Time Travel: Conditional Wealth

The next day, the morning light shone into the room through the gaps in the curtains.

Listening to the noise outside, He Xi poked her head out from the quilt, squinted her eyes and looked at Lu Jinan beside her, and found that he was listening intently to the noise outside.

He distractedly glanced at He Xi and said, "Are you a pig? There has been a lot of noise outside for a long time."

He Xi: “…” You’re still angry, right? Okay, then you go ahead.

But He Xi felt that he had to educate him on the correct scientific knowledge: "Women need nine to ten hours of sleep a day to have healthy sleep, and seven to eight hours is the time for men. Please respect women."

Lu Jinan nodded, sat up, took out a pen and paper from his army green messenger bag, opened a separate page and wrote "He Xi's Notes", the first point being to sleep nine to ten hours a day, otherwise he would be in a bad mood and would be in a bad mood when he woke up.

Okay, okay, you are spreading rumors, right?

After getting up, dressing neatly, and having breakfast, He Xi took out five yuan and put it on the table before leaving. When she reached out to pick up her down jacket, she felt a little panicked inside. She had just changed into a new down jacket. If this happened in her family before she traveled through time, she would definitely be lectured again.

She comes from a single-parent family and lives with her father and grandparents. She still remembers what her grandmother said when she wanted to buy a down jacket before she traveled through time: "Pick a color that you can wear when you are older, so that you can still wear it when you are old."

She held up her phone and was stunned. Should she wear a down jacket for her whole life? Actually, it was okay not to buy one. Why bother herself? Many years had passed, and she had not bought a medium-length down jacket until "He Xi" traveled through time.

Lu Jinan noticed the change in He Xi's expression, took the down jacket and put it on her, saying, "Buy whatever you like. If the money I give you is not enough, you can add it yourself and I will give it to you later."

He Xi pursed her lips and nodded. There was love in her home before she traveled through time, but not much. It was the kind of love that only allowed officials to set fires but not ordinary people to light lamps.

……

Time flies so fast and it is already May.

The May Day holiday is coming, and for the villagers in Mohe City, it is the time to prepare for spring ploughing and the beginning of a busy year, mainly the planting of spring wheat and potatoes.

He Xi's job is to do the opposite of everyone else. There is no holiday on May Day. At this time, wild vegetables appear on the dining table and naturally appear in the processing factory. The town also needs to learn how to package and lock in freshness quickly, what kind of packaging to use and so on.

No matter what era it is, those who are capable will always work harder, but one person can bring disaster. He Xi refused the workplace PUA today on the grounds that her throat was uncomfortable. They all have one nose and two eyes, so why should she work more?

Today's regular meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture was much quieter, perhaps because of the lack of He Xi's daily presence. Just as the meeting was about to end, the door of the conference room was suddenly and rudely opened.

Several women came in, each holding a child about fourteen or fifteen or sixteen years old, mostly boys. Behind them followed a man who looked like the team leader and a man with an ugly look.

The middle-aged man who looked like the team leader greeted Minister Jiang with an awkward smile. The woman next to him was obviously not prepared to give him a good face. She said unhappily: "We came here today just to get an explanation. Who stipulated that a 14-year-old child should be given one work point for doing the same work as an adult?"

The woman pushed the boy to the front so that the people sitting there could have a good look at him. Is this reasonable for a child of this age? The boy was obviously very reserved in front of so many strangers, and he kept his head down and didn't dare to look at anyone.

"Raise your head, we did nothing wrong." The woman patted the boy on the back.

He Xi looked at the middle-aged man, trying hard to recall which brigade the man was the captain of. After blinking and flipping through his work notes, he remembered that he was the captain of the Sixth Brigade, whom he had met once, and which was also the poorest brigade.

The woman then complained about the injustice of the scorekeeper: "Our brigade is the poorest, but we work the same amount of work as I do. This older kid does the same work as me, and he only gets one work point for the same amount of work, coming home early and leaving early, is that worthy of his daily sweat?"

Seeing that the first person dared to speak, the other women also became bolder and accused their team's scorekeeper of operating in an outrageous manner. The children of the village head and cadres could get more points by doing work. When they tried to reason with him, he had only one sentence: it was stipulated by the higher-ups. They just wanted to ask if this was really the provision from above?

One of the women patted her daughter's hand and consoled her: "It's okay. The country will give us justice and will not allow them to be accomplices of evil."

He Xi raised her head from her thick work record book and looked at Director Sun without much expression. She said, "Let's adjourn the meeting. Leave some space for them to sit down and talk slowly."

Director Sun nodded.

The technicians who were attending the meeting filed out. He Xi was among them when Minister Jiang suddenly called him, "He Xi, you stay. Everyone else, hurry up and leave."

He Xi couldn't help but roll her eyes. This was not within her job scope. Every man has his strengths and his weaknesses. Wasn't it allowed for people to have shortcomings?

The matter was actually very simple. The mayor was also invited over. After hearing what had happened, he immediately decided to remove the middle-aged man from his position as team leader, and also to fire the scorekeeper. He also wanted to thoroughly investigate all incidents that occurred during the tenure of the village cadres.

All officials were replaced and the scoring rules were re-evaluated to resolutely prevent such incidents from happening and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of farmers.

Whoever's child it is, they feel sorry for it. They patted the children's heads, rewarded them for getting justice, and comforted themselves for having come forward this time. This kind of point system has existed for too long, and perhaps they should have come earlier.

The girl who had suffered great injustice burst into tears. Finally, she no longer had to be called a money-loser by her grandmother. She could earn work points to support herself and her sister. One work point could not solve everything, but it was better than having it than having nothing. They endured the hardship and hoped that they would grow up quickly so that they could earn work points like adults.

While the adults were still discussing something, the children became more active. Their reserved expressions gradually disappeared, and they began to look around the meeting room and the people in it.

He Xi changed her seat and sat at the edge. She was sorting her work notes with her head down when she suddenly noticed that she was being stared at. She instinctively looked up to find the owner of the gaze.

When the child met He Xi's gaze, he felt both expectant and nervous. How could there be such a good-looking person?

He Xi's figure is now well developed, not as "dry" as before. Under the guidance and conditioning of the system, she is slowly returning to normal and becoming more feminine.

He Xi also observed them. Being young is good. There is no mess or filth in their eyes. The simple and clean whites of their eyes reveal an innocent wish - to have enough food and warm clothes.

They finished their conversation, and Minister Jiang called He Xi, "Come here, it's your turn."

He Xi: “…” Thank you!

Whoever's child is the one who feels sorry for him, dad, you are there, and they are all making things difficult for me.

On the way to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell vegetables, He's father brought He Xi some hot dumplings and her favorite wild vegetables.