Chapter 39: The New Year of Vladivostok

On the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, an earth-shattering loud noise suddenly came out in the waters of the Pearl River estuary in Guangdong. According to the few fishermen and sailors who witnessed it from a distance, there was a terrifying loud noise that spewed out flames and smoke and soared into the sky...... Therefore, there were good people in the local area, and soon after they sailed to the waters where the incident occurred. Unfortunately, despite lingering for a long time, nothing was found.

As a result, with the passage of time, this "unsolved mystery of the world" was soon forgotten by the local people, and was regarded as one of the many myths and ghosts and absurd rumors in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, such as the explosion of Wang Gongchang and Xu Hongru's White Lotus Demon Method......

At the same time, Vladivostok, located at the other end of the Chinese land, is now a snow-capped, thousands of miles of frozen northern slaughter.

In the spring of 63 A.D., Vladivostok on the morning of the first day of the fifth year of Chongzhen was still immersed in the lazy atmosphere of the festival.

Despite the fact that it was already sunset, the streets of Vladivostok, covered in thick snow, were quiet. Whether it is a traveler from the future, or an employee recruited by the Far Eastern Company in this time and space, most of them either drank too much corn shochu at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet last night, or they were too crazy to play with their mother-in-law, and at this time they were still in the warm room, hugging the naked woman and sleeping - although the temperature outside was minus 20 degrees Celsius, the house with the fire pit was still very warm, making the people here sleep very sweetly. The streets are sparsely populated and silent.

In the traverser's settlement on the shore of the Golden Horn, in a small red brick mansion, former agent Zhou Billy opened his eyes in a daze, subconsciously touched his side, and found that it was actually empty - the Japanese girl and son assigned to him had already gotten up from the kang at this time.

In the past two months, he was ordered to go on a business trip to the newly occupied North Korean island of Jeju, dealing with the Koreans on the island and the migrated Liao people, and did not come back with the immigration ship until the day before yesterday, probably suffocating, so under the stimulation of alcohol and homesickness, they played crazy last night, and he still feels a faint soreness in his lower back, and the Japanese girl, who is only fourteen or fifteen years old, has already gotten up to do housework......

It can be seen from this that the hard-working spirit of these "Yamato Nadeshiko" in ancient Japan is really incomparable to those "new new human" ♀ girls in Shibuya, Tokyo in the 21st century, who wear smoky makeup and only know how to skip school, drink and smoke and even take drugs all day long

Alas, is it true that "there are only tired oxen, and no ploughed ground"? Or has your body begun to degenerate as you get older?

Billy Zhou, who had a very corrupt private life in the original time and space, laughed at himself, then quickly got up and got dressed, jumped off the warm kang, and while breathing in the cold air, he walked out of the bedroom and came to the outhouse, and found that the pine floor was mopped shiny, the cobwebs and stains accumulated on the walls had been removed, and the tables, coffee tables, cabinets, and decorative shelves were all wiped and reflected.

Although it is simple and simple, it is so clean, tidy, comfortable and bright, which makes people feel extremely comfortable.

Two pairs of chopsticks have been set up on the table in the dining room, and there is a steaming large soup pot with a strong aroma of mutton dumplings, as well as a few simple and delicate home-cooked cold dishes, and the sound of pots and pans clinking in the kitchen next to it, and a Japanese greeting with a Kansai accent: "...... Ana: Answer: Are you up? Breakfast is already on the table, if you are hungry, eat it first, I will fry two more salted fish."

Suddenly, a wonderful atmosphere full of warmth suddenly surged into the heart of Billy Zhou, a former agent stationed in Japan.

That's what it is...... Does it feel like home?

――It's nice to be cared for

Looking around, you can see the brick walls painted with white lime, the pine floors, the simple glass windows, the half-worn blue cotton curtains, the light bulbs hanging directly from the beams, the fish and bacon hanging under the eaves, the bicycles parked at the door, and the coals piled up in the stone fence......

A qiē looks like a small farmhouse in the countryside of Northeast China in the early nineties of the twentieth century, so that Zhou Billy, who was born accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the metropolis and has been immersed in the lights and drunkenness for many years, was a little like a dream for a while.

