Seventies: After Being Sent Down to the Countryside, I Rely on Billions of Supplies to Loaf Around and Win

No. 8292, a service-type system from the Quick Transmigration Bureau, was intended to retire in a peaceful 2024 Chinese town after completing one thousand missions. However, a mysterious signal disrupted the deployment process, forcing her into the body of Song Xiu Jun in Shanghai, 1972. The original host was a thirteen-year-old girl whose father had died, leaving her under the care of her mother, Li Qiu Ying, and her stepfather, Jiang Jian Guo. The Jiang family treated Song Xiu Jun as a servant, exploiting her late father’s compensation money and job placement while abusing her physically and emotionally. Her stepsister, Jiang Li Min, had just beaten her unconscious to steal the factory job that Song Xiu Jun was entitled to inherit.

Upon awakening, Song Xiu Jun quickly assessed her situation. Retaining her system space and various items from previous missions, including medicinal pills and future supplies, she began to dismantle her oppressors. She first confronted her stepbrother, Jiang Ai Dang, who had been harassing her, inflicting severe physical punishment to deter further abuse. She then discovered her stepfather’s hidden ledger documenting years of embezzlement from the Shanghai Food Factory. Utilizing her system’s scanning abilities, she gathered evidence of his corruption and his son’s dereliction of duty. Under the cover of darkness, she anonymously reported the Jiang family to the authorities, ensuring that the stepfather would face imprisonment and the stepbrother would lose his position.

With her immediate safety secured, Song Xiu Jun turned her attention to escaping the family home. She sold her factory job to a stranger, Lin Min, for eight hundred yuan, effectively cutting off the Jiang family’s financial exploitation. She also exposed her stepsister’s affair with a married man by sending an anonymous letter to the woman’s legal wife, resulting in Jiang Li Min being publicly humiliated and detained. These actions left the Jiang family in disarray, unable to retaliate against Song Xiu Jun.

Song Xiu Jun then proceeded to the Educated Youth Office to arrange her assignment to the countryside. Despite the office staff recommending a prosperous brigade with better living conditions, she deliberately chose Xianghong Brigade in Qing County, Hei Province, a remote and impoverished area with a low probability of local conflict. Her decision was driven by her desire for a quiet retirement, far from the gossip and dangers of the city. She purchased necessary supplies through the black market, exchanging her system’s future goods for period-appropriate coupons and cash.

After a grueling three-day train journey and subsequent bus and ox-cart transfers, Song Xiu Jun arrived at Zhengyang Commune. She was greeted by Yan Xiang’an, the son of the brigade leader, who was initially skeptical of her but later became an uneasy ally after she shared hunted game with him. The villagers were hostile toward the new educated youths, viewing them as burdens. However, Song Xiu Jun navigated these tensions by establishing herself as independent and capable. She requested permission to build a small house near the Educated Youth Spot, paying the brigade leader directly to avoid communal living conflicts. Her request was granted, and construction began promptly.

As she settled into rural life, Song Xiu Jun balanced her desire for a quiet existence with the realities of collective farming. She avoided heavy field labor by negotiating lighter duties, such as gathering pigweed, while maintaining a low profile among her peers. Her interactions with the Yan family, particularly Yan Xiang’an, hinted at potential future complications, but her primary focus remained on securing a stable and peaceful retirement in the countryside, far removed from the abuses she had endured in Shanghai.