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Bitter first and then sweet is what the older generation often says, which is also because of the current situation of people's lives at that time, every family is working hard for life, and the economic situation of each family is the same, to be poor and poor together, to be rich together, there is no intrigue, all for the common development are all working hard.
At that time, the life was sincere and happy, everyone's face was filled with a happy smile, although life was very hard, but the days were hopeful, everyone had hope in their hearts, so the story of the production team period was very unforgettable, even now the grandfather's generation of people talk about the bits and pieces at that time can not hide the nostalgia of the emotions, do you understand the life at that time?
At that time, it has become a common phenomenon for young intellectuals to go to the countryside, no matter what their identity is in the city, they are the same people when they go to the countryside, they work with the peasants every day, and they rest at sunrise and sunset, feeling the life that is different from the hustle and bustle of the city, and everyone is also very adaptable at that time.
Even if it is inconvenient to do anything in the countryside and they have to carry out heavy work, they rarely complain of being tired, because they can see different people and do different things, they bring hope to the countryside, and at the same time, they also gain sincere emotions in getting along with the farmers, and everyone will work together in groups every morning.
It looks like a vast labor force, they hold their own labor tools, at that time there was a fixed distribution of daily labor, and it will be adjusted every period of time, which is also to avoid resentment in everyone's hearts, and the rotation will reduce the dissatisfaction in people's hearts, and each type of work must be done whether it is easy or hard, which can be said to be a relatively fair system at that time.
At that time, the girl's style was usually to comb two small braids and wear overalls, because the economy was still developing, so people's lives were not very good, during which a sentence was circulated: "three years of new, three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mending", the girl in the photo is wearing a patch of clothing.
However, it can also be seen in her confident expression that she did not feel inferior because of her tattered clothes, because at that time, most people's clothes were patched, and shoes were sewn again and again.
If it is said that the happiest moment in the production team period, it must be the time of harvest, because it is a collective economy, according to the distribution of work, everyone is full of energy, whenever the harvest season comes, every family can get food, to be able to eat is already a great blessing for the people at that time.
Therefore, the happy expressions on the faces of the people who are loading wheat in the photo cannot be hidden, and in this photo we can also see that the young girl, but the skin is very dark, there was no such product as sunscreen at that time, and people did not pay attention to this, everyone had to go to work to earn their share, even on a hot summer day.
Therefore, many people's skin is dark, in addition to adults, even children also need to go out to work, adults do heavy work, children do some light work, such as pigweed, pig manure, etc., everyone works for life, so that the joy of harvest can be transmitted to everyone's heart.
The woman in the photo was called the "barefoot doctor" at that time, and the reason why she became a doctor was not because she could earn more money, but because she loved it, because being a doctor was not her job, she still needed to work in the fields every day, and being a doctor was also in her leisure time, or when there was an emergency.
Every time I see a doctor, because everyone is very financially tight, so there is no red envelope or money to her, everything is voluntary, if sometimes because of the delay in working in the field, but will also deduct the work, such behavior is just for their sense of responsibility and enthusiasm.
The female intellectuals who went to the countryside to cut the queue took a group photo together, they changed their identities from urban socialites, took off their beautiful bragi, changed into loose clothes, combed braids, worked in the fields every day, were not afraid of dirty work, and heavy agricultural labor did not make them retreat, for them this different experience is not an ordeal but a nirvana rebirth.
In the photo, their faces are full of smiles, their eyes are also bright, even if the conditions are difficult, they have hope for the future and China in their hearts, they also show us the responsibility and fearlessness of a generation, the difficult situation of going to the countryside will polish their hearts, on the road to the future, no matter what kind of setbacks and sufferings they encounter, they can face it calmly as in the photo.
During the production period, people are distributed according to the number of points, at that time there are many types of points, one point, two points, three points, five points and ten points, etc., every time it is time to settle, the production team leader will give everyone an accurate distribution according to the number of points counted by the clerk, and these points are equivalent to their own wages.
