Bai Xiuzhen insisted on sending Jiang Yun to the guesthouse, greeted the waiter, and said that Jiang Yun was her relative. She also reminded Jiang Yun to take good care of herself and remember to come to her house again when the time comes. Only then did she reluctantly go to work.
It was still early, so Jiang Yun went for a walk near the guesthouse.
On the way here, the albizzia trees on both sides of the road were full of pink albizzia flowers, which were extremely beautiful. From a distance, they looked particularly romantic, and contrasted with the solemn division office building, creating a unique feeling.
The weather is getting warmer, and willow catkins are still flying in the wind.
She still remembered watching the orderly soldiers at the division headquarters sweeping the willow catkins in the yard and on the road. Some of them swept them directly into a pile and burned them with a match, while others patiently swept the catkins into a line, formed a shape, and watched the flames run like playing dominoes.
A team of soldiers on duty came over in formation, and Jiang Jun quickly moved aside.
The team passed by her, led by Jin Bu, the deputy company commander of the guard company.
It was the guards' habit to observe strangers, but it was Jin Bu's intuition that Jiang Jun looked familiar.
After taking a closer look, Jin Bu suddenly remembered. He gave instructions to the team, retreated, and greeted Jiang Jun: "Hello, I'm Jin Bu!"
Jiang Jun looked at the tall man in front of her and remembered that this was Chen Yuanwu's comrade-in-arms who had picked her up several times. She smiled and nodded in return, then briefly explained her situation: "Hello! I'm staying at the guesthouse and will be leaving for the military region tomorrow morning."
Jin Bu nodded to show that he understood: "Is Chief of Staff Chen okay? I haven't contacted him in half a year. Either he has a mission or I have one."
Jiang Jun said vaguely: "Very good!"
At that time, military uniforms did not differ in the number of stars and bars. They all had a unified five-star cap badge and a square red collar badge. The difference between cadres and soldiers was the four or two pockets on the jacket.
She knew that the people in the guard company had sharp eyes and a keen sense of smell. If she said a few more words, she would be exposed. She spoke as little as possible, and if she could not speak at all, she would not speak at all.
Jin Bu was still very excited: "Are you free? Let's go play a few rounds of table tennis together. Staff Officer Chen said you're a good player."
Jiang Jun quickly refused. She was wearing civilian clothes, and going to the guard company would be too conspicuous. "I'm not a good fighter, it's because he lets me go."
Jin Bu wouldn't believe it: "Don't be so modest, Chief of Staff Chen wouldn't lie to me! Let's go, I promise we'll just play a couple of rounds and won't disturb your rest. I'll take you back later. It's so hard to run into you!"
Jiang Jun hesitated for a moment: "I played really badly, he let me score ten balls!"
Jin Bu laughed heartily: "You are so funny. Let's go, let's go. Staff Officer Chen won't let us play, but he will use his left hand to fight us!"
Jiang Jun chuckled. This was too contemptuous of him. "Then how about you play basketball with him? Will you give him a handicap?"
Jin Bu nodded: "That's a must! We won't fight him if he doesn't give us points!"
Jiang Jun covered his mouth and laughed: "Okay, then what you said, just two. But I have to go change my shoes, otherwise it will be uncomfortable."
Jin Bu was very happy: "Okay, I'll go back and ask them to prepare the table. Come over quickly, otherwise they will come looking for you if they get anxious."
Jiang Jun hurried back to the guesthouse, changed into a pair of new Huili shoes that he had bought in Beijing, took off his padded jacket, put a towel on his back, added a wool vest over his autumn clothes, put on his coat, grabbed a big scarf and went out.
When she arrived at the guard company, Jin Bu had already brought a team of people waiting next to the ping-pong table. He introduced them to her: "We are all defeated by Chief of Staff Chen. Please show some mercy to us, sister-in-law, and don't let us lose too badly!"
Jiang Jun was stunned. "What do you mean by 'you guys'? Are we going to have another round of battles?" Also, what about the eldest sister-in-law? "Just call me Xiao Jiang."
When did the guards become so unheroic? They're all sharpshooters, but they can't even swing a ping-pong paddle properly?
What a joke!
Jin Bu laughed: "One ball is three games, two wins, two balls are six games, four wins. Let's play one game each and ask the sister-in-law for advice!"
Jiang Jun was furious. This was like a martial arts tournament. "What if I lose the first round?"
Jin Bu waved his hands: "Impossible! Come on, let's kick off! Who will go first?"
In the past two years, table tennis has caused a nationwide craze in China. At this time, no one thinks about finding a coach to teach, and high-level professional competitions are rare. Most people play based on their own feelings, purely for fun.
In fact, Jiang Jun hadn't touched a table tennis ball for a long time, so he first practiced a few back and forth balls with the racket to get a feel for it.
As Chinese people gradually come into contact with the outside world, there have been many improvements in sports equipment. The long-handled double-sided rubber racket in Jiang Jun's hand is a professional racket that has not yet been popularized among the people, and very few people can use it.
Jiang Yun is best at holding the racket horizontally and can change hands very quickly.
I haven't played table tennis for several years, so it's especially easy to find the feel when I find a good racket.
The guards who played against her all used penhold rackets and could only smash in a straight line. Their biggest advantage was that they could drive the ball as soon as they came up. When they encountered a backhand smash in the small triangle area or a long loop ball, almost none of them could receive it.
Jiang Jun was only confused by the guard's aggressive spikes at the beginning. After hitting four or five balls, when she got used to it, the opponent had no power to fight back.
But these guards were good at observing and learning, and they had a tenacious spirit of never giving up. Every one of them who came on the field fought harder than the previous one and lost more miserably.
The more Jin Bu watched, the more impressed he became. He begged for mercy on behalf of everyone: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, please show mercy!"
In a competition, it is the most boring when teams have a huge disparity in strength play against each other.
Jiang Jun played four games and then stopped: "Let me correct your playing style."
It's not that she likes to be a teacher, but she has been boarding school since she was a child in her original time and space. At school, she can only participate in various interest classes and specialty classes to kill the lonely and boring time.
The teachers of interest and specialty classes in that time and space were all retired professional athletes, and each teacher had a large stack of certificates from domestic and international competitions.
How to serve, how to spin the ball, how to press the ball, controlling the racket depends on the wrist rather than the hand, and how to use force all require skills.
One young guard was dissatisfied: "These fighting styles taught by my sister-in-law are just cheating!"
Jiang Jun laughed, "Using only brute force without any skill is foolhardy! Wrestling requires skill! Otherwise, if I only use strength to play against you, I'll lose!"
Jin Bu slapped the young guard on the back: "All you know is arm wrestling! Our sister-in-law is from a military advisory family, so of course she's brave and resourceful!"
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