A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

Shen Jiaren looked up at the roof in a daze.

She woke up in the middle of the night last night and found that she had traveled through time and space into this body. After midnight, she slowly accepted the fact that she had traveled through time and space.

Before this, Shen Jiaren had no father or mother. Her parents died early, leaving Shen Jiaren with only a house without a mortgage. In order to make a living, Shen Jiaren worked like a slave in society.

Before Shen Jiaren traveled through time, she was working overtime in the company. She stayed up until after three in the morning to finish the documents required by her leader and sent them to her leader's email. She thought that it was not long before dawn, so she could take a nap and go back to work the next day. As a result, after waking up, she came here and became the original owner, who was also called Shen Jiaren.

The original owner was also an orphan. Her father died due to work when she was 10 years old. After her father died, her mother remarried and left home because of reasons with her family and her in-laws.

Because Shen Jiaren's father died in the line of duty, he can receive a subsidy of 30 yuan and 30 kilograms of food every month. When Shen Jiaren comes of age, Shen Jiaren's father's unit can also arrange a job for Shen Jiaren to inherit, so Shen Jiaren's grandparents, uncle and aunt drove away Shen Jiaren's mother, and the original owner was adopted by her uncle and aunt.

After being adopted, the original owner's life was not easy. The reason why her uncle and aunt adopted her was for compensation and food subsidies. So when there were outsiders, her uncle and aunt were very kind and loving to her. But behind closed doors, the original owner ate what her uncle and aunt's family had left over. If there was nothing left, she would just starve. She also wore what her aunt's daughter, cousin Shen Tingting, didn't wear or couldn't wear. In addition, she had endless housework and countless abuses that came at no time. To put it bluntly, she was a free laborer with treasures, a laborer who might not even be as good as Yang Bailao.

Just when Shen Jiaren was lamenting the hardships of life and how it was not easy for anyone, she heard footsteps outside the door.

Before Shen Jiaren could move, the original owner's aunt Liu Zhaodi knocked on the door and pushed it open.

Liu Zhaodi said expressionlessly, "The place you're going to go to in the countryside has been decided. It's the black market. We'll leave tomorrow. You should pack your things and get ready now."

After saying that, Liu Zhaodi left with her back unseen.

Originally, it was not the original owner's turn to go to the countryside this time. The Youth League Office had decided to send the original owner's cousin Shen Tingting because the original owner could inherit her father's job.

The uncle and aunt did not want their daughter to suffer in the countryside, and they had the original owner's job to inherit. In addition, the man they were dating was the youngest son of the director of the local textile factory. The uncle's family thought that they could love their daughter, and they could have money and food coupons, and most importantly, they could marry into a rich family in the future, so they let the original owner go to the countryside instead.

The original owner had been tortured by her uncle for so many years and had become a submissive and obedient person. When her uncle asked her to take three steps to the east, she dared not take more than one step. Even this time when she was sent to the countryside and replaced by a job, even though she felt very aggrieved, she kept crying quietly in a place where no one could see, but she did not dare to raise any objections and agreed to go to the countryside in place of her cousin.

Shen Jiaren thought about it and decided to take advantage of this opportunity to go to the countryside to get rid of the entanglement of her uncle's family, and if possible, she should also have some money for the ticket price.

I sorted out my thoughts, calmed down my upset mood, and went to the kitchen.

Due to excessive worries in the middle of the night, and possibly the original owner did not eat much yesterday afternoon, Shen Jiaren was now so hungry that she felt dizzy and her head was a little groggy.

I opened the pot to serve rice, but found that there was no rice left.

"Where is my meal today?" Shen Jiaren rubbed her rumbling stomach and asked in a raised voice so that people in the room could hear.

"You got up so late, and you still want to eat? I'm already doing you a favor by not asking you to get up and cook," Shen Tingting said as she walked out of the room with a sneer on her face. She raised her hand and a pile of clothes fell on Shen Jiaren, "After you wash the pots and bowls, wash my clothes."

"Why? You didn't leave any food for me, I didn't eat yesterday afternoon, and you didn't let me eat this morning. What? Don't I have to eat? You asked me to wash, aren't you afraid that I will cut my clothes or exchange them for food?" After saying this, Shen Jiaren threw the clothes on the ground.

Shen Jiaren's tone rose as she became hungry. She was not the original owner yet, and she was no longer submissive as she was back then.

Shen Tingting was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect that Shen Jiaren, who had always been the target of bullying, would one day resist her and even dare to speak loudly to her.

"What a good thing you are, Shen Jiaren. Are you getting too cocky again? Do you deserve to be punished again?" As she said that, Shen Tingting picked up the broom at hand and rushed to Shen Jiaren, wanting to hit her with the broom.

With a "bang", Shen Tingting tripped and fell to the ground, while Shen Jiaren had already taken a few steps back.

