“But even if you can pass the exam, you still have to study enough hours, right?”

“Ah…” I looked up at the video playing on the podium and felt a headache. This teacher was too perfunctory. It would be fine if others just talked about PPT, but you are such a jerk and just played the video…

“Look, I’m here to accompany you…” Tang Xin squeezed over and leaned on me, “Do you feel that time will pass faster with a beautiful girl accompanying you?”

“Where did you learn that?” I looked at her strangely. “Why do I feel like you’ve become even more slick-tongued since I came back from teaching?”

“Isn’t that so?”

“Yes, yes, yes! Really.” Once Tang Xin started to act coquettishly, what else could I say? Everything she said was right.

“Students at the back, if you don’t want to listen, don’t talk and disrupt the class!” The Taoist teacher glared at us angrily, and the students turned around following his gaze. Tang Xin and I immediately sat up straight and listened to the class obediently.

Maybe we were too unrestrained just now, and the classmates around us laughed at us. But this laughter was very different from the laughter of my classmates in the past. When you make a fool of yourself, your classmates in junior high school and high school usually laugh at you purely because they think it’s funny. But when you get into society, when others laugh at you, you can see that they look down on you. Besides, half of the people here are students, and the other half are not of the same age. People of any age in society can learn theoretical knowledge here.

Sure enough, when the get out of class was over, trouble came. A young man in a plaid shirt and a crew cut came up to us.

“Beauty, are you here to learn how to drive?” He moved an empty seat beside him and sat in front of us, supporting himself on the table with one hand and pretending to be cool.

At this moment, I was playing and joking with Tang Xin, discussing the division of responsibilities for being scolded in class. The sudden approach interrupted my flirting with Tang Xin and made me a little annoyed, especially since this guy asked such a stupid question.

“Yeah, what’s wrong?” He suppressed his anger and answered as politely as possible.

“Add me on WeChat? If you have any questions about learning to drive, you can ask me. I’m an experienced driver.” He boasted with some pride.

“Why do you still come to class if you are an experienced person?” Tang Xin asked back with confidence.

Oh hey, aren’t you the same?! I complained in my heart.

“As for me, my driver’s license was revoked. I have to take the test again.” He was a little vague and seemed not to want to answer the question.

“Why was it revoked?” I tilted my head and acted like a curious baby. Although I was a little excited inside, the idea of ​​teasing others still drove me to ask the question.

“Well…ah…anyway, there are some reasons.” He leaned back involuntarily, his eyes a little evasive, and his slightly furrowed brows hinted at his embarrassment at the moment.

“Could it be drunk driving?” I also pretended to be scared, took the opportunity to half-hide behind Tang Xin, and made a slightly disgusted expression.

“No! Uh, how could it be possible…” He felt even more embarrassed. Just then the class bell rang. “Let’s talk after class!”

Watching him walk away in embarrassment, Tang Xin covered her mouth and tried not to laugh: “Xiao Meng, I find that your green tea skills are getting more and more sophisticated. You can fool that person with just three sentences.”

“No way. Some people can make a man spend 18 yuan with just three sentences.” I shook my head and spoke in a normal tone.

“Ah? Who?!” Tang Xin asked in surprise.

“A female lecturer who is well versed in human nature.”

“What the hell……”

“Just kidding.”

“Xiao Meng…”

“Ok?”

“Just can you imitate that tone tonight?”

“what?”

“So cute! The kind that says ‘Why is that?’, so coquettish, I can’t stand it!” Tang Xin almost drooled, “Can you be like this at night?”

“Eh, this is so embarrassing.” I suddenly realized that I seemed to have poked the door to Tang Xin’s incredible new world.

“No, just once, okay?” she begged.

“Okay!” I really couldn’t refuse, and I regretted it as soon as I agreed.

“Students at the back, can you please stop chatting during class?” This is the teacher…

……

This kind of happy life lasted until the end of the theoretical exam, and I passed Subject 1 with full marks.

When it came to the second subject training, I had to follow the instructor to drive. Tang Xin naturally couldn’t come with me to train. But there was nothing wrong with separating at the right time, otherwise I felt that sooner or later I would be squeezed dry by Tang Xin, emm, the word squeezed dry may not be so appropriate, squeezed dry? Sucked dry?

