will stink. After all, I'm sitting here with so many people today, and I'm afraid of fuming everyone."
Xu Cheng's mother also laughed, "Why should we farmers be afraid of the smell of manure? We deal with manure every day."
Zhang Ruifeng almost couldn't stop laughing.
Xie Yun asked Xu Laoliu, "Did you go to Yangjiazhuang to watch it yesterday? Was it the same film our team showed?"
Xu Laoliu said, "Yes, we went to see it yesterday. It was really nice."
"What are you talking about?"
Xu Laoliu was a man of integrity and refused to reveal any spoilers, saying only, "You'll know once you see it."
The threshing ground was crowded with people, and more and more people came. From time to time, loud laughter could be heard from different directions. If you wanted to chat, you had to speak loudly even if you were very close.
Xie Yun simply stopped chatting and waited for the movie to start.
Xu Cheng came over and wanted to pull Xie Shen to play with him. The children were all running around in the crowd. He wanted Xie Shen to go with him, but Xie Shen refused. "It's too crowded. I'm afraid of bumping into people. Sit for a while. It'll start soon."
Xu Cheng refused and ran away again.
Xie Shen and Xu Cheng were sparrow-catching partners, but that was about it. Xie Shen had told the original owner that Xu Cheng's future was already secured, and that he would take over when he was old enough, while he would have to forge his own future. He and Xu Cheng were not on the same page.
Xu Cheng can play around mindlessly, but he can’t!
He patted his chest and said to the original owner: "Xu Cheng's family has his father, and our family has me."
Thinking of this, Xie Yun reached out and touched his head. Xie Shen looked up at her and asked, "What's wrong, sister?"
"It's okay. My brother is really good."
Xie Shen smiled, his little face full of pride.
Xie Yun said to him, "Let's pick some soapberries when we have time, and I'll make some soapberry paste."
"good."
There are several large soapberry trees on the mountain. Some people bring some down with them when they go up the mountain, but they don't go out of their way to pick them. Common cleaning products for washing clothes are wood ash and alkali, which are then beaten with a mallet.
After a while, the curtain lit up.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
The light and shadow on the screen change, and a group of young people are working hard to build their hometown while performing the love, hate and emotions among young people.
This is actually a love movie!
Gao Zhanwu returns to his village after demobilization, determined to transform it. While working to rebuild his hometown, he falls in love with high school graduate Kong Shuzhen. Cao Maolin, a young man working alongside Gao Zhanwu, also falls in love with her.
Cao Maolin asked Gao Zhanwu to help express his feelings to Kong Shuzhen. When Gao Zhanwu learned that Cao Maolin also liked Kong Shuzhen, he put aside his thoughts and sincerely helped them get together.
Kong Shuzhen rejected Cao Maolin's feelings and liked Gao Zhanwu.
Kong Shuzhen's classmate Li Keming and Liu Xiaocui were a couple. Later, Li Keming abandoned Liu Xiaocui and pursued Kong Shuzhen.
Finally, Gao Zhanwu confesses his feelings to Kong Shuzhen. Liu Xiaocui and Cao Maolin develop feelings for each other, and the two couples finally marry.
Li Keming raised his consciousness through labor. "The Party educated me, the masses educated me, and your advanced behavior also educated me."
Good job!
Xie Yun exclaimed, "What a guy!"
Unexpectedly, the first open-air movie she saw in this world was so excellent, combining elements of feminism, polyamory, and a slight charm, and it will not be outdated even in later generations!
Moreover, for Xie Yun, this film also has a comedic effect. The lines and characters are very characteristic of the times.
For example, a young man flirted and said, "What a beautiful moon tonight! The moonlight is so bright!"
The heroine said, "The moonlight is so bright, we should really start blasting holes tonight! Let's go!" (To divert water from the mountain, we need to blast holes in the rocky cliffs.)
Also, people of this era really regard middle school students as intellectuals.
When Cao Maolin was attracted to Kong Shuzhen, his line was: "Before, I didn't have any thoughts about her. She was a middle school student, and I was a farmer who could barely read. We were not a good match. But since that day, when she said she wanted to find a partner in the countryside, my heart was moved."
Everyone criticized Li Keming for being greedy, saying, "Just because he's a middle school student, has a pretty face, and has experience in dating, doesn't he think about whether Kong Shuzhen would be interested in him? Humph!"
…
At this point, everyone was saying that the lines were still crisp, with the beginning and end of each sentence being very short. Apart from Li Keming's character, which had some issues, the others were all innocent and sunny. Everything was for the sake of socialist construction.
Li Keming let Xiao Cui down, and was heard by two young men. They criticized Li Keming to his face, sympathized with Xiao Cui, and would not spread any gossip or spread the victim-blaming theory.
They wanted to comfort Xiao Cui, but they didn't say anything and just gave all the fruits they picked to Xiao Cui.
Xiao Cui, who had been crying, immediately smiled. Xie Yun felt that at that moment, Xiao Cui must have felt from the bottom of her heart that a heartless man like Li Keming was nothing compared to the many good people in the world. The emotional hurt she had suffered would be easily healed.
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