The husband's son-in-law

The Cuju field is smaller than the modern 400-meter-circle playground. The half of the central axis is very conspicuously painted with stone powder. The two camps draw lots before, the official school is the red side, and the school is the blue side.

There are three nets for each camp, and according to the height, the hemp rope nets are supported by wooden sticks. The highest net in the middle is two meters high from the ground. This is the most difficult three-pointer.

Secondly, the left and right heights are different, divided into two-pointers and one-pointers.

Halftime lasts about half an hour, during which you can stop three times, and the break is usually about 10 minutes, changing to the cheering team or the dragon and lion dance team, which means that it takes about 25 minutes to actually play halftime.

On the field, students from the age of eight to 15 can still keep up physically.

The modern football field is too large, and there are 45 minutes in half time. It is inevitable to consume too much to run and kick the whole field.Mrs. Gu is mainly thinking about the children, and his family Li Zhaoxi is only seven and a half years old, so he has reduced all aspects.

The venues are smaller and often shorter.

In order to increase entertainment and appreciation, the net has become three.

Cuju team uniforms are also unified, sponsored by Boss Li.It is made of cotton and linen with good sweat absorption, cotton yarn and ramie thread. The upper body is mainly loose three-quarter sleeves, and the lower body is also loose pants, which are slightly shorter, and the numbers are woven on the back.

Number one and number two.

The numbers embroidered on the streamer silk are square and the top two corners are sewn on the back of the clothes. As soon as you run, the numbers will fly away.

The shoes under his feet are comfortable and novel—cloth shoes with rubber soles, which have some rebound. Li Zhaoxi said that after wearing these shoes, he felt softer when running on the lawn, as if he was flying.

All the team members, regardless of gender, have their hair tied into a ball head, tied with each team member's headband, and another tie on the head, which is very easy to distinguish which team is from which team.

There are only nine players in a team, the goalkeeper, the passer with the ball, the striker and the center forward.

It is an improved version of modern football.

The host had just finished talking about the rules, but the common people listened to it and just remembered who was on the same team and which three-pointer, and then forgot what was just said before. After listening to it, they were stunned and felt that they couldn’t remember anything. live.

It's okay.

It's already past eight o'clock in the official start.

The referee is a "physical education teacher" from the school's official school. After guessing the copper coin, he started tossing the ball. When the ball fell, both the red and blue sides began to take aim. One of them was a little taller and headed towards the enemy camp.

In the auditorium, Mr. Huang looked excited, but he was still reserved, and he didn't shout. He just got a little excited and said to his wife next to him, "It's our family, Langxi."

"Yeah, Lang Xi is tall. I don't know if it hurts from hitting my head right now." Mrs. Huang was worried about her grandson.

In Cuju, you can dribble the ball with your head, shoulders, waist, and legs, and you can't just touch it with your hands.

Huang Langxi headed the ball, Chen Qingen kicked and dribbled the ball, the red team started to stop them, trying to grab the ball, Chen Qingen shouted: "No. [-], No. [-], the ball."

Number three is Li Zhaoxi.

Li Zhaoxi ran and stood in his position, alive like a little snake, grabbed the ball with a movement under his feet, started kicking and gesticulating, asking his teammates to pick him up, and then he changed positions.

"Wow! It's a false move." Li Zhaoxi's father began to explain and blow it up. Seeing that his child had grabbed the ball, he immediately slapped his thigh and shouted happily: "Li Zhaoxi! Li Zhaoxi!"

Li Zhouzhou followed closely and shouted cheers.

The husband and wife have nothing to worry about. The shouts of Mr. Gu and Boss Li can be heard in the viewing platform area here, watching the ball dribbled to a position a little far away from the goal. At a tricky angle, he caught the ball, took it with him, and with a hard effort, the ball arced towards the two-meter-high three-point net.

Li Zhaoxi's father stood up and said hoarsely, "Come in! Come in!!!"

