Chapter 68: The White-Haired Old Woman
Tang Wenzhe looked at Wang Mingxia and continued: " I picked up the small wooden comb, I have never seen such a delicate small wooden comb, like a handicraft, I also as Professor Ding analyzed, under the illumination of the interior lights I know that this is a craft made of Italian briar, I have been to Italy and am very interested in men's pipes made of briar, I also bought a women's briar bracelet in Italy, and later Liang Xiaohui's father Liang Qizheng invited me to a family gathering after learning that his daughter was admitted to the Chinese Department of Normal University, I gave this bracelet to Liang Xiaohui, so I also have knowledge of briarγ β
"I guessed it, it must be Liang Xiaohui who later knew that the brio bracelet you gave her was very precious, so she helped you buy a small briar wooden comb, embarrassed to give it to you in person, so I put it in your pocket when you were unprepared, of course, we will not investigate what the situation was at that time, if you are honest, we are willing to listen." Li Ting gloated.
"That afternoon, I had a company office meeting, and then a meeting on the adjustment of cadres and personnel, and I had no contact with anyone else. Before I left the office after dark, I put the wallet back in my suitcase pocket, which I knew was empty. I was hit hard in the chest while driving, and it felt like someone had put something in my pocket, so I felt weird and parked the car in the makeshift parking line only to find this little wooden comb wrapped in this silk scarf. Tang Wenzhe said while reminiscing, his expression was very serious.
Wang Mingxia quietly walked to Tang Wenzhe's side, gently touched Tang Wenzhe's forehead with her hand and said: "Manager Tang doesn't have a fever, he can't talk nonsense, how can someone break in the window and put something in your jacket pocket while driving on the highway, that's even more powerful than 'Spider-Man'." β
Tang Wenzhe didn't smile, gently pushed away Wang Mingxia's hand on his forehead, and continued: "More strange things are still to come, it's not too late for you to listen to me finish talking before commenting." β
"This is also, Professor Ding, you see that we will let Tang Wenzhe finish the story first, and then you can help judge the authenticity. After Li Ting said this, she thought that Tang Wenzhe was telling an interesting story about the space universe, and stood up disapprerovingly, wanting to reach out and take a bottle of drink from the table, but it seemed that she couldn't hold it.
Wang Mingxia took a bottle of yogurt and asked, "Sister Li, is yogurt okay?"
"Thank you, okay, let's have something to drink and listen to Mr. Tang Wenzhe tell interesting stories. β
Professor Ding nodded after hearing this, and then the pizza in his hand may be more attractive to him, or it may indeed be a little hungry, Professor Ding continued to nibble on his delicious pizza, and his head was not raised, he may also feel that this story will not be too exciting later, so let Tang Wenzhe finish the story.
Tang Wenzhe continued: "I looked at this small wooden comb repeatedly in the car, and felt that its serrations were particularly fine, and I touched the serrations of the small wooden comb, as if they were vibrating like the strings of a harp, so I simply aimed my mouth at the serrated teeth of the small wooden comb and blew it hard. Suddenly there was a burst of pleasant music, the sound of which I had never heard before, although I was familiar with the various instruments of Western wind music, and especially liked to play the trumpet, but this kind of timbre and melody I had never heard before, it was so beautiful, wider and more beautiful than the sound of the harp, like the ethereal sound heard in the background music of the empty universe, and it could remain lingering for a long time. Suddenly my whole body flew up, the whole person took off the seat, suddenly flew out of the Autobot and levitated in the air, I tried to control myself to keep my balance, but all efforts were in vain, I felt like I was suspended in the air, I saw the roof of our house and the garden at my feet, I also saw the light from the windows of the house and my lover practicing the violin upstairs in the house, I was blown into the sky by something like the wind..."
With a "snap", the yogurt bottle that Li Ting was holding in her hand suddenly fell on the table, Li Ting picked up the fallen yogurt bottle in a panic, fortunately, only a little yogurt spilled onto the table, Li Ting quickly wiped it with a napkin.
Professor Ding looked up at the yogurt bottle that Li Ting had knocked over with a calm expression, and was not surprised by Tang Wenzhe's story at all, and felt calm after a long battle. Wang Mingxia tilted her head and continued to pay attention to Tang Wenzhe's expression.
