A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

When Shen Jiaren arrived at the place indicated by the system interface, she started calling Erya.

"Erya, come and take a look, there is some pig grass here, can you see if you can cut it?

Or should we wait and wait for it to grow longer?"

"Sister Jia Ren, I'm here. Please wait for me. I'm waiting for my brother to come over here. I'll go over there soon. Otherwise, I'm afraid someone will take the pig grass away."

“Okay, then let’s each stand there and wait for your brother to come over.

But when will your brother come?"

"Brother, brother, how long will it take you?"

"I'm coming, I'm coming, stop shouting, take the sickle and go to Sister Jiaren's area, I'll fill the basket with pig grass over here. Don't worry about the area you're standing on for now."

"Oh, got it.

Sister Jiaren, call me again and I will look for you, otherwise I won’t be able to find you.”

"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here."

"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, Sister Jiaren, I heard it, I heard it, I'm coming over."

Shen Jiaren watched Erya come out of a bush holding a small sickle. The most important thing was that she had something stuck in her hair, a bunch of thorny little things on her head. Shen Jiaren laughed when she saw it, and walked towards her, picking the things stuck in Erya's hair while saying, "Erya, are you plucking feathers from a passing goose? You can get this stuff all over your body just by walking. Are you not going to walk through the bush empty-handed? Or are you looking for something in the bush?"

"Sister Jia Ren, I didn't, I just got it accidentally.

This is Xanthium sibiricum, whoever passes by will be covered with it. And the green one is edible, but now the color has turned yellow, otherwise we can share it.

But if there really is a case of plucking feathers from a passing goose, it should be you, Sister Jia Ren. You are so lucky to have found such a hidden place with pig grass. I just wonder if you will find wild eggs when you pass through this bush later...

If you really find it, then you are really lucky, Sister Jiaren."

"We'll talk about things later. First, take a look at this pig grass and see if it's ok. If it is, then we'll cut it. If not, we'll wait a little longer."

"It's time to mow, Sister Jiaren. This seems to be where others cut grass for pigs. It hasn't grown very tall yet, but it's ready to be mowed. We just got there first. Let's see if our piece of grass is enough to fill it up. If it is, we won't mow this piece yet and will come back tomorrow. If not, we'll mow it today.

Why don't we use this time to look for anything else in this bush?"

"I came from the other direction from you. I've never been in the bushes. If we're looking for it, we should be careful, right?"

"It's okay, Sister Jiaren, we have a sickle, and there shouldn't be any snakes here. The grass is too tall, and there are prickly things like cockleburs, so there won't be any snakes.

Let's look for it, what if we find eggs? Then we can have scrambled eggs when we go back."

"Okay, let's go in two different directions. Don't go too far, or your brother won't be able to find you."

"Yeah, don't worry, Sister Jiaren."

After Shen Jiaren turned around, she called up the system's search task panel. After all, she didn't know what kind of eggs there would be in this place, so Shen Jiaren entered the word "egg" in the search box. After clicking search, you won't believe it, there is a red dot nearby.

Shen Jiaren followed the route map. The eggs were hidden quite deeply. If it weren't for the route map, Shen Jiaren might not have been able to find the nest of eggs.

Shen Jiaren picked up one of the eggs, hoping to figure out what kind of egg it was. After all, she was in the wild now and couldn't use her common sense to judge what this thing was, even though it looked like an egg.

It turned out that this egg triggered the manor's task system.

"Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, a random task has been triggered. Edible protein pheasant eggs have been found. Edible protein pheasant eggs have been found. Please collect them. Please collect them. Please collect them."

This random task has a bit of a bug. Why does the system task prompt sound only appear after I pick up the pheasant eggs? Didn't it take a long time to trigger it before?

Shen Jiaren didn't understand why the mission of the manor became this, but at least she knew that the egg in her hand was a chicken egg. After Shen Jiaren took one and entered the manor, she looked at the five eggs on the ground, thought about it, and started calling Erya. Although the eggs could be wrapped in the pocket of her clothes, they should not be dropped or they would be wasted.

"Arya, come here quickly, look at what I found? Arya, Arya?"

"Sister Jiaren, it's no use for you to call me sister. You should call me. Let me see what you found."

"Hey, Sister Jiaren, it's a pheasant egg. You are really lucky."

