Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1249 Execution (5k)

Her husband was usually the most honest and willing to take on tasks in the department, and he did most of the work. She never expected that he would be sent on such a long and arduous business trip despite his hard work.

Their department head must be blind. Doesn't he know that honest people like this need at least a little bit of protection and reassurance?
Her husband laughed, hugged his wife, and stroked her head as he said, "Darling, you've misunderstood. This business trip was my own request. Besides, it's also a reward from my superiors. You have no idea how envious my colleagues are of me."

His wife calmed down a bit and looked up at him: "Really? Is the travel allowance really that high?"

Aside from that, she couldn't think of anything about that country that was enviable. Of course, it was safe there, but in her opinion, it was nothing special except for safety.

“It is indeed very high, but that’s not the main point.” The man said with a smug look on his face.

To be fair, the Russians are indeed very kind to their own people, but it's clear that this male owner didn't take the generous subsidies to heart.

"Then what is the most important thing?" The woman asked suspiciously, her eyes starting to dart towards the man's groin.

"God, what the hell are you thinking! They're not from the South Peninsula, not from Lüsong, not from southern Jiaozhi, and not from the Japanese!" the man roared in fury.

"Okay, okay, darling, it's all my fault. You know I'm not as smart as you, I couldn't have guessed it." The woman herself felt that her guess was outrageous, so she quickly admitted her mistake and her attitude was extremely sincere. She even used self-deprecating humor.

The man was very satisfied with his wife's performance and puffed out his chest: "Honey, I can buy some things there that I can't buy in China, and they're cheaper. You know, there are some things that even if we had the money, we couldn't buy." The man was very proud; a colleague had attended a similar exhibition more than a year ago and had made a lot of money that time.

"Really? What do they have?" The woman's face lit up with joy. If that was the case, it was truly good news.

The man pointed to the radio on his cabinet: "Do you see that? They made it..."

The woman perked up: "I must admit, honey, this thing is great, but we don't need a second one."

“You don’t understand what I mean. If they can produce that, they can produce more things. For example, the television you keep complaining about.”

"We have a television now, darling." Although it wasn't very functional and was quite bulky, it was a television nonetheless.

"But it's black and white! But they produce color ones, and they're not expensive!" The man finally pulled out his trump card.

"Oh my god! Really? You don't know, I'm so fed up with my colleagues showing off their color TVs!" the woman exclaimed.

“It’s true, and I can tell you very clearly that their color TV was also made by people from the South! Because we only imported this one type of color TV, while the ‘color TVs’ we produced ourselves…” He emphasized the word “color TV”: “It’s absolutely not something she should be showing off to you.”

"That's wonderful! You absolutely must go to the South this time!" The woman hugged her husband and kissed him on the lips.

"It's not just that, darling, it's not just that... there's something even more you crave..."

"What else?" The woman felt that her husband was practically dazzling at that moment.

"Cars! I saw cars in the introduction they sent me earlier. You know what, honey? So many kinds of cars that don't require any purchase qualifications, beautifully designed, powerful, and comfortable cars, waiting for me to choose!"

As a Russian working in trade and economic affairs, it's not surprising that he could see these things. However, his rank and luck were not enough to qualify him to buy a car they produced, even though the performance of these cars seemed far inferior to that of cars from the South.

For an ordinary Russian, the queues to qualify for car purchases have grown to a length that even a Russian would never be able to digest.

It's absolutely true that buying a car here depends on luck. The Russians once issued a lottery where the prize was the right to buy a car, and the money was up to the buyer.

Clearly, this bear didn't have that kind of luck, so even though he had enough money, he still couldn't own a car.

His words drove his wife into a frenzy: "My God, darling! You're driving me crazy. You're sure you can buy it?"

"Judging from the promotional materials they sent, as long as you have enough money, you can definitely buy one. I've calculated that we have enough money, and they've always been very trustworthy." The Russian man, who loves math, perfectly illustrated what "the necessary and sufficient condition for buying a car" means in his own words.

After saying that, he added, "And I've heard that we don't even need to spend too much money on this car, and we can even make a small profit."

"Really? Do people in the South also issue car lottery tickets, and the prize is a car that doesn't require any money?"

"No, I've studied and calculated their last policy. I can roughly offset the money I pay for the car by using my purchasing privileges to buy things for others that we don't need. For example, something like that radio cassette player. I've calculated that they don't give us many purchasing privileges individually, but it's enough to roughly cover the price of the car, and if I handle it properly, I can even make a small profit."

