A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

After a while, the tractor arrived at the entrance of the production team village with a rumbling sound.

Shen Jiaren said to Liu Hui, "Comrade Liu, you can just leave me here. Thank you."

"There's not much distance left. I'll take you to the educated youth site. It's just a matter of turning a corner." Liu Hui replied.

There were so many things, all packed into one package, including coal briquettes and a stove, which exhausted the little girl.

She was afraid of troubling others, so she just let her go now, after all, they were not in the same place. But since the other party had said so, she would definitely not say anything, after all, there were too many things.

Liu Hui parked the tractor in front of the entrance of the educated youth site, and Shen Jiaren jumped off the tractor to prepare to move things.

Liu Hui saw Shen Jiaren's movements and said, "You take the scattered things, and I'll carry the packages. The packages are compressed into one package, and they're too heavy. You may not be able to move them."

Shen Jiaren nodded and said, "Thank you for your help, Comrade Liu."

"It's a small matter." Liu Hui said as he carried his luggage and walked into the educated youth center.

Shen Jiaren looked at the situation, took two pieces of coal and followed in to lead the way.

After Shen Jiaren instructed Liu Hui to put the package into the house, she thought that she couldn't ask for help in vain, so she took an apple for Liu Hui while taking things out of the package, as a way of thanking him.

As a result, when she turned around, Shen Jiaren saw that there was no one in the room. She thought Liu Hui had just left, so she hurried out of the room, ready to chase him and give him some fruit.

As a result, as soon as she went out and entered the yard of the educated youth, she found that Liu Hui had moved all her remaining things on the tractor in.

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren followed him into the house. While watching Liu Hui put down his things, she handed him the apple.

"Comrade Liu, I'm sorry to bother you today. I'll give you an apple. Eat it to quench your thirst. After all, you see I have nothing here, so I can't offer you water."

"No, eat it yourself." Liu Hui looked at the hand that Shen Jiaren handed over the apple and replied.

How can this hand be so small? How can it be so thin? It’s almost skin and bones. Keep it for yourself and eat more. If you don’t eat well, how can you work in the fields?

After saying that, Liu Hui turned over and walked out of the house. Shen Jiaren followed him out and wanted to put the things in the tractor so that Liu Hui would have no way to refuse. As a result, she watched Liu Hui jump onto the tractor and drive away.

Shen Jiaren was stunned when she saw Liu Hui getting on the tractor.

How come besides being cold and soft-hearted, he also has such a strong and agile figure?

Shen Jiaren looked at the black smoke coming out of the tractor chimney that formed into a line. She stared at the line for a while, then turned back to the yard of the educated youth site, returned to her own room, and prepared to pack up her things.

After all, the things you buy need to be cleaned before you can use them.

Shen Jiaren began to pack up her things, and when the people at the educated youth point got off work, she would go to the team leader to talk about borrowing a tractor for tomorrow.

When Shen Jiaren was packing up, she suddenly noticed that the noise in the yard started to get louder.

Shen Jiaren looked into the yard and found that it was Chen Jiaojiao.

Chen Jiaojiao and Xu Hongxia came back from the supply and marketing cooperative. The reason why the noise was so loud was that in addition to the meat and a bunch of food hung on the cart, Chen Jiaojiao also had a few packages and bought a bicycle.

On their way back, they happened to run into villagers and educated youth who were leaving work. When they saw the things Chen Jiaojiao bought, they couldn't help but sigh and feel surprised.

So some people followed Chen Jiaojiao and Li Hongxia to the educated youth site, wanting to see what else Chen Jiaojiao had bought.

When the people working at the educated youth point saw Chen Jiaojiao buying a bicycle, they couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh, saying that she was rich, really rich.

In addition to a bicycle ticket, a bicycle requires more than one hundred yuan, which is nearly two hundred yuan.

They bought it just like that. This family is so well off.

Some people shook their heads, thinking that Chen Jiaojiao was not good at hiding her shortcomings and was too ostentatious, and her life would be difficult in the future.

