Unknown Knight

The next day, Wang Baoping woke up drowsily amidst a commotion. When he opened his eyes, he found that the bunk bed was empty.

Outside the house came the sound of people tidying up the carriage. The young men were shouting, laughing and joking, a break from the silence of last night. It seemed that a night's rest had made them full of energy again.

Our brother Baoping obviously did not get a good rest. He had dark circles under his eyes and weak limbs. He even seemed to have no strength to speak. In addition to his original physical weakness, it might also be related to the fact that he forcefully suppressed the primordial power in his body last night, which led to excessive internal consumption.

After organizing the convoy, everyone drank a bowl of porridge, which was probably leftover from last night, and then they hurriedly set off.

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Baoping had to face a difficult problem, which was language.

As a time traveler, time travel can generally be divided into two types from the perspective of the method. One is the so-called soul travel. This kind of traveler has a strong soul power. Under the circumstances of coincidence, the soul comes to a different timeline, a different planet, or even a different plane, and then possesses the body of a local aboriginal (usually this aboriginal is dead or dying, otherwise it is easy to suffer from schizophrenia, a sequela of time travel, haha). This kind of traveler's body is a local aboriginal, and generally has the memory of the original body owner, so language is not a problem.

The other type is wearing another body, like the case of our brother Baoping, the time traveler travels with his original body and memories, so language becomes a big problem.

At first, the lark-like blonde girl thought that he was not talkative yesterday because he was shy as a stranger, so she took the initiative to approach him to communicate, but soon the smart girl found that he did not know the local language at all. Fortunately, no one cared about it. Maybe no one would care about a poor man who only had his underwear left, even if he was so different from others.

The blonde girl, however, seemed to have discovered a new continent. She stopped driving and called the fellow who was following the car to drive for her. She went straight into the car and started gesticulating with him, trying to teach him to speak the local dialect.

The leader who heard the noise also turned his head to look, but just smiled meaningfully, shook his head, and stopped asking questions.

The girl came over enthusiastically and sat against his knees, which caught Wang Baoping off guard. Thinking of the ambiguous moment last night, his heart couldn't help but be moved again.

However, due to the current situation, he did not dare to indulge in his inner turmoil for too long and soon regained his consciousness. After all, if he could not communicate with others, he would not be able to adapt to this world well. He might become a marginal person and be excluded and discriminated by the people in this world. What's more serious is that this obstacle even affects all aspects, and it is a problem for him to survive. Therefore, learning the language well is related to his life and property, and Wang Baoping had to regain his composure and be cautious.

Once he started to pay attention, he actually reactivated his language talent. I remember when he first entered university, he couldn't pass the CET-4. Later, he fell in love with a girl in the English department. He found that she was always reciting words in a secluded corner of the campus, so he took the opportunity to approach her under the pretext of reciting words. After meeting her unexpectedly many times, he actually succeeded in chatting her up. Then, under the pretext of wanting to make progress, he shamelessly approached the girl and asked her to teach him English.

Maybe it was the common problem of those who like to know others, or maybe it was pity for him because his English was so poor, the girl actually agreed to help.

During this period, Wang Baoping's English improved by leaps and bounds. In order to show off his strong learning ability in front of the girl, and to let the girl experience the joy of rewarding hard work and thus further gain the girl's favor, he not only studied English diligently but also studied hard, and unexpectedly passed the Level 4 exam easily.

Although the girl later realized that his motives were not pure and distanced herself from him, Wang Baoping's language talent was unlocked. He not only passed the English Level 4 easily, but also took the professional level 6 exam. He was even able to apply what he had learned to other areas. In order to make it easier for him to hook up with the high-quality girls in the Foreign Languages ​​Branch, he also learned some French and Latin, and his grades were pretty good.

There is a saying: "Women are the driving force of men." This saying is most appropriate for Wang Baoping.

Although Wang Baoping was in a different world at this time, starting from the time the blonde girl pointed at the sky, the earth, and people, you and me, his original talent plus the stimulation of hormones and the pressure brought by the need to survive, the girl was surprised to find that in just one day, Wang Baoping remembered almost all the names she could point to, including the names of more than a dozen commodities in the troika, the names of the other eight people in the convoy except Yamila (the girl's name), the names of all the nearby scenery, etc., no less than a hundred words.

