A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

Shen Jiaren said to Su Hongmei, "Sister Hongmei, for roosters, consider it 13 yuan each, for hens, consider it 12.5 yuan each, and for eggs, consider it as we agreed last time, one cent each."

When Su Hongmei heard what Shen Jiaren said, her smile became much brighter, and she quickly said to Shen Jiaren, "Xiao Shen, you gave me a lot of money this time. Are you sure it's this price?"

Shen Jiaren nodded and replied, "Yes, Sister Hongmei, this is the price. I'm not lying to you. We have a good relationship, so you can take the lowest price. If others ask, you have to say it's 15% of 13."

Su Hongmei nodded, counted the money, and handed thirty-eight and twenty cents to Shen Jiaren, "Xiao Shen, how do you prepare these porcini, chicken mushrooms, hazel mushrooms, chanterelles, and egg yolk mushrooms?

One bag of dry and one bag of fresh, what do you think?

Want me to help you sell it?

How was the money given to you?

Should I let the man from your village take it back like last time or should I wait until you come back next time and let him take it back?"

Shen Jiaren thought for a moment and replied, "Sister, you take care of these mushrooms. My goal is to exchange them for money.

As for the money, sister, you can just wait for me to come and give it to me next time. You don’t need to ask people from the same village to bring it.”

"Is that right? You are exchanging things for money. If you have so much money, it will accumulate over time. If someone with ulterior motives notices it, how can you make people feel at ease if you give it to someone as you say you will?"

Shen Jiaren smiled but said nothing. After all, she didn't think too much about it at the time. She just thought it was a casual thing.

When I was thinking about things last night, I realized that the teacher's job could actually be given to Chen Jiaojiao. After all, Chen Jiaojiao lost money recently and needed this job. But when I thought of Chen Jiaojiao's spoiled temper, I didn't say anything.

But because I thought of Chen Jiaojiao, I realized that it would be bad if people knew about the amount of money, because you are not sure whether a fourth person would know about it.

So when Shen Jiaren left today, she had made a plan. When the time came, she had to tell Sister Su Hongmei about the money, and she would settle the money with her herself in the future, so as to avoid letting others know that she made so much money selling mountain products in a day and making people jealous.

Seeing that Shen Jiaren didn't say anything and just smiled foolishly, Su Hongmei pointed at Shen Jiaren's head and said, "Girl, be more careful.

All you can do is smile foolishly, but it's of no use.

Also, I have talked to your brother Chang Kai about the coal you requested. When are you going to ask for it?

As for the address, your brother Chang Kai said it's the place where you guys went to get coal last time, and you just need to prepare the money."

Shen Jiaren replied, "Sister Hongmei, it will probably take a week to haul the coal."

Because we have to distribute food in the next few days, but the time for distribution has not been determined, but we will definitely be able to distribute the food in a week. "

"Okay, okay, then I'll pack my things and we'll hurry out. I'll be busy for a while, so I won't be with you."

Just as Shen Jiaren was about to put the backpack on her back and go out with Su Hongmei, she saw the clothes in the basket. She quickly took out the clothes that Su Hongmei had given her yesterday and returned them to Su Hongmei.

When Su Hongmei saw the clothes, she laughed and asked, "Did you bring all the clothes with you?"

"Of course, Sister Hongmei. Fabric is so hard to come by now. A piece of clothing is very important. Will it take another three years to mend it?"

Su Hongmei smiled and nodded, then took the clothes and placed them on the edge of the kang.

Then Shen Jiaren watched Su Hongmei quickly stuff the things on the ground into various places, and the two of them left the room together.

After Shen Jiaren and Su Hongmei walked into the supply and marketing cooperative together, Su Hongmei went behind the counter, while Shen Jiaren walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative carrying a backpack.

After Shen Jiaren left the supply and marketing cooperative, she turned into the alley next to the cooperative and put the things the young man wanted into her backpack. Then she walked out of the alley and headed towards the alley next to the post office.

When Shen Jiaren was about to reach the door of the post office, she found a man standing at the entrance of the alley next to the post office. He looked like the guy from the black market yesterday.

It's just that my body shape seems to have changed a little, and it seems that my height has also changed a little.

Shen Jiaren thought she had recognized the wrong person, but just as she reached the entrance of the post office alley, the young man called out to her, "Hello?"

