spaceflight manual

Chapter 48 It's Hiding in the Dark
When Liang Yifan led Wang Ping'an and An Geli into the hotel, An Geli approached Wang Ping'an and asked in a low voice, "What kind of dishes are there on Mars?"

Liang Yifan at the front heard it, and turned around and introduced enthusiastically: "The most recommended thing here is seaweed mush! This is something that developers made to satisfy their hunger back then. It is nutritious and tastes fast, and you can finish it in no time!

"But this is not very satisfying, so I have to order some pancakes. I recommend pancakes made with fungi mixed with lichens. They are delicious."

Angelie: "Must, pancake, this sounds like a British person."

Wang Pingan explained: "Ah, she is French, and she is a blood feud with Britain."

Liang Yifan groaned, and then asked curiously: "Then if you meet an Englishman right now, would you guys fight one-on-one?"

Angelie: "No, the feud is due to the Hundred Years' War. It's been a long time. We meet the British now, maybe we will dance with them."

"I know, you dance samba! The English dance like that...that's the kind..."

Wang Pingan interrupted Liang Yifan: "What are you talking about, look at her skin color, she dances ballet!"

"Isn't that Slavic art?"

The three of them were arguing with each other like ordinary friends, when the waiter came up to greet him: "It's classmate Xiao Liang, is this Section Chief Liang's guest?"

Liang Yifan immediately corrected: "My dad hasn't mentioned it yet, it's still Director Liang."

The waiter corrected it immediately: "Okay, Officer Liang's guest. This way please!"

Liang Yifan: "Is there still that eight-treasure porridge today?"

"some."

"Okay, click on that, and then come a gathering of heroes, one thousand copies!"

Wang Pingan couldn't help but said: "This gathering of heroes is a big carrot, isn't it?"

"No, it's a dish made of red and white radishes, space bell peppers and jellyfish."

Angorie was shocked: "Jellyfish?"

"Yes, the variant bred on Mars has adapted to the gravity and environment of Mars. The taste is different from the jellyfish on Earth, and it is particularly large. Moreover, the jellyfish on Mars fly in the sky. If the sky is clear at night, you can see them. Jellyfish grazing by drones are flying in the sky!"

Angeli: "How cold is it outside, flying in the sky?"

Wang Pingan: "It flies inside the canopy. The temperature inside the canopy is basically constant. This kind of jellyfish can purify the air. Research on it has won many awards. The chief engineer who led the project even won a gold star."

Angorie's eyes widened.

Wang Pingan smiled: "Your expression looks like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Didn't you know this knowledge on earth?"

"No. I know that France will definitely not be able to produce such a thing, and the institute will definitely be bombed by extreme environmentalists."

Liang Yifan sighed after hearing this: "The foreign countries are really in dire straits."

While talking, the three of them followed the waiter into the hall. There were already several tables in the hall, and the people who came earlier had already had their drinks and were still punching.

Waiter: "Would you like to make them quiet?"

"No, no need, my dad likes to have a bit of fireworks." Liang Yifan turned to Wang Ping'an and said, "Sit down, my parents will come in when they finish arguing outside."

Angelie: "Are they always like this?"

"Yeah. I'm used to it. My mother...is a realistic person, and my father is somewhat out of tune with her. I heard that they shared thick and thin when they were young, but I can't imagine it."

Liang Yifan sat down while talking, then took out his tablet, opened it, swiped it, and showed the two of them a photo.

The photo shows young Liang Wanwen and You Yuqin. Both of them are very thin, with a "skinny" face, and their complexions are not as rosy as they are now, but both of them are in good spirits. Just looking at the photos, you can feel a kind of vitality.

Angeli was the first to comment: "At that time, Ms. You Yuqin... I mean comrade, it seems that she and Officer Liang are all the same."

Wang Pingan pointed to You Yuqin's chest: "This medal is awarded to the first three generations of Mars pioneers. She also obeyed the call and went to a turbulent distance."

Liang Yifan sighed: "Yes, so can you two help me and convince my mother to support my idea?"

Wang Pingan sighed, turned his head and threw the ball to Angeli: "You major in psychology, do you think it's possible?"

"I don't think it is very likely. According to Erikson's growth stage theory, people's cognition of the world at this age has been solidified. We don't know what made your mother change, but she is obviously no longer the same A person who will go to a turbulent faraway place."

Liang Yifan let out a long sigh: "Is it really not possible?"

At this time, Liang Wanwen and You Yuqin both came in with stinky faces, and they sat down next to Wang Ping'an and An Geli without speaking.

Although theoretically speaking, their family of three still formed a "formation" centered on their son, but the differences between the two can be clearly felt.

You Yuqin suddenly said: "I can't live through this day! I want a divorce! After the divorce, you, the section chief, don't even think about mentioning it! The organization will definitely investigate whether you have any problems in your personal life. During the delay in the investigation, Director Liu will definitely catch you. The opportunity is here!"

