A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

After sitting and looking at the starry sky for a while, Shen Jiaren returned to the manor, took a comfortable hot bath, and then fell asleep on her own kang.

Early the next morning, Shen Jiaren heard someone knocking on the door.

Shen Jiaren quickly put on her clothes, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and asked, "Who is it? What's the matter?"

Zhao Yuanchao replied, "It's me, Zhao Yuanchao. You need to pack up and go to work. I came to call you while others were washing up. You need to hurry up. We will wait for you at the educated youth station."

"Okay, okay, I'll wash up and come right over." Shen Jiaren replied.

Shen Jiaren looked up at the sky. It was really early, not even daybreak yet. No, she had to pack up quickly and go over there. She couldn't let everyone wait. After all, they were all waiting for her, and that would easily lead to complaints.

After hearing what Zhao Yuanchao said, Shen Jiaren quickly washed up, cleaned the house, and then quickly made herself a cup of egg water from the manor, fried two eggs, and cooked some vegetable noodles. After eating, she took the kettle full of water and hurried to the educated youth site.

Not long after Shen Jiaren arrived at the educated youth point and waited for a while, the large group of educated youth at the point started to set off, preparing to go to the brigade warehouse together to wait for the brigade leader to assign today's work.

On the way, a newly arrived educated youth couldn't help but ask Zhao Yuanchao, "Captain, why do we have to go to work so early? Isn't this too early? The sun hasn't even come out yet?"

Zhao Yuanchao replied, "We work early and late here because the weather is too hot at noon. If we go too late in the morning, we have to work under the scorching sun and are prone to heat stroke. After heat stroke, we are prone to dehydration and death. So in order to avoid this situation, our team gathers at 6:30 in the morning to divide the work, and work until 11:30 in the afternoon. We start working at 3:30 in the afternoon and finish work at 7 pm. When it is not so hot in a while, we will not follow this time. When winter comes and our mountains are closed by heavy snow, we still have winter break. Our rest is based on farm work and weather, so everyone needs to get used to it slowly.

Oh, there is one more thing. Shen Jiaren, Shen Zhiqing, you live alone now, so you have to pay attention to the gathering time. Today is the first day of collective work, and starting tomorrow, you have to pay attention to it on your own. "

When Shen Jiaren heard Zhao Yuanchao specifically mention her name, she understood what Zhao Yuanchao meant. She had to pay attention to her time since she lived alone and not delay going to work. He would not specifically call her tomorrow. After all, in this era, the boundaries between men and women were very important. If others said some rumors, it would not be good for both of them.

The most important thing is that after a day's work, everyone is tired and wants to rest for a while.

After Shen Jiaren heard what Zhao Yuanchao said, she immediately replied, "I understand, Captain. Thank you, Captain."

As they talked, everyone walked together to the side of the brigade warehouse.

The villagers standing in the wheat field next to the warehouse couldn't help complaining when they saw many new faces in the group of educated youth.

"Why are there educated youth here again?"

"They are all delicate female educated youth. Can they work? Are they here to support rural construction or to add burden to us???"

"That's right. Last year we used the brigade's food to feed these educated youth. This year there are so many more. Does our brigade still have food?"

"It's not a big deal if the food is simply wasted, as long as it doesn't delay us from getting food. What we're worried about is riots and trouble. Weren't there enough troubles caused by that brigade last year?"

"That's right, there are so many new female educated youth here, who knows if they will behave themselves or not?"

"Speaking of which, why are there so many female educated youth this time, but so few male educated youth?"

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The educated youth stood by and listened to the grumblings of these people. The old educated youth couldn't help but blush. After all, what the villagers said made some sense. Sometimes, they were indeed a drag. Some people looked indignant after hearing these grumblings. These people were the new educated youth, especially Chen Jiaojiao.

After hearing these grumbles, Chen Jiaojiao also grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Why do these country folk look down on us??? Do they think we want to come??? Who cares about this??? How can this place be compared with the city?? If it weren't for the mandatory policy, who would be willing to come!!! Who thinks they have bubbles in their brains???"

After hearing what Chen Jiaojiao said, Song Xiangxue, who was standing next to Chen Jiaojiao, quickly pulled Chen Jiaojiao and made a "hush" gesture to her.

"Chen Zhiqing, please keep your voice down. What if the villagers hear us? This is the village, a place that responds to the policy of supporting rural construction. It's not the city, and it's not our territory. If you let them hear us and offend them, it won't do us any good, especially now that we are working with them, and we still have to rely on them to guide us. What if they give you a hard time during the process? Not only will you suffer a lot, but you will also have no place to complain."

After hearing what Song Xiangxue said, Chen Jiaojiao curled her lips and finally stopped muttering.

After hearing these discussions, Shen Jiaren couldn't help thinking in her heart that what the villagers said was indeed reasonable. After all, we are new here and we have to work with them on their territory. The most important thing is that what they said also makes sense. The educated youth from the city just came to the countryside to support construction. They really don't know anything and are dragging others down, especially the girls. They really can't compare with the women in the brigade who can hold up half the sky. So we can't blame them for complaining about us. But what Song Xiangxue and Song Zhiqing said also made sense. We are on their territory and under their control. You have to adapt to their life here. Especially when you first arrive, if you let them hear you complaining, it is really easy to be bullied and targeted.

After all, as the old saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. What's more, we are not a strong dragon, and our lifeline (production relations) is still in the hands of others. We have no choice but to bow our heads under their eaves.