With a bang, the cuju ball arced across the air and shot into the two-meter-high No. [-] net. The common people didn't understand the rules—the front foot heard it and the back foot forgot, but just look at the ball. I went into the net hole on the high place, and I didn't dare to blink my eyes when I saw it, and I was shocked——

At this moment, Li Zhaoxi's father's voice was next to his ear: "The goal is scored! Three-pointer, Li Zhaoxi did a great job!"

"Li Zhaoxi, come on!"

Even Li Da waved his fist and shouted.

Only then did the audience at the viewing platform understand, as if they had understood, they applauded one after another, shouting "Come on, good job, anyway, follow Mr. Gu's example, and one by one excitedly elbowed the side to come together, Proudly said: "See, this goal is really powerful, and it really scored from such a high position."

I didn't understand it before, but now, when the ball is kicked in, it is naturally a good kick.

"It's amazing, this cuju is not ugly to understand. If the ball goes into a high hole, you get more points. If you go into a low hole, you get less points. If you don't go in, you can't get a fart. I just said so much. It's not easy to understand. ."

"That's it."

A three-pointer kicked off the opening heat, which opened up the warm atmosphere of the whole Cuju competition.Afterwards, one by one joined Li Zhaoxi's father and grandfather to cheer and cheer, or on weekdays, the common people still shy away from these merchants, but now, on this Cuju field, their children are also on the field Running, dribbling, also shining in the sun, wearing the same jersey, grabbing a ball, they can't remember the name, and they can't even tell which child's family background.

Here, you can only see how the ball is played, whether you score or not, and whether you score or not.

The shouts of cheering and cheering for one's own children were like waves. Slowly, one after another began to rise. There were four viewing stands, and there were all kinds of names.

"Xiao Lang, come on! Go to him! Goal goal!"

"Er Niang, run hard, run, yes, run faster!"

It's also a pity that the ball was kicked out, but it missed the three-point hole and slipped past.Someone patted his thigh and sighed, "Qingen kicked the ball well..." This is Chen Qingen's own father.

Grandpa is not happy anymore. If he is not outside, he will definitely kick his son. He said angrily: "What? You kick it, you don't even know how to kick the ball. I see that Qing En is already very good, run away How fast, just when he shot the ball, someone frightened him."

"Father, that's not scaring, it's a normal fake trick on the court, someone did that to Li Zhaoxi just now, and Mr. Gu didn't say anything—"

"I'll just talk about it, can't I say it? I'm not looking for someone to settle accounts, I can't afford it without your kid's heart." Master Chen scolded Tong's son for being much more comfortable, and continued to watch his grandson play football on the field.

It's better to celebrate En, study well, and play football well, and it will be fine if you practice and appoint.

In these 10 minutes, the red team scored three goals, Li Zhaoxi scored three points, and other government students scored two one-point goals. The red team scored five points first.The blue team scored only one point.

Pause to rest.

As soon as the audience sat down for a break, they saw the sound of drums, and saw that the cheering team entered the stage. This was another performance. The cheering team warmed up the stage with fans, and then opened the middle position, and a lion dance team entered .

The big lion and the little lion play bamboo balls for a while, jump and kick for a while, and they can stand up.

Seeing that everyone in the audience stood up to watch the performance with their buttocks not touching the stools, they clapped their hands and applauded.

"This is fun, what is it?"

"It's a lion, but we haven't seen it before, but it's big eyes, it's really beautiful how it dances."

"I just took a closer look. There are two people inside, one with the lion's head and one with the tail behind."

"Yo, it's so novel and beautiful."

When the players were resting, the field was not cold, and when they continued to play, they were just about to rest, but they continued to watch the game——

Anyway, I was very busy, and I didn't have time to rest my eyes.

The first half ends with a big break in between.Not to mention the common people, even the merchants in the stands had their throats split. Li Zhaoxi's father moaned that his throat was sore and uncomfortable.

Li Zhouzhou felt distressed and funny, "I just yelled too much."

"It's necessary to have an atmosphere when you come out to play."

Li Da cleared his throat, but he was still hoarse, Li Zhouzhou said, "Housekeeper Zhou should be here soon." He asked the servants around him to see if he had seen it.

