A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

When Shen Jiaren was carrying the basket and walking towards her home, she was unfortunately seen by Aunt Zhou.

However, Shen Jiaren was walking towards her home, while Aunt Zhou was walking towards the center of the village from the warehouse.

It was just unfortunate that Aunt Zhou saw Liu Hui standing at the door seeing Shen Jiaren off, and Shen Jiaren was carrying a basket.

"Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen, why are you walking so fast? Auntie wants to talk to you. Auntie has something to say to you." Aunt Zhou said as she stretched out her hand to greet Shen Jiaren. No matter whether she could see her hand waving from behind or not, she kept making the gesture of coming back and jogged ahead to chase after her.

As Shen Jiaren listened to the footsteps getting closer behind her, she quickened her pace and started to jog to avoid being caught by the other party and asked questions. Before, at her doorstep, she was fearless and could just fight back. After all, she was looking for trouble, so she would definitely give her a good fight. Now she was at the doorstep of Liu Hui's house, and the other party saw her coming out of his house. Regardless of whether she saw Liu Hui handing her the basket, at least she saw her coming out of Liu Hui's house. If a fight broke out near Liu's doorstep now, she would really have a lot of mouths and wouldn't be able to explain herself.

The more Shen Jiaren thought about it, the more she felt that she was not thinking too much. This Aunt Zhou was a gossipy person and loved to take advantage of others. It was better to stay away from her. Thinking of this, Shen Jiaren started running.

Aunt Zhou saw Shen Jiaren running faster and faster, and then looked at the things in the bamboo basket on her back, and realized that she would definitely not be able to catch up. She changed direction and walked towards Liu Hui's house.

Aunt Zhou arrived at Liu Hui's house, put the bamboo basket at her feet and started knocking on the door.

Aunt Zhou was knocking on the door while thinking in her mind that it was only a short time after noon and she would definitely not be able to eat at this house. She just didn't know what kind of vegetables they had. She wondered if she could take the opportunity to ask for some vegetables grown by Old Liu's family.

Besides, if you can’t get fresh vegetables, you can order pickles. This restaurant’s pickles are famous for being delicious.

After all, Zhang Aihua from Old Liu's family is really good at growing vegetables and pickling pickles. At the end of the year or in autumn, many people will ask Zhang Aihua to help pickle pickles. There is no reason for that, just because they want the pickles to taste good.

There is also vegetable planting. Every time everyone plants together, but the vegetables in other people's fields can bear fruit early and people can eat them early. The key is that they grow well and look so good that people want to eat a few more bites.

It’s strange to say, when it comes to pickling vegetables, many people follow Zhang Aihua’s steps to pickle vegetables, and some even ask Zhang Aihua to guide them, but none of them are as delicious as the ones pickled by Zhang Aihua herself.

Therefore, many people particularly like the pickles made by Zhang Aihua, but because everyone is busy in autumn and winter, and some people are reluctant to give Zhang Aihua something, Zhang Aihua has not helped the villagers pickle pickles for a long time.

The more Aunt Zhou thought about it, the more she felt greedy. Especially the pickled cabbage dumplings made by others, they were really delicious. If she couldn't make it, she would ask Zhang Aihua for some pickled cabbage dumplings later, so that she wouldn't leave empty-handed.

When Aunt Zhou thought about this, she became more and more excited, and she couldn't help but knock on the door even harder, "Knock knock knock, knock knock knock".

When Liu Hui heard the door of the courtyard open, he thought that Shen Jiaren had left something behind and came to get it. But he changed his mind and thought again, that's not right, she came here to get semi-finished products, and now she is taking food back, how could she leave something behind? ? Is there something else to say? ?

Thinking of this, Liu Hui walked out of the house and prepared to see who it was.

When Liu Hui walked out of the house, he heard noises coming from his parents' room and said quickly, "Mom and Dad, don't come out. Continue to rest. I'll go see what's going on." After saying that, Liu Hui took a few quick steps and walked towards the gate of the yard.

The more Liu Hui walked, the more he felt that the knocking sound was not from Shen Jiaren. Shen Jiaren knocked on the door rhythmically, and not with such force. I just don't know who is at the door? Why is he not resting at home in the middle of the day? Is there something wrong?

Liu Hui started to jog when he thought of this. What if someone came to him to do something with a tractor, or if he wanted to ask his parents something, what would he do if he was delayed?

