Chapter 238
Weiguo's study journey
"Leader, it's 60,000 kilometers. We drove under the most extreme road conditions and the tire burst. It was dark last night and I couldn't see clearly, so I crashed into a tree. I knocked down five trees with one step of gas. I dare say that this car will be a god car when it is launched." A test driver took off his helmet and said while shaking off the sweat inside the helmet.
"Xiangbei, why does the rubber of this wiper seem different from that of the tire?" Su Xiangdong said with a frown as he picked up the wiper.
"Wipers are consumables, so they don't need to be made of such fine plastic, right?" said the test driver.
Su Xiangdong shook his head. "If it's really a magic car, it has to be durable, and the same goes for the windshield wipers. Let's go to the workshop and have the windshield wipers re-ordered. I want this car to be able to run for 100,000 kilometers without any problems."
The two were driving forward in the desert, when suddenly a car came towards Su Xiangdong's car.
It was an old jeep, driving towards him head-on, without even braking. Su Xiangdong turned the steering wheel to go around it, thinking that the man must be crazy, but the car turned sharply behind him and hit the back of his car hard, Su Xiangdong's head hit the steering wheel, and he was dizzy.
"Leader, is everything okay? Let's try the car and see if it works?" said the test driver next to him.
Su Xiangdong held his forehead and paused for a while, then opened the car door and got out. "Fuck you, Nie Bozhao, are you crazy? Do you want to kill me?"
The laborer also got off the car and was hit directly in the head with a punch.
Test driver Su Xiangbei yelled, "Nie Gong, why are you hitting someone for no reason?"
Leng Qi got off the car from the other side. "Young man, get out of the way. This has nothing to do with you."
He kicked Su Xiangdong directly onto the jeep. The two leaders punched Su Xiangdong from both sides.
"Weiguo is a good kid. You support him and let him perform rock and roll. Su Xiangdong, should I thank you?" Nie Gong asked.
Su Xiangdong raised his hands and said, "Leader, I just made a phone call and called a group of people from the south. It was your son who insisted on doing rock music. You want to hit me for this?"
Leng Qi laughed and said, "You little brat, you have set up a big stall. You don't really think that we don't know anything, do you? Rock music is for bad elements and anti-social people. And you took a good kid from our country and used him to recruit heroes for yourself. Are you thinking of competing for the Central Plains next?"
"Secretary, you are such a talker. Do you understand that the reason you can be the leader today is all thanks to the hard work of people like us?" Su Xiangdong said.
"Fuck you! You are tired but I am not. Why am I wasting my breath to scold you?"
Seeing the two people quarreling, Leng Qi was about to beat someone up, so the worker separated them.
"Illegally gather a group of unemployed young people with no background, and then instill in them some wrong ideas about social injustice, injustice and the rule of law. Over time, these people will truly become a group of anti-social elements. You are well aware that with the changes in society, the general quality of young people has improved, and "Water Margin" is no longer useful, so they use rock and roll to gather a group of people, right?" said Nie Gong.
Su Xiangdong extended his hands and said, "That group of people, like your Nie Weiguo, are the ones who are excluded in society. It's just that I saw them and I reached out to them."
“But one day, if you ask them to harm society, they will do so; if you ask them to commit terrorism, they will commit terrorism.
This is the border, where terrorism is prevalent. You are using my son as a signboard, networking and colluding into a gang, and you are engaging in underworld forces. "Nie Gong shouted.
Su Xiangdong sneered angrily, "It was your son who came to find my laborer, and I have a clear conscience."
"I don't care whether you are guilty or not, just prepare to be prosecuted." The worker said, punching the car door.
Su Xiangdong is not afraid. "I have the best lawyer who can help me with the lawsuit. I still have to say, Nie Gong, you should continue to look down on Nie Weiguo. If he can run away from home once, he can run away from home a second time. Rock music is addictive. Just watch if you don't believe me."
Leng Qi was so angry that he said, "Bo Zhao, I'm going to beat this guy to death."
"If we are beaten to death, we will have to go to jail. It's not worth it," said Nie Gong.
After bullying Su Xiangdong, the two men got in the car, drove away in a loud and swaggering manner.
The test driver was very upset. "Leader, how can these people in the mining area be like this? How can Leng Qi, who is like him, be a secretary? I really feel sorry for you."