"How dare you mess with me, little bitch"

It took Shen Tingting a while to react after she fell to the ground, and then she let out a sharp scream.

When Shen Tingting stood up and rushed over again, Shen Jiaren dodged her body and deflected Shen Tingting's charge. This time, Shen Tingting fell on the steps in front of the door.

When Liu Zhaodi heard her daughter's sharp cry, she rushed out of the house and saw her daughter lying on the steps, unable to get up for a long time. She was immediately heartbroken.

"You little bitch, you want to make trouble, don't you?"

Shen Jiaren said with tears in her eyes, "Aunt, how could I dare to do that? It was when my cousin rushed over to hit me that I squatted down to pick up my clothes. My cousin didn't brake in time and fell on the steps."

"You didn't see it, so what? Now your cousin is lying on the ground and you are standing, and that's what you did wrong. Moreover, your cousin fell down, didn't you know to help her up? And your cousin asked you to wash clothes just now, why did you talk back, and you wanted to exchange clothes for food, and you wanted to cut clothes? What's the matter? We provide you with food, drink, and schooling, and now, I ask you to help wash clothes and you don't even ask. Do you think you have grown wings and can fly, so you want to make a fuss?" Liu Zhaodi said as he prepared to pick up the broom and hit Shen Jiaren.

Shen Jiaren sneered, "Aunt, I advise you to think carefully before you act. Even rabbits will bite when they are angry. How can you bully others like this? Since we have torn our faces apart, let's settle the score together and have a good talk."

Liu Zhaodi looked at Shen Jiaren's retort and felt that she seemed like a different person, no longer as easy to manipulate and bully as before.

Hearing her words, Liu Zhaodi's heart suddenly tightened. She felt that something unforeseen was about to happen, and this thing would be very unfavorable to her.

Then Shen Jiaren said, "Aunt, you asked me to replace my cousin and go down the mountain. In order to repay your kindness in raising me, I agreed to go to the countryside for my cousin, but my father's position was replaced by my cousin, and life in the countryside is so hard. My father's subsidy was originally given to me by you, and you have to give me some money."

"You wish," said Liu Zhaodi.

Their family did not live a wealthy life, otherwise they would not have driven away Shen Jiaren's mother just to get the subsidy from Shen Jiaren's father, and brought Shen Jiaren to live with them to raise her. Only after their son Shen Guoqiang started working this year did things get better.

In the past, the whole family was unemployed and relied on the salary subsidy from their uncle Shen Jun for food. If it weren't for the monthly subsidy from Shen Jiaren's father, the family would not have been able to make ends meet.

Even now, their family is short of 30 yuan and 30 kilograms of food every month, and life is very difficult.

Asking her to pay the subsidy is like asking for her life. How could Liu Zhaodi agree to it?

"Aunt, I'm not discussing this with you. This is a notification. Otherwise, I will go to the Youth Office, my uncle's workplace, and my father's workplace to ask if I should be the one to go to the countryside, and why my father's successor was suddenly replaced. You know what's going on. Don't make a fuss that ends up with everyone losing."

Liu Zhaodi's heart tightened after hearing this. Shen Jiaren was right. This matter was not just about eating and drinking. They could not just use the excuse that everyone was not eating well to get away with it. But if this matter got out, Shen Jun's work would be affected, his daughter's job would not be implemented, and his daughter would have to go to the countryside. It would not be worth it.

Before she felt bad about the subsidy, she heard Shen Jiaren say, "In addition to my father's subsidy, you have to give me an extra two hundred yuan, two hundred kilograms of grain coupons, ten kilograms of meat coupons, five kilograms of sugar coupons, as well as cloth coupons and shoe coupons. The black market is cold, so auntie has to buy me two more coats, two thick quilts, two pairs of thick cotton shoes, and all the industrial coupons in the house."

After hearing Shen Jiaren's request, Liu Zhaodi almost fainted. "Shen Jiaren, you are too much. You are thinking that it is impossible. I can't agree to it."

"Think it's impossible? This is just like you forcing me to go to the countryside and forcing me to give up my father's job. I don't think I'm being excessive at all. After all, a formal job nowadays pays two or three hundred yuan, and I only asked for two hundred. If you can't meet these requirements, then you can just wait for me to go to the Youth League Office and my uncle's unit to make a scene. Oh, by the way, I can also go and take a look at my cousin's unit.

After all, it is Chairman Mao's requirement to send people to the countryside. If you replace people privately, it will not affect Chairman Mao's policy requirements. This can be done, right?

In addition to these, I will also go to the Street Office and the Red Guards to report you for mistreating my niece, and report Shen Tingting for letting others serve her meals and wash her clothes, and for evading the call for socialism to go to the countryside. This kind of hedonism and capitalist behavior can be reported to the Red Guards, right?"

