The system jumped to me

Chapter 2: Live Hard

"Comrades, labor is glory, and hardship is our struggle..." The early sowing of the Jiaoyuan Iron and Steel Plant was full of enthusiasm, cheering on the early risers for the work that was about to begin.

The factories to the west were bustling with activity, while the family compound to the east seemed even quieter. During this time, every household in the tube building was either at work or out for a stroll, and those who stayed at home were the elderly and children who couldn't leave their parents. Of course, there were exceptions, and a noise was heard from a household on the second floor.

Chen You looked at the stool with a broken leg and couldn't believe it. Where on earth was she sent to? Fortunately, the space was still there, and she felt a little more confident. After resting on the bed for a while and regaining some strength, she looked around the house carefully. It was a small house with two bedrooms and one living room. The unpainted walls were dirty and black. The few furnitures were also missing arms and legs. The wooden floor squeaked when walking on it. There were still a lot of oil stains on the floral curtains. The clothes of this body were also patched with various colors. Although they didn't fit, they were still clean.

The original owner's memory is very simple. It is now 1970, and she is 16 years old. She skipped two grades in elementary school and graduated from high school this year. Her father died on duty when she was 14. In the same year, her mother Sun Xia remarried to Wu Qiang, a widower from the same factory, taking Chen You and her 16-year-old sister Chen Ping. Her stepfather also has two daughters. The remarried couple, who were determined to have a son, didn't care much about their daughters.

The two stepsisters were very hostile to Chen You and her sister, and excluded them openly and covertly. Their biological mother didn't care, and their stepfather was also indifferent. The two of them had a very difficult life. Chen You and her sister Chen Ping were not united. The four sisters fought desperately for their parents' love, and Sun Xia, who had not given birth to a son, also indulged the fighting among them.

The two stepsisters teamed up to coax the good things from Wu Qiang and Sun Xia, but Chen Ping and Chen You were unwilling to accept this and tried to sow discord between the two. They were all absolutely selfish, and Chen You was no exception. However, she always kept in mind what her teacher had said about the importance of studying. While vying for favor, she saved up tuition by doing odd jobs and managed to finish high school, but was delayed because the college entrance examination was cancelled.

Chen You regarded studying as a shortcut to success and pinned all her hopes on it. The cancellation of the college entrance examination was a huge blow to her. Coupled with her mother's lack of support and her sisters' ridicule for overestimating her abilities, she was forced to go to the countryside under the scheming of her sisters. Finally, she could not bear the pressure and went to extremes.

Chen You sighed. It was such a pity. The original owner was very motivated, but too extreme. Coupled with the indifference of his family, he went down a path of no return.

"Alas~ I still sympathize with the original owner. I am the one facing all these now." Chen You touched his flat belly and took out a bowl of porridge, a vegetarian bun, and a small sugar bag from the space.

Hmm~, comfortable. After having eaten and drunk enough, Chen You finally remembered to take a look at what his body looked like. The full-length mirror in the space finally came in handy. "Oh my god, why does it look the same as my previous body!" Chen You was shocked, and unknowingly, his sense of belonging to this strange time and space gradually deepened.

In fact, Chen You's appearance may not be stunning at first glance, but she is the type that is pleasing to the eye. She has naturally fair skin, an oval face the size of a palm with baby fat, lively eyes, and although her nose is not the popular high nose bridge, it is definitely not flat, and she looks very delicate. Coupled with her pouty lips, her facial features are delicate and beautiful. The more you look at her, the more you can't take your eyes off her. She looks like a real fairy.

However, what surprised Chen You even more was her hair volume and figure. It's amazing. Her hair volume is twice as much as before. I love it. And her figure. She used to be thin, but her body curve was a bit flat. Now, although she is still thin, there is no ambiguity in the places where she should grow flesh. She is only 16 years old. Although her face is young, her body is perfectly developed. She really got a great deal.

After appreciating herself, Chen You completely accepted her situation. Although the original owner's father was eager to give birth to a son, he never treated his two daughters harshly. Therefore, although Chen You became thinner due to hunger in the past two years, her body was in good condition and she was not injured. When she takes good care of herself in the future, she will be a soft little fairy again.

Wu Qiang and Sun Xia did not come back at noon, as it was more economical to eat in the factory cafeteria. The eldest sister Wu Nian'di was already 21 years old and had taken over her biological mother's job in the textile factory, but she did not come back either. The second sister Wu Zhaodi was just 18 this year, the same age as Chen Ping, and she spent the whole day with her boyfriend Liu Xiaobing, sometimes not even coming back for dinner. The biological sister Chen Ping followed Wu Zhaodi and also wanted to find a partner who was a worker. Only Chen You neither went to school nor was in a hurry to find a partner. After her resistance failed, she was left at home to clean up the house.