However, this is not some beautiful conjecture of the tired prodigal son about the pastoral life after the drunken dreams of the habitual death, but an ironclad fact.

Unconsciously, the PLA officers and soldiers who were away from themselves and the submarine inexplicably crossed to Vladivostok in the late Ming Dynasty, and then were forcibly incorporated by the Far Eastern Company in desperation

Billy Zhou, a former agent who had been lurking in modern Japan for many years, sighed wistfully, and couldn't tell what was going on in his heart.

Looking from the dining room table, a petite Japanese girl like a doll is busy by the stove, holding a long-handled spoon in her hand, with long black hair, which is casually tied into a bunch and hangs down from the back of her head to facilitate cooking. Because it is a winter of more than minus 20 degrees Celsius, it is very cold even indoors, so the thick kimono under Wako's apron looks a little bloated, and I can't see the charm of the "naked ♀ apron" in the legend of Japanese married women...... But in addition to being a little less lustful, there is also a little more warmth of a homely woman, which makes Billy Zhou, a prodigal man, have mixed feelings.

-- In general, Japanese girls in the early 17th century in the Edo period were not comparable to Japanese girls in the 21st century, both in appearance and size: because of the post-World War II "A Cup of Milk to Strengthen a Nation" nutritional supplement program (and possibly the American GIs who worked hard to sow "optimized genes"), the Japanese of this era were generally malnourished and underdeveloped. Even the average height of men is only one hundred and fifty-five centimeters. The vast majority of Japanese women are tall enough to be more than 1.4 meters tall, and their breasts are generally flat enough to skate.

Besides, most of these Japanese girls from the Vladivostok Far East Company were only from poor peasant families. Although the girl provided to the traverser is already a "boutique" screened among them, it is only thoughtful and eye-catching at best. Even in Japan at this time, I am afraid that there are not many beautiful women - at least not compared to the best beauties in Yoshiwara Flower Street in Edo Castle.

Although there are such and such shortcomings, these Japanese girls from ordinary peasant families also have a unique atmosphere of simplicity and nature. Paired with a well-groomed traditional Japanese hairstyle, a delicate and colorful modern craft hair accessory, a kimono in light tones, and snow-white cloth socks...... Then he lowered his head, stepped on clogs, took broken steps, and flushed in the face of the man's burning gaze...... The kind of shyness with a small fresh appearance, full of back-to-basics elegance, and a different charm that can hardly be found in modern society.

Moreover, thanks to the early marriage customs that spread all over the world in this era, these Japanese girls are not very old, generally only thirteen or fourteen years old, and even those over fifteen years old are considered older girls. For example, the Wako girl who was rationed to Zhou Billy had just turned fourteen years old...... The immature little face that is only the age of a junior high school student and looks more like a primary school student, full of frightened and helpless expressions, gives Zhou Billy, a modern bachelor, the feeling that it is really cute - pushing such a tender girl in modern society is definitely a crazy Lori accused criminal. But in this plane, it's a common thing...... Lori is beautiful, holy, and should be celebrated in a language as beautiful as Shakespeare's sonnets, a good loli can cleanse people's hearts, purify people's sins, and light up people's dreams

So, after the initial loss, Billy Zhou became more and more satisfied with his Lori sister - what are you afraid of being short? That's called petite. What are you afraid of if you're not pretty? That's called pure natural and original ecology. Besides, even if it's a girl in modern society, how many of them can be seen after removing makeup? Even if you finally meet someone with a stunning appearance, it is often done through cosmetic surgery: as long as you remember that the other person's nose is fake, the chin is fake, and the chest is fake...... Even the hymen ♀ is fake, how disillusionmentary

What's more, in the modern Japanese society where feminism and sexual liberation ideas prevail, laughing at poverty and not prostitution, the traditional "Yamato Nadeshiko" of elegance and virtue has long been basically extinct, and it is not easy for ordinary men to soak in a wishful girl, or spend a lot of money all day long on all kinds of weird health and beauty products. In addition, the situation of an office worker's husband running around all day to make money, and a lonely wife cheating on her lover at home is also a common thing in modern Japan, and it has become so widespread that people can't complain...... Where is it like a Japanese woman in the Edo period, obviously still a teenager naïve Lori, once she has a man and a family, she immediately becomes obedient and respectful, and she is centered on her husband, serving men like masters, and she is not tired of being busy with housework all day long from morning to night. Give them a few small pieces of jewelry and the like, and they will immediately be as happy as something......

