Mecha and Knife

"Hey, Lao Ji is back. I haven't seen any old lady in so many days."

"Nonsense, the old man never pays attention to those old ladies. Do you think that an old man is going to dance in the square every day like you? Old Ji, come to play a game of chess. I haven't played for many days. I let you A car."

"Hey, you let Lao Ji have a car? Isn't it always Lao Ji who let you ride horses?"

In the green area of ​​the community, a group of old men and old ladies who were basking in the sun saw Ji Xinghe who had disappeared for a few days, and they all said hello, which showed that Ji Xinghe was very popular.

This kind of popularity is based on the premise that Ji Xinghe is willing to help others, his wife's life style before and after his death is also very good, and he has a pension and pension.

"No, there is something else, you are busy."

Ji Xinghe hurriedly responded and went straight to his home. He didn't want to tell anyone about his experiences these days, because that would mean he would have to say that sentence again.

It was not easy to tell Tu Yuan, nor was it to win sympathy, he didn't want people to sympathize with him, he just wanted revenge.

The old men and women all felt a little strange.

"This old man has retired, what else is he busy with?"

"That's right, what are we busy with? We can't be busy with anything. Or, let's go and get the eggs, and we'll be there at nineteen stops after three bus transfers."

"Are you short of those eggs?"

"I'm not bad, but this is not a panic."

"That's right, go for a walk. If you go late, you will catch up with the time to get off work. There are no seats on the bus."

"What are you afraid of, someone give up your seat for us."

"That's right."

...

The house is very deserted. It hasn't been cleaned for ten days, but there is only a little dust. All the furniture, home appliances and other items in the living room are neatly placed. There are no sundries and only necessities. It looks a bit monotonous.

There was no food waste that I forgot to throw away in the kitchen, and there were no smelly ingredients in the refrigerator. When I got home, Ji Xinghe did not grieve alone, but went directly to the kitchen and took out two steaks that he marinated himself from the refrigerator. .

It can be seen that there are more than 30 pieces in the refrigerator, which are neatly packaged. These steaks were originally prepared...

Now Ji Xinghe can only eat it by himself.

Turn on the fire skillfully, heat the air in the pan and then put in the butter, open the plastic bag of the steak and hold the steak with freshly washed hands, put it vertically into the hot pan, seal the edges first, and then fry the whole side. It was almost cooked to maturity.

This way of eating is not suitable for steak, but Ji Xinghe likes to eat well-cooked beef. If Ji Chenxing didn't like steak, he would choose beef stewed with carrots, beef stewed with potatoes, or directly braised in soy sauce.

Ji Xinghe didn't like that kind of tableware because he didn't use a knife and fork. All the knives and forks at home were bought for Ji Chenxing back then. Putting the two steaks on the plate, Ji Xinghe took a pair of chopsticks and picked them up and ate them. He bit and chewed hard, as if the two steaks were his enemies. Same.

Ji Xinghe, who hasn't had a good meal for a few days, is not suitable for eating steak, but his body is really good, his digestion ability is also very good, his teeth have not degenerated due to age, and his mouth is full of real teeth.

With black hair, he doesn't look like a 65-year-old man, but he is indeed 65 years old, so after eating the steak, he took two Jianweixiaoshi tablets to prevent physical problems due to indigestion.

He wanted to protect his body well, and then went to participate in the conscription assessment that would start seven days later.

Very sleepy, but Ji Xinghe didn't go to sleep immediately, but came to the study room. In the study room, there were three walls full of books neatly placed on the bookshelves. Most of them were professional books on machine repair, and the rest were Ji Chenxing The books used in school, and some books related to mecha driving, were selected by Ji Xinghe when Ji Chenxing said that his dream was to be a mecha warrior, and bought them home.

It will be updated every year, so the books on the bookshelf are stacked very full, but there is no need to worry about the bookshelf collapsing, because the bookshelf was built by Ji Xinghe himself. As an expert in mechanical maintenance, his hands-on ability has always been very strong, but before. limited to car repairs.

In addition to the books on the three walls, there is a desk in front of the wall with windows, which is where Ji Chenxing studied since he was a child.

There are only two things in the center of the study room. One is an ergonomic chair connected to a power supply at the bottom, a helmet-like object is connected to it, and a pair of gloves with metallic luster.