Anyway, I have to rest for a few days. Because the weather is too hot during the summer, I received a notice that I must arrive at the training ground at 6 am for training. In this way, Tang Xin has no chance at night, otherwise she really can’t get up during the day.

Today is the first day to meet the coach. Tang Xin couldn’t go with me, so she dressed me up before going out. She chose the clothes. The upper body is a Japanese-style loose short-sleeved top and the lower body is also loose cropped pants. Overall, it looks like a lantern, and the whole person is wrapped in loose fabric. In Tang Xin’s words, this is not only cool, but also looks like you can’t see your figure, so you won’t give benefits to others.

When I arrived at the designated driving training ground, many students and instructors were already practicing. When I walked to the designated area, I met with the driving instructor, Instructor Tan, who I had been in contact with on the phone.

“Well, you’re quite punctual. You’re the first one to arrive.” Instructor Tan looked at me with a smile on his face. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were squeezed together, and he looked quite kind. His slightly gray hair couldn’t cover his slightly bald head, and his slightly bulging belly showed that Instructor Tan was living a good life.

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Emmm I have to go to the hospital, so the updates will be slow.

Chapter 147 Preference

“Hehe.” I felt a little shy when being praised suddenly. I scratched my head feeling a little uncomfortable.

“Since the others haven’t arrived yet, I’ll take you in the car to practice first, so as not to waste time.” Coach Tan didn’t waste any time and pointed to the Santana parked nearby.

“Okay!” I glanced at the white-painted Santana next to me, and felt a little emotional: Is this car still being used?

“Have you trained on the simulator?” He looked at me before getting in the car, seemed a little worried, and turned to ask me.

“Yeah!” I nodded, “I know all the basic operations.”

“Okay, then get in the car!” Seeing that I answered confidently, he no longer hesitated, opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat first.

I opened the door, sat in my seat, and pulled the door casually. It was not closed tightly with a bang. I opened the door again and pulled hard, but it was still not closed tightly.

“Open it wider and then close it harder.” The coach didn’t find it strange at all and acted as if that was just how the car was.

It wasn’t until I slammed the car door shut that the window glass banged a few times before the door was finally closed.

Come on, weld the car door from the outside, I’ll take you to the kindergarten! As soon as I touched the steering wheel, I felt familiar and excited. I had seen Tang Xin and Teacher Song driving before, so I wanted to try it, but unfortunately I was too young and didn’t have a driver’s license, so I had to give up.

“Adjust your seat first. It’s a bit difficult for you to hold the steering wheel now.” Coach Tan was very considerate and reminded from the side.

The seat adjustment of the Santana training car is all manual, and there is only a simple front and back adjustment of the seat back angle. Because I am relatively small, even if the seat is moved very forward, it is still not particularly suitable. The most embarrassing point is that the height is not enough. Seeing that Coach Tan was awkwardly fiddling with the seat, he took a cushion from the back seat and put it on me.

“Start the car and turn on the air conditioner first. I feel a little hot.” Instructor Tan wiped the sweat from his forehead and seemed a little worried about me.

After everything was adjusted, I skillfully stepped on the brake and started the car.

“Let’s familiarize ourselves with the venue first and drive around it.”

After hearing this, I put the car’s gearbox into first gear and slowly lifted the clutch. If nothing unexpected happened, the accident happened immediately. Because I hadn’t driven for a long time, and I had been driving an automatic car since I passed the driver’s license test, I had almost forgotten the clutch oil and clutch coordination I had learned earlier.

The vehicle lurched forward and backward, then the engine sputtered and stalled.

Embarrassing! The ten-year-experienced driver stalled the car before it even started. My face almost turned red, and I didn’t even dare to look at Coach Tan, for fear that he would scold me.

However, Coach Tan didn’t care at all. He casually took out a teacup from the cup holder beside him, unscrewed the lid and took a sip: “It’s okay, continue.”

With the experience of failure the first time, I lifted the clutch more gently the second time, fearing that a hard connection would stall again. Fortunately, at least I had experience before, and the second start was very smooth. I also regained my confidence. Before the instructor reminded me, I had already shifted up twice in a row and shifted into the third gear.

Coach Tan was a little surprised: “You are quite skilled?”

