Chapter 12 happy little errands

After entering the national team, I approached training with an almost desperate attitude.Providing services to everyone, especially "running errands" for Sun Shuwei and Fu Mingxia, has become my happiest time. After the National Games in 1993, we returned to Beijing and started a new round of winter training.At this time, I also ended my status as a "temporary worker" and became a member of the national team.However, I temporarily left Zhang Lian and joined Wu Guocun, the deputy head coach of the national team. Coach Wu has the top men's team masters, such as Sun Shuwei, Xiong Ni, Lan Wei, Yu Zhuocheng, Wang Tianling and a large number of super-class players.The main players of the women's team, including Fu Mingxia, Chi Bin, Guo Jingjing, Xiong Min, etc., are all disciples of another deputy head coach, Yu Fen.

If Chinese diving is the dream team, then these two groups are the top of the pyramid in the dream lineup.They are all the main team for the Olympic Games and other competitions. It is conceivable how lucky I am to be part of such a group of champions who have not won a championship title before. But at the same time as luck, it is more of a deep sense of loneliness.In the days without coach Zhang Ting, I seem to have lost my "backbone", and I am extremely eager for a sense of identity. Every day, I approach training with an almost desperate attitude.In addition to training, I also hope to do more for everyone.

In the Wu Guocun group, the female team member Tan Shuping and I were the youngest.At that time, the national team had to select advanced collectives and advanced dormitories every week, and each group had to select advanced individuals.In this regard, there are very clear regulations.On the wall of the dormitory, there is a reward and punishment calculation table. There are many items, such as land sports and the highest intensity, plus 50 points; water sports and the highest intensity, how many points to add; personal hygiene and more. The advanced individuals in our group, needless to say, are basically me.During the training camp in Nanning, the advanced individuals were rewarded with soap and washing powder; after arriving in Beijing, the prizes were upgraded and became a pair of Li-Ning brand socks.

This kind of reward may not be worth mentioning to those big-name players, but it is very precious to me.Because this is one of the few chances to show off, after winning the prize every week, I will whisper proudly in the dormitory, but I am too embarrassed to be too loud, call warm water, wash my feet, dry them, and then put on the "trophies" new socks. When performing this activity, my movements will be very slow, focused and meticulous, as if completing some kind of sacred ceremony. For me, it's a ritual, a ritual of being recognized and pushing myself forward. At that time, the status of socks in my mind was the same as that of the Li Ning schoolbag back then.

Sensitive and fragile young heart. Of course, serving everyone is also the happiest time for me. I share a room with Sun Shuwei and Wang Tianling.Since Sun Shuwei is an Olympic champion, she lived in a single bed, while Wang and I lived in bunk beds.For a while, Wang was hospitalized for treatment of a back injury. Most of the time, I lived with Sun Shuwei. At this time, Sun Shuwei had lost the magical aura on his body, but he still didn't talk much. He occasionally told me about his glorious past, but there were not many such opportunities.Indeed, for the 17-year-old him and the 14-year-old me, the distance between the two is by no means as simple as three years old.There is a huge generation gap, the gap between adults and minors, the gap between mature people and those with immature minds, the gap between experienced veterans and newcomers. The generation gap needs to be bridged by many international competitions, successes and disappointments.

What's more, he is not a person who is good at communicating and expressing himself actively. But my favorite thing is to buy things for Sun Shuwei and act as a "runner".We live on the second floor, and the canteen is on the first floor.I am tired from training every day, and people are reluctant to move, and I am young and energetic, so he will send me to buy snacks.I always happily complete the task, because every time I help him buy something, I "have a share" to enjoy it with him. The happiest moment is of course cooking instant noodles for Sun Shuwei.Every weekend, as an Olympic champion, he has many activities and goes out to meet friends.It is impossible for me to have any social activities, and I just happen to be responsible for buying and cooking instant noodles for him, and then "enjoy" his stereo, TV and game consoles by the way.

I'm sorry for Sun Shuwei, but a lot of noodle cooking "projects" were done in the toilet.The dormitory turned off the lights very early at that time, and I was in the toilet, cooking noodles on the electric stove, reading books and playing video games at the same time.When he came back after turning off the lights at 10 o'clock in the evening, the hot instant noodles were ready.Watching him gobble it up gave me a sense of accomplishment. At that time, my client was not only Sun Shuwei, but also Fu Mingxia, the queen of diving. Fu Mingxia is only two years older than me, but she became famous very early and took care of me like an older sister.For things like shopping, she is most assured of leaving it to me.One is because my running speed is extremely fast, and the other is that my tongue is very tight and I don't know how to make small reports.You must know that their coach, Yu Fen, is stricter. Girls are strictly prohibited from eating snacks: eating too much will affect their body shape and the quality of their movements.

Even so, Fu Mingxia couldn't help but feel greedy.When she asked me to buy popsicles, ice cream, etc., she was always very generous, offering 50 yuan, and sharing it with Chi Bin, Xiong Min, and Guo Jingjing in the same dormitory.Before departure, she would carefully advise: "Remember to buy some for yourself." Every time, I don't buy much for myself, about one or two yuan of small snacks. I ran fast, and she ate fast, for fear of being hit by the coach.Can you imagine that the beautiful and quiet diving queen once had a time when she was greedy for snacks. Every time I enter Fu Mingxia's room, I will remember to close the door.But once, I had just entered the house with a bag of ice cream when there was a knock on the door.Everyone panicked.It was Chi Bin who reacted quickly and stuffed the ice cream into the bed.

When I opened the door, it was indeed Coach Yu Fen.As usual, I trained everyone for a long time, saying how to do this and not to do that.At that time, I was very nervous, as if I had done something wrong, but fortunately, Yu Fen was very polite to me, and let me go with a wave of her hand! Not long after, I slipped back and found Fu Mingxia and the others leaning on the bed in frustration: the ice cream had been melted long ago, leaving only a wet puddle of water on the bed. I was very sorry: "Sister Xia, it's all my fault for recruiting the coach. I must be careful in the future."

"Cough, it's okay, it's just a coincidence. I'll give you another 50 yuan to buy it! But be careful on the way this time, don't let Coach Yu see it!"