"With the reform and opening up soon, the private economy will become the mainstream. We will become billionaires in the future. We don't want to be angry with those red and professional people who only care about building the motherland. Really." Su Xiangdong said, getting in the car and starting the engine. "Not bad, it can still start. This is a real magic car."
After staying at Xiao Chen's house for several days, Ji Chaoqun was thinking about his job and wanted to go back, but Deng Dongya didn't want to leave, and the rest of the family didn't want to leave. It was just a matter of eating with multiple bowls at most. There were few people in the mining area, and everyone Willing to entertain guests, Sister Wang and Tiantian even take the initiative to help Chen Lina cook after get off work every night.
However, even though the situation was like this, Ji Chaoqun also felt that it was time for him to leave.
She herself was a non-social person, accustomed to quietness, and this child was yelling all day long, and the horse next door was howling constantly, which almost drove her crazy.
"Aunt Ji, I beg you, can you please stay for two more days?" Erdan said with tears in his eyes.
"Auntie really can't stay here anymore. She has to go back to Shanghai. Besides, we've been staying at your house for too long. This is not good."
"Very good, really very good, Auntie. Everyone in our family likes to have visitors. If you think the horse neighs too loudly, I will take the horse somewhere else tomorrow, okay?"
Ji Chaoqun was a city dweller, and he had never seen anyone so enthusiastic about retaining guests.
She felt that there was something wrong with the child. "Xiao Chen, your child is like a king on the stage, but he is so timid when he is off the stage. Besides, we really should leave. Your Nie Weiguo looks like he will be beheaded if I leave."
Chen Lina was thinning the grapes when she said, "He's afraid that you're leaving and his father will have to discipline him. It's hard to educate a child when there are relatives around."
Ji Chaoqun whispered, "I really can't stay. My mother introduced me to a couple who was my high school classmate and we are in the same system. It turns out that they are nice people. I have to go back and take a look."
"Maybe she is younger than Deng Dongya?" Chen Lina became curious and started gossiping.
Ji Chaoqun was obviously very interested. Seeing that the extremely bored Deng Dongya was eavesdropping like a rabbit with his ears erect, he deliberately said, "He is the same age as me. He is healthy and has no problems. He is a man in his early thirties and has not yet married."
Deng Dongya has a serious stomach problem, which is an old problem. However, after arriving at the base, Xiao Dandan saw that his stomach was uncomfortable, so she made a bowl of medicine for him. He felt fine after taking it. Now he is as superstitious about folk remedies as Deng Chun.
Moreover, he thinks he is really good. Even in bed, it was Ji Chaoqun himself who didn't let him perform. How can he be considered not young or inferior to others?
Chen Lina, on the other hand, lived up to her own wise words, advising separation rather than reconciliation, "Then hurry back to meet him. You are lucky to find a first-married woman who is as young as you for your second marriage. As for Deng Dongya, since you are divorced, you should not sever ties with him. It will only make you unhappy."
But this was a nightmare for Deng Dongya, because as soon as he left the mining area and returned to Shanghai, Ji Chaoqun would move directly back to his parents' home, and his ex-wife would immediately have someone waiting to go on a blind date.
And he even took his daughter away with him. Poor him, he has both a son and a daughter, is he going to become a lonely man?
So, Erdan tried to persuade Ji Chaoqun to stay with tears, and the only thing he had left was to pull Ji Chaoqun's bag.
Deng Dongya looked back every few steps, seeing that Nie Weijiang was always looking at his daughter, and said to Chen Lina shamelessly, "There are more men than women in our republic now, more wolves than meat, why don't you try to keep me here, and I will become your relative in the future."
Chen Lina smiled and said, "My security guard is in a hurry to catch a plane. His flight cannot be delayed. Since you are leaving together, don't dawdle." If he was not the leader, she would have told him to hurry up. You are addicted to eating and drinking by living in my house.
The guard lit the fire, but couldn't wait for anyone to get on the bus, so he got angry.
This family doesn't have any feeling of love for each other. He is going abroad and no one comes to say goodbye to him. I don't know what they are doing.
"By the way, Wei Min, when we get to the mining area, take out the money on this slip and use it for your travel." Chen Lina was so busy that she only remembered Nie Wei Min at this moment and gave him a remittance slip.
Nie Weimin took it and was about to pretend, but suddenly he slapped himself on the forehead and said, "Mom, this is Liu Xiaohong's handwriting. She is actually in Dongfeng City?"