This is the landing device for Interstellar Glory, which requires the cooperation of a helmet and gloves to complete conscious-level interactive operations.

A consciousness interaction device similar to this helmet is also built into the mecha, so that the user can better manipulate the mecha. Compared with the original voice command combined with manual operation mode, this new operation mode gives the mecha Armor is a real life, capable of making all kinds of difficult movements.

But it is precisely because of this that the mechas of the new era have extremely high requirements on the physical fitness of the users, and the difficult mecha movements will cause overload, just like the pilots who flew fighter jets many years ago. Exercising overloaded maneuvers can cause dizziness and nausea at the slightest level, and coma or even sudden death at the severest level.

The 65-year-old Ji Xinghe, no one would believe that he can carry it. In fact, he himself does not believe it, but he is not afraid of death.

The last thing in the study is the wooden dummy, which he made by himself, he has beaten, and so has Ji Chenxing.

But his wooden dummy is not made of wood, but iron. Thirty years ago, Ji Xinghe could no longer hit wooden dummy posts, and they would break as soon as he exerted force.

When he saw the wooden dummy, Ji Xinghe saw Ji Chenxing crying because of the pain when he first hit the wooden dummy, and the voice of grievance seemed to echo in his ears.

"Dad, I'm going to call the police, you abused children."

"This is not abuse. Don't you want to be a mech warrior? This is to help you improve your combat effectiveness, so that you can survive on the battlefield and allow you to kill more enemies."

"I'm already a mecha warrior, why do I still need to learn kung fu? My mecha must have a cannon and a high-frequency vibrating knife. Chopping melons and vegetables."

"Son, do you know why the mecha is made into a human form? Why were all the previous animal-shaped mecha designs abandoned?"

"Why?"

"Because humans are the primates of all things, the human form is the most suitable form for fighting."

"But people can't beat tigers."

"That's because there is a big gap in strength, speed, and defense between humans and tigers, but if a mecha in human form fights with a mecha in tiger form, the strength, speed, and defense of both sides are in balance. , the winner must be the humanoid mech."

"Why?"

"Because...human figures can use swords, guns, swords and halberds as weapons, and can use guns as weapons, but tigers only have teeth and claws, or a tail."

"Then I will turn the tiger's claws into knives, the tiger's tail into a spear, and the tiger's mouth into a cannon."

"Hahaha...then your slot machine armor won't be able to run."

"It can fly, I will add a flight engine to it."

"It's not impossible, but before you can do it, you need to learn boxing from me, as well as the eight-cut knife method and the six-and-a-half stick method."

"I don't learn boxing, and I don't use mecha fists to hit people. I learn knife skills and let my mecha use knives to chop. I don't learn stick skills either. A stick can't kill an imperial orangutan. I don't have a gun head. Learn to shoot."

"Who says you can't kill people with a stick without a gun? You have to learn punches too, because when your mecha has no weapons, you only have fists, and when you don't have a mecha, you only have fists."

"I don't learn, I call the police, and you abuse me."

If I didn't teach him Wing Chun, didn't support him to realize his dream to go to the military academy...

With a bang, Ji Xinghe's fist hit the wooden dummy pile, and the pile turned and two iron rods hit his body, but he blocked it with his elbows and knees raised.

Because the punch just now was too strong, the two sticks hurt a little, and the fist also hurt.

But Ji Xinghe is very comfortable, as if physical pain can relieve inner pain, in this house full of memories related to Ji Chenxing, how could he not be in pain?

After eating and drinking enough to practice boxing and eliminate food, the 65-year-old body exploded with unprecedented strength in a square inch.

Apply ointment to treat iron damage, drink medicinal wine that nourishes qi, nourishes blood and strengthens vitality, anesthetizes oneself so that he will not dream when he sleeps, will not wake up from the dream, and will not see the pillow wet with tears when he wakes up.

On the seventh day, the iron wooden dummy suddenly broke, as if it was finally overwhelmed after persisting for thirty years, and it seemed that Ji Xinghe's kung fu had finally advanced a step further.

The fact should be the former, but Ji Xinghe hopes it is the latter.

A sentence he once said to Ji Chenxing kept echoing in his mind: "Son, don't believe in the limit, because if you don't believe it, it doesn't exist."