Shen Jiaren looked at herself and found that she looked different today than she did yesterday. How did the other party recognize her?

Shen Jiaren looked up at the other person and said vaguely, "Ping?"

The boy nodded and walked into the alley next to the post office.

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren also followed in.

Shen Jiaren followed him to the corner of the alley and asked, "Um, you didn't seem so short yesterday? Your figure wasn't like this, was it?"

The other party smiled and said, "I stuffed something in yesterday, so my body shape and height have changed a little. Aren't you different from yesterday?

You look a lot whiter today, and your body shape has become much better too."

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren burst out laughing.

When the other person saw Shen Jiaren laughing, he laughed too.

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren did not ask the reason for the difference between yesterday and today. She put down the backpack and said to the young man, "I brought it all to you, but how can you take it away?

Because I see you are empty-handed? How can you take away so many things with nothing? "

"So what did you bring today?"

"A chicken, some porcini, chicken mushrooms, hazel mushrooms, chanterelles, egg yolk mushrooms, and ten pounds of cucumbers and ten pounds of apples. Am I remembering these correctly?"

The other party nodded and said, "How do you collect the money?"

"As for chickens, the price of a hen is 12.5 yuan. As for mushrooms, you may have to decide how much to give. As for cucumbers and apples, you also have to decide how much to give."

The other party asked doubtfully, "Give it to me as you see fit? How can you give it to me as you see fit?"

"The main reason is that I don't know the prices of these things, because many of them are sold for the first time."

"Ah, first time? Weren't you selling things on the black market last time?"

"Last time we sold eggs and rice, but this time it's different. This time we sell mushrooms, cucumbers and apples."

When the two of them said this, they looked up at each other and laughed. It seems that neither of them is professional.

Seeing the other party laugh, Shen Jiaren also smiled and said, "Anyway, it's up to you to give it to me, and last time at the black market, didn't you not ask for change, just throw it down and run?

So, I am not afraid of you cheating me."

After the young man understood what was said, the smile in his eyes became even happier. "Cucumbers are sold at 3 cents a pound outside, I'll give you 4 cents a pound. As for apples, no one sells them, so I'll give you 2 cents a pound. Is that okay with you?"

Shen Jiaren nodded, "Okay, okay, what about these mushrooms?"

"These mushrooms are wild and they are more troublesome to buy. I see you have a little bit of everything, but not much. Can I buy them all for five dollars?"

"Okay, but how are you going to carry all this stuff? I don't have any extra bags with me."

As soon as Shen Jiaren finished speaking, the young man took out the money and counted it for Shen Jiaren. He handed the eighteen yuan and a dime to Shen Jiaren. Shen Jiaren said directly, "Just give me eighteen yuan. Did you forget that you gave me more money yesterday?"

After hearing this, the other party stopped making change for a dime and handed the eighteen yuan to Shen Jiaren.

After Shen Jiaren took the money, she saw the young man take out a bag from his pocket and put cucumbers, apples and various mushrooms into it.

I saw the young man holding the chicken in one hand and the bag on his shoulder with the other, and he turned around and prepared to walk around the corner.

Just as Shen Jiaren was about to say goodbye, she saw him stop and turn around and say to Shen Jiaren, "When will you come to town next time?"

"It will probably be in a week."

"Is the time still the same this morning?"

"It should be. There won't be much difference between before and after. What's wrong?"

"Next time you come, can you bring some eggs and rice? I want 50 eggs and 50 kilograms of rice. If you have millet, I want 30 kilograms."

"We don't have millet at the moment, we're still looking for it. Eggs and rice are fine. Is there anything else you need?"

"Are there any other vegetables? And I also want a chicken."

"I'm not sure about the greens right now, but I'm sure there are cucumbers. As for chickens, I'm sure there are hens, but I'm not sure about roosters."

"Then I want fifty eggs, fifty kilograms of rice, two chickens, thirty kilograms of cucumbers, green vegetables and millet, if you have them."

"Okay, you want so much, can you finish it? Also, don't you want the pine nuts and mushrooms?"

“We can finish it, there are many people in the family.

I want five catties of pine nuts and five catties of mushrooms. When I find out the price of mushrooms, I’ll give you the higher price.”

"Okay, then we'll see each other in a week." Shen Jiaren said and prepared to turn around and leave.

