There are almost no entertainment activities in the village at night. When the half-year-old children saw the bright light of the flashlight, they all came huffing and puffing. It was not until the light from the small flashlight dimmed that the group of people walked back huffing and puffing.
Jiang Xinyu had nineteen frogs in her straw bag and two nests of thirteen wild duck eggs. The other children each held one or two frogs in their arms, which was better than nothing.
Chen Yi sent her all the way home, and the children from each family also went home.
Chen Xiuyun saw her coming back with a bag, and stood up and said, "Chen Yi, please take some back with you. We still have some from her second aunt."
There are these frogs all over the mountains and plains, and you can catch them endlessly. They are not valuable things. Chen Xiuyun offered another kindness, but Chen Yi refused politely.
Jiang Xinyu walked him to the entrance of the hospital, smiled and waved.
Chen Yi also smiled, "I'll pick you up tomorrow."
The bolt inside the courtyard door was closed, and Jiang Xinyu felt happy listening to the croaking of frogs in the courtyard.
The candles in the room were lit, and Jiang Yuzhu was still reading her lines. She read with great emotion, as if someone was talking to her across the way.
She has a date tomorrow, so of course Jiang Xinyu has to take a shower and tidy up.
When she finished washing and went in, Jiang Yuzhu was still reading.
Chen Xiuyun almost memorized these words. She yawned and said, "Er Nier, go to bed quickly. How can you perform well if you can't sleep well? Don't be so nervous."
Jiang Yuzhu put the script on her chest and hugged it, "I can't help but be nervous. I have to read it twice more to feel confident."
With so many people watching during the filming, she was afraid that she would forget her words and waste everyone's time, and she was also afraid that her poor performance would lead to others gossiping about her.
Jiang Xinyu blew out the candle directly, "Sister, I saw you performed by the river in the afternoon. It was quite contagious. If you do this again and again, it will be too mechanical. Will the performance become a bit stiff by then?"
Jiang Yuzhu said: "When I was in school, my teacher said that hard work can make up for weakness. I have never studied acting, so I can only work harder."
Jiang Xinyu touched her shoulder and squeezed her shoulder, "You're very good at acting. If you don't have talent, the director can't just use you just because you're pretty. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You won't be too shameless when filming." Don't be too mean. If you don't understand anything, just ask the director. He will definitely teach you. Even if you are criticized, don't take it seriously. There are so many actors in the studio, but you are not the only one who will be criticized. It's time to go to bed now. Go to sleep."
Chen Xiuyun's voice came from the back room, "Your sister is right. If you are criticized by the director one day, come back and tell me that Mom will steam eggs for you."
Jiang Yuzhu chuckled, "What, I was criticized, can I still get a reward when I come back?"
"I know you two just want to sleep because you are annoying me so that I can shut up."
Jiang Xinyu refused to admit it, holding her arm and said: "Then you have wronged me. We are so happy that you can make a movie. Even my father and second aunt sent frogs. Who do you think it's for? For the sake of face?”
Jiang Yuzhu lay there and said, "I just feel that I am far behind compared to other people in the studio."
"Comrade Li who lives in our house used to be from the military drama troupe. Comrade Chen Jiajia who left is the same as her. There is also Zhou Qi, who is from the film school of Wuqi University of Arts. There are more than three of them. "The others have all studied professionally." Jiang Yuzhu became more and more depressed as she spoke. Her high school diploma seemed to be nothing in front of people like them.
Chen Xiuyun said: "What about the drama troupe? Maybe he graduated from junior high school."
Jiang Yuzhu replied: "Mom, I'm not talking about the level of education. I just feel that the people we have here are incomparable to those from the capital."
Even if she is lucky enough to be cast in a movie, her future future is not bright.
Jiang Xinyu said: "Sister, study hard and you will have everything you want."
If you go to college, you may have an urban household registration in the future. College students in the 1980s were still quite valuable.
Jiang Yuzhu felt that her younger sister's words were too frivolous, and she had no idea whether the college entrance examination could be resumed.
The more she learned from this group of people from the capital, the more Jiang Yuzhu felt that the Wuliqiao Brigade was so small. She wanted to get out, but how to get out? Every year, the commune had quotas for workers, peasants, and soldiers, but there were few.
There are so few, how can it be her turn?
