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

"Here, take this. I can't just eat your fruit for nothing." Long Lifan looked at the malnourished little girl in front of her, and remembered that the steamed buns and mantou she bought at the commune today were still in her space. She then pretended to take them out of her bag!

"No, no!" Qi Fangfang looked at the white steamed buns and shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly in refusal. Although she was young, she knew how precious grains were, especially refined grains.

"Sister, I can't accept these. These fruits were found in the mountains and they're not worth it at all." For her, meeting a sister who didn't feel disgusted by her identity was more joyful than being given steamed buns.

"How about this, aren't you gathering firewood? How about you trade some of your firewood with me?" Long Lifan thought for a moment and said. Although she really wanted to help the little girl, human nature is the hardest thing to see through, and she couldn't let others develop this habit. Trading firewood would help the little girl, and she would also have her own firewood sorted out.

“But this…” Qi Fangfang wanted to say that even this firewood wasn’t worth the price.

"Alright, no buts, it's settled then. From now on, you'll help me gather firewood, and I'll trade you something!" "You know I'm a newly arrived educated youth, I don't understand these things at all, unless you're unwilling to help me."

Hearing that she could help her older sister, the little girl finally nodded in agreement.

"By the way, you gave me all the firewood you collected. Won't your family scold you when you get back?" Long Lifan was worried that the little girl would be reprimanded by her family when she got back.

"No, my brother is very capable. We have more firewood than we can use!" Qi Fangfang said proudly. Her family was reluctant to let her come out, fearing she would be ostracized by the villagers and bullied by others.

Long Lifan took out a few more candies and handed them to her, saying, "Here, you ate some of your wild berries earlier, so I'm giving you some candy."

"That's how people are; relationships that go hand in hand last longer. Take it, I'm still waiting for you to take me to your secret base!"

Since there was enough firewood, Long Lifan chatted with the little girl for a while until Hu Lili came over, and then the little girl left.

"Hu Zhiqing, you didn't gather any firewood!" Long Lifan asked, puzzled, looking at Hu Lili who had empty hands.

"Hehe..." Hu Lili smiled and gave Long Lifan a mysterious smile, "I'm the same as you."

"The same as me?" Long Lifan was momentarily stunned, but seeing Hu Lili staring at the firewood on the ground, she suddenly realized what she meant!

Honestly, she genuinely wanted to help that little girl.

"I'll have those kids help me take the firewood back, and then I'll give them candy. Aren't I clever?" Hu Lili said proudly.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's get back as soon as possible. If they go back to deliver firewood and don't find any sugar, they'll probably make a scene."

"Row!"

The two walked slowly back to the educated youth settlement, one after the other. When they got closer, they saw more than 20 children waiting at the entrance of the settlement, with a bundle of firewood of varying sizes next to each of them.

"You called so many children to help you!"

"I don't know either!" Hu Lili was also a little confused. She quickly went into the educated youth settlement to distribute candy to the children, and then the children dispersed one by one.

At this moment, everyone at the educated youth settlement returned and watched Hu Lili operate the candy, none of them knowing what to say. Candy was attractive not only to children but also to them.

If they also went to help gather firewood, I wonder if Hu Zhiqing would be willing to share candy with them.

Ignoring everyone's expressions, Long Lifan remembered that the package she had picked up today included a pot. So she casually found a few stones, and a makeshift stove was formed. This action astonished the other female educated youths.

Long Lifan casually cooked some porridge, which she would eat with steamed buns, making dinner easy tonight.

The Yang sisters were still waiting for the stove to be set up. When they saw that Long Lifan had finished cooking, they wanted to borrow it. Long Lifan agreed without hesitation, only asking them to wash it clean later.

“Jiang Zhiqing, Hu Zhiqing and I are planning to move out. I wonder if you have the same idea?”

"You two are moving out." Before Jiang Nian'an could answer, Lin Yue and Liu Pandi spoke up in surprise.

"Hmm." Long Lifan nodded and said, "I've never slept in a dormitory before, I just can't sleep in one. So Hu Zhiqing and I discussed it and decided to build a house outside."

"Will the captain agree?" Clearly, Jiang Nian'an was very interested.

"The brigade leader agreed, but we have to pay for the building ourselves, which is about 100 yuan. This afternoon, the two of us gave the money to the brigade leader. We mentioned you to him, and he agreed as well. You can go and pay the money tomorrow!"

"Thank you, Long Zhiqing!" Jiang Nian'an thanked Long Lifan gratefully. As for Lin Yue and Liu Pandi, they immediately lost their minds when they heard that they needed to pay 100 yuan to build the house.

Dongwan Brigade, Qijia.

"Mom, brother, have some candy." As soon as she got home, Qi Fangfang couldn't wait to take out the candy that Long Lifan had given her.

"Where did you get this candy?!" The handsome man looked at the candy in his sister's hand and questioned her.

"It was given to me by a beautiful educated youth!" Qi Fangfang answered softly, and then recounted in detail what happened that afternoon.

"Alright, Shi Shen, don't scare your sister. There aren't that many bad people in this world!" The middle-aged woman quickly comforted her daughter after she finished speaking.

As for the man, his name is Qi Shishen, and he is Qi Fangfang's brother.

Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night!

Early in the morning, at Jiang Nian'an's request, Long Lifan got up early and took her to the brigade leader's house to pay for the house construction. The matter of the three of them building a house was now completely settled.

On that very day, the news that the three newly arrived educated youth wanted to build their own houses caused a sensation among the people of Dongwan Brigade. The brigade leader needed dozens of people to help, and more importantly, there was money to be made. Where else could one find such a good opportunity? In no time, everyone rushed to the brigade leader's house to sign up.

Although there were work points for working, the Dongwan Brigade was poor. If you could earn two cents a day's work by the end of the year, that was considered good. But helping with house construction was different; you could get cash at the end of the year.

As for the three people involved in building the house, Hu Lili was still catching up on sleep at the educated youth settlement. She still had insomnia last night. As for Jiang Nian'an, she didn't know where he went after finding the brigade leader.

Meanwhile, Long Lifan was leading Qi Fangfang toward her secret base. Unbeknownst to them, a man was following behind them—Qi Fangfang's brother, Qi Shishen.

"Sister Long, hurry up, we're almost there!" Qi Fangfang skillfully led Long Lifan up the mountain; this height was nothing out of the ordinary for her.

As for Long Lifan, she could keep up at first, but the higher she climbed, the more strenuous it became for her. Ultimately, it was because the original owner's physical condition was too poor.

"Sister, keep going, we're almost there!" Long Lifan was starting to regret climbing the mountain. If she remembered correctly, the little girl had said they were almost there just ten minutes ago.

"Sister, look, that's it!" Just as she was about to rest, Qi Fangfang's affirmative voice came, and following the direction of her finger, she saw a large patch of wild berries.