Chapter 7 Foreign Moon

Xiaodao buried his head in dealing with a bowl of shredded pork noodles in front of him that had just been cooked.

"Is it delicious?" Li Siming asked.

"Yeah, it's good... eat." Xiaodao stammered.

"If you eat more, eat more, no one will compete with you." Li Siming said with a smile. The man in front of him was one year younger than him. His young face should have smiled a little more and was full of energy, but now he is like a criminal who is about to go to prison, full of pessimistic arguments about life.

"Tell me about your situation?"

"Don't you know everything?"

"I don't know much. It's not a good idea to say that someone is doing very sympathetic, but it's not detailed?"

"It's nothing... I'll get along with people!" Xiaodao muttered.

"Why is it a bad idea?"

"I just went to our bureau. Others saw that I was a fighting hero and asked me about the battlefield and thought it was fun. I said that fighting was not fun, and Vietnamese were not easy to mess with, and they were very brave. As a result, others thought that my thoughts were problematic."

"You are telling the truth. Then you were determined to leave the army and go to the place, as if there was a paradise there."

"I understand now that the world is black, it's better to be in the army. Everyone talks about one thing, two things, and they are happy and cry together. Unlike in the place, people are like a wall between people. You have to guess to know what others are thinking. It's too complicated and too tired."

"Then what should you say if you beat the thief seriously?"

"When you were training us, you said, don't show mercy to your enemies, you should make up for it even if you don't breathe!"

"It's my fault after doing it for a long time? We must distinguish between the conflict between the enemy and the conflict between the people."

"As soon as I started, I couldn't control myself. The palms of my palms became a little itchy after not taking action for a few days." Xiaodao said embarrassedly, "I regret leaving the army. I really miss my comrades. I have no friends and have no common language with others. Today is the day I have talked the most in the past two years."

"This world is not as dark as you think. If you only see unpleasant places and your life is without sunshine, that's so boring." Li Siming said, "Do you understand?"

"I don't understand!" Xiaodao said bluntly.

"Forget it, I won't talk nonsense to you. I'll go to the south soon, and you'll follow me. It's definitely much better than being a policeman. I hope you can see that there are many meaningful things in this world worth doing."

"I won't think about it. I will do whatever you ask me to do." Xiaodao directly filtered Li Siming's words and buried his head in dealing with the noodles in front of him. Li Siming felt that he had punched him in the air.

After the two had breakfast, Li Siming took out a set of clothes and let Xiaodao change it. The two of them had similar figures.

"Change it, I said you haven't bought a decent set of clothes in the past two years?" Li Siming asked.

"Money is something outside of your body. If you have money, buy more cigarettes or treat my parents more filial to you." Xiaodao said seriously.

"You are so open-minded. Today I will accompany you to visit our great capital and get the pride of our glorious capital people."

Xiaodao changed into Li Siming's clothes, which was quite new, and Li Siming had never worn it several times. As the saying goes: A person relies on clothes and makeup to the horse rely on saddles. Xiaodao changed into a worn military uniform and changed into new clothes, and his temperament changed. He was so handsome, but there was too little smile on his face, otherwise he would be the first to turn around when he went to the street.

"I said you can't laugh at me, it's deeper than you were at thirty. Do you want to be a thinker?" Li Siming cursed.

"Captain, don't force me. You want me to laugh or make me happy, but I can't laugh." Xiaodao said, seeing Li Siming's expression a little unhappy, and quickly added, "I'm trying hard to smile, can't it be okay?"

"Let's go!" Li Siming walked out of the house with a seagull license plate camera.

The sky outside the house is as blue as the ocean, with white flowers dotted in the huge blue bonsai. The sunshine in Beijing at the end of October is very bright, and it is warm on its body. Li Siming pointed to the pedestrians coming and going on the street, as well as the torrent of bicycles with Chinese characteristics, and the crowded buses, and said: "Is this the wonderful life you once said?"

"I have no idea!"