This made the girl extremely surprised. From time to time, she would suddenly point at something or someone and ask Wang Baoping to answer its name. She rarely hesitated and gave wrong answers, which made the girl's mouth open in surprise. Finally, it seemed that she could not help it anymore, so she ran to the leader of the caravan, her father, Old John, and pointed at Wang Baoping and talked a lot. Old John did not seem that surprised when he heard the girl's narration. He just turned his head and smiled at him calmly.

Just like that, our Aix had a very fulfilling day (the name Wang Baoping gave himself is pronounced as X, and its extended meaning is unknown and unpredictable, which is quite appropriate for his current situation. It is also the code name of the male protagonist in a Hollywood action blockbuster that Wang Baoping likes, and it sounds cool too). He probably learned no less than a hundred words in one day and gained a pair of beautiful eyes shining with stars. Whenever Yamila looked at him, her eyes would light up, beautiful and shining.

Of course, he also attracted a pair of eyes full of jealousy and hatred. The brown-haired Harvey was a distant relative of the leader old John. He used such eyes to warn him from time to time, so that our Aix had to put away the secret joy in his heart and dared not look at those shining eyes for too long, for fear that his intoxicated and complacent expression would show on his face and he would be envied for no reason. When you are under someone's roof, you have to behave properly.

At night, we stayed in a village similar to the one we stayed yesterday, but the smell of this village was a little different. The area around the village was full of grapes, and the air was filled with the sour smell of lees. This was a village that made wine. The leader, Old John, used a dozen bags of wheat and a bag of salt brought on the car to barter with the villagers for a dozen cans of wine, and then he stayed at the village chief's house.

They entered the village earlier today than yesterday. During a short break after finishing their work, Axe combined his previous observations and thought about it for a while, and roughly figured out the identities of Old John and his group.

This is a caravan of traveling merchants. The so-called traveling merchants are mobile merchants in ancient times who do not have a fixed business location. They travel between towns and villages, making a living by buying low and selling high the goods needed in various places.

This type of merchant may make more profit than those who have a fixed business place, but it is very hard to live in the open air and there are great risks. This is why some people carry weapons, and according to his observation, there are one or two spears placed in the corner of each carriage.

Thinking about the situation the day before yesterday when he was almost stripped naked by a group of bandits, and the tense atmosphere when the convoy was rushing to the inn yesterday evening, Wang Baoping couldn't help but feel nervous. He felt that his life could be threatened at any time. This was not a peaceful world.

'What if I encounter danger again? I should get a weapon.' He thought to himself, and counted the spears on the car. There were only four. I would definitely not be able to use one when I encounter danger. He fumbled for the wooden pole of the spear and suddenly had an idea. He thought of the scene in the movie Avatar where the male protagonist sharpened a wooden stick in the wild. The wooden spear can also be used for self-defense. So he looked for a suitable wooden stick everywhere, and asked Yami, his fan girl, to help him find one while talking and gesturing.

Friends in the countryside all know that there is no shortage of wooden sticks in the countryside. Soon they found a stick that was about two meters long. Wang Baoping was quite satisfied after weighing it in his hand. Then he asked Yamila to ask Old John for a dagger, sharpened one end, and evenly roasted the sharpened end in the fire pit to create a layer of carbonization on the surface. This would increase the hardness of the tip and make it less prone to wear. He learned this from a documentary about survival in the wild.

With a weapon to protect himself, Wang Baoping felt relieved and drank a bowl of porridge prepared by the village head's wife. This time, raisins were added, which tasted quite good. There was nothing else to do after the meal. This guy was very smart and knew that long-term possession was nominal ownership. As soon as the girl spread the blanket, he rushed to grab the spot and went to bed early.

In this way, the journey lasted for another 4 or 5 days. On the way, they passed through four villages. The caravan either bought goods with money or bartered, so the goods on the carriage gradually increased. In order to save horsepower, even the girl driving the carriage got off the carriage and led the horse forward.

Wang Baoping could no longer stay in the car and be lazy, so he had to get off and walk. He also had to help push the car when going over hills and bumps. Although it was a bit hard, his physical condition was much better than at the beginning. The pure green and additive-free simple meals, plus the daily physical effort, and the number of steps that could top the WeChat list, made him feel very energetic now. His strength has also increased a lot, and he feels that his body is getting healthier and healthier. He is no longer in a sub-healthy state for a long time like before, and he would suffer from back pain and weakness in his limbs when he was a little tired.

