Return to the red age

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On the Liangma River in the spring, more than twenty young men put on the swimsuits of this era, the kind with short sleeves and shorts that were one-piece. This is what the swimsuits of this era looked like.

We found a relatively gentle place in the river, and a swimming instructor was leading everyone to warm up.

"one two three four."

"Two two three four."

"Move your body and blood before going into the water, otherwise, if you go down like this, be careful of cramps."

Liu Hai was also there. His skin was extremely white. He was wearing a black swimsuit and swimming trunks. He was learning from the coach. There were about a dozen others, all of whom couldn't swim.

"The swimming competition is divided into freestyle, backstroke..."

"It is divided into 100 meters, 400 meters, and 400 meters relay..."

“Freestyle style….”

The coach first does the movements on land, then goes into the water to do the movements, and then lets people get into the water one by one, while he holds the belly of others.

"Don't move, don't move." Some people got into the water and felt panicked as soon as their feet left the ground. They moved around and struggled with the coach. Fortunately, the coach responded quickly and this section was not very deep near the shore.

Liu Hai can swim, and his results are pretty good. In his previous life, the factory had complete facilities.

"Cough, cough, cough." The coach held his bangs in the water, but he felt a little uncomfortable and pretended to cough twice.

"Kick your legs and start moving your hands." The coach instructed one by one.

"Don't deform your movements at the beginning, otherwise it will be difficult to correct."

"To learn to swim, you need to drink water."

The coach gave instructions one by one, then drove the people into the river, and then looked at these landlubbers while talking.

"You, don't go dog-pawing. Your wild ways are the most troublesome. It's difficult to correct them."

"Be more natural..."

After struggling for more than two hours, most of them can barely swim in it, and the bangs are not the best. Not the worst either.

Liu Hai originally thought it would be Sunday afternoon, but he didn't expect to go to work in the factory on Monday. The factory asked him to continue learning to swim until he learned it.

The swimming place was not far from the factory, and when Liu Hai arrived, someone had already arrived.

Yesterday's swimsuits were taken back to dry and were not dry yet, and they were handed out again today, so everyone found a deserted place by the river to change into, since the world was as dark as crows anyway.

"Their female employees are practicing at the sports school."

"Nonsense, women can't stand the weather."

"I wonder how long it will take to practice?"

"I heard there is a standard that the 100-meter freestyle swim should be within one minute and ten seconds."

When Liu Hai heard this, he muttered in his heart: "That's not right. In modern times, it seems that physical education exams are not limited to this time?"

Liu Hai knows that in the 1956 Olympic Games, the 100-meter freestyle result was Australia's Henriquez, with a score of 55.4, second place was 55.8, and third place was 56.7.

A modern swimmer's first level score is 55.5.

This is mainly due to the advancement of technology, especially equipment. At this time, swimsuits and trunks are all one-piece and not tight.

The modern Tokyo Olympics men's 100-meter freestyle time is 47.02 seconds.

It was still a bit cold in Liangma River in the morning, so the coach asked everyone to thrash hard within a certain area, so the coach had to take action several times, otherwise there would be an accident.

The meals delivered at noon were all people from the First Machinery Department in this factory who came to learn how to swim. This year’s swimming competition was organized by each department, including the Ministry of Education, the First Machinery Department, the Second Machinery Department, etc.

"Tsk tsk, there is still meat to eat."

"I don't know how to take care of the food at night."

"It's not a loss if you just eat meat."

"Yes, it's a pity that I can't take it back."

For lunch, there was braised pork and potatoes. A dozen young people and the coach ate a bucket of rice and half a pot of vegetables.

After the meal, the instructor continued to explain the movements and postures, rested for a while, and then did warm-up exercises under the sun.

The flapping continued in the afternoon, and the coach mainly corrected a few guys who were dog-pawing.

Bangs didn't feel anything. The rest of the companions were tired and didn't care about eating in the evening, so they left early.

Liu Hai changed into clothes and felt that the cotton-padded jacket she wore was no longer suitable. She wondered if the factory still distributed clothes, otherwise she would have to hire someone to make them.

Nowadays, there are very few ready-made clothes for sale. You just buy the cloth and then the tailor makes it custom-made for you.

"Third uncle?" Liu Hai was not in a hurry to go home, but wandered around the river. In the evening, some birds and beasts would come to drink water. In fact, it was better in the morning. He accidentally discovered that the third uncle was fishing, and he quickly joined in.

Liu has also been fond of fishing all his life. Due to his confidential work, his social circle is limited.

"Shh!" The third uncle hurriedly shushed at Liu Hai.

As soon as Liu Hai saw these three uncles, he knew he didn't know how to fish. He had to fish early and get up before dawn. Now that the fish were full in the evening, he returned to the place and prepared to spend the night.

Liu Hai nodded and looked at the equipment of the third uncle, a thin bamboo pole and a white thread, which seemed to be cotton?

Looking bored, Liu Hai pointed to the distance, and the third uncle nodded.

Now the Liangma River is surrounded by farmland, and there are reeds by the river. I am looking forward to eating reed shoots.

I started folding these willow sticks to make a fish cage and took off some leaves.

"Hey, what are you doing, Xiao Liu, getting these willow branches?" When he returned to the courtyard, he met Jia Dongxu at the gate. He asked carelessly when he saw bangs.

"Make a gadget." Liu Hai naturally knows Jia Dongxu's mentality. Isn't he just a regular worker and looks down on himself as a handyman?

"Tsk, tsk, it's better to be handymen. If you have free time, we fitters are very tired." Jia Dongxu shook his head and sighed.

Just after entering the first courtyard, I heard a voice: "Sister Qin, let me tell you, every time that guy comes here, I won't give him any soup, and he still wants to wait for me on the road..."

"Giggle." It was accompanied by a woman's laughter.

Jia Dongxu's face turned ugly, and then he saw Liu Hai staring at him with a playful look, and his face suddenly turned red.

"Is the meal ready?" Jia Dongxu walked quickly into the second courtyard, looked at Qin Huairu and Shazhu, and shouted to Qin Huairu with a dark face.

"My mother-in-law said that when you come back, we will have noodles and fish in the evening." Qin Huairu quickly explained aggrievedly.

Seeing Qin Huairu like this and Jia Dongxu's dark face, Silly Zhu immediately said: "Dongxu, have you taken some gunpowder and become angry with others when you come back?"

"Si Zhu, do you have the right to speak here?" Jia Dongxu recently heard his mother say that Si Zhu often feeds Qin Huairu, and said that whenever Qin Huairu goes out to work, Si Zhu will always be there.

"Hey, Dongxu, are you here for me?" Shazhu was not stupid at all. Hearing this, he immediately asked angrily.

Jia Dongxu immediately pointed at Shazhu and said: "Sinzhu, this is home, not the canteen. Qin Huairu is my wife. Don't get close to me if you have nothing to do."

"Jia Dongxu, what the hell are you talking about?" Upon hearing this, Silly Zhu immediately lost his temper.