How to Thrive in the ’60s

The old lady looked at Yunshang, then at Gu Shinian, and finally nodded with a sigh, "Then let's go and have a look, whether we can be optimistic or not, we will do our best, and we will not lose our hearts even if we meet Dachuan in the future."

The matter must be settled, and Mr. Yun did not waste time, and immediately brought Yun Chang and Gu Shinian to the village chief to open a letter of introduction.

The Xinglin Village Brigade Headquarters was newly built with the stage a few years ago. Beside the pond in the former village, more than ten homesteads were encircled with stone walls, and five rooms were built against the north wall to serve as the village headquarters.

Directly opposite the brigade headquarters, a bright and open door-tower-style three-bay double stage was built facing north. The reason for sitting south to north is to prevent the singers from being squinted by the sun during the performance.

Yun Chang followed behind Mr. Yun, and was dumbfounded as soon as he entered the brigade.

She had always thought that the stage in Xinglin Village was a small platform made of stones, but when she saw the platform in front of her, it was dozens of meters high and connected like a conjoined baby, and it was fifty meters long. On the stage, my heart was still shocked.

With such a big stage, aren't the actors afraid of being run and broken when performing?

Also, the two connected stages are all three bays, the audience can watch the performance from three directions, and there is no block between the two stages. Does this mean that the actors will sing at the same time and fight in the ring?

Moreover, just using wood and stone, how can you build such a beautiful and bright stage?

Grandpa Yun was stunned when he saw Yun Chang with his mouth open, and couldn't help laughing.

"Shangnan, our village's stage is one of the best in Qinghe County, and it will be beautiful after it's built!"

"Master, this stage is so well built, can you sing a big show?" Yun Chang asked eagerly.

The old man Yun immediately concluded, "... I can still sing a few years ago, wait, I can sing when the times get better in the future."

Now the people who are short of food and food are going to be fluttering when they walk. Who has the strength to sing a big show, even if someone can sing, and the form is so tense, no one dares to come out on stage to perform.

The village chief was having a meeting with the eight captains in the conference room to discuss the purchase of high-priced food. He heard voices outside, and looked through the window. It was Mr. Yun who brought Gu Shinian and Yun Chang into the brigade. It was the matter of buying food that had changed, and they hurriedly greeted them.

"Brother Yun, Comrade Gu Xiao, what are you... doing?"

"Village chief, let me open a few letters of introduction. The two children want to take the Dachuan family to see a doctor in the provincial capital."

Mr. Yun is very self-conscious, standing in the brigade, and resolutely does not call the village chief a brother.

The village head breathed a sigh of relief, and walked to the front office with a few people, "Brother, this matter is done in a benevolent way! It is very kind and righteous to arrange for the Dachuan family to go to the provincial capital to see a doctor. Don't worry. , When the old Wang family returns from the county, I will personally go to Xiaowangzhuang, then the old Wang family can't drive people crazy and just ignore it..."

Speaking of Lao Wang's family, Mr. Yun also felt very unlucky in his heart, so he just responded and didn't speak.

The village head unlocked the drawer, took out a few letters of introduction that had been printed on the front row, and asked Mr. Yun, "Is Erchuan going to the provincial capital this time? When do you plan to leave? Take the letter and stamp it, and you can get it back at night."

"Then trouble the village chief. The two children want to set off in the next two days, go early and come back early, so as not to enter the twelfth lunar month and suffer too much on the way."

Yun Chang watched helplessly as the village chief opened the letter of introduction from Yun Erchuan and Widow Wang, and hurriedly squeezed to the front, pointed to his face, and hurriedly said:

"Grandpa, the village chief, and me, I also need a letter of introduction, otherwise Gu Erge won't be able to take me out to eat delicious food alone!"

"Don't worry, I won't forget Sangnan, the village chief grandpa will open a separate one for you."

The village chief smiled and took out another letter of introduction. In the place where the name was filled in, the word 'Yunshang' was deliberately written in the back position, and another name could be added in the empty space in front.

After writing, the village chief handed Yunshang's letter of introduction to Gu Shinian and asked with a pun:

"Comrade Gu Xiao, look at Chang Nan's letter of introduction, can you do it like this? Is it okay to get the provincial capital?"

Gu Shinian was stunned for a moment. He originally planned to avoid Father Yun and ask the village chief to open the letter of introduction for him, but he did not expect the village chief to be so eloquent, leaving a place for his name on Yun Chang's letter of introduction. .

In this way, when the village chief goes to the town to stamp his seal and returns, he can add his name to the letter of introduction.

"No problem, village chief, you often write letters of introduction, so you can't go wrong." Gu Shinian calmly returned the letter of introduction to the village chief.

After finishing their business, the two said goodbye to Mr. Yun and went home together. When the sky was about to get dark, the old village chief came back from the town and went straight to Widow Wang's house as soon as they entered the village.

After taking out the letter of introduction from the bag and handing it to Gu Shinian, the old village chief said somewhat uncertainly:

"Comrade Gu Xiao, this is Shang Nan's letter of introduction. Do you want to add your name to the front? I have a pen, just add one."

Gu Shinian took the letter of introduction and first saw the two red seals below, one was the seal of Xinglin Village, the other was the seal of Xiangyang Town. The position that the village chief pointed to was exactly the blank space in front of Yunshang's name.

"Then trouble the village chief."

Gu Shinian was not polite to the village chief. He lit the oil lamp and watched him add the words "Gu Shinian" stroke by stroke to the letter of introduction, and then put the letter of introduction away.

After putting away the pen, the old village chief glanced at Widow Wang, who was sitting on the windowsill holding the chicken trough, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he asked Gu Shinian in a low voice: "Comrade Gu Xiao, her mother's illness can really be cured. ?"

Gu Shinian also looked back at Widow Wang, and shook his head helplessly, "Village chief, this kind of disease is hard to say, Ah Chang thinks that the doctors in big places are good, maybe there is some special medicine..."

Needless to say, the village chief made up his mind automatically: not letting Yun Chang take Widow Wang to see a doctor in the provincial capital, she will not give up, she must always keep it in her heart.

"...Shangnan is like her father, a benevolent and filial child."

The old village chief was silent for a while, and finally said this. Gu Shinian poured a bowl of boiling water for the old village chief, and then asked the villagers about the statistics of buying grain.

"I've settled the matter with a few captains. I guess I'll be able to figure it out in the evening. I'll come over tomorrow morning to give you a letter."

The villagers had hope in their rations, and the old village chief was very happy, and his voice was full of unknowing joy.

"Comrade Gu Xiao, on the black market, unshelled sorghum sells for fifty cents, sweet potatoes sell for sixty-five cents, as well as yam eggs and soft millet. As long as each family spends twenty or thirty yuan on these coarse grains, they can last for two months. After entering April, the wild vegetables in the field will appear, and there are also elm money, tender willow buds, and locust leaf tips, all of which can be eaten as food rations, and our village will endure it!"

In this environment, no one in Xinglin Village starved to death, and he, the village chief, had an explanation for the village.