My green plums are very sour

I met Tao Songnian at the end of March, a beautiful spring day.

As I said earlier, our place is not big, and the people we know are basically old classmates who went to school together.The school is basically a set of teams, no matter in terms of management methods or atmosphere, they are all in the same line.

According to the tradition, it is time to prepare for the basketball game at the beginning of spring every year. The rules and everything are the same as those in junior high school, which are already very familiar to many people.

I only stayed in the new class for one semester at that time, and I didn’t know most of my classmates well. I couldn’t even recognize the faces of many of them. Naturally, I seldom participated in such group activities.Originally, I didn't intend to sign up for the basketball game, but many people in the class were promoted from the junior high school. They knew that I had participated in it before.I can't refuse in front of the whole class, so I can only hem and haw.

Needless to say, Ah Rui and Qiu Zicheng will definitely participate.Although everyone is scattered in different classes now, they still make appointments together during practice.In the past, the friends I met in junior high school games did not deliberately preserve their strength. When the field was tense or when they didn’t have the ball, they were willing to play together and learn from each other.

Since I got injured in that game, I rarely touched the ball, and I rested for a few days. Now I want to step on the field again, I still feel a little weak in my heart, and I always feel that my body can’t keep up.In order not to be too embarrassing during the competition, I followed A Rui and the others to practice early, and I was going to find my feeling first.

Sure enough, as I thought, after being away from the field for too long, my bones were stiff, and I started panting after a few minutes of running on the field, and my limbs were sore as if they had been filled with lead.

During those days, the weather also started to get hotter, and you could sweat all over after practicing for a while, and it was also the season when mosquitoes were rampant, which always attracted a group of small black spots buzzing in front of your eyes.If you don't pay attention when you speak, it's easy to let them fly into your mouth, and your mouth will be full of bugs.

Although the practice was very tiring, I gradually regained the pleasure of galloping on the court in the past, and I felt much more comfortable.After spending enough energy, the technique will naturally come back slowly.I used to be a shooter on the basketball team in my class, and my shooting percentage was naturally not low. After picking it up again, I basically practiced shooting.When the state is good, it can be [-] to [-]%.

The day I met Tao Songnian was Friday, the time before evening self-study.

We usually finish class at 05:30 in the afternoon, with an hour break in the middle, and start evening self-study at 06:30.When I wasn't preparing for the competition, I would go with Ning Ran and the others to eat something outside the school, then take a walk on the playground, and then go back to the classroom when the time comes.After registering for the game, A Rui and I both have to practice, so we can only save time for eating and spend time on the court. When the class bell is about to ring, we will send someone to help bring a piece of chicken chop bread and throw it on the table. In the morning, during evening self-study, I secretly ate two bites underneath to fill my stomach.

It has been a semester since I entered high school, and Ning Ran's grades have almost stabilized. She is not as desperate as she was at the beginning. If she has free time, she will come to the playground to watch us practice, just like in the past.

I remember it was a very warm day with lots of sunshine.At five or six o'clock in the afternoon, the afterglow was still golden and dazzling, shining on the playground as if it had coated the world with a layer of color, and the smell in the air was also swept away and became a little sweet.

The playground on Friday is always the busiest, because the weekend is approaching, and everyone's nerves are beginning to relax after a week of collapse, and many people will choose to play wild and relax.

When the get out of class was about to end, I received a message from A Rui, saying that the math teacher in their class decided to do a quiz temporarily. They probably couldn’t play ball anymore, and asked me to sneak to the back door of their class to take the ball away and go to the playground to practice on my own. .

When I was delayed for a while and carried the ball to the playground, the big basket had already been occupied by someone, and there was only a small basket next to the bushes left unused, and I could barely use it to shoot a couple of shots.

There are actually some friends I know are playing games next to me. If I go to say hello, I can ask them to bring me one, but I think the weather is hot and I don’t want to do too much exercise.

I held the ball and tried two shots by myself. My body stretched a lot. I was about to continue practicing. I didn’t want to slip my hand in the next second, and the ball was thrown vigorously. It didn’t fly towards the basket, but Directly aimed at people.

The moment the ball was out of my hand, I knew something was going to happen. Seeing that it was about to hit a passerby, I couldn't help feeling tense. I didn't see the person's appearance clearly, so I shouted in my mouth: "Be careful!"

I thought it was definitely going to hit someone, and I was ready to go and apologize to him, but the man reacted very quickly after hearing my shout, opened one hand firmly and caught the ball, and the other Holding two cartons of milk in one hand, he looked relaxed.

so far so good.

I looked up and saw a slender figure standing in front of me, with a very thin body, wearing a loose colored sweater with color matching, his face was beautiful, his eyes were long and narrow, his lips were rosy, his complexion was a sickly white, his head Inky black curls look fluffy and soft.She is a girl who looks very gentle, but she has a strong youthful atmosphere and a different kind of attractiveness.

