Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

Wang Weihong: "Old Liu, go and exchange some national grain coupons for some tomorrow."

"Xiang Hong, go buy your brother a pair of high-top rain boots and a raincoat tomorrow, and also two pairs of work boots and two pairs of winter work boots. I'm afraid your brother will forget about them and freeze to death."

"We'll take advantage of the next few days to knit a sweater and woolen pants for your brother."

"Okay, Mom"

Liu Xiangyang: "Mom, we don't need to exchange the food coupons. I asked the people at the educated youth office, and the government does issue food coupons in the first year. Besides, what will you eat if you exchange them all?"

"We should still exchange some things. Having tickets in hand makes us feel less anxious. We should also add some cotton to the blankets."

"When you get there, just get by at work, don't overexert yourself and exhaust yourself."

"And you absolutely cannot get married over there, understand? Otherwise, Mom won't want you anymore." As she spoke, Wang Weihong wiped away her tears.

Liu Xiangyang: "Mom, I know. If I really get married over there, I won't be able to come back to Beijing. I don't plan to spend my whole life in Northeast China."

"Besides, how old am I? If I'm going to get married, I'll come back here to get married."

After dinner, Wang Weihong took Liu Xianghong to knit sweaters, while Liu Jianguo went for his daily walk without fail.

After listening to his mother's arrangements, Liu Xiangyang felt that he still had a lot of things to prepare. He regretted not taking more things from the black market warehouse. Fortunately, he had 1500 yuan, so he would go to another black market tonight to get some more.

At 12:30, Liu Xiangyang opened the door and listened for a while. When he heard nothing, he went out of his house and headed towards another black market warehouse.

Using the same method as last night, Liu Xiangyang used his mental power to sense the number of people in the warehouse. There was only one person guarding the main gate. After climbing over the wall and entering the warehouse, Liu Xiangyang first used his mental power to scan the ground. He was not as lucky as yesterday and did not find the hidden compartment.

This warehouse contains daily necessities, so Liu Xiangyang didn't come here yesterday.

There are five flashlights and more than ten No. 1 batteries in the warehouse, good stuff. There are also two full sets of military overcoats, warm military boots, and a pair of leather shoes. Nothing more to say, these are exactly what I need.

Pots and pans, needles and thread, flour, rice, lard, soap, and oh, even a White Rabbit candy! There are also two freshly slaughtered pigs, still dripping blood. I put them all into my spatial storage.

Using his spiritual senses, he saw that the two people at the gate were still dozing off. Without disturbing them, Liu Xiangyang quietly went home to sleep.

The next day, Wang Weihong and Liu Jianguo went home together after get off work. Liu Jianguo said, "Xiangyang, I've found a place for you. It's Huwei Village, which is more than 100 miles away from Harbin. Your Uncle Wu recommended this place. He has a comrade-in-arms who is a policeman in Harbin. I think he's a captain. He can take care of you if anything happens."

"Your Uncle Wu's comrade-in-arms said that his comrade-in-arms will take you there, so no one will dare to bully you."

"I'll come back and pick you up after I get off work tomorrow afternoon so we can go thank your Uncle Wu together."

The next afternoon, Liu Jianguo took a piece of pork weighing about one pound and went to Uncle Wu's house with Liu Xiangyang.

Uncle Wu looked at Liu Xiangyang with admiration and said, "Not bad, just like your father, you have a sense of responsibility and can protect your family in critical moments. You're a real man. Going to the countryside to work is indeed not a suitable thing for a girl."

"Even when we go to the countryside, we still need to practice our kung fu. We're not afraid of trouble, but we can't use our kung fu skills to bully others, understand?"

After talking with Uncle Wu for a while, he went home with Liu Jianguo.

In those days, everyone was short of food, and people counted every grain of rice they ate. Nobody would eat at someone else's house, because if you ate at someone else's house, that person might go hungry at the end of the month.

