Lin Miaoyin and Meng Yuanzheng just came to see if anyone needed help. After all, this was a team activity, and as the captain's daughter, she naturally couldn't be lazy.
She was just telling Meng Yuanzheng that she was quite interested in the vicious imperial army and wanted to try playing a bad guy, when she suddenly heard someone calling Meng Yuanzheng's name.
Looking up, it was director He Tian.
Meng Yuanzheng looked at Lin Miaoyin.
"You go ahead."
After getting Lin Miaoyin's response, Meng Yuanzheng went over.
She looked up at the place where the performance was taking place. It should be an old ancestral hall. Although the colorful carvings were mottled and decayed, it still looked grand and majestic.
After a while, Meng Yuanzheng came back, and He Tian followed him with a bad look on his face.
"What's wrong?" she asked puzzledly.
"Comrade Miaoyin, please persuade your husband. We think he is very suitable to play the leading actor. There is no one more suitable than him, but he disagrees."
"The leading actor? That's great, isn't it?" She smiled and tugged at his sleeve, "Why don't you agree? There are rewards for good acting."
"I don't want to." He said expressionlessly.
"Meng Zhiqing, this is a rare opportunity to show your abilities. The county and the commune will send people to come and watch," He Tian advised.
Meng Yuanzheng simply ignored her, and He Tian's expression gradually turned sour.
Lin Miaoyin was a little embarrassed and didn't understand the situation, so she asked, "By the way, who is the female lead?"
"I just asked them to perform a piece each, and in the end everyone voted and decided that Zhu Zhiqing was the winner."
Lin Miaoyin: Haha, why is it her?
"Um, Director, can I ask you guys why I didn't know you guys have already started casting for the female lead?"
As soon as she said this, the girls from her team looked over and started asking questions.
"What? The heroine has been chosen?"
"Didn't they say that anyone who wants to act can come and choose? I've been preparing for a long time, and it's over before I even get on stage?"
"I just saw it. She asked a few female educated youth to perform a segment without informing us at all."
Everyone is unhappy. This is a clear sign of looking down on others.
In the past, when the team was rehearsing a play, everyone would sign up for the role they wanted to play, and then they would perform a segment and vote to decide.
He Tian's face turned pale, thinking, you country bumpkins who can barely read, are you going to play the female lead? Are you dreaming?
"Tell me, why don't you let us perform?" asked a hot-tempered girl.
"You can't read, and you have too many lines to memorize." He Tian's face became even more uglier.
"Hey, that's not right. Half of us have attended primary school before. Can't we memorize the lines in just a few months? Can't we ask others for help if we don't know a word?" Lin Miaoyin said.
"That's right! You look down on me!"
"We grew up watching these plays. The commune puts on one every year. Maybe we can perform better than you?"
The young girls and wives echoed in dissatisfaction.
"Comrade Lin Miaoyin!" He Tian was anxious. This Lin Miaoyin was really good at fanning the flames.
"What's wrong?" Lin Miaoyin pretended to be confused.
"Can you be more ideologically conscious?"
He Tian thought that Lin Miaoyin was angry because Meng Yuanzheng was chosen to play the male lead and she was not chosen to play the female lead, so she instigated everyone to make trouble.
But can anyone play the female lead?
Can she read?
Lin Miaoyin looked at He Tian inexplicably, "I want everyone to be able to compete fairly, so you say I'm not very conscious?"
He Tian looked at the people in front of her for a few times, and couldn't help showing her emotions, "I understand your feelings of wanting to be the female lead, but you may not be able to memorize so many lines. If you mess up the performance, it's not something you and I can afford. If you want to act, you can try the supporting role."
Her words made everyone even more upset. There was a sudden noise at the scene, and even many men came over to ask what happened.
He Tian was almost drowned by the crowd's saliva and couldn't help shouting, "Don't you have any collectivist spirit?"
"You have a spirit of collectivism, why don't you take out your money and food coupons and share them with us? Why don't you give your clothes to everyone to wear?"
A frivolous boy made a joke, causing people around him to laugh.
He Tian's face turned red, and the faces of those female educated youth were also not looking good. After all, who knew that this group of people would be so difficult to deal with and their words were so harsh. Zhu Wanqin's nails were digging into the flesh without realizing it, and he just stared at Lin Miaoyin.