Tang Wenzhe said: "Mr. Li, don't worry too much, aren't I here now? Do you want to be frightened or wait for me to finish the story, strictly speaking, it's not the story is to tell the truth, no matter how surprised you are, grab the yogurt bottle in your hand before you are surprised." β
After speaking, Tang Wenzhe continued: "Later, I thought that I was no longer in the air, strictly speaking in the universe, because I could no longer see the night view of Jianghai City, I felt that I was traveling in the vast universe, because I clearly saw a solar system centered on the sun, and from the back of the moon, I saw a beautiful blue planet rising, that is, the earth where we live, and from my knowledge of the universe and the solar system and the Milky Way, I am in a certain place in the solar system. β
"Is it on Pluto?" Wang Mingxia said suddenly.
Tang Wenzhe looked at Wang Mingxia with admiration and said: "You said that it was the strange and familiar Pluto." β
"Haha, the story of classmate Tang is made up here to reveal flaws, you should know that the earth is about 6 billion kilometers away from Pluto, the speed of light takes 5.6 hours, and the average spacecraft needs to fly for 17 years according to the second cosmic speed of 11.2 kilometers per second. "Professor Ding is doing his analysis from an academic point of view, and I would like to support his views through the two ladies in the room.
Tang Wenzhe was unmoved and continued: "In fact, I have also experienced a short and incredible event, I have seen some people I have seen and never known in the past, and I will talk about it in detail when I have time in the future, at this time my biggest concern is to quickly return to the earth from this process, I can't think deeply, I picked up the small wooden comb in my hand and blew it again, because I entered the universe or what I call it' The 'parallel world' was caused by playing this little wooden comb, and the return should also be a small wooden comb to guide me back to Earth and back home, which was my most urgent feeling at that time. When the small wooden comb was blown by me to play a pleasant sound in my ears again, I suddenly fell heavily on the driver's seat in my car, even the safety belt was well fastened, I quickly loosened the safety belt and stumbled to my door, I couldn't wait to ring the doorbell, the maid at home saw my depressed appearance, quickly helped me into the house, let me sit down, made me a cup of black tea, let me rest on the sofa..."
Li Ting clapped her hands and said with a laugh: "It seems that the conclusion has come out, it turned out that our Mr. Tang Wenzhe drank some alcohol before driving, and it belongs to drunk driving and driving the car to the house in a daze, you didn't encounter the police to set up a card on the highway to check drunk driving, you can drive home safely and even if you are lucky." Otherwise, if you are fined 2,000 yuan for drunk driving, you will have to revoke your driver's license, and you will be in big trouble if you retake the traffic law test. β
Li Ting's words made Professor Ding, who had always looked serious, laugh, while Wang Mingxia pondered on the side...
Tang Wenzhe said: "I basically don't drink, occasionally at home or with friends, I will drink a little, but I will never drink before driving after work, I still have this self-control." Tang Wenzhe said.
"Another possibility is that you get hit on the head, or accidentally hit your head in the car door while sitting in the car, and then you will have an illusion, so it is not surprising to enter your 'parallel world', and even feel that you are flying faster than the speed of light, which is possible. Professor Ding also joked half-jokingly.
"Hey, I'm having a hard time arguing, anyway, I'll let time confirm my opinion on the 'parallel world' in the future. Tang Wenzhe said helplessly.
Professor Ding said, "Mr. Tang, I am not denying your view on the 'parallel world', any scientific experiment will start the process of exploration with some assumptions, but the scientific thinking method should still be based on the materialist point of view, there can be hypotheses, but the basic starting point of deep space exploration should be based on a certain modern disciplines such as astronomy, physics, scientific computing, etc., and if it is separated from scientific imagination, it will become a fantasy and an ethereal idea, which I want to remind you of." Finally, can you give us a brief description of the relationship between people and the social environment of your so-called 'parallel world', the purpose is not to let us explore the existence of 'parallel world', but to let us understand whether there are any hypothetical thoughts that can be used for reference in the future exploration of 'intelligent beings' in deep space. β
Tang Wenzhe looked at his watch and said: "It's a long story, and my 'parallel world' shuttle experience this time is too short, and I am eager to quickly return to real life, so the depth of observation is not much, it is very late today, almost 9:35 pm, Professor Ding, why don't we make an appointment next time to exchange information with each other." β
Suddenly interrupted by a soft knock on the door, everyone focused on the door of a conference room that was not solid.
