CH 4

Chapter 4 A Lot of Things

“Yeah.” He’s obviously only in his twenties and about the same age as her, so why does he look a little older? But he was kind, or she wouldn’t have been saved.

Su Su was exhausted. Although she wanted to check the big backpack, she had a feeling it had also changed, but she didn’t have any lights or flashlights and had to give up.

She tossed and turned for a long time on the kang before falling asleep. The sound of burning firewood woke her up in the following day. Her mind suddenly remembered that she was crossing the chronology, so she sat up and looked around, but she couldn’t return.

She had no idea what time it was because this small warm room was dark and only had a small window. She raised her hand and looked down at her watch. It turned out that it was only five in the morning, and she had never gotten up so early before.

She walked out cautiously after putting on her down jacket. When she saw Mother Lin burning firewood in the kitchen, she blushed and said, “Hello, Auntie.”

“How was your sleep last night? Does your head still hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Lin Chuan, the male supporting character, appeared. He was carrying an old-looking wooden bucket filled with water. She quickly gave way, feeling that she was out of place here.

“If you don’t feel well, go to the house to rest, and eat later.”

“Yeah.” She just agreed but didn’t move. She waited for Lin Chuan to go out and then asked Mother Lin where the toilet was in a low voice.

Mother Lin took her there and returned to find that Lin Chuan had put a basin of water on the firewall side and said, “Wash your face.”

“Thank, thank you.” Why was his face so cold? She would have suspected Lin Chuan would not welcome her if she hadn’t read the novel. However, it was stated in the book that he was a cold-hearted individual. But he would not have carried her back from the mountain otherwise.

She had breakfast with the Lin family after washing her face. It was the same polenta porridge she had with pickles the night before, and she didn’t have an appetite, so she didn’t eat anymore.

On the other hand, the Lin family had to go to the brigade in the morning to work to earn work points, and everything had to wait for Captain Lin Donghe to come over in the evening when he was free.

She, on the other hand, was abandoned at Lin’s house.

She was relieved rather than uncomfortable. She went into the room by herself, opened her large backpack, and discovered that there had been some changes. First and foremost, she brought two down jackets, three sweaters, and cotton pants. The majority of the styles remained the same, but the colors had changed slightly, which appeared to be the colors that were not as eye-catching in this era.

Then three sets of spring clothes are the same, but the style is still trendy here. Next came the underwear. She brought five or six sets to change and wash because she knew she would be gone for a year, and the style and color didn’t seem to change.

Su Su was most concerned about the wallet at this point. When going out alone, money is essential. If it is still the original money, she will most likely cry. But when she took out the wallet that was hidden inside and opened it, she was taken aback because the previously slim wallet had become very bloated, and when she opened it, a slew of small bills fell out.

Yes, it was all the money of this era. Although the novel is fictional, it is based on the historical situation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, so there are no large-denominated banknotes, with the largest being ten yuan.

As a result, the more than 2,000 one hundred yuan bills in her bag have all been converted to ten yuan, demonstrating how crowded it was.

When Su Su took it out and counted it, she discovered that the money had decreased, from more than 2,000 to more than 1,000. What happened to the 1,000? The side pocket was still bulging when the wallet was opened. When I opened it, there were probably twenty or thirty different kinds of tickets inside. If you look closely, you’ll notice that there were cloth tickets, industrial tickets, food tickets, shoe tickets, and even milk powder tickets.