Chapter 13 Sumo (1)

When I was in elementary school, I was very good at sumo.How powerful is it?Since there is no record, I have no impression myself, so I have not been very clear.But there is one thing I remember very clearly. It was one day during lunch break, I met my classmate Artest on the road behind the school building.I respect Artest very much and sharpen his pencils every morning, but Artest suddenly said to me that day: "When I grow up, no matter how much you beg me, I will never marry you as my bride!" When Artest spoke, his tone was strong, and he stood there with his legs apart, and his attitude was very firm. I can still vividly remember that scene.But I was always confused, thinking "Why is Artest so angry", and I was very puzzled.Later, my friends in the class reminded me that during the sumo wrestling in the morning, I threw Artest out, and Artest flew far outside the wrestling ring.Because I threw him out, Artest's self-esteem was greatly hurt.After hearing what my friend said, I was very sad.I always gnaw on the pencil randomly, bite out the refill and write with it, but every morning I use a pencil sharpener to sharpen Artest’s pencil and put it neatly in his pencil case.At that time, there was no electric pencil sharpener like it is now, and the way of expressing goodwill like sharpening pencils is still effective.Artest is the smartest in the class, he always boils the flask to bubbles, and he can learn English by himself, which is really great.It is a very happy thing for me to sit next to Artest and sharpen his pencils for him.I think Artest also understands what I mean.However, since I have such a heart, why didn't I have the dedication like "he will decide the outcome" when I said "come" to Artest face to face?

Later, Artest really didn't marry me as his bride.He later became one of the few physicists in Japan, and is now the deputy director and minister of physics at the "Fermi National Accelerator Institute" in Illinois, USA.This institute is very remarkable. Anyone who cares about physics will know that there are 145 physicists there and as many as 1,400 technicians. It is a very huge research institution. Artest, who lost, has grown into the No. 2 figure in the institute.When I was young, I was tall, with long arms and legs. Although my body was very thin, I dared to rush at each other in sumo wrestling.Maybe because of this, I forgot for a moment that the opponent was Artest, shouted "Wow", just wanted to win the game.Although I was a child at the time, I did something regrettable after all.

"America has something called a TV, which looks like a box. If Japan has that kind of thing, you can watch sumo matches at home!" It was my classmate Tai Ming who told me about this.Taiming, who suffers from polio, was delighted to be able to watch a sumo match at the Kokugikan at home!But I couldn't understand it at the time.Taiming told me that there is such a thing as a TV, but he died prematurely before he could see the sumo show on TV.When Taiming said "You can watch a sumo match even if you stay at home!", I asked him: "How did the sumo wrestlers get into my house and get into the box?"

It seems that since then, I have started to make jokes. Once growing up, I was hosting a long live broadcast with a master from a sumo wrestler training house as a guest.I respectfully bowed to Master and said: "Boss! Thank you for coming today." The family member laughed and said, "Ms. Hei Liu, it's not good to call me 'Boss', you should call me 'Master' instead." At that time, I realized for the first time that "boss" and "master" were different. When I was working on "Tetsuko's Cabin", there were many sumo wrestlers as guests.Although I didn't make any big mistakes, some small wording aspects are really difficult to grasp.

This is what happened when Mr. Zengweishan (now the master of Sanbaoguan Training House) came to be a guest.When it comes to Mr. Zengweishan's excellent performance in the sumo tournament last season, we will insert a video of that time.In order to give a signal to the staff who played the video, I clearly said: "Let's take a look at Masugayama-san's wrist at last season's sumo tournament!" Mr. Zengweishan chuckled.I don't know what happened, but I found out later that the word "wrist" generally refers to petty skill, and that when talking about sumo, the word "trick" should be used.

When Mr. Wajima, the yokozuna of sumo wrestling, came to be a guest on the program, I thought that I must not get the address wrong, or it would be too rude, so I was very cautious.I was reminded by others that you must never call yokozuna "XX Ozeki". I was overly cautious, and when I introduced the guests on the show, I blurted out: "Today's guest is... Mr. Yokozuna!" After finishing speaking, I felt a little awkward somewhere.But the interview went very well.After the filming of the show, Mr. Wajima laughed loudly and said: "Today I was called four times, it's really interesting!"

It turned out that in addition to calling Mr. Wajima "Mr. Yokozuna", I also called him "Mr. Wajima Yokozuna", "Mr. Oseki" and "Mr. Sumo" out of nowhere. I once attended a dinner party with Mr. Takami-san (master of Sumo wrestler training house in Higashikan) when he was an active wrestler.At that time, there were foreign men at the dinner table, as well as several Japanese women including Mrs. Takami-san, which seemed very lively.Mr. Gao Jianshan was arranged on my left. He is best at telling jokes, and he told everyone a lot of new jokes one after another, making us laugh out loud.For example, there is such a story:

"A while ago Reagan took office as president of the United States. The inauguration ceremony of the president was broadcast on TV, and it can also be seen in Japan. The luxurious song and dance performance at the ceremony was planned and directed by Frank Sinardo. The inauguration ceremony was very successful. The ceremony After it was over, President Reagan said to Sinaloa: 'Thank you for your hard work this time!To express my gratitude, I want you to be the ambassador to Italy! ' Everyone knows that Sinado is an Italian singer.But Frank Sinaldo, hearing this, answered as if it were a matter of course:

'No, if you insist on giving me an appointment, I'd rather be Pope...'"