1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 25 The most bizarre blind date in history (1)

"Hey, aren't you happily chatting with that girl over there? Why did you come over here?" Yang Mo stared at Bao Shuxian fiercely and asked in a low voice.

Bao Shuxian laughed awkwardly when he heard this, then replied in a low voice with a sad face: "Well... these girls are too enthusiastic, I, I can't stand it!"

Yang Mo looked at the useless guy and almost laughed out loud.

But he also understood that this matter could not be entirely blamed on this guy.

As he said, the girls attending the meeting were indeed too "enthusiastic".

You know, blind dates are a naked exchange of values, and in this era and environment, the demands of the girls participating in this social gathering are even more pure.

kindness……

Have you ever seen the other party ask you when you got the marriage certificate before you have even talked for a few minutes?
Have you ever seen two people sit down for less than ten minutes and the other party hints that you can "get to know each other better" tonight?
You know, unlike the blind date markets in later generations which are full of shills and full of gunfire, all the participants in this social gathering are young girls - so many beautiful young girls who come up to you nakedly and do this to you, how can it not make people shocked?
Of course, don't think that you have gotten a good deal and can just be tempted by the girl's beauty, transform yourself into Aquaman, steal the girl's body and then walk away - it's 1988 now, the crime of hooliganism hasn't been abolished yet, and the girl can just sue you, and even if you're lucky enough not to get the chance, you won't be able to keep your job.

To put it simply, these girls are all pick-up and binding types. Once you can't control your lower body, you can just wait to get the marriage certificate!
However, it is obvious that Comrade Bao Shuxian, who has basically no social experience, would definitely not understand the ins and outs of this. The reason why he is so embarrassed is simply because the behavior of these girls has exceeded his view of love and he cannot accept it at all - you know, unlike in later generations, in the minds of young boys of this era, love is a very sacred thing. Even if hormones are impulsive, there are really not many people who can accept this kind of promiscuous relationship from the bottom of their hearts.

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Turning his head to look at the group of beauties whose looks and figures could reach at least 80 points, Yang Mo shook his head speechlessly - girls nowadays, even if they are willing to read a few more books and spend more time to understand the psychology of men, your looks will not scare men away.

Fortunately, he was also extremely disgusted with this weird social gathering in front of him, so he moved his buttocks so that Bao Lao Si could sit completely on the cushion.

He casually grabbed a handful of fried peanuts and handed them over: "Eat some peanuts, and you'll be gone in a flash - you look so miserable, eat some peanuts to calm your spirit!"

Bao Shuxian took the peanuts with an unhappy look on his face: "Hey, hey, hey, can you please stop quoting random poems... If Bai Juyi knew that his poems were being interpreted word by word by you in such a forced way, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would come back to life from his coffin!"

Yang Mo looked at him with a smile: "Not necessarily~"

Bao Shuxian was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

The meaning of these two lines is "flowers bloom and then wither in an instant, the wind blows over a candle and the candle goes out immediately", plus the name of this poem is "Watching Illusions", so...

After figuring out what Yang Moyan meant, Bao Shuxian curled his lips and said, "I'm so fed up with you Chinese learners. You can't even speak properly!"

Having said that, his expression seemed much more relaxed and he began to peel peanuts noisily.

Tang Tingting, who was standing by, heard the conversation between the two and seemed to have found a breakthrough. She looked at Yang Mo with admiration, "Hey? Yang Mo, you are a college student who graduated from the Chinese Department. I love reading books... My original dream was to become a writer."

Yang Mo's eyelids twitched when he heard this.

Big sister, please stop lying like that. If I remember correctly, in your previous life you liked to read things like "Fashion Weekly", "Urban Trends" and "Fashion Guides". At most, when you were bored, you would buy a book like "Folk Tales" or "Story Club" to kill time... Can those things be called books?
Seeing Yang Mo looking at her with a strange expression, Tang Tingting thought she had understood his interest, and immediately tilted her head like a little girl and asked, "Yang Mo, what kind of books do you like to read? I'll go first... My favorite is Wuthering Heights."

Haha... I knew that nowadays, any woman would talk about either "Wuthering Heights", "Love in a Fallen City", or "Half a Lifelong Romance", and at most "Stories from the Sahara" by Sanmao... They only talk about these few books over and over again, can there be some novelty?
Yang Mo grinned and said, "Wuthering Heights... I haven't read it! I usually prefer to read 3 Women and 105 Men on a Mountain, Dreams in the Red Mansion, Romance Between Three Kingdoms... Oh, and The Unfaithful Widower is also pretty good!"

Bao Shuxian: “.”

