young friends come to meet

After the three big bags got on the tricycle, Yin Congnan said, "Wait a minute, there are still some gadgets." He ran back quickly and came out after a while.Holding a basin in his hand, there is a basketball in the basin.

"Basketball?" Ye Kai stepped forward and took out the basketball, fiddled with it in his hand, "You know how to play basketball?"

"Yeah." Yin Congnan nodded, "Know how to hit." He put the basin on the tricycle, and the ball thrown by Ye Kai flew in front of him, and he caught it firmly with one hand.

"nice."

Yin Congnan rarely showed some complacency, and turned the basketball in his hand with one hand, "Do you know how this ball came from?"

"how did it get here?"

"I won it playing against an American."

Ye Kai's eyes widened, "You beat the Americans? How tall is that American? How strong?"

"Over two meters tall, with such broad shoulders." Yin Congnan stretched his hands sideways, gesturing to the figure of an American.

"You are so good, how did you win him?" Ye Kai walked up to Yin Congnan, took the ball and patted it on the ground, and dribbled it twice. This was the first time he touched an American ball.

The doorman of the dormitory has been watching the two of them, Yin Congnan said, "We are in the way, let's talk on the way."

"Okay." Ye Kai threw the ball back to Yin Congnan and got on the tricycle.

Yin Congnan also knew the way very well, so there was no embarrassment, he jumped into the car, guarded several big bags and hugged a basin with a basketball in it, just like a pair of brothers fleeing for refuge.

Ye Kai couldn't wait to hear the story, and as soon as he was on the road, he turned his head and said to Yin Congnan, "Tell me quickly."

Yin Congnan sat next to Ye Kai, trying to maintain his balance, "Actually, it's not that I beat him, it's just that I made a bet with him and I won."

"What bet?"

"He said there was no way I could score on him."

"The results of it?"

"I passed him and made a layup."

"Great!" Ye Kai happily patted the handlebar, and the car started to swing by the side of the road.

Yin Congnan was still very nervous, "Don't shake! Don't shake!"

Ye Kai said with a smile, "It's okay, I have a score. Go on, tell me in detail!"

Yin Congnan began to recall the situation that day.

It was just an afternoon when he didn't have to go to the research room. He played with a few foreign students in the basketball court.Slowly the number of people increased, and they planned to leave.However, a tall white man rushed up to him with a ball and asked him, "Are you Yin from China?"

"I said I was."

Ye Kai turned around, "Hey, I'll listen to you in American terms."

Yin Congnan asked him to look ahead, "The road ahead is crossing."

After crossing the road, Yin Congnan explained it to him in English.

"I don't understand. The foreigner must have a beard, so slap him to protect his heart hair."

"No, he's a college student, not yet twenty, he's a pretty handsome boy."

"Then grow so big."

"He played basketball since he was a child, and he didn't join a professional team until he came to college. He must be born with good conditions."

Ye Kai nodded, "Why is he looking for you?"

The white man asked Yin Congnan if he knew a girl named Caroline.Yin Congnan knew her. She was a sophomore who worked part-time as an administrator in the library. She seemed to be studying international relations.Caroline is very curious about China. Whenever Yin Congnan goes to the library, they will always chat with each other at the registration office. Caroline also invites Yin Congnan to have lunch. Of course, they each paid their own money in the end.

Yin Congnan answered truthfully.

A black boy next to the white man stepped forward and said to Yin Congnan, "Stay away from Caroline, that's my brother's girl."

"This is my buddy's girl!" Ye Kai localized the sentence, "Also the foreigners talk like that. Hey, I didn't expect you to be promiscuous everywhere."

Yin Congnan pushed his glasses, "We just chatted about China's history and its development over the years."

"Beware of being corrupted by the sugar-coated shells of American imperialism."

"Certainly not."

"The white man is not going to hit you, is he? Didn't you explain it to him?"

"Everyone is of good quality and won't fight easily. But I didn't explain it. If I insisted that I just knew that girl, he wouldn't believe it on the one hand. On the other hand, it seemed that I said that because I was afraid of him. We Chinese are very cowardly."

"Yes, you are right."

"He saw us playing basketball and said let's have a gentleman's duel."

The white guy threw the basketball to Yin Congnan, and he said, "I'll give you three chances. If you can score, I'll break up with Caroline. But you can't score from me."

"He's bullying!" Ye Kai was very annoyed, "He has been playing basketball since he was a child, and he is a semi-professional. We have never learned it."

"But I scored."

"So you are too good! How did you score?" Ye Kai turned his head away again, and Yin Congnan warned him again.

"There is a basketball hoop in the small park next to my house. I'll show you it later."

"it is good!"

Ye Kai was like an audience who had been sapped by the storytelling. He was eager to know what would happen next, so he accelerated the frequency of pedaling, and soon arrived at the door of Yin Congnan's house.

"arrive."

"Are you there?" Ye Kai looked around, but there was no house in his conception, "Where is it?" When he looked up, he saw the small park with a basketball hoop that Yin Congnan mentioned.

Yin Congnan got off the tricycle, took out the key, and walked to the big iron gate at the entrance of the courtyard.

Ye Kai watched in disbelief as he opened the door, walked into the yard, and faced a small second floor full of creepers.

"come in."

"This is your house?"

"Ah."

"All?"

"Ah."

"You... a capitalist!"

Ye Kai seemed to be frightened, holding on to the tricycle at the door, he dared not enter for a long time.

Yin Congnan explained, "It used to be my grandparents' house. Three generations have lived there before, and it's the fifth generation here. Although it's a building, it's not very big inside. Come in first."

He and Ye Kai went to push the tricycle together, and the wheels creaked, which was very loud in the quiet small yard.

"Is there no one living here?"