"Uh, I'm sorry, I didn't hit you, did I?" I was a little stunned, but when I realized that the other party was staring at me and smiling, I blushed and apologized.

"No." She shook her head with a smile, and handed me the ball, "I just watched it from the side, and your hit rate is quite high, are you interested in comparing?"

I didn't expect to receive such an invitation, my eyes widened in surprise, and I raised the ball in my hand to signal, "Huh?"

The other party took two steps forward and said with a smile, "What? I don't look like I can play ball?"

I looked her up and down, then laughed, "That's not true. How do you compare?"

Seeing that I was interested, she took the ball away from my hand and suggested: "Let's compete with each other on shooting, [-] shots each. No matter what method is used, whoever scores more in the end will win."

"Okay." I was still very confident in my hit rate, so I nodded in response, "Is there any punishment?"

"Of course, the loser does five push-ups." She opened one palm, with slender and straight knuckles.

"Right here?" I pointed to the ground of the court.

"Hmm." The other party walked past me with the ball in their arms, and a refreshing scent of shampoo passed through the tip of their nose. I unconsciously took another deep breath and remembered the smell.

I don't know why, but we didn't introduce ourselves. After deciding on the game, we took turns to start shooting and counting each other.

At the beginning, I didn't think she was the kind of person who was not good at sports. Although she looked a little thin, she still had some foundation from the fact that she caught the ball I threw with one hand.

After the ten votes in the first round, she scored seven and I scored six. The gap is not too big.

"Take a break for 2 minutes." She was obviously very thoughtful, and seeing that my arm was a bit unable to lift, she stopped to greet me.

I had been throwing for a while before the game against her, and the muscles in my arms were a little tired, so it was inevitable that I would not be very agile at this time.

"Okay." I didn't refuse, I swung my arms to relieve the soreness, and suddenly I was patted on the shoulder.

I shivered subconsciously, and looked back, Ning Ran's hand hadn't been retracted yet.

"Have you finished class?" Ning Ran's class is always delayed, and it would be hell if one day they finish class on time.

"It's been 10 minutes since I left. I just went outside and brought you an egg pancake. I'll take it back to the classroom and eat it later." She smiled and raised the bag in her hand. The aroma hit my face, making my mouth water.

"Then wait for me for a while, I'm going to compete with others in shooting, and I'll go back when the winner is determined." I turned sideways to get out of Ning Ran's sight.

Ning Ran looked in that direction, then turned back and asked me, "Who is she? Why does she keep staring at you?"

"I don't know, she was watching from the side just now, and I almost hit her." I shook my head, and then I leaned over to ask her in a low voice, "You look pretty, don't you?"

Hearing what I said, Ning Ran took a look at me, then looked over at me, frowned carefully, and then gave a soft "hmm".

It happened that the other party was already waving to me, so I asked Ning Ran to wait by the side, and went over to continue the comparison.

I don't like talking on the pitch, but that's not the case with the other side.Whenever I made a shot, she would immediately clap her hands and shout "good shot!".

Thinking that Ning Ran was still waiting on the sidelines, I didn't want to procrastinate for too long, so I quietly increased the speed of my shots. As a result, my shooting percentage plummeted and I lost the game very smoothly.

"I lost." Panting, I spread my hands and smiled at that person. She was clapping the ball in her hand, and tilted her head to look at the ground with a smile.

According to the rules set before the game, I should get down and do five push-ups.

I didn't think much about it, and immediately bent down and put my hands on the ground, but when I tried hard, I felt that my arms were going to be abolished, almost unable to support my own weight, let alone do push-ups.

But I didn't plan to play tricks, gritted my teeth and managed to complete four, and completely lost my strength in the last push, and my knees directly knelt on the ground.

"Here, it seems that you need to replenish your strength." A white hand reached under my eyelids, holding a carton of milk in it.I raised my head, and the man smiled like a fox with narrow eyes, and the tiny light in his eyes looked very beautiful.

I was stunned again, and was about to reach out to pick it up, but Ning Ran grabbed my arm and pulled me up from the ground, and then Ning Ran's voice sounded coldly: "Thank you. But she is lactose intolerant and cannot drink milk .”

The other party raised his eyebrows, still smiling a little, as if he didn't mind Ning Ran's sudden interruption.

I'm actually a little sorry, I think it's a little disrespectful.

"It's almost time, go back to the classroom for dinner first." Ning Ran didn't have time to apologize to me, nodded at the other party, picked up the ball and dragged me to the teaching building.

I couldn't struggle, I couldn't stop following her, I could only turn my head back.

The man was still standing on the edge of the field, seeing me looking back, he raised his arm and waved it again, as if saying goodbye.