Traveling into the 1980s: A Cannon Fodder Female Supporter's Guide to Self-Rescue

Chapter 5 Newbie Package

The "gurgling" sound coming from her stomach made Jiang Tang blush with embarrassment. She didn't want to bother with the system anymore and started researching on her own.

She soon discovered that there was a line of small writing at the bottom of the control panel. The writing was very small and relatively white, which was why she had not seen it at first:
Novices who complete primary tasks will receive a large gift package, and corresponding material rewards such as rice, noodles, vegetables, and meat will be distributed immediately.

This is okay. It just so happens that Jiang’s mother is not at home at the moment. She may have gone out to look for wild vegetables?

Jiang Tang thought he could try to "treasure hunt".

My whole body is weak, but it is more important to earn points by doing tasks to survive.

Jiang Tang struggled to get up and sneaked into the kitchen of this earthen house. She was very surprised by the simple kitchen. What made her even more wide-eyed was the earthen stove that she had only seen on TV.

How to use this? Do you still need to drill wood to make fire?
Based on the memory of the original owner, Jiang Tang found a wooden barrel where Jiang's mother kept rice, but it was empty.

Not a grain of rice!
Jiang Tang refused to give up and searched around the kitchen again, but in the end she only found a sweet potato that was not much longer than her palm.

[Xiaojiu, people in different generations have different needs. At this time, people generally can’t eat white rice and it’s okay to use sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger, right? 】

The system was silent, showing no intention of answering its host's strange questions.

[Then I'm cooking now. I just want to eat sweet potatoes today. Steaming sweet potatoes can be regarded as a meal for myself. 】

In fact, this is called a secret exchange concept. Jiang Tang plans to cook the sweet potato and eat it himself, as long as it can fill his stomach.

The system voice assistant still made no sound. Jiang Tang guessed that her idea was correct.

Jiang Tang immediately took action. After washing the sweet potatoes, he put them directly into the earthen pot next to him.

Then with Xiaojiu's secret help, he lit a fire and started steaming the sweet potatoes.

After doing all this, Jiang Tang found a stool and sat down in the kitchen to wait silently.

She is really exhausted now. If she does some exercise, she suspects she will faint again before eating.

So hungry!
During this period, Jiang Tang had no desire to communicate with the system. Food was the most important thing for the people.

After she has eaten, go to System Theory and ask for her "newbie gift bag".

In just a short while, bursts of fragrance wafted out of the earthen pot. Speaking of which, Jiang Tang was used to eating all kinds of fine grains in her previous life, but the steamed sweet potatoes her grandmother occasionally made for her were very to her liking.

There are only a few simple kitchen utensils in the kitchen, but they all look clean and tidy, and even the stove has been wiped spotless.

From this point of view, Jiang’s mother is a diligent and clean country woman.

Jiang Tang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that she looked down on rural people, but that people in this era generally didn't have common sense about hygiene and cleanliness.

The professor in her medical class even said that even in the 60s and [-]s, there were still many children in the countryside who drank raw water since they were young and had roundworms in their stomachs.

Jiang Tang's eyes lit up as bugs and other diseases caused by poor hygiene abounded.

[Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu, call Xiaojiu. 】

[Self-rescue system: Host, please tell me if you have anything to do. I will be at your service. 】

Even if the intelligent voice assistant does not have an independent thinking program, it is still aware of current affairs. In a short period of time, it has realized that the host bound to it this time is a character that is not easy to mess with.

Therefore, the attitude is much more respectful.

Jiang Tang didn't care at all and directly asked what she had just thought of; [Although you are only a self-rescue system, you should also have a benevolent heart, right?Do I get points if I help someone else as well as myself? 】

[Self-rescue system: Host, random tasks are published above. The system does not know the specific content and will not inform it in advance. 】

The firewood in the stove was burning fiercely, so the earthen pot continued to emit hot steam, accompanied by the faint fragrance of sweet potatoes.

Jiang Tang wrapped it in a rag and opened the lid of the earthen pot, fished out the small sweet potato with a spoon placed in the cupboard, and then extinguished the firewood with the help of the system.

Alas, it seems that in order to survive in this era, she must first learn to make a fire.

Also, when did gas stoves and rice cookers become popular?

Occasionally going to a farmhouse to eat authentic firewood rice is fun, but having to cook like this every day, Jiang Tang feels that he is not capable enough.

The mood was so urgent that Jiang Tang carefully peeled off the skin of the sweet potato with the tips of her nails without waiting for the sweet potato to dissipate, and finally ate the soft, glutinous and sweet steamed sweet potato.

Alas, it was such a delicacy but there was just a little bit too little. Jiang Tang finished the sweet potato in just a few bites.

[Self-rescue system: Congratulations to the host, the cooking task is completed and ten points are obtained. 】

[What about my novice gift package? 】

Jiang Tang felt very happy, rice, flour, grains and oil, it would be great if there was a big piece of meat.

[Self-rescue system: When the host completes the task for the first time, the host will be rewarded with a pound of pork belly. 】

Jiang Tang was stunned, and then a line of small words appeared on the system interface in her mind:
Existing points: 10
In the locker in the system space, a pound of shiny pork belly magically appeared.

And the instructions that come with the locker say that the system space has a freshness preservation function, and the food stored in it will never expire or deteriorate.

Pork belly is good, but to her now it is equivalent to tasteless ribs. Wouldn't it be more delicious with a pound of rice or noodles?

[Xiaojiu, the novice gift package is just a pound of meat?Can I switch to rice? 】

[Self-rescue system: Host, the material rewards of the novice gift package are not randomly distributed, but the system detects the host's subjective wishes and will deliberately satisfy the host's wishes. 】

At this moment, the person Jiang Tang wanted to strangle to death became himself. Why think about meat when he was just thinking about eating?
As a person, you really can't reach the sky in one step. She should think about how to fill her stomach first and then consider other issues.

Because the novice mission was completed, apart from the pound of pork belly, the system mall was also officially launched.

The mall icon on the control panel became brighter. After Jiang Tang clicked it to enter, he found that the mall had a relatively complete range of items.

But they are all daily necessities such as rice, flour, grains and oils, and they are all food. The corresponding ones below are daily necessities, men's and women's clothing, beauty and skin care, etc.

But the corresponding text description is:

Item classification has not been activated yet!
Yes, don’t think so much, you still need to replenish your body’s energy first.

Each item in the mall was presented with pictures and texts, so the first thing Jiang Tang saw was the big, white and tender meat buns.

The innocent big meat buns cost 2 points each. Jiang Tang, who had a huge sum of money with 10 points, bought a meat bun boldly.

The meat buns were huge, and Jiang Tang knew she would have to eat two to fill her stomach.

But she also knew that the original owner was already weak and his body was still in a sub-healthy state, so he could not eat too much meaty food.

(End of this chapter)