When Liu Hui ran to the gate and opened it, he found Aunt Zhou standing at the door. He especially saw a basket of rice stalks in the bamboo basket next to Aunt Zhou. His face immediately darkened and he asked in a low voice, "Aunt Zhou, you came here in the middle of the day. Is there something urgent?"

As soon as Aunt Zhou heard Liu Hui's tone, she knew that Liu Hui was a little unhappy that she came to his house in the middle of the day, but who cared about him? She came here to ask questions and also wanted some pickled cabbage or fresh vegetables, so she didn't care whether Liu Hui was happy or not, and said directly, "Waiter, I don't have anything to do. Didn't I just see Shen Jiaren and Shen Zhiqing leaving your yard?

I saw you not only send her out, but also give her a basket of things.

Don’t I want to come over and talk to your mother?

Did you eat lunch with Shen Jiaren and Shen Zhiqing at noon? What did you eat at noon? What did you use to entertain the guests?

The most important thing is, what was in the basket that you handed to Shen Jiaren and Shen Zhiqing?

Why does that basket look so heavy?

Also, do you still have the pickled cabbage lumps that your mother pickled last year? I'd like to borrow two to try.

Also, I'm already at your door, why don't you take me back to sit down and rest for a while? Have a drink of water, or pick some cucumbers and tomatoes to treat me?"

Aunt Zhou said as she turned sideways, trying to enter the yard directly from the side where Liu Hui opened the door. After all, Liu Hui was a junior, and he certainly wouldn't dare to stop her like this.

When Liu Hui saw Aunt Zhou's attitude, he immediately closed the half-open door, leaving only his head outside, and replied, "Aunt Zhou, my mother is asleep. If you have something to say, go to the field to talk to my mother this afternoon. I don't know what you are asking. If you are knocking on my door, I will go to talk to the team leader Liu Dashan. Who is watching this haystack? Why are people carrying new rice stalks home now?"

Aunt Zhou knew something was wrong when she heard Liu Hui's words. Not only did she not get anything out of the inquiry, not only did she not get any advantage, but she was also discovered to have brought home new rice stalks. Thinking of this, Aunt Zhou said anxiously, "What do you mean by talking to Liu Dashan? What do you mean by carrying home new rice stalks?

I picked all of this myself, and some of it is old rice stalks from last year."

After hearing what Aunt Zhou said, Liu Hui sneered and said, "Aunt, some things are not good to say openly. Are you sure we want to break that window paper???

It's noon and the sun is so hot, you should go back and have a rest."

After Liu Hui finished speaking, he slammed the door shut in front of Aunt Zhou.

After hearing what Liu Hui said, Aunt Zhou blushed, raised her head, and stiffened her neck to want to argue with Liu Hui a few more times. However, as soon as she raised her head, she saw Liu Hui slamming the door shut.

Aunt Zhou looked at the closed door without saying anything else and did not dare to knock. She swiftly carried her bamboo basket on her back and walked quickly towards her home.

Aunt Zhou mumbled something as she walked. The more she walked, the more she felt that something was wrong. It was too strange, but she definitely didn't know why today. But it didn't matter. With Zhou Cuihua's ability, she would find out sooner or later. When that time came, she would see if Liu Hui dared to treat her like this.

Liu Hui stood behind the door and heard Aunt Zhou walking away. He sneered and turned back to his room to take a nap.

After hearing the sound of the door closing, Zhang Aihua started to look through her own cloth in her cabinet. Liu Jun saw that his wife was still looking through things and had no intention of taking a nap, so he half-straightened up, propped his chin with his hand, and said to his wife, "Old lady, what on earth are you looking for? You still have to work in the afternoon. Can you work in the afternoon without taking a rest?"

"What do you know? At this moment, is rest more important, or is your son's affairs more important?"

"What's wrong with the old son? Didn't the old son just drive the old Zhou family away?

Such an eloquent person, does this look like something is wrong?"

"What do you know? You are so eloquent. You are really an illiterate holding a book, pretending to be cultured. It seems that the study class you attended during the winter break was not in vain. You can even speak idioms now."

"Is this an idiom? This is a two-part allegorical saying. Also, don't change the subject. What happened to your son that made you rummage through his boxes in the middle of the day?

I see the second one is dressed very neatly, he works in the fields, so it’s ok for him to wear that, everyone is like that, there’s nothing wrong with that, right?”

"You're here again. You know nothing. Did I tell you that it was the second son's own problem? I was talking about the eldest son's business, which doesn't mean it's the eldest son's own business, right?"

