A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

You know what, the tractor is faster than walking, and we arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative in no time.

Shen Jiaren shook her butt which was about to fall apart, turned over, got off the tractor and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

As soon as Shen Jiaren entered the door, she saw that the supply and marketing cooperative was crowded with people, but through the gaps between people, she saw Sister Su Hongmei also looking at the door.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Shen Jiaren watched Sister Su take off her apron, take off her sleeves and walk towards her.

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren no longer walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative, but turned and went to the alley where the two of them had discussed things last time.

After waiting for a while, Sister Su brought a dark and strong man over.

"Xiao Shen, this is your brother-in-law, Chang Kai. You just need to follow him later and give him the things. A batch of supplies came to the town today without tickets, and there are a lot of people. I need to go over to help, so I will be very busy today. I won't say much to you for now. Just ask your brother-in-law if you have any questions. I'll go in first." Su Hongmei said, pulling the dark and strong man.

Su Hongmei left after she finished speaking. After she had walked a few steps, she seemed to remember something and said, "Sister, do you want it? This time I came here to buy defective cloth that was returned by the textile factory in town. No tickets are required, but the price is a bit high. If you want it, I can save some for you."

"Sister, I want it, please."

"Then I can only leave five feet. There are many people who want it. But it's 50 cents a foot. Are you sure you can do that?"

"Sure, sister. Could you please keep it for me later? I'll give you the money first."

"No, it's too much trouble. When you come to see me later, I'll bring it out for you to give it to you. There are too many people here now, so it's hard to get it out. And I'm not sure if I can get five feet. It could be more, or it could be less."

"It's okay, Sister Hongmei. I'll take whatever quantity you want, don't worry. Then, sister, I'll go get the coal with my brother-in-law, and I'll get you later."

After the two of them finished talking, Su Hongmei walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative, while Shen Jiaren looked towards Su Hongmei's husband Chang Kai.

"How did you get here? How do you plan to haul the coal? How many pounds of coal do you want? Do you want coal or briquettes?"

"We came here by tractor. We rented a tractor from the brigade to carry 1000 kilograms of coal. We needed 500 kilograms of coal and 500 kilograms of coal briquettes."

Shen Jiaren replied after listening to what Su Hongmei’s husband Chang Kai said.

The main thing is that I don’t have much money left, and I will be staying here for a long time. The expenses are unknown, and the income is still to be determined, so I have to save money.

"Then you will need to pay an extra ten dollars in addition to the ten industrial tickets. I will help you load the truck, but you will have to unload it yourself when we get back."

"Yeah," Shen Jiaren replied while nodding.

"Then you guys drive the tractor and follow me."

Chang Kai's brother-in-law left after he finished speaking. Shen Jiaren hurried out of the alley, called Liu Hui to drive the tractor and followed him on a bicycle.

When they arrived at the coal yard, they saw Su Hongmei's husband, brother-in-law Chang Kai, take out a note and hand it to a man. The man took the brother-in-law and walked into the coal yard. When leaving, he did not forget to greet Shen Jiaren and the others.

"This is your Brother Liu. Next time you come to get coal, just go find him directly." said Su Hongmei's husband Chang Kai.

"Hello, Brother Liu, thank you, brother-in-law." Shen Jiaren greeted him quickly.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, just bring your ticket. Here, this is your coal, you can take it away. But for the sake of you calling me brother, and for the sake of Brother Chang being here, there's a pile of broken coal briquettes next to it. No ticket is required, just pay three dollars and take it away. Don't think it's expensive, because other people who want it don't have it yet."

After hearing what Brother Liu from the coal yard said, Shen Jiaren smiled even more brightly and replied in a softer tone, "Thank you Brother Liu, and thank you brother-in-law."

After saying that, Shen Jiaren loaded the car faster.

Liu Hui looked at Shen Jiaren's increasingly brilliant smile and couldn't help but smile too. He didn't realize that this little girl was so sweet-mouthed.

It didn't take long for the three men to load all the coal, coal briquettes and some broken coal onto the tractor.

Shen Jiaren gave Brother Liu three yuan as agreed. After leaving the coal yard, she gave her brother-in-law ten industrial coupons and eleven yuan.

After giving it to Liu Hui, he sat on the tractor and urged him to set off.

Chang Kai looked at the eleven dollars that Shen Jiaren stuffed into his hand and couldn't help but want to chase after her.

But when I looked up, I saw the little girl smiling brightly and waving goodbye to me, so I didn't chase her anymore.

Forget it, I'll go back and tell Hongxia and ask her to help take care of her in the future.

Liu Hui heard no one shouting behind him and asked, "Where should we take this coal?"

"It will take a while before we return to the village. We need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and look for Sister Hongmei again before we return to the village."

"Okay, I won't get off the car then. I'll wait for you in the car." Liu Hui said, looking straight ahead, holding the steering wheel.

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Shen Jiaren jumped off the tractor and walked into the cooperative. This time, when she entered the cooperative, she found that there were not many people there.

As soon as Shen Jiaren entered, she saw Su Hongmei chatting with the person next to her.

