A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

It took Shen Jiaren about thirty minutes to reach the town.

Excluding the random tasks in the manor, it takes about forty minutes to get from the educated youth point to the town. It may be because I just arrived and am not familiar with the road, plus I don’t have enough physical strength, so it’s so slow. Later, when my physical strength improves, it is estimated that it will take about twenty minutes to reach the town.

Shen Jiaren thought that after returning, in addition to improving her nutritional status, it was more important to improve her physical fitness, otherwise it would be a problem to go around the town, let alone other things.

But it's possible that there are ox carts going back and forth to the town.

After arriving in the town, Shen Jiaren discovered that compared with the buildings in the village, the buildings in the town looked more prosperous, and the building materials had also changed to brick and tile houses, including green brick and tile houses and red brick and tile houses.

It looks much more imposing than the buildings in the village. Apart from anything else, at least the main road has become a blue brick or bluestone road.

Although some streets have a heavy historical feel, there are at least some traces of modern progress.

Shen Jiaren walked on the widest street in the town, looking at the buildings on both sides of the street: the photo studio, the post office, the Xinhua Bookstore, the restaurant, and the supply and marketing cooperative.

Shen Jiaren took a look and thought, hey, this supply and marketing cooperative is indeed quite good in this era. The only two two-story buildings are, one is a restaurant, and the other is this supply and marketing cooperative.

I've read novels and introductions before, and I've seen many people say that some of the waiters in the supply and marketing cooperatives have bad tempers and look down on others. I wonder what the people in these supply and marketing cooperatives are like.

Shen Jiaren thought as she looked up and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

After entering, it was indeed a supply and marketing cooperative. Starting from the left side of the entrance, there were shelves arranged in a circle around the wall. From the left side, it stopped at the middle staircase, and then from the middle staircase to the right side. There were shelves behind, a salesperson standing in the middle, and glass cabinets in front.

At a glance, the containers on the right were filled with bottles and cans of dried fruits and candies. There were loose candies, desserts, egg cakes, cat ears, glutinous rice sticks, and various cans. There were also abacus and scales on the counter. The containers on the left were filled with thermoses with the same pattern but different colors, aluminum pots, various ceramic basins, aluminum lunch boxes, some spittoons, and various cups.

Next to them are the common radishes, cabbages, potatoes, and carrots, but in smaller quantities. Closest to the door are various cuts of pork, as well as pig offal, pig intestines, and pig blood.

After entering the supply and marketing station, Shen Jiaren was not in a hurry to buy things, because there were too many things to buy and she was not familiar with this supply and marketing station. She wanted to walk around the second floor first and see how people around her bought things before making a purchase.

When I went up to the second floor, I found all kinds of fabrics, ready-made clothes, shoes and other miscellaneous daily necessities. There were many varieties and it looked quite complete.

Shen Jiaren also saw people selling watches and vanishing cream in the corner.

After Shen Jiaren walked around upstairs and downstairs, she had an idea of ​​what the supply and marketing cooperative sold.

Now when you buy things in the supply and marketing cooperatives, there are some things that you cannot buy even if you have money. Some things do require tickets, and some things also have purchase limits.

Before Shen Jiaren came to the supply and marketing cooperative, she had already made a list in her mind of what she needed at the moment.

The winter in Heilongjiang Province is long and snowy, so it is cold and you need clothes and quilts. I had already bought two sets of clothes, and now I need quilts and mattresses.

As for daily necessities, what is urgently needed is a basin, but basins require industrial coupons. Shen Jiaren decided to use the industrial coupons to buy a ceramic basin for washing her face first; for the remaining basins for washing feet and taking a bath, she planned to find the village team leader to see if anyone could help make one. She could then buy it with cash or exchange it with supplies in the manor. As for what supplies, she would know the approximate price of the supplies in the manor after buying things at the supply and marketing cooperative, and would know what to give.

You also need to buy an iron pot, a coal stove and a clay pot. The iron pot requires coupons, while the clay pot and the coal stove can be purchased with money. The trouble is the subsequent transportation or production of the coal briquettes. I have to check the prices of the two later and see if there is anyone who can deliver the goods.

As for thermos, just buy one and put it in front of you for easy use. After all, if one person buys two, it will be a bit conspicuous and inappropriate.

What's left are the oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, as well as their respective containers and bowls and chopsticks.

What I have bought now, plus what I brought with me, can almost meet my daily needs. As for the rest that I haven’t thought of, I’ll deal with it later. After all, not only is it unrealistic to buy everything at once, it would also be too eye-catching. In this day and age, it’s not good to attract too much attention.

Shen Jiaren finally bought all the things after running around bit by bit.

She didn't buy too much coal for the stove, only ten. A salesperson saw Shen Jiaren asking where to buy the coal briquettes, how to buy in bulk, whether they could be delivered, etc., so he told Shen Jiaren that such a large amount of coal required a coal ticket to be bought at the coal station.

