spaceflight manual

Chapter 174 Noodle Pockets, Wildflowers, and Ballets
Wang Ping'an here.

After getting into the taxi, the driver started talking: "You look like a soldier, don't you? And this gait is obviously not suitable for the ground. Are you a Space Force? Why are you down for vacation?"

Wang Pingan: "Is it so easy to see?"

The master laughed loudly: "Hey, I have been driving taxis for almost 30 years, and I still can't tell? Now.

"This job is very boring, so we practice reading people. I also signed up for a class to learn how to read people. I originally wanted to study psychology."

Wang Pingan: "Sign up for class?"

"Yes, this is the welfare of the unit, which is called providing workers with conditions for self-improvement. If we don't provide this class for us, it will be troublesome for the unit to evaluate the best. So you go to the Workers' Cultural Palace to see, before you can only see one Movies, now, hey, it's like the Children's Palace, all kinds of classes!
"But many of our old workers would rather go to play cards than to enrich themselves. Oh, let alone, recently I have an old worker, Lao Yang, who was despised by his daughter, and came to sign up for work as soon as he got angry. Now I bump into him at dinner. , He always talks about astrophysics with me, and his girl studies astrophysics."

Wang Pingan: "The Workers' Cultural Palace also teaches astrophysics?"

"Teaching, and psychology. I studied there. I have finished three semesters. I think you are right. You must be in the Space Force. If you go out in casual clothes today, it is likely to go to a veteran party or something. Event, ready to drink, don't want to be caught by inspectors and gendarmes."

Wang Ping'an: "Almost, class reunion."

"Look, I guessed it right? Besides, I can tell from your expression that you are not very happy to go."

Wang Pingan touched his face: "So obvious?"

"Haha, have you been fooled? This is called a preset question, and fortune tellers used to use this trick."

"Is this also taught by the Workers' Cultural Palace?"

"Yes. Hey, we will be replaced by computers sooner or later. Most of the taxis are empty, and computers drive better than us. Even now, you see, I hold the steering wheel, but the computers are actually driving. We Nominally, it is responsible for emergency response.

"But you see, there may still be emergencies in space. Where do we have so many emergencies on the ground? I have been driving for 30 years, and I have only encountered them twice. Most of the time, my responsibility is to chat with passengers.

"Let's talk about you. You were tricked out by me just now. Why, don't you want to go to the class reunion? Is there someone who doesn't deal with you better than you?"

Wang Pingan: "Not really. I didn't have any enemies when I was in middle school. But it's true that I didn't get along well."

"In high school, you were the top student in your class, right? The Space Force is not something that a top student can't get into. Now that you're not doing well, is there a gap?"

"That's it."

"I should have told you that there is no distinction between high and low in revolutionary work, and everyone is a brick in the building. But the principle is one thing, and personal psychological feelings are another. My suggestion is, go and drink more , I won’t think about these things when I’m drunk.”

Wang Pingan nodded: "Understood. In fact, I don't want to go that much. I still want to see what everyone is like now."

"Why, is there a little girl you can't forget?" The driver joked.

"No." For a moment, Xiao Fang's figure appeared in Wang Ping'an's mind.

"I think so!" The driver said in a convincing tone, "That expression just now is definitely there. People, the first emotional relationship is the most unforgettable. During the war, I had a very good relationship with the health worker of our company. She Carried me back from the pile of dead people several times."

The driver master looked at the front with some nostalgic eyes.

"At that time, the supply during the war was not enough. After all, they were all beaten to that extent. All the supplies sent to the front line were of uniform specifications. Girls also had to wear men's military uniforms and men's underwear. Her military uniforms always did not fit. It looked baggy, and because braids were not allowed in wartime, she always had a hedgehog-like mop.

"In my impression, she always talked like a man, and would scold us during bandaging, 'Isn't it just painful, bear with it, morphine is for the seriously injured'.

"I have a very good relationship with her. I remember it very clearly. It was the most intense year of the war. We fought on the front line for 41 days. Finally, we were disarmed and rehabilitated. The higher authorities rewarded us and gave us a lot of flour.

"Then she went to the chief of staff and asked for two flour pockets, changed a skirt and put it on. There was a meadow next to the trimmed station, and it happened to be spring at that time, and the meadow was full of unnamed wild flowers. Dancing on the lawn.

