Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Lin Baoyan recalled the lightly reported reports about Gao Yuan in the newspapers last year.

She asked Wu Zhi: "I remember that the counterattack seemed to be in the second half of this year. How come it happened in the second half of last year? Did something go wrong in between? Was it easier than before?"

Wu Zhi looked strange.

What was this girl's education level before? She's not even sure about that.

He chose his words carefully: "It was instigated by our neighbors in the north. The people across the sea generously provided weapons and supplies. They also saw that we happened to be hit by a natural disaster, so they were full of confidence and wanted to take advantage of us."

"We definitely can't let him off. It just so happened that the research institute had all new stuff coming out and we needed actual combat to test its performance, so we simply used the new stuff to give the neighbors a hard time. We didn't suffer many casualties ourselves, but the other side suffered quite a lot." The so-called "a bit more" means more than double the original amount.

Lin Baoyan: As long as we don't have any casualties, it's enough. She remembered the newspaper reports at the time and couldn't help laughing: "Did so many people really have diarrhea? Is their food really so bad that we would have diarrhea after eating it?"

Wu Zhi's face twisted. "You can't imagine how disgusting that thing is. Even pigs wouldn't want to eat it. If they weren't so hungry, no one would touch that thing. The people in the kitchen took a lot of effort to pick and choose the ones that were edible. Just the seasoning was a hassle. In the end, quite a few people fell for it."

"The food eaten by the scum in the garbage dump is really intolerable to our stomachs. We just can't stand it at all."

Lin Baoyan looked at Wu Zhi suspiciously: "You, you weren't there at the time, were you? Otherwise, how could you know so much about it?"

Wu Zhi's expression didn't change at all. "No, that's not the case. So many people had stomach problems at that occasion, and they suspected food poisoning. This matter caused quite a stir at the time. If it was really a logistics problem, many people would have been arrested, so the news spread quite widely. Brother Wu, I have a wide network of contacts, so I knew the news. Tsk tsk, the comrades in the kitchen team at the time were really wronged."

Lin Baoyan's eyes were diverted: "Indeed, the comrades in the kitchen team are too wronged. They only have those materials on hand. If they cook, someone will be infected. If they don't cook, they will starve. No one will be happy."

She looked at Wu Zhi with sparkling eyes again, put on a sneaky look, and after stealing a glance around, she came close to Wu Zhi and whispered, "What about our Miss Qiu? Can she get married earlier? It should be possible, isn't it said that there are new computers a long time ago? Just calculating problems can save several months of time, not to mention that with the two of you here, advanced equipment is indispensable, and it can also save time for transporting bulk goods. So, what do you think, can it be done this year?"

Wu Zhi pushed Lin Baoyan's head away angrily and said, "How do I know if it's okay? I'm not a scientific researcher. Besides, when will you get married? Is that something we can ask?"

Lin Baoyan chuckled: "I just thought that after I get married, we will be more confident. If I can't ask, then I won't ask. Anyway, there will be reports about when I get married, so I'll just wait for the reports."

Wu Zhi then smiled and said, "There are some things you shouldn't ask about, okay?"

"alright, I got it."

After thinking it over, Wu Zhi decided to give it a try to see if this time it would be consistent with what Lin Baoyan said. For some things, the unknown is far more terrifying than the known.

He said, "Do you still remember 'Fang Daming' and Lao Wu?"

Lin Baoyan said calmly: "Remember, didn't they say that they were all taken away?"

In her mind, she and time travelers like Wu Zhi and Xiao Li who lived down-to-earth lives were of the same kind. The other two were heretics who should not have extraordinary abilities, and if they did, they should lose them after making contributions. So, after learning that these two people were discovered and taken away by the higher-ups, she muttered a few words and stopped caring.

They are probably now arranged to live somewhere just like me.

Wu Zhi said, "Yes, but unfortunately, after you, we won't have any more people coming to our 9th Division. You don't know that Director Liu often scolds people at home."

Lin Baoyan tilted her head and thought nostalgically: "Director Liu deserves to be scolded. I was doing well here at first, but you forced me to come here. I couldn't find a way to contact you, and you didn't answer any of my questions. How is he now? I hope his hair hasn't turned white again."

Wu Zhi sighed, "He has been so worried and exhausted over the past few years that his hair has turned completely white. However, he is in good spirits now. When he scolds someone, he can go for an hour without taking a breath."

Lin Baoyan was relieved: "You can still scold for an hour straight. This is a good spirit. I can't do it."

"Are there more time travelers coming to the courtyard now?" Lin Baoyan asked.

She is now very isolated from the news, and has no channel to get any news.

The person who was later replaced as the person in charge of daily affairs looked at her as if she were a big trouble, as if she would go and complain if she was unhappy. Is she the kind of person who likes to complain?

Wu Zhi said with some regret: "During this period, there really hasn't been a single time traveler in the courtyard. I don't know what happened. Now the higher-ups regret placing the energy analyzer there. It's really inconvenient when we need it."

Lin Baoyan nodded in relief and said, "That's good. I said that there are too many travelers in this world. No one knows whether they are human or ghost. It would be best if there are no travelers in the future. That way everyone will be safe and it will save a lot of trouble."

Wu Zhi said calmly: "Oh, you think so too, are you scared by Lao Wu's space?"

Lin Baoyan said with disdain, "I'm not scared, I'm disgusted. The rapid planting space sounds good, but the things produced are just for show. People who don't know buy them and use them. They spend their money, but in the end they get nothing. Isn't this murder for money? Therefore, this kind of space does not deserve to exist and should be destroyed."

Wu Zhi said, "I didn't expect you to have this idea. Did you suddenly think of it or have you always felt this way? 'Fang Daming', do you think the same way?"

Lin Baoyan said as a matter of course: "Of course I have always felt this way. I have thought so since I knew about it. The same goes for Fang Daming. This kind of thing that encourages people to get something for nothing should be destroyed after we have finished studying it."

Wu Zhi bared his teeth and said, "Our technology is not capable of researching these things at all. How can we destroy them after researching them?"

Lin Baoyan rolled her eyes. "Can't I just think about it? It's not against the law to think about it, right? I kept thinking that when these things are no longer useful, they will backfire, explode, or peel off. Anyway, they came inexplicably, so it's normal for me to imagine that they will disappear inexplicably."

Wu Zhi's face turned serious: "So, you don't think the same about your space, do you? You think the well water in your space is also so weird, and you want to make it disappear?"

Lin Baoyan was silent for a while, then smiled awkwardly and said, "No, I still like the spatial spiritual spring in the novel. Maybe I just did something beneficial to society inadvertently, and maybe this is the reward for my good deeds. Maybe this well water is really a good thing. Anyway, I think my well water is good."