A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

After Shen Jiaren arrived at the state-owned restaurant, she sat down directly, ordered an elbow and started eating.

I haven't cooked any meat for myself in recent days, especially that day when I came to the state-owned restaurant with Chen Jiaojiao to eat buns. Shen Jiaren struggled for a long time whether to order a meat dish. After thinking about it, she decided to give up. After all, the other party was in a bad mood. When she saw that I ordered some meat dishes, she was afraid that she would be in a bad mood, so she resisted the urge to order anything. She ate meat buns and vegetarian buns.

So when she smelled the increasingly fragrant smell of meat across the road today, Shen Jiaren made up her mind that she must have a big meal today to comfort her recently tired body and mind.

So when Shen Jiaren entered the door of the state-owned restaurant and saw the sign saying "pork elbows are available today", she immediately ordered one and started eating.

Shen Jiaren ordered another steamed bun and poured herself some boiled water. She ate the meat and the pirated roujiamo that she made for herself while drinking water.

Shen Jiaren ate so hard, but she only ate one-third of the pork elbow, while she finished all the pirated meat buns.

Shen Jiaren looked at the pork elbow that had been saved for most of the plate. Money in this era was really easy to spend. This elbow cost only one dollar and twenty cents, no ticket required. It was really affordable and delicious.

Shen Jiaren thought again that an egg was only one cent each, and one dollar could buy almost a hundred eggs. She didn't think it was a good deal because the money was not easy to earn.

While Shen Jiaren was packing up the uneaten pork elbow, she also bought two more elbows, ten steamed buns, and two portions of braised pork, preparing to take them back to eat.

Shen Jiaren paid the money, put the things in a backpack, and carried them out of the state-owned restaurant.

Shen Jiaren felt the weight of the backpack, and when she thought about the money she had just paid and the money she had just earned in the black market, she felt that it was not going to work and she still had to work hard to make money.

Otherwise, if I buy as much as I eat, the money will definitely not be enough, let alone the big house or the Beijing courtyard house of my dreams.

After Shen Jiaren left the state-owned restaurant, she began walking along the main street, intending to see if there were any factories or residential areas where she could sell some food and earn some money.

On several previous occasions when she came here, Shen Jiaren just strolled around the main street. She only knew the situation on the main street and had no idea about the specific situation in the town.

Shen Jiaren walked a few steps and found herself at the post office. Thinking of what Su Qiumei had just said, she went straight to the post office to order a newspaper.

When Shen Jiaren arrived at the post office, she saw many people writing and sending letters on the workbench. Seeing this, Shen Jiaren suddenly remembered a TV series she had watched before, in which the heroine's daughter took out a stamp collection book, one of the stamps seemed to be a misprint of "Mountains and Rivers Are Red" or something, which shocked her husband's sister-in-law and made her give up the plot that seemed to be acquiring the company.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiaren walked quickly to the service desk and said to the staff inside, "Hello, I want to buy stamps."

When the staff at the counter heard someone asking this question, they looked up in surprise at the person asking the question. After finding that it was a young girl, they asked, "How much do you want to buy stamps for? Where do you want to mail them to? What do you want to mail?"

When Shen Jiaren heard this answer, she stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm not sending a letter today, I'm just buying stamps."

The staff member smiled when he heard this and then said, "There are many stamps. Which one do you want and what is it used for? I'll introduce them to you."

Hearing this, Shen Jiaren replied embarrassedly, "I want them all. I just buy them and collect them at home to use them slowly."

The staff member said, “Are you sure you want all of them?

The post office has recently returned several series of stamps, in large quantities. Are you sure you want them all?"

Shen Jiaren thought for a moment and replied, "Comrade, if there is Shanhe Yipinhong or something like that, take that first, and for the rest, order them by release, the earliest, then the most recent. In this way, it would be best to get the entire series, except for Shanhe Yipinhong, and get two copies of the rest."

When the staff heard what Shen Jiaren said, they laughed out loud, "You are not writing letters, you are collecting them?

Not long ago, many people came to buy stamps, but they only bought a few that they liked.

