◎Strange Dream◎
The night was dim, and the man's heavy breathing shook the woman's ears. His dark eyes were like the deep sea, reflecting only Liang Baozhen's blushing face.
The two of them pressed tightly together, their hot breaths entangled together, as if squeezing the air into thinner space.
Liang Baozhen just felt hot and unbearable, with the tall man covering her body. When she caressed around with her right hand, she felt a scar on the man's waist. The scalding temperature scared her so much that she retracted her hand.
When their eyes met, the handsome man curled his lips and stared at her as she moved downwards, about to pick a red lipstick...
"Baozhen." A loud voice outside the house woke the dreamer, "Are you feeling better? Are you still dizzy?"
Liang Baozhen stood up suddenly, her eyes were blurry, her black hair was loose and a little messy. She rubbed her eyes, still dazed, her face was red, and she was in a daze.
She had another dream, and it was a very strange dream.
Half a month ago, the director of the national cotton factory in the city came to propose marriage to her. They went through the ceremony and compared their horoscopes. However, she had a strange dream on the night of the engagement.
In the dream, I was talking and laughing with a tall, handsome man, and they were living together. I had never seen this man before.
Liang Baozhen was shocked and couldn't understand what was going on. Who was the strange man in the dream? She had seen almost all the people in Damian Village, and there was indeed no such person.
Without coming to any conclusion, Liang Baozhen kept the matter in her heart and did not mention it to anyone, but the dream was too real to make her feel uneasy.
Fortunately, the strange man did not appear in my dreams again in the next few days.
Just when she heaved a sigh of relief, the man appeared in Liang Baozhen's dream again a week later.
This time, he brought a basin of foot-washing water to soak his own feet. With his big hands with distinct joints, he gently rubbed Liang Baozhen's fair feet with his thumbs covering her feet. He even asked in a gentle tone, "Is the water hot? Is the strength appropriate?"
Because the dream was so real, Liang Baozhen felt her feet were burning after waking up.
Today was the second time her fiancé came to discuss the wedding arrangements. Liang Baozhen had a fever last night, so she went to the barefoot doctor in the village and got a pill of Analgin. After taking it, she fell into a coma until almost noon.
As a result, the man appeared in her dream again, and this time he went too far. The two of them had an intimate relationship in the dream...
Song Chunhua pushed the door open and saw the young lady sitting on the bed in a daze. She reached out and touched her forehead, "Stop cooking. Get up quickly. Your aunt will be here soon. I still have to go pick some vegetables."
Perhaps she had a fever and a dream, the already cute Liang Baozhen looked even more pitiful. Her usually bright eyes were now filled with moisture. Her beautiful oval face and a pair of watery almond eyes were now rosy due to having slept for a long time, and her cheeks were rosy and her straight nose was slightly red. Only her cherry lips had lost a lot of color, making her look a little sick.
"Okay." He answered quickly, but did nothing. After seeing Song Chunhua go out, he was still in a daze and pondered for a while.
After living for nineteen years and being envied by all the villagers, Liang Baozhen was engaged to the director of the state-owned cotton mill in the city. She couldn't understand why she had such a dream. How could she be the kind of person who dreamed of another man even though she was engaged?
However, there was no answer to everything. Shaking her head, Liang Baozhen got dressed and got out of bed. She opened the half-open glass window to the outside, and the slightly cool summer breeze blew in, finally blowing away the heat in the room.
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In the midsummer in Damian Village of Hongqi Commune, it is hot everywhere.
The scorching sun was high in the sky, burning the earth. On the field path in Damian Village, Aunt Hu, wearing straw sandals, was jogging home for dinner.
The work she was assigned today was easy. She cut four baskets of pig grass in the morning, and would be able to earn six work points if she worked for a while in the afternoon, so she walked very lightly.
She was the loudest person in Hongqi Commune. When she passed by Liang's house and saw Liang Baozhen's mother, she couldn't help but say something sarcastic, "Chunhua, why are you still cooking? Why don't you go to the city and enjoy yourself?"
The news that Liang Baozhen, the third daughter of the Liang family, was going to marry the director of the factory was the latest big news in Hongqi Commune, and the news that an educated youth returned to the city with a serious illness became the topic of conversation among the villagers after dinner.
However, to the villagers, the return of the educated youth to the city was not as exciting as Liang Baozhen's plan to marry into the city and enjoy a good life. After all, this was a girl they had watched grow up, and she also drank the Qinghe water, so why did her fate be different?
All we can say is that 1976 was destined to be an uneasy year.
Liang Baozhen's mother was picking tomatoes from the field. The tomatoes were not big at the moment and did not look very red, but you could only know their taste after eating them. They were sour, sweet and juicy. Song Chunhua carefully picked four big ones to prepare to entertain the city girl who was coming to visit today.