Early the next morning, Chen Xiuyun got up early, put on her clothes and packed up. She woke up Jiang Xinyu and said, "The money and tickets are on the bedside for you. When you go out with Chen Yi, don't spend his money. Treat him at noon."
Have a good meal at a state-owned hotel.”
Jiang Xinyu said "Yeah" in confusion, turned over and continued to sleep.
Chen Xiuyun left in the dark. More than two hours later, Jiang Yuzhu also got up. After cleaning up, she told Jiang Xinyu to heat up the stick noodles and batter she brought back last night, and then the two of them went to the shed to have breakfast.
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Jiang Xinyu was woken up twice in a row and couldn't sleep at all. She was so angry! Even if she couldn't sleep in at school, she wouldn't be able to sleep for long after she came back.
There was a handful of little bits and pieces of money on the bedside, which added up to RMB 80 each, as well as food stamps.
One yuan and eight plus what she had saved for the New Year in her pocket, it was two yuan more, which was a lot. In a state-owned hotel, the two of them would definitely not finish everything, and they could still buy some things back.
She heated up the pancakes and porridge, ate a few radish sticks, and got feed for the open-mouthed animals at home. Due to the limited conditions, Xiao Hei even ate wild vegetables mixed with corn bran. She was numb and numb.
I went to the roadside to dig some grass and put it in a grass cage to feed the chickens and rabbits.
After a while, the car bell rang at the entrance of the courtyard. Jiang Xinyu was washing her hands stained with grass juice. She waved her hand, "You come in and wait, I have to change clothes."
Zhang Lanxiang from next door came in with porridge and a drink, "Are you two going out?"
Chen Yi nodded, "I'll take her to the county to watch a movie."
Zhang Lanxiang felt envious in her heart. Her man only took her to the movies once before they got married. The rest of her movie-going experience was the free movies in the group, which could only be seen twice a year.
Zhang Lanxiang asked Chen Yi when the film screening team would come to show movies again.
Jiang Xinyu was afraid that she would ask where Comrade Chen Xiuyun was, so she washed her hands and quickly took the clothes hung on the rope to dry yesterday into the house and changed them.
When going to play in the county, of course you have to put on the most decent clothes.
Her hair is thick and long. When she was in school, she and her roommates in the same dormitory could help each other braid her hair. Comrade Yuzhu originally helped her at home. To save trouble today, she braided her own hair. After it was braided, it was very long.
The braid is draped over the left shoulder.
She remembered that Comrade Chen Xiuyun had an eyebrow pencil. When she entered the house, she saw the eyebrow pencil placed in a small aluminum box on the windowsill.
Jiang Xinyu carefully drew a natural and curved eyebrow in the mirror, and applied a layer of cream.
Originally, Jiang Xinyu's skin was a bit rough, but she has never stopped using ice cream these days. Her skin is much more delicate and fairer, and her lips are naturally rosy. With her "unpretentious" big braids, she can't even see the makeup.
The traces of eyebrows make people feel more beautiful, and they look like hibiscus standing on the branches.
In the courtyard, Zhang Lanxiang drank all the porridge in her bowl. She was still asking Chen Yi about the movie.
Jiang Xinyu put the money and tickets into a small cloth pocket made by Chen Xiuyun using the rags left from making clothes, and she slung the light thing over her shoulder.
The door was locked by her, and Zhang Lanxiang reluctantly took the bowl out and walked beside Jiang Xinyu. She also smelled a fragrant smell. She couldn't help but ask: "Xinyu, what are you wearing?"
fragrant?"
Jiang Xinyu was convinced by this young wife. If she didn't know that she didn't mean it, she would have thought that she said it deliberately in front of Chen Yi. She pretended to be calm and said: "Alabaster."
Zhang Lanxiang took two deep breaths and said, "Did you still apply oil on your hair?"
Jiang Xinyu's face started to feel feverish. What happened to Sister Lanxiang today? Are you deliberately trying to discredit her? She didn't look at Chen Yi, pretending that she didn't feel his gaze on her face.
"I haven't put any oil on my hair. Sister Lanxiang, let's go."
The Film School of the Central Wuqi University of the Arts later became the BJ Film School. I checked online and found that although the film school was paralyzed in those ten years and many people were affected, there were also films made during this period.