The Ordinary Man's Guide to Fast Travel

Chao Yao lay on the windowsill at home, looking at the crowd that stretched for miles on the street outside. There were men, women, old and young. They lined up, dancing a simple, rough and exaggerated dance, and singing "The Sea Sailing Depends on the Helmsman".

"The sea sails with the helmsman, the growth of all things depends on the sun, and the rain and dew nourish the seedlings..."

Every time a tune is sung, the dancing movements of the hands will not stop.

With both hands raised high, he lunged sideways, pointed his fingers at the ground, and clenched his fists...

Some of them held red silk scarves in their hands, which looked particularly imposing when they waved them.

Chao Jianguo looked out the window and waved his hands along.

Infected by the emotions of the huge crowd outside, he was also filled with the solemnity of the pilgrimage and was very excited.

"Fish cannot live without water, and melons cannot live without vines..."

Chao Jianguo sang very loudly, almost shouting.

Lan Lan and Chao Wenjun, who were busy tidying up the room nearby, also started singing along.

Chaoyao can see these dancing people everywhere every day. There are a lot of people when there are parades, but most of the time people are just scattered.

Regardless of day or night, regardless of gender, age or status, they can be seen everywhere, on the streets, in the corridors of tube-shaped buildings, etc.

Especially every morning, dancing people can be seen everywhere.

Chaoyao would also be infected by the national sentiment unique to this era, and would occasionally dance along.

"Yaoyao, my company just issued me a fish ticket. I'll take you to buy a fish later and make fish soup for you at noon today."

After the dancing crowd left, Lan Lan thought about making some fish soup for Chao Yao at noon. Children drink these watery soups which are good for nutrition.

"Mom, I'll go with you."

Chao Yao jumped down from the chair by the windowsill, ran over and held Lan Lan's sleeve.

Chao Jianguo and Chao Wenjun were left at home, and Lan Lan took Chao Yao out.

When we got there, the salesperson asked, "Serving the people, comrade, what do you want to buy?"

Lan Lan stood up straight and replied, "'Yugong moves mountains, opposes liberalism', I'll buy a fish."

After saying that, she looked through the basket of fish, occasionally digging in with her hands. She wanted to choose a big one so that the whole family could have more fish to eat.

The salesperson was very impatient when he saw this. "You have to fight against selfishness and criticize revisionism! There are many people waiting in line behind you. Comrade, you should learn from Comrade Bai's spirit of being completely selfless! Just choose one at random, don't waste your time here!"

Lan Lan chose the one that looked the largest, and then she replied in a good-natured way: "'We serve the people, so if we have shortcomings, we are not afraid of criticism. It doesn't matter who points them out to us. As long as you are right, we will correct them.' Comrade, we have a large family, so we want to buy a big one. Please forgive me."

The salesman weighed the fish and said, "Only the people are the driving force behind the creation of world history! 1.3 cents, you need to add the fish ticket."

Lan Lan gave the money and the ticket and prepared to take the fish away.

The salesman handed the fish over, saying, "Don't forget your country!"

Lan Lan immediately replied: "Don't forget the great working people when eating fish!"

After saying this, Lan Lan finally got the fish handed to her by the salesperson.

But the tofu salesman next door didn't have it so easy.

The person who bought the tofu was an old lady. She handed the money to the salesperson, but the salesperson refused to take it.

"We need to fight against selfishness..."

The old lady looked confused, "My dear, I don't want shredded tofu. I want tender tofu stewed in fish soup."

The salesperson glared and shouted: "To fight against selfishness..."

Lan Lan couldn't bear to watch, so she helped the old lady answer: "...Struggle and criticize revisionism!"

The salesperson then sold the tofu to the old lady.

After buying the fish, Chaoyao quickly asked Lanlan to take her home.

She wanted to drink tofu fish soup, so she fried the fish, chopped it up, added water to boil it, and then filtered it.

Frying the filtered fish residue again will make you dizzy with its delicious smell!

As soon as they got home, they saw Chao Jianguo's classmate Ge Jianhong coming to their house.

"Jianguo, now the trips to various places are free, and the living allowance is paid by the government. In other words, transportation, food, and accommodation for the trip are all free. We will go too, and just treat it as a trip. This kind of opportunity is so rare, it would be a shame not to go!"

Ge Jianhong sat on the stool and kept talking about the benefits to Chao Jianguo.

"Every place has built a reception station, providing food, accommodation and transportation. I have never heard of such a good thing. Jianguo, we have grown up and must seize this opportunity!"

Chao Wenjun laughed at the side and said, "You two little brats are only ten years old. How can you be grown up?"

Ge Jianhong was not convinced. "Uncle, there are so many people going with us on the way, what do you have to worry about? I heard from them that we can go to a place full of ice and snow. I have never seen a snowy scene like what they described in my life. I really want to go! But my family is worried about me going alone, so I can only take my good friend Jianguo with me."

"Others go to join the movement to respond to the call, but you go just to eat and drink for free. This is not right, it's not right, you can't do it!"

Ge Jianhong stiffened his neck and said, "Uncle, if we have one more person, it will also increase our team and respond to the call! We can also shout a few words at the top of our lungs."

Chao Wenjun shook his head, "No, no. You are still young and can't go. Studying hard now is the best way to respond to the call."

Ge Jianhong sneered, "School is closed, what's the point of studying? Uncle, go to school and take a look, is there anyone there?"

"We can study at home. We should study hard so that we can make greater contributions to society in the future."

Ge Jianhong waved his hand and pulled Chao Jianguo again.

"Just tell me, are you going? This is such an inspiring thing. It's totally fine to respond to the call. A few months of study won't hurt."

Chao Jianguo looked at Chao Wenjun, then looked at Chao Yao who was playing nearby, and shook his head.

"I won't go. I won't leave my family. I'm still young. I'll just stay at home."

He has a sister at home who can conjure up any food, so he is not greedy for food outside.

He doesn't yearn for outside places, but he can go there when he grows up.

"Humph! You are no longer my good buddy! If you don't go, I will go! I will go secretly!"

Ge Jianhong ran away after saying this. Chao Jianguo wanted to help him, but in the end he just shook his head and gave up.

Chao Yao looked at Chao Jianguo, "Brother, do you really not want to go?"

"No, I don't want to. With you at home, I have endless food to eat. Why should I go out and suffer that? So many people are eating and drinking for free. I'm not sure if they can leave some soup for me. I'm still young and can't compete with those adults."

Lan Lan and Chao Wenjun were relieved to hear him say this. They were also very afraid that their children would run away secretly and they would not be able to find them.

"We still have to go to the Ge family and tell them. If Ge Jianhong really runs away, the Ge family will be so sad!"

Lan Lan thought about it and decided to go talk to the Ge family after dinner.

But before she could get to Ge's house, Ge Jianhong had already run away.