Shen Jiaren had just taken a few steps when she heard the young man calling out to her, "My last name is Zhou, you can call me Xiao Zhou, or you can call me Xiao Er. I'm not a young man."

Shen Jiaren thought the last name was normal. Xiaoer? Huh? What kind of name is that? Also, not a young man? What does that mean?

Shen Jiaren turned around to ask why, and saw that Zhou Xiaoer was no longer there.

I'll ask you next time I see you, but this name is special and I won't forget it.

When Shen Jiaren saw that Zhou Xiaoer had disappeared, she quickly put the things that the aunt with the red armband wanted into the backpack, covered it with straw, and then walked out of the alley and headed towards the staff quarters.

As soon as Shen Jiaren entered the family compound, she saw an old lady with a red armband walking towards her quickly. Seeing this, Shen Jiaren also walked towards her.

Just as the two were about to meet up, Shen Jiaren was dragged by the aunt to the second floor of a family building and pulled into the house.

Along the way, Shen Jiaren didn't even have time to react before she was dragged and ran all the way. After entering the house, Shen Jiaren realized that she had been dragged into the apartment building and into someone else's house.

After Shen Jiaren entered the house and put the backpack on the ground, the aunt asked directly, "How is it, did you find Xiaomi and the rooster?"

"The millet was not found, but the rooster was found. It's just that the price of the rooster is a little different from what we agreed on. But since I promised you, I'll just pay you according to the price we agreed on this time."

When the aunt heard what Shen Jiaren said, she looked a little embarrassed and said, "Okay, all is fine, but I just found out the price of this rooster. I didn't keep it to myself last time to lower the price."

Shen Jiaren waved her hand and said, "It's okay. This is my first time too. It's my fault that I didn't give a clear price."

"Okay, then what did you bring this time?"

"All kinds of mushrooms, ten kilograms of cucumbers, the fifty eggs you asked for, two old hens, a rooster, and as for millet, I really can't find any."

"Do you have any mushrooms? What kind of mushrooms? Do you have any cucumbers? How much are the cucumbers?"

Shen Jiaren thought about the price Zhou Xiaoer had given her just now, "For mushrooms, there are porcini, chicken mushrooms, hazel mushrooms, chanterelles, and egg yolk mushrooms, but the quantity of each is not large. As for the price, this pile is five yuan for a round, and cucumbers are four cents per pound."

"Are mushrooms so expensive? Is five dollars so much?"

“Well, I just picked them this morning. They are all wild on the mountain. If you hadn’t asked for three chickens, I wouldn’t have given them to you.

If you think it’s expensive, I can sell it to someone else later.”

"Five dollars is five dollars, I'll give it to you then."

Shen Jiaren calculated in her mind: mushrooms are five yuan, hens are twelve and a half yuan each, two of them is twenty-five yuan, roosters are thirteen yuan each, and cucumbers are four cents, ten catties, which is forty cents, a total of forty-six yuan and forty cents. "Auntie, the total is forty-six yuan and forty cents."

"Forty-six dollars? Is that so much? Can you give me a discount of forty cents?"

"Auntie, if you think it's too expensive, you can order a chicken and no mushrooms. It will be much cheaper."

After Shen Jiaren finished speaking, she was about to put the mushrooms and rooster that were not taken out of the backpack back. When the aunt saw Shen Jiaren's action, she hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'll go get you the money, just take them out and put them on the ground."

"Well, okay. Then you take the money first, Auntie." Shen Jiaren said and then stopped moving, waiting for the auntie to take the money out of the house.

After a while, the old lady came out with the money and handed it to Shen Jiaren.

Shen Jiaren took the money, counted it, and after confirming that it was forty-six yuan and forty cents, she put the money in her pocket and took out the rooster, cucumbers, and mushrooms that were left in the backpack.

The old lady saw that the mushrooms Shen Jiaren brought out were better and bigger than the ones she had just shown her, and she finally felt that she had made good use of her five dollars. She said to Shen Jiaren, "This mushroom is good. If you find more, bring them to me. I don't mind expensive ones."

Shen Jiaren nodded and said to the aunt, "Aunt, the next fifty eggs and two hens will be delivered in a week, is that okay?"

"Sure, sure. Just send it to me in a week."

Seeing that the old lady had no objection to the time, Shen Jiaren said goodbye and left the room.