Reborn in the 60s and adopted

The next morning, Pei Yanyan and Tang Mei had just finished practicing boxing and were standing in the yard to rest.

"Little disciple, wait a moment. I will go back to the Youth League Institute to get something for you." Pei Yanyan said as she dusted herself off.

"Oh? What is it?" Tang Mei asked, blinking her curious eyes.

"Hehe, you'll know later!" Pei Yanyan kept the secret, then turned and walked towards the educated youth institute.

Not long after, Pei Yanyan returned to the yard with a small and exquisite bag in her hand.

"Here, it's for you!" Pei Yanyan gently handed the small package to Tang Mei.

"What is this thing? It's wrapped tightly in a bundle?" Tang Mei looked at the mysterious black bundle in front of her with confusion.

"Open it and take a look yourself!" Pei Yanyan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile.

Tang Mei carefully took the bundle and peeled off layer by layer, finally revealing the true face inside - it turned out to be a rectangular iron box. There was a string of English letters printed on the surface of the box, and a few small Chinese characters were written on the top, and some small gray square patterns were painted on the side.

"Wow, why are there foreign words here?" Tang Mei widened her eyes, her face full of curiosity.

"Don't be anxious, just keep opening it and have a look!" Pei Yanyan encouraged with a smile.

Tang Mei listened to her and opened the iron box. Inside were rows of chocolates wrapped in tin foil neatly arranged.

Tang Mei stared at the neatly arranged rows of gray chocolates, her mouth opened wide as if she could fit an egg in. She was secretly surprised: "What is going on? It's clearly the 1960s now, how can there be such a thing as chocolate? I remember that when I was a child, I couldn't eat it until the 1980s or 1990s! And the chocolate at that time was basically produced in Shanghai, is it possible that it is already available now?"

Although she already knew in her heart that it was chocolate, Tang Mei couldn't help swallowing her saliva, then pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What...what is this?" There was a hint of anticipation and curiosity in her voice.

Pei Yanyan, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh when she saw this. She gently patted Tang Mei's shoulder and explained, "This is chocolate. It's a birthday gift specially given to you by Lin Xiao! But, I think this gift should have been bought by Xiao Xiao out of his own pocket."

"Ah? Birthday present?" Tang Mei was stunned. Her birthday had passed a long time ago. But when she heard this, she felt a warm current in her heart. That person was thoughtful.

Then, Pei Yanyan added: "By the way, this chocolate cannot be exposed to heat, otherwise it will melt. That's why Xiaoxiao specially asked technician Niu to bring it to me, and he also wrote to me and reminded me not to forget to tell you that it was a gift from him."

"Well, thank you Brother Lin Xiao." Tang Mei said sincerely, silently grateful to the thoughtful person in her heart.

"Hurry up and try it, this is the most popular flavor in Kyoto now!" Pei Yanyan urged enthusiastically. "Chocolate with liquor filling, very delicious." Pei Yanyan looked at Tang Mei with a smile.

"Sister, have one too." Tang Mei took out one and handed it to Pei Yanyan.

"Okay, let's eat together." After saying that, she put it in her mouth. Hmm, it still tasted the same.

"Hmm." Tang Mei also put one into her mouth. Hmm, it had the full taste of wine and was a little sweet. Compared with the chocolates of later generations, all the chocolates of later generations were better. They were really delicious.

"Leave the rest for my parents and Sister Ran, and everyone can have a try." Tang Mei covered the remaining chocolate with a lid.

"You little girl." Pei Yanyan tapped her nose. "Let's go back and have breakfast."

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These days, Tang Mei has been working with several educated youth and technician Niu to conduct on-site surveys of soil texture and topography in various parts of the village, and has patrolled the village many times to inspect the land conditions.

Until today, the technician Niu finally stopped wandering around.

He took the initiative to find the village chief and asked: "Village chief, do you have an idea about the location selection for growing mushrooms?" Niu Nan asked sincerely.

Upon hearing this, the village chief was a little surprised and said, "Hey, aren't you in charge of the research work during this period? Why haven't you come up with a final result yet?" As he spoke, the village chief seemed to be feeling a little dissatisfied, wondering if this young man was just a person with a false reputation and no substance?