Seeing how enthusiastic the salesperson was, Shen Jiaren walked up to the counter where the salesperson was selling candy and said, "Hello, sister. I am from Xiageda Village Commune. I came to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy daily necessities. Sister, you are so kind. I can feel the enthusiasm of fellow proletarians. Sister, I would like to ask you, how much is this candy?"

While talking loudly, Shen Jiaren whispered to the salesperson, "Sister, I have something to talk to you about. Do you have time? Let's find a place where there is no one to talk."

After listening to her, the saleswoman Su Hongmei untied her apron and sleeves and said, "Sister, why don't you speak clearly? We are all relatives, why are there so many rules? Wait, I will take you to buy you some delicious food."

He walked out of the counter, holding Shen Jiaren's hand and said to the people around him, "Please help me look after the counter and take a look at the things my elder sister bought. I'll say a few words to my elder sister and then come back."

As he spoke, he pulled Shen Jiaren out of the supply and marketing cooperative and walked towards the alley entrance next to the cooperative.

Walking a little further inside the alley, Su Hongmei said, "What do you want to say?"

"Sister, I am Shen Jiaren, an educated youth from Xiageda Village Commune. The purpose of coming to the supply and marketing cooperative today is to get some daily necessities. I bought a coal stove but the coal briquettes are not enough. I see that you are so kind and you even pointed out the way to buy them. I want to ask if you have any channels to buy them. I really don't have coal tickets, but I want to buy more for daily use and winter use. I can exchange them with something here."

"Yes, we do, but we can only give you the coal ticket slip. You need to find someone to go and get it. I can introduce someone to you, but you have to pay for the shipping yourself. Moreover, the directly formed briquettes are more expensive than the coal ticket. If you want briquettes, you need to take the coal ticket and pay the extra money for making the briquettes.

Most people take them home and make them themselves, while some people directly buy formed coal briquettes. It’s up to you to choose.

But if I want to exchange something, I need a bicycle ticket or an industrial voucher, do you have one? ? "

"Sister, if you want industrial vouchers, how much do you want?"

"Five hundred kilograms of coal tickets, five industrial coupons; one thousand kilograms of coal tickets, ten industrial coupons."

"Sister, I don't have the ticket with me now. Can I come to see you tomorrow? Also, I want to ask, if I give you the industrial voucher, how can I guarantee that the coal ticket is real?"

"Come to me tomorrow, and I will let my man take you to get the coal with the coal coupons. To the outside world, you will be my cousin from a distant village. When you get the coal, just give the industrial coupons to my man. If you need someone to help you transport the goods, you can tell my man and let him help you."

"Sister, thank you so much, sister, I don’t even know your name, how can I find you tomorrow?

"My name is Su Hongmei. You can come to the supply and marketing cooperative to find me tomorrow. However, I will only be at work tomorrow morning. If you want to see me, you can only come in the morning."

"Yes, thank you, Sister Hongmei."

After Shen Jiaren finished speaking, she was thinking about giving Su Hongmei some candy, but then she remembered that she was selling candy at the supply and marketing cooperative, so she must have no shortage of ordinary candy. However, Shen Jiaren quickly took out five White Rabbit candies from the manor and handed them to Su Hongmei, thanking her for her kindness.

Su Hongmei refused it no matter what, thinking that it was just a few words and there was no need to give anything as a thank you, besides, whether the matter would be successful or not was another matter.

Besides, my younger brother is getting married and is looking for industrial vouchers all over the world, otherwise I wouldn’t have told him so when someone asked.

After all, the current situation is rather special. If you are accidentally accused of undermining socialism and engaging in speculation, you will be sent to a farm for reform.

Shen Jiaren stuffed the candy directly into Su Hongmei's hand and walked away, saying, "Sister, I'll come to see you tomorrow. I'm going back today."

As Shen Jiaren spoke, she walked out of the alley, preparing to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to pick up her things, and to see if there was any ox cart or something like that on the road returning to the village, otherwise it would take a lot of effort to carry these things back.

Su Hongmei looked at Shen Jiaren running away and laughed. This child is really still young. They are all going back to the supply and marketing cooperative, in the same direction. Moreover, she bought so many things, she definitely can't go back to the village by herself. She planned to tell her where to wait for people or buses, so that she can go back by spending some money.

Thinking about this, Su Hongmei chased after him and said, "Girl, wait a minute, hey, wait a minute."

When Shen Jiaren heard this, she quickened her pace, for fear that Su Hongmei would return the candy she had given her.

As a result, as soon as Shen Jiaren walked out of the alley, she heard the sound of a tractor.

Shen Jiaren looked carefully and found that this was Comrade Liu Hui who had picked me up from the countryside.

Liu Hui saw someone running out of the alley and thought something had happened. He was about to stop the car to check what was going on. But it turned out to be Shen Jiaren, the educated youth who had not vomited while riding the tractor.

When the two looked at each other, they recognized each other instantly, especially Shen Jiaren. When she saw the tractor, she became even happier and smiled sweetly at Liu Hui.

