Chapter 27 First meeting
After Gao Zhendong left Wang Dezhu's house, Wang Dezhu kept muttering at home: "No, I have to find a wife for the old platoon leader quickly, otherwise my daughter will really become his."

Wan Yueqin smiled and shook her head, obviously helpless about Wang Dezhuo's somewhat childish idea.

Wang Dezhu turned around and asked Wan Yueqin: "Hey, are there any suitable young teachers in your school?"

Wan Yueqin thought: "There is a new high school student assigned here, young, pretty, and with a dignified and gentle temperament, that's it."

Wang Dezhu became interested: "Well, this is good, worthy of our old platoon leader, what is it? You are done with your words."

“It’s just that the ingredients aren’t very good.”

Wang Dezhu lost interest immediately after hearing this: "No, we can't harm the old platoon leader."

If Gao Zhendong were here, he would probably be in high spirits instead: "No, I want someone with a bad background."
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Sunday morning was another day for a lottery. Gao Zhendong washed his hands as usual, "System, draw a lottery!"

He took out the document from the storage and saw that it was one of the future national military standards, not confidential, and there was not much content in it. He flipped through it and was overjoyed. He just wanted to try one out, and it was delivered to him. This was not a lottery, it was simply a search for information.

After drawing the lottery, Gao Zhendong combed his hair, carried his bag and went out. Today was Sunday and he was going to do some shopping.

He bought a broken radio at a consignment store when he first arrived, and he never had time to repair it. But when he found some time to check it, he found that the primary winding of the transformer was burned out.

It is possible to repair it yourself, but the problem is that this transformer is a shell-type iron core, and it is also a step-down transformer. If you want to remove the primary winding, you have to remove the secondary winding first, which is equivalent to rewinding the entire transformer, and I am too lazy to do that.

So Gao Zhendong decided to go to the street and buy a transformer. If there is none, he would see if he could make a suitable capacitor and use the capacitor voltage-reducing circuit instead of the transformer voltage-reducing circuit. By the way, he used the bicycle ticket.

Buying the bicycle went smoothly and he didn't get beaten by the salesperson. After all, "beating or scolding customers is prohibited" was clearly written in the work manual of the supply and marketing cooperative salespersons, and it was stamped quickly. Xiao Hu from the police station helped to process it. Yes, he was the policeman who helped Gao Zhendong settle down.

Buying a transformer went smoothly as he found a suitable one at an electronic hardware store in Dongzhimen. But when he arrived at the consignment store and saw the phonograph, Gao Zhendong was unable to move again.

He could take the phonograph out of the system. All he had to do was extract a portable MP3 and this was the result. The problem was still the same old one: there was no ticket and its origin was unknown, which was difficult to explain.

There were many records along with the gramophone. One of them reminded Gao Zhendong of his past life and made him feel homesick. He could never go back to that hometown.

This record is Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor - "From the New World". It’s not that this symphony really evoked his homesickness. In fact, this work is not entirely about homesickness, it contains many other things.

But it was this symphony that reminded him of the days when he read online novels in his previous life.
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Gao Zhendong decided to buy the phonograph and the record. He didn't know whether he wanted to keep a trace of memory from his past life or use them as a tombstone for his past life's memories. He just wanted to buy them. These two thoughts lingered in his mind and he couldn't tell them apart.

Gao Zhendong bought them and carried them home on his bicycle. Without paying attention to Yan Bugui's greeting, he rushed into the house impatiently. Without even having time to close the door tightly, he hurriedly wound up the gramophone and put on "A New World".

At this time, outside Gao Zhendong's house, in front of the hanging flower gate of the courtyard, a girl came. She looked to be about twenty years old, wearing a light blue windbreaker, short hair, a dignified oval face, bright eyes, and looked at the yard with a little confusion about the unknown.

The girl didn't know why she came to this yard. Ever since she knew her mother's thoughts on her marriage, she had been a little flustered. This was not the path she had ever imagined, but it was the best path her mother thought of for her.

Her father did not approve of her mother's idea, which made the girl even more frightened. She originally just wanted to relax, but she walked towards the address that she had only heard from her mother once.

She didn't want to see the person her mother mentioned that she didn't know yet, she just wanted to see this place. This place made her feel a little strange, not because she had never been here before, but because this was a strange world that was somewhat out of tune with her.

At this moment, she heard the music coming from the phonograph, Dvorak's "From the New World". The familiar melody made her feel a little intimate. She turned right involuntarily and walked towards the direction of the music.

Pushing open the half-open door, the girl walked into the room. The room was warm, making her feel a little comfortable.

Looking up, amid the music, a slender young man crossed his arms across his chest, his eyes slightly red. Thinking of the title of the music and looking at the young man's expression, the girl asked the question in her heart: "Are you missing home?"

The young man was awakened from his thoughts by the sudden question. He turned his head, smiled, looked at the girl and said, "Yes."

His smile was also warm, but his eyes were sharp.

The girl began to feel that this courtyard was not so out of place with her. A little mischievous emotion rose in her heart and she tilted her head: "Really? I don't believe it."

"why?"

"Shouldn't I listen to the second movement when I'm homesick?"

"Because I just bought it and can't find the second movement."

"Here." The girl skillfully placed the needle at the beginning of the second movement. Yes, she could start directly from where she wanted.

The two listened quietly.

When the third movement sounded, the young man looked at the girl and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Where are you from?"

"I work in the steel mill."

"Not like."

"What do I look like?"

The girl thought for a long time: "A warrior, a warrior who is always ready to charge."

"Yes, I was a soldier." The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I didn't want to listen to the second movement just now."

"Then why did you continue listening?"

"Because you told me to."

"Puchi~~~" The two smiled at each other and asked in unison: "What's your name?"

The two laughed again.

After a moment, the young man took the initiative to extend his hand: "My name is Gao Zhendong."

The girl's eyes smiled like a crescent moon: "My name is Lou Xiao'e."

　Yes, it’s Lou Xiaoe.

　　As for why it was Lou Xiao'e, Lou Xiao'e's background, and the protagonist's own safety and development, they will definitely be explained later when the time comes, so I can't say more here. I won't say how ingenious the layout is, but at least it won't be too brainless.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)