――Not only "Yamato Nadeshiko" but also Lori, where can you find such a rare Japanese girl in modern society?

Even if there is really a place to find it, I'm afraid it is not within the reach of an agent stationed in Japan with his special status...... Zhou Billy thought faintly--Could it be that he traveled to the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty and said goodbye to the past qiē, which is still a matter worth celebrating?

Mmmm, it's great to be able to knock down an elementary school girl or something, and what's even better is that even if an elementary school girl is knocked down, no one will call the police and point at themselves and say: Uncle policeman, this is the person...... This era is really a paradise for Lori monsters

However, Comrade Xiao Zhou, it's just a matter of overthrowing primary school students, and you actually want primary school students to cook for you and take care of housework, where is your cheekiness?

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On the other side, the Kazuko girl, who was cooking in the kitchen, didn't have so much messy thoughts.

It has been a year since she came to this strange city and was assigned to the man next to her, and her original panic mood has also settled down.

Overall, the fourteen-year-old is very happy with her current life – and of course, it would be nice to have a child.

There's no way, this wife Lori from an ordinary Japanese farming family is living a miserable life in her hometown in the Japanese countryside.

You must know that the first full meal that Kazuko ate when she was a child was actually a piece of food given to her by those sailors after she was brought to a big iron ship by traffickers. It was hard to bite into, but it tasted the best she'd ever felt in her life. After eating that piece of grain, her stomach felt so swollen that she couldn't help but cry when she thought about it—it was so wonderful to be able to eat her full stomach

At the beginning of the Edo period in the 17th century, the Japanese archipelago had a population of nearly 20 million, and the Japanese experienced a shortage of survival resources at an early age. This mountainous island nation, with many people and little land, poor soil, and extremely strict exploitation by the shogunate and the daimyos: the six princes and four people were the norm, and the five princes and five people were benevolent governments -- made life extremely difficult for the Japanese peasants, who could hardly eat the rice they grew all year round, and barely enough to survive on miscellaneous grains. Even after the Meiji Restoration, extreme poverty continued to afflict ordinary people in rural Japan. As described in the River Letter, hiring a maid to work for a year only costs a bag of rice, which is not the most tragic encounter, and in some remote and barren mountainous villages, even the custom of abandoning the elderly is retained. In many places, except for the eldest son who has the right to inherit can marry and have children, the second son and Saburo who have no inheritance right can only stay at home like a slave to exchange a bowl of rice for his brother unless he goes out to forage for food and work, and is not qualified to marry and form a family -- to be precise, the limited land cannot support more people, and these bachelors can be suffocated to handle donkeys, horses and other livestock.

As a strong laborer, a man still eats the last meal and does not eat the next meal, and the living treatment of women is even more insignificant. In the past, when Kazuko was still at home, the food at home was eaten first by the two younger brothers, and when it was her and her mother's turn, there was not much left. And even if she eats so little at every meal, she still has to get up early and help the family with farm work, and what she looks forward to most every day is to eat one more rice ball, but unfortunately she has never been able to do so - usually Hezi's family can't afford to eat white rice at all, and they all rely on barnyard seeds, taro, and radish mixed and boiled grains to fill their stomachs, and only during the New Year's holidays can it be possible to eat a few mouthfuls of fragrant white rice: that must be a good time when the wind and rain are good all year round and the rice is harvested.

Even in the best of years, Kazuko still hasn't even eaten a complete rice ball. Last year, the family was overwhelmed by the skyrocketing taxes and sold her to a passing trafficker for half a stone...... Poor Kazuko left the house that could never be fed in a daze, and set out on a long voyage with infinite trepidation with the rest of the girls, and then found herself in good fortune:

Since these skinny Japanese girls arrived in Vladivostok, in order to make them as rich as possible, Far Eastern Group has been extremely generous in food, with enough rice, fish, and pasta every day, and you can eat whatever you want, as long as you can eat it. I remember that when I first boarded the Vladivostok Wharf and was resting in the quarantine camp, I opened the tinplate vat for the first time that the cook had brought me to the restaurant, and saw a lot of rice, salted fish stew, and vegetable soup -- every Japanese girl who was trafficked was moved to tears, thanking the Bodhisattva for sending them to such a good place with plenty of food and clothing.