When she heard what Aunt Hu from the village said, she didn't take it seriously. She just loved to mix things up. She said congratulations, but in fact she was jealous and was feeling sour inside.
We have lived next door to each other for decades, how can we not know each other? You can tell when someone is going to fart just by sticking out his butt.
"There is no such thing as enjoying happiness or not. Our Baozhen is going to be a daughter-in-law, so she can't have an easy life. There are too many rules in the city. I think it would be better for her to marry someone in the village who knows her well and can take care of her. Our aunt came to propose marriage, and she was very sincere. Our head of the family also thought she was a good match after seeing her for a while."
Song Chunhua said with a humble tone, but she was delighted in her heart. She thought her daughter could marry into the city and no longer have to work in the fields. Maybe in the future she could find a way to work in a state-owned factory and eat grain.
She doesn't have this blessing, at least as a lady, she can suffer less.
Aunt Hu spat inwardly but did not show it on her face. She thought to herself that this old woman was being pretentious and was taking advantage of him. She just smiled twice and went home.
Seeing that everyone had left, Song Chunhua took a few tomatoes back to the kitchen, preparing to beat eggs and make tomato egg drop soup. It was not a festival, and she would have been reluctant to add eggs in the past, but today her aunt from the city was coming to visit, so she had to grit her teeth and spend the money.
"Mom, when are we going to eat?" The little daughter Liang Baoling ran in from outside, her face covered with sweat, even her hair was wet, and she complained about being hungry as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat. You went out to go crazy again, right? Wait for your dad to come back and deal with you." Song Chunhua was really helpless with her little daughter. She was looking forward to this bite of food all day long. It was only in the past two years when the harvest was a little better that the commune could distribute the grain and give her 20 or 30 yuan at the end of the year. Otherwise, she would not be able to eat.
However, this is also due to the fact that the Liang family is very motivated and earns a lot of work points. Some families in the village can get a few yuan just by calculating their work points. What's worse, some families even owe money to the commune and have to spend money to buy work points to make up for it.
Liang Baoling came back from playing crazy outside, and was busy trying to act good in front of her mother. She cracked the eggs into a bowl, and the eleven-year-old girl smiled sweetly, which made people unable to get angry.
"Go check on your sister. I just called her, but I don't know if she's up yet."
Liang Baoling was used to running around in the fields, so her skin was tanned. She didn't like the hassle of having her hair cut short, and she looked like a boy.
I rushed straight to my sister's room, and ran into someone head-on when I was halfway there.
"Sister, are you feeling okay?" She stood on tiptoe and wanted to touch her sister's forehead, but she was not tall enough, which made Liang Baozhen laugh.
"Okay, the fever is gone." Liang Baozhen rubbed her sister's head and looked into the empty yard. "Dad and brother haven't come back yet?"
"Well, it should be soon." Liang Baoling was a teenager and left work early.
Liang Baozhen grew up in Damian Village, Hongqi Commune. There are six people in her family. Her father, Liang Zhigao, is a famous carpenter in the village. Her mother, Song Chunhua, is an expert at farm work. She was a hot girl when she was young. Although she is in her forties now, she is still as charming as she was back then. Liang Baozhen's good looks are mostly inherited from her.
There are three sons and three daughters in the Liang family. Liang Baozhen is the third oldest, with an older sister, a brother, and a younger sister. Every household in the village has several children. Father Liang always felt that he could not establish a family with only one son. He could not bear the thought that after giving birth to the second child, the second child was a daughter, so he gave up his mind.
Liang Baozhen was smart and good-looking since she was a child. She was also one of the few high school students in the entire commune, which made Liang Zhigao very proud. Therefore, she was spoiled at home and many people praised her in the village. The eldest son of the neighbor next door even clamored to marry her when he was a child.
However, Xu Yaojin appeared halfway through, and Chen Siming, the purchasing officer of the city's national cotton factory, suddenly came to propose marriage.
Half a month ago, Liang Baozhen went to the county town with Song Chunhua. The two of them went there to exchange things. Liang Baozhen was good at making clothes, and she could usually make some clothes for others to supplement the family income.
It was at this time that Chen Siming saw a fairy-like girl in the market and he couldn't take his eyes off her. After making inquiries from many sources, he found a matchmaker to propose marriage to her.
Liang Zhigao saw that Chen Siming was a man of high spirits and well-mannered in his behavior. He also heard about Chen Siming's reputation in the city from his educated youth son-in-law who lived in Beijing. He felt that this was an impeccable marriage and decided to go ahead with it.
Liang Baozhen is nineteen years old this year. She has been staying at home since she graduated from high school last year. From time to time, she works in the fields or makes clothes in exchange for eggs, rice and flour. Recently, many people from the commune have come to inquire about her.
He is handsome and well-educated, so he is popular everywhere. Only a few people who are jealous of him like to say bad things about him behind his back.