"Ah, you don't know?" Chen Lina asked back.
Nie Weimin didn't know what to say. He thought that Liu Xiaohong might have returned to her hometown in Yangshan, or might never see him again, but he never thought that she would go to Dongfeng City.
He pulled Chen Lina over and gave her a big kiss on the face. "Mom, thank you."
"Kid, are you okay?" Chen Lina said deliberately.
Nie Weimin held up the remittance slip and smiled as if he was standing on the big iron gate as a child, watching Chen Lina's car come back from the farm.
In fact, Chen Lina deliberately waited until this moment to say it. Young people, the road ahead is long. She had to let Nie Weimin, a very smart child who could get anything he wanted easily, also know that there are always some things in this world that are hard to obtain.
After all, she had raised her for more than ten years. Couldn't Chen Lina see that she was called "mistress" in the newspapers last year? At that time, newspapers were still very strict about the wording.
It can be seen that even if Nie Weimin liked Liu Xiaohong, he did not give her much respect.
Even if he really loves her, up to now, he has never said the word "love" to her in person, nor has he given the girl any definite hope.
She has raised the child to this age, she must teach him how to truly respect a woman he loves from the bottom of his heart.
Leng Qi didn't come to the base very often.
He would only come occasionally to have a meal, because he had a bad temper and was a boaster. In the eyes of the children, he was an uncle who was more ferocious and scary than a factory worker.
But today, he came back with Nie Gong.
Erdan was just about to get into Ji Chaoqun's bag and run away from home, but the situation was hopeless. The only person he could rely on, the guest his father was jealous of, was gone. And Uncle Leng, wearing a windbreaker with a high collar, big-toed leather shoes, a crew cut that stuck to his scalp, and sunglasses, got out of his father's old jeep.
Turning around and opening the trunk, Erdan thought Leng Qi was going to take out handcuffs or a hunting rifle, but unexpectedly, he took out something even more terrifying.
That’s right, in order to help Nian Gong educate his son, Leng Qi took out a large washboard, tucked it under his arm, and strode towards Erdan with a cigarette in his mouth.
When passing by Erdan, he lowered his sunglasses, revealed a hint of coldness in his eyes, and then passed by.
The washboard is bulging with marks, and the edges are so sharp. Secretary Leng holds it in his hand, and it looks so familiar and easy to twist.
Nie Weiguo swallowed his saliva and thought that if this big washboard came to his back, it would be so painful. It would be fine if it was just his back, he wouldn't be afraid, he could take it. The main thing was that his face would be rotten and his teeth would be knocked out, and he might never be able to play rock music again for the rest of his life.
"Why did you get me a washboard?" Chen Lina said.
Leng Qi demonstrated under the grape trellis, "Children's clothes get dirty easily, and your washboard is made of wood, so it won't get dirty after a few rubs. We have a new plastic washboard, and I've tried it. It doesn't get bald and is better than a wooden one."
Chen Lina picked it up and found it was quite heavy and solid. "Leave it there. I'll try it out tomorrow to see if it works."
The weapon that Erdan thought was a big killer was just easily pushed against the corner of the wall.
After Secretary Leng had a brief exchange of ideas about being a housewife with Chen Lina, he shook his head and went back inside to brag to the kids and act like a hero.
Nie Gong stayed in the laboratory until dinner time and came back. By then, it was already dark.
Nie Weijiang and Deng Chun were listening to Leng Qi talking about how he had paid off his debt to the Soviet Union and mortgaged a train car to the Soviet Union.
Red cypress trees, thick snow, and cold Soviet soldiers ready to shoot at any time.
When he said that the Soviets were deliberately provoking, complaining that the eggs were not big enough, or the wheat was not full enough, or the flour was not white enough, and deliberately refused to accept the food, he used his eyes to intimidate the other party to accept the food. He deliberately glared at Deng Chun and said, "If it were you, would you be afraid if I glared at you like this?"
Deng Chun was really afraid: "If you stare at them, will they accept the things?"
"Yes." Leng Qi said.
Deng Chun and Nie Weijiang walked hand in hand and said, "Uncle Leng, you are really awesome." Just like that, Leng Qi kicked the Soviet soldiers back to their border.