Li's family is considered experienced and sent someone to bring water.There are a lot of inexperienced ones - whoever is the first Cuju competition.There are also villagers who are also swallowing their saliva, but it is useless.

It was hot and the sun was shining.

Everyone can't make it.

Just then there was a sound of knocking on a clapper, and a person was pushing a wooden cart, shouting: "Sell water, boil it and let it cool down, mung bean soup, all kinds of best fruits, sell it."

The clapper knocked three times.

The common people were reluctant to part with money, and when they asked how much it was, they said that two bowls of cold rice cost a penny, a bowl of mung bean soup cost a penny, and the fruit was sold by the head.Doesn't it sound expensive?

Although it doesn’t cost much to keep the boiled water at home, but now I have to spend money to buy it——

But at this time, I was really thirsty and dry, so someone said: "The cold drink costs a penny."

"okay."

This family can still do business, one wooden bucket contains cold raw water for washing dishes, and the remaining two buckets are cold boiled water and mung bean soup, which are full and stuffed with a basket of fruit.

After receiving the money, I fetched two bowls of water. I asked the person who bought the water if he wanted to wash his hands with the water when washing the dishes. Anyway, it was poured on the nearby grass.This is great, I can drink water to quench my thirst, and I can wash my hands and face.

It's not expensive for a penny, and they sent it over for the firewood.

No need to knock bang bang, the things in this cart were sold out before finishing one viewing platform, the boss was very happy, and immediately asked Xiao Er to push the cart back, the cart had just left, and his cart arrived again after a while.

In order to buy and sell business today, the boss specially asked the buddy to call his hard-working younger brother to do it. He paid thirty yuan a day, and his mother-in-law took care of the stove. Car, he is counting the money here, and the woman in the store is watching, doing this upside down.

It's not far anyway, so what's the cost of walking.

There is a big tank full of cool white in the shop, just put it on.

"I'm looking at what's for sale there?" Mr. Chen was also thirsty, and just scolded his son. The son ran errands to see it himself, and he just stood up quickly. He brought a basket of fruit after a while, what? Lychee, pineapple, and coconut.

"Give it to your mother first, and let her quench her thirst."

Mr. Chen's son didn't buy water, and he thought the bowl was dirty because he had used it.His family had already sent servants to drive the carriage home to get them, and they quenched their thirst with fruits.Master Chen's family had eaten the fruit, and the Huang family, Lin family, and Li family nearby saw it, so they naturally sent their children to buy it.

Mr. Gu saw it and wanted to buy the fruit, but when he looked from afar, he was surrounded by many people. If he went there, he would definitely be gone, and there would still be people who got his hands for him to use, so forget it, bear with it.

At this time, Li's carriage arrived.

The servant sent by Steward Zhou first unloaded the goods. This was a basket and a wooden barrel with a lid, and they were moved to a free and cool place. There were quilts on the baskets and barrels.

Master Chen and Master Liang are also hot in the sun, especially the children of Master Liang's family are still young and dry in the heat, but their mother/grandmother asked them to go home, but they didn't want to go back, Baba looked at their father.

Mr. Liang said that they both like to watch it, so let's finish it.

He also said: "Mother, Madam, you are wearing too thick clothes, so it is too thick for them, no wonder it is hot. Well, I have already sent people back to the house to fetch water—"

Far cannot quench near thirst.

Master Chen just called out: "Xiao Liang, come here, have you seen it? There are good things in Xiao Gu's place, let's go and have a look together, don't let him have it all to himself."

Mr. Liang went with Mr. Chen on the peak.

Here, the servants of the Li Mansion also began to uncover the quilts. When the two adults Chen and Liang arrived, Master Chen saw it and said, "This is some kind of treasure, and you are covering it with a quilt. I said that Xiao Gu must have hidden it." , Xiao Liang heard that he pulled me over and wanted to have an autumn breeze."

Mr. Liang: ...I'm not I don't have it.Actually a little bit.

So Mr. Liang showed a slightly ashamed expression.