He also made great progress in language. Under Yamila's careful teaching, in just a few days, he had mastered simple words, short sentences, and general expressions very easily. Now he can actually have simple communication with everyone he meets.

Some friends may say that the author is making up a story. How can a foreign language be so easy to learn? Back then, the man didn't learn it well for more than ten years, let alone communicate with foreigners. In fact, we should look at this dialectically. Here is a brief explanation from two aspects:

One is the similarity of regional languages. I used to see many foreign elites on the Internet, claiming they were proficient in 7 or 8 languages ​​and how amazing they were. There were many such examples.

In Europe, their languages ​​are all derived from Latin, and their grammar, pronunciation, language habits, and text structure are similar. As long as you are proficient in one language, it is easy to learn other languages. Just like if you know a certain Chinese dialect, it is easy to learn other Chinese dialects. Even if you don't deliberately learn it, you can speak a few sentences in Dongbei dialect, Beijing dialect, Henan dialect, and Trump dialect.

Of course, it is a bit difficult to cross regions. Grammar, pronunciation, language habits, text structure, etc. are very different, even subversive. This difference will form a very strong cognitive barrier, which can also be called a habitual barrier. This is why foreigners always say that Chinese is the most difficult to learn, and we always say that foreign languages ​​are difficult to learn.

This article sets the protagonist in an area similar to Europe. The protagonist has already developed a "talent" for foreign languages ​​when he was in college, so there is no such cognitive barrier.

The second is the language environment. As I just said, many people have studied foreign languages ​​for more than ten years but still cannot learn them. In fact, it is not because you are stupid or lack talent, but because you have not applied what you have learned, or more specifically, you have not had an environment in which you can apply what you have learned.

In a 40-minute class, if you exclude the time you spend slacking off, you may only have to minutes of study time a day. Besides, this language has no real connection with your current life except for grades, so it is difficult to generate synapses in the brain and form lasting memories. This is why foreigners don’t need to learn foreign languages ​​very well. It’s not because they are smarter than you, but because you were not born in that language environment. Similarly, you can speak Chinese fluently without learning much.

Then there is the mentality. The protagonist is facing the pressure of survival. If he does not learn the language here, he will face survival problems. Survival can allow people to exert their maximum abilities. With a correct mentality and on-site guidance from beautiful women, he basically does nothing else. He has more than ten hours of situational intensive learning a day, but cannot speak a simple conversation in more than a week. He is really ashamed of the cultivation of the Party and the people, ashamed of the free nine-year compulsory education system, and ashamed of the interest-free student loans issued by the state for four years of university.

From these two days, Yamila used a small wooden stick to teach him to read and write on the ground during lunch and evening breaks, and then she was surprised to find that she could only remember a few words a day, but it was no problem for Aix to remember dozens of words a day. This was too amazing in Yamila's eyes. Now she has completely become Wang Baoping's fan girl, circling around Wang Baoping all day long, calling him "Aix, Aix" all the time. The admiring look in his eyes made him feel satisfied, excited, and excited. He wished he could find a secluded place like a sorghum field or a bush nearby to chat with the girl about life and ideals.

However, from time to time, a cold snort sounded like a piercing alarm bell. That was Harvey declaring his sovereignty, which forced him to stop his fantasies, and then take a deep breath and tell himself to "calm down". Although his strength no longer allowed him to keep a low profile, the situation was stronger than him.

Through the communication in the past few days, he roughly knew the situation of the chief, Old John. He was a middle-aged widower with no sons, and only had a daughter, Yamila. The distant nephew Harvey from the countryside said he came here to be an apprentice, but in fact he wanted to come here to make a living. Maybe Old John also wanted him to inherit his family business. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he coveted Yamila, and he probably thought of himself as the young master in his heart.

He was just a man with only underpants left. Although Yamila looked at him with beautiful and shining eyes, and he couldn't help but stick to his body when she got close to him, his intuition told him that Yamila must be interested in him, but a man in underpants should have the awareness of a man in underpants. His later social experience reminded him all the time not to have any unreasonable expectations, otherwise he would suffer unexpected disasters.

"Aix, are you a noble lord? Why don't you come and help!"

Harvey said to him in a condescending tone.

Here they come! He thought to himself that it was bad luck and walked slowly towards the truck. That was a bag of wheat weighing dozens of kilograms. I have never done such heavy work since I was a child. The country has already finished the fight against poverty and is now heading towards the four modernizations. It is no longer a good idea to sell powerful pills. Don’t you know that?