In the quarantine camp, Kazuko eats a lot every time with a smile on her face - in her opinion, enjoying delicious food is the happiest thing in life. And then she kept eating until her stomach was so swollen, but she would rather be so swollen that even if she was dying of swelling now, she felt that it was worth it—she was really hungry and afraid. Even in the first few days, every time it was her turn to eat, she would secretly hide half a steamed bun or a baked cake or something, afraid that this qiē was actually a dream, and when the night passed, she would return to the miserable days of not having enough to eat year after year.

Soon after leaving the quarantine camp, Kazuko drew lots through guò lottery and allocated it to Zhou Billy, who was "controlled and used" by the Far Eastern Company.

In this regard, Kazuko said very calmly - there is no free love in these years, and women's marriages are arranged by their parents to blind marriages and dumb marriages, even if they are sent to the old man as a concubine, or sold to Flower Street Willow Lane as a prostitute, they can only accept their fate. Therefore, as early as when she was sold by her parents, Kazuko had already made some psychological preparations for her future encounters...... Now that he can be assigned to such a young man who is still young and has a good appearance, even if he can't become the eldest lady of the family that Ming Media is marrying, with his humble background, he can become a concubine and the like, which is already considered a high climb.

Then, Kazuko felt that her life became more comfortable. The first thing that made her happy was that the foreign man she was serving could speak Japanese quite fluently, which was quite rare among the "upper class" in Vladivostok. Although his accent is a bit strange (the difference between modern Kanto standard Japanese and the 17th-century Kansai Japanese dialect is at least as big as Mandarin and Shanghainese), he is able to communicate with Kazuko. Unlike those Japanese girls who are married to other masters, because of the language barrier, they can't even speak at home, and they can only play sign language when they encounter something, and they often make mistakes and make a lot of jokes, so they have to get together in their leisure time to complain to each other.

Secondly, there is no one else in this man's family, not only do there be no elders to serve, but there are no difficult housewives and wives to deal with. Moreover, although this man of his own does not look like a big official, and he doesn't even have a servant in the family, looking at the elegance of this house, and the little rumor he heard from the neighborhood, he should at least be a samurai level. And when it comes to food and clothing, even the most spacious samurai house she has ever seen can't catch up with - not to mention the thick clothes full of chests, the "electric lights" that can be lit without fire, the stoves (gas stoves) that can be lit without firewood and grass, and the "opera box" (radio) in which the villains are singing, these wonderful things that seem to be used by the gods are a hundred times better than in the past when it comes to food: there are four or five dishes at each meal, and the staple food is polished rice and fine noodles, and there is no shortage of fish and meat......

As the hostess of the housework, Kazuko knows the background of this small house very well - the vegetable cellar under the courtyard is full of fine rice noodles that are enough for two people to eat for half a year, as well as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and other grains that can be changed for taste. The kitchen is full of jars and jars, which are filled with Chinese cabbage, green carrots, snow mushrooms, cabbage, mustard pickled sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, and shochu stuffed with corn stalks, plus some fish, whale meat, and salted fish, as well as yubei, fish balls, and kelp that suit the taste of the Japanese, which is enough to make the table full of meat. If you're looking for something new, head to the market to see if you can buy some game like roe deer and geese.

Yesterday, in order to celebrate the New Year, the company also gave a benefit to each traveler, mainly some sausages, bacon, a small package of rice cakes and a large number of mushroom fungus, plus no less than fruit, melon seeds, grilled fish fillets, shredded squid and other small snacks for entertainment, and the most surprising thing for Kazuko was that there were still a few bottles of canned fruit...... These fruits may not be a rare thing in the summer, but in this year of nine harsh winters, they are extremely precious things, and in Kazuko's hometown, even if you are rich, you may not be able to eat fruits during the New Year

Peeked at Billy Zhou who was eating dumplings with his head down, didn't pay attention to his side, couldn't help but be greedy Kazuko turned around, carefully opened a bottle of canned food that had been eaten a little bit, took out a few pieces of sugar water apples and stuffed them into his mouth at a very fast speed, and then closed his eyes and chewed slowly. A sweet taste suddenly spread in the mouth, which made Kazuko frown a little while being happy: the sugar in this can seems to be a little too much, covering the fragrance of apples, and the apples cut into cubes are soft and fluttering, not crisp at all, and the taste is really not good......