When Shen Jiaren saw the looks in these people's eyes, she sighed silently, closed the door and began to clean up her room.

Chen Jiaojiao is too high-profile. She shows off as soon as she arrives. She doesn't know at all that she should eat her meat under the rice, or that she should not show off her wealth. The most important thing is still a person. This money can tempt people, and no one knows what will happen next.

Shen Jiaren looked at the scene in the yard through the paper-covered window. After thinking for a while, she decided to find the team leader and live separately. Although they were all educated youth from the same production team, they should maintain stability and unity. But Chen Jiaojiao was so high-profile, and if too many people came later, it would be too risky for them.

I thought about how when I came here today, I saw an open space next to the educated youth site. It was also close to the back mountain of the village and the private plot of the educated youth site. I thought I should find the team leader and build a house next to the educated youth site. This way, we can take care of each other, and my private space can also be guaranteed. The best thing is that I won't attract other people's attention because of Chen Jiaojiao's matter.

While thinking about all this, Chen Jiaren packed up and decided not to take anything out of the manor except what she bought today and what she brought from before. It would be bad to attract attention with so many people coming and going.

In the afternoon, Shen Jiaren went out to buy a pot and cooking supplies, and then she separated from the educated youth.

After a while, bursts of fragrance wafted out of Chen Jiaojiao's room.

The family conditions of the educated youth at the educated youth points are still unknown, but it is well known that there are no such people who buy meat as soon as they arrive.

This time, Chen Jiaojiao did not share the meat with others. First, everyone had already eaten separately, and second, Chen Jiaojiao thought that everyone would live together in the future, and she couldn't always give everyone the delicious food, and she couldn't afford to support so many educated youth.

Her family is well off, but she can't afford to treat anyone to a meal.

Seeing this situation, Shen Jiaren decided not to go out. She planned to use the stove she had just bought to burn firewood and cook some noodles first.

After all, Shen Jiaren felt that eating meat now was too blatant and would easily attract attention.

When Shen Jiaren went to the kitchen to get firewood, she also went to the educated youth's private plot to pick a handful of green vegetables and a few green onions, and prepared to start eating noodles.

Back in the house, Shen Jiaren took out some lard from the kitchen of the manor, put it under the bowl of noodles, and covered it with chopped green onions picked from the educated youth site.

I finished my noodles and took a rest for a while.

Watching the sky slowly darken.

Shen Jiaren took out the sugar coupons she had asked Liu Zhaodi for before leaving the manor, took out half a pound of sugar coupons, and a pound of meat coupons and put them on her body. Shen Jiaren locked the door, left the yard of the educated youth center, and prepared to talk to the team leader about using the tractor and building a house.

As Shen Jiaren walked, she was thinking about how to move to a new house. A tractor would probably cost money, but building a yard would probably be a bit difficult.

Based on her memory of walking to collect food this morning, Shen Jiaren walked to the door of the village captain.

When she arrived at the team leader's house, they had just finished their meal. The village head's wife warmly invited her to sit down and went to pour her some water. The team leader felt a headache when she saw the educated youth who had come to visit her. He would not go to work until the day after tomorrow, but he came to visit her today. What happened?

"Shen Zhiqing, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?" asked the village chief.

"It's nothing big. I just want to talk to the captain and borrow the village's tractor to help me haul some coal. I bought a lot of coal, and I need the village's tractor to help haul it." Shen Jiaren replied.

When the village chief heard this, he said that it was fine as long as he didn't ask me to work. He quickly replied, "Of course it's fine, but this is a public asset of the village. If you use it personally, you have to pay for it. If you use it for half a day, it's 50 cents, and if you use it for a whole day, it's 10 cents."

"Sure, sure. I'll only use it for half a day. Should I pay you today or tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow morning, go to the warehouse next to where you received your food today and find Accountant Zhou. Register and pay the money and that's it."

"Thank you, Captain." After Shen Jiaren answered, she seemed to be hesitant to speak.

