Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

As the train sped up, the capital city station was left far behind.

Inside the carriage, the young people who were just moments ago teary-eyed are now greeting each other and chatting.

This journey offers "vast horizons and great opportunities."

That phrase, "Dedicate your youth to the new socialist countryside."

Looking at this group of energetic young people, Liu Xiangyang was also inspired. "Just lie around in Northeast China for three years, then take the college entrance exam, get accepted back to Beijing, and don't even have to endure the hardships of physical exercise. Awesome!"

Sitting opposite Liu Xiangyang were two young men, a little older than him, who were secretly eyeing the girl next to him.

Both young men were dressed in the most fashionable style of the time: "A red star on their heads, and revolutionary red flags on both sides."

In this day and age, owning an outfit like this makes you the coolest kid on the block.

Sitting next to Liu Xiangyang was a girl dressed in rather extravagant clothes. She was sizing up Liu Xiangyang, probably because she had never seen such a handsome boy before, with his red lips and white teeth.

As their arms collided, one felt his arm was hard, while the other felt hers was soft. They looked at each other, and the girl blushed and quickly turned her head away.

Liu Xiangyang steadied himself and coughed all over. "Hello everyone, you must all be educated youth sent to the countryside. My name is Liu Xiangyang, I am almost 18 years old, I come from Beijing, and the place I was assigned to is Dongsheng Village, which is more than 100 miles away from Harbin."

A boy across from me said, "Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Aotian, and his name is xxx. We're both from Cao County in the universe, and we're 22 years old this year. We're going there to..."

Liu Xiangyang looked at the girl beside him, and the two looked at each other. He saw that her eyes, as clear as autumn water, were fluttering under her long eyelashes.

The girl blushed and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Xue Bingbing (Fan Ye), I'm 18 years old, from Suzhou, and the place I was assigned to during the queue was..."

Xue Bingbing glanced at Liu Xiangyang again, "He's from the same place as Comrade Xiangyang."

Liu Xiangyang was astonished by this coincidence. Of the four people, two had gone to the same village to work as sent-down youth, and one of them was a beautiful woman with a large heart.

We've all been introduced to each other, so we're all considered acquaintances. We're all young people in our prime, around 18 or 19 years old, and we have similar experiences. When we get together, we have so much to talk about.

At this moment, someone in the carriage started singing "The Red Star Guides Me to Battle," and the time turned into a singing competition. One seat sang "Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman," while another seat sang "I Stand Guard for the Great Motherland."

After singing all the songs, everyone reluctantly ended the two-hour singing competition.

After the singing competition, everyone was a little tired, so they sat down to rest and took out some food to eat.

Everyone at Liu Xiangyang's table contributed their hometown dishes to share with each other, the only thing they had in common was that they all ate them with pickled vegetables.

After finishing her meal, Xue Bingbing said to Liu Xiangyang, "Comrade Xiangyang, could you watch my luggage for me? I haven't slept for almost a day and a night since I got on the train. There was a thief on the train before, so I'm too scared to sleep."

Liu Xiangyang was naturally happy to do this small favor. The two were so destined to meet, having been sent to the same village during the Cultural Revolution, and Xue Bingbing was also a great beauty.

"No problem, you go to sleep, I'll watch your luggage for you."

Upon hearing Xue Bingbing's words, Zhao Aotian and the other man sitting opposite her looked very unpleasant. They had known her for a long time, yet now she said she was afraid to sleep with her and even asked Liu Xiangyang to watch her luggage. Wasn't this a clear indication that she didn't trust them?

Liu Xiangyang ignored the two of them and took out the high school textbooks he had specially dug out to look through.

His predecessor hadn't attended school much since the sixth grade of elementary school, and he had forgotten most of his knowledge over the past ten years. With only three years left until the resumption of the college entrance examination, if he didn't seize the time to pick up his knowledge now, it would be too late if he waited until the last minute to cram.

When the carriage darkened, Liu Xiangyang rubbed his eyes, wanting to stretch but refraining from doing so. He looked to his right and saw Xue Bingbing sleeping soundly with her head on his arm. Liu Xiangyang felt the warm, soft, and damp sensation on his arm, which made him reluctant to disturb the sleep.

Just then, Liu Xiangyang's stomach growled a few times, and the people around him took out food to prepare for dinner. The noise woke Xue Bingbing up.

When Xue Bingbing woke up, she saw Liu Xiangyang's handsome face. His sharply defined jawline made her heart pound.

Feeling her face was wet, she wiped it with her hand and realized she had drooled in her sleep, which had also wet Liu Xiangyang's clothes.

Xue Bingbing blushed and said, "Comrade Xiangyang, I'm sorry, I got your clothes wet. I'll wash them for you when we get to Dongsheng Village."

"Then you really need to wash me clean, and you also need to give me a massage. My arm doesn't even feel like my own anymore."

Hearing Liu Xiangyang say that, Xue Bingbing blushed even more, but thankfully the light had dimmed.

However, because of his "golden finger" ability, Liu Xiangyang not only became physically stronger and more energetic, but his eyesight also became exceptionally good.

Liu Xiangyang's 18-year-old virginity was somewhat shaken by Xue Bingbing's shy appearance.

The train continued its journey for another night.

When Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing woke up that night, they were both a little embarrassed.

What embarrassed Liu Xiangyang was that, according to their plan, Xue Bingbing would stay up for the first half of the night while he stayed up for the second half. Around 3 or 4 a.m., Liu Xiangyang couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep.

What embarrassed Xue Bingbing was that she had fallen asleep on Liu Xiangyang's chest this time.

Fortunately, it was still barely dawn and everyone was still asleep, otherwise the two of them wouldn't have had to cut in line, and Liu Xiangyang would have been arrested on charges of hooliganism.

After the two separated, they went to wash up one after the other, returned to their seats to eat breakfast, and when the train arrived at a station, Zhao Aotian and his companion got off. The seats opposite them were taken by a pair of twin sisters.

One had gentle eyes, the other a smile as bright as the sun; one still, the other in motion, their beauty was breathtaking.

After exchanging greetings, they learned that the older sister was named Leqi, with gentle eyes, and the younger sister was named Leyao, with a bright smile. Both were 17 and a half years old, from Haicheng, and had also been sent to Dongsheng Village as part of the "Down to the Countryside Movement".

After seeing Le Qi and Le Yao, Xue Bingbing glanced at Liu Xiangyang, her expression changed, and then she remembered what her mother had told her, and secretly made up her mind.

Three more days passed, and the train finally arrived in Harbin.

During these three days, when Liu Xiangyang went to wash dishes, fetch hot water, and run the toilet, female educated youths would come up to him and chat with him, asking where he was going to work in the countryside. No matter how far away the place was from him, they would force him to exchange addresses, saying that they should keep in touch and come to see him when they had time.

Liu Xiangyang was used to this kind of situation when he was in school, and he handled it with ease. He adopted a passive and irresponsible attitude and exchanged contact information with everyone.

Xue Bingbing, Le Qi, and Le Yao all knew that Liu Xiangyang had volunteered to cut in line for his sister, and their gazes toward him became even more intense.

You have to understand that we live in an era that favors sons over daughters. Even those who outwardly treat their sons and daughters equally are very rare.

Now that the three women know that Liu Xiangyang is such a caring man towards his sister, wouldn't he treat his own women even better?

The three women were approached by men countless times, perhaps because they were all already in love with someone else, and they all put on a stiff face when approached.