"Brother, Sister Jiaren, please keep your voices down. Didn't grandma tell us not to make anything known if we discover something? Should we just keep it to ourselves?

So, brother, what are you shouting for? ? "

"Isn't this too exciting? Who would have thought that Sister Jiaren would be so lucky."

"Sister Jiaren, let's go home. We won't look for it anymore. When we get back, let my uncle make fried eggs for us. My uncle's fried eggs are especially delicious."

"Sure, but what about the pig grass and baskets?"

"Sister Jiaren, don't worry. I have packed up all the pig grass you just cut. As for the pig grass you just found, we will come back tomorrow to get it. Let's go home first. On the way back, let my uncle hand over the pig grass task to us. We will wait for him to come back and fry eggs for us."

"Ah, is this okay? Will it be too much trouble for your uncle?"

"No, the eggs were picked up by you, Sister Jiaren."

"Brother, how could you do this? Sister Jiaren, you picked up this egg, and you have the power to decide. Do you want to take it home and eat it yourself? Or do you want to bring it to our house and let our uncle or grandma fry it for you?

But if you bring it to our house, you might eat less.”

"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, Arya, have you thought so much about me?

It’s okay, let’s bring it to your house. I can’t cook, so let’s go to your house and ask your uncle to make eggs for us.

Let’s go, let’s go back.”

"That's right, Arya, you just think too much. Before, when we were picking grass for pigs with others, we found pheasant eggs, wild duck eggs, and various bird eggs. We secretly roasted them in the fields and ate them.

I’m just afraid that my parents will find out when I get home and have all sorts of opinions and comments.

Now Sister Jiaren and we picked it up together. In addition, Sister Jiaren and I have secretly eaten many delicious foods together and eavesdropped on other people’s affairs together. The relationship must be different now. So we must have secretly brought the pheasant eggs home to eat together.

That's a good idea. What grilled food can be better than what my uncle grills? Besides, there are five of them here, so everyone can have one when they go home."

"What you said makes some sense, although I think something is wrong."

"What's wrong? I'm your brother. How can what I say be wrong?"

"Brother, have you forgotten the time when grandma and uncle beat you?"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, a hero never brags about his past achievements, let's go back.

But Sister Jiaren, why is this a hand-held bamboo basket? Don’t you have a backpack?"

"This bamboo basket was given to me by the brigade when I received my assignment this morning, as was the sickle. I didn't know there was a backpack as well?"

"Is that so? Let's go back and ask our uncle to weave a backpack for you. The bamboo baskets and backpacks in our house are all made by my uncle.

But even if it is woven now, you can't use it, just take one from us. Anyway, we have a lot of bamboo baskets and bamboo backpacks, as well as those made of bamboo thorns. We have all kinds of them, lots of them."

"Yes, Sister Jia Ren, after you hand in the pig grass today, you should also return the basket. This basket is bulky and heavy. I can't carry it on my back. I can only carry it on my shoulder, which is very strenuous.

Besides, my grandmother used this kind of basket to carry light things when visiting relatives. Yours is too heavy for farm work."

"Okay, sure. Let's go back first. As for the rest, we can talk about it when we get back. How about that?"

“Sure, I’ve filled the basket with pig grass and put it there.

Let's go, Sister Jiaren, Erya, let's go home."

"Okay, okay, let's go, Sister Jiaren, let's go home. Today is another fruitful day."

Chen Jiaren actually wanted to ask, how did you learn this idiom "return with a full load"? Why doesn't Goudan know it, but you, Erya, know it?

But think about it again, we are all going back to Liu's house to eat scrambled eggs together, so I shouldn't be so curious.

Three people, two of them carrying their own bamboo backpacks and Chen Jiaren hanging the basket, walked back to Liu Hui's house together.

When he got home, Goudan put the backpack inside the door and said, "Erya, help me pick up the pig grass. I'll go call my uncle back."

"Yeah, go ahead, I'll definitely clean it up."

After hearing this, Chen Jiaren was still very curious about how to collect the pig grass. Then she saw Erya carrying her own backpack and holding Goudan's backpack and walking to the back of the yard. "Erya, put Goudan's backpack aside and I'll carry it for you. You go in front and I'll follow you." After saying that, Shen Jiaren took off the basket on her hand and took the basket in Erya's arms.

