In the 1960s and 1970s, life in rural areas was still very difficult. Adults had to go to the production team to catch up on work points, and children had to hunt pig grass. This story begins here.
Although the children at that time did not have the electronic products such as mobile phones to play with today, they still had a lot of fun playing various local games, such as shuttlecock, rope skipping, hide-and-seek... Although the children were barefoot and wore tattered clothes, they had innocent and bright smiles on their faces.
The famous writer Bo Yang mentioned in his book "The Ugly Chinese": Due to the influence of traditional thought and culture such as Confucianism, Chinese people are afraid of trouble. The so-called "being wise and wise" is the best breeding ground for cultivating tyrants, tyrant officials and mobs. Mr. Bo Yang specifically mentioned the mob. Zhang Baji in this story is a typical mob image. He is poor but loves to bully others and enjoys bullying others. After Ruan Changfa finished his work, he scooped water from the field to water the cabbage. When Zhang Baji saw it, he rushed over and snatched the melon gourd from Ruan Changfa's hand and threw it on the field ridge, preventing him from scooping water from the field to water the vegetables.
Ruan Changfa is one of the protagonists of this story, an out-and-out ordinary Chinese farmer. Diligence is his essence and honesty is his nature. When others bully him, he does not fight back based on reason, but tolerates it blindly. He led a large family to survive those difficult years.
At that time, the school environment was very poor, the learning conditions were very difficult, the quality of the teachers was very low, and the moral character of the students was determined by the political status of their families.
At that time, all the trees on the mountain were cut down, so it was not easy to collect firewood, and if you failed, you would be punished. Ruan Daye came back from arresting Fu Ye. Unknowingly, he cut down a load of fir firewood and was taken to the village by the brigade to show off to the public.
Zheng Tongsheng, an educated youth, fell in love with Pan Qingyu, who had just graduated from high school and returned to the team. However, Qingyu longed for the city and had no interest in Tongsheng. Later, when Kiryu becomes a regular employee, Qingyu pursues Kiryu in turn. Kiryu forms a new branch and treats Qingyu coldly.
Ruan Youcheng's academic performance was top-notch when he was in high school, but at that time, he was "recommended" and it was useless no matter how good his academic performance was. Ruan Youcheng returned to the team and was soon sent to repair reservoirs and lift telegraph poles. Later, he was sent to Chongli to participate in labor during the military student movement.
The Spring Festival is very grand in rural areas. If you can get delicious food at home, you have to wait until the Spring Festival to put it on the table. Make rice krispie treats, fry sweet potato chips, deep-fried glutinous rice cakes... The atmosphere of the New Year is so strong. Firecrackers are set off on the first day of the lunar new year, neighbors in the countryside pay New Year greetings to each other, relatives are visited on the first day of the lunar month, lion dances and lanterns are played during the Lantern Festival...
Ruan Daye first fell in love with Yu Xiaozhen, a young man from the team because of his father's relationship, but Yu Xiaozhen looked down on Daye and ran away secretly with a middle school teacher. Daye was in great pain. Later, he met Jiang Yuanhua under the introduction of his relatives, and because of Daye's brother-in-law's obstruction, they finally got married after many twists and turns.
The country restored the college entrance examination admission system, and Ruan Youcheng returned to school to review his homework. He failed several times and was finally admitted to a higher education institution.
The rural areas have finally ushered in the contract responsibility system. Everyone is very enthusiastic about farming in their own fields, and their lives are getting better day by day. The problem of food and clothing has been solved, and they can still eat meat.
"Feeding food and clothing," Zhang Baji had an affair with Huang Xiuying, the widow of his team. When his wife Xu Cuihua found out, she was so angry that she committed suicide by taking poison.
Zhang Baji later became seriously ill, and his sons and daughters ignored him. In the end, he died of illness in his own bed and no one knew about it.
. "At night, snoring gradually began to sound in the small tiled house, as well as the rustling of small mice quietly crawling... And the whispering of autumn insects outdoors." "People in the city are fat and fat, and they are better than those in the countryside in everything." "Daye started swinging from the room. An ax rushed out and hit the mother who was sitting in the threshing field, blowing a fan to enjoy the coolness..." "The bright moon is still in the sky; under the blue sky, everything seems to be still and condensed... Including the drumming of the frogs." " Silly boy! It's time to implement the "responsibility system" in our countryside. Maybe we can find a capable guy in the countryside who is better than the one in the city. "You see, it's not a holiday today!" It's time to eat meat." "The tongue of fire licked the bottom of the pot, and the light blue smoke floated on the back of the small courtyard house, which was as wonderful as a dream."... The simple and fresh local flavor rushed to the face, real, touching, and tear-jerking.
Purpose: The work is based on rural life in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on the reduction of urban-rural differences with the reform and opening up.