Coincidentally, when she came, the original owner had already washed the dishes and swept the floor. Chen You is now wondering whether to go to the countryside. Going to the countryside means doing farm work. Although her adoptive parents' hometown is in the countryside, she has done farm work several times, but that was with the help of modern high-tech farm tools. Now she can only work with her hands. Chen You feels that she is not good enough. She is not a hardworking person, and she is a little spoiled by her adoptive parents. Even if she entered the orphanage, she did not do many heavy work and went to college. She has only cooked a few times since she was a child.

But if we stay in the city, the society will be even more turbulent 70 years later, and people in the city will be even more panic-stricken and unable to live in peace. If we are not careful, we will inevitably become cannon fodder in the fight.

No, how can I just log off if I want to live again? At least I have to live freely. From this point of view, going to the countryside as an educated youth is a good way out. The countryside is remote and has little contact with the outside world. As long as you live a peaceful life, you will be safe. And going to the countryside does not necessarily mean you have to farm honestly. You have your own space and can support yourself.

There are too many tricks in the city, I want to go back to the countryside. Chen You made up his mind and began to prepare for going to the countryside. Although it was agreed that a place for going to the countryside would be given to Chen You, he would not register until tomorrow, and he did not know where he would be assigned.

However, the original owner's mother would still prepare some basic daily necessities, and she only needed to buy extra according to her needs. The problem was that she had no money. She just checked the original owner's small treasury and found only 6.37 yuan. She was so poor.

It seems that the only thing he can do is sell things. Chen You decided to go out and find out about the prices. This is a parallel universe of China. The prices were very low in the 1970s, and it should be similar here.

Chen You came to a larger supply and marketing cooperative according to his memory. With the salesperson's contemptuous eyes, he walked around the shelves again and again. Peach cakes, brown sugar, biscuits, peach cakes, brown sugar, biscuits, honey corners, furnace fruits, Changbai cakes, sesame cakes, imperial concubine cakes, fruit candies, glutinous rice sticks, honey three knives, egg cakes...

Wow~ I want them all so much! But...

Chen You touched his empty pocket, sighed, and walked out with his head down.

The northern cities in the 1970s looked very simple, similar to what was shown on TV, with fairly smooth cement roads and tall and short shops on both sides of the road. Most of them were brick and tile houses, mostly two-story, with labor slogans on the walls.

Most of the pedestrians on the road were wearing gray, black, and dark blue clothes. There were also quite a few young people in green military uniforms, carrying small green satchels with red stars on them, looking very excited.

That's right! Nowadays, the most popular things are Lenin suits and various military items. If you can wear a brand new green military uniform when you get married, it is a very face-saving thing.

Chen You found the garment factory according to the original owner's memory, and carefully observed the workers coming in and out, thinking, "It's different when I have a salary. Although the clothes are old, there are almost no patches on them."

Some of the little girls were wearing small boots and various hairpins on their heads. The unique vitality of the workers was fully reflected in them.

Chen You took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, quickened his pace, walked forward with his head down, and "accidentally" bumped into a girl.

"Hey~ What's wrong with you? You bump into me on such a broad road," Liu Xiaojuan said angrily.

Chen You lowered her head and coughed twice, then raised her head and looked at him innocently, "Sister, I'm sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't look at the road."

Liu Xiaojuan was not the kind of person who would not let go even if she was right. Seeing the girl apologize so sincerely, she looked a little unnatural and said awkwardly, "Uh, it's okay. Be careful when you walk next time."

Hearing the forgiveness, Chen You smiled happily, "Sister, you are such a good person."

Hearing the beautiful sister's praise, Liu Xiaojuan felt a little flattered and laughed, "Hey~ I know, uh, no, I mean, I suddenly remembered that I had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to grab something."

Chen You thought this sister was really funny, "Supply and Marketing Cooperative? Sister, what do you want to buy? I just came out of there, and the salesperson said that the new stock will arrive the day after tomorrow."

When Liu Xiaojuan heard that the new goods had not arrived yet, her face fell and she said in disappointment, "It hasn't arrived yet, so where can I buy white flour?"

Chen You immediately stood up, "White flour? Sister, do you want to buy white flour?"

Liu Xiaojuan nodded. "Yes, tomorrow is my grandmother's birthday. I want to make longevity noodles for her, but the white flour in the supply and marketing cooperative has been sold out a long time ago. The black market is also in short supply. It's expensive and scarce. It's impossible to get it."

Liu Xiaojuan's parents died in the line of duty. She has lived with her grandmother since she was a child. Both the grandmother and the granddaughter were workers and lived a good life. However, the old lady was frugal. Apart from daily expenses, she saved all her salary to save up a dowry for her granddaughter.

That's why she wanted to give her grandmother a good meal on her 60th birthday, but she had no way to get white flour.

Chen You felt that she had a chance to sell things, so she pretended to be entangled and stammered, "Sister, do you... really need white flour?"

Liu Xiaojuan nodded heavily, "Really? My grandma has been raising me, and she hasn't had any good food in her old age. Tomorrow is her birthday, and I want her to have something good to eat."

Chen You felt that this deal was a sure thing. "Sister, I was actually running so fast because of the food issue..."

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