"Thank you, Sister Jiaren. Let's go to the pig pen. We need to collect the pig grass and take out a basket to hand in the work points. There is too much pig grass in the basket now, so we need to collect it again."

"Yeah, it's okay, let's go. I haven't been to the pigpen yet, so I can visit your pigpen."

"Sister Jia Ren, this pig pen is right behind the vegetable field. Because we need to ferment the fertilizer and clean up, the pig pen is a little far from the house."

"It's okay, let's go."

After saying that, Shen Jiaren followed Erya to the pigpen, poured out all the pig grass in the basket, filled another basket, and then Shen Jiaren took the basket to the yard.

Just as Shen Jiaren walked out of the corner of the vegetable field and stepped into the yard, she saw Liu Hui walking in through the gate.

"Just leave it there, I'll carry it. You guys go wash up, I'll go hand in your work assignments, and I'll make lunch for you when I come back." After Liu Hui finished speaking, he took the bamboo basket from Shen Jiaren's arms, put it on his back, and then went out with Shen Jiaren's basket on his arm.

As soon as Liu Hui left the yard, Goudan came back, "Sister Jiaren, look, I didn't lie to you, I said my uncle would help us, let's go, my uncle has told me what he is going to cook, let's go to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables, and my uncle will come back later and cook for us."

Shen Jiaren followed Goudan's steps and walked to the back of the yard. Just as they reached the corner of the vegetable garden, they bumped into Erya. "Brother, Sister Jiaren, what are you doing in the back?"

"My uncle said that he would make us egg pancakes later and asked us to come over and pick some leeks, some green vegetables, eggplants, tomatoes, and cucumbers. We can eat them with rice or with other dishes. Do you want to come with us?"

"Ah, brother, you picked so many things, are you going empty-handed? Don't you have a basket?"

"No, why would I go empty-handed? Aren't I going with Sister Jiaren? She has two hands, I have two hands, and I can use the corners of my clothes to pocket them. Isn't that enough?"

"Brother, grandma always uses apron pockets to make pockets. She never uses clothes to make pockets. If you lead sister Jiaren astray like this, be careful that grandma will come back and beat you. You two go first. I'll go to the basket in the kitchen and come back to find you later. Put the things you pick in the basket, don't leave them randomly."

"Okay, okay, hurry up, I want to eat earlier."

"Yeah," Erya answered and ran to the kitchen.

Shen Jiaren asked, "Goudan, what kind of flour should we use to make pancakes later? Do you have any white flour at home?"

"Ah, this, I don't know about this. My uncle only said to eat pancakes and make a mixed soup. I didn't ask what kind of noodles were used for the pancakes."

"Is that so? Goudan, you go pick some vegetables, and I'll go back and get some flour and other things. This way, the pancakes will taste delicious when we eat them later."

"No need, my uncle said he will take care of it. You don't have to go back, just enjoy your meal."

"But I want to eat more white flour. I want your uncle to put more white flour in the food. I'll go back and get it. I'll consider the white flour I get as my lunch ration today."

"But, you already have the eggs, why do you still need white flour?? Pancakes made with whole grain flour are also very delicious. Really, the pancakes made by my uncle, no matter what kind of flour they are made of, are really delicious."

"I also want some lard. Wouldn't pancakes made with lard taste better?"

"Aren't the pancakes we are talking about the same thing? Why do you want to use more white flour and then ask me to add more oil?

Forget it, forget it, just go back and get it. At worst, I can ask my uncle to divide it into two batches. You can eat whichever you want, and you can take the rest back to eat in the evening.

By the way, I told my uncle about the bamboo backpack, and he said he would ask grandma to make a new backpack for you. But I will get you a new bamboo basket, so you can carry it back later. If you carry something here, remember to cover it with a piece of cloth, otherwise if the things are too good and too eye-catching, the aunties in the village will gossip about it. "

"Oh oh oh, okay, I'll listen to you, little adult."

"Then hurry up, I'm craving for some egg pancakes. I'll ask Erya to get you a bamboo basket, and I'll go pick some vegetables for us.

Erya, Erya, find a new bamboo basket for Sister Jiaren. When my uncle says new bamboo basket, you will know where it is. "

"Oh, I see. Sister Jiaren, come find me at the kitchen door and I'll take you to get it."

Shen Jiaren really wanted to laugh when she saw the interaction between Goudan and Erya. Why did she feel like she had become much smaller at that moment?