A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

After Shen Jiaren ran some distance away from the team leader's house, she began to walk slowly back to the educated youth site.

As she walked, she thought that she could only hold on for today. After she brought the coal back tomorrow and moved to the new house, she would be alone. The more Shen Jiaren thought about it, the happier she became. She even jumped a little as she walked.

When thinking about hauling coal tomorrow, Shen Jiaren remembered that she had to go back to find industrial tickets to see if they could meet the demand for coal tickets. Also, her father's food coupons were available this month, so she had to remember to get them back. She also wondered how the primary planting task of the manor was going. She also wondered what the current situation of the manor was like, and what the specific situation of the house she had moved to was like. Did she need to spend a lot of effort to organize and clean it up?

When Shen Jiaren thought about this, she suddenly felt that she was so busy. Fortunately, she didn’t have to go to work tomorrow and she still had one day to sort things out. Otherwise, how would she deal with these things?

As she was thinking about it, Shen Jiaren returned to her room at the educated youth center and prepared to start sorting out her receipts.

After returning to the house, Shen Jiaren took the newly bought ceramic basin to boil hot water, then she remembered that she forgot to ask for the foot basin and bath basin. She had no choice but to boil hot water in the kitchen to wash her face, rinse her feet with water, and then prepared to go back to bed.

Shen Jiaren lay on the kang with a new mattress and a new quilt covering her body, and felt that life was just like this.

While enjoying the comfort of this moment, Shen Jiaren took out all the bills from the manor. Although she saw a red exclamation mark floating above the manor, she ignored it. After all, moving and hauling coal were the most important things to do tomorrow.

Taking out the receipts and food coupons book, Shen Jiaren counted them carefully.

Fortunately, there are still fifteen industrial coupons here. I used five of them to buy things today, so there should be a total of twenty. Tomorrow I will exchange ten industrial coupons with Sister Su Hongmei from the supply and marketing cooperative, and there will be five left.

Considering the three industrial coupons that you can receive this month, you can make good use of them if you use them carefully.

Thinking about these economic accounts, Shen Jiaren put the ten industrial coupons into the secret pocket of her clothes.

I felt the eleven dollars and fifty cents left from today's spending, and thought that since I wouldn't be buying anything tomorrow, this should be enough, so I didn't put any more money in the secret pocket of my clothes.

If you really need it, it would be convenient to get it from the manor. It is not safe to carry it on your body.

As soon as she put the money and bills away, Shen Jiaren fell asleep due to exhaustion.

After all, I didn’t have much rest today. I was traveling in the morning and in the afternoon. My physical fitness is not very good and I can’t withstand such high-intensity activities.

The next morning, Shen Jiaren was awakened by knocking on the door and voices in the Youth League compound.

Some of the old educated youth had to go to work, and some had to go to the town to buy some things. Although the new educated youth bought some things yesterday, they were also discussing whether they should go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town to buy more things in case of emergency. Because the old educated youth said that later on, you will have fewer and fewer opportunities to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. It’s not that the team doesn’t allow you to go, or that you don’t have money or tickets. It’s largely because you’re tired, or you don’t have enough money and tickets. It’s already very tight to buy or exchange basic food, let alone other things.

Shen Jiaren listened to the conversation of the educated youth in the yard without saying anything or going out. Instead, she got up quietly, tidied her room, put the things she bought yesterday together, used the water in the manor to wash herself, and then made herself a bowl of egg water and ate some biscuits from the manor to eat with it, thus solving the problem of breakfast.

After waiting until there was no sound in the yard, Shen Jiaren locked the house and walked towards the brigade's warehouse, because she had to haul coal this morning, and then move after bringing it back, which were all big things and took time.

When Shen Jiaren arrived at the brigade warehouse, she found Liu Hui was already standing there.

Shen Jiaren walked forward quickly, "Comrade Liu, are you waiting for me? Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Didn't we agree to go to town to haul coal this morning?"

Liu Hui thought to himself, it's because I forgot to make an appointment yesterday. I only wanted to tell you how to use the tractor, but I forgot the most important time and meeting place. I can only wait at the warehouse door.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Comrade Liu, you may have to wait a little longer. I need to find Accountant Zhou to pay the money. I'll be there soon."

