Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

In the last few months of 1958, Lin Baoyan had been working hard to farm in the space.

She was helpless, as she had no other options except farming.

She tried many methods, but the space was just an ordinary space, without spiritual springs, accelerators, or intelligent operations. All she could hope for was that the space could be expanded a little more next time.

There were constant disturbances and conflicts in the outside world, especially two countries that had been holding on to the suspected hidden magic, and even privately proposed that they were willing to make concessions and agree to sell some advanced machines that were originally banned from sale to us in exchange for the opportunity to jointly study the unknown.

This time, the higher-ups insisted that he was a mental patient and an avid fan of fairy tale novels. When he was ill, he thought he was a disciple of the immortal in the novel Journey to the West, so he talked nonsense.

They even organized a team to hold a traditional Chinese art performance and invited foreign friends to watch it.

The performances mainly include some common items on the overpass, such as invulnerability to swords and guns, breaking stones with the chest, etc. From the viewing effect, it is definitely wonderful.

Anyway, the point is, there are no supernatural phenomena in our country. We advocate a materialistic world view, and there are no such things as strange people.

No matter whether others believe it or not, I believe it myself.

Afterwards, a high mountain in the suburbs suddenly exploded in the middle of the night, and even the shadows of some mythical beasts flashed in the sky.

The relevant departments imposed martial law overnight and blocked the mountain for a long time. During this period, they organized nearby villagers to search the mountain. The action was secretive and the outside world was completely unaware of it.

The villagers found nothing, so they just hunted a lot of prey and cooked them to look good when visiting relatives.

The villagers became very close to each other during this visit and the news soon spread. Many villagers at the foot of the mountain organized themselves to go up the mountain to hunt, which exposed the entire mountain search operation. It is said that the relevant organizers were severely criticized and all sent to other places for training.

During that period, the radio waves over Beijing became much denser, and international routes became busier.

Afterwards, our relationship with the surrounding areas became increasingly tense, and the action to assist brother units in building factories became increasingly urgent. Another round of dispatch plans began in each factory, and the residents of the courtyards began to move around again.

Regarding the residents of the courtyard house, Director Liu and a group of experts, together with Wu Zhi and Lin Baoyan, held a meeting to study the issue for several days. Through the two people's detailed analysis of the TV series and the introductions of the fan fiction they had read, they roughly came to a conclusion.

Before the end of 65, when the TV series begins, the main characters cannot change, that is to say, the main residents of the courtyard cannot be missing.

Given that the courtyard house is now a key observation target for many parties, every resident must be thoroughly investigated to prevent further leaks.

Even the neighboring courtyard houses on the left and right followed suit and, in the end, several families moved out quickly, and then new residents moved into the vacant houses.

In addition, according to Wu Zhi, a large number of illustrated vernacular versions of ancient Chinese fantasy novels and many vernacular versions of works by Feng Shui masters suddenly appeared on the Hong Kong market. Later, several Hong Kong newspapers also suddenly serialized some fantasy novels, such as "The Legend of Chusen" and "Exploring the Underground Palace". The sales were very good, and the buyers included not only locals, but also quite a few foreigners.

The country across the sea was living a good life, but was suddenly forced by its father to pay tribute. It is said that the tribute included a lot of ancient books written in Chinese characters.

Anyway, it seemed that for a moment, the whole world was discussing the splendid culture of ancient China.

Lin Baoyan was very happy to know this. Our mother's tricks of telling the truth and the lies were so confusing that even we people were confused, let alone those foreigners.

To be honest, she really didn't know that the chaos of "Fang Daming" could actually play such an effect. It would be great if she could bring those two mortal enemies into the ditch.

If you make the wrong choice on the technology tree, the consequences can be very serious. Just look at the aftermath of the Soviet Union's obsession with vacuum tube technology.

Even if this wave of operations cannot bring those two into trouble, it would be good to delay the time for a few years. What we lack is time. By the time Miss Qiu is married, who will dare to make any more noises?

After entering 59, Lin Baoyan kept reading the newspapers and would ask Li Mei from time to time about the supply of materials outside.

"The supply outside is quite abundant during this period. The proportion of fine grains this month is a little higher. There are also nine taels of meat coupons every month, three taels every ten days, and three taels and a half of oil." Li Mei took out Lin Baoyan's supply booklet and looked through it.

Lin Baoyan was a little confused. Why did the meat supply increase so much? It used to be only six taels per month, but now it has increased by half.

"Oh, this is because in the second half of last year, starting from August, agricultural products, livestock products and most mineral products were deleted from the debt repayment projects. There is no need to export to repay the debt, so of course there is more supply on the market." Li Mei explained: "Some candies, beverages, snacks and medicines produced in our country are quite popular abroad, and the prices are much higher than those of agricultural and livestock products alone."

"This is normal. Industrial products, even primary products, are always more expensive than raw materials." Lin Baoyan understood this very well. It's a scissors gap, not surprising.

She thought that if she could preserve so many agricultural and sideline products this time, no matter how bad the situation was, it would definitely be much better than before.

At least, since people in the countryside are not eating and drinking excessively, there will be enough food reserves to get through the rest of the time.

During the Chinese New Year, Lin Baoyan spent it with Wu Zhi and Zhou Kangzhan.

Zhou Kangzhan had lost weight again, and the dark circles under his eyes seemed to be welded to his face. After arriving at the villa, Zhou Kangzhan greeted the two, chatted for a while, ate a few pieces of fried chicken, and then fell asleep on the sofa.

Lin Baoyan tiptoed and pulled Wu Zhi to the next room and asked him, "What's going on outside recently? Why are you guys so busy?"

Wu Zhi also looked tired, which was rare. He rubbed his face and said with energy, "It was all caused by that idiot Fang Daming. Now we are all cleaning up his mess."

Lin Baoyan was puzzled: "Isn't this matter over? Why is there a follow-up?"

Wu Zhi slumped in his chair and explained, "It's not that simple. If we really want people to believe it, a simple light and shadow of a mythical beast is not enough. We ourselves must go to various legendary places to create the illusion of searching, and we must also wipe out the remnants of the secret societies that have revived, and at the same time we have to fight wits and courage with the endless spies. Tell me, how heavy is the workload? Hey, we are too short of manpower. In the past two years, the replacement of potions has not been enough. Brother Wu, I can only be the captain of the fire brigade. I go wherever there is a need. Tell me, am I tired?"

As he spoke, he muttered, "This system is so heartless. Why are the medicines so expensive? It would be better if they were cheaper." While muttering, he looked at Lin Baoyan, making her feel confused.