A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

"Xiao Shen, let's go. Let's go. I'll take you back." Liu Hui called Shen Jiaren.

Shen Jiaren looked at the vegetable garden where she had only walked half way around, hoping that she would have the chance to walk around the entire garden next time.

After hearing Liu Hui's words, Erya took Shen Jiaren's hand and walked towards Liu Hui.

I saw that Liu Hui's basket was filled with several tomatoes, some red, some bright green, as well as a few cucumbers and some green vegetables.

"Come on, I'll take you back. There aren't many vegetables in this basket. Come back and get more after you finish eating. Try to eat freshly picked ones. Come back and get more when you want to eat more. Or you can come to me and I'll pick them for you."

"Brother Liu, no need, really no need, too much for me to eat, this is already a lot."

"It's okay. Wait a minute. I'll get you some more dumplings for tomorrow. Remember to finish them as soon as possible. You can't leave too much."

"Uh, I really can't eat anymore. I've already eaten a lot today."

"I'm not asking you to eat it today. This is for your breakfast and lunch tomorrow. Tomorrow is the start of the autumn harvest, so you don't have to cook for this tomorrow or at noon. Just eat it directly. Go back and put it in the well in your yard. It can be kept until tomorrow."

"Forehead..."

"It's okay. Let Erya and Goudan take you there later. I'll go take care of other things."

"Forehead..."

"Let's go, my mother must be waiting for you there."

Shen Jiaren followed Liu Hui out of the vegetable garden and, as expected, she saw Zhang Aihua standing at the kitchen door waiting for her.

"Xiao Shen, take this bowl of white flour dumplings back with you. Remember to heat them up and eat them tomorrow morning and at noon. If it's inconvenient for the waiter to take you back later, then let Goudan and Erya take you back."

"Aunt, no need, really no need, I can do it myself."

"It's okay. Goudan and Erya have already cut the pig grass this afternoon and have eaten dinner. All they have to do is go out and play for a while and then come back to sleep.

I'll take you back so they can go out and play later."

"Aunt, it's really not necessary. I've already troubled you by coming here for dinner today. I'm really sorry to have to take the dumplings back and ask Goudan and Erya to deliver them again."

"What's the big deal? We've all been eating dumplings with you today, so what's the big deal about giving you a ride?

Besides, the dumplings I asked you to take back were made from the flour, meat, and cabbage you brought. We didn’t produce anything, so what’s the big deal about producing a person? People are eating, and they’re eating flour dumplings with lots of meat.”

"Auntie..."

Before Shen Jiaren could finish her words, she was dragged out of the door by Liu Hui. Goudan took the bowl of dumplings that his grandmother was holding and put it in the basket that Liu Hui had placed on the table at some point, and followed Liu Hui with the basket in his hand.

"Okay, let's go back. It's getting late. You've been running all day. Go back and go to bed early tonight. We still have to continue the autumn harvest tomorrow."

"Um, then may I ask, what are you doing now?"

"I'm going to the warehouse to check on the tractor. It's going to be used for threshing tomorrow. I'm going to check it today so it's ready for tomorrow."

"Oh, then Brother Liu, I need to trouble you with something?"

"what's up?"

"The dishes I bought today include fish, chicken, and pork elbows, but I don't know how to cook them. When can you come over and help me cook them?"

"Let's talk about it later in the evening. I'll come over when it gets a little darker. But, you've already eaten meat dumplings today. Can you finish all these meat dishes?"

"I can't finish it, so I thought I'd trouble you to make some delicious food and then give you some. I should be able to take care of the rest."

"Okay, I get it. Do you have a jar at home?"

"What kind of jar?"

"It's the kind of small jar that holds pickled vegetables and lard..."

"I wanted to buy some at the recycling station today, but I didn't find any. Instead, I bought three types of furniture that can be placed on the kang: a kang table, a footrest, and a box."

"Okay, I get it.

Goudan, Erya, send your beautiful sister back before going out to play.

Goudan, you better be careful, do you hear me?

I'm leaving first." Liu Hui said and walked towards the brigade warehouse.

When Goudan saw that his uncle had finally left, he quickly said, "Sister Jiaren, please walk faster. We still need to go out and play. How long will it take you to walk if you walk so slowly?"

Erya walked up to Shen Jiaren, held her hand and said, "Brother, my uncle hasn't gone far yet. If you speak louder, do you think my uncle will come back and beat you up?"

After hearing what Erya said, Goudan stuck out his tongue and ran ahead of Shen Jiaren and Erya.

Shen Jiaren looked at Erya who was holding her hand, smiled, and followed Goudan towards her home.

It's so strange. Goudan heard the fish, chicken and elbow but didn't say a word. This state doesn't fit Goudan's greedy personality.

As a result, after walking a few steps, Shen Jiaren saw Goudan running a few steps and running to the gate of the educated youth center. He pressed his whole body against the gate of the yard of the educated youth center, and no one knew what he was doing there.

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren hurried over to pull Goudan away. After all, eavesdropping was a bad habit, and there were so many people at the educated youth point, who knew if someone would suddenly come out and catch them eavesdropping, which would be too embarrassing.

And there is no need to listen at the door. You can also hear it by standing on the roadside at a favorable angle. There is no need to stick to the door. It would be so embarrassing if people knew about it.

Before Shen Jiaren could make any move, Erya grabbed her hand and said, "Sister Jiaren, go stand in that corner over there. I'll go call my brother. I'm familiar with this matter. I'll do it. You go quietly. I'm also curious about what my brother is curious about."

After hearing Erya's voice, Shen Jiaren laughed out loud, but then thought that it was inappropriate to make any sound at this time, so she quickly covered her mouth with her hands. All she could see was that the laughter lines at the corners of her eyes had deepened a little.

Shen Jiaren nodded and walked towards the place Erya pointed.

When Erya saw Shen Jiaren quietly walking over according to her instructions, she smiled silently and walked quietly towards her brother.

"Brother, let's go over there and eavesdrop. It's easy to be discovered if we stand at the door and eavesdrop."

Goudan looked at his sister who suddenly appeared beside him. He was startled and nodded. "Erya, I'm not scared to death by eavesdropping, but I will be scared to death by you. Why don't you make any sound when you walk?"

"Brother, do you believe it or not? If you say a few words loudly, you won't be able to eavesdrop from your corner.

Come on, let's go over there." After saying that, Erya pulled Goudan towards where Shen Jiaren was standing.

After walking a little further away from the educated youth point, Goudan said to Erya, "Erya, do you know?

The educated youths also eat meat, and it smells good, but it’s not as good as the dumplings we have at home.”

"So you were standing there, pressed against the wall, just to smell the meat?"

"Who said that? I ate a lot today, almost to the top of my head, and I'm not greedy at all. The reason I'm stuck there seems to be a quarrel inside the educated youth camp. Let's walk faster, or we might hear some quarreling inside."