Tang Tingting: “…………”

What the hell are these books? Apart from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, none of them sound serious.

Not only is it not serious, but also...

Tang Tingting blushed and glared at Yang Mo with some anger - even if you want to tease me, please do it when there are no outsiders around. What's the point of saying this in public?
Just when Tang Tingting thought that Yang Mo had ulterior motives in saying this to her, she heard a stifled laugh from the side: "Hey, buddy, this is quite interesting... Your translation of the Four Great Classics has a bit of a foreign flavor!"

Four great classics?

Bao Shuxian and Tang Tingting turned their heads and saw that it was Su Yu who came over with another person, and the person who spoke was the ordinary-looking man next to Su Yu.

"Hello, nice to meet you... Chen Feiyu, a friend Su Yu just met. He is currently working as a technician in the Geological Brigade of the Linpan Oil Refinery."

Unexpectedly, the man named Chen Feiyu did not greet Tang Tingting like a gentleman, but directly extended his right hand to Yang Mo.

Su Yu’s friend?
Yang Mo glanced at Su Yu, who was still as silent as ever. Although he could sense that Su Yu's attitude towards him had subtly changed since the accident at Drilling Team 152, he was still somewhat surprised that Su Yu was greeted by a friend he had just met. Generally speaking, if the relationship between the two parties was not close enough, this would not only be rude, but it would also easily embarrass all three parties.

"Hello, Yang Mo, I'm a clerk in the general office of the drilling company... This is my colleague, Bao Shuxian." Out of politeness, Yang Mo stood up and shook hands with Chen Feiyu, and introduced Bao Shuxian.

Bao Shuxian was a simple-minded person. As soon as he shook hands with Chen Feiyu, he couldn't wait to ask, "Feiyu, do you think those inappropriate names that Yang Mo just read out are the four great classics?"

Chen Feiyu laughed: "Yeah, these are all names randomly translated by foreigners who don't understand Chinese... "Romance Between Three Kingdoms" is Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Dream in the Red Mansion" is Dream of the Red Chamber... As for the most unserious sounding "Story of 3 Women and 105 Men in the Mountains"... Isn't that Water Margin?"

Bao Shuxian was a little confused after listening to it, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly laughed out loud: "What the hell are these foreigners translating!?"

After several people moved around, Chen Feiyu sat down with some difficulty, and then looked at Yang Mo with some curiosity: "By the way, Yang Mo, what book is the translated title of "The Unfaithful Widower"? Why haven't I heard of it? Could it be "Journey to the West"? ... But it doesn't sound like it!"

Yang Mo chuckled, ignoring the presence of a girl named Tang Tingting, and casually handed over a cigarette: "How can it be Journey to the West... It's a book called Zhuangzi Xiu Gu Pen Cheng Da Dao, a novel written by Mr. Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty. But speaking of it, if we talk about the degree of nonsense in foreign translations, this book is the worst... Damn, this translated name is completely contrary to the original meaning of this work!"

When Chen Feiyu heard that Yang Mo had read such a niche book as Zhuangzi's "Zhuangzi Xiu Gu Ba Cheng Da Dao", he could not help but stand in awe. However, after hearing Yang Mo's last sentence, he could not help but sigh: "Yes, this shows how much foreigners despise our country and our culture... If the author of this book was an American, even if they spoke a different language, how dare those foreigners give it a ridiculous translation without even understanding the meaning of the book?"

At this point, Chen Feiyu was a little frustrated again: "But then again, our country's traditional literary works are very complicated. Without in-depth research for more than ten or twenty years, it is difficult for foreigners, even for us Chinese, to understand them... So after thinking about it, the only way out is for us Chinese to learn foreign languages ​​well and then translate and publish them... But how easy is this? The road is really difficult and blocked!"

Yang Mo looked at this ordinary-looking young man with great interest: "Oh? It seems that Feiyu, you are very interested in translating famous Chinese and foreign classics?"

The word "culture" sounded like a common phrase, but it surprised Chen Feiyu. After looking up and down at this handsome peer in front of him, he nodded with a sigh: "Well, I studied foreign languages ​​in college, and also studied Russian. Originally, my ideal was to take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduation, and then devote my life to translating our country's famous works, so that those foreigners can have a good understanding of our 5,000-year-old brilliant culture of China, and then dare not look down on us... But I didn't expect that I would be forcibly assigned to the geological brigade as soon as I graduated... The reason for the forced assignment was that there was an urgent need for technicians who could read foreign instrument operating manuals... What bullshit!"

Seeing Chen Feiyu’s depressed face, Yang Mo looked at this guy with some regret - another victim of forced distribution!
(End of this chapter)