“Yeah, I practiced a lot on the simulator before.”

The field was not big to begin with, and I put the car in third gear. In less than a minute we were back where we started. At that moment, two men and one woman arrived at the training field and were looking around.

As soon as I got off the bus and saw those guys clearly, I frowned slightly. It was because one of the boys was the one who chatted with me in the theory class.

After confirming our identities with the coach, he asked us to get in the car together and familiarize ourselves with the content of the field practice.

“Hey, hello. My name is Jiang Yuyu.”

“Hello, my name is Li Xiaomeng.”

While I was still thinking about how to stay away from this person, a female student who was studying with me came up to me. She had short hair, wore round-frame glasses, and had an average appearance but a good figure, but it was hard to tell because she was wearing a sportswear. She was a head taller than me, about 1.7 meters tall, and looked to be in her thirties.

“Let’s sit in the back seat together?” She seemed relieved, as if she felt that she didn’t have to learn to drive from boys anymore. At least she had a female classmate. Or maybe she thought I was easier to talk to?

Of course I would not refuse, so I agreed with a smile. The two boys next to me probably knew each other, and they were hiding and talking loudly to each other.

“What are you doing? Why don’t you get in the car?” Coach Tan shouted, and the two boys came running over. As expected, the boy who had chatted with me before acted embarrassed and followed us to sit in the back seat.

Jiang Yuyu naturally let me sit on the side, and she sat in the middle of the back row. This action made the boy’s face change slightly, although it was only for a moment, but I still caught it with my eyes. This made me want to stay away from him even more.

“I’ll show you a few moves for backing into a parking space, and you’ll remember them. Later, you’ll be required to actually perform them one by one.” The coach didn’t give us time to get familiar with each other, and went straight to the point instructing us on how to operate.

A coach is a coach after all. He completed a set of actions of warehousing, moving and exiting the warehouse before even a few students could see them clearly.

“Okay, which student will try it first?” The instructor stopped the car and turned to look at the boy in the passenger seat and us in the back seat.

Obviously, they didn’t know how to do it, and they felt guilty. Especially the two boys looked at each other with embarrassment.

“Let me do it. I’ve passed the test before.” The boy sitting next to him took the lead.

“You have to pass it after learning it once. Otherwise, all your driving before was in vain.” Coach Tan nodded, unbuckled his seat belt, and gave him his seat.

……

As if to take care of me, Coach Tan made several students finish learning it and was scolded by them. Then he turned around and asked me gently: “How is it, Li Xiaomeng? So many people have practiced it, and you have watched it many times. Can you give it a try?”

“Let me try.” I was a little flattered by the coach’s special care.

But in fact, there is no need, it’s just a matter of reversing into a parking space. I’m not bragging, I can do it with my eyes closed. You are just like the student just now, if you make a mistake, just scold me!

But a minute later, bang, the wooden stake railing fell to the bottom. As expected, I accidentally knocked the railing down…

“Li Xiaomeng, if you were driving normally, you would have to pay for what you did just now.” Coach Tan said to me with a bitter face and helplessness, “Didn’t I just tell your classmates to check the position of the side line of the car body and the line on the ground through the rearview mirror?”

However, the one who reacted the most to this sentence was not me, but the other three students. They were looking at me and Coach Tan in shock, with grievance, injustice and jealousy written all over their faces.

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The operation was successful, I’m still in the hospital, but I need to rest for a while. Sorry it took so long.

Chapter 148: Bowing for Five Pecks of Rice

By ten o’clock in the morning, the sun had become quite scorching. The weak car air conditioner was already blowing out very little cold air, and the cooling fan in front of the engine outside the car was running at full speed, making a louder sound than this small-displacement engine.

“Let’s stop here for today. I’ve created a WeChat group. Wait for me to notify you about the next training time.” Coach Tan was quite satisfied today. Each of us completed at least one standard exercise, which probably exceeded his expectations.

After class, I followed Jiang Yuyu out of the school and waved goodbye.

When she saw me taking out my phone to call a taxi, she asked me, “No one picked you up?”

She seemed a little surprised, but I scratched my head and said, “Yeah, I don’t know what time the get out of class will end, and I’m embarrassed to ask someone to pick me up, right?”