"It's been many years. It was rented by a unit before. Then they moved, and the house was vacant. I cleaned up the inside two days ago, but I haven't had time to clean the outside yet."

The tricycle pushed to the door of the room, Yin Congnan opened the door, and together with Ye Kai, brought in the three big bags.

The inside is indeed not as big as it looks, there are three rooms in one hall, and the layout is the same except that there is no hall upstairs.

"Come and wash your face, thank you for your hard work." Yin Congnan led him to a water pipe, and took a basin of water for him with the basin he brought, "There is no hot water, is tap water okay?"

"Okay, cool off." Ye Kai went over and flicked a couple of hands, and took the towel handed over by Yin Congnan.This towel has a scent, so it must be washed with high-grade soap, and it costs at least [-] cents a piece.After wiping his face with this towel, Ye Kai was a little embarrassed, and deliberately joked, "Your towel is like the one used by a big girl, it smells so good." In fact, he was afraid that he would dirty the towel, so he hurried Put it in water, wash it twice, and then give it back to him.

Yin Congnan smiled, didn't think about it so much, so he hung up the towel to dry.

While Yin Congnan was packing up, Ye Kai inspected his house on the first floor.The floor is paved with floor tiles, the pattern is very unique, and it is old at first glance. On the roof leading to the second floor, you can see the connector of the electric light, but there is no light. Now it is only lit by an incandescent lamp at the door. The stairs are all wood Yes, with brown-red paint.The room has been cleaned and is very clean, just missing some life.

"Look, I don't have anything to entertain you, I can't even make boiled water, so I'll treat you to soda when I go out."

Ye Kai remembered that the story had not been finished yet.He turned around and picked up the basketball, "Go ahead and tell me, you can't keep the buckle."

"Okay, let's talk while drinking soda."

How could Ye Kai ask Yin Congnan to buy soda? When the two left the yard, he rushed directly to the window of the newsstand and handed over two cents, "Two bottles of Shanhaiguan. You open it."

The boss opened two bottles of soda in the window and handed them out.

Ye Kai held a bottle in each hand, stuffed Yin Congnan a bottle, turned to the boss and said, "Let's go play for a while, and I'll send you a bottle later."

The boss said, "Okay."

"Say yes, I'll buy you a drink."

Ye Kai shook his hand, "You tell me a story, and I'll buy you a soda. Let's go."

They carried the ball to the small park, and put two bottles of soda beside them. Ye Kai took the ball to the basket and threw the ball to Yin Congnan.

"How did you play?"

Yin Congnan patted the ball, "He defends me, as long as I can score without fouling. Three chances, if I score once, I win."

"You are a head shorter than others."

"almost."

"How tall are you?"

"1.7 meters 1.8. What about you? You can say that you are [-] meters [-]."

Ye Kai chuckled, "1.8 meters five."

Yin Congnan made a move to step forward, Ye Kai opened his arms to defend.

"Attention!" Yin Congnan suddenly started to rush to Ye Kai's side, jumped up, and waved a shot.

The ball hit the basket and bounced out.

"My first ball was shot away by him before I even had time to release it."

"That's right," Ye Kai went to pick up the ball, wanting to take another sip of soda, but looking at the two identical glass bottles, even the water levels of the soda were about the same, he couldn't tell which one belonged to him.Looking back at Yin Congnan, Yin Congnan was still practicing throwing with his bare hands. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he didn't drink, and picked up the ball and came back.

"What about the second one?" He threw the ball back and Yin Congnan caught it.

Yin Congnan dribbled the ball in place, "I scored in the second one."

"I got in the second one? I thought there would be a third one anyway, just like in the movie, it won't succeed until the last moment."

Yin Congnan laughed, his face was flushed by the last ray of light before sunset, like orange soda in a glass bottle.

"Be careful!" He started again suddenly, and dribbled the ball obliquely. Ye Kai stretched out his hand and missed it. Turning around, Yin Congnan had already dribbled the ball for a layup.

The man and the ball landed at the same time, and the ball hit the concrete floor, echoing from the depths of the earth.

Ye Kai was stunned for a second, and then couldn't help applauding.

Yin Congnan pushed his crooked glasses embarrassingly, "I didn't know how to live with him at the time, but he made a layup anyway. Maybe it was because of surprise, and underestimated the opponent."

Ye Kai gave a thumbs up, "What a long face!"

The white man was surprised.Yin Congnan himself wasn't very surprised, when he started it, he felt that this time it would work.Seeing the white guy upset, he must have felt he had to break up with Caroline.Yin Congnan went up to pat him and told him that he and Caroline were not acquaintances, they were just chatting, and there was no need for him to lose his love because of an impulsive gamble.After Yin Congnan finished speaking, he was going to go back with his foreign students and friends.Unexpectedly, the white man stopped him and handed him the basketball.

After telling the story, the two returned to the sidelines together. When they were about to get soda, Yin Congnan hesitated.

"I forgot how I put it in."

Ye Kai said, "I forgot too."

Yin Congnan squatted down and took a bottle casually and drank it. Ye Kai looked at his rolling Adam's apple, thinking that it would be too unmanly for him to be entangled in this any longer.He picked up another bottle and drank it clean.

Putting down the bottle, he asked Yin Congnan, "You really have nothing to do with that American girl?"

Yin Congnan blinked at him and raised the corners of his lips, "Of course."

The author says:

Leave a message~ It's been a bit deserted these two days, woo woo woo, if you can cast me two starfish~ Look at my sincere eyes!

This chapter shows some life scenes and prices in the 80s. Newsstands also sold soda popsicles and yogurt in porcelain bottles, which was the norm in northern cities at that time.There are some clues now, if anyone guesses the background of the city, I declare that it has nothing to do with reality, it is all fiction!These small details are to add some sense of life and serve the atmosphere~