The man was very good at math, but unfortunately, he didn't have many opportunities to use it at the moment. If this were decades later, when shopping platforms in the South were running "spend more, save more" promotions, he would probably be able to excel under those complicated rules.

His words sent his wife from ecstasy to shock, and from shock to worry...

Needless to say, I was ecstatic.

She was shocked to discover, for the first time, that her country seemed somewhat weak in this regard.

What worries her, however, is that after emerging from her euphoria, she begins to worry whether her husband has done something wrong. She is a good woman.

“Honey, maybe…maybe we don’t need that. We have enough money, don’t we? We don’t need to take risks. I want a car, but I don’t want a car I don’t pay for. I want you to be safe.”

The man kissed her on the cheek: "Thank you, darling. Don't worry, I know what to do. Don't worry, the TV will come back, the car will come back, and I'll come back too. Oh, and the children's gifts will come back too. You don't know, Southerners have a lot of interesting little gadgets. Come on, darling, let's go to the bedroom and pick out our cars; they look so beautiful!"

Children: Why were we put last?
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The Lunar New Year is approaching, but it seems that some people will not be able to celebrate it.

"...You are hereby sentenced to death for...and other crimes, to be carried out immediately. This is a final judgment and no appeal is permitted."

The judge closed the case file and spoke authoritatively to the person before him.

At this point, we have begun to pay attention to the trial process, and in its continuous advancement and evolution, for this person, public execution is the most satisfying and comforting way to appease his spirit in heaven.

Although it is not appropriate to hold a public trial and sentencing for the time being, the day will come when this matter is announced. Now, we must do all the work thoroughly in preparation for that moment of announcement.

The prisoner lowered his head dejectedly. As expected, their execution was strong. From the time the incident occurred until now, not much time had passed, but they had already completed all the procedures and done all the work. Even his appeal, which he had filed using their regulations, hadn't bought him much time.

His expression and mental state began to fluctuate drastically. As the saying goes, if he had any backbone, he would not have betrayed and surrendered to the enemy. The irrefutable nature of the trial process almost made him lose all his spirit.

"Do you have anything else to say?" the judge asked.

"Could...could you bury my ashes back in my hometown?" "That's your right. We'll discuss it with your local government, but we can't guarantee whether they'll accept them. That's also the local government's right, and we believe in the law. But don't worry, if that happens, we'll handle your ashes and belongings properly."

The prisoner laughed, a desperate, self-deprecating laugh. What belongings did he have? He was even certain that a significant portion of the items he carried with him would end up in a special museum, showcasing the other's achievements.

As for the actual relics...

He shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, not even able to guarantee how much compensation would reach his family over there.

After all, it was an organization that, when its own lieutenant general commander died on the battlefield, only gave his widow 100,000 gold coins simply because the unit was not its direct subordinate. Or rather, it was more a matter of personal will than an organization.

As for what exactly 100,000 gold yuan notes meant at the end of 1948, to put it simply, although the market hadn't completely collapsed, it couldn't even buy one ton of ordinary rice. And one ton of ordinary rice in the 21st century would only be worth about 6000 yuan.

Although this conversion ignores the differences in time, 5000 yuan for a lieutenant general commander of an army corps is a joke that would be considered a hellish joke. Such meanness and ingratitude make his fate unsurprising.

"Thank you..." He had nothing more to say at this point. The only piece of good news, though not exactly good news, was that the other party's promises were always valid. However, the fact that this promise was for his ashes made the news seem even less encouraging.
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Gao Zhendong was waiting to get off work. Tomorrow was Lunar New Year's Eve, and he wouldn't be able to attend the long table banquet in the courtyard this year. Lou Shouxing was back, and they were newly married, so he would have to spend the New Year at his father-in-law's house no matter what. So, apart from making a contribution to the neighbors in the courtyard as is customary, he planned to go straight to Lou's house after get off work.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and with Gao Zhendong's "Please come in," a security guard led another officer in.

Gao Zhendong recognized him immediately; he was from the National Defense Commission, and they often came over to deliver and receive items that couldn't be sent through telephone lines or mail.

Upon seeing Gao Zhendong, the person saluted him, handed him a letter, completed the handover procedures, saluted again, and then turned and left with the security guard.

Gao Zhendong opened the letter in his hand; it was from a leader of the National Defense Industry Committee.

After reading the letter, Gao Zhendong couldn't help but laugh. Good news, fantastic good news!

It seems that the leaders of the National Defense Industry Committee know that he attaches great importance to this matter, and we have begun to understand this matter. The initial information came from Gao Zhendong's side, who is a relevant person who delivered it to him.