Uncle Wu is a retired soldier who was Liu Jianguo's former company commander. He participated in the Korean War and the Sino-Indian War. Now he works at the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau as the head of a police station. He has three sons and one daughter, and they all live on his salary.

When he got home and finished eating, he saw Wang Weihong and Liu Xianghong making clothes and sewing shoe soles for him, and they kept talking to Liu Xiangyang.

Don't cause trouble when you're out and about, but don't be afraid of trouble either. If something happens, go find Uncle Wu's comrades...

On the third day, the day of his official departure, Liu Xiangyang's train was at 10 a.m., and his whole family took time off work to see him off.

Wang Weihong and Liu Xianghong checked the luggage again and again, afraid of forgetting something, and gave Liu Xiangyang ten large black ten bills.

Liu Xiangyang asked Liu Xianghong to give Ning Yurou a suggestion: she should also come to the Northeast to work in the countryside, as it would be better there than in other places. Whether Ning Yurou listened or not was up to her.

74 was the transition period from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives in my country. So although some routes had already switched to diesel locomotives, the ones leading to Harbin had not.

Steam locomotives are very slow, averaging 30-40 kilometers per hour, and require water and coal refueling. It takes at least three to four days to travel from Beijing to Harbin.

Liu Weihong and Liu Xianghong prepared a lot of food for him, including pancakes, steamed buns, salted duck eggs, pickled vegetables, and a small bag of rock sugar, all of which are not easy to spoil.

Actually, Liu Xiangyang had all of these things in his space, but when it came to Wang Weihong's love, Liu Xiangyang only felt a lump in his throat.

After finishing breakfast, the family carried their luggage to the entrance of the neighborhood office, waiting for the neighborhood office to organize them to take the train.

Amidst the sounds of firecrackers and drums, the group set off, each person wearing a big red flower on their chest. The banner in the front row read, "Warmly send off the educated youth heading to rural areas." On both sides of the road, neighbors and citizens of all ages lined up to see them off, holding flowers and laughing.

They escorted the educated youth all the way to the train station platform, where each of their families helped them load their bedding and luggage onto their backs.

Liu Xiangyang was also wearing an old military green uniform, carrying a bedding roll, a water bottle and a satchel on his shoulder, and two large duffel bags in his hands, one containing various changes of clothes and the other containing various daily necessities.

There was still a lot of luggage that couldn't fit on their backs, so they would have to wait until Liu Xiangyang arrived at his destination before sending it to him.

The entire train station platform was filled with parents seeing their children off. When it was time to say goodbye, everyone hugged each other and cried.

Wang Weihong, with tears in her eyes, hugged Liu Xiangyang and urged him to take good care of himself.

Having experienced the Spring Festival travel rush in his previous life, Liu Xiangyang knew that the most important thing at this time was to get on the train early and secure a seat, otherwise he would have to stand all the way to Harbin.

"Mom, if you don't let me leave now, I'll have to stand all the way to Harbin for three or four days. Can you bear to leave me like that? Don't cry. Winter comes earlier in Northeast China than in Beijing. I'll come back to see you then."

When Wang Weihong heard that someone needed to reserve a seat, she also sent Liu Xiangyang over, saying, "Yes, yes, you should hurry up and get on the bus to reserve a seat, don't stand all the way to Harbin."

Liu Xiangyang found a window seat, put his luggage away, and, like everyone else, leaned out to wave goodbye to his family.

"Wa ...

As the train whistle sounded and it slowly started moving, Liu Jianguo, Wang Weihong, and Liu Xianghong could no longer hold back their tears. Liu Jianguo was alright, he was just wiping away his tears, but Wang Weihong and Liu Xianghong were running and crying at the same time.

Seeing the two of them like this, Liu Xiangyang could only smile and say, "Mom and Dad, please take care of yourselves. Sister, please take good care of Mom and Dad at home for me."

After saying this, Liu Xiangyang could no longer hold back his tears and could only keep waving his arms to his family.