Liang Wanwen slapped the cigarette case on the table: "If you don't mention it, don't mention it! I, Liang Wanwen, have never cared about these things!"

The drinking table next door heard it, and they all turned their heads to look at it. One of them was obviously drunk and shouted: "Okay! Regardless of the official position, they are all four modernizations!"

At this time, the manager of the restaurant hurried over: "If you have something to say, please speak up. Don't quarrel in public, it will affect you badly."

"I'm going to argue here!" You Yuqin raised the volume, "Let everyone see how virtuous Liang Wanwen is! He's happy!"

Liang Wanwen also got angry: "Get her out! I didn't plan to invite her today, but I invited two space army comrades to cheer my son up!"

"Okay, you Liang Wanwen, you won't invite me, will you? I will let you not invite me today!"

The manager smiled bitterly, turned to the waiter and said, "Open a private room and let Section Chief Liang's family and guests eat in."

You Yuqin: "He doesn't have a section chief! He will never be mentioned as a section chief!"

"Officer You, let's go to the private room and talk about it. How face-saving it is to take a photo in your private room." The manager accurately hit You Yuqin's pain point and took targeted actions.

You Yuqin snorted, stood up and prepared to move.

Liang Wanwen was still a little unhappy, Liang Yifan said: "Dad, the private room can give better hospitality to the uncles and aunts of the Space Force, go."

Liang Wanwen sighed and stood up.

Wang Ping'an and An Geli looked at each other. To be honest, they really couldn't get involved in this kind of housework, so they could only embarrass themselves by the side.

A group of people entered the private room under the guidance of the manager.

Different from the hall, the ceiling of the private room is completely transparent. Although the entire ceiling is illuminated, it does not affect the perspective effect, and you can even feel the night when the lights outside are on.

In the distance the lights of the railway leading to the summit of Mount Olympus can be seen.

Because it was already dark, the outline of the mountain could not be seen, and the railway was like leading to the starry sky.

Angeli exclaimed, "It's like a railway leading to the Milky Way."

Wang Pingan: "'I want to find the true happiness for myself, for my mother, for Corbenela, and for everyone.'"

Angeli was shocked: "Have you seen this too?"

"I have read a lot of poetry and books." Wang Ping'an said proudly.

Liang Yifan: "What was that just now?"

"Night on the Milky Way Railway, a fairy tale written by a Japanese writer, is one of the treasures of literature." Wang Ping'an replied.

Liang Yifan was overwhelmed: "I only know that the Space Force is very good at mathematics, physics and chemistry, and can calculate orbits mentally. I didn't know that your literature is also so strong."

Angeli burst out laughing, but she didn't expose the source of Wang Pingan's profound knowledge.

At this time, Liang Yifan suddenly pointed to the sky and said, "Look!"

Wang Pingan and Angeli looked up together, and saw a large group of stars swimming across the sky.

Angeli let out a very girlish exclamation: "My God, what is that?"

"Jellyfish," Wang Ping'an said softly, "But those floating in the air shouldn't be called jellyfish, but should... be called space mothers?"

The atmosphere suddenly became IJN!
Angeli slapped Wang Ping'an on the shoulder hard: "Why do you have to say something unsightly at this time!"

"No, no, a sense of humor comes naturally, and I can't control when it comes!"

"What a fucking sense of humor! It's as much pseudo-humor as a bad joke!"

At this moment, You Yuqin, who has always been addicted to taking selfies, sighed, put down her phone, and started: "I was actually a March [-]th Red Banner Bearer and a pacesetter in production before. It's not that I can't understand the urge to go far away."

Wang Pingan, An Geli, and Liang Yifan exchanged glances. Just now, the three of them asked if they would try to help You Yuqin regain her original aspiration, but unexpectedly, she switched to the original aspiration state.

You Yuqin continued to say earnestly: "When I was a little girl, I came to Mars full of enthusiasm, and every day at that time was a day of burning passion.

"Did you know? My mother once rushed into a storm alone and picked up the battery that was dropped during transportation. It was an ultra-high-energy battery that weighed 48 kilograms. I was only [-] kilograms at that time, and I was carrying it in a big storm. This step-by-step back to the outpost.

"The wind and sand on Mars are full of iron filings, crackling on the glass of the helmet, and there are also stones the size of ping pong balls mixed in, and one of them will be finished.

"But at that time, I was not afraid of death. I didn't think about death at all. It's strange, you know. We were all used to seeing death at that time. The most indispensable thing for Mars in the pioneering era is death. The list of deaths every day They are all in a long string, like a war!
"No, it's probably not as good as the war. After all, the war was short-lived and intense. I came to Mars with your father and escaped the war. At that time, many of my classmates who stayed on Earth couldn't get in touch.

