A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

Shen Jiaren found it a little hard to accept. It was like the empty feeling of knowing there was a mountain of gold there but being unable to use it. Shen Jiaren felt that she needed to calm down.

Shen Jiaren got off the kang and went straight out, preparing to go to the water tank in the kitchen to scoop some water and splash it on her hands and face to calm down.

Just as she turned the corner of the kitchen door, she saw many educated youth washing up at the kitchen door. Shen Jiaren was about to go into the kitchen to fetch some water when she suddenly heard someone calling her,

"Comrade Shen, did you forget to bring a basin? If not, I can lend it to you first." Song Xiangxue, an old educated youth, said to Shen Jiaren.

Song Xiangxue looked a little old, with dark skin and two very long braids. She smiled very kindly, making people subconsciously want to talk to her with a smile.

Shen Jiaren turned around and smiled at Song Xiangxue, saying, "Thank you, Song Zhiqing."

Shen Jiaren thought that it was a good idea not to splash water on the ground for washing. Otherwise, that would be the water tank for eating. It would be inconvenient to pour water into the lunch box and then splash it for washing. It would also be a waste of water. It would be so extravagant just after arriving, which would easily make the male educated youth dissatisfied.

Song Xiangxue also smiled and replied, "You're welcome. We have come from all over to gather here to go to the countryside. It's not easy for everyone. Any help is appreciated. After all, we are all comrades."

Shen Jiaren nodded when she heard that, then went to the kitchen with a basin to boil some hot water for washing.

Chen Jiaojiao didn't bring anything and didn't like to use other people's things. Although her roommate Xu Hongxia brought two basins, those two basins were enamel basins with patches on them and several pieces of porcelain had fallen off. One of them was almost completely patched up.

Chen Jiaojiao looked at the basin and didn't want to use it anymore, so she just wet the towel with water, wiped her face, and then rinsed her feet with cold water.

Shen Jiaren entered the kitchen and was a little dumbfounded when she saw the kitchen stove. When they were cooking together just now, she just helped out and didn't pay attention to the stove. Now when she looked at it, she didn't know how to operate it.

Perhaps Song Xiangxue saw Shen Jiaren's stunned state, and said, "I'll help you heat the water, just watch me operate it. I didn't know how to do it when I first came here, and I was also stupid in front of the stove. You just watch carefully and learn it, it's very simple."

Shen Jiaren did not refuse Song Xiangxue's help because she really didn't know how to make one. Even though she had lived two lifetimes, she had never seen such a stove.

While Song Xiangxue was lighting the fire, she told Shen Jiaren how to operate it.

"There are very few kettles here at the educated youth camp, and most of them are private. People usually boil water for hot water, but I suggest you go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy yourself a kettle, because the winter here is very cold, and firewood is used up very quickly. If you don't have a kettle, it would be very inconvenient to boil water for drinking."

After hearing this, Shen Jiaren knew that Song Xiangxue was showing her goodwill, so she replied, "I see. Thank you, Song Zhiqing. I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative this afternoon to see if there is a kettle and buy one."

After boiling the water, Shen Jiaren took the basin and went outside the kitchen. She washed herself briefly and then used the water from washing her face to rinse her feet.

After washing up, Shen Jiaren specially fetched some water and used cold water to wash her mouth in the basin.

When Shen Jiaren handed the basin to Song Xiangxue, she went back to her room and got three fruit candies. When she handed the basin to Song Xiangxue, she secretly put the candies into Song Xiangxue's hand to express her gratitude.

When Song Xiangxue saw the candy that Shen Jiaren stuffed into her mouth, she kept hiding and didn't dare to accept it, nor did she dare to speak up, for fear that someone would hear it. Seeing that Song Xiangxue really didn't want to accept it, Shen Jiaren directly put the fruit candy into the basin, said thank you, and turned back to her room.

There is no electricity in the villages now, and the adobe houses in the educated youth sites have poor lighting. If you don’t light a kerosene lamp in the house, you can’t see what’s going on behind you, and the darker it gets outside, the harder it is to see.

Shen Jiaren originally wanted to go into the manor, lie on the sofa, count and take stock of her food coupons, money, and tickets, and take a look at the things she currently lacked, so as to prepare to take out some money and tickets so that she could go to the supply and marketing station to buy things later.

But then I thought, I still have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the afternoon. Although I locked the door, it would be bad if I was not there when someone knocked on the door after the time was set. Besides, it was afternoon now, and I could vaguely see what was going on inside the house by sticking to the door.

It is never good to suddenly change a living person, so you still need to be careful.

Shen Jiaren went into the manor and took out her food coupon book, money and tickets, sat on the kang, and prepared to count her assets.

Shen Jiaren sat on the kang, looking at her money, tickets, and food coupons, and suddenly felt that the system's bugs were not so annoying. After all, everything in the system was illusory, and there was instability and uncertainty. But now these things in front of her were her own assets, which she could control without any constraints.