Playing with High-Tech in the 70s

Xia Youyou, from the year 2220, drank a bottle of water given by her parents, causing her soul to leave her body and enter a four-dimensional space. She was then caught by the river of time and ine...

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After dinner, several people helped move the bed in and set it up. Liu Hui fetched some water and she and Xia Youyou wiped away the dust and dirt. When the bed finally revealed its true form, everyone exclaimed in admiration.

"It turns out this bed is so beautiful! Look at the carving, so delicate!" Li Zhao exclaimed as he touched the relief on it.

Xiao Li joked, "I thought the girl was bought to be used as firewood. Haha..."

Several people laughed along, all thinking the same thing. Including Cao An, who had no idea that this thing could be worth 100 million!

Xia Youyou raised her little face proudly, "You guys underestimate me too much."

Cao An touched her head and thought she was really cute. "Don't be proud. You're lucky this time."

She shook her head to avoid his big palm, "You pulled all my hair off!"

Li Zhao and his companions said goodbye and went back. Cao An saw them out the door. Fearing that they did not know the way through the alley, he sent them directly to the main road before returning.

Liu Hui and she re-made the quilt in the room. The tent was a little small, so they planned to make a new one tomorrow.

"Why did you buy a bed all of a sudden?"

"Mom, I saw it this afternoon when I was out shopping. I thought it looked nice, so I bought it. It wasn't expensive, only 10 yuan."

"That's pretty good. Such fine carving is no longer available." During the "Four Olds" campaign, all these things were smashed and burned. It was not easy to leave such a complete thousand-workman bed.

“I think it’s good too!”

"Just make do with it tonight, and I'll make you a bed curtain tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Mom. Sit down and rest for a while. Brother should be back soon."

The two of them sat hand in hand on the bed, and Xia Youyou was wondering whether to confess to her about the space. Thinking of Cao An's dissuading look in the morning, she decided to wait until he came back to discuss it.

Soon, the sound of a door opening was heard in the yard, and the two stood up and left the room one by one. Liu Hui saw that they seemed to have something to say, so she went to get some water to wash up.

Xia Youyou pulled him to sit down at the table.

"Don't you want me to tell my mother the truth about my situation today?"

Cao An poured a glass of water and put it to his lips, just as he was about to drink, he put down the cup after hearing her say that. "Mom, don't let this irritate you. Besides, do you think everyone can accept the fact that you have a magical dimension as quickly as I did? They might really think you're some kind of monster. You should also take it easy and don't tell anyone everything. When I asked you last night, you should have killed me without anyone noticing."

Xia Youyou was so frightened by him that she got goosebumps all over her body. "Don't be like this, you are a police officer! How can you let me kill someone?"

"That's because I'm not greedy and don't want your things. If I run into someone with bad intentions, you'll see who'll die." He took a sip of water and continued, "Don't think I'm exaggerating. Others don't know that this thing has a self-destruct program. If they just want to kill people and steal the treasure, why not kill them first and then talk about it?"

"Do you want it?" She held her chin and looked at him opposite her.

Cao An looked at the frail girl before him calmly, her eyes large and innocent. She was still a child! He then looked at the red mole on her forehead and said, "If you can make it, I'll definitely want one. If you can't, I won't want the one you have." Wearing this police uniform, his mind was on the side of justice, and he wouldn't do anything that went against his conscience.

Xia Youyou put down the hand that was supporting her chin and spread it in front of him. A red cinnabar mole-like thing appeared in the palm of her hand. "I have it here, do you want it?"

Cao An looked at her with an expression of excitement that he couldn't hide, and asked her in disbelief, "Really?"

She raised an eyebrow and nodded. Her parents' things were all on her, and she hadn't had time to clean out the things inside. "If you want, I'll clean out the things inside and install it for you."

He swallowed hard as his throat suddenly became dry, and after struggling in his heart for a long time, he hesitated, which was rare.

Xia Youyou didn't want to disturb him and stood up to go to her room. She wanted to take out her things and put them in her own space, fearing that her mother would suddenly come in and see it and it would be difficult to explain.

"I'm going to clean up some things in my room."

Cao An nodded and watched her enter her room. Suddenly, he realized that his heart was beginning to waver. He suppressed his ecstasy and began to reflect.

He had originally thought she was the only one who possessed this magical item, and even when she asked him if he wanted it, he had firmly refused. Now, seeing her take it out, he actually became greedy. He wanted it! He wanted more! He wanted the massage chair and the bracelet! This was an irresistible temptation! A bucket of cold water poured down on him, sobering him up. This was a trap set by the little girl!

Xia Youyou had indeed set a trap for him. When a dollar appears in front of someone, they might not necessarily pick it up, ten dollars wouldn't be tempted either, but a hundred dollars would get them thinking. So what about more? Who would refuse such readily available benefits?

Her sudden exposure made him realize that she was equipped with high technology. He had no idea now, but what about the future? So, she wanted to test him.

She opened her space and sifted through it, putting away the things she needed to take out and putting them into her own space. In the past, her parents always prepared a copy for her of everything they bought, so she left the electronics in there untouched. She did, however, keep some books about the future. He'd probably like them!

She has confidence in him! She is confident that this space can be in his hands.

After tidying in her room for half an hour, she opened the door and went out. No one was at the table in the main room. In the room across the street, her mother was already rustling around, tidying things. She walked over and knocked on the half-open door.

"Mom, where's my brother?"

"Your brother went to take a shower! I don't know what happened, but his face was covered in sweat when I came in."

Xia Youyou burst out laughing. How pathetic. "Is he hot?"

"How can it be hot out here? It's winter already, and it's going to snow soon! I don't know what's wrong with him."

What's going on? You're just scaring yourself.

"It's okay, Mom. You go to sleep first. I'll go out and wait for him."

She stood by the well in the yard and looked at the small yard again. She liked it here very much, she had liked it since the first time she stepped into it.

She had always been confined to the base, where everything was plentiful: flowers, plants, fish, birds, and insects. But they were all kept in captivity, just like her, trapped underground! She had always longed to see the land, to breathe the fresh air outside. That wasn't possible in 2220, but here she could run and jump freely, fight mosquitoes, breathe with the trees, and smell the fragrance of flowers in spring and fruits in autumn.

She liked this place and the people here. She liked the warmth of Liu Hui's mother and the doting Cao An showed her.

So, forgive her temptation. She wanted to greedily keep them and truly integrate herself into this era!