Meng Yuanzheng paused for a moment, said nothing, grabbed her arm and stuffed her into the quilt, and patted her head, "Go to sleep, I'll keep watch over you."
Lin Miaoyin took her hand out again and touched the back of his hand. The temperature at night might be only in the twenties. He was wearing a vest and a jacket, and the back of his hand was cold.
"If we want to sleep together, it's not like we haven't slept in the same bed before."
Meng Yuanzheng...had slept in the same bed, but had never been in the same quilt.
"It's okay if you don't sleep, but you have to cover yourself with the quilt. Look how cold your hands are." She moved aside to make room for him.
"Hurry up, if you don't obey me, I will come to watch the night alone and I won't let you come."
Then he looked at him with threatening eyes.
Meng Yuanzheng laughed, took off his shoes, and got into bed, keeping a fist's distance from her.
Only then did Lin Miaoyin fall asleep contentedly.
After being awakened by the light above her head, she got up and found that Meng Yuanzheng had already gone home. He left her a watch and she looked at it. It was 6:30 in the morning.
She put on her shoes, mixed with her mat and bamboo mat, and when she got home she saw Meng Yuanzheng making breakfast.
After she went to wash up, Meng Yuanzheng's egg noodles were already on the table.
The snow-white noodles were paired with an egg fried into an odd, heart-shaped shape, minced meat, fried pickles, and green water spinach leaves, which made Lin Miaoyin's eyes light up.
When I looked at Meng Yuanzheng's noodles again, there was no egg and half the whistle was missing.
He stirred the whistle slowly and said, "You must have something good to eat after working so hard. I'll make you fish soup tonight. Yesterday, my brother Chengren caught some small fish and gave us a few."
After saying that, Lin Miaoyin looked at him with a touched expression and laughed, "Eat quickly, or the noodles will clump together."
After the two of them quickly finished their noodles, Lin Miaoyin went downstairs.
After a few more busy days, Lin Miaoyin took Meng Yuanzheng to the county to remove the plaster on the weekend. This time, she did not let anyone else accompany them. After the removal, she went to deliver the design draft to the two aunts.
There were two things that made Lin Miaoyin very happy this time.
The first is that Meng Yuanzheng's legs have recovered well and he can walk without crutches. He just needs to walk slowly. The second is that the skirts he designed are selling very well on the black market.
Then the two of them went to take pictures.
The photographer in the photo studio rarely saw such good-looking customers, so he was very excited and dedicated. He took a lot of photos of them, both single and couple photos. Fortunately, the wedding photography of later generations had not yet appeared.
Otherwise, if the photographer asked them to get closer, look into each other's eyes more lovingly, and hold each other tighter...
Did she just burst out laughing or just run away?
I couldn’t get the photos at that time and had to wait for a while before I could get them. Then I went to the black market and bought a lot of meat, vegetables, etc.
After taking the bus back and getting off at the commune, Lin Miaoyin prepared to ask if there was any ox cart going back to Niutouwan or the nearby area.
Meng Yuanzheng's legs couldn't hold him back from walking long distances, so when he came here he rode in the team's ox cart.
Before he had taken two steps, he heard a loud noise ahead and a young man appeared in a proud manner driving a tractor.
The man had a shiny slicked-back hairstyle, which was popular at the time. He wore a leather jacket and a pair of leather shoes and sat high on the tractor.
He recognized Lin Miaoyin, but Lin Miaoyin didn't recognize him.
"Miaoyin?"
The man shouted.
Lin Miaoyin stopped and looked up at him, wondering, "Who are you?"
"I'm Zhao Shengli, don't you remember me?"
The man smiled broadly, jumped off the tractor, leaned his elbows on the tractor, and looked at her in a posture that he thought was very handsome.
"We were desk mates when we were kids? You have such a bad memory."
Lin Miaoyin tried hard to compare his face with the person in her memory.
Zhao Shengli added, "When we were kids, we played house. You played the dad and I played the mom. Do you remember?"
Meng Yuanzheng:? ? ?
He walked over and looked at Zhao Shengli unkindly, "Who is this..."
"Hey, this is your man, right? I heard from my mom that you married an educated youth. You're quite handsome, come and have a cigarette."
Zhao Shengli enthusiastically took out a cigarette, put one in his mouth, and let Meng Yuanzheng smoke one.
Meng Yuanzheng quickly refused, "Thank you, I don't smoke."
Lin Miaoyin finally remembered this person, "Zhao Ergou, is that you? Why didn't you tell me your nickname earlier? I have no impression of your real name."
Zhao Shengli...
"Are you going back to Niutou Bay? Come on, I'll take you there." He patted his tractor.
Lin Miaoyin looked at his tractor and said with a smile, "You are living a good life now. You even bought a tractor."
"No, this is from our team. I work as a worker in the county town and only make a few dozen yuan a month. How can I afford it?" Zhao Shengli urged, cigarette in mouth, "Are you going or not? I just happen to be going back, so I'll give you a ride."
"Thank you, Ergou."
Lin Miaoyin pulled Meng Yuanzheng forward. Meng Yuanzheng was a little resistant because the back of the tractor was quite high and he couldn't use his right leg to get up.
"If you call Ergou again, I will throw you down halfway. What's the matter? Why don't you get on?" Zhao Shengli said.
"His leg injury hasn't healed yet, so he can't use his strength." Lin Miaoyin replied.
Zhao Shengli then remembered that the man in front of him was a hero who had been in the newspapers, and he was filled with respect.
"Oh, look at my brain, I forgot that your man's leg is injured. Come, let me help you."