However, Niu Nan did not back down. He calmly explained: "After carefully observing the current climate conditions in your village and the humidity conditions in the fields, in this season, if mushrooms are planted directly in the fields, it is feasible, but they can only be harvested once." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the village chief impatiently.

"What the hell? Only a small batch! Wouldn't it be a waste of manpower and resources, and it would be difficult to make money?" The village chief widened his eyes, his face full of astonishment and doubt, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the result.

Facing the questioning of the village chief, Niu Nan hesitated to speak, and just when he wanted to interrupt to explain himself...

"Little Meimei said that we could harvest a lot. How could it be impossible to get a good harvest after just one crop?" The village chief muttered to himself anxiously, turning around in circles.

"Village chief, don't be anxious. I think Technician Niu hasn't finished speaking yet. Why don't we listen to what he thinks first?" Pei Yanyan, who was standing aside, spoke quickly upon seeing this.

"Oh, yes! That great technician, please continue." The village chief then realized that he was too impatient.

"Ahem... Village Chief, if you think it's not appropriate to plant in the field, we can actually choose to plant indoors. After all, the winter here is not too cold. As long as the temperature is suitable, planting can be successful even in winter." Technician Niu explained slowly.

"Really? That's great!" The village chief's face was full of surprise and he excitedly held Niu Nan's hands.

"Of course, but if you choose to grow indoors, you may need to find an empty house to use. In this case, we will need to use materials such as wood or bamboo poles to build the rack." Niu Nan added.

"Okay, okay, no problem!" The village chief immediately began to think, wondering which vacant houses in the village could be used.

"Village chief, why don't you just use my pigpen and chicken coop? We don't raise livestock and poultry anymore anyway." Tang Mei suddenly had an idea and made a suggestion.

"Oh, that's fine. I have some at home too. People can't afford food these days, and there's not much to feed livestock. That's fine. Let's do an experiment on our two homes first." said the village chief.

"Village chief, why don't we conduct experiments at our Youth League Institute and the Tang family first? If successful, how about promoting the planting on a large scale?" Pei Yanyan suggested cautiously.

The village chief frowned slightly and asked with some concern: "Comrade Xiaoniu, are the number of bacteria you brought enough?"

Niu Nan raised his arm and patted his chest, and answered confidently: "Don't worry, Village Chief! The fungus strains I brought this time are quite sufficient. Once the cultivation is successful, we can use the cultivated fungus strains to grow more mushrooms later."

The village chief was overjoyed and clapped his hands excitedly: "Great! Then go for it! If you have any needs, just let us know. Our whole village will fully support your work."

At this time, Niu Nan proposed the materials currently needed: "I urgently need to go up the mountain to find some oak trees, but I don't know exactly where they are." After saying that, he turned his gaze to the village chief.

The village chief immediately responded, "I know that. It should be found near Tongchekan over there. How about this, Pei Zhiqing, you take a few educated youths with you, and when you see suitable trees, you can cut them down together." Then he began to arrange the tasks.

"No problem, village chief, we'll set off now." Pei Yanyan agreed happily.

Not long after, the group arrived at the place the village chief mentioned.

"Technician Niu, what does this tree look like?" Lu Hua asked curiously.

Niu Nan looked around and pointed: "See it? It's the one on the hillside over there."

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw a tall tree standing there, its leaves rustling in the wind.

"Wow, this tree is so big!" Lu Hua exclaimed with his eyes wide open.

Indeed, the tree is so thick that even an adult man would find it difficult to hug it.

"Then let's get started?" Pei Yanyan suggested.

"Okay, I'll do the sawing!" Gao Xiang volunteered to walk under the tree, picked up the saw and started working.

Time passed by minute by minute. After about half an hour, the big tree was finally sawed down to the ground. Then, everyone worked together to trim the branches and saw the trunk into several sections. After a long period of busy work, all the work was finally completed.

In the end, they even took the tree branches and brought them back to the Youth League Institute.