The captain, seeing that Shen Jiaren seemed to be hesitant to talk after she finished speaking, felt a little worried and was thinking about how to reject the educated youth's suggestion about going to work.

Seeing that the captain didn't ask her, Shen Jiaren suddenly made up her mind, "Captain, I have something else to tell you. I want to ask, is there any yard for rent or any empty yard in the village? I just arrived and I'm unfamiliar with the place. I feel a little scared living in that house now, but I can't sleep with others. After all, I just said this morning that I'm not afraid and can sleep alone. I'm a little embarrassed to ask, so I want to trouble you to see if there is an empty yard in the village that I can rent or buy. If there is no place, can I build a house on the vacant land next to the educated youth site and live in it by myself?"

After listening to Shen Jiaren's words, the captain pondered for a while, thought for a while and answered, "Well, there is a house, but it's a little far from the village, at the foot of the back mountain. It was originally owned by the hunters in Shangli, and then the family was wiped out in the war, so the house was left behind. It is considered to be a better house in the village, and it is made of blue bricks. The only bad thing is that it is a house of a family that has been wiped out, and it is a little far from the surrounding neighbors, and it is at the foot of the mountain. The location is not far from the educated youth site, just around the corner."

"Captain, it's fine, it's fine, as long as it's not in the same situation as this house, then can I rent this house? How much is the rent?"

"It is possible to rent it, but the house is made of blue bricks and has a well inside. It costs 2 yuan a month, which is 24 yuan a year. Many people in the village value this land and want to live there or buy it, but they give up because the price is too high. After all, it doesn't cost much to build a mud house now."

"Sure, Captain. I don't mind the price. Can I rent it for three years first?"

"Okay, then you can go to Accountant Zhou to pay the money tomorrow morning."

"Captain, after I pay the money, can I get an agreement to rent the house? I'm afraid I won't be able to explain myself later."

"That's fine. Usually the accountant just writes a receipt. Since you asked me to do that, I'll write a lease agreement first and we'll sign it today. When you pay the money tomorrow, you can ask Accountant Zhou to write the receipt on it and give it the brigade's stamp. Do you think this is okay?"

"Yeah, the captain has thought it through comprehensively." Shen Jiaren nodded as she answered.

Shen Jiaren watched the captain go back into the house, take out a pen and paper, and start writing the agreement on the stone table.

After the captain wrote the agreement, Shen Jiaren read it and found no problems, then signed her name as the lessee and put her fingerprint on it.

Seeing that Shen Jiaren was so cautious, the team leader also signed, pressed his fingerprints, and wrote two copies of the agreement, one for each person. The copy the team leader kept would be kept in the team after it was stamped with the team's official seal tomorrow.

Shen Jiaren took the lease agreement, stood up and said, "Thank you, Captain. These are the tickets I brought with me when I went to the countryside. They are half a pound of sugar tickets and one pound of meat tickets. If I don't use them, they will expire. You have helped me so much, so you can keep them for your use."

After saying that, Shen Jiaren took the agreement and ran away.

Seeing Shen Jiaren running so fast, it was difficult to catch up with her.

The village head's wife closed the door, looked at the bill on the table and said, "Old man, take this bill?"

The captain stared at the bill on the table, thought for a moment and said, "Take it. You just got here, please take care of me in the future."

The village chief's wife sighed and said, "Such a young child, not even 16 years old, looks so skinny, and a girl, I don't know if she can last here."

The village chief glanced at his wife without saying anything. When this girl first came, the note said she had just turned 16 years old. Judging from her luggage and clothes, her family might not be well off. But this afternoon she went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a lot of things. I don't know if she was living well before, but this child is definitely living better here than before.

Seeing his wife packing her things, the village chief said, "Go to bed early. Tomorrow I'll go say hello to Accountant Zhou. The lease is for three years, so the price can be more favorable. Tomorrow I'll arrange for someone from the village to take a look at the house, clean it up a bit, and see if it needs any reinforcement, so that she can move in more easily." After saying that, he went into the house.