Everyone has a way of living. Look at these people who work, they are busy making a living, and may be very happy to get the insignificant bonus that month; and those roadside vendors may find themselves looking for more customers’ money after the business is over in the evening and regret it. But this is life. Everyone’s life has different trajectories and goals. In your opinion, they are very happy. In fact, everyone has their own troubles, it depends on your attitude towards life.

"I think you just want to live the life of ordinary people, right? But when you get to these so-called ordinary people, you find that their life logic is too different from you. If you can't understand others, how can others understand you? Everyone should have the right to live according to their own way of life, as long as they don't hinder others!" Li Siming sighed.

"I don't understand!" Xiaodao was very straightforward.

"It seems that I'm too profound, you should understand it slowly. If you follow me, I only have one requirement for you!"

“What are the requirements?”

"Enjoy life, look more and think more, and one day you will find that there are still many meaningful things to do in this world, and you can't wait to live for two more lives."

"Yes, captain!"

"I am not a captain. Don't call me as the army and live in the shadow of the past. I don't need you to do anything now. You just need to enjoy life with an indifferent attitude. That thing? Yes, just follow me with the attitude of a bystander. There will be something for you to do in the future."

"Then what should I call you?"

"If I am a brother, just call me Amin. People who are familiar with me call me that no matter they are older or younger than me. Today I will take you to meet my comrade-in-arms when I was an educated youth, and I am also my brother."

"I'd better call you Brother Ming!" Xiaodao felt that the title of Aming was too awkward for him.

"what ever!"

The two visited Tiananmen Square in Beijing and took countless photos in the heart of the capital. Li Siming was fiddling with her in various shapes, but Xiaodao's expression always looked cool, just like Ken Takakura. Nowadays, women in China are looking for Ken Takakura of China. Sure enough, the handsome knives caused many people to look back in the square.

"If I were a director, I would ask you to make a movie. You must be a heartthrob and fascinate women all over the world." Li Siming joked.

He did not notice that some of the tourists who turned back looked at him. When he was with Shuai Xiaodao, he automatically classified himself as a type of men who were not popular among women. If Yang Yue came to evaluate him, although Li Siming looked good in appearance, Li Siming naturally had a temperament, that is, he was mature but not dull, determined and desperate, making people feel sincere and reliable. When he was with him, he naturally regarded him as a trustworthy person, especially his eyes were full of sincerity and enthusiasm for life. This is probably an important reason why he was regarded as a friend by many people, especially during his years as an educated youth, people from different backgrounds and different classes regarded him as friends, and some of the comments or complaints that he did not dare to make were revealed in front of him.

After Li Siming's not-too-long military career ended, Li Siming's eyes sometimes could not hide the fearful and stern gaze in his eyes. This was the mark left by the cruel and bloody war on him. However, he had always concealed this gaze very well. If he had made a choice, he would be willing to make his gaze more peaceful.

"Women are another creature!" Xiaodao said abruptly.

"Well, this is really philosophical. You have never suffered any pain from women, right?" Li Siming was stunned by one of his words that came out for a long time.

"No. After the transfer, some relatives introduced me to me. As soon as they met, they asked me how many people in my family were, whether they had a burden, and how much monthly salary? Does the unit share a house?" Xiaodao said, "Why are I the police officer for so many questions?"

"What are you saying? There are many good women in the world. You are younger than me. I once said that a man is not late to get married at the age of 30. You are still long. Why don't I introduce one to you?" Li Siming smiled. Later, Li Siming didn't treat this matchmaker as a result, but he secretly decided to live his life under his nose.

Beijing City is too big, so there are too many places to visit. October is a good season to go to Xiangshan, but it is a bit far away. It is too late today. Li Siming only took him to visit Tiananmen Square and the Summer Palace. It was almost noon, and he took Xiaodao to Peking University.

On the way to find Shuai Xu, Li Siming met Lao Ye and Chen Jian, who were walking towards the cafeteria with books and lunch boxes.

"You two are still working so hard?" Li Siming asked.

"It's not okay if you don't have to work hard. Are we going to take the public-sent overseas exam?" Lao Ye said. Their "ambitions" are quite great, and they have long forgotten what they said they want to be Li Siming's graduate student.

