Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

This year passed in chaos.

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu were busy trying to get Jia Zhang out, and they went to Lin Baoyan's house many times to plead for mercy. However, Lin Baoyan always had only one sentence: "I am not the victim, it doesn't matter whether I forgive Aunt Jia or not."

The two men had no choice but to go find Zhou Kangzhan again.

Zhou Kangzhan had not been seen for more than a month, and Yi Zhonghai did not dare to go to his unit to look for him. After all, it was that unit.

Anyway, for several days in a row, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu were visibly anxious and quickly became haggard, which made Lin Baoyan marvel: Jia Dongxu is their biological son after all, and his mother's imprisonment has a huge impact on her immediate family members. It is normal for him to be so anxious, but why is Yi Zhonghai also so anxious?

Although curious, I don't explore.

She is still a child. Who knows what dirty things are in there, which may be harmful to her mental health.

During this time, she also saw Yi Zhonghai go to the deaf old lady's room to discuss for a long time. Afterwards, an aunt brought fragrant dishes several times and followed the deaf old lady out alone with a cane several times. Every time she came back, the deaf old lady's face looked almost the same, and it was impossible to tell whether she was good or bad.

Soon the school started again. This semester, Lin Baoyan was in the sixth grade. This time, her classmates were all 13 or 14-year-old boys and girls, and some were almost 16 years old. The students' daily entertainment activities were no longer limited to throwing sandbags and hopscotch. Many people chose table tennis, badminton and other ball games. Lin Baoyan followed the crowd and went to play table tennis. After all, she didn't know other sports, but how could she not know and like table tennis and diving, which are the national strengths? She also bought a pretty racket. When she swung it, she felt that her posture was really beautiful!

On Saturday, Lin Baoyan finished her work and went home with her schoolbag. When she returned to the middle courtyard, she saw Zhou Kangzhan standing at the door and talking to Jia Dongxu. She immediately ran over happily and shouted, "Brother, you're back."

Zhou Kangzhan smiled at Lin Baoyan and said, "Yes, I'm back." He continued to reject Jia Dongxu, "Your mother's case has been sentenced, and everything is judged according to the law. You don't need to waste your time here anymore."

Lin Baoyan stood next to Zhou Kangzhan. Zhou Kangzhan stopped talking to Jia Dongxu and said to Lin Baoyan, "Why are you so late after school today?"

"It's a labor class in the afternoon. I played table tennis with my classmates after class." She looked into the house and said, "I haven't lit the stove for you in a few days. Come home with me and get some coal."

"Well, I didn't buy any food either, so it's a good opportunity for you to cook more tonight. By the way, I haven't collected my food allowance for this month yet. I'll find time to collect it tomorrow and leave it all with you."

"Okay, I have a salted fish, so I'll steam it and eat it today."

The two men walked towards the backyard while talking, leaving Jia Dongxu with a face full of anger that he couldn't vent.

After entering the backyard, Lin Baoyan glanced at the tightly closed west wing without saying a word. After returning to the room, she asked, "How could a fool like Wang Fuguan be an enemy spy?" She couldn't understand why. He ran directly to her to inquire about Zhou Kangzhan's whereabouts, and then a theft occurred in the yard. Even a fool could suspect him.

That would have been fine, but after the incident he still stayed in the compound to watch the fun. He knew that Jia Zhang had been arrested, but he didn't run away. He waited until the police came to arrest him before he panicked.

Zhou Kangzhan pinched his brows and said, "We have been arresting enemy spies for many years. Those who are capable and experienced have either been arrested or hidden deep. Those who show up now are those who were trained urgently later. Wang Fuguan was probably put into use just a few days after training. He has no experience and no ability, so he is just used to make up the numbers."

I understand. The elites are always a minority, and the majority are ordinary people. It's no wonder that they do outrageous things.

The two stopped talking about these things and worked together, and soon dinner was ready.

Steamed salted fish, braised duck with soybeans, and stir-fried cucumber with black fungus. These three dishes were very satisfying for two people.

After the meal, Zhou Kangzhan said, "Today's dishes are too rich. Don't eat like this in the future. Is the money I gave you enough? If not, I'll go find a colleague to exchange some."

Lin Baoyan thought about it. The salted fish, pressed duck, soybeans, and cucumbers were all from the space. She didn't spend any money. Even the black fungus was exchanged with Yan Bugui for soybeans. She didn't spend any money on this table of dishes. But she didn't have many tickets on hand. She nodded and said, "I'm short of tickets. I'm short of all kinds of tickets."

Zhou Kangzhan took out a handful of banknotes, checked out the few that he would need, such as cigarette and alcohol tickets, and pushed the rest to Lin Baoyan.

Lin Baoyan was not polite and took everything directly. After she bought things like soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc., she just put those that were for Zhou Kangzhan in his room.

After the two of them had packed up, Lin Baoyan took out her textbook to preview, and Zhou Kangzhan also took out a book to read. Then there was a knock on the door.

The two looked at each other, and Zhou Kangzhan said, "I'm going back. You can go to bed early after you finish your studies."

Lin Baoyan nodded in agreement, and Zhou Kangzhan stood up and responded, "I'm coming." He went to open the door, and then went out. After closing the door, he said to Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu who were standing at the door, "Let's go to the central courtyard."

Then, all three of them went to the central courtyard.

Lin Baoyan sighed, washed up, bolted the door, turned off the lights, and entered the space.

The space is well-lit and is a great place to read.

No one knows what Zhou Kangzhan said to Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu, but the two of them have quieted down anyway. They had no choice but to quiet down. The verdict on Jia Zhang's theft was announced. The amount of theft was huge, but because the stolen property had been confiscated and the owner's loss (thermos bottle) had been compensated, and his attitude towards admitting guilt was sincere, he was only sentenced to three months in prison and fined a certain amount.

In fact, this sentence was already very light. Zhou Kangzhan's radio was the latest transistor radio, which sold for more than one hundred yuan, and Jia Zhang was guilty of burglary, which was a criminal case. The fact that he was only sentenced to three months in prison was the result of Zhou Kangzhan's agreement to settle.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Lin Baoyan graduated from elementary school with honors. She was admitted to a nearby middle school, still a day student, and did not have to live in the school dormitory like He Yushui.

At the same time, the country also announced that thanks to the efforts of scientists, the country has developed hybrid rice with a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms, which is expected to be promoted nationwide next year. By then, most parts of the country will be able to switch to this high-yield rice.

For a time, the whole country was in an uproar!

Hybrid rice yields 1,000 kilograms per mu!

This news is too exaggerated. You know, the current rice yield per mu is no more than 500 kilograms, and this requires good fields, sufficient fertilizer, and good care to achieve this yield. Under normal circumstances, the rice yield per mu is about 300 to 400 kilograms. Now suddenly I know that the yield per mu can be increased to 1,000 kilograms. My God, this is not just a matter of a little increase, but a doubling. What does this mean? It is equivalent to an increase of at least 40% in the national grain output!

This news also spread internationally, of course, the international community was skeptical about it.

Similarly, suspicion does not prevent them from sending more spies to investigate.