"My family has prepared a lot, for the elder brother and Ben Gu." Gu Zhaodao.

Mr. Liang's name is Jiang, and his character is Bengu.

Liang Jiang, who was still a little ashamed just now, heard Mr. Gu calling him his name instead of Mr. Chen. This meant intimacy, and immediately his face became much calmer.

As soon as the quilt was removed, even the onlookers felt a bit of coolness. When the lid of the wooden barrel was lifted, Master Chen said, "This, is this ice?"

Ice floats in the barrel.

Mr. Chen will not admit his mistake.

Gu Zhao said with a smile: "Brother, you have such good eyes. Don't ask how you made it, let's have a bowl to quench your thirst? I have iced mung bean soup, sour plum soup, various fruit jams, and milk."

"If the child uses it, it's best to put it aside, let it cool down before using it, and don't get a stomachache." Li Zhouzhou told Mr. Liang.Master Liang's family has a child, and Erlang is only four years old, so don't be greedy.

Mr. Chen didn't ask why he came here, but Xiao Gu could figure out something he hadn't seen before, and it would be good if he could quench his thirst with a drink, so he quickly said: "Give me some, please? My child There are many."

What is used to hold things is not a bowl, but a large tea mug that was used in Xiping Village before—now it is an improved and advanced version, and it is made of porcelain.

There are several jars in this pot belly, and I divided some small bowls, and took them back home to share a portion.

Housekeeper Zhou pulled two carts, one with a little more ice, and the other with no ice. The mung bean soup and sour plum soup without ice were sent to the resting places of the Cuju team, cheering team, and lion dance team.

He was sweating from a run just now, and at a young age, Li Zhouzhou was worried that if he was hot and cold, he would eat ice and make his stomach upset, so he specially ordered a cool breath.

Steward Zhou took his servants to the back to deliver drinks to the young master.

"Why are you here too?" Li Zhouzhou saw the servants of the Rong family.

Old Zhong said: "Our young master is kind-hearted, let us see how lively Zhaozhou is." He praised Zhaozhou.

"Then you all come and sit and watch, the club is taking a break and will perform later."

"Boss, you're being polite. My grandson and I won't look at it. We see Butler Zhou is busy. We will help each other and come over to take a closer look." After Lao Zhong finished speaking, he saluted and dragged his grandson to work behind him. up.

Gu Zhao looked at it for a while, and said: "The servants from Rong's family seem to be more disciplined than ours, but ours is also very good, and the fireworks are much more relaxed."

The old servant heard him calling Boss Zhou Zhouli, so he changed his name from Mrs. Gu to Boss. This was to see people's facial expressions and gestures of intimacy. He knew his young master's cold face, and he was afraid that they would be dissatisfied with his young master. It is carefully maintained and praised Zhaozhou by the way.

loyal servant.

Li Zhouzhou hummed, "Actually, from Lao Zhong and Xiao Qi, we can see that Rong Ye is not bad to the people below, otherwise he wouldn't have such a servant who followed him wholeheartedly, so he must be a good person."

"Zhou Zhou, do you want some soup? This sour plum soup is delicious." Master Gu brought a small cup to Zhou Zhou's mouth.

Li Zhouzhou smiled and lowered his head to take a sip, Mr. Xiang is really——

I can't see him praising Rong Ye at all.

Besides, Mr. Liang brought two large jars of cold drinks to his home area, explained the situation, and his mother still didn't believe that there is still ice available in Zhaozhou?Didn't you say that it's not cold and it won't snow in winter?

But when the lid was opened, there were really ice cubes floating on it.

"Mother and Madam quench your thirst first, you two should rest for a while, don't get upset." Master Liang said.

Mrs. Liang was also curious that her husband-in-law had never cared about these little details before - the child had a stomach upset after eating cold, but he was more careful today.

"Boss Gang Li reminded me." Mr. Liang is also traditional. Although he has accepted new things, it can be said that Mrs. Gu's wife has the intention to avoid them. After saying a word, she changed, saying: "Mr. How to do it, I made ice as much as possible, and the people are good, I asked the servants to prepare more, and I also sent it to us."