"Sister Hongmei, are you still busy?" Shen Jiaren walked to the counter and said.

"No need to be busy, no need to be busy. This little girl is quite quick on her feet. Come on, go out and tell her if your mother wants you to bring something back again?" He said as he walked out of the counter.

"Wait for me at the alley entrance. I'll get you something."

"Uh-huh."

After the two of them finished talking, Shen Jiaren walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative and headed towards the alley next to it.

After a while, Su Hongmei came over with something wrapped in newspaper. "Here, take it. I've left six feet, which is one foot more than I said this morning. Do you mind?"

"Sister Hongmei, I don't mind. The more the better. Sister, give me the money. You count it."

After saying that, Shen Jiaren handed three dollars to Su Hongmei.

Su Hongmei counted the money and said to Shen Jiaren after finding out everything was OK, "I'm leaving first. If you have any questions, come back to me."

After saying that, he was ready to turn around and leave.

"Sister, wait a moment. I want to ask you something. Where can I get the food coupons in our food coupon book? I haven't received the food coupons for this month yet." Shen Jiaren said while holding Su Hongmei's hand.

"Well, you can get it at the state-owned food coupon store here, at the last corner of this street. But I suggest you go there in a few days, because the food coupon store is out of food these days. Leave me your address when the time comes, and I'll ask someone to tell you."

"Sister, I'm in Xiageda Village. Just tell the tractor driver from our village. His name is Liu Hui. The tractor driver from our village is usually in town."

"Okay, just tell Liu Hui, right? I understand. I'm leaving now."

"Okay, goodbye Sister Hongmei." After saying that, Shen Jiaren took her things and went to the street to find Liu Hui.

"Okay, let's go. This time we can go directly back to the village. Let's go^^" After saying that, Shen Jiaren turned around, climbed onto the tractor, and sat on the edge of the tractor.

Liu Hui laughed out loud after hearing this. "Then may I ask, Shen Zhiqing, where in the village should we go back to?"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot. Hehe, just take us to the home of the hunter who used to live in the village. It's said to be near the educated youth site, in a courtyard with large blue brick and tile houses." Shen Jiaren answered Liu Hui embarrassedly. While speaking, she kept fanning her red face with her hands, hoping that the wind from her hands could cool down her face which was red due to embarrassment.

In fact, it would be easier to express it clearly by saying that it was the hunter family that had no descendants, but Shen Jiaren was unwilling to say that. Besides, this family was also heroes of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. No matter what war it was, it was ultimately for the country, and maintaining minimum respect was basic.

Liu Hui listened to Shen Jiaren's answer and felt warm in his heart. The little girl still had something. Unlike the people in the village, they were shouting that the whole family was extinct.

The two of them returned to the village while thinking about the hunter.

Liu Hui took Shen Jiaren and the coal and stopped in front of the hunter's house.

Although Shen Jiaren rented this house, it was her first time here and she was very curious about what the yard and the house looked like.

Shen Jiaren got out of the car and saw that the gate was open. She pushed it open and saw someone waiting in the yard.

"Hello, is this Shen Jiaren, Shen Zhiqing? The team leader arranged for me to wait for you here. The team leader said that you went to haul coal and will be back soon, so he asked me to wait for you here. When I give you the key, I will help you unload the coal.

Also, I need you to check if there is anything else that needs to be sorted out? And here are the keys to the house." said a little boy who didn't look very old.

"Hello, hello, I'm Shen Jiaren, also known as Shen Zhiqing. Thank you very much, please. Let me take a look." Shen Jiaren answered as she walked into the yard and began to look around.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a bluestone road leading directly to the main door of the house. There were three large blue brick tile houses. There seemed to be a toilet in the corner of the left wall when I entered the yard. On the right, there was a house with a chimney and a shed, which should be the kitchen. There was an open space on both sides of the bluestone in the middle of the yard. There was a section of blue brick land extending from the front of the house. Not far from the chimney house, there was a well, surrounded by a bluestone that seemed to be used for washing clothes, and there seemed to be a small square fence underneath. The rest were bluestone roads leading to each room, and another one leading to the door, the road that Shen Jiaren was walking on.

Shen Jiaren stood on the bluestone slab and turned around to look around.

That’s great. This yard looks really nice at the moment.

Shen Jiaren thought as she walked towards the main room.

After entering the main house, I found that it looked like three tiled houses, but the houses were not small, especially the main house. There was a stove on each side as soon as you entered the door, and there was a large space at the back, with a door on the left and right to enter.

Because they had to unload coal and move house, Shen Jiaren didn't look at it carefully.

Shen Jiaren turned around and went to the kitchen with a chimney. When she went in, she saw that, in addition to the stove, there was a large space on the other side.

"Comrade Liu, unload all the coal into this house and start stacking it near the other side of the wall. See if there is enough space?" After saying this, Shen Jiaren looked at Liu Hui behind her.

Liu Hui stood at the door of the kitchen and looked around. "Yes, it can be installed. The side with the stove can fully meet your cooking needs. The other side can be used to store coal. When we put it in, we will make sure to separate the coal briquettes, coal and broken coal briquettes for you, so that you can take them out when you need them later."

