A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The first time, the first time, the second time.

That morning, Lu Cheng and others had just returned from the fields when they saw Zhong Yuemin, Zheng Tong, and Ning Wei waiting at the entrance of the educated youth site.

"Brother Cheng, Kui Yong, you are finally back. The three of us have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Yuemin, Zheng Tong, why didn't you tell us before you came?"

"When we went to work yesterday, we didn't see you go to work, and we couldn't notify you. Okay, okay, pour us a bowl of hot water. We have run more than 30 miles, and the food in our stomachs is gone. We are tired, thirsty, and hungry."

"So you are here to eat for free, okay, Lijuan, Huiling, you go cook, today he The rations for the three of you are mine, I will make up for it later. "

"Brother Cheng, what are you talking about? We are all educated youth, it is normal to eat a meal when visiting each other."

Zhong Yuemin heard this and immediately began to compliment: "This female classmate is really generous and well-mannered. Thank you. I have a big appetite, can I make you full?"

"How can I let you go back hungry? Okay, okay, come in and sit down."

When fellow villagers meet, they have a lot of gossip.

"Yuemin, Zheng Tong, you came two days earlier than us. What's the situation over there?"

"It's the same. The only difference is that we have more men than women, while you have more women than men. By the way, how much food did the Youth Office give you?"

"One thousand six hundred kilograms, what's wrong?"

"We only have eight hundred kilograms. I was wondering why it felt wrong. With just this little food, how can we last until the wheat harvest? I'll go find the village party secretary Chang Gui. He dared to withhold our food. It's really hateful."

"Yes, we must ask him for our food back. If he doesn't give it to us, we will go to the county to make trouble. He actually withheld half of our food."

In fact, after the educated youth went to the countryside, the Youth Offices in various places would distribute half a year's worth of food to the educated youth.

Most of those educated youth had never done farm work and needed several months to adapt. The half-year food was also to help them get through the adaptation period.

After half a year, they need to work with the production team, calculate work points together, and distribute food according to work points at the end of the year.

Even though the educated youth went to the countryside, they were treated differently in different places.

If they were assigned to the Construction Corps or farms, the treatment of the educated youth would be much better, with canteens, clothing distribution, annual home leave, reimbursement of travel tickets, etc.

As for the educated youth assigned to the village, they only had half a year's food. If they wanted to go home during the Spring Festival, they had to pay for tickets out of their own pockets, and the village brigade might not even approve the leave.

Moreover, even if they all went to the village, the treatment in the north and south was different.

In the areas south of the Huaihe River, due to the high grain production, the local grain quota was also relatively high. In some places, the grain quota per person reached 380 kilograms.

In places like northern Shaanxi, due to the poor land and low grain production, the grain quota of ordinary workers was 300 kilograms per year.

The educated youth were allocated 160 kilograms of food according to the half-year standard, which was considered quite considerate.

However, the educated youth who went to the countryside were all young people in their teens and 17s, and they usually had a large appetite. With one kilogram of food per person per day, and no oil or water, and they also had to work, they were basically not full.

Strong people like Lu Cheng and Li Kuiyong had even bigger appetites.

Soon, the food was served on the table. Although it was the most common cornmeal steamed bread and cabbage stewed with potatoes, Zhong Yuemin, Zheng Tong, and Ning Wei all ate it voraciously.

Li Kuiyong, who was standing by, handed Zhong Yuemin another steamed bread: "Eat slowly, I won't let you snatch it. Look at the three of you, you look like starving ghosts."

"Aren't we starving ghosts? We have so little food allocated to us, we save as much as we can every day, barely eat half full, and we are hungry before the next meal. What's more, we walked more than 30 miles to come to you today."

Speaking of this, Zhong Yuemin was full of complaints. Thinking of the carefree life in Yanjing before, Zhong Yuemin really regretted coming here.

However, after seeing Qin Ling sitting next to him, Zhong Yuemin became active again: "By the way, Brother Chen, why don't you introduce this female classmate to me? Where is she from?"

Qin Ling glanced at the smiling Zhong Yuemin, but he didn't have much good impression of him.

After spending these days together, Baidian Village

All the educated youths were completely convinced by Lu Cheng, especially the girls, who all had some affection for Lu Cheng, and Qin Ling was no exception.

People are afraid of comparison. When Lu Cheng sat here, any other boys would be eclipsed.

Even Zhong Yuemin, who had a bit of the aura of the protagonist, could not compare with Lu Cheng at all.

Facing Zhong Yuemin's approach, Qin Ling just politely replied: "My name is Qin Ling."

"Qin Ling, what a nice name. Classmate, where are you from? Let's get to know each other."

Li Kuiyong on the side slapped him: "Yuemin, you can't shut up when eating? What? You think this is Yanjing, and you still want to flirt with women?"

Zheng Tong on the side also joked: "Yes, let me introduce our classmate Zhong Yuemin to everyone. He is a famous troublemaker in the city. He wanders around the streets every day. He will approach pretty girls when he sees them. Even if he is rejected, he still shamelessly pesters them."

Zhong Yuemin on the side quickly interrupted Zheng Tong's words: "This is pure rumor and slander. I am a good classmate and comrade."

Lu Cheng turned his head and looked at Ning Wei on the side: "Ning Wei, stay here. Are you used to it?"

"Very good, Brother Yuemin and Brother Zheng Tong take good care of me. Now I can see Brother Cheng and learn kung fu from you again."

"You haven't stopped exercising, right?"

"No, I work hard every day."

"Okay, I'll give you some pointers after dinner."

Just after dinner, Zhong Yuemin saw the medicine box and erhu placed on the side: "You have a complete set of things, whose medicine box is this?"

"Of course it belongs to Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng is now the village doctor."

Zhong Yuemin looked at Lu Cheng in surprise: "Oh, Brother Cheng can also treat people?"

"Yes, not only can he treat people, but he can also treat troubles."

"Hahaha, it's time to treat Zhong Yuemin, the biggest troublemaker."

The two sides talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Since the work in the field today had been done and there was nothing to do in the afternoon, everyone started to make a fuss and asked Qin Ling to sing a song and Lu Cheng to help accompany him.

Neither of them refused. Lu Cheng also picked up the erhu, tuned it, and played it skillfully.

The timbre of the erhu is relatively soft, with bright high notes, warm middle notes, and deep bass. It is very expressive. It matches the sadness of the folk songs in northern Shaanxi and renders the emotions to the extreme.

Although Lu Cheng and Qin Ling have not cooperated many times, they have formed a considerable tacit understanding. The sound of the erhu and the clear singing are mixed together, complementing each other and making people intoxicated.

When the song was finished, everyone began to applaud together. The lively atmosphere temporarily forgot the homesickness of these wanderers, and made them feel a little hazy about the land under their feet.