When Liu Jun heard that his wife was arguing with him again, he lost the desire to sleep and sat up from the kang, leaning against the wall with one leg bent and the other straight. He put his hands on his waist and said, "Are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, I'll really sleep. I have to carry manure in the afternoon, and I really need to rest for a while."

"Oh, is that Xiao Shen? My son said that Xiao Shen's shoes were too worn out. He bought new shoes but never wore them. He still wore old shoes. So he came to me and said he wanted me to make a pair of shoes for Xiao Shen. So I am looking for some cut pieces of cloth to make a pair of shoes for Xiao Shen first."

"There's no need to be so anxious, right? Aren't you going to take a break?

You are old, how long can you endure? You should take a rest.

You won't be able to finish this insole in a short time, so come back early in the afternoon and work on it."

Zhang Aihua heard her old man nagging all the time, which affected her rummaging for something, and she muttered, "If you hadn't been nagging, I might have found it long ago. Besides, I have put the scraps of cloth in a bundle. How come I can't find the bundle now?

Old man, have you seen my rose-red package?

I remember putting it in this corner of the box, how come I can't find it?

Old man, please get up and help me find it."

When Liu Jun heard his wife calling him, he sighed, got off the kang, and walked to where the boxes were at home, dragging his shoes. "Don't look for it anymore. It's not there anymore. Didn't you say last time that you would take out this bundle and make shoes for me and Xiaoer? Just put it in this box so that you can take it out when the time comes. So it's in this box, not in the box you rummaged through."

After listening to Liu Jun's words, Zhang Aihua clapped her head and said, "Oh, that's right. During the last autumn harvest holiday, I took it out and said I would make shoes for you. But I forgot what I was doing that day and just put the bag aside."

"Okay, put it next to the kang when you find it, go to sleep, and do it again at night."

Zhang Aihua listened to her old man urging her repeatedly, and realized that if she didn't listen to his lunch break, she probably wouldn't be able to finish the work at noon. So she put her bag on the edge of the kang and got on it. "Okay, okay, I'm coming up, I'm coming up, don't urge me anymore, go to sleep, go to sleep, we'll go together when you wake up."

When Liu Hui saw that Zhang Aihua finally lay down, he put the pillow in place for Zhang Aihua, gave her a quilt, and began to prepare for a nap.

Shen Jiaren ran away, and when she didn't hear Aunt Zhou calling her again, she slowed down and walked towards her home. It's not good to run right after eating, although this running is passive.

Besides, I was really full after eating the pancake just now. It might be because the pounded green chili went well with the rice, or it might be because in addition to the vegetables rolled in the pancake, the cold dishes eaten with it were also very delicious. Anyway, the final result was that I ate too much.

Furthermore, at noon, everyone in the village is taking a lunch break because they have to go to work in the afternoon, so they basically rest at noon. The only exception is Aunt Zhou. She always likes to go out at noon, either to take advantage of a small bargain at this restaurant or to take advantage of a small bargain at that restaurant.

Shen Jiaren thought that she might meet Aunt Zhou, so she didn't let Liu Hui send her off, but she didn't expect to run into her again when she went out.

Is this Murphy's Law? The more you fear something, the more likely it will come to you.

After Shen Jiaren returned home with the basket, she placed it directly into the bucket of water in the well.

After all, the last time Liu Hui came, he saw that the manhole cover on his yard had not been moved. He probably guessed that he would not use it, and that the manhole cover might be a bit heavy for him to move. So Liu Hui replaced his manhole cover with a wooden board, but covered it with a few layers of mats, which was much more convenient than before to put things in the well.

In addition, I have been to Liu Hui's house several times. Maybe Liu Hui was afraid that I would not know how to use the well to store food, so he took me to his well several times to watch him operate it, how to put things in, how to put the bucket for drawing water in the well, and how to keep the rope above the well. So now I also know how to use the well to store things.

In fact, Shen Jiaren wanted to freeze some watermelon, grapes, apples and other fruits in the well, especially in this weather. Freezing some fruits and then having some when she comes back from her lunch break would be a great relief.

The only pity is that it cannot be put away, because there is no guarantee who will come. If you want to fetch water or take things out, you may be caught. Because nowadays, people in the village put things in the cellar or the well. At this time, there are many people putting things in the well. There are no rats or other animals. Moreover, the frozen things in the well can really be kept for several days.

Therefore, even if each well is connected to a water pressure well, the well mouth will still be made movable to facilitate the placement of things.