Miss Chen made noodles with starch water, fried tiger skin chili, stewed meat, and several large pork trotters in the evening, as well as mixed cucumbers, radishes, and sweet potato leaves. Leng Qi rubbed his hands and said, "Oh, if there is one thing wrong with Anna, it is that she can't cook."
It can be seen how important it is for a man to marry a woman from his hometown.
"Turn on the lights, Xiao Chen. No one eats in the dark, right?" he said.
Nie Weijiang said, "My home is equipped with a voice-controlled light invented by my eldest brother. It turns on when you shout."
Deng Chun shouted, and sure enough, the light came on.
Leng Qi didn't know what else to say to Nie Weimin except giving him a thumbs up.
At this moment, the laborer came in, and at that moment, the lights suddenly went out. Erdan thought that his father's anger had turned off the lights. He had been afraid to sit down, but this time he was so scared that he knelt down and said, "Dad, I was wrong. You can beat me or scold me, but please turn on the lights, okay?"
Chen Lina screamed, and the light came on again.
Nie Gong then sat down and said, "Weiguo, help your mother bring the meal to the table and then eat quickly. Why are you standing?"
When Erdan saw the rich dishes, including the stewed pig's trotters that were so rotten that the gelatin was about to flow out, he suddenly thought that this might be his last meal before his execution. He wiped away his tears, sat down, and picked out a large pork elbow for himself.
"Can you tell me, Dad, which rock band is your favorite in the current Western pop music scene?" Nie Gong suddenly asked, his voice so gentle that it didn't sound like he was going to scold him.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Erdan’s English score is the worst. When it comes to Western pop music, he knows everything about it. “I like the Beatles the most. It’s a pity that they broke up, but Lennon’s songs are also great.”
"What about the Rockies? British blues rock. Don't you like that?"
"Yes, Dad. I like it very much. But by comparison, I like Queen more. My favorite song is "Bohemian Rhapsody." said Erdan.
In the detention room, Erdan fell in love at first sight and couldn't stop himself from then on.
Nie Gong then said, "Lennon's creative talent is unparalleled, and he and my father have the same birthday, did you know that?"
Erdan didn't even bite the pig's trotter and shook his head. Of course he didn't know.
Nie Gong then added, "He has loved music since he was a child, but if he had not learned a solid foundation in various musical instruments in art school, he would not have been able to write so many songs."
To put it bluntly, Erdan can only sing a few lines by imitating others, but he knows nothing about those pop singers.
Nie Gong then said, "Freddie Cury, the lead singer of Queen, has Indian parents and he completed his music studies in the UK.
So, his musical style is a mixture of traditional Indian music and British music. This mixture, as well as his high-pitched voice and stage appeal, is the essence of his music. Do you know how many universities he has attended? "
Erdan was completely confused. "I don't know."
"Ileworth Institute of Technology, Thames College, Ealing College of Arts, they are all very famous art colleges in the UK. So, Nietzsche and his friends are able to stand at the top of the world pop music scene, not by parroting others."
"Then what do they rely on? I can cover their songs. They have sung so many of them." Erdan said.
Nie Gong paused for a long time and said, "Creativity and unique style are their real assets that enable them to stand out in the pop music world."
"Why not just tell him you want him to study in England?" Leng Qi slurped his long noodles and sighed, "Ah, pig's trotter with broth noodles, my favorite."
Nie Gong then said, "I sent the tape of your singing to relevant state departments. Of course, Dad doesn't want you to know the twists and turns involved.
But what I want to tell you is that if you don’t go abroad, if you don’t go to those real art colleges for systematic learning, you will never be able to create songs of your own. And without your own songs, how can a rock singer have his vitality? "
Nie Weiguo's eyes suddenly turned red.
At the same time, he still couldn't believe it. "Dad, can I pass the exam? The Military Art Academy won't accept me."
"Your English score is good enough to study abroad, and the requirements of Thames College are different from those of the Military Art School. They want children with real musical creativity.
But you will suffer a lot if you go there. If you can bear the suffering, go. If you can’t bear it, don’t go.” Nie Gong then said.
What a serious atmosphere! Then the lights went out again with a click.
Everyone shouted and stomped their feet, and finally the light was turned on again.
Leng Qi was so angry that he couldn't eat anymore. "What kind of light is this? Are you going to let me eat or not?"
Nie Weiguo's life was always full of ups and downs mixed with great joys and sorrows. It was a pity that his pig's trotter was washed even saltier by his tears.