Chapter 351 Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s (13)

After seeing Xiaohu and his mother off, Jiang Yue cooked some porridge for a meal. After the meal, she found a book to read. At noon, Xiaohu brought all the pork to Jiang Yue. After seeing Xiaohu off, Jiang Yue made a note in her planner: it's better to keep track of public property.

In the evening, feeling bored, she took out her phone and played some games. When it was time for dinner, she had a small barbecue. Since she had acquired a lot of beef from the previous world, Jiang Yue decided to give the three of them some of this beef when they returned. Eating more of this beef is good for their health, especially for ordinary people.

Now that I have walked through this world

With deepest longing

Turning the pages of time, each a different facet

"Your smile appeared out of nowhere"

Enjoying some barbecue and a few drinks while humming a song, life couldn't be more pleasant. After dinner, I cleaned up the mess. I hadn't cooked or heated the kang (heated brick bed) for the night, so it wasn't very warm. I originally planned to go back to the wizard's tower to take a nap, but then I thought better of it. I decided to boil some water since I was thirsty, and I could also heat up the kang at the same time.

Jiang Yue filled the thermos and checked the time. It was time to sleep. After taking off her clothes, she snuggled into the warm blankets and enjoyed the cozy feeling for a while. Then she took out her phone and played around for a bit. After a while, she yawned and checked the time again. It was already midnight. Putting her phone away, Jiang Yue reflected, "No, I can't play on my phone tomorrow. I should read a book. This world hasn't even started learning yet."

Before she knew it, it was midnight the next day. Jiang Yue stared blankly at her phone. What did she say yesterday? Oh well, it's too late to go to sleep now. She'll talk about it tomorrow.

When Jiang Yue woke up the next morning, she found that it was snowing again. She sighed. It was fine that it was snowing, but it meant shoveling snow, which would take another day. Fortunately, she was assigned to a group with two neighbors today. They chatted while shoveling snow, which made it less boring. The topic of conversation today was somewhat related to Jiang Yue because one of the educated youth had returned to the city.

The reason, it's said, is that one of her parents is retired and she's taking over their job. Aunt Zhao and Aunt Wu asked Jiang Yue if no one in her family is retired, and if the young woman doesn't plan to return to the city. Jiang Yue smiled and asked Aunt Zhao and Aunt Wu, "Aunties, how about I become your neighbor from now on?"

"What? Xiao Jiang? Aren't you planning to go back to the city?"

"Yes, I think it's pretty good here. Staying here means I can be neighbors with the two aunties."

"Don't talk nonsense. The village is no better than the city. Why would you give up a perfectly good grain supply to dig for food in the soil?" The two clearly didn't believe her and thought Jiang Yue was just talking nonsense.

Just then, a strange older woman came over and asked, "Little Jiang, do you want to find a partner?"

Before Jiang Yue could even speak, the two aunties chased her away: "Get out, get out! How can your son be worthy of that young Jiang? He's like a toad trying to eat swan meat, he doesn't know what's good for him."

After chasing the people away, Aunt Zhao whispered to Jiang Yue, "Little Jiang, when you're looking for a partner, never date his son. He's lazy, good-for-nothing, and not good-looking at all. It's best to wait until you go back to the city before you start looking."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhao, I'll remember."

After everyone finished shoveling the snow, they all went home. Jiang Yue could finally rest for a few days, since she had already shoveled twice and it probably wouldn't be her turn for a while. After heating up the house, Jiang Yue changed into her underwear. She had worked up a sweat while working. After changing, she started cooking. Today she planned to have stir-fried beef with rice.

While the rice was cooking, I fed the chickens, shoveled the snow to clear a path, and then stir-fried the beef after the rice was cooked. The aroma was irresistible. After eating, I didn't want to move. Since there was no one at home, I summoned a puppet and instructed it to wash the dishes and clean the snow in the yard.

After the puppet entered the house, Jiang Yue put it away, brewed a cup of spiritual tea, and started drinking it. The moment she picked up the teacup, Jiang Yue suddenly remembered a scene from a movie she had seen before. Goodness, it was a good thing Jiang Yue wasn't drinking coffee or having a Cohiba. Looking at her clothes, you know what? There really was a resemblance.

After finishing my tea, I planned to read for a while, but I didn't know what to read. In the end, I asked Bai Ze to randomly select a book for me. When I got sleepy around 10 o'clock, I realized that the gate to the courtyard was already closed. After putting the book away, I crawled into bed and went to sleep.

Jiang Yue woke up at around 5 a.m. She didn't have porridge for breakfast, but instead ate tofu pudding and fried dough sticks. After finishing, she tore off a page of the calendar. Today is January 1, 1970. The 1960s have passed, and the proletariat and revolutionary people of the world have stepped into the great 1970s with bold fighting steps.

After breakfast, Jiang Yue went to the commune and bought a copy of today's newspaper to keep. The supply and marketing cooperative had a lot more goods available today. Jiang Yue didn't have a ticket, so she just went in and browsed around. After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, she looked at the street outside and didn't know where to go.

After thinking for a moment, I decided to go to the recycling station. Some of the newspapers I used for wallpaper needed to be replaced, so I bought some newspapers. When I got there, the staff member was the same one, but he didn't seem to remember me. After saying a few words, I headed straight for the section of old newspapers and books. There were a lot more items there this year, and I even saw the missing copies of the "Self-Study Series on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry".

After selecting her books and newspapers, Jiang Yue wandered around and unexpectedly found a broken radio. She picked it up and examined it. It showed signs of repair and water damage, and most of the parts had been removed, leaving only an empty shell. No wonder, things that could stay in a junkyard probably wouldn't be available for Jiang Yue to find.

After putting it down, I rummaged through the pile of books again, gathered a few comic books, and left. I had bought everything I needed and it was time to go home. When I got home, I first lit a fire to boil water and warm the kang (a heated brick bed). After the kang was heated, I moved the large firewood that hadn't burned out into the brazier, and then put two sweet potatoes on the stove to roast slowly.

During the break from roasting sweet potatoes, Jiang Yue fed the chickens, checked the weather, and decided to go into the mountains to see if the traps had caught any rabbits and to bring back some wood. After getting dressed, Jiang Yue went into the mountains.

The road into the mountains was difficult to walk on due to the heavy snow. Jiang Yue was exhausted from walking. After searching around without finding anything, she readjusted the position of the trap and decided to come back tomorrow. Walking further in, she found a dead tree, took out a magical axe from her spatial storage, and chopped the tree down in one go.

Jiang Yue looked at the overly smooth gap, then switched to a normal axe to work on it. After finishing, she nodded in satisfaction, switched to a spirit axe, chopped the dead tree into small pieces, checked that no one was around, and then stored it in her spatial storage and took it away.

After getting home and locking the door, I took out the wood, processed it to the appropriate size, and simply stacked it on the woodpile. The rest was about dealing with the branches, which are actually the main source of firewood. Whole dead trees like this are rare, and people rarely bother with such large trees. They mostly collect fallen branches, which is more time-saving, labor-saving, and efficient.