You buy so much, do you have money?"

Shen Jiaren thought about the prices of eggs, rice, and pork that she had learned recently, and followed the way she took money out of her pocket. She took out thirty yuan and put it on the table, "Comrade, see how much you can buy with this money. I'll buy all of it as stamps."

When the staff saw Shen Jiaren took out so much money to buy stamps, they shouted, "Thirty yuan, this is thirty yuan, are you sure you want to use all the thirty yuan to buy stamps?"

When people who were doing business, writing letters, or picking up things at the post office heard the price of thirty yuan, they all turned around and looked at the staff, wanting to see who was going to spend thirty yuan to buy stamps, what a waste, what a wasteful thing.

When Shen Jiaren felt the gazes of the people around her, she realized that she had been a little too hasty today. She also knew for sure that it would be impossible to order a newspaper today. Even if she wanted to order one, she would have to disguise herself when she came to the post office next time, otherwise it would be easy to cause trouble.

Otherwise, I would have spent so much money, bought so many stamps, and exposed my address. If I happened to meet someone who was interested, even if I set traps on the wall, it would not be enough to stop the thief from thinking about it.

Shen Jiaren sighed and replied quietly, "Yes, I will buy them all. But, comrade, could you please keep your voice down a bit?"

The staff member saw the inquiring looks from the people in the post office and knew that he had done something wrong. He was making a fuss and it would make the girl feel awkward. So he tried to save the situation by saying, "Oh, three sheets? Sorry, I misheard. I misheard."

When the staff member felt that the attention was no longer on them, they quietly said sorry to Shen Jiaren.

Shen Jiaren was very curious at first. What did three mean? She didn't say the number. Then she saw the staff member gave her a look and then said sorry to her.

Shen Jiaren didn't say anything else and watched the staff at the counter start taking out stamps.

Shen Jiaren saw the staff take out a pile of colorful stamps from the counter.

Shen Jiaren just watched the staff members taking out stamps from the colorful stamps.

Shen Jiaren looked curiously and saw goldfish of various shapes, chrysanthemums of various varieties, butterflies of different kinds, some mountains, flowers, and a figure. The only thing written on it was the name Mei Lanfang.

Shen Jiaren wanted to take another look, and then she saw the staff quickly put a bunch of stamps into the stamp pack that had been taken out. Shen Jiaren couldn't see what the stamps were, so she didn't look at them anymore.

But Shen Jiaren was also very curious whether there was really such a thing as a red mountain and river here.

After all, when I was watching TV at that time, I only remembered that this stamp seemed to be valuable because it was not allowed to be issued, but I didn’t know exactly when it was banned.

Whether she could buy it at this time was also a question. But Shen Jiaren was too embarrassed to ask, after all, the questions she had asked just now were already eye-catching enough, and asking this question again would probably be even more eye-catching, so she decided to forget it.

Shen Jiaren stood there waiting for a while, and then saw the staff handed her a bunch of stamps. Then he took out twenty yuan from his own money and gave Shen Jiaren fifty-four cents in change.

Shen Jiaren couldn't help but ask, "Comrade, may I ask, is there a piece of red mountains and rivers in this?"

The staff member was looking for an envelope at the counter, and he raised his head and gestured to Shen Jiaren, saying, "The second one is it. Take a look. You are lucky. This is the last complete set. The remaining ones are scattered."

According to the staff, Shen Jiaren saw that the second stamp did have "The whole country is red" written on it. Although she didn't know whether it was true or not, she nodded and accepted it.

Just as Shen Jiaren was about to leave, she heard the staff member yell, "Wait a minute, don't you still have four cents?

You give me a penny and I'll give you an envelope, and you put all those things in the envelope, so they won't get lost or folded."

After hearing this, Shen Jiaren handed over a penny, took the envelope handed over by the other party, and then stuffed all the stamps she bought into the envelope.

You know what, I really bought a lot. At least the envelopes feel bulgy, not flat anymore.