Liu Hui stopped the tractor and asked, "Shen Zhiqing, what happened to you? Do you need help?"

"No, no, I have a cousin who chased me and gave me candy, but I didn't want it and ran away. But are you going back to the village? Can you give me a ride?" Shen Jiaren had just finished speaking when she saw Su Hongmei chasing after her.

While running, he called out, "Girl, wait for me, at least let me tell you where to take the bus, otherwise how are you going to get back home?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Hongmei saw Liu Hui standing at the entrance of the alley and the tractor still making a rumbling sound.

"Sister, this is Comrade Liu Hui from our village, a tractor driver. This tractor is parked in our village brigade. I am asking him if he can give me a ride when he returns to the village."

"Of course I can give it a ride, but if we meet other people on the road, I'll give them a ride as well," Liu Hui replied.

Seeing that Shen Jiaren had solved the problem of returning to the village, Su Hongmei stopped worrying about it.

"Then I'll help you move the things onto the tractor. Remember to come to me tomorrow." After saying that, Su Hongmei went straight into the supply and marketing cooperative to help Shen Jiaren carry things and prepare to put them on the tractor.

After listening to this, Liu Hui also went in to help Shen Jiaren get the things. The three of them each took a little, and they moved all the things onto the tractor in one trip.

Liu Hui also repacked the things and organized them into a package, so it didn't look so messy or crowded.

Shen Jiaren climbed onto the tractor, sat down and said to Su Hongmei, "Sister Hongmei, goodbye, see you tomorrow." She waved her hand as she spoke.

When Su Hongmei and Liu Hui heard Shen Jiaren's energetic voice, they laughed at the same time, especially Su Hongmei, who imitated her and shook her hand, saying see you tomorrow.

The tractor made a "thump thump" sound.

"Comrade Shen, are you seated? We are about to set off."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

Shen Jiaren looked at the package that had been packed twice and said, "Comrade Liu, you are so kind. Thank you."

"You're welcome. Get it done quickly." After listening to Shen Jiaren's words, Liu Hui looked ahead expressionlessly, and the tractor started to move.

In fact, if you look closely, you can find a smile on Liu Hui's lips. Unfortunately, Shen Jiaren is sitting in the truck bed and can't see it. She can only see Liu Hui's dark head and his cold-sounding words.

There were only two people in the car, and it was not a good idea for them to just sit there one in front of the other. So Shen Jiaren started to chat with Liu Hui, asking about local customs and the situation of some production teams.

Shen Jiaren originally thought that Liu Hui would definitely be indifferent to her, but during the conversation she found that Comrade Liu Hui was very open-minded. He looked like a cold-faced boy, but who knows, he might be a soft-hearted person.

As they chatted, they came to the point that Shen Jiaren had to go to the town to haul coal tomorrow. Liu Hui replied, "Tomorrow morning, I can help you haul it, but because the tractor is the public property of the team, you need to tell the team leader, but you have to pay to use the tractor."

After listening to Liu Hui's answer, Shen Jiaren replied, "Thank you, Comrade Liu. I will talk to the captain when I get back and see how to use it."

Just as Shen Jiaren finished speaking, she saw two male educated youth waving at her on the road not far ahead, both of them carrying a lot of things in their hands.

When the two male educated youth heard the sound of the tractor, they hoped it was the tractor from their own team. Although there were not many tractors in the village at that time, they were riding on the tractor from their own village when they went to the countryside today.

If you are from another village, they may not give you a ride. Even if they do, it may not be on their way and you still need to walk.

After all, I had just arrived here, was unfamiliar with the place, and didn't dare to wander around aimlessly.

So everyone was praying that it was the tractor from their own village. After all, there was still a long way to go before returning to the village, and they had to carry things.

Before the two male educated youth could say hello to Liu Hui, the tractor drove directly past the two men.

Liu Hui in the car seemed not to see it and had no intention of stopping at all.

Shen Jiaren leaned over and whispered in Liu Hui's ear, "Those two educated youths just now are from our team, the educated youths who just came with me today."

Liu Hui actually knew that the two people were educated youth from the village, but he didn't want to pick them up, even though he had said in front of Su Hongmei and educated youth Shen that he would give them a ride if he met them.

But he liked his current state. Moreover, more educated youth would mean more trouble. He didn't want to cause himself more trouble, especially when he thought about picking up the educated youth in the morning. He immediately cheered himself up and hoped to run faster.

"Well, it won't be long before we can walk back. Let them walk back by themselves. After all, they are two grown men, they can walk this short distance and endure this hardship."

Shen Jiaren looked at the back of Liu Hui's head and thought to herself, Comrade Liu is still quite double-standard. I just saw him this morning and he just said he would come if he met him, but now he pretends not to see him. But this is not bad, after all, the person on the roadside is Liu Weijun.

Liu Weijun ran a few steps behind the tractor and shouted several times, but in the end he did not see the tractor stop. Instead, he watched the tractor go away in the dust raised by it.