It seems that the visitor was a little anxious this time, and at the same time knocked on the door, he turned the handle on the door, but he was still very polite and did not open the door directly and broke in.
Tang Wenzhe was still immersed in the story just now, and it was far away from the door, Li Ting had been frightened a few times just now and didn't dare to open the door, Wang Mingxia knocked on the door just now, she was the one who went to open the door, and had a conversation with the white-haired old woman, at this time she also sat in the original position and did not get up to open the door.
Professor Ding looked at his watch, it was already 9:35 p.m., usually this small library closes at 9:30 p.m., and it feels that the library management has come to urge, so Professor Ding, as the host, got up and opened the door.
When Professor Ding stood up and opened the door, everyone saw that Professor Ding was only about 1.6 meters tall, very thin, and the trousers on his lower body dangled to indicate that his physique was not very strong, and his weight was about 50 kilograms. When Tang Wenzhe drove here, he introduced Professor Ding to Li Ting and Wang Mingxia, who has very profound academic attainments and has made achievements in many fields, and is one of the top experts in the study of the history of Western philosophy, and has also written many academic papers published in internationally renowned journals in deep space exploration, and has a very important academic status in the field of international deep space research.
When Professor Ding opened the door, standing outside the door was the amiable old woman who had just come and said with a smile: "Professor Ding, it's already 9:35 p.m., and our library closes at 9:30 p.m. according to the regulations, do you think you still want to continue the meeting?"
Professor Ding said: "Oh, I'm sorry Director Shen, I haven't been to this small library for a long time, it's been more than half a year, I'm discussing some topics with a few students today and I didn't pay attention to the time, just now I looked at my watch has exceeded the specified time, I'm very sorry, our meeting today will end soon, I'm sorry for your trouble." β
Professor Ding knew that the person who came was the old director of the library here, whose surname was Shen, and everyone called her Director Shen, this old woman was also a professor of international criminal law at the school, and she had been working in the small library since she retired, and her special politeness left a good impression on everyone.
"No, Professor Ding, I'm not here to urge you, just to remind you of the time, you can continue the meeting if you need to, and don't interrupt your train of thought. Director Shen said.
"Thank you, Director Shen, for reminding us, our discussion has indeed come to an end, let's pack up our things and leave immediately, I'm really sorry for delaying your rest time. Thank you. Professor Ding said.
"Okay, you guys pack up your things slowly, don't leave things out, then I'll go first, thank you, Professor Ding." The old woman closed the door and left.
Professor Ding returned to the conference table, picked up his laptop, and said, "Tang Wenzhe, then we will discuss here today, regarding the theory of 'parallel world' you proposed, I still suggest that you do some self-examination from the perspective of psychology, exclude the intervention of self-psychology, and make a scientific assessment in the direction of the materialist scientific outlook, I mean that you need to correct the purpose of deep space exploration, eliminate interference and analyze it carefully." The deceptiveness of the false proposition of the parallel world, back to the scientific method and careful thinking that I have always emphasized, objectively analyze the various problems encountered in deep space exploration, and you will definitely have a major breakthrough in academics. β
Tang Wenzhe nodded and said: "What the teacher said is very true, I will continue to discuss the problems encountered in deep space exploration according to your ideas, as for the phenomenon of 'parallel world', I can't say that it is a perfect theory now, just put it aside for the time being, and ask the teacher for advice when I have time in the future." β
Li Ting was helping Professor Ding pack up the connection from his laptop to the big screen, rolled it up and put it in Professor Ding's computer handbag.
Wang Mingxia put the rest of the pizza back into the box, put the drinks on the table into a bag, put the drink bottles and waste paper on the table into another plastic bag, and wiped the table with a napkin and got up to come to the door of the conference room first.
Professor Ding walked at the front and left the conference room, and Tang Wenzhe was the last to leave, turning off the lights in the conference room.
