Chapter 65: You Still Know How to Come Back?

It was the first time Xu Jiaojiao had witnessed the space, and it opened her eyes.

After fiddling with it for a whole night, she finally figured it out.

She could access some ordinary food, supplies, and even books at any time.

But other things were out of the question. She could only watch them.

She didn’t know what the unlocking conditions were.

However, this was already a pleasant surprise for Xu Jiaojiao.

According to the system’s usual behavior, she might have to complete two years of tasks, only to get a piece of trash in return.

After fiddling with it for a while, Xu Jiaojiao went to sleep, satisfied.

When she woke up the next day, the sky was already bright.

Xu Jiaojiao habitually looked towards the folding bed by the wall.

However, the blanket there was still neatly folded in a rectangular shape.

That person didn’t come back all night!

Xu Jiaojiao’s heart felt a pang of tightness.

Immediately, she looked away and got up to get her toiletries.

She didn’t plan to go to work today. She had already asked the team leader for leave yesterday.

After washing up properly, Xu Jiaojiao went back to the room and found a piece of clothing without patches to change into.

When she picked up the mirror to comb her hair, she froze again.

The person in the mirror still had beautiful eyebrows and eyes, rosy lips, and white teeth, not looking like someone who had lost their golden finger.

Thinking about the system’s furious look yesterday, Xu Jiaojiao frowned again.

What went wrong?

She thought about it for a while but couldn’t find anything wrong. She could only put it aside for now.

However, she could feel the system, which she had blocked, constantly trying to break through the barrier.

She didn’t have much time left.

By the time Xu Jiaojiao changed her clothes and combed her hair, it was quiet outside.

She took out twenty yuan from her bag and two kilograms of meat tickets from her trouser pocket.

Then, she picked out some herbs from her box where she kept her medicinal herbs and put them in a separate bag.

After checking that she had everything, she opened the door and went out.

Xu Jiaojiao was going back to her parents’ home today.

The Red Flag Brigade and the Red Star Brigade were only a few kilometers away.

However, they were all mountain roads, so it was still a bit far.

By the time she reached the Red Star Brigade, the sun was already high in the sky.

Xu Jiaojiao felt so hungry that her stomach was sticking to her back.

As soon as she reached the village entrance, she ran into some elderly people who weren’t working.

“Are there any educated youths coming to the team again?”

“With a face like that, how can they do any work?”

“Exactly, why do they always send girls to our team?”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

“Seventh Grandma, I’m Xu Zhengfa’s fifth daughter!”

Hearing this, the discussion suddenly stopped, and several people looked at her carefully.

Then, Seventh Grandma said in surprise,

“It really is the fifth daughter! How did you change so much? I wouldn’t even recognize you!”

The others were also shocked.

“I told you the fifth daughter married well! Look at how plump and white she is. She must be well-loved by her husband.”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She was so frustrated.

She barely recognized the word “plump.”

At most, she had gained some weight in a certain… ahem, area.

In this era, people were mostly thin and bony due to food shortages.

If someone could eat themselves round, the elderly would surely love them.

Xu Jiaojiao had been here for three months, and with the food from the Lucky Bag, she naturally didn’t look as pale and thin as others.

Plus, with the beauty enhancement from the cheating system.

She bet that even Luo Miaofang wouldn’t recognize her own daughter if she stood in front of her.

Finally, she managed to deal with the grandmothers in the team.

Xu Jiaojiao walked towards her home.

The people she met along the way were mostly elderly people who couldn’t work.

Most of the others had gone to the fields.

This was probably the same all over the country.

After all, this was still an era where agriculture was the main industry, and farmers could only rely on the fields to eat.

The Xu family’s house was also located at the end of the village, and the houses here were also sparse.

Soon, she saw the few dilapidated thatched houses.

Xu Jiaojiao paused for a moment before walking towards the thatched houses.

It was time for work, so the yard was quiet, with no one around.

Xu Zhengfa had five daughters, all of whom had married.

The old couple was left alone, living here.

Standing at the door, the feeling of desolation washed over her.

Xu Jiaojiao felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

She pushed open the yard door, and the sound of hens clucking came from inside.

Following her memory, Xu Jiaojiao went straight to a room.

In this era, doors were not locked at night, and lost items were not picked up. The folk customs were still very simple.

The key to the room was directly placed in the crack of the stone under the eaves.

Xu Jiaojiao took out the key, opened the lock, and went inside.

There was no dust in the room, which meant that other sisters often came back.

The original owner had only come back once during the Spring Festival, and it had been more than half a year now.

Xu Jiaojiao felt a little guilty.

She had never had parents since she was a child, and for a moment, she forgot that there were people here waiting for her to come back and visit.

After putting down her things, she went to the kitchen.

She took out three kilograms of rice, half a kilogram of meat, one kilogram of brown sugar, one kilogram of flour, and one kilogram of eggs from her bag.

She had taken these out from the Lucky Bag on the way.

She didn’t dare to take too much, afraid that the old couple would think too much.

And…

Thinking of something, Xu Jiaojiao felt a little stuffy in her chest.

Suppressing that chaotic thought.

She cooked a fire easily and started cooking.

It was the same here as in the Red Banner Brigade. Work was usually done around eleven o’clock, and people would come back for lunch.

The Xu family’s stove was also quite simple, and it was difficult to start a fire.

Xu Jiaojiao spent a lot of effort before she got the fire going.

The daily ration she took out was a piece of fatty meat, with not much lean meat.

She didn’t know what kind of principle the space used. Time was still, and things wouldn’t spoil inside.

However, since time travel could happen, a space where time was still didn’t seem so strange?

There was a basket of green vegetables hanging on the hook in the kitchen.

It seemed that Luo Miaofang had picked them and was going to use them for lunch.

Xu Jiaojiao took down the vegetables and washed them.

The oil in the pot was already refined.

She scooped up the oil and oil residue together and put them in the oil jar.

Then, she cut the remaining lean meat into thin strips. She was going to cook a pot of lean meat porridge.

In this era, there was a shortage of meat. People in the city were lucky if they could get one kilogram of meat tickets per month.

You couldn’t buy meat without tickets.

People in the countryside ate even less, maybe a few times a year.

If they could get a bit of meat broth on non-festival days, it was already a happy thing. Who would dislike meat porridge?

Plus, Xu Jiaojiao’s cooking skills were quite good. Soon, the entire yard was filled with the aroma of meat.

Luo Miaofang, who had just reached the door, was surprised.

“Second Sister, are you back?”

She shouted towards the kitchen as she entered the yard.

But the next moment, she saw a strange yet familiar girl walking out of the kitchen.

“Mom, I’m back.” Xu Jiaojiao called out nervously.

She was afraid that she was too different from the original owner and would be found out.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw Luo Miaofang pick up a broom.

“You still know how to come back?”

Xu Jiaojiao: ?!