In 1963, in a deep mountain valley in the far suburbs of Beijing, there was a village called Haitangyu. There was a farmer in the village who had two [Expand All]
In 1963, in a deep mountain valley in the far suburbs of Beijing, there was a village called Haitangyu. There was a farmer in the village who had two daughters. The elder daughter was named Jinyan and the younger daughter was named Jinling. Both were middle school graduates. Jin Yan works as a primary school teacher in the city. One day, when she returned to her village on vacation, she saw that the village had changed a lot. The villagers were all thrown into the vigorous agricultural production and construction with great enthusiasm. She was so excited that she didn't even go home and started working with the others. Recalling the call of the Party and the state and the expectations of the people for the young, she decided to apply to return to her hometown and participate in agricultural production labor. My younger sister, Jin Ling, was raised under the indulgence of her mother. Influenced by the bourgeois ideology of her wealthy peasant cousin, Qian Shi, she was afraid of labor and indulged in pleasures. She was fed up with life in the mountainous area, so Qian Shi took the opportunity to find a husband for her in Mafang Village in the plain area and they got married. After Jin Ling married into the wealthy village of Majiafang, it was not as she had imagined that everything would be reaped without effort. The members of the horse farm also have to rely on hard work to reap the fruits of their harvest. Her husband, Zhao Mingli, was a rather confused young man. When the wealthy peasant Qian Shi asked him to give Jin Ling a dowry, he borrowed a huge amount of money to buy the dowry and bring it back. In order to pay off his debts, he was persuaded by the Qian family to resell grains, and as a result, he was criticized by the village leaders and fellow villagers. Before long, Haitang Valley exposed the destructive words and deeds of the wealthy peasant Qian family, raising the awareness of Jin Ling and Zhao Mingli. It enabled them to recognize the harm of bourgeois ideology, draw a clear line with the wealthy peasant Qian family, and embark on the right path. After returning to her hometown, Jinyan, the elder sister, actively participated in the battle to transform the mountainous area. Under the leadership of the old poor farmer and the Party branch committee member, Lao Gengtou, she, together with the young people in the village, carried out scientific experiments on grafting crabapples onto crabapples. Her mother's dissatisfaction, the provocation of the rich peasants, and the difficulties in the experiment did not intimidate her; instead, they made her revolutionary will even stronger. Finally, they successfully carried out the experiment of grafting crabapples onto apples. After that, she and[Collapse]