"I suggest that we have a fair competition and whoever wins will be the female lead." A female educated youth suggested.
"It should be like this." A daughter-in-law rolled her eyes.
He Tian gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, let's choose a line. Whoever can recite it the fastest and perform well will be chosen, and the crowd will vote."
Lin Miaoyin has no interest in acting, but she has a new idea.
She found a little sister who grew up with her, whispered a few words to her, and then discussed it in a low voice with Meng Yuanzheng.
Soon, everyone got the selected paragraphs and started preparing.
He Tian deliberately chose a scene with many lines and big emotional outbursts. It is impossible for ordinary people to act it out on the spot, let alone those country women. They probably didn't recognize most of the words in the lines.
Sure enough, after getting the lines, everyone gathered together and asked everyone how to pronounce this word and that word.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether they can play the leading role or not, they just come to join in the fun, but they just can’t stand the way these female educated youth look down on others.
I'm not going to steam the buns to save face.
Who would have thought that less than ten minutes later, a young girl said, "Director, I'm ready, can I act?"
The girl was quite pretty, with two big braids, and she spoke in a crisp voice.
She is Lin Miaoyin’s younger sister. She has loved singing operas with her grandmother since she was a child. She happened to have listened to this opera more than once and was very familiar with the lines.
Everyone stopped and looked at her.
She stood calmly, looking straight ahead. Within just a few seconds she was already immersed in the role, with tears welling up in her eyes, as if standing in front of her was her husband, the man she thought had died in the war but who was actually a traitor.
She spoke the lines clearly and fluently, and she could even finish the next sentence on her own without anyone acting with her.
Everyone was infected by her emotions and couldn't help but indulge in them.
The short scene ended quickly, and everyone applauded after they realized what was happening.
Looking at the others, no one had memorized their lines yet. He Tian really shot herself in the foot and had to announce that this girl was the female lead.
No one had any objections. Everyone knew that this girl liked to sing opera, and she was popular, so everyone supported her.
I thought the matter was about to end, but Lin Miaoyin suddenly spoke.
"Since actors are selected through auditions, shouldn't directors be selected in the same way?"
Everyone agreed. They were very dissatisfied with director He Tian. Who made her look down on others just now?
"A director is not like an actor. Not only must a director be able to act, but he must also be able to direct. Is there anyone here who can do that?" He Tian was quite confident in herself, after all, her parents were both in the art troupe.
Lin Miaoyin smiled and said, "Yes, my man can do it!"
…
In October, the weather turns cooler.
As the message of “Down with the Gang of Four” spread, new ideas also began to spread.
Life in Niutou Bay remains peaceful.
Everyone started to sow cabbage, radishes and other vegetables for winter consumption, and Lin Miaoyin and her husband also turned over the land behind the house and planted vegetables.
The hydropower station and rice mill on the back mountain began to be built at the same time.
The farm work is not too busy now, and the children have started school some time ago. Zhu Wanqin has replaced Zhang Hui, who was replaced, and has become a primary school teacher.
Yan Hongyue and Liang Song got married. The man's family was very polite and did not treat the woman badly. Lin Miaoyin was very satisfied. Yan Hongyue asked her to accompany her throughout the whole process so that she would feel at ease.
After things calmed down again, Lin Miaoyin and Meng Yuanzheng started to busy themselves with their own things.
While Meng Yuanzheng was reviewing, Lin Miaoyin began to integrate into the black market clothing industry.
The boss of those two aunties is a middle-aged man. It is said that he has connections behind the scenes, so he has a big business.
He was very optimistic about Lin Miaoyin and thought that her designs would be very popular in the future, so he asked her to just design and he would accept all her orders.
Lin Miaoyin was waiting for the opportunity. When she had saved enough money and the tide of reform and opening up came, she would invest in opening a clothing factory to seize the initiative in the domestic clothing industry.
In this way, the days passed by slowly, and when the first snow came and New Year's Day was approaching, the play that had been rehearsed for several months was finally going to be performed.
The author has something to say: I was too out of shape when writing yesterday (covering my face)
I rewrote this chapter today, I'm so sorry
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