A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

When Chen Jiaojiao heard Zhao Yuanchao call her Uncle Chen, she looked up and saw that it was her father who came to pick her up. She ran over happily, took her father's arm, looked at him with sparkling eyes, and said, "Dad, didn't you say you would wait for me at the corner between the village entrance and the cowshed? Why did you come out to pick me up? Didn't you say we should keep our distance? And where's Mom? Is it okay for you to leave her home alone? Is Mom's cough better?"

Father Chen smiled as he stroked the hair of Chen Jiaojiao, who came bouncing over, and said, "Mom is home alone. Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen next door will help take care of her. When Dad came out, he saw that most people in the village were asleep, and our route is quite remote. We'll pick you up and go back. It shouldn't be a problem. Besides, it's night time, and Dad is worried about Jiaojiao."

Zhao Yuanchao didn't get off the tractor. He nodded to Uncle Chen and drove away on the tractor. Dad Chen took Chen Jiaojiao to the cowshed.

Maybe the moonlight was a little bright, or maybe Chen Jiaojiao felt there was something wrong with her eyes. Why did she feel that her father's back was much more hunched the moment she saw him turn around?

Seeing that Chen Jiaojiao's shadow did not catch up, Chen's father turned his head and looked at Chen Jiaojiao and said, "What's wrong, Jiaojiao? Are you afraid of the dark? Dad doesn't have a flashlight. Can't we walk home together under the moonlight?" After saying that, he waved at Chen Jiaojiao.

Seeing her father caring about her so much, Chen Jiaojiao suddenly had tears in her eyes. "No, it's great. I like it very much and am very happy that my parents are here with me."

Father Chen said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, Jiaojiao, for making you suffer with us. If it weren't for us, you wouldn't have become like this."

Chen Jiaojiao waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "I was ignorant before, that's why I acted like that. Dad, just don't be angry. By the way, Dad, we're sending that Shen Jiaren, Shen Zhiqing, off today. She said a few things. One is that she'll help us find a cheaper price for the medicinal herbs we want to buy. Another is that she'll also help us find some lard."

Another thing is... "

Seeing that Chen Jiaojiao was a little confused, Father Chen asked, "What's the other thing?"

Chen Jiaojiao was embarrassed and didn't know whether she should say it or not. After all, these five hundred yuan could be saved up before, but now it is not a small amount of money.

Seeing Chen Jiaojiao like this, Father Chen asked, "Is it about money?"

Seeing that her father had guessed correctly, Chen Jiaojiao asked in surprise, "Dad, how did you know that?"

Father Chen said, "In our current situation, the only issue that makes you feel embarrassed to speak up is money. As for the rest, there shouldn't be anything that can't be discussed between us."

Chen Jiaojiao stood there, saying shyly, "That educated young woman Shen said she knew the supply and marketing cooperative in town was selling jobs recently, paying 500 yuan a job, and that she was sitting in the office of the supply and marketing cooperative. She wanted to see if I had any ideas. Oh, and she also gave me a lot of things, money, and things. The things were in a cardboard box." After saying this, Chen Jiaojiao looked at her hands, then at the tractor that was getting farther and farther away from her. Only then did she realize she hadn't taken the things. She said anxiously, "Dad, I left the things they gave me on the tractor. What should I do? It's a cardboard box with a lot of things in it."