The Lovely Educated Youth at the Orchard Farm [The 1960s]

A large group of educated youths are assigned to a farm at the Yunxia Mountain Reservoir in the mountains.

At first, everyone thinks the mountain roads are inconvenient and that they're so remote no one will hear them if they cry for help.

Lin Luya, who has transmigrated here, has just pulled Li Wo out of the river after he tried to drown himself, and now she's painting him a rosy picture.

"Believe me, the Yunxia Mountain farm used to have wolves, snakes, and wild boars. People lived in thatched huts and wore straw sandals. Their pants had holes and let the wind through, and even patches couldn't cover them all..."

"But as long as we work hard, grow fruit trees and raise fish fry, build a reservoir and repair the roads, till the land and set up small factories, life will surely get better."

Li Wo: "I don't believe you."

Later, Li Wo eats fruit from the plum trees he planted himself, grass carp caught in nets he wove himself, and new rice he milled himself in the rice mill.

With tears streaming down his face, he eats two extra bowls of rice in gratitude.

Then he looks at the cramped apartment building where his parents and brothers live in the city. It's small and crowded, and life is inconvenient.

Not to mention, everyone has to share the kitchen, and the neighbors know exactly what they're eating every day.

Li Wo, weeping bitterly, exclaims, "The orchard farm is wonderful!"

But later, Li Wo sees several batches of educated youths arrive over the course of a year. Not only do they compete with him for work, but some of the handsome young men even set their sights on Lin Luya!

Li Wo: Who dares touch my savior? If anyone's going to repay her with his hand in marriage, it should be me.

So when another young man gives Lin Luya wild roses, Li Wo yanks a huge bunch of sunflowers out of the field and says to her with a proud look, "These are for you. They're nice to look at and you can eat them, so they're better than the others."

When another man plays the harmonica for Lin Luya, Li Wo stands on a nearby hill and loudly sings to distract her: "In the dead of night, oh, waiting for dawn..."

By the time the other young men have been impressed by Li Wo's outrageous antics as he pursues his wife, they keep warning off anyone else who wants to chase Lin Luya.

Everyone says, "Oh, you want to know if the beautiful Lin Luya will agree to date you? You should ask Li Wo."

Lovely-faced Lin Luya sees that not a single man within five meters of her will talk to her anymore. She grabs Li Wo's hand, drags him into the woods, and gives him a thorough scolding.

Instead, Lin Luya is the one who gets "scolded" by Li Wo. Her face turns bright red, but she refuses to be outdone and tells him, "You're shameless."

Li Wo takes a drag on a cigarette, flicks the ashes with his fingertips, and says with an unreadable expression, "I can be shameless for you, and you can be shameless with me."

Lin Luya: ??? What kind of menace did she save?

Theme: A life of hard work and striving