Generally speaking, the accounting of the work is in the autumn, because the harvest is harvested at that time, and the harvest is sown after the next year, so the time of people's accounting is also chosen at this time rather than the New Year, the exchange system of the work is different in each region, and in some places each work is four cents, and some of the poor are two or three cents.
There are also some areas that are not calculated according to one work point, for convenience, it will be calculated according to 10 work points, and even innovate a special term, labor day, a few cents or a few cents a labor day, and finally to calculate, these are the products of wisdom at that time, which can not only reduce the situation of people being lazy, but also allow everyone to participate.
The photo is the attendance record of the older generation, also known as the work record book, this book is basically kept by the bookkeeper, each family will have a separate record book, if there is a source in the accounting, the two books will be checked together, and the attendance of each family will be written on it, and even a few people will be recorded in the book.
At that time, the careful person of the family's record book will record the content of the daily work in the book, which is convenient for checking, and the head of the household will also record the work in the morning and afternoon in the photo, just like July 3, weeding in the morning and cutting potato seedlings in the afternoon, and today's work is eight and a half centimeters.
There will also be a monthly statistics, how many hours of work have been done in this month, how many days of attendance, how many days of public holidays are in the book, whether to ask for leave, etc. will be recorded, at that time there was also a night shift, and there was a separate subsidy for the night shift, although it was not much, but at that time people also cherished the opportunity to earn more work.
At that time, everyone was very simple and kind, even if there was a quarrel, most of them were for a bowl of rice or a bowl of soup, after a period of time, everyone met and talked very happily, compared to the high-rise buildings that are now in society, people are full of human affection, everyone lives not far during the production team, and everyone will come to help if a family is in need.
In the photo is Pixian County, Sichuan, the scene of a young man getting married, at that time, everyone was very exciting in the cave room, there were many funny and fun games, such as biting apples, pushing the bride and groom into the cave room, and eating raw dumplings to imply giving birth to children, etc., very lively, every family will come to congratulate, sometimes marriage is more lively than the New Year's holiday.
In the photo, the members of the Bayiji Commune are harvesting grain, and you can see that the whole scene is very lively, and the work distribution is also very reasonable, some are packed in bags, some are tied with hemp rope, and some are pushed and transported by carts, everyone is working hard for a bumper harvest, which also shows the simplicity of the sixties and seventies.
For the people at that time, they did not expect to be rich overnight, they were not willing to be rich overnight, everyone was down-to-earth and diligent, and they created with their hands, but they felt unreliable about those illusory things, and they could see the results of their hard work day after day, and they could enjoy the fruits of victory, not to mention how happy this joy was.
Henan farmers in the threshing floor to threh wheat, at that time belonged to the national action, each family will send a person to the threshing field, the rest of the people will be assigned to the grain station, bagging and other types of work, although it is in the summer, the heat is unbearable, but from the photo can also see that everyone is full of energy, without the slightest slack.
Even when the shutter was pressed while running, there was a double vision on the lower limbs, which shows how fast they were, and even though it was a black and white photograph, it was possible to see the dust in the air because of the barley, and people were enveloped in it, although it seemed to us to be dust, but at that time it was a song of joy raised by the harvest.
At that time, the division of work system was very important to every household, except for the elderly who could not walk or young children, the rest of the people had to participate in the labor, and the children would also be assigned various labor tasks, and collective labor took root in everyone's hearts.
By weighing to record the amount of their labor, the requirements for children are not so strict, but also let them do what they can, within the weight they can bear, as much as possible to carry more, even if only a few more points, they may be able to exchange a liter of rice for the family, through that period of children, when they grow up, delicate and lazy are rarely present.
At that time, people needed manpower to complete the harvest, unlike now when the wheat can be harvested by machines, during the wheat harvesting period, almost all the people participated, and everyone had a fixed amount of completion every day.
Although the material conditions are very poor in the old days, but the ideals and beliefs have never dissipated in the hearts of the people, the production team period is to dedicate the beautiful youth to the years of burning passion, people in the hard years in addition to feeling the harvest and hard work, more is to harvest and experience the most kind and simple human nature and emotion.