Zuo was just complaining that Liang Baozhen was too thin and weak to give birth, but Song Chunhua hit him with a broom several times before he stopped talking.
That's what Aunt Hu is like.
Liang Baozhen was pretty, and even wearing a grey puffy short-sleeved jacket she looked pretty. She was braiding her hair as she walked outside. Just as she was about to go to the kitchen to help Song Chunhua, her younger sister called her back with a wink.
Liang Baoling will be in fifth grade in the second half of the year, a true elementary school student.
"Sister, wait a moment."
When she got closer, Liang Baozhen discovered what the little sister was holding in her hand. There was a yellow frosted fruit candy on a square gray checkered handkerchief, which made people drool.
There's no way. These days, there's a severe shortage of sweet things. All we eat all day is cornmeal or sorghum flour. Anyone who sees a piece of fruit candy will be tempted.
"Where did you get the candy?" Liang Baozhen knew this candy. It was sold at one cent a piece in the supply and marketing cooperative. Half a month ago, someone in the village bought a dozen fruit candies for their wedding, which made many children greedy.
Liang Baoling blinked, a smile appeared in the corner of her eyes, and she whispered, "My brother-in-law gave it to me."
"Oh~"
Liang Baozhen understood that her elder sister had married Song Jianguo, an educated youth who had been sent to the countryside, five years ago. Song Jianguo was from Beijing, so it was normal for him to have some candy on hand. This was a good thing for the little girl Liang Baoling, who could get some treats from time to time.
Liang Baoling wrapped the four corners of the handkerchief back, put it on the edge of the yard, picked up a stone nearby and threw it at the handkerchief.
In an instant, the fruit candy broke into pieces and turned into crumbs.
Liang Baoling arranged everything properly, giving each person a small piece, and she was even generous enough to give the largest piece to the third sister.
Sucking the candy in her mouth, a sweet taste filled her mouth. Liang Baozhen said, "Feed some to mom."
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Liang Baozhen watched her younger sister walk towards the kitchen when she heard some noise coming from behind. She turned around and saw that it was Liang's father, Liang Zhigao, who had returned, with a gentlemanly young man standing beside him.
"dad."
"Baozhen, Xiao Chen is here."
When Liang Baozhen saw her fiancé standing at the gate of the courtyard, she suddenly remembered the strange dream and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
The author has something to say:
★ Completed period articles "Young Couple in the 1970s Art Troupe" & "Dear Daughter-in-law in the 1970s", you can read them if you are interested
★The author's column is pre-collecting "A Beautiful Mother in the 1970s Raising a Baby on an Island" Please collect it~
Song Wan, a fair-skinned, beautiful and charming girl, was written into a period novel by her cousin and became a supporting female character in the book with the same name and surname.
The heroine in the book is the original person's cousin. She married the son of the director of a steel rolling mill. The couple loved each other very much and had two children.
As for the control group, the original self played a good hand badly. He was married to the chief of the sea island military officers, He Nian, because of a childhood engagement. After marriage, he had two sons. The two had no feelings for each other, and the few times they met, they were just respectful to each other.
However, she listened to others' instigation and became suspicious of her husband who had not returned for many years. She began to abuse her son and even used her husband's salary and allowance to support her own family.
When Song Wan came through, her original job at the steel mill was being plotted against by her husband's family, her mother's family was preparing to come to her house to get money to help her son prepare a dowry, and her eldest son, a problem child who was alienated from his mother, was fighting with several cousins, while her youngest son was clapping and watching the excitement...
Song Wan, who took over a bunch of rotten stalls: Destroy them, I'm tired.
Seeing that there were wolves in front and tigers behind, Song Wan decided to cling to the thigh of the god-level male supporting role in the book and follow the army to enjoy the good life.
The salary of the island military officers is high and they are not at home all year round. She used to have a blue sea and blue sky~
As for the arrogant and fierce eldest son and the cute and adorable youngest son, it is better to bring them along⊙﹏⊙
He Nian, the most promising leader on the island, is handsome and tall. As soon as he arrived on the island, the sisters-in-law of each family were thinking about introducing him to a partner.
After learning that he had married and had children, many people sighed and lamented.
When they found out that his wife was a country girl, everyone felt that it was a waste of Captain He.
Some people even wanted to persuade He Nian to divorce his country wife and remarry a city wife.
As a result, one day, He Nian brought his pretty and fair young wife and two handsome little boys to the island, and everyone was shocked!
Is this fairy-like figure Captain He’s country wife?
Are these two handsome little boys Captain He’s sons?
At the beginning of the New Year, he took his childhood sweetheart to the island, ready to continue their life of respecting each other. Later, he found that he could neither respect nor be a guest.
Song Wan initially hoped that He Nian would not come home for most of the year so that she could enjoy herself. But later she found that this man came home more and more frequently.
Even his two sons became more and more attached to him.
Where is the freedom you promised me? "..."
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