Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Lin Baoyan was a little curious: "You already knew that I had a space, and you also knew about the seeds I planted in the experimental field of the Agricultural University. So why didn't you find me at that time? Aren't you curious whether there are other high-yield seeds in my space?"

Liu's eyes became kinder, and then he said seriously, "We are of course curious whether you have other high-yield seeds, but we also know that your space is an unknown thing to us. No one knows whether the things that come out of your space will not adapt to our real world."

"The wheat and rice seeds in your space are indeed high-yielding, but we don't know whether this high yield is stable and hereditary in the real world. We also don't know whether the wheat and rice grown have the same nutritional composition as in reality. We can't make a decision lightly on issues like this that involve the livelihoods of all the people."

"After your rice and wheat seeds have been tested and hybridized in the real world for two years and their safety and superiority have been confirmed, the relevant departments will decide to promote them next year."

Director Liu smiled again and said, "If you hadn't just happened to be exposed and joined our 9th Department, our comrades in the Ministry of Agriculture would still be worried about how to get other seeds from you."

Lin Baoyan smiled dryly and didn't want to know what would happen.

She said worriedly, "When I got this space, it already had rice and wheat, which are the ones I took out, and some fruit trees, forage grass, lotus roots, water chestnuts, some Chinese cabbage, white radish and the like. Others, such as corn, were planted by me after I collected seeds. I don't know if these plants will be the same as the original ones after being planted in my space."

Liu was surprised: "Is that so?" He thought for a while and said: "Then let's put it aside for now, and we'll see what to do after we discuss it."

Lin Baoyan thought for a moment and said to Director Liu, "I'll go in and get something." Then she closed her eyes.

The spirit body entered the space, ran to the fruit forest, picked a lot of lychees, mangoes, durians and other fruits, went to the pond to pick a lot of lotus pods and water chestnuts, and then gathered a handful of grass before hurried out.

As soon as I came out and opened my eyes, I met Director Liu's curious eyes.

Being watched so closely, Lin Baoyan leaned back in fear. Liu quickly stepped back and said with a smile, "You are really amazing at entering and exiting space." As he spoke, he returned to the seat opposite and looked Lin Baoyan up and down, "Do I just need to close my eyes to do it?"

"I am entering the space with my spirit, but I can also enter the space with my body." Lin Baoyan waved her hand towards the table, and a pile of fruits and other things appeared on the table: "These are the native species in the space. I planted them later and didn't take them out."

Liu covered his nose, endured the strange smell of durian, walked forward to observe the produce on the table, and sighed: "This is really amazing, it's obviously the end of November, these fruits are all specialties of the south, and they are still bearing fruit now, this is really, wow."

"Yes, the temperature in the space has always been around 25 or 6 degrees. It's impossible to tell the seasons. Also, there are no bees to help with pollination, and there's no strong wind. I've always wondered how the species inside can produce fruit."

"But think about it, if something as unreasonable as space can emerge, it's not surprising that there are some special things about it."

"Fortunately, this space is so unreasonable. Otherwise, if you want to grow something by yourself, you will not only have to cultivate, sow, weed and harvest by yourself, but you will also have to worry about how to pollinate the plants. It must be very difficult for a child like you to find bees in this city." Director Liu flipped through the grass, pinched a little leaf and smelled it carefully.

Lin Baoyan said with a bitter face, "When I first came here in late 54 or early 55, I traded some out-of-season vegetables like cucumbers and tomatoes at Daqianmen for some cotton cloth and common seeds. After that, what happened to Brother Li and the others, I never took out the things inside again, and I never went to look for bees or anything like that."

She looked up and asked, "The greenhouse vegetables that are now on the market were all developed after suggestions from Brother Li and Wu Zhi. They are really amazing. I don't even know when the oil field was developed or where it is exactly."

Director Liu nodded and said, "Yes, what we have been lacking is a specific oil extraction site, and the plastics industry has a direction, so the difficulty of tackling the problem is not great, so these will soon produce results."

"On the contrary, candy and chemical engineering are more difficult, so it took a little longer."

Lin Baoyan was puzzled: "Didn't they give you the specific molecular formula? With the molecular formula and the sample, synthesis shouldn't be difficult."

Liu Chu laughed: "What do you think are the benefits of these two time travelers?"

"There should be an exchange system, right? And a system storage compartment? When Brother Li first came, the people next door could smell his food. Normally, he shouldn't have a space like mine. But after a fight next door, he couldn't smell anything anymore. I guess they must have used some odor-isolating equipment. I don't know what Wuzhi is, he didn't stay there for a few days before leaving."

"You guessed correctly. They both provide exchange systems and storage compartments." Liu said, "They did provide molecular formulas and samples, but chemical engineering is not just about these. Another prerequisite is equipment."

"Equipment involves many departments, from mining, transportation, smelting, forging, fine processing, etc. All aspects need to meet the conditions before qualified products can be produced."

"Of course, we can also buy from abroad, but if we want to buy, we need foreign exchange. Our country is so poor and we have to pay off debts every year. Where can we get so much money?"

"Foreigners also take advantage of opportunities and sell equipment to our country at ten times the normal price or even higher. They often regret it halfway and demand a higher price."

Liu sighed, his face a little haggard: "The country is in a difficult situation now. You should have seen the situation of our country during this period. Therefore, we can only grit our teeth and start research from scratch bit by bit. Finally, we have manufactured the equipment and started production this year. However, these products have been put on the foreign market and the response is quite good. We have exchanged a lot of foreign exchange for the country. In the future, we can export less grain to repay our debts."

Lin Baoyan felt a little ashamed: "I am a poor student. There is not much information about the events during this period in my junior high school textbooks. I have heard that our country was in a difficult situation at that time, but I really don't know how difficult it was."

Liu comforted her: "This is none of your business. It's because we old men haven't done enough. Besides, aren't we old men working so hard now just for your generation to live a happy life?"