Spring Blossoms 1960

During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, Liu Guiying, a street activist in Beijing, and other housewives heard a report from Secretary Hong of the street office on mobilizing women to participate in social labor. At the suggestion of Sister Lu, the street health committee member, they decided to produce mouse traps to cooperate with the ongoing patriotic health campaign to eliminate the four pests. In the early stages of production, they encountered various difficulties. They do not understand technology, lack raw materials, and are hindered by conservative ideas. Various household chores constantly disturb them. Sister Lu criticized people who left the production team due to housework. He Caixia, the wife of small business owner Wang Jincai, stirred up trouble in the group, causing some people in the group to ask to quit the production group, and Liu Guiying was also shaken. Secretary Hong helped solve the problem in time, and Liu Guiying received the support of the party and strengthened her confidence. That night, it rained heavily, and everyone in the production team rushed over to collect tools and equipment. This spirit of dedication to the public inspired everyone. The office asked the production team to trial-produce a batch of springs. Wang Jincai, a private spring producer, also joined the production team. One day, an agricultural machinery school came to order four tension springs to support agricultural production. Wang Jincai used technical difficulties as an excuse to object to accepting the task and made things difficult for Liu Guiying. When his conspiracy was exposed, he pretended to be ill and refused to participate in the trial production. Liu Guiying and others passed by