Chapter 29 Chapter 29 That nebula is the Andromeda star...
Su Yan translated it truthfully. Moutai Su Yan didn't know how to translate it, so she just used the literal translation. The Soviets loved their wine, and upon hearing this, they gave a thumbs-up: "The Chinese people are good friends of the Soviet people, good friends."
The secretary didn't understand and could only look at Su Yan. Su Yan did understand what he said and translated it. The secretary then said, "Long live the friendship between the Chinese and Soviet peoples."
Su Yan's translation of the welcome party went smoothly. It consisted of only polite remarks, and didn't touch upon the machinery factory's technical issues. The secretary suggested inviting Soviet experts to visit the factory's workshops tomorrow, and he readily agreed, slurring his words, "No problem, no problem."
But at the very end, the Lawnsky expert pointed at Su Yan and said with a smile, "Don't Chinese female comrades drink? Our Soviet female comrades use their drinking capacity to express their revolutionary enthusiasm."
Su Yan was a little embarrassed. She couldn't drink much and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to translate after drinking.
When the factory leader saw him, he said, "Comrade Lu still needs translation. I'll definitely come back another day."
Expert Lawnsky shook his head and held up a finger: "A small cup, just a small cup."
Everyone looked at Su Yan. Although no one was asking her to drink, they didn't want to offend the Soviet expert. Su Yan looked at the small glass of Moutai. It was transparent and transparent, and the rich aroma could be smelled from two meters away. She looked at the glass, which was only an inch tall, and thought to herself: Come to think of it, I've never tasted this 1961 Moutai.
Su Yan took it and drank it in one gulp. It was soft, clear, and sweet, worthy of being the national liquor. She looked at the bottom of the glass and said to Lawnski with a smile, "Our friendship will last forever!"
The Soviets were known all over the world for their drinking ability. They got five of the seven or eight factory leaders drunk before they finally relaxed and went back to rest.
Lawnski was so happy drinking that he said before leaving: "Let's drink again next time!"
The secretary kept wiping his sweat and said, "I'll drink next time, but there won't be a next time. I almost can't get through this meal."
Su Yan smiled and nodded. She was already feeling a bit light-headed as she went downstairs. She wasn't a big drinker, and had thought a small glass wouldn't be a problem. However, she didn't often drink baijiu, and she hadn't known how Maotai, though mild at first, had such a strong aftertaste. She slowly descended the stairs and saw Qin Zhanwu standing at the entrance to the hall in his military uniform. She almost suspected she had seen right. She rubbed her eyes, thinking Qin Zhanwu must have gone back to her workplace, or perhaps a colleague had told him. She said unhappily, "Why are you here too?"
However, Su Yan was drunk at the moment and felt angry, so she spoke with a coquettish tone. When she walked in, she noticed that Qin Zhanwu looked unhappy. She waved her hand and said, "Go back quickly..."
Before she could finish her words, she stumbled and lost her balance. Qin Zhanwu reached out a hand to steady her, frowning: "Why do I ask a female comrade like you to drink?"
After hearing this, Su Yan instantly forgot what she wanted to say and immediately retorted: "Why can't lesbians drink? Men and women are the same. If you can drink, why can't I?"
Qin Zhanwu said with a stern face: "I can drink a lot, can you?"
Su Yan rolled her eyes: "Isn't drinking tolerance something you practice?" Then she waved her hand: "I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I'm going home."
At this time, the factory leaders were coming down one after another. When they saw Su Yan, they smiled and said, "Yingzi, who is this?"
Su Yan was about to answer an acquaintance and brush it off when Qin Zhanwu spoke first: "I am Qin Zhanwu of the 29th Army. Nice to meet you."
□□ thought for a moment, then understood. He smiled, "I know, I know. You're a celebrity in our factory. They say you're a great cook." The people around him were puzzled, so □□ turned back to explain. The surrounding factory leaders all laughed. One of them said, "Is it strange that we saw Deputy Head Qin here? Turns out he was here to meet his beloved under the moonlight."
Another one also laughed: "Then we old men should go home quickly and stop disturbing others."
Su Yan listened to their laughter and said, "Then please trouble Deputy Captain Qin to take Yingzi back. She didn't drink much. Yingzi didn't know how strong the wine was, so she downed the whole glass in one gulp. She's a translator and she hadn't eaten anything, so the wine was enough to make her feel drunk."
Qin Zhanwu agreed and stood in the lobby with Su Yan for a while. Then a military green jeep came to the door. He helped Su Yan get in the car and said to the driver in front, "Let's go to Jiangzhou Machinery Factory!"
Su Yan tilted her head and leaned against the car window: "It's not the machinery factory, it's No. 18 Xiaoyanhe!" Turning around, she saw Qin Zhanwu glaring at her and immediately became angry: "Why are you glaring at me?"
The driver in front of me suppressed a laugh and asked, "Sir, are we going to the machinery factory or No. 18 Xiaoyanhe?"
Qin Zhanwu had no choice but to say, "No. 18 Xiaoyanhe."
The car started, but after driving for only five or six minutes, Su Yan immediately said, "Stop, stop, I want to vomit."
Su Yan pushed the car door open and got out. After taking two steps, she squatted on the side of the road and vomited. Qin Zhanwu followed her and took out an army green kettle: "Here!"