But then, she suddenly laughed while eating, hehe, she has only lived a good life for a few months? Why did you start picking and choosing? Think about the time when she used to be in her hometown in Japan, not to mention any canned fruits, even the sour and astringent wild fruits found in the mountains and wilderness are also rare and delicious for her, as for sugar, it seems that even a few children in the village chief's family may not be able to eat it all year round

Now I really live a fairy-like life here, although the men around me have an indifferent temperament and don't like to talk much, but at least they are considerate to others, and they have never beaten themselves much, but occasionally they will tie themselves with ropes into strange shameful postures......

Since living together, he has bought himself more clothes than all the clothes of his family in the past, and the fabrics and colors are even more different, and there is even a mink scarf that even a samurai lady in Japan does not dare to hope for (in the Outer Northeast of this era, animal fur is particularly cheap, and several mink skins can be exchanged for an iron pot). A few small pieces of jewelry (such as a 21st century mobile phone pendant) are also beautiful things that have never been seen in Japan. The place to sleep is no longer a dirty haystack, but a warm fire pit. As for the food, it is a variety of delicacies that are unheard of in Japan, from dumplings spring rolls to Western pastries, making Kazuko, a foodie girl, happy every day as if she is dreaming, and she has gained weight in a few months...... However, since she was so thin that she was almost only bones, she was actually only slightly plump now.

In addition to the lack of servants to serve, such a luxurious and happy life, when I was in my hometown in Japan, I was the old of the vassal family with a fiefdom of several hundred stones, and I am afraid that I can't afford to enjoy it. The lives of ordinary people across Japan are becoming more and more miserable, and compared to their relatives who are still suffering in their hometowns, what do they have to complain about? Tomorrow is living such a good life, but he doesn't think about how to serve with his heart to repay his man, but he is so picky, I'm afraid the Bodhisattva will also punish his own lack of greed

Just as Kazuko was reproaching herself for being too greedy in her heart, the salted fish in the pan was already fried, giving off bursts of tempting fragrance. Kazuko hurriedly extinguished the fire, put the salted fish on a plate, and sprinkled a little pepper. Then he walked to Billy Zhou's side in broken steps, bent down and knelt down, blushing and bowing his head to bring the plate to the table. There is a touch of charm in the shy eyes, showing a certain wonderful contrast and cuteness.

Although this Lori's appearance is not very beautiful, but the charming appearance of the docile and greasy person really made Billy Zhou, who had already been disgusted by all kinds of hot girls, feel deeply moved - I saw him push the dishes and chopsticks aside, and then gently pulled Hezi into his arms, Hezi was slightly stunned at first, but then remembered the endless energy of this man last night, and his body couldn't help but feel it, and let him come with a look of wanting to refuse and welcome. No matter how shy his face was, his eyes were full of charm, and then the two began to be entangled with shamelessness......

-- Due to Billy Zhou's rise in the middle of the way, and Hezi Lori's desire to resist and welcome, they had to eat this breakfast on the first day of the Lunar New Year for more than an hour. It wasn't until the alarm clock on the cabinet was about to reach noon that Zhou Billy got dressed contentedly, rubbing his sore waist and shoulder muscles, stroking the panting Kazuko, and chatting a few words without a match, before he reluctantly went out of the room, ready to go shopping.

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Putting on a thick warm down jacket and pushing a bicycle out of the house, Zhou Billy first took a deep breath of cold air, and then saw the Tartar woman of the neighbor's old Zhang family, wearing a fur coat and a pair of long leather boots, carrying two metal fireworks boxes that had been discarded after firing from the street. When the other party looked up by chance, he also found Billy Zhou who was about to ride out, so he greeted him with a smile.

