The first movie shown by Xiangyang Brigade after the busy farming season.
When her stepsister Lu Jiaojiao and Yin Zhihe sneaked into the haystack in the dark, Lu Baiwei knew that she had also been reborn.
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"Go and see, go and see, Lu Jiaojiao and the boy from the Yin family are hiding in the haystack!"
"That haystack was shaking, it was so exciting..."
The threshing ground of Xiangyang Brigade.
Someone shouted, and all the moviegoers rushed to the haystacks in the grove in the dark. In a blink of an eye, half of the threshing floor was empty.
Lu Baiwei, who had just been reborn, was numb.
In my previous life, it was also this lively when the brigade showed the first movie after the busy farming season.
The protagonist is still her stepsister Lu Jiaojiao. She is not hiding in a haystack, but in a tool shed beside the brigade's threshing ground where winnowing baskets and mats are piled up to dry.
The male protagonist of the farce is not the current Yin Zhihe, but He Ting, the educated youth who was supposed to have an engagement with her as a child.
Lu Baiwei's grandfather was a battlefield doctor when he was young. He saved He Ting's grandfather's life, and the two families arranged a marriage for the two children.
He Ting came to Xiangyang Brigade as an educated youth and brought with him the token of exchange between the two old men.
It should have been her marriage, but Lu Jiaojiao cried and insisted on marrying He Ting.
After an incident where they were locked up in the tool room of the brigade's threshing ground, He Ting, with a gloomy face, got a marriage certificate from Lu Jiaojiao.
With the help of her stepmother, Lu Baiwei married Yin Zhihe, a poor household in the brigade.
In her previous life, Lu Jiaojiao married He Ting and enjoyed a period of glory.
He Ting was an educated youth from Beijing. He was handsome and had a good family background. His family sent him money and food every month.
Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long.
Something happened to the He family!
He Ting's family was sent to a farm, and his nephews and nieces were sent to Xiangyang Brigade to live with him.
Without the money and food sent by He Ting's family, not only did they live a tight life, but they also had to support his brother's two children, which made Lu Jiaojiao very dissatisfied.
Lu Jiaojiao was always raising eyebrows and looking down on He Ting's nephews and nieces. It was normal for her to not give them food, abuse, pinch and beat them. She would also make a big fuss and quit her job and go back to her parents' home.
It never rains but it pours!
At this time, a rainstorm caused a landslide.
He Ting was hit by a rock rolling down the mountain while trying to protect the brigade’s property. His life was saved, but one of his legs was limped.
Unable to support herself, Lu Jiaojiao had to save work points to support the disabled He Ting and his nephews and nieces. She gave up completely and ran away with the truck driver, leaving behind the mess.
When Lu Baiwei married Yin Zhihe, her life was hard at first, but soon the college entrance examination was resumed, land was contracted to households, and reform and opening up came.
Yin Zhihe was smart. He first set up a stall with her to do food business. After finding out the way, he went to the south with her to wholesale clothes and resell them.
Suffering from a lack of funds to expand the business, they dug up gold and antiques buried underground by the Yin family's ancestors.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse!
Before liberation, the Yin family was one of the largest landlords in the area.
With the start-up capital from exchanging gold for antiques, Yin Zhihe made his business flourish. He opened several clothing factories and made a fortune by riding on the spring breeze of reform and opening up.
That's not enough.
When Yin Zhihe switched from the clothing business to real estate development, his uncle, who had gone to Gangcheng during his family's turbulent period, came back and invested a large sum of money in him, and also asked him to go to Gangcheng to inherit tens of billions of assets.
When Lu Baiwei became the richest lady and was interviewed by a TV station, Lu Jiaojiao also appeared in newspaper news.
The police rescued a group of abducted women and children in the mountains, including Lu Jiaojiao.
The truck driver she followed on the run was actually a human trafficker who sold her to the most remote mountainous area.
Later, Lu Baiwei didn't know about Lu Jiaojiao's news.