When Liu Zhaodi heard this, her face turned red with anger. Seeing this, Shen Jiaren did not give her a chance to consider, and ran directly to the gate and opened it. "Since my aunt is so embarrassed, I won't force you. I hope you won't regret it later."

Seeing this, Liu Zhaodi quickly called Shen Jiaren and said a few words through gritted teeth, "I promise you! But you also have to write a certificate to prove that you took the initiative to give the job to your cousin Shen Tingting in order to repay the kindness of your uncle's family for raising you."

Shen Jiaren heard this and said, "Since you want to write a certificate, then just write a certificate of severing the relationship. Since I have fulfilled my filial duty, I hope that my aunt and her family will not use their kindness in raising me to ask for more from me."

"Okay, you need to prepare money, tickets, and clothes. I'll give them to you before you get on the train tomorrow."

"No, you have to wait for me at the street office before 2pm today. You will bring the money and grain receipts, and I will bring the certificates. We will exchange the money and stamp the documents. If you don't come, I will report Shen Tingting's hedonism and capitalist style, and then go to my uncle and cousin's workplace to cause trouble."

After listening to this, Liu Zhaodi's eyes flashed with anger, the corners of her mouth drooped, her brows furrowed, and she began to say, "Okay, see you at the street office at 2 pm." After that, she turned around and went into the inner room.

When Shen Tingting saw this situation, she followed Liu Zhaodi into the inner room.

When Shen Jiaren saw that Liu Zhaodi agreed to her request, she turned over and went into the kitchen to cook for herself.

Now that my face is torn, there is no need to care about anything else. After all, the world is big but not as big as my stomach. Solving the problem of food and clothing should be the first priority.

After finishing her meal, Shen Jiaren went into her room and started packing.

The original owner didn't have many clothes, and they were all patched up. He couldn't find two sets of clothes in a season, so he packed them all into his luggage. He took out the needle and thread, took out the land deed that he had hidden, sewed it into his clothes, and sewed some bags on his underwear, small clothes, and insoles, waiting to put money and tickets in them.

When packing up, I saw the high school books that the original owner had put away. It was now 1974, and thinking that the college entrance examination would be resumed in a few years, I stuffed the books into the suitcase. The deflated suitcase finally bulged out a little and looked less shabby.

He looked around the small room where the original owner lived, checked the luggage to see if anything was left out, packed his luggage, wrote the certificate, and then went to the street office to wait for Liu Zhaodi.

After all, I have asked for so many things. What if Liu Zhaodi gets desperate and does something evil, even taking my life? It is better to go to the street office first.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Jiaren saw Liu Zhaodi alone in front of the street office. Liu Zhaodi took out the subsidy book of the original owner's father and a pile of money and tickets with a headache on her face. She stared at Shen Jiaren with eyes that seemed to be murderous, and said with gritted teeth:

"You are in a hurry and can't buy a jacket, a quilt, or cotton shoes. I'll give you thirty yuan. Is that okay with you?"

"Aunt, I have no objection. It depends on what's convenient for you." Shen Jiaren said with a smile on her face.

After listening to Shen Jiaren's words, Liu Zhaodi's face twitched a few times.

After that, two people, one gave the money and the ticket, and the other took the certificate, and the two went directly to the street office to stamp the certificate of severing relations and the certificate of voluntary relocation to the countryside.

After getting the certificate, in order to avoid any further complications, Shen Jiaren took her luggage and left.

Liu Zhaodi looked at Shen Jiaren's back, gritted her teeth, clenched her hands, and stared at Shen Jiaren's back.

"Bah, you bitch, I hope you get the money but never spend it."

"Aunt, I forgot to tell you that while I was waiting for you to come, I told my classmate that if she didn't see me taking the train to the countryside tomorrow, it would mean that you were trying to kill me for my money. So she took the certificate I wrote and called the police. You'd better pray that I can get on the train to the countryside tomorrow." Shen Jiaren turned around and said to Liu Zhaodi with a smile.

After listening to this, Liu Zhaodi said nothing more and turned away.

At this point, before going to the countryside, the struggle with her uncle's family ended with Shen Jiaren's victory. Before going to the countryside, Shen Jiaren fought for the greatest benefit for herself.

Shen Jiaren no longer cared about Liu Zhaodi, thinking that since she had to go to the countryside and there was no way to go back, she must buy everything she needed before going to the countryside, especially food and drink on the train.

With the money and tickets, Shen Jiaren came to the supply and marketing center and bought some daily necessities that she needed. In addition to some easy-to-carry biscuits and steamed buns, she went to the department store and bought two particularly thick clothes.

As for the remaining large items that are difficult to carry, such as quilts and the like, I will wait and see how the situation develops offline. After all, when I am alone in a strange place, not showing off my wealth is one of the keys to ensuring my life safety.