Chapter 14 14

twenty three When I woke up the next morning, Mr. Yu had already left.He left a shirt next to the bed, a Smelt blue checked shirt, with a note on it: Young baby: I have two morning classes.When I come back at noon, I will take you to Liu's Duck Village to eat preserved meat rice.This shirt is new, you can wear it. Yu Hao I looked at the alarm clock next to the bed, it was already eleven twenty, and I quickly jumped up.I tried the new shirt on, and it fit perfectly, but I hurried off, folded it, and put it back on the bed.I wrote on the back of that note: Mr. Yu: I'm leaving.Sorry to bother you last night.Wang Dulu's "Iron Rider Silver Vase" will be borrowed from you again in the future.Thanks!

Li Qing The autumn sun outside was shining brilliantly in the blue sky, and the cool breeze was refreshing.I bought a set of sesame seed fried dough sticks, and while I ate them, I wandered aimlessly on the streets of Taipei.I felt a bit bewildered, but very relaxed. The burst of wailing last night seemed to have poured out all the accumulated lumps in my heart for a long time, and my body became empty.I wandered from one street to another, and before I knew it, I came to the end of Chongqing South Road, the intersection of Nanhai Road.Since I was expelled from school, in the past six months, I have always consciously or unintentionally avoided going to this area, because Yude Middle School is on Nanhai Road, and I don't want to run into my old classmates and teachers.But at this moment, I suddenly had an urge to go back to my alma mater to have a look.It was Saturday afternoon, and there was no class at school. Even if I ran into old teachers and classmates, they might not recognize me.My hair has grown so long that it covers my eyebrows, and I wear a pair of jeans, so I don't look like a middle school student at all.The wall of Yude Middle School is made of red bricks, tall and tall. The two iron gates were open. I walked in and walked through the office building facing the main entrance. The bulletin board on the wall under the building was full of notices. There are also two demerits recorded by students: Huang Zhuguo cheated in the monthly mathematics exam in the second class of senior high school, which was a major demerit.Liu Jianxing, from class D of the third grade, stole public property and stayed in school for probation.He was not ordered to drop out of school.Probably the "Gobi Desert" behind is still flying sand and rocks.When the wind blows in our playground, the yellow dust billows. We call it the "Gobi Desert". Every time we return to the classroom after military training on the playground, everyone's eyebrows are white and covered with a thin layer of sand.The playground was empty, and there was no one there, but on the basketball court next to the playground, there were people shooting basketballs, and the basketball hit the ground, making a "bang bang" sound, with bursts of shouting and cheering:

"nice shot!" I went around to the basketball court and saw several junior high school students passing the ball, each shirtless and wearing scout shorts, five of them in total.I stood under the basket, watched for a while, and realized that they were playing ball.One team of two, one team of three, the action was fierce, and the fight was inextricable. The two-person team was obviously getting weak, and the formation was a bit messy. They had already lost several balls at the basket, and one of the big men just had a very impressive shot. The embarrassing stuffy hot pot, the three-person team laughed and joked, triumphantly.

"You're so domineering, why don't you pass if you're called to pass?" The two team started a fight, and the little man shouted angrily. He was the shortest of the five, but he moved nimbly. Very sensitive.His round baby face was flushed and sweating profusely. "I've already dribbled for a layup, shouldn't I shoot?" The big man in the two-man team opened his hands and grinned silly, defending himself.He's the tallest, but he's a big, clumsy, and rather domineering guy. "Shoot your head! Got hit by someone?" Babyface tossed the ball to the opponent resentfully, muttering and complaining non-stop.

The three-person team has won several goals and is far ahead, and their actions and words have become more arrogant. One of them, Xiao Heitan, picked up the ball and started to attack. He rushed to the bottom of the basket, his baby face panicked, and he rushed up to stop it . "Hand in hand!" Xiao Heitan threw the ball and missed, raising his hand and shouting. "Which handle? Don't talk nonsense!" Babyface retorted with a bad breath. "Hand in hand! Hand in hand!" The other two members of the three-person team also chimed in and learned the gesture of holding hands.

"Fart!" Babyface yelled angrily, "Ask him!" He pointed at the big stupid man, who was taken aback for a moment, then said with a sneer: "I didn't see clearly either." The three-man team cheered together, and they were about to make free throws.Babyface ran over and gave the silly big man a hard blow, and spat: "You donkey!" "I didn't see it clearly," said the silly big man truthfully, scratching his ears and cheeks. Xiao Heitan shot the ball, but he made both free throws, and the second shot was still hollow.The three-person team became more and more excited, applauding and applauding.The baby face was holding the ball, his eyes were blinking, and the veins on his forehead were bulging.

"join in!" I raised my hand under the basket and shouted, while taking off my shirt, I also became shirtless.The three-person team looked at each other, and the baby face turned from anger to joy, and took the lead in calling: "Welcome! Welcome! We are here to help." After my new force joined the two-person team, the situation immediately reversed. At the end of the first half, the two teams had already drawn a tie, twenty to twenty.The baby face screamed and danced with joy, and stopped scolding the stupid big man.The second half started and we were leading the way and Babyface worked really well with me.I passed the ball and he made a layup. Although he was short, he shot the right hook very accurately and scored three or four goals in a row.Once upon a time in school, I was in the basketball team of Class C of our senior high school, playing center forward.In the competition between the night team and the day team, we even won a pennant, and I was the one who went up to receive the award from Principal Gao.We played in the backcourt of the second half, and the original three-person team had been defeated like Dalu, and the three began to complain to each other.For the last ball, I stood in the midfield and took a long shot. With a swish, the blue net turned over and went in hollow.