"The competition is probably very fierce, right?" Li Siming asked. The early 1980s was the first peak of China's overseas craze. With the overseas craze, reselling foreign exchange was also a big hot spot. At the airport, a group of people gathered around foreigners who had just got off the plane and asked if they would exchange US dollars.

"Who said no, there are many experts from major universities, research institutes and other units! But the quota is really limited." Chen Jian said depressedly.

"I heard that there will be a TOEFL test in December this year. Don't you try it?" Li Siming said that China held the TOEFL test for the first time.

"Teacher Li, we also think, if there is no scholarship, if you go abroad for your own expense, how much will it cost? Astronomical!" Lao Ye sighed.

"That's true!" Li Siming said nothing, and suddenly a thought flashed into his mind, "Let's do this, if you take the TOEFL test and meet the standards and receive the admission application from a foreign university, I can fund you all, tuition, living expenses, pocket money, I have all included, how about it?"

"Is there such a good thing?" Lao Ye was a little confused, "You won't lie to me, are you?"

"Of course I have selfish intentions. You should go abroad to learn foreign technology. Come back, work for me and do your best. I will pay you a salary, which is equivalent to a few years of salary for an ordinary cadre, and it is definitely no worse than that of an American!" Some of them were stunned when they saw the two, "Don't you believe me?"

"To be honest, I really don't believe it! Why did the pie fall from the sky hit my head?" Chen Jian was still a little unbelievable.

"I will go to work in the south in a few days. Let's do this. If you really have that day, you will find Yang Yue. Then I will prepare some money in advance so that you will not have any worries about life, okay? When you go abroad and find that the moon in foreign countries is rounder than that in China, please think about me. I can give it to what foreigners can give it to me." Li Siming was very worried that these two people would go abroad and were fascinated by the fantasy of the world of foreign flowers.

People who went abroad in the 1980s were not simple. Most of them were people with real talents and knowledge. The past experience made them particularly cherish the opportunity to study abroad. Most of these people have become backbone forces in all walks of life. Unfortunately, there are very few people who returned to China. First, the domestic environment is not suitable for them to conduct research, and second, the gap is too big. Those who make atomic bombs are not as good as those who sell tea eggs. This is not a joke. On the one hand, some people are unwilling to serve the motherland, but on the other hand, the motherland cannot meet their needs due to various reasons. This situation continues until the end of this century. So some people say that China's higher education serves foreigners, which makes sense.

Li Siming will definitely need people like Lao Ye and Cheng Jian in the future. The more people he has, the better. Only by working hard to create an environment conducive to technological innovation and providing higher treatment can he attract such talents to serve him. He wants to find a path to technological innovation outside the system. At this moment, another question that has been in his mind for a long time has become more abrupt: How can I get more money?

"Teacher Li, you..." Lao Ye saw the desire in Li Siming's eyes.

"Believe me, I have this ability. When you return from your studies, you can see that I have built a broad stage for you." Li Siming said confidently.

"But, are you a professor in our school now? Do you mean you want to open a company and build a laboratory alone?" Lao Ye understood Li Siming's future plans. It is definitely a big news for professors to go into business this year. As a role model, everything is not ashamed of money. What's more, private economic policies are still at the stage of self-employed, unless you are a foreign investor.

"I can't talk too much to you now, because I'm working hard now. Anyway, it's a good thing if you can go abroad. You can choose freely. Maybe when you go abroad, you may know why I want people like you to return to work. Remember, scientific and technological innovation is the soul of a nation's progress! And our motherland needs this aspect more." Li Siming explained.

"Teacher Li, I believe you. If I can go abroad and your promise can be fulfilled, I will definitely return to China. Let's work together!" Old Ye said, but he felt a little embarrassed after adding such a premise. Li Siming was used to these things, but he was not surprised. This is also human nature. He also faced such a choice back then. What's more, the other party had never seen what the foreign moon looked like.

"Teacher Li, so do I!" Chen Jian said.
Chapter completed!