As Shen Jiaren spoke, she walked towards the house next to the warehouse that the captain mentioned yesterday.

When Liu Hui saw Shen Jiaren's action, he thought that she knew where the person was, but she didn't know him. So he took a few big steps, walked in front of Shen Jiaren, and lifted the door curtain before Shen Jiaren entered.

"Accountant Zhou, this is the new educated youth Shen Jiaren. The team leader asked her to come over to pay for using the tractor. The time is this morning and the purpose is to haul coal." Liu Hui said to someone inside while lifting the door curtain for Shen Jiaren.

"Oh, the captain has already told me this morning. One is to use the tractor, and the other is to stamp and sign the rental agreement. You ask her to come over. I'm waiting for her," Accountant Zhou replied after listening to Liu Hui's words.

After hearing these words, Liu Hui frowned. Hmm? And rent a house? Where to rent a house?

But Liu Hui didn't say anything, wanting to see what Shen Jiaren and Accountant Zhou would say.

When Shen Jiaren heard the voice, she looked up and saw a well-mannered, thin man standing behind a large table and walking towards her.

"Hello, hello, you are Shen Jiaren, the educated youth, right? I am Accountant Zhou from our Xiageda Village Commune. The team leader came over this morning and told you what you need to do, and also arranged for people to go to the yard you rented to do some repairs so that you can move in later. What do you want to do first? Pay the coal hauling fee or sign the rental agreement first?" Accountant Zhou said as he led Shen Jiaren to the big table.

After Shen Jiaren heard the answer, "Accountant Zhou, let's talk about the rental agreement first. This is my rental agreement. Please check whether it is consistent with the one you kept. If it is consistent, I will give you the money. You can write a receipt on it and stamp the brigade's official seal where you and the brigade leader's signatures are. After that, we will pay for the use of the tractor later."

Shen Jiaren was thinking, Oh no, before going to bed yesterday I was only thinking about going out to buy anything and forgot to take out the rent money. Later, while Accountant Zhou is reading the agreement, I will go to the manor to get the money myself.

"As for the rental agreement, you rent it for three years, two yuan a month, twenty-four yuan a year, and seventy-two yuan for three years. The two yuan will not be waived. The village has already found someone to repair the yard for you, so that you can move in directly. In addition, if you need to do anything later, the brigade will send someone to help you tidy up, but only once. After all, you have created income for the brigade, so this convenience should be explained to you clearly. If there is no problem, then you give me the money, and I will check it in front of you and sign the two agreements, write the receipt, and stamp it."

While Accountant Zhou was checking the rental agreement, Shen Jiaren pretended to take money out of her pocket and took the opportunity to take out a handful of money from the manor. There was no way to count it, so she just grabbed a handful, but it was still enough.

After Shen Jiaren took out the money, she counted out seventy-two yuan and gave it to Accountant Zhou.

After Accountant Zhou had counted the items and confirmed that they were correct, he signed both agreements, wrote receipts, and stamped them with the official seal.

After seeing the official seal on the rental agreement, Shen Jiaren breathed a sigh of relief. It was great that the housing problem was finally solved and everything was settled.

Shen Jiaren took out another fifty cents from her pocket and handed it to Accountant Zhou. "Accountant Zhou, this is the money for using the tractor this morning. I just don't know if I still need to charge the tractor for using it? Or is everything included in this fifty cents?"

"It's all included. The welfare benefits for tractor drivers are provided by both the village team leader and the town. If you use them, you have to pay the village team and the town. But I don't know whether it is given to the tractor drivers privately." Accountant Zhou replied.

After hearing this answer, Shen Jiaren thought to herself that she should at least give Comrade Liu Hui some money or treat him to a meal at noon today, otherwise it would be too much trouble for him.

When Liu Hui saw that the tractor use procedures had been completed, he asked Shen Jiaren, "Comrade Shen, should we set off now or later?"

"Now, now." Shen Jiaren said happily when she heard that.

After saying that, the two of them walked out of Accountant Zhou's house together and headed towards the tractor.

After getting on the tractor, Shen Jiaren said, "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to find my elder sister first, and then go to haul coal."

After listening to this, Liu Hui nodded and drove towards the supply and marketing cooperative in the town.