"That's when I found out that she had studied ballet before the war. She could have danced to the music of a symphony orchestra on a big stage with a red carpet, but now she is dancing in the mud, and only crickets give her Accompaniment, Piaofei's skirt is made of two pockets."

Wang Pingan suddenly answered: "The net weight is still thirty kilograms written on the noodle pocket, right?"

The driver master laughed.

After laughing, he resumed the nostalgic and fascinated expression just now: "But all of us, the remaining 30 brothers in our company, just sat there, quietly watching her dance.

"I went to the ballet after the war, and I had to admit that I really didn't appreciate the high art. But at the time, I thought I could. She told me later that she danced What is Big Swan Lake?"

Wang Pingan: "Swan Lake, the work of Soviet artists."

"Yes, that's it. At that time, we were all dumbfounded. For a moment, I even felt that I could smell the fragrance of wild flowers. I have studied psychology, and I know this is called empathy. With my current knowledge of psychology , To analyze that time, I think I should have fallen in love with her at that time.

"For me, that was a precious first love."

Wang Pingan: "Then what happened later? Did she sacrifice herself?"

"No. We all survived until the victory. When we were about to win, I always felt that there was only a layer of paper between us, but no one would pierce it. Maybe it was because we were afraid that we would be sacrificed after the pierce, leaving another People suffer.

"After the war ended, we demobilized and went home quickly. At that time, manpower was needed everywhere to rebuild, and I also joined the tide. We were not a dispensable occupation like driving a taxi. We were honored at that time Transport workers are the main artery of recovery!

"At work, I met my current lover. She is clean, beautiful, and has a warm smile. She is completely unmatched by that wild boy. I was immediately captured by Ruanrouxiang.

"At that time, I felt that I should say goodbye to the battlefield romance that I hadn't started yet. But I didn't expect that for so many years, she has been lingering in my heart. Whenever I quarrel with my lover, I will think of the field full of flowers In the mud of wildflowers, her face pockets dance."

The driver paused, and then said: "That's right! At that time, she had braids, because we had fought fiercely on the front line for more than 40 days, and we had been stationed at the front line before that, and had contact with the enemy every day. A small braid that should be saved from time to time, like a pig's tail.

"She tied two bows on the braids with the tie-pocket ties. It was the most beautiful scene I've ever seen in my life."

Wang Ping'an was immersed in the empathy with the driver.

The driver suddenly smiled: "You are very emotional. I can tell from your expression that you have been brought into the situation. Do you often shed tears following the plot when watching movies?"

Wang Pingan smiled awkwardly.

"It's a good thing to be rich in emotion. My lover—my current lover, never cries when watching movies and TV shows. She always thinks it's something in the story."

Wang Pingan asked: "Do you think your lover in the field is the kind who will cry when watching a movie?"

"Of course, she's a ballet student! When she told me the story of the Big Swan Lake... Swan Lake, she looked like she was about to cry.

"By the way, what are we talking about here?"

"Telling that I must be the little girl who misses high school."

"Oh yes! It's normal. I have studied psychology. People, they will beautify those things that they once had but can no longer pursue. Just like when I recall the dance of noodles that day, it must be beautified Many places. Perhaps the real situation is that it was a muddy field, and there were no wild flowers. She jumped and fell a somersault.

"It's the same with her in high school. Now that you see her again, the filter in your memory will be shattered. You will find that she has more wrinkles, uneven coverage of concealer, and a bit thick waist. Although your generation The genes have been adjusted, but the fat will still be fat."

Wang Pingan smiled wryly.

If I can really see her again, even if the filter is broken, so what?It's also stronger than it is now.

Master driver: "Okay, here we are, have a good time! Remember, if you feel really depressed, just drink! It's all in the wine!"

Wang Pingan nodded: "Thank you."

After that, he opened the door and got out of the car.

As soon as he got off the car, he heard the monitor's voice: "Hey, isn't this our scourge! You're here! I haven't seen you in 12 years! It's been a whole year!"

Wang Pingan: "A Jiazi is 60 years."

"Oh, it's your fault for pointing out other people's mistakes!" The squad leader came over and put his arm around Wang Ping'an's shoulders, "Come on, in fact, we have assembled in advance to give you a little surprise, just waiting for you The main character!"

(End of this chapter)