After saying that, Liu Hui called the little boy, "Goudan, let's go and unload the coal."

When Shen Jiaren heard the name, she couldn't help but want to laugh, Hahahahahahahahahaha, Goudaner.

"Brother Hui, I'm here, wait for me," Goudan answered while chasing Liu Hui after hearing Liu Hui calling him.

When Shen Jiaren looked at Goudan'er like this, the smile on her face became more obvious, and she couldn't help but chuckle.

When Liu Hui heard Shen Jiaren's voice, he thought something had happened. He turned around and looked at Gou'er running and jumping behind him. He couldn't help but shook his head twice.

Has this little girl forgotten that she is not that old?

When Shen Jiaren saw Liu Hui looking at her, she quickly put away the smile on her face and hurriedly followed him.

It didn't take long for the three of them to move all the coal briquettes, loose coal, and some broken coal briquettes into the kitchen.

After Goudan saw that the coal had been moved, he asked Shen Jiaren, "Shen Zhiqing, do you need to tidy up anything else?"

"Goudan, don't worry about it for now. Once I finish moving and packing, I'll know what I need to sort out. Then I'll find you and ask you to help me."

After Shen Jiaren finished speaking, she took out two dimes and three candies from her pocket and handed them to Goudaner, "Goudaner, this is something delicious that I gave you. Take it and eat it. Thank you for waiting for me in the yard."

Goudaner looked at the candy and money in Shen Jiaren's hand and thought for a while, "Shen Zhiqing, this job was assigned to me by the team leader. He has already given me work points. I don't need you to give me more, sister."

"Take it, take it. This candy is delicious, and it tastes like orange. Take it and try it. If you think the money is too much, then take ten cents. I haven't turned on the stove here, so I can't take care of your meals. This ten cents will be a subsidy for your meals." As Shen Jiaren spoke, she stretched out her hand towards Goudaner, hoping that Goudaner would take the thing.

"Take it, this is a gift from Shen Zhiqing." Liu Hui said to Gou Daner.

"Also, Shen Zhiqing, Goudan is only fourteen years old this year. Do you think it's appropriate for you to ask her to call you sister?"

After listening to Liu Hui's words, Shen Jiaren chuckled twice and didn't answer.

Goudan took the money and candy and felt that it was too much. Thinking of Shen Zhiqing who still needed to move, he said, "Shen Zhiqing, you still need to move. How about I help you move? Otherwise, I feel a little embarrassed to take so much."

After listening to this, Shen Jiaren looked at Goudan'er's changing facial expressions and laughed out loud. There was still some time before noon, and the tractor should still be usable, so they could use the tractor to move the house together.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiaren said directly, "Okay, okay, then you can follow me and Comrade Liu Hui to help me move."

After saying that, the three of them got on the tractor, and Liu Hui drove the tractor towards the educated youth site.

After a while, the three of them arrived at the educated youth site.

Shen Jiaren led Liu Hui and Goudan directly into her room and started packing.

Maybe the sound of the tractor was a little loud, and it was heading towards the educated youth point, which aroused the curiosity of the educated youth who were not working in the yard. They came out curiously, wanting to see what was going on and why the tractor was coming. After all, the tractor would not be sent to the educated youth point.

The educated youths who came out saw Shen Jiaren and her three companions moving things, and they were all curious about what happened. They just moved into the house yesterday, why did they have to move today? Didn't they say yesterday that the proletariat was not afraid of monsters and demons? But no one asked a question.

The old educated youth were not familiar with it and were too embarrassed to ask.

Among the new educated youth, Chen Jiaojiao and Shen Jiaren had a conflict and they stopped talking.

As for Xu Hongxia, she had hardly spoken to Shen Jiaren and was too embarrassed to ask any questions.

Liu Weijun wanted to ask, but thinking of the way Shen Jiaren had rejected him before, and now there was a tall and handsome tractor driver who looked difficult to deal with, Liu Weijun didn't dare to open his mouth.

Song Xiangxue looked around and saw no one dared to speak, so she asked what happened. She thought that the girl had just arrived yesterday and was still young. She couldn't just stand by and do nothing after she used her things and gave her candy.

After sighing, he asked, "Comrade Shen, what happened? Do you need help?"

"It's okay, Comrade Song, I'm just moving."

"Where are we moving to? Have you asked the leader of the educated youth site and the village leader before moving?"

As Song Xiangxue spoke, she walked up to Shen Jiaren and whispered, "Is the place you're moving to okay? Why don't you ask the leader of the educated youth site if the family you're moving to is okay? Or if you're embarrassed, you can just ask me. Although I'm not very familiar with the place, I've been here for a while, and I can always tell you whether it's easy to get along with people or what their reputation is like. Don't make a decision to move on your own. Some people in some places may seem easy to get along with, but they still deduct food from the educated youth. Some even force the educated youth to live in the villagers' homes and force them to marry the village bachelors. Although it hasn't happened in our village yet, you have to be on guard against others. Be careful."