Chapter 1: Courtyard, I'm here

In the autumn of 1959, Gao Zhendong stood in front of the mottled door of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, carrying his quilt in one hand and his luggage in the other, and breathed a long sigh of relief. After seven years, he finally came to this place that he was so familiar with in his previous life and where he would have to live for decades in this life.

In his previous life, Gao Zhendong was an ordinary senior student majoring in electronic engineering with a minor in automation. On the day he traveled through time, he was watching the TV series "Siheyuan" in his spare time in the large supermarket where he worked.

Normally, given his personality, this type of period romance drama is not his cup of tea, but since his ambiguous object likes him, and for the sake of his last twilight romance in college, he has to give it a try.

People, most of the time, just don't have a good understanding of themselves. After swiping over and over again, Gao Zhendong had to admit that he couldn't escape the law of "what's the best?" It turned out that he also had a latent hobby of gossip. Don't say it, don't say it, I'm addicted to it.

That day, Gao Zhendong had finally finished playing "Siheyuan" in the supermarket. Suddenly, a blue-purple arc of light flashed in front of his eyes, and there was a loud "click" in his ears. The last thought before he lost consciousness was: "Fuck, brothers, remember to help me clear the hard drive!!!"

In the end, Gao Zhendong became the only victim of this "thunderbolt" online hot event. The blue arc of lightning from this inexplicable thunderbolt affected several shops on the street, but he was the only victim, and he was left with nothing afterward.

When Gao Zhendong regained consciousness, he had traveled through time in his true form as an orphan who joined the army and arrived in 1953, where he was on the battlefield of the first war after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Probably because of the confusion of time and space, after traveling through time, his age was reduced by several years and he became an 18-year-old boy.

In his previous life, he was a senior military fan and live-action CS enthusiast. When he came to this environment, coupled with the idea that "this second life is a gift, so just spend it as you like", Gao Zhendong had solid skills on the battlefield, fought bravely and aggressively, used flexible tactics, killed countless enemies, and never failed in his combat missions. He became a platoon leader, joined the organization, made meritorious services many times, and was awarded the title of combat hero.

In 1955, Gao Zhendong, 21 years old in this life, retired from the army as a platoon leader. During the demobilization process, Gao Zhendong made full use of his spare time from learning in his previous life and his experience as a test-taker, and was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering of China Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College to study the old major: automation.

One day when Gao Zhendong was about to graduate after four years, he suddenly heard a "ding" sound in his head. A prompt in the style of an AI synthesized voice in his previous life rang in his mind: "It has been detected that the host's foundation has been established. System, start!!!"

The news is good, but the pronunciation of the AI ​​synthesized voice made Gao Zhendong very uncomfortable. "Look, this man's name is Xiao Shuai..." It felt really difficult to hold back.

Gao Zhendong complained about the voice in his heart, but at the same time he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Finally, it finally came. It was the essential support for time travelers, the standard equipment for those lost in time and space, the handy tool for becoming bigger, stronger and creating greater glory. The system, it's here, it's here.

Although it's a bit late, it's a good thing that I came.

After studying it carefully for a while, Gao Zhendong felt that this system had some functions, but not all. It didn't have many amazing functions. Gao Zhendong listed the system functions with the rigor of an engineering student. In addition to strengthening his physiological attributes at one time, the main functions were as follows:
First of all, 5kg of materials can be extracted every day. The materials are limited to the several stores that were struck by lightning with Gao Zhendong in his previous life. They are calculated by weight, regardless of value or volume. They only need to be localized and modified to conform to the times. For example, if you want to extract a mobile phone, what you get is a walkie-talkie or a walkie-talkie that conforms to the current era... The unextracted shares can be accumulated every day. If you don't extract anything for 200 days, you can extract 1 ton of things. Combined with the current environment, at this moment, Gao Zhendong is very glad that there is a supermarket in the store that was struck by lightning together.

Secondly, the system can provide a function that is both ubiquitous and extremely practical. The storage space is not large, 10 cubic meters, or 10000 liters, regardless of shape or weight, calculated as closed volume. For example, a mineral water bottle with a lid takes up about 0.5 liters, but a mineral water bottle without a lid takes up about 10 milliliters. This is a good thing. It must be said that the main reason why ubiquitous things are ubiquitous is that they are really useful.

Finally, every Sunday, you can draw a prize, which is the knowledge or text that Gao Zhendong has seen or stored in the mobile phone that was struck by lightning and ascended to heaven. The things you draw are more Schrodinger, which may be very useful or useless. For example, on the first Sunday, he drew a flopped online article called "Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research" that he had read, which was completely useless. Gao Zhendong is still quite confident about this function. He has a hamster personality and has stored a lot of information downloaded from the Internet in his mobile phone, although he doesn't read it much. If he draws it 52 times a year, he will always draw something useful.

In general, the system has solved Gao Zhendong's basic survival problems, comfortable living problems and development problems, which makes him very satisfied. In this life, I want to live happily.

At the same time, the system also brought the only requirement or system task: because "Siheyuan" was what Gao Zhendong was watching before crossing, or it was the only anchor point for Gao Zhendong to cross here.
As the times and events mentioned in the original novel gradually approach and occur, the bond between "Siheyuan" and Gao Zhendong becomes deeper and deeper. Gao Zhendong needs to live in Siheyuan and continue to live there to further consolidate his connection with the world.

As for how long he will live in this yard, the answer is very simple: he will live until the end of the episode he saw in his previous life.

Through Gao Zhendong's efforts and requests, in the fall of 1959, he was assigned to the Beijing No. Steel Rolling Mill, also known as the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, a large enterprise with nearly employees.

As a rare university graduate of that era, with the bonus of military service and military achievements during the war years, and as an outstanding graduate who had made some additional small inventions upon graduation, Gao Zhendong was directly converted to a regular employee upon joining the company, and was rated the highest level of technician: Level 10, and was eligible for housing.

After the report, Gao Zhendong first went to the organization branch to get his organizational relationship. This was a big deal and could not be taken lightly.

After finishing the work, he went to the logistics department of the steel rolling mill to ask for a house. Finally, he talked for a long time with the section chief in charge of the house in the logistics department, and got a bag of Peony. After that, he put two cans of milk powder on the section chief's desk naturally, and Gao Zhendong got the east wing of the front yard of the courtyard.

The section chief also introduced enthusiastically: "This courtyard is good. There are many people in the factory, it is lively, and the residents are all very warm and honest. Every year it is rated as a 'civilized courtyard' by the street. It is definitely a good place to live."

Gao Zhendong happily echoed the thanks while thinking to himself: "Everything else is correct, but the honesty thing is hard to explain." On second thought, it's also human nature. As the saying goes, there are many kinds of people. It's good enough to be enthusiastic, but it's unrealistic to expect people to be honest and open-hearted.

(End of this chapter)