"That's why I should thank you." Liang's mother said.Although she had some complaints about Mr. Gu when they first met, but after her son named him, Mother Liang naturally didn't want to offend Mr. Gu because of her son's official career.

Mrs. Liang also nodded, saying that it should be so.

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished speaking, they looked in the direction where Mr. Gu was sitting, and saw Mr. Gu holding a small cup and handing it to his wife without proper rules——

How could you do this in such a large crowd.

I couldn't see it, it was so embarrassing.

The female members of the Liang family turned away one after another, pretending to be serious and serious.Mr. Liang didn't notice either, he poured the sour plum soup and was drinking it slowly, it was really delicious when it was cold.

"Father, can I drink?" Liang Erlang asked bluntly.

The aunt was also greedy, but she didn't dare to ask, and she didn't dare to lick her mouth. There were no rules.Mr. Liang touched another cup of mung bean soup and said, "You and sister drink slowly, don't drink too fast."

This small bowl of sour plum soup/mung bean soup is served to the stomach, and the whole person feels comfortable and refreshed again.

After bringing his grandson, Lao Zhong was a little dumbfounded. What are these dolls wearing? Poor, short trousers, but new shoes on their feet, which he has never seen before. The clothes are also made of good material, without any patches. , but if it’s endless, why is it so short?

No matter how you think about it, let's work quickly.

They eat and live in the Li family, and they should work for the Li family.

The grandpa and grandson went all the way to the Cuju field and looked carefully. There was a piece of grass with a platform next to it. It was nothing to see, but there were more people, it was more lively, and there were people selling things, just like a temple fair in Beijing. , it is not as lively as the temple fair, and the temple will have juggling.

That's what I thought in my heart, but the young master wanted to come to Zhaozhou so much, the two decided to go back to the young master and ask the young master, what they said was fun and lively.

The little dolls sat on the stools to rest after drinking, and some of them talked and chatted, saying things that the grandparents and grandchildren couldn't understand, why do you stand right now, the ball has to be passed to No. [-], don't block it Got it, try to keep the two-pointer, can Li Zhaoxi get the three-pointer?

Li Zhaoxi is the young master of Li Mansion.

Old Zhong looked over, this brother and young master looked really beautiful, he had never seen such a beautiful little brother, the mole under his eyes was beautiful, small, with apricot eyes and bridge of nose. Tall and delicate, with a small face, in his opinion, she is even more beautiful than the young ladies in the Rong Mansion.

If it is in the Rong Mansion——

In the Rong Mansion, my brother is worthless and disgusted.The young master of his family also has the same appearance, but so what, the Rong family also thinks he is a brother.

People with high family backgrounds are not willing to have a brother, because they think it is showing their appearance.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhong sighed in his heart, and looked at young master Fubao with compassion in his eyes, this young master is really lucky, I heard that this Cuju competition was specially organized by Mr. Gu when he saw that young master Fubao loves to play football .

If the master and wife of the Rong family had half of Mr. Gu's love for his son, Boss Li, his young master would not be like this, like a refugee who has betrayed his relatives and lost his roots.

Such a noble person.

"Young master, do you still drink?" Old Zhong saw that Young Master Fubao had finished his drink, so he stepped forward to ask.

Li Zhaoxi winked hurriedly, and said, "Grandpa Zhong, don't call me young master outside, just call me by my first name. I won't come, and after drinking too much, I run around and my stomach wobbles."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to the blue team: "Don't be greedy for cups, the red team lost six points in the first half, and they have to pull back in the second half, do you want to win!"

"Want to win!"

So those who originally wanted to have another drink also stopped, winning is the most important thing!If Li Zhaoxi hadn't scored two three-pointers for the red team in the first half, they wouldn't have lost to the red team!

Lao Zhong silently backed away, but there was still a trace of daze in his eyes.

Young master Fubao called him Grandpa Zhong.

Zhong Qi was also stunned. When he was in Rong's mansion, those family members, first-class maids, and the courtyard next to him looked down on him and his grandfather the most, calling him a useless old man, calling him a skinny monkey who drank horse piss and was stupid Mouth.