-- On last night's Chinese New Year's Eve, in order to make the people who had left their homes happy, the management of the Far Eastern Company racked their brains and arranged many programs, among which the most eye-catching highlight was the fireworks display at night, which were all developed by the arsenal and transformed from the leftovers of seamless steel pipes.

When the lively and gorgeous fireworks are over, these disposable fireworks racks will become scrap metal and be left on the side of the street and left unattended. However, for the natives of the Far East, who lacked metal for many years, and even had to use bone knives and flint arrows, such a casually discarded fireworks rack was no different from throwing money away. So, the old Zhang family, who seems to be bold and generous, but is actually a careful Tartar mother-in-law, picked up all the fireworks racks scattered on the street near the door of her home, and hid them in a corner of the courtyard like a baby, and I don't know what they can use.

Speaking of which, Lao Zhang's Far Eastern native's wife is actually not a legitimate way to come from - about half a month after Zhou Billy crossed over, the Far East Company's crusade team broke through several hostile tribes nearby and captured more than 2,000 indigenous women from various nearby tribes. At that time, they were tied to their arms by Piso, made into a long string, and escorted back, all with pale faces, sad and fearful. Among them, a few of the most thoughtful women were laughed at by a few travelers with wild tastes. The remaining Tartar women were assigned to the Liao people, Korean slave laborers, and Japanese mercenaries recruited by the company according to the employees' worksheets...... Zhou Billy still vaguely remembers that when she was first assigned to Lao Zhang next door, this indigenous woman was full of panic and anxiety, and she still had a scar on her body as a wolf. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, this woman who was taken captive from nowhere has fully adapted to life in Vladivostok and made it her new home.

The women of these ignorant indigenous tribes in the Outer Northeast are actually not afraid of being taken away. Wars between tribes have always been frequent, and women are one of the most important resources for the indigenous people. And for women, they live everywhere, as long as they give birth to children, life will settle down. In this outer northeast where the fittest survive, there is no room for their hatred and sadness, and survival is the most important thing. After the destruction of the tribe, these women had to live in other tribes. When wars are particularly frequent, it is not uncommon for certain women to be sold to several tribes in a row.

Therefore, after being taken captive to the port of Vladivostok, and assigned to the traversers and "naturalized activists" here, experiencing first-hand a life far more affluent than in the tribes of the past, the position of these indigenous women immediately changed 180 degrees, and they began to have a great sense of belonging to Vladivostok, the Far Eastern Company, and their new men, and truly regarded this place as their home...... It's so easy for the poor to be satisfied.

Answering the aboriginal aunt next door who picked up the rags, Zhou Billy pedaled his bicycle to the business district, along the way, under the cover of snow, this town born from scratch is so clean and tidy, with neat lawns and exquisite flower beds, dotted in every corner of the town. The empty city is dotted with wooden houses, and it looks like a sparsely populated modern Russian city. The wide roads are straight and smooth, with coniferous pine trees planted on both sides, and the occasional car roars past -- after the successful development of oil wells in Sakhalin, the Far Eastern Company has now largely emerged from the fuel crisis, the approval of oil use has been much relaxed, and the number of cars running on the streets has gradually increased.

On the side of the road, a group of Liaodong refugees who had just arrived here by boat, led by several veterans, were visiting the cityscape of Vladivostok, and were stunned by the scene in front of them: steel monsters (cars) roared past them, and many huge machines roared and emitted thick black smoke. Buildings are about to rise from the ground. Smooth roads divide one construction site after another into separate areas, and until yesterday's annual holiday, countless people were still busy here.

The above-mentioned qiē scenery made these fleeing Liao people stunned, and their hearts were even more turbulent. The most frightening sight was a train of steel dragons whizzing from a distance with thick smoke, which frightened them into hiding on both sides. The veteran who was the guide had no choice but to stinky and kick and beat and shout loudly for a long time, and it was easy to deter them...... It wasn't until the train whizzed past that they stopped. But they were still all pale, their bodies were trembling slightly, and they still had palpitations after a while......

After a cursory glance at the gaffes of these Liaodong people in the Ming Dynasty, the corners of Zhou Billy's mouth opened with a mocking smile, but he didn't bother to look at them anymore, so he bypassed them and rode straight to the most lively business district square. The square is surrounded by a variety of shops and stalls, even on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are a few shops open for business, and there are also mountain people who brave the cold of minus 20 degrees Celsius to set up stalls on the edge of the square to sell mountain goods.

