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Pure Love at Northeast China's 1955 State Farm

share time: 2026-02-03 06:00:22

In 1955, at a state farm in Northeast China, Lin Xiaoman, a female educated youth from Shenyang, arrived eager to "write reclamation stories," only to be paired with Zhou Tieshan, a tractor driver nicknamed "Iron Lump" — she thought he was as unrefined as "unthawed frozen soil," he mocked her for being too delicate to hold a hoe. But when they rushed to harvest seeds in the rain, Zhou wrapped his only raincoat around her and got soaked; when they listened to the old farm director's reclamation tales on the kang, Lin secretly gave him her wool gloves for his red, cold hands; even the canteen aunt teased, "Your bickering is spicier than my pickled cabbage." Just as they were about to confess, Lin's mom sent a telegram: "Engineer's proposal in Shenyang, come back at once." Zhou, clutching a red scarf bought with six months of industrial coupons, stood under the old elm tree watching her leave, his throat tight — would he dare shout, "I want to farm with you for life"?

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