"Strike!" Babyface clapped his hands happily. We finally won the battle with forty-five to twenty-eight.Babyface ran over and hugged my waist, bouncing around, and then kicked the silly big guy's ass. "Admit defeat?" Babyface pointed at Xiao Heitan with a smile and said, "Please treat us to some ice!" "Fuck you!" Xiao Heitan spit out some saliva and panted, "Please help, it doesn't count." "Hey, someone wants to renege on the debt!" The baby-faced smile shouted at the big stupid man. "Let's compete again," another member of the three-person team ran up to help Xiao Heitan and said, "I'm sorry you didn't grow!"

"Don't be so wordy," Babyface pushed her lips away, "You lost, right? Forty-five to twenty-eight, a fiasco. A gentleman makes a deal, and the loser treats you. You're worthless!" His mouth was tilted up and he was panting, his thick lips were pursed high.The baby face sized up his mouth, pointed at him suddenly and laughed sharply: "Jizui, go look in the mirror, what does your mouth look like now? Like a duck's butt!" His mouth turned red, and he punched him.Babyface ran away in a hurry, but was stopped by Xiao Heitan.Cocking his mouth to catch up, grabbed the baby's face, and the two of them fought into a ball.Xiao Heitan shot cold arrows at the side, and the baby's face, back and waist had already suffered several dark losses.

"Big man, come and help!" Babyface begged for help. The stupid big man ran up to help, and the other whelk of the three-person team was not far behind, so the five of them fought with each other with fists and kicks.A game of betting on clear ice turned into martial arts. At first the five of them were laughing while beating each other, but then they probably hit hard and the beating hurt, and they actually recognized the truth.Especially the baby face and the pouting mouth, crackling, faceless, beating up randomly, the two of them got red eyes.Seeing the seriousness of the situation, I hurried forward, separated the baby face from the upturned mouth, and then yelled:

"armistice!" The five little guys stopped in awe, each with their hips akimbo, their necks crooked, and they stared at each other angrily. "You're betting on the host, aren't you?" I asked. "It's clearly agreed, the losing team treats guests with ice cream." Babyface replied confidently. "So you lost, do you want a treat?" I asked the trio. "It doesn't count if you help them!" Xiao Heitan protested. "If you don't help them, it's no wonder they don't lose their pants!" She cocked her mouth and chimed in. Babyface jumped forward and cried: "You don't care how we won, you obviously can't afford to lose and want to renege on your debt. The one who reneges is the grandson of the turtle." Twitching his mouth and Xiao Heitan began to wrestle again, I hurriedly stopped and said: "Let me mediate, let's make a compromise. Don't you all want to eat clear ice? Since no one is willing to treat, I suggest that everyone pay their own money, and everyone go and eat together." The three-person team looked at each other in blank dismay, and ended with this, and responded in unison: "Also." "It's cheaper for you!" Babyface muttered unwillingly. Each of us picked up our coats and put them on our shoulders. Babyface held the basketball in his arms. The six of us, all sweaty and covered in yellow sand, swaggered out shirtless. school gate.Opposite the school, at the gate of the botanical garden, the stall selling Qingbing Laoli is still there.His trailer was so old that it rattled and rattled all the way, the machine for shaving and clearing ice was blackened with rust, and the glass jars containing five-color syrup were also smoky yellow.Lao Li is a super fat man. He opened his clothes all summer, with his big belly sticking out. The sweat beads on his head never stopped. He didn't use a towel to wipe it. Shave clear ice to go.However, Lao Li's Qingbing business has been booming, and several other stalls can't compete with him.Firstly, his price is fair and the portion is enough. Secondly, Lao Li is an old sociable and popular. He is a retired soldier. He travels a lot on the mainland and has endless Guerci. Take care of him.Once upon a time in the summer after school was over, if I still had money in my pocket, I would go to Lao Li’s stall with my classmates to eat clear ice, while listening to him tell the story of driving corpses in Xiangxi.The blue light of the calcium carbide lamp on the cart with a pungent smell was flickering. Lao Li had a big belly and walked like a zombie, we all giggled and laughed. "Lao Li." I called with a smile. Lao Li looked me up and down for a long time before he recognized me, and immediately put a smile on his face. "Hey, Li Qing, long time no see, have you graduated yet?" "Six bowls of clear ice," I said, "we're dying of thirst." As soon as the baby face came, he ran over to uncover the glass jar of red syrup on Lao Li's cart, and pointed his nose to smell it.Lao Li hurriedly snatched the lid of the glass jar, put it on, and shouted: "The little devil is the most troublesome, what's the wrong idea?" "Guess why Lao Li's clear ice is so delicious?" Babyface asked with a smile, "His syrup has added ingredients to mix his fragrant sweat." "You fucking—" Lao Li's eyes were as big as copper bells, but he couldn't speak. He quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands, and we couldn't help laughing.Lao Li used the machine to shave the ice, while muttering non-stop. He shaved six bowls of clear ice, added colorful syrups, and handed them to us, but pointed at the baby's face and scolded: "Little devil, what do you know? Your grandpa Li is the Living Buddha Jigong. After eating your grandpa Li's sweat, he will live forever!" "Old Li really looks like a Jigong Living Buddha. You see, he can rub a bowl of old mud on his stomach!" The baby face smiled and pointed at Lao Li's big belly. Lao Li raised his hand to hit him, but he couldn't help laughing again. He grabbed the cheek of the baby face and said with a smile: "Baby, you are the red boy of the Bull Demon King, and you specialize in playing tricks!" We ate up every drop of the clear ice in the bowl and paid five yuan each.After eating the clear ice, everyone's anger disappeared. The silly big man, the little Heitan, the pouty mouth, the pimples, and the baby face all said goodbye to me and left.