The center of the square is an obelisk made of white marble, the front is engraved with several vermilion characters of "Monument to the People's Heroes of the Far East", it looks like the Washington Monument standing behind the White House from a distance, and the base of the obelisk is made of black marble, and a personal name is written in white italics, which are basically officers and soldiers who died on the battlefield. From the outside, it looks very solemn and solemn, and it is no different from the monument to the revolutionary martyrs in modern China.

But as soon as he looked up, Billy Zhou couldn't help but feel a sense of solidity - he saw that the top of this "solemn" obelisk was inlaid with ancient Greco-Roman clocks on all sides. The inner ring of the clock is decorated with the zodiac signs of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Lion, Virgin, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. The outer ring is an ancient Roman numeral. When the hour hand points to the number, the corresponding constellation lights up. The blue light at night is easy to remind the traveler of the old Saint Seiya manga. It's just that the order is just the opposite, the lights are gradually extinguished, and this side is gradually lit up. When all the zodiac signs are lit, they are all extinguished, allowing a new cycle to begin again.

As for the statue of the armored warrior that adorns the front of the obelisk... It's just Saint Seiya, isn't it good?

“…… Hey, the designer who built this monument must have been an avid fan of Saint Seiya."

Billy Zhou parked his bicycle on the side of the road, looked at the obelisk and complained, but his mood did not fluctuate - as early as when he crossed here, he already knew that after the time and space had been messed up by the traversers, this time and space had already become an absurd world. People who are too sober will go crazy. But if the vast majority of people are turned into madmen, madmen are not crazy. At that time, only sober people will be insane.

Uh, wait, what the hell was I thinking about?

He rubbed his dizzy head, and finally remembered what was going on—when we rolled the sheets together last night, Kazuko had told herself that she hadn't had her period for two months. And Billy Zhou also keenly noticed that this Japanese girl suddenly became fond of eating candied fruits, especially sour pickled plums and other things, which made him extremely excited and apprehensive...... Could it be that he will be a father soon?

So, Billy Zhou, who was extremely excited, didn't care that today was the Chinese New Year, so he rode to the hospital near the commercial area, hoping to pull out a doctor who knows gynecology to his house to show the woman, or at least ask for a few pregnancy test strips...... Today, however, Billy seems to have had some bad luck: Far Eastern's hospital in the business district is not open, and doctors and nurses seem to be on spring break.

However, just as he was about to ride back in disappointment, the square suddenly became unusually noisy and chaotic. Many people raised their heads noisily and pointed to the sky. Billy Zhou raised his head in confusion, and then immediately noticed the striking anomaly.

-- At the end of the distant firmament, a bright point of light suddenly appeared at some point, and it quickly became more and more conspicuous...... At this moment, it was dragging a long tail mark, rushing straight from the end of the sky, as brilliant as the aurora, and its light was so bright that it was difficult for anyone to look at it directly.

…… Well, could it be that this is a fire meteor? And it's about to hit the ground? Let's hope I don't smash any houses

Looking at the blazing fireball in the sky, which was rapidly brightening, Billy Zhou thought about it...... But in the next moment, he completely overturned his judgment just now.

Because, under the gaze of everyone in the square, this "fire meteor" actually popped out a large number of parachutes, and then slowed down the speed of its fall, and gradually flew out of their field of vision, until it disappeared into the reckless snowfield in the north......

Seeing the huge umbrella flowers clustered together in the sky, of course the natives of the Ming Dynasty didn't know what this meant, but every traverser with a little knowledge of astronautics had already seen that their thinking was broken and messy in the wind - this was clearly a spaceship returning to the ground from a satellite orbit

But at this time, it was obviously still the seventeenth century, not to mention the spaceship, and it was still very far from the invention of the airplane...... So, did this hellish spaceship also travel through time and space? Or is it simply an alien visitor? Hey, comrades, come out and see the cosmic people

Just as Billy Zhou was complaining so frantically in his heart, a series of piercing sirens immediately sounded over the Vladivostok base......