Reborn in the 60s and adopted

Wang Ran spread the quilt he brought with him on the bed, and placed the various things in the luggage bag on the ground one by one.

Tang Mei was speechless when she saw so many things that were not common in the countryside. It turned out that no matter what era it was, city dwellers had no shortage of money or things.

"Yanyan, my quilt is underneath. Do you want to use the quilt you brought as a cushion?"

"Make it a cushion and a little softer." Pei Yanyan took her luggage expressionlessly and prepared to take out her own.

"Yanyan, since we are here and we don't know when we can go back, just be happy," Wang Ran walked forward and shook Pei Yanyan's arm and said coquettishly.

"Yeah." Pei Yanyan continued to work on her luggage without letting go of Wang Ran's hand. It seemed that she had already gotten used to Wang Ran's operations.

Wang Ran squatted in front of Tang Mei and whispered softly, "Xiao Meimei, can I call you that?"

"Sure, I'll call you Sister Ran," Tang Mei's soft voice sounded.

"Okay, Sister Ran, can you ask you something?" Wang Ran had no resistance to cute kids with soft voices.

"Okay." Tang Mei was also very curious about what this sister wanted to ask her.

"Sister Ran, this room is relatively empty and there is no cabinet for luggage. Do you have any good master to recommend? I want a cabinet." Wang Ran looked at the many things they had and knew they couldn't scatter them everywhere.

"Yes, Uncle Yongzi in our village is a good carpenter. The cabinets he made are big and sturdy." Tang Mei thought about the few people in the village who were good at carpentry. In her memory, only Uncle Yongzi treated her well, and she also wanted him to earn some money.

"Then can our little Meimei take her sisters with her?" Wang Ran said like a kindergarten teacher coaxing the children.

"Of course, sisters, take a rest with your luggage. It's almost time to finish work. I'll go talk to my third aunt and take you there later."

Tang Mei had a very good impression of these two sisters. Although that sister had a cold face, she was not like the city people who looked down on country people and turned their noses up at people as written in other books. Especially Sister Ran, she would squat down and look her in the eyes when talking to her.

After Tang Mei agreed, she ran to the kitchen.

"Aunt San, I'm taking two educated youth sisters to Uncle Yongzi's house. They said they want to make a cabinet."

"Okay, go ahead, Meimei." Aunt Tang smiled at her daughter. She hoped that her daughter could interact with more people and that she would become more and more cheerful in the future.

"Uh-huh"

Aunt Tang was very comforted to see that Meimei had become much more lively since coming to her house this month.

"My two beautiful sisters, I have talked to Aunt Three, let's go," Tang Mei shouted tactfully outside the window.

"Here I come!" You could tell it was the lively Wang Ran who answered.

After a while, two people came out one after the other.

"Let's go." They said in unison.

Tang Mei took the two of them to Uncle Yongzi's house.

———Tang Yong’s home in the village———

"Uncle Yongzi, are you home?"

"Who is it?" asked the person in the room.

"I'm Tang Mei, from Tang Lao San's family." Tang Mei said.

"Oh. Here it comes."

With a creaky sound, the old wooden door opened from the inside.

A little boy, not much older than Tang Mei, with his clothes and pants covered in patches, appeared in front of the three people with his head poked out.

"Brother Goudan." Tang Mei greeted him without thinking. In the past, Goudan, Tang Li and Tang Mei often gathered together to pick pig grass and bird eggs. This was the first time she had seen them since she came.

"Hey, Xiaomei, come to my house and play with me." Goudan was very happy that this friend who hadn't come to see him for a long time came to see him again.

"No, we can't play together today. I brought two educated youth sisters to ask your old man to make furniture. Is he at home?" Tang Mei explained.

"I'm here, please come in." Goudan then noticed that Tang Mei was followed by two adults who were nicely dressed and good-looking.

"Your name is Goudan, right? I'm Wang Ran, a new educated youth. Would you like some candy?" Wang Ran bent over and faced Goudan. She couldn't help but feel pity for this skinny child. The rural children were so poor that she couldn't help but grab a handful of candy that she had brought from Kyoto.

“···” Goudan was a little shy and ran to the yard immediately.

"Ha, why is he running? Could it be that I'm ugly and scared him?" Wang Ran was a little dumbfounded and asked Pei Yanyan.

"Sister Ran, that shouldn't be the case. He may have thought you were too beautiful and he ran away because he was afraid to look at you. Haha." Tang Mei couldn't bear to see this sister unhappy. Don't blame it on Goudan.

"Hey, you sweet-talking little guy, then, take all these candies and share them with your friends." Wang Ran took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies.

Tang Mei used both hands to catch all the candies. She was so curious about what the candy that came with two cups of milk tasted like in this era.

"Thank you, beautiful sister. I'll introduce him to you first, and then I'll go find Goudan to play." Tang Mei said.

"Okay, Meimei is so good." Wang Ran touched Tang Mei's head.

Tang Mei felt a little helpless. People here liked to pull her hair too much. Her hair, which was already malnourished, would become even balder in the future. Little Tang Mei suddenly felt a little worried.