Someone confessed and was executed; this is simply the best New Year's gift.

The saying "A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years" is certainly true, but if a gentleman can take revenge within the next night, that is also something to be happy about.

Although we don't know how this happened, and the letter doesn't say, it's still something to celebrate as long as it happened.

Calling it a New Year's gift seems a bit too much about the ritual, but Gao Zhendong himself enjoys it. Who says men don't value rituals? It's just that they often have some special requirements for that "ritual".

When Gao Zhendong visited the martyrs' cemetery in his previous life, he often saw fathers bringing their children to solemnly bow to the monument. This was also a kind of ritual.

He carefully stored the letter in his system repository; it was a valuable item.

Good things don't necessarily have to be expensive; they often need to be meaningful or represent some significant event. For example, the collection numbered 0001 in our National Museum is such a case.

For Gao Zhendong, this matter was indeed quite significant; the fact that he could have some influence in it was what made him happiest. However, what he didn't know was that his involvement in this matter was far more than simply taking a junior colleague to the Defense Committee.

During dinner at his father-in-law's house that evening, Gao Zhendong couldn't help but raise his glass to Lou Shouxing and say, "Brother, I'd like to toast you. It's not for myself, but I'm just taking the liberty of representing some things that can't be said."

Lou Shouxing was somewhat flattered by his gesture. The two brothers-in-law had a good relationship, but such a solemn respect for him was unprecedented.

He could guess a little bit of the reason, but he knew nothing else. Gao Zhendong said he couldn't say, so he didn't ask at all, nor did he dare to ask.

But he was happy. Something that Gao Zhendong took so seriously must be no small matter, and he was sure that he had played a positive role.

This made him happy, both publicly and privately.

By the way, Gao Zhendong's father-in-law was also happy. He's a shrewd old man; he won't say many things outright, but he understands everything perfectly well.

He Wu knew almost nothing about it. She wisely didn't ask or raise a glass to get involved. She knew almost nothing about the ins and outs of the matter, but judging from her brother-in-law's expression and actions, she knew that she could step in later, but not get involved immediately.

However, the identity and situation of this brother-in-law became increasingly mysterious. Although he knew that he was a scientist who had been in the newspapers and that he had seen the newspapers himself (after all, Shouxing's sister treasured the relevant newspapers and showed them to him), it seemed that he was definitely not that simple.

However, He Wu was very clear-headed. He didn't ask questions he shouldn't ask. As long as he knew that this was his brother-in-law and that the family had a close relationship, he didn't need to think too much about anything else.

The woman who slept with him at their wedding was one of their twins.

After Gao Zhendong and Lou Shouxing put down their cups, He Wu picked up his cup and invited the two of them and Lou's father to drink. It was normal for a girl who worked on a ship to drink a little.
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We celebrate the New Year, but on the other side of the ocean, they celebrate something else.

So at the Langley Center, the staff continued with their work as usual, while several senior intelligence officers at the Langley Center were discussing something.

“It’s not that I don’t believe it, but this matter is somewhat unbelievable. Are you sure the intelligence is accurate? How can a secondary organization of a steel company have such a significant impact on the military technology of the East?” An intelligence officer in charge of our work frowned as he held the intelligence report in his hand.

"First of all, I should say that the source of this intelligence is reliable. It comes from our biggest adversary. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you any more details." The other person shrugged.

As is well known, the Langley Centre and Lubyanka are a classic example of mutual harm.

"Yes, I understand what you mean, but you also need to understand what I mean: a reliable source and reliable intelligence are not the same thing." What if the intelligence source is also deceived?

For example, during Hans S2's time, Abwell was repeatedly deceived. The people who deceived them were a diverse group, including solo con artists and professional double agents who formed groups to commit fraud. Abwell was terribly deceived.

"Hmm... Based on the supporting evidence, this is unlikely. At least there is empirical evidence showing that this branch is indeed a very important special materials production base, and that it houses a scientist with a certain reputation worldwide in computer science and theoretical physics..."

At this point, he pointed to a computer in front of him: "For example, the thing you are using right now incorporates his technological achievements."

At least C language does.

"Hmm, I understand, this is an important raw material base!" As for that scientist, he wasn't anything to worry about. On the contrary, the Citizens would love to have more theoretical scientists like him, since basic theories always need people to study them.

It's not surprising that computer scientists and theoretical physicists would work in a branch of a steel company; Einstein's pre-fame job as a technical examiner at the patent office was far more absurd.

With Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, as a precedent, the people at Langley Center were not too surprised by this.

(End of this chapter)