Su Yan rinsed her mouth, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and hugged the tree, refusing to leave: "I don't want to take the car, I'll just walk back. I feel like vomiting when I smell gasoline now..."
Qin Zhanwu didn't insist. He asked the driver to go back first and followed Su Yan to walk slowly along the river.
The night breeze by the river was very cool. Su Yan felt a little more awake after blowing it for a while. She was tired from walking, so she sat down on a stone bench nearby and waved to Qin Zhanwu, "Come and sit down too."
Qin Zhanwu sat down next to her and warned her, "Don't drink outside anymore!"
Su Yan looked up. There was no moon at the moment, but the sky was filled with stars. She pointed to one of them and said, "That nebula is the Andromeda Nebula. Although it looks only a tiny speck, it is the closest extragalactic galaxy to our Milky Way. It has a diameter of 160,000 light-years and is 2.2 million light-years away from us. In other words, the Andromeda we see now is actually the Andromeda of 2.2 million years ago."
Su Yan sighed, "2.2 million years, what a long time! The Yuanmou Man lived only 1.7 million years ago. When civilization hadn't even appeared on Earth, this beam of light from Andromeda had already set out."
What is Andromeda? What are the Yuanmou Man? Is there light that has been traveling for 2.2 million years?
Qin Zhanwu didn't understand a word she said. She looked at Su Yan and felt that Su Yan, who was slightly drunk and intoxicated, was much more charming than her when she was sober.
Qin Zhanwu took off his coat and draped it over Su Yan's shoulders. He listened as she closed her eyes and continued, "These galaxies, such as the spiral star M101, are located in the lower left corner of the Ursa Major constellation, 23 million light-years from Earth. They are completely unaware of our various forms and colors, simply existing magnificently; they are completely oblivious to all our inner concerns, yet they can still soothe our souls."
Qin Zhanwu gently put his arm around Su Yan's shoulders and said seriously, "You have me here, not just the stars."
Su Yan looked back at him, her eyes full of seriousness. She smiled, "Sometimes I don't quite understand. Do you like me? Or do you think Lu Yingzi is suitable to be your wife? Lu Yingzi has a college education and is not bad looking. It should be considered respectable to marry such a wife, right?"
Qin Zhanwu wanted to refute, but then he heard Su Yan say, "Or, you like me because you mistakenly thought I liked you first?"
Qin Zhanwu thought about it and couldn't explain it clearly. Perhaps it was a combination of these reasons: "Anyway, the current situation is that if you don't plan to marry me, I don't plan to marry anyone else. Didn't you say you don't want to get married now? Once you get married, I won't bother you anymore."
Su Yan stood up dazedly and murmured softly, "Actually, you're pretty good-looking. In the past, I would have been happy to spend a night with you, and then we'd all go home and find our own mothers the next day. But now you're taking it so seriously, I'm embarrassed to do that."
Qin Zhanwu supported her while not listening carefully: "What are you happy to tell me?"
Su Yan shuddered. How could she have said what was in her heart? She was confused and said, "Nothing. I didn't hear it clearly, so forget it."
Qin Zhanwu said, "You just said you were happy to talk to me."
Su Yan turned a deaf ear and had to shamelessly pretend that she heard nothing.
By the time they arrived at the riverside, the neighbors had already turned off the lights and gone to bed. Su Yan groped in the dark to open the door. When she went up the stairs, she accidentally twisted her leg and gasped in pain.
Qin Zhanwu quickly helped her in, turned on the light, and brought a basin of warm water: "Take off your shoes, I'll see if you have twisted any bones."
Su Yan became embarrassed: "No... no need, you're not a doctor. If my condition gets serious tomorrow, I will go to the hospital to see a doctor myself."
Without saying a word, Qin Zhanwu lifted Su Yan's foot and took off her shoes and socks. He saw that her big toe was already black and blue. He poured warm water on it with his hand, touched it gently, and asked, "Does it hurt a lot?"
Su Yan only felt that her sense of touch was infinitely magnified. Qin Zhanwu's hand kept sliding, and it was cold. She swallowed unconsciously and poured a glass of water in her hand.
Qin Zhanwu looked up curiously when he saw Su Yan didn't answer: "Does it still hurt? It doesn't hurt now?"
Su Yan's mind was filled with chaotic images, but she was interrupted by Qin Zhanwu. Her cheeks suddenly felt hot, and she nodded randomly: "It was just that it hurt a lot just now, but it doesn't hurt much now."
Her voice gradually faded as she spoke: "It's a dull pain!" She sighed softly and changed the subject: "Why are you at the Friendship Hotel today?"
Qin Zhanwu said, "A comrade from the last term has graduated and is returning to his original unit. We are seeing him off."
Su Yan said "oh" and asked again, "Where did you get that fish last time? Where did you get the pickled peppers?"
Qin Zhanwu answered them one by one: "The fish were caught from the pond in the aviation compound. They raised them themselves to improve their food supply. I bought them with my meat coupons. As for the kimchi, they pickled it in their own cafeteria. I borrowed a small bottle."
At the same time, he took a rag to wipe Su Yan's feet and said, "Why, you still want to eat? But I don't have any meat coupons this month, I have to wait until next month."
Su Yan shook her head: "No, just a casual question."
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