"when are you leaving?"
"It's not a rush, I have to stay at the base for more than a month, which is my last vacation." Liz recalled the information on the job transfer document, "It seems that I will have to go to the core city with others first. Stay there for two weeks before finally setting off for Ulian."
"I'm going to miss you, Liz."
"Me too."
The two people held each other's hands tightly. Suddenly, Liz seemed to remember something and suddenly sat up. She glanced at the accordion she hung on the wall.
"Although I don't know how to play the violin, Jane, what if I teach you the accordion? Will you learn it?"
Hesta was stunned for a moment.
"Can you learn it in a month...?"
"You can't learn much, but it's definitely enough to get started." Liz tilted her head, "When I leave, I will leave the piano to you, and you can practice by yourself. I still have a lot of novice etudes here. You can You can practice by yourself in front of a book.”
"OK!"
…
That night, when Hesta returned to her room, she found an extra reply in her mailbox - she had written a greeting email to Chiba a few days ago according to Miss Valenti's suggestion.
The email was not long. In the letter, Hesta told Chiba about her new training plan. Based on her previous performance, the base decided to temporarily adjust her first-year courses, such as "Basic Shooting Apprenticeship" She was directly mentioned as "ordinary shooting training". She is now training directly with second-year and third-year students, and her results are not inferior.
In terms of physical fitness, in four months, her weight has rapidly increased from the initial 24kg to 30kg, and her height has also increased from 1.31m to 1.34m. Although she feels that her height growth is not satisfactory, according to instructor Arnold, there is no need to worry, because when she grows older and enters puberty, her height will immediately increase.
To this end, Hesta went to the Internet to find data. It was said that in the first 2 to 3 years of adolescence, teenagers can grow 8 to 12 centimeters per year, which gave her some comfort. Because according to the standard height of an 11-year-old girl, the standard height is 1.45 meters - she is now 11 centimeters shorter than this standard.
However, there is still some good news during this period. For example, instructor Arnold has started to help her apply for a new project. If everything goes well, there will be a physical fitness test in two weeks. After passing it, she can participate in a 24-week intensive special training. Although the specific time will depend on the base's arrangements, after the 24 weeks are over, she can take action with Turan and Rico.
Hesta nervously opened Qianye's reply email. She didn't know what Qianye would reply. Will she give a compliment? I still feel that these things are unimportant - after all, in Miss Chiba's eyes, these things are probably trivial matters.
When the email opened, Hestad was suddenly enlightened.
Chiba's email began with five consecutive photos, all of them showing people and scenery on the grassland.
In the first photo, the sun is blazing and dazzling, and rolling mountains can be seen in the distance. A zigzag snow line divides the mountain into two parts, white and navy. From the distant snow-capped mountains to the foot, the vast pasture is like a natural chasm, with the grass extending infinitely to both ends, with no end in sight.
In the second picture, there is a shepherd holding a pole whip and a newborn lamb in his arms. The scorching sun burned his exposed skin into a shiny bronze color. You can even see a black and white stripe where the back of the hand meets the palm. Pink and white boundaries.
The third photo made Hestad briefly lose consciousness - because in the corner of the photo, she saw red-haired women like herself. They wore gems on their heads and clothes with complicated patterns on their bodies. The red-haired women in the photo were proud. She held up her skirt, puffed out her chest, and was dancing with the female partner next to her.
When he saw the fifth photo, Hesta's eyes immediately widened.
This is a group photo of seven people. In the photo, Chiba and six Hesta women of various ages are laughing in the direction of the camera - the oldest one looks very old, and her hair is already silver. The eyes are a little gray, which may be caused by severe cataracts, but the headdress and skirt are still the traditional costumes of the Hesta people.
Except for Chiba, the remaining women all had red hair and blue eyes. They greeted Chiba's camera warmly, as if they were saying hello to Hesta through the screen.
Hesta continued to scroll down the page. Under this photo, Chiba wrote a short line of text:
This is a photo I took last month in the Jiaozhi Mountain area in the middle of District 14. I will take you to see it if I have the opportunity.
At the end of the email, there was still Chiba's handwritten signature and a toothy smile on his face, which was exactly the same as Chiba's handwritten card last time.
Hesta repeatedly dragged the email up and down several times. This was indeed the only thing Chiba left in the entire email.
Chiba did not give any response to the daily life mentioned in her last email, even just "I know" and "Okay."
Hesta sat there in a daze for a while, her face flushed slightly.
Maybe those trivial details of life in the base... are really too boring for Miss Chiba.
Hesta lay on the table for a while, then quickly looked up and reread her previous emails.
Shouldn't it be so long next time? It should be written shorter.
No, maybe these things are too small. No matter how short you write them, they are just dispensable things and you shouldn’t write them.
But Miss Chiba said before that emails and phone calls can only be used to communicate about unimportant things. Important things should always be said in person.
...What should we do?
At this moment, the page suddenly refreshed itself - it turned out that Chiba had written another email.
Dear Jane:
I forgot to mention it just now. I know everything about training. Don’t train yourself randomly just to keep up with the progress. At your current stage, if you do too much strength training, you will easily lose height. There is an old saying in District 14, 'If you only seek speed, it will be difficult to achieve your goal.' Listen to Arnold's advice.
The 24-week special training will be very hard. Although the base will definitely help you record daily data, I suggest that you also prepare a notebook yourself and write down all the problems and insights you encountered that day. You don’t need to make a long speech, just write it in one day. One or two sentences will do. Try it and see if you can develop this habit.
By the way, did you receive Valenti's gift? Like it?
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At this end, Chiba was sitting by the window of the cruise ship restaurant, frowning and staring at the screen.
She had been shaking her legs ever since she sent the second email, her heels tapping the wooden floor repeatedly in a series of anxious hits.
People at several tables around her glanced at her complaining from time to time, but Chiba didn't notice it at all.
The signal would be completely lost if the ship drove out for a while, but she sent out two emails in a row, and she never waited for Hesta's reply.
But email is not meant to be instant messaging.
Maybe Jane has fallen asleep now?
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