Chapter 174: Noodle Pockets, Wildflowers, and Ballet
Chapter 174 Noodle Pocket, Wild Flowers and Ballet
Wang Ping'an's side.
After getting into the taxi, the driver started chatting: "You look like a soldier, don't you? And your gait is obviously not adapted to the ground. Are you a space force? Why are you here on vacation?"
Wang Ping'an: "Is it so easy to see it?"
The master laughed and said, "Hey, I've been driving a taxi for almost 30 years, and you still can't tell? I didn't get any military exploits during the war. After the war, I was assigned to the taxi department. I started driving as soon as I started driving."
Until 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 learn psychology."
Wang Ping'an: "Register for class?"
"Yes, this is the welfare of the unit. It is called to provide workers with conditions for self-improvement. If we are not provided with this class, it will be troublesome for the unit to evaluate excellence. So if you go to the Workers' Cultural Palace to see it, you can only see it in the past.
Movies, now, hey, it’s like a children’s palace, with all kinds of classes!
"But many of our old workers would rather play cards than enrich themselves. Oh, not to mention, recently I have an old worker, Lao Yang, who was despised by his daughter. He also signed up for work and now I meet him while eating.
, he kept talking to me about astrophysics, and his girl studied astrophysics."
Wang Ping'an: "The Workers' Cultural Palace still teaches astrophysics?"
"Teaching, there's also psychology. I studied it there. I've already completed three periods. I'm pretty good at judging people. You must be in the space force. You're going out in casual clothes today, and you're probably going to a veteran's gathering or something like that.
We are doing some activities, and we are going to have a good drink, and we don’t want the inspector and the military police to catch us.”
Wang Ping'an: "It's almost a class reunion."
"Look, I guessed it right? In addition, I can tell from your expression that you are not willing to go."
Wang Ping'an touched his face: "Is it so obvious?"
"Haha, have you been fooled? This is called a preset question, and fortune tellers used to use this technique."
"Is this also taught by the Workers' Cultural Palace?"
"Yes. Hey, we will all be replaced by computers sooner or later. Most of the taxis are no longer occupied, and computers can drive better than us. Even now, when you see me holding the steering wheel, it is actually the computer that is driving. We
Nominally, they are responsible for responding to emergencies.
"But you see, there may still be emergencies in space. There are so many emergencies on earth. I have only encountered them twice in 30 years of driving. Most of the time, my responsibility is to chat with passengers.
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"Let's talk about you. I just tricked you out of you. Why, you don't want to go to the class reunion? Are there people you can't deal with who are better off than you?"
Wang Ping'an: "Not really. I didn't have any enemies in middle school. But it's true that I didn't get along as well as I wanted."
"You were the top student in your class in high school, right? It's not that top students can't get into the Space Force. Now you're not doing as well as you could, and there's a gap?"
"That's right."
"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 general principle is one thing, and personal psychological feelings are another. My suggestion is, drink more when you go there
, you won’t think about these things anymore when you’re drunk.”
Wang Ping'an nodded: "I understand. Actually, I don't really want to go. I still want to see what everyone was like back then."
"Why, is there a little girl that I can't forget?" the driver joked.
"No." For a moment, Xiao Fang's figure appeared in Wang Ping'an's mind.
"I think there is!" The driver's master said in a conclusive tone, "That expression just now, it's true. Man, the first time you fall in love is the most unforgettable. During the war, the health worker of our company and I had a very good relationship. She
He carried me back from the dead many times."
The driver's eyes looked forward with a hint of nostalgia.
"At that time, supplies were not very good during the war. After all, the war was at that level. All supplies sent to the front line were uniform specifications. Girls also had to wear men's military uniforms and men's underwear. Her military uniforms always didn't fit.
She looked baggy, and because she couldn't have braids during the war, she always had a prickly head like a hedgehog.
"In my impression, she always spoke like a man, and she would scold us while bandaging, 'It just hurts, bear with it, morphine must be given to the seriously injured.'"
"She and I have a very good relationship. I remember it very clearly. It was the year when the war was the most intense. We fought on the front line for 41 days. We finally withdrew and came down to renovate. The superiors rewarded us and gave us a lot of flour.
"Then she ran to the chief of staff and asked for two pockets, changed into a skirt and put it on. There was a grassland next to the repaired station. It happened to be spring at that time, and the grassland was full of unnamed wild flowers, so she
Dancing on the lawn.
