Chapter 6 5. The brother who sleeps on my upper bunk

At that time, the provincial sports school slept 8 people in a room, with bunk beds.The conditions of the children in the sports school are very average at home, and the collective life is like that. If you eat something, everyone will rely on it. Like soaking a bowl of noodles, each of 8 people has to eat a bite.The instant noodles are very cheap, in a bag, I remember it is the "Hongfa" brand, it only costs 50 cents, and there is only a packet of seasoning in it, not even oil.If it is an apple or a pear, 8 people come up to take a bite, and they will be gone immediately. But now that I think about it, it's pretty fun.Everyone's family conditions are not considered superior, and it is actually very warm to be able to live such a collective life.One of my achievements in the sports school is that I am best at cooking noodles.Most of the teammates who shared a bowl of instant noodles with me back then have become badminton coaches, and some have become police officers.

However, as you can see in youth movies, where there are many boys, the younger ones will inevitably be bullied.It is necessary to wash dishes and clothes for the team members.When I first arrived at the sports school, I rarely carried money with me.After my mother sent me to Fuzhou, the washbasins, bowls and chopsticks, and kettles were all re-purchased. Before leaving, I left some pocket money for the coach and put some with the team members.But after all, I am only 9 years old, and sometimes I dare not ask the coach to ask for it; I can take it from the big players, but they say it is in the bank, and they don’t bring it with them.So, I could only wait helplessly for my grandma to bring me something to eat two nights a week.Supplementing nutrition is one aspect, and the most important thing is to be able to see your relatives, so as to alleviate all kinds of discomfort when you first arrived at the provincial sports school.

My grandmother and I have a very deep relationship since we were young, and I always call her "grandma".My grandma didn't know how to ride a bicycle either, so she always took the bus to visit me regardless of the weather.In the past two years, my grandmother has grown old. When the national team was training in Jinjiang in 2006, I found a Su Mu dog for my grandmother to keep me company.When I first arrived at my grandma’s house, the puppy was not yet full moon, he couldn’t open his eyes, and he couldn’t stand still. Because he liked to bite my sneakers as soon as he entered the door, so he named it “NIKE”.In this way, "NIKE" has been at grandma's house for more than 6 years.Grandma is a devout Christian. As long as she is not sick and her body permits, she always goes to church every weekend and prays for me, just like when she came to visit me at the provincial sports school every week.Although we can't always be by her side, our grandparents and grandchildren still remember each other in our hearts. In early 2012, I got a cross tattooed on my left arm.With it, it's like having a grandmother guarding me, so I don't have to be afraid of anything.

When I was in the sports school, life was hard, and because I was young, I would inevitably feel homesick.My mother has a very strong and optimistic personality, but when I was a child, I cried a lot and was very clingy to my mother.In the six months since I first arrived in Fuzhou, I wrote letters to my family almost every week.The envelope was prepared by my mother in advance for me, with the address written and the stamp affixed.As for the content of those letters, many fans must have heard of them a lot, and they were even read publicly on "A Date with Luyu".Almost every time in the letter, there are contents such as "Mom, I'm fine here", "Mom, I miss you so much", "Mom, when will you come to see me".There are still three or four of those letters left, which are kept at home.Some of them are used by the media to make programs, and they are scattered all over the place.Although many years have passed, my mother still finds it strange: How can such a young person understand "loneliness" and say in a letter, "I feel homesick when I am the loneliest".

Missing my parents is more than the 600 kilometers from home to the sports school?Every time my parents came to visit me, I would beg them to stay a few more days.But no matter how happy we get together, there will always be a time of separation.I can still remember the scene of me crying and chasing behind the taxi when my parents were going to take the train home.Later I asked my mother: "How did you get so 'hard-hearted' at that time?" My mother deliberately joked: "The driver asked if you want to stop, and I said don't stop. If you stop, you won't be able to leave tonight. We were at that time ..." Mom didn't finish talking, and I have gradually understood it over the years.

After winning the Sudirman Cup in 2005, my parents were invited to Beijing by CCTV.Before the show was recorded, I didn't know they were coming.When the host finished reading the family letter from 10 years ago and I couldn't help myself, my father suddenly came out from the backstage and gave me a "surprise attack".In fact, why don't they want to see their son often?But since I was selected for the national team in 2000, it was the first time they came to Beijing.That day, my parents were very happy, and after recording the program, they even left a picture at the door of CCTV.Later, I called to ask Ah Fang to come over, as well as my brother Chen Hong, who is also from Fujian, and we had a meal together.And now, although I still play games everywhere, as long as I stay in Beijing for more than two weeks, I will definitely let my parents live in Beijing.There is nothing more important than being together as a family.We have lost so much in the past.

I entered the Fujian Provincial Sports School at the age of 9. I am a semi-professional athlete. I study in the morning and train in the afternoon. I only rest on Sunday a week. At that time, every Saturday, the sports school would show a movie.That's when you see, wow, what is the power of idols.Jimmy Lin is the one who watches the most, and sometimes Stephen Chow is also broadcast.No matter boys or girls, they seem to like Jimmy Lin and Nicky Wu, and some girls like Aaron Kwok. Like any other kid, I would also buy some posters and put them on the walls.Like Lin Zhiying, everyone bought them in those days, and I followed suit, and I still had long hair.Maybe many people have never seen me with long hair, and it's parted, parted in the middle.That hairstyle was worn by every student in the sports school at that time.At that time, I followed the example of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, and my hair was very long. After getting up every day, I wet my hair with water, and then combed it on both sides.In retrospect, that was fashion in the 1990s.

I spent a whole semester in this seemingly happy collective life, but I still haven't fully adapted to it.Thanks to those friends in the sports school, I feel a lot of warmth.Because even if I ask my parents to come, they have no way to come. They have to go to work, and it is impossible for grandma to come every day at that time.This forced me to be on my own, as did the other roommates.Slowly, I diverted my attention and stopped thinking about when my parents would come and when they would take me home.In my second year in the sports school, Xie Xin also came to Fuzhou.I think he seems to be a little better than me, and he quickly adapted to the life of the sports school after coming here.

It was also that year that I participated in the National Children's Badminton Championships and won the men's singles runner-up in Group B.That was the first medal in my life.At that time, it was the first time to go out of the province to compete, and there was no concept of bonuses or honors, and I just felt very happy.Before returning to Fuzhou, I borrowed some money from our coach, bought an ashtray for my father, and brought a pack of strawberry biscuits to my mother that she had never eaten. I was 11 years old at that time.