He did not stop and took the two of them to find Tang Yong who was sawing wood.

"Uncle Yongzi, these are the educated youth sisters who just came to my house. They want you to help them tidy up the cabinets." Tang Mei introduced.

"Sisters, this is Uncle Yongzi."

"Hello, Brother Yongzi."

"Hello, you two." The country man saw the city people for the first time, and he was a little embarrassed. He put his hands behind his back and tried to hide his uneasiness. "What kind of cabinet do you want to make?"

So Wang Ran and his friend started discussing with Uncle Yongzi what kind of cabinet to make. While they were discussing, Tang Mei took some White Rabbit milk candies to Goudan's house to find him.

"Goudan, come here, let me show you something good." Tang Mei waved to Goudan who was playing with the wooden horse made by his father in the house.

"What is that?" Goudan couldn't help but run to Tang Mei out of curiosity.

"Look." Tang Mei spread out her hands filled with White Rabbit candies.

"Wow. Sugar." Goudan's little eyes suddenly opened wide and shone brightly.

"Yes, this is White Rabbit milk candy. Here, it's for you." Tang Mei handed him a handful of candy.

"Oh, please give it to me. This is too much." Goudan's hands were shaking a little as he held the candy. He hadn't eaten candy for a long time and could hardly remember the taste of it.

"This is for you. I'll eat one first to taste the rest, and then share it with my sister Li." Tang Mei stuffed the remaining candy into her purse, took out one, carefully peeled it, and put it in her mouth. "Hmm~" Tang Mei only felt a strong milky taste in her mouth. She didn't know whether it was because the ingredients of this era were really solid or she hadn't eaten it for a long time, but Tang Mei was really satisfied after eating it.

"Well, I'll eat one too, and then share it with my parents and grandma." Goudan imitated Tang Mei and peeled one and put it in his mouth.

"Wow, so sweet! So this is what sugar tastes like." Goudan also had a look of happiness and satisfaction on his face.

"Yes, it's delicious." Tang Mei also exclaimed.

After a while, the three of them had reached an agreement and ordered two large cabinets and two small cabinets for frequently used items. Each of them gave two dollars and fifty cents and handed it to Tang Yong, but Tang Yong did not take it.

"Wife, come here to collect the money." Tang Yong shouted loudly to Wang Fengqun who was still in the kitchen.

"Oh, here we come."

Wang Fengqun heard the voice and quickly appeared in front of the three people.

"Oh, this is the new educated youth who came today. He's so handsome." Wang Fengqun greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Yes, we two are the educated youth who just arrived today. Hello, sister-in-law." Wang Ran said politely.

"Hey, hello, you guys, people from the city are very particular and polite." Wang Fengqun had a good impression of these two people.

"Sister-in-law, this is the money for making the cabinet." Wang Ran handed her the money.

Wang Fengqun took the money, counted it, and found it was one dollar and fifty cents in total. He quickly handed it back.

“You don’t have to give so much”

"It's okay, sister-in-law. We just hope that Brother Yongzi can do his best." Wang Ran pushed it back again.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll help you urge him and try to do it quickly and well." Wang Fengqun patted her chest vigorously and promised, smiling from ear to ear. She was really happy, just making a few cabinets and getting so much money, this can help her family get through a little bit of the difficulties.

"Well, thank you for your help. We will leave first," Wang Ran said with a smile. "Meimei, we are leaving now."

Tang Mei heard Wang Ran calling her in the house, and immediately ran out and followed the two of them out.

"Okay, take care," Yongzi's wife Wang Fengqun saw them off to the door, feeling very happy, thinking she had made a good deal. She could still be heard laughing from a distance.

Tang Meixing and the other two returned home quickly. Aunt Tang San had almost finished cooking.

"Sister, I'm going to help Auntie San. You guys go and have a rest first. I'll call you for dinner when my uncle comes back."

"Okay, Xiao Meimei. We just arrived today, so we won't go to help yet," said Wang Ran.

Wang Ran and Pei Yanyan saw Tang Mei trotting into the kitchen, and they also returned to their room.

"Yanyan, let's have dinner at Comrade Tang's house tonight," said Wang Ran.

"Yeah." Pei Yanyan didn't care at all. Except for the hardship she suffered on the train, her life before that had been very good. She also thought that every household lived well, and even those in the countryside should not be bad either.

"Yan Yan, are we going to eat together with the Tang family from now on?"

"Wang Ran, can you cook?" Pei Yanyan asked back.

"Um, I can't. Can you?" Wang Ran said with a smile.

"You don't know yet whether I can or not." Pei Yanyan looked at Wang Ran sideways with an expression that said, "Keep pretending."

"Yes, I know. I don't have any ideas. I want to hear your opinion."

"My opinion is that we should just share a room. We don't know the other people in the village well, and the Tang family has been very caring towards us. We can give them more money when the time comes."

"Hehe, I knew you thought the same as I did." Wang Ran said.