novelraw Chapter 35 lets you go back to the pre-liberation era in one night.
Chapter 35 lets you go back to the pre-liberation era in one night.
After finishing her business here, Tong Yuheng returned home just as her younger sisters were finishing their morning exercise. Her sisters had no complaints about her not participating in the training, because their eldest sister's martial arts skills completely overwhelmed them, so there was no need for them to practice the basic skills they had learned.
She's the only one practicing those ancient martial arts techniques now; she plans to teach her younger sisters when they get to the countryside. Today, the whole family is going out to buy everyone a new cotton-padded jacket and trousers to wear underneath, and they're also taking Grandpa's family along.
Before she even left the house, her classmate Chen Liying came to find her, saying that her mother had some defective fabrics that were being processed internally, and asked her to pick some out. It was free and cheap, so she couldn't miss it. Tong Yuheng once again felt that besides her spatial abilities, her transmigration perk also included an intangible and intangible "wish fulfillment"!
Tong Yuheng and her mother went together and saw that the cotton mill had accumulated a whole warehouse of defective fabric over the past year! Most of these defective fabrics had some skipped stitches, but they didn't affect usability at all. They kept these mainly as employee benefits.
"Sister Jiahui, you're here! Come and see what kind you like, pick any of the ten or less!" Chen Liying's mother, Huang Xing, said enthusiastically.
"You only have a quota of ten bolts, right? If I take them all, how are you going to make new clothes for the New Year?" Tong Jiahui really wanted to get more fabric to take to the countryside, but she couldn't take all of other people's quotas.
"These are leftovers from previous years, some with dyeing problems and skipped stitches, so they can't be shipped out. The factory sells them out without receipts under the guise of disposing of defective fabric, just to provide some benefits for its own employees."
This is the wide-faced variety, fifty yuan a horse. That's the narrow-faced variety, forty yuan a horse. It's not as cost-effective as this one.
My family already received some last month; I took four at once, which is more than enough. Don't worry about taking them! Leave them at my place first, and then we'll gradually transfer them to yours.
"Thank you so much! We have a large family, and we were just worried about not being able to buy so much fabric!"
Tong Jiahui picked out one bolt of red, two bolts of dark blue, two bolts of army green twill cotton, one bolt of white polyester, one bolt of blue and white checkered cotton, and one bolt of small floral cotton. She also bought a bolt of black corduroy, which brought her several hundred yuan to her plate.
They paid on the spot, and even the warehouse keeper thought they were being wasteful—how many clothes could they make with that much fabric! Tong Yuheng was strong, and she carried four bolts of fabric out by herself. Together with the Chen family, they moved everything in one trip and put it all at Chen Liying's house, piling it up so much that her best friend's small bed was unusable.
"Thank you so much, Yingzi. I'll borrow a tricycle this afternoon and take all this fabric away."
"It's okay, take your time moving. I can stay in the dormitory." She was already a junior worker at the cotton mill and had been assigned a dormitory. She could either go home or stay in the dormitory.
"Then we'll head back now." Tong Yuheng and her mother said goodbye to the Chen family. Thinking about leaving this place and not seeing their good friends for a long time, they felt a little reluctant.
The whole family went out together—a beautiful mother and seven beautiful children—and they were a real head-turner, attracting 100% attention!
They bought cotton-padded clothes at the department store and received a warm welcome from the sales clerks, who were none of their usual arrogant and haughty attitude. It seems they are all attracted to good looks!
Tong Yuheng strolled around for a while before suggesting that she go back first. She said she had asked someone to mail the large items from home because she had already booked a train ticket for tomorrow night and it was time to leave!
Tong Jiahui stayed behind to help her sisters buy some necessities, while Tong Yuheng went home to pack things up. Cabinets, tables and chairs, sewing machines, bicycles, books, clothes, and so on were all put into the storage space.
Everything that could be put away in the kitchen has been put away, leaving only a large aluminum pot, an enamel basin, and some rice, enough for making porridge and steaming rice for the next two days. There are also eight bowls and eight pairs of chopsticks. If we want to eat vegetables, we can just get some from the canteen or buy them from the state-run restaurant; we're too lazy to cook them.
She also kept the grain purchase book. After they left, their household registrations were transferred at the same time, so the book was no longer needed. She kept it only to serve as a testament to a certain period of history.
When Tong Jiahui entered the house with her child, she found it completely empty and didn't know what to say. Everything except Linglong's bunk bed and her mother's large bed had been taken away. There were still blankets on the bed, though; what would they use for the night?
She actually got a tricycle, which she bought from Boss Zheng on the black market. She kept it in her spatial storage and took it out when she needed it. First, she went to Chen Liying's house to haul away all the fabric. After leaving the cotton mill, she put the fabric back into her spatial storage.
He turned around and went to the machine factory, bringing back a bunch of scrap parts. He stored them in his space, forgetting that there was no electricity here. He then scavenged through the machine factory's scrap yard and finally found the materials to make a generator.
There's a stream in the space; setting up a hydroelectric generator should be possible, right? Let's try asking Yuyao for that!
After a long day, she returned home to find Uncle Gu and his family waiting for her. She had asked him to buy her train ticket; he knew, of course, that the Tong family was leaving the next day. Seeing the empty house, a wave of sadness washed over her.
"Yuheng, this is your certificate for the Second-Class Merit Citation, and a bonus of three hundred yuan. When you get to the countryside, don't try to be a hero, and take good care of your younger sisters..."
"Uncle Gu, don't worry, I'll write to you when we get there. The brigade leader is a really good person, and with Uncle Zhang taking care of us, we'll be fine." Tong Yuheng took the money and certificate and put them away.
That night, Linglong's bunk bed was shared with the sixth child, Yuhan, and the seventh child, Yuqi. The second and fifth children slept in the big bed with their mother. Tong Yuheng said she was going to sleep in the dormitory with Chen Liying and would come back the next morning.
She would tell Chen Liying about her family's trip to the countryside and give her the address; she needed to learn more about the situation there. Of course, she also had another matter to attend to: demolishing Grandpa's house and taking all of Fan Dayong's money and treasures!
You've been obsessed with getting your hands on all the good stuff from our ancestors, haven't you? Well, I'll take all the money in your house and make you go back to square one!
Chen Liying's dormitory room had a double bed, but her roommates had gone home today, so it was just the two of them in the room. Tong Yuheng told Chen Liying everything he could, explaining why his family had to go to the countryside, and saying that he would keep in touch with her often in the future.
Chen Liying was very sad when she heard this. She cried for a long time and told her to be careful in the countryside and not to be bullied by bad boys. She also said that her factory would send her good fabric in the future.
Touched, Tong Yuheng poured some spring water for her best friend to drink, wishing her a peaceful and happy life.
That evening, after Chen Liying fell asleep, Tong Yuheng pressed her pressure point to induce sleep and quietly left: "Yingzi, I'm sorry, I can't let you wake up and find that I'm not here."
She gently locked the door and quickly left the cotton mill, heading straight for Fan Dayong's house inside the steel plant. His house was almost identical in layout to her own; the interior, storage room, and cellar were all fine. So where could they have hidden their belongings?