Sure enough, once everyone was seated on the oxcart and had exchanged names, she told them about her congenital heart defect.

The battalion commander looked worried after hearing this. The man had already been sent to him, and now he was a hot potato. Other battalions might not accept him.

I can only go back and arrange some easier work for her.

Upon hearing this, Liu Meihua looked terrified. She had been in contact with the woman for so long; she didn't know if she too might have caught the illness...

Everyone changed their attitude and kept their distance from her, as if she were going to eat people...

As expected, people will still be bothered when they hear she has a heart condition.

I can't help but feel sorry for the original owner, and also for my past self.

She had no friends before, and later lost her family, leaving her all alone.

Now that she's here, the original owner has no friends, and because of her health condition, no one wants to interact with her.

Now, for her, it's all or nothing; she'll make the best of it.

Based on her conversation with the original owner of the body that day, she guessed that she should be able to go back.

I just don't know what the trigger was.

She had no time to care what others thought; everything about this era was new and exciting to her.

Previously, I only learned about this era through the few words in books, and those brief mentions of history were insufficient to summarize this era.

The few houses are made of bricks and tiles, but most of the walls are made of a mixture of bricks and tiles and loess.

Most of the pedestrians on the street were pale and thin, and their clothes were mostly coarse linen shirts in gray and black tones.

She has traveled by private jet, luxury cruise ship, and Rolls-Royce driven by her family chauffeur. During her three years of university, she also chartered a bus for three years to carry her alone because she did not want to flaunt her wealth.

Having come here, I not only experienced a green train, but this was also my first time riding an oxcart.

An open-air convertible, with a wooden basket covered in straw.

I must say, aside from the hard spot under my butt and the straw prickling around me, the swaying sensation was actually quite unique.

It's much better than the various smells on the train.

However, after half an hour, Wen Qinghe changed her mind. Because the bus was piled with luggage, no one wanted to sit next to her. The heavy luggage surrounded her, bumping into her from time to time as the bus swayed.

"hiss…"

When the impact hit her arm again, she couldn't hold back her tears.

When Yao Min saw the fairy shedding tears, he no longer cared that she was a broken porcelain doll, and took all the luggage that was near her and put it on his side.

Hesitantly, he asked, "Comrade Wen, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, thank you!"

The impact was so sudden, and given her delicate body, she guessed without even looking that the spot where she was hit must already be bruised.

She doesn't blame these people for distancing themselves from her because of this disease. She had come to understand human nature much earlier when her parents passed away and she was living with her grandfather.

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The oxcart traveled for more than two hours on the bumpy dirt road before finally arriving at the Hongxing Brigade.

If the Bailing Commune she visited before leaving the station made her lament the backwardness of this era, then the village before her now completely overturned her previous understanding.

The houses are thatched huts made of loess, the roads are muddy, and some houses are even dilapidated. Most of them are substandard and dangerous buildings.

"Captain Feng, is this the Red Star Brigade? It's so run-down!"

Yao Min speaks very bluntly, which left Feng Dabing speechless...

Nowadays, communes support those with high productivity; for example, their Hongxing brigade always comes in last place.

Sure enough, we're getting poorer every year.

While other villages had electricity, their village was still using kerosene lamps.

In fact, the Hongxing Brigade still has an advantage in the number of young and middle-aged people, but they are assigned a lot of barren mountains, and reclaiming the land is not an easy task.

Feng Dabing thought that this year the weather had been favorable, with good weather and abundant harvests, which might allow productivity to double.

I don't know if we'll be able to meet the target and get the power supply connected by the end of the year.

This is his biggest wish this year…

"Well, it's not that bad, is it? If we try our best this year, maybe we'll get electricity..."

Wen Qinghe couldn't believe it. There was still no electricity?

She's been feeling sticky and uncomfortable these past few days, and all she can look forward to is getting to her assigned place so she can take a nice, long shower...

There's no power...

Well, never mind, it's a special era, she'll just have to bear it, she can just get the water herself if necessary.

But when the brigade leader introduced the educated youth settlement where they were staying, she couldn't hold back anymore.

There were only four rooms in total, two of which were slightly larger. One room was for male educated youth to share a dormitory, and the other room was for female educated youth to share a dormitory.

There is also a shared kitchenette and a storage room.

"Captain Feng? Isn't there a shower or toilet here?"

It's rare to hear this beautiful educated youth speak.

The captain straightened his expression.

"There aren't enough houses to live in, how can we afford to build such a luxurious bathroom? Everyone just carries water back to their own dormitories to shower."

As for toilets, there's a dry toilet about 20 meters away in your educated youth settlement, which is shared with several nearby villagers.

Wen Qinghe Petrochemical Center…

When Liu Meihua saw these conditions, although she had expected them, she still couldn't help but frown.

Although the male educated youth didn't say anything, his expression of disgust was obvious.

Team Leader Feng least wanted to deal with these new educated youth; they were spoiled and troublesome.

However, considering that everyone had traveled a long way and that one of the female comrades was still unslept, he asked the male comrades to put down their luggage and rest first.

We'll discuss work arrangements again when we meet tomorrow morning.

Looking at the two women, he was at a loss.

"There's another large shared bed in the female educated youth dormitory. Why don't you two squeeze in together?"

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