Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

"Captain, I don't know where I can buy high-quality grain!"

Long Lifan turned to Lin Guodong and asked him! As for why she didn't ask Zhou Huiji, she simply felt that he was more familiar with the captain and easier to talk to.

"The brigade does have some that can be sold to you for 25 cents a pound. The villagers in the brigade should also have some at home. You can figure out how to get some then."

"I want two jin!"

"Me too!"

……

Let's buy 30 jin first, and we'll figure out what to do if it's not enough! The group paid their share and received their rations. Now, they had to figure out how to transport the grain back home!

"You're all here! I'm here to help you transport the grain." Carpenter Wang suddenly appeared, pushing a small cart, which he must have made himself!

"I just heard that you girls were asking for food rations, and you're probably trying to figure out how to get them back!"

"Is this convenient?... " The group was speechless, taken aback by Wang the carpenter's enthusiasm.

"Convenient, convenient!" Carpenter Wang replied with a grin, his little grandson following behind him.

His legs are bad, so he can't do any work on a regular basis. If it weren't for his carpentry skills, he wouldn't be able to support himself and his grandson.

Not to mention buying candy for his grandson, whose little grandson had never tasted candy before, so Long Lifan's seemingly casual gesture made him feel at ease.

Thinking of his grandson's smiling face as he ate the candy, his expression full of satisfaction, he felt incredibly happy. His grandson even stuffed half the candy into his own mouth, feeling he should do something to repay him.

Suddenly I remembered that the educated youth said they were going to collect their food rations when they left, so here they are, pushing a small cart!

"Thank you so much, Uncle Wang!" The group quickly expressed their gratitude to the carpenter.

Because the carts were small, the supplies were transported in two batches. Long Lifan and her two companions stayed behind to guard the remaining food.

"I never expected you could get Wang the carpenter's help. I was just thinking about finding a few people to help you transport the grain back!" Lin Guodong said with a smile.

Lin Guodong was actually quite curious about what these people had done that made Wang the carpenter volunteer to help!

"Perhaps it was because Grandpa Wang saw that we were all female educated youth and wanted to carry forward the revolutionary tradition!"

Lin Guodong's lips twitched; he didn't believe her words!

Suddenly, Long Lifan remembered her future work arrangements and decided that she needed to have a serious talk with the team leader.

"Captain, I'd like to ask about our work schedule!"

"Get to work! You new educated youth can rest for two days and then start work. You can also take advantage of your two free days to buy anything you need!"

"Then what exactly are we supposed to do on the job? Captain, you don't know I've been sick since I was a child!" As she spoke, Long Lifan pulled out her hospital medical records and said pitifully, "Although I'm feeling a bit better now, who knows if it might relapse? Could you arrange something easier for me?"

Lin Guodong frowned as he looked at the medical record, thinking to himself, "You're not in good health, why did you go to the countryside?"

"Of course, we can make arrangements based on your situation, but you probably won't get as many work points! If you don't have enough work points, you might not only not get any grain, but you might also have to pay out of pocket. Can you accept that?"

"can!"

"Captain, we..."

"You are just like the educated youth from Long, and we can assign you light work, except during busy farming seasons!"

“I know that your families are all well-off, and you can make a living even if you don’t do any work. But you are, after all, educated youth sent to the countryside. If you don’t work, what will the other educated youth think? What will the other villagers think?”

“If someone reports you, it will be bad for both of us, so even if it’s just for show, you have to keep going to work.”

"All right!"

The three of them immediately lost all other thoughts; for Long Lifan, this was the best outcome she had anticipated. But the fact that the battalion commander was willing to tell them these things showed that he was a decent person.

Long Lifan also inquired about other things in the village, and Lin Guodong patiently answered them one by one!

"Captain, does our village have a cowshed?" Jiang Nian'an suddenly asked!

"Yes, why are you asking this!" The brigade leader frowned. In this era, a cowshed was not just a simple cowshed!

"I've heard that some people who were sent down to the countryside lived in cowsheds. I wonder if there are any like that here!"

"Hmph, I don't know why you're asking about this, and I don't want to know, but I still advise you not to say anything like that again." Lin Guodong snorted, his tone carrying a hint of warning.

"I can tell you no, our village can't even support itself, how could we possibly take in those people!"

"I'm sorry, Captain, I won't ignore it anymore!" Jiang Nian'an apologized to Lin Guodong, but felt a little disappointed.

Just then, Wang the carpenter returned, and the three of them helped load the grain onto the wheelbarrow and head back to the educated youth settlement!

"They're all such a handful!"

Lin Guodong watched the group leave, his lips twitching as he muttered, "I hope they don't cause me any major trouble!"

As soon as Wang the carpenter was about to leave after hauling the grain back to the educated youth settlement, Hu Lili gave him some biscuits she had brought with her as a way of expressing her gratitude.

Carpenter Wang insisted on not taking it, but after much persuasion from the group, they finally accepted it!

"Luckily, we had Grandpa Wang's help, otherwise we really wouldn't know what to do!"

"Yes!" the others echoed, looking at the sacks of grain.

Of the group of women, only Lin Yue could easily retrieve the 50-pound weight. Even though Long Lifan had taken the reagent, she couldn't say she could easily do so!

Next, they need to prepare dinner. They are still borrowing pots and pans from the older educated youth, so they need to prepare it in advance!

"Looks like we'll have to figure out a way to make a separate stove." If everyone has to cook in shifts after work, it's bound to cause conflicts!

There's another problem that's been bothering Long Lifan: whether or not to move out. She has her own secrets, and if she stays here too long, they're bound to be exposed.

Moreover, she was well aware that there were still more than four years until the college entrance examination was reinstated, and whether new educated youth would arrive in those four years. At that time, the educated youth settlement would not be able to accommodate so many people!

Rather than moving out later, it's better to move sooner rather than later. Besides, it's not convenient to take a bath at this educated youth settlement! Long Lifan made up her mind. She would go to the commune tomorrow to pick up her belongings and then talk to the brigade leader!

Long Lifan's dinner was simple; she just cooked some porridge since she was alone.

"I'm planning to go to the commune tomorrow, do you want to come?" Long Lifan asked the people she was sharing a room with, lying on the big bed.

"I, I want to go!" Hu Lili raised her hand first, then said with some trepidation, "By the way, how do we get to the commune? We don't have to walk, do we?"

"No need, I've already inquired about it today, we can go by oxcart."

"That's good!" Hu Lili patted her chest. She really couldn't have walked there.

“I’m going too!” Lin Yue said from the side!

Neither Liu Pandi nor Jiang Nian'an spoke. Liu Pandi's absence was expected, but Jiang Nian'an's absence was somewhat unexpected.

Long Lifan also asked the Yang sisters next door, but they weren't going either. It seems that tomorrow it will just be her, Hu Lili, and Lin Yue.