The group walked along the dimly lit corridor to the large reading room in the middle, and through the empty large reading room, they saw a young male student climbing a ladder to put books in a bookcase high up in the service counter, and a young female student was holding a stack of books up to pass it to the male student on the ladder.
Professor Ding said embarrassedly when he saw it: "Students, you have worked hard, we have had a meeting today, and it will affect your rest." β
After Professor Ding finished speaking, he looked around and didn't see the white-haired old woman just now, and continued: "Oh, classmate, please take me by the way to thank your Director Shen, she just came to our conference room to remind me that it was time, thank her on my behalf." β
After hearing Professor Ding's words, the female classmate exclaimed, "Ah!" All the books in her hand fell to the ground, and the whole person fell towards the ladder that the boy climbed on, the ladder shook violently under the impact, the boy threw the book in his hand into the air, and the person swayed left and right on the ladder and fell down.
said that it was too late, and Tang Wenzhe had already crossed the service desk with an arrow step, came to the ladder, hugged the boy who fell from the ladder, and then gently put the boy on the floor and stood up.
Li Ting also hurried over, picked up the girl sitting on the floor, and comforted: "What's going on, why are you so nervous, do you need our help?"
The girl stood up and pointed at Professor Ding in fear and said, "You... What did you say just now, just the two of us have been on duty here tonight, how can there be any Director Shen, he... He also said that Director Shen went and knocked on the door of your conference room, too... It's terrifying, our Curator Shen passed away 3 months ago, and she has already left us. Frightened, the girl choked up and finished her sentence, and cried out with a 'wow'.
Professor Ding was stunned after listening to the girl's speech, and said in a trembling voice: "Classmate, you said Shen... Curator Shen passed away three months ago, is it true?"
The boy recovered from the fright, knowing that Tang Wenzhe caught his touching voice and said thank you at the moment he fell, and then he was angry in his heart, and said to Professor Ding a little unhappily in his words: " Professor, although I am a new student volunteer, I don't know your honorable name, but it is very irresponsible for you to scare us at night, this is going to kill you, Director Shen passed away 3 months ago, we all miss her, you said that we want to thank Director Shen in person, what is the purpose of your purpose, we really can't understand your imagination is so rich, I almost fell off such a high ladder, thanks to this teacher to hold me up, otherwise I don't know what the serious consequences are, I may not be able to go to class tomorrowγ β
Professor Ding was stunned by this sudden scene, obviously he saw that the old woman, Director Shen, came to the conference room twice, and the last time she went to open the door by herself, and exchanged a few words with Director Shen, why did Director Shen pass away three months ago? What the hell is going on, Professor Ding shook his head vigorously and looked into the darkness around the reading room, and there were only two young student volunteers in front of him in the library.
Perhaps because Professor Ding's shaking of his head was too intense, Professor Ding suddenly felt dizzy, and the laptop computer in his hand fell to the ground with a 'pop', and the whole person fell backwards.
Wang Mingxia, who was standing next to Professor Ding, couldn't see it well, and it was entirely possible for Professor Ding to fall unconsciously and controllably on the back of his head, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Wang Mingxia threw all the bags she was holding on the ground, stepped out with an arrow, and hugged Professor Ding's leaning body tightly with both hands, because the potential energy of Professor Ding falling backwards was relatively large, it was impossible for Wang Mingxia to let Professor Ding stand, Wang Mingxia slowly put Professor Ding down, let Professor Ding sit down slowly on the floor, and blocked Professor Ding's back with her body.
Seeing this, Tang Wenzhe hurriedly ran over, grabbed Professor Ding's hand, took his pulse, saw that Professor Ding was breathing normally, and said softly, "Professor Ding, are you okay?" β
Professor Ding came to his senses and sat down on the chair next to him with the support of Wang Mingxia and Tang Wenzhe, and saw Li Ting and the boy picking up books from the floor, and the little girl sitting on another chair masked and sobbing.
Professor Ding said: "Tang... Student Tang, it seems that the teacher is to blame you, don't do your research on the topic of 'parallel worlds'... Don't give up easily, wait for the teacher to have time to discuss it with you, it seems that there are still many knowledge points that we have not mastered, and we need to do further in-depth research..."