"We even worry that the earth will be silent all of a sudden, and then the fire of human civilization will be on Mars, just like in science fiction.

"But finally the war is over, all the channels on Earth are cheering for peace, death on Earth is over, and advanced medical technology can bring most people back from death. But on Mars, death is still harvesting.

"Do you know how many of the 100 people we came to Mars in the same period are still alive?"

Liang Wanwen interrupted suddenly: "Actually, there are quite a lot of them. I saw thirty or forty of them at the last gathering..."

"Shut up! I'm telling my son something very important!" You Yuqin knocked on the table, glared at Liang Wanwen, and then returned to Liang Yifan, "Son, you don't understand like I did when I was young, but now I understand Well, this kind of thing is called kitsch, people will be affected in that kind of fanatical environment!"

Liang Wanwen suddenly raised his head and looked at his wife with the eyes of a monster.

You Yuqin stood up and pointed at Wang Ping'an: "Look at him, there is a silver star! I know your father asked him to influence you, so I went to check the information! It's all public and reported in the newspapers!
"Do you know how he got the silver star? He drove a maneuvering cabin, rushed into the fragments of the spaceship that had just disintegrated, and rescued two stowaways' children!

"The newspaper commented on how dangerous his actions were at the time: It was like rushing into Gatling's rain of bullets to rescue a butterfly! Listen, son! What is this if it's not a madman?
"And he took off his helmet and gloves for precise operation, and operated in a near-vacuum environment with only an oxygen mask on!

"And the experts in the newspaper also said that it is impossible to improve the accuracy of the operation by taking off the mask and gloves. This is a meaningless and dangerous move! Do you know? He is already crazy in that kitsch environment! He It's a lunatic! A lunatic!"

Liang Yifan leaned back: "I don't think he is a lunatic, he is clearly a hero, but you, Mom... I think you will definitely become famous if you go to a psychiatrist now."

You Yuqin: "I won't be popular! Because my heart is clear and transparent, I already understand everything! This is that guy's trick, the madness produced by the use of psychology! It's... It's Pavlov! It's Lysenko! It's a trick of psychology!"

Wang Pingan said in a cynical and teasing tone: "Which guy? An entertainment giant in the centaur constellation? A blue-eyed person? You can explain the ideal of far-sightedness and noble dedication in this way. You have opened my eyes."

Liang Wanwen said suddenly: "It's not her original explanation, no. So it's like this, I should have thought of it a long time ago, and I'm too slow."

Wang Ping'an and An Geli looked at each other, puzzled.

At this time, the door card of the private room opened with a bang, and the military police in blue hats rushed in.

You Yuqin screamed as if seeing a ghost, but the gendarmerie's Taser gun fired, and the fat middle-aged woman fell to the ground with a clang and slowly slid down the wall.

Her open mouth was still talking nonsense: "It's all Kitsch, it's Lysenko!"

The leading military police major saluted Liang Wanwen: "Thank you for reporting the family members who were bewitched by the enemy agents. Now you need to sign a consent form as a family member."

"Bring it."

The military police handed over an electronic tablet, and Liang Wanwen signed it without even looking at it.

"Please also go to the Gendarmerie Command to help with the investigation."

Liang Wanwen nodded, stood up and said to Liang Yifan: "Entertain the comrades of the space army for me, and your Uncle Liu will help with the next thing."

Liang Yifan nodded: "Yes. Dad, this won't affect my entrance into the Space Force, will it?"

"Don't worry, now it's not before the war, there is no such strict review." After speaking, Liang Wanwen patted Liang Yifan on the shoulder, and followed the gendarmes.

Wang Pingan sat next to Liang Yifan and asked curiously, "What's going on here?"

"The enemy is using psychology and communication to try to subvert our ideals and beliefs."

Angeli asked a crucial question: "Who is the enemy?"

"I don't know, my father didn't say it. No one mentioned it. But... there must be an enemy, and the gendarmes are fighting against them, but we don't know the details at all."

Wang Ping'an and An Geli looked at each other.

Liang Yifan forced a smile: "Come on, let's eat! I'll introduce Martian food to you!"

**
After that, the trip to Mars ended without incident.

After giving the book to Liang Yifan, Wang Ping'an and An Geli never saw the boy again.

In this way, they returned to Luna 2 and returned to Su Jianying.

The detachment instructor was actually there when he returned.

Su Jianying's expression was very complicated. After listening to Wang Ping'an's oral report, she said, "I have some good news to tell you, to be precise."

Wang Pingan stood at attention and looked forward.

"You are no longer my soldiers," Su Jianying said.

Wang Pingan couldn't hold it back, and said poorly: "I'm finally going to the warehouse?"

Su Jianying snorted.

(End of this chapter)