They do the most menial and dirty work, and they are beaten and scolded.

That winter, his roommate wrongly accused him of stealing horse fodder, he was hung and beaten, and he came back with a fever, seeing that he couldn't bear it anymore, it was grandpa risking his life, kneeling on the patriarchal road in the mansion, begging the master save him.

Of course it couldn't, Grandpa was dragged out by the housekeeper and sold them.

It was a very cold day, and Zhong Qi and his grandfather were bought into the Rong Mansion by refugees from the snow disaster that day.Later, it was the master who heard the commotion, sent someone to question, and later rescued them.

His and his grandfather's lives were saved by the master.

On that day, the master broke up with the Rong family, and the master gave them a contract of sale, letting them decide whether to leave or stay...

Zhong Qi was pulled back from his daze, the drums were beating outside, and the cheering team that had just rested disappeared.

"Why are you standing there in a daze? Let's go and see the excitement." Zhou Steward couldn't wait to take the two people from Beijing to take a look outside, so that they could have a good look at the excitement of Zhaozhou.

Although they have never been to Beijing, but in Zhou Steward's mind, Zhaozhou is the only one they have - thumbs up.

Zhong Qi and his grandpa went out with Butler Zhou, he said he would stay and look at things, but Butler Zhou said: "No need to look, there's nothing to look at, no one will take it."

It doesn't matter if you are a student of a school or a student of a government school, they have all been taught.

"Come on, Xiao Qi, you are short, stand in front of me." Zhou Butler said.

When Zhong Qi first arrived, he felt that Zhaozhou was not as good as Beijing in everything, the city gates were not as grand as Beijing, the roads were not as wide as Beijing, the mansions were not as many as in Beijing, and the people's clothes were not as rich and tidy as in Beijing. The state doesn't seem to be bad either.

At least the servants in Li Mansion in Zhaozhou are better than the Rong family in Jingli.Treating them as the same inside and out, they never disliked or scolded him and grandpa behind their backs.

The second half started to heat up.

The onlookers finished eating the fruit, drank water, and refreshed their spirits. Some leisurely peeled the fruit skin and ate it while watching the excitement, so as to relieve the fatigue and heat in their bodies.The cheering team and Cuju players are also full of energy and full of vitality.

"Is this the Cuju competition?" Zhong Qi was dumbfounded as he watched the lion dance and dance like acrobatics.

Butler Zhou said, "That's it. It hasn't started yet. Cuju is a football game."

The heat ended, and the players ran to the field energetically.

"Li Zhaoxi will win! Come on, Li Zhaoxi!" Li Zhaoxi's father no longer had a sore throat, and shouted to increase the power of the atmosphere group.

Others are not willing to lag behind.

"Chen Qingen played well, Chen Qingen scored three points!"

"Langxi Langxi, fight for the first place!"

"Xiao Lang, come on!!!"

"Er Niang Er Niang, run faster, and if you win, Dad will cook meat for you."

The viewing platform, which was a little lazy just after resting, seemed to have changed. Zhong Qi was dumbfounded, and so was the old clock next to him. He had never seen such a scene at all.

Toss the ball, and the second half begins.

The second mother of the blue team stood up and headed up, and the ball reached the red team's field——

Old Zhong rubbed his eyes, "Just, was that a girl just now?"

"Yeah, that's great. It's so high that it overwhelms the Huang's from the red team. This girl is capable." Steward Zhou boasted.

The grandparents and grandchildren never imagined that the girls won the high ball game against the boys. It wasn't because they were scolded for being unruly and praised.

"What do you mean by cheering?" Zhong Qi asked curiously, but he didn't take his eyes off the field.

Butler Zhou also stared at the game on the field, and said: "My adults said that the young master Fubao was tired from playing football at home, and the adults shouted for more oil. It must be because the cooking oil was not too fragrant, and too much rapeseed was added. It is also fragrant, and people have strength."

I see.Zhong Qi understood.