Before following Yin Zhihe to Hong Kong to inherit a 10 billion fortune, she fell seriously ill, woke up from the hospital bed, and was reborn at the age of 18 when she got married.
As soon as she was reborn, her stepsister Lu Jiaojiao gave her a big surprise.
Is Lu Jiaojiao also reborn?
"Weiwei, Lu Jiaojiao was trying desperately to marry He Ting before, and everyone in our Xiangyang Brigade knew about it."
"She even said that He Ting would be hers sooner or later, and that she would use the movie screening tonight to take down He Ting. Why did she turn around and hide in the haystack with Yin Zhihe?"
"If you ask me, Yin Zhihe's family is not well off. His married sisters are willing to help the family. They collected 188 yuan for Yin Zhihe's wedding gift, and I heard they even bought him a Plum Blossom watch."
"That's a Plum brand watch, it costs about a hundred yuan!"
"Lu Jiaojiao is trying to snatch everything from you. She's turned against you because she saw that Yin Zhi and her sisters were willing to chip in the betrothal money to buy a Plum watch."
"Lu Jiaojiao is so shameless to follow Yin Zhihe into the haystack."
"When my Tang family is empty-handed, come on, I'll tear that stinking bitch apart for you..."
Cousin Tang Yunling was so angry that she dragged her to tear Lu Jiaojiao apart. Before they even left the threshing ground, people who went to the haystack to watch the fun tied up Lu Jiaojiao and Yin Zhihe with ropes and dragged them towards the brigade office.
Yin Zhihe was shirtless with a disheveled look on his face. When he saw Lu Baiwei, he lowered his head guiltily.
Lu Jiaojiao was also in disarray, with a piece of her shirt torn off, revealing her fair arms and collarbones.
However, she didn't feel ashamed at all.
Meeting Lu Baiwei's gaze, Lu Jiaojiao raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a smile of victory.
"Sister, you won't blame me, right? Brother Zhihe and I are truly in love."
Lu Jiaojiao asserted her sovereignty and leaned towards Yin Zhihe.
The young and strong men in the team whistled and cheered.
"Oh, hiding in a haystack is true love."
"Lu Jiaojiao, let's go and have a look together someday when it's dark!"
"Let me drill one too, let me drill one too..."
The brigade was showing a movie in the threshing ground and people gathered together.
The young and middle-aged men in the team started to make a fuss, and the aunts and young wives thought it was unlucky and spat at Lu Jiaojiao with disgust. They also threatened to go to the commune to report Yin Zhihe for being a hooligan.
"A shameless girl, hiding in a haystack and acting like a hooligan before getting married."
"Ugh! The team's morale has been corrupted by people like this."
"Lu Jiaojiao, Yin Zhihe is still talking about marriage with your sister, bullshit about true love."
"Don't say anything. Take him to the brigade for ideological education, and then send him to the commune to be sentenced for hooliganism..."
"Why? Is it illegal for me to be in a relationship with Yin Zhihe?"
"It's a new society now, we value free love, Brother Zhihe and I just got a marriage certificate, why did you tie me up and take me to the commune?"
"Brother Zhihe, say something!"
Lu Jiaojiao was tied up but still restless, calling out to Yin Zhihe in a coquettish voice.
Yin Zhihe was dejected and panicked: "Don't, don't sue the commune, I'm going to get a marriage certificate with Lu Jiaojiao..."
The Xiangyang Brigade has a very good atmosphere.
It was so embarrassing for Lu Jiaojiao and Yin Zhihe to hide in the haystack that Lu Jianguo and his wife were very angry. Liu Chunhua was very angry with Lu Jiaojiao.
She poked Lu Jiaojiao on the forehead: "Lu Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with your brain?"
"The Yin family is so poor, and they just leave He Ting alone. You're making me so angry!"
"He Ting is an educated youth from Beijing. His family sends him money and food every month. You will regret it someday..."