"It was only then that I learned that she had studied ballet before the war. She could have danced to the music of the symphony orchestra on a big stage with a red carpet, but now she was dancing in the mud, with only crickets for her
Accompaniment, the fluttering skirt is modified with two front pockets."
Wang Ping'an suddenly added: "The net weight on the noodle bag is 30 kilograms, right?"
The driver laughed heartily.
After laughing, he returned to the nostalgic and fascinated expression just now: "But all of us, the remaining thirty or so brothers in our company, just sat there, watching her dance quietly.
"I went to see the ballet after the war, and I had to admit one thing. I really couldn't appreciate this elegant art. But at that time, I thought I could understand it. Later she told me that at that time she danced
What is the Big Goose Lake?"
Wang Ping'an: "Swan Lake, the work of Soviet artists."
"Yes, that's it. We were all stunned at that time. For a moment, I even thought I smelled the fragrance of wild flowers. I have studied psychology, and I know that this is called the empathy effect. With my current knowledge of psychology
, to analyze that time, I think it was at that time that I fell in love with her.
"For me, that is a precious first love."
Wang Ping'an: "What happened next? She died?"
"No. We all lived safely until victory. When we were about to win, I always felt that there was only a layer of paper between us, but no one would break it. Maybe it was because they were afraid that after breaking it, they would be sacrificed and leave the other one behind.
It must be painful.
"After the war, we demobilized and returned home quickly. At that time, manpower was needed everywhere for reconstruction, and I joined the tide. We were not a dispensable profession like renting a car at that time. We were glorious at that time.
Transportation workers are the main artery of recovery!
"I met my current lover at work. She is clean, beautiful, and has a warm smile. She is completely different from that wild boy. I was immediately captured by Wenwen Township.
"At that time, I felt that I should say goodbye to my yet-to-be-started battlefield romance. But I didn't expect that she has been lingering in my heart for so many years. Whenever I quarrel with my lover, I will think of that movie full of flowers.
In the mud of wild flowers, her face pocket dances.”
The driver paused and then said: "That's right! At that time, she had braids because we fought fiercely on the front line for more than 40 days. Before that, we had been stationed on the front line and were in contact with the enemy every day. She had braids.
It should be a small braid, like a pig's tail.
"She tied two bows in her braid with a ribbon from the front pocket. It was the most beautiful scene I have ever seen in my life."
Wang Pingan was immersed in the empathy with the driver.
The driver suddenly laughed: "You are very emotional. I can tell by your expression that you are involved in the situation. Do you often shed tears when watching movies or something like that?"
Wang Pingan smiled awkwardly.
"It's a good thing to have rich emotions. My wife - my current lover, never cries when watching movies and TV series. She always thinks it's something in the story."
Wang Ping'an asked: "Do you think your war lover is the kind who will cry when watching a movie?"
"Of course, she studies ballet! When she told me the story of the Big Goose Lake...Swan Lake, she looked like she was about to cry.
"By the way, what did we get into this?"
"I'm saying that I must be missing the little girl in high school."
"Oh yes! It's normal. I studied psychology. People will beautify those things they once had but can no longer pursue. Just like when I recall the face-pocket dance that day, it must have been beautified.
There were many places. Perhaps the real situation was that it was just a muddy field with no wild flowers. She jumped and even fell down.
"It was the same with her in high school. Now that you see her again, the filter in your memory is broken. You will find that she has more wrinkles, the concealer is unevenly covered, and her waist is a bit thick. Although your generation
The genes have been adjusted, but you will still get fat when you should."
Wang Ping'an smiled bitterly.
If I could really see her again, so what if the filter was broken? It would still be better than now.
Driver: "Okay, we're at the place, have a good time! Remember, if you really feel depressed, just drink! It's all in the wine!"
Wang Pingan nodded: "Thank you."
After saying that, he opened the door and got out of the car.
As soon as he got off the bus, he heard the squad leader's voice: "Hey, isn't this a scourge for us! You're here! I haven't seen you for twelve years! It's been a whole sixty years!"
Wang Ping'an: "One Jiazi lasts sixty years."
"Oh, you're right for having the energy to point out other people's mistakes!" As he said, the squad leader came over and hugged Wang Ping'an's shoulders, "Let's go, actually we have gathered in advance to give you a little surprise. We are just waiting for you.