As he said that, he walked forward, hugged Meng Yuanzheng's thighs and picked him up.
Meng Yuanzheng was forced to lie with his upper body on the truck bed. Zhao Shengli pushed his butt and he fell into the car.
Meng Yuanzheng: What a shame and humiliation!
He sat up and reached out to pull Lin Miaoyin up.
Zhao Shengli set off in a hurry on his tractor, chatting about all sorts of things along the way.
Lin Miaoyin suddenly noticed that the pants Zhao Shengli was wearing were actually made of denim.
Jeans became popular in mainland China in the 1980s. He was just an ordinary worker in a county town. How did he buy jeans?
She also saw from the two aunties that there were very few denim fabrics and the public's acceptance was limited.
It is relatively popular in coastal areas.
Looking at Zhao Shengli's outfit, it is very fashionable. Could it be that this person is a fellow fashionista behind the scenes?
But now she was not sure about the other party and did not dare to ask rashly, so she just left the other party's contact address. Zhao Shengli asked her to visit him in the county next time and he would treat her to a meal.
We got off the car at the fork in the road outside Niutou Bay, said goodbye to Zhao Shengli, and then went home.
…
By the time the rice was completely harvested and stored in warehouses, it was already early September.
Lin Miaoyin has been feeling a little depressed lately because a historical turning point is approaching.
The weather has been gloomy for the past few days, and it feels like a storm is about to come.
That afternoon, everyone suddenly heard the team’s broadcast.
"Our great leader... has passed away."
As soon as the broadcast came out, everyone stopped, some didn't react, some looked in disbelief, and in an instant, intermittent crying sounds rang out until the sound shook the sky.
The whole world is shrouded in a cloud of gloom.
Lin Miaoyin closed the door and sat down with a heavy heart. The same news came from the radio.
She looked out the window. It was already dark and the room was gloomy.
Meng Yuanzheng sat at the desk, reading a book quietly.
She walked over, sat next to him, and rested her head on his arm.
Meng Yuanzheng put down the book, lowered his head, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you scared?"
Lin Miaoyin shook her head and said, "I'm not afraid."
There is nothing to be afraid of. I just lament that I was born in modern society in my previous life. Only when I came here can I truly feel how strong the respect and love a country and a nation have for a great man.
But after a while it started to rain heavily and the weather became a little chilly, so Meng Yuanzheng found a coat for her to wear.
It rained all day and all night.
Everyone had been on holiday for many days and had not gone to work. About a month had passed and the team decided to stage a play to praise and pass on the revolutionary spirit, which was scheduled to be performed on New Year's Day.
The sad atmosphere was finally alleviated, and those in the village who liked to join in the fun all signed up to participate in the performance.
Since they were going to rehearse a play, they had to choose someone to be the director. After some recommendations, a female educated youth named He Tian was chosen. Her father Yanyan and mother were in an art troupe when they were young, so she herself had learned something from them.
Then comes the selection of male and female actors.
Although this drama eulogizes the revolutionary spirit, it uses a method of seeing the big from the small. The general plot is that during the revolutionary era, there was a young couple. When the country was attacked by the enemy, the man resolutely decided to join the army, leaving behind his newly married and pregnant wife.
After the man left, she gave birth to a son. Soon after, she heard that her man had died in the war.
She was heartbroken and vowed to avenge the man, so she joined the Communist Party. She still lived with her son at home and became a special intelligence agent.
When her son was two years old, someone suddenly came in the middle of the night. It turned out to be her husband who died in the war!
But through communication, she found out that her husband did not die in the war, but became a traitor.
The man wanted to take the mother and son to live a good life. The woman suppressed her inner turmoil and agreed on the surface. After following him to the puppet army’s residence, she secretly passed a lot of useful information to the party.
But later she was discovered, and the man asked her why she did this. She replied, I am Chinese, I would rather die than be a running dog!
He also said a lot of touching and thought-provoking words, which well reflected the revolutionary spirit and patriotic feelings.
The man felt a little guilty after hearing what she said and relaxed his guard. Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly attacked and killed him with a knife.
Before he died, the man said, I know I can't be a traitor, but I want to give you and my son a better life.
The woman also cried and said a lot of things.
The final outcome was that the door was opened and a large group of Japanese soldiers rushed in.
This story is very sad, but the audience loves it.
Not many actors are needed. Apart from the male and female protagonists, there are only a few minor supporting roles.
So who will play the male and female protagonists?
If nothing else, at least he has to be handsome and well-mannered, and he has to memorize his lines after all. He also looks very righteous and has the temperament of a protagonist, and he is not timid at all.
There are many people who fit the role of the female lead, including the newly arrived female educated youth. But what about the male lead?
He Tian shook her head as she looked at a group of men who were so tanned from harvesting rice that their teeth and eyes were exposed.
"It's okay if the female lead is a little dark, after all, she's a village woman, but the male lead can't be dark, he's a traitor, it's better if he's white, and looks like the type who eats delicious food and drinks spicy drinks all day long."
Everyone turned their eyes to Lin Miaoyin and her husband who were watching the fun in the corner.
The one who looks like he eats delicious food and drinks spicy drinks all day long and is fair-skinned, isn’t that Meng Yuanzheng?
He Tianmin nodded, thinking that Meng Yuanzheng was very suitable to play the male lead, but his wife was not suitable. His wife had only gone to school for three years and could not even recognize all the words, so the role of the female lead definitely could not be given to her.
Who should be chosen as the heroine?
She cast her eyes on the new female educated youth...
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