Shen Jiaren looked at the three cents in her hand and said to the staff, "I still have three cents. See what stamps I can buy with it?"

The staff smiled and said directly, "Then give me 1.3 cents, and I'll give you a Shanhe Poinsettia that you like, and a few loose stamps that you don't have here, how about that?"

Shen Jiaren nodded and handed over 1.3 cents. She exchanged it for a few scattered stamps and stuffed them directly into the envelope without looking at them carefully.

Shen Jiaren took the stamps, put them directly into the backpack and left the post office.

After leaving the post office, Shen Jiaren walked towards the alley of the recycling station. After all, she had walked there just now and was familiar with it. She was also afraid that someone might follow her and it would be difficult for her to run away.

After Shen Jiaren walked to the corner of the alley where the recycling station was, she waited for a while. Seeing that no one was following her, she directly put all the things she had just bought in the backpack into the manor system.

She changed her top and put a colorful headscarf on it, then took out a shoulder basket from the manor and didn't get ready anymore.

Instead, the backpack was filled with rice and eggs, while the basket was filled with eggs. The only thing they had in common was that both baskets were covered tightly with straw.

Shen Jiaren checked her clothes and the things she was carrying again. After making sure that no one could find any problems, she carried the things and walked out of the alley the same way she had come.

After exiting the alley, Shen Jiaren walked towards the area with the heaviest flow of people.

Shen Jiaren followed the pedestrians and cyclists and soon arrived in front of the apartment building.

Shen Jiaren saw a lot of old men and women sitting and chatting in front of the building. After standing there and observing for a while, she walked towards one of the women.

"Auntie, I want to ask you something."

When the old lady saw someone standing in front of her and talking to her, she said, "What's wrong, kid?"

Shen Jiaren said in a low voice, "Auntie, my family has been in trouble recently, and I want to exchange eggs and rice for some money. I want to ask you, will you buy them?"

When the old lady heard this, she wondered if he was going to exchange for something or rice and eggs. She asked directly, "How much did you take? Can I see it?"

Shen Jiaren said embarrassedly, "Auntie, I'm carrying rice and eggs, and the basket is full of eggs. Can you find a place where no one is around to look at it? It's too conspicuous, and I'm afraid something might happen."

The old lady looked around and said, "That's right. Okay, follow me to my door. It would be inappropriate to take you back to my house without you being alone."

After Shen Jiaren nodded, she followed the old lady to the door of a building. After Shen Jiaren put down the backpack and basket, she moved the straw on the backpack a little so that the old lady could see the quality of the rice and eggs.

When the old lady saw the rice after Shen Jiaren had removed the straw, she found that it was white and tender, and each grain was round and plump. She picked up a handful and smelled it, confirming that it was this year's new rice, and asked, "How much do you sell this rice for?"

Shen Jiaren replied, "No tickets are needed, only money is needed, so for rice, it's 1.5 cents per pound, and for eggs, it's 1.5 cents each."

When the old lady heard this, she frowned and said, "All 1.5 cents? That's a bit expensive. It's only 1 cent outside."

Shen Jiaren smiled and replied, "Auntie, you can see that this rice is new rice. And, you can see that it is all new rice, without any broken grains. If it weren't for something going on at home, we would definitely not be willing to exchange such good rice and eggs for money. After all, winter is coming soon, and we all need food. If we sell these fine grains now, we will have to eat coarse grains to survive the winter."

The old lady held the rice in her hand, rolling it back and forth while listening to Shen Jiaren's words. She smiled and said, "Child, your price is still a bit expensive.

But if I send someone to buy it for you, can you give me a discount?"

Shen Jiaren nodded and said, "Auntie, I'll give you a discount of one cent on each item. Is that okay with you?"

After hearing what Shen Jiaren said, the old lady frowned and seemed to want to say something to Shen Jiaren. Seeing her expression, Shen Jiaren quickly said, "Auntie, it's really very cheap. If I wasn't timid, I would have sold it somewhere else.

This is really cheap. As you can see, it is not adulterated at all. It is new rice, and the eggs were collected one by one with great effort. "