one punch

The last time Dou Tianxiao flattered someone so bluntly was when he was in elementary school. He picked up the seat belt in his hand and said, "I admire you for winning so many trophies and medals, and I also admire you for loving boxing for so many years. Working persistently for the things you like, and being loyal to your ideals all your life, is admirable in itself, no matter what industry you are in.”

"Then you have to keep going." Yu Qingji looked at him and said, "When I saw you for the first time, I thought you were very similar to me when I was a child."

"Ah? Really?" Dou Tianxiao chuckled and scratched the back of his head embarrassingly, "I'm not as handsome as you, nor as tall as you."

"I'm not talking about the appearance," Yu Qingji smiled helplessly, "It's the eyes, it's also a feeling, I think you are quite similar to me."

"That's right..." Actually, Dou Tianxiao didn't quite understand what he meant, but it was enough to make him happy to be able to get a little bit connected with his idol.

"You fight hard, as long as you persevere, I believe you will do better than me." Yu Qingji said.

Feeling flattered, Dou Tianxiao tightened the seat belt in his hand, nodded frantically, "I will work hard, and I will always persevere!"

Since the construction of the national highway, the traffic from the town to the city has become much more convenient. Dou Tianxiao remembers that when he was a child, he would spend almost a whole morning waiting for the bus to transfer to the city. It's an hour to the city.

"How many people from our club will participate this time?" Dou Tianxiao asked.

"A total of 14 including you."

After getting off the car, Dou Tianxiao stood in place and looked around at the bustling streets and tall buildings, and sincerely sighed: "The urban area is really completely different from the countryside."

"Have you never been to the city?" Yu Qingji was a little surprised.

"I came here when I was a child, but it's not what I remembered at all."

The place is so strange, but at the same time so full of infinite charm that one can't help but want to stay a little longer and walk around.

Yu Qingji's car was parked in front of a fitness center. Dou Tianxiao saw that its billboard had the same name as the one in Luyang Town, but it was more than twice as big as the one in the town.

Looking in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see rows of treadmills and various fitness equipment, and a dozen men and women in sportswear are sweating profusely on them.

Not long after Yu Qingji went in, he brought out five students who were about the same age as Dou Tianxiao.

They were laughing and talking, and they were obviously taken aback when they saw Dou Tianxiao, and one of them asked, "Is he too?"

"Yeah." Yu Qingji gave a brief introduction to everyone.

Dou Tianxiao doesn't have a very good memory, he only remembers that among the five are twins, one with a cut head, one with pimples all over his face, and one with a shaved hairline.

After Yu Qingji finished his introduction, the topic of those students turned back to the competition, as if they didn't see him.

Dou Tianxiao felt a little embarrassed.

Although he was very interested in what they were talking about, he never spoke, just looked them up and down.

Looking at the fashionable attire, you can tell that he is particular about people. Dou Tianxiao has never cared about his own image before, because most of the children in the country have the same virtues as him, and Jiang Ran's kind is weird.

But when he stood with these classmates, there was a particularly sharp contrast.

He looked down at his pair of worn-out sneakers that had been worn for almost two years, and then at the pairs of brand-new sneakers in front of him, wishing he could immediately take out all his pocket money and change into a similar pair of shoes.

Maybe that way you can integrate into this small group faster.

After a while, another short-haired woman in her twenties came out. From the conversation between her and Yu Qingji, Dou Tianxiao knew that she was the new team leader.

Generally, participating in boxing matches requires coaches, team leaders and medical staff to follow.

Team Leader Song drove them to the hospital in Yu Qingji's car for an examination, and then sent everyone to the budget hotel arranged by the competition committee.

Two days later, the registration deadline, the team leader distributed the event process to the participating players.

This competition was neither too big nor too small. It coincided with the school holidays, and there were nearly a hundred people participating in the competition area of ​​City B alone.

Dou Tianxiao participated in the 57kg individual competition, and the first match was against Xiao Xing, a member of a certain club.

In the first round, according to Coach Yu's suggestion, he adopted probing defensive tactics, consumed the opponent's physical strength and at the same time found out the strength of the opponent. Xiao Xing thought that he was bound to win, and pursued the victory, pushing Dou Tianxiao to the rope of the fence. He got the same points as Dou Tianxiao, but he couldn't breathe.

Not long after the second round of the match started, Dou Tianxiao directly hit the bridge of the opponent's nose with a jab, and the punch saw blood. Xiao Xing was beaten back again and again and was KO'd on the spot.

It was the first KO in more than ten boxing matches in the morning, and the audience's shouts and applause flooded the entire venue.

Dou Tianxiao's second match was against Lightning from the same club. He also hit the opponent's head with the heavy jab he was best at, and then used a set of combination punches to knock the opponent down to the ground with dazzling speed.

Dou Tianxiao's KO and TKO results attracted the attention of all the audience and coaches.

During lunch, Coach Yu chatted with him about some tactical issues, and the three rounds of strategic battles were also changed.

"There is a game at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Do you want to go back to watch the game or go outside to relax?" Yu Qingji asked.

Dou Tianxiao thought for a while, "Turn around."

At the same time, the landline in the Axiang noodle restaurant more than 20 kilometers away rang.

As soon as the other party said "Hello", my aunt heard the voice, "Hey, Ran Ran, did you drink the yogurt I asked Xiaodouzi to bring to you? I don't know what flavor you like, I bought it blindly."

Jiang Ran was a little pleasantly surprised. He originally planned to go back to the countryside, but it seems that there is no need for it now. "Not yet. When did he leave? I'll pick him up at the station. I guess he can't find his way."

The aunt's expression froze, her eyes widened, "What are you talking about!?"

Jiang Ran was stunned by the shocking voice on the other end of the phone.

Dou Tianxiao felt that he was probably the only boxer in the world who left the ring with his family holding his ears after winning the match, followed by the coach, team leader and a series of participating players.

The scene was like a group of ducklings crossing the river, it was very spectacular, and it was photographed by a tabloid reporter, and it was published in the newspaper—the boxer who KO opponent in the match, and was KO in the end.

On the way back, my aunt was expressionless and stared out the window without saying a word.On the contrary, Dou Tianxiao became even more frightened, tentatively tugged at the sleeve of his aunt's coat, and said in a low voice, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I was wrong..."

Aunt did not speak.

Dou Tianxiao turned his head to look at his uncle again, and apologized in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Uncle, I shouldn't be playing, and I won't be playing in the future..."

The husband and wife seemed to have agreed in advance, and no one paid attention to him.

Dou Tianxiao's back felt cold, and he lowered his head to pick at his fingernails.

After returning to the countryside, he wanted to ask his grandpa to plead for mercy, but his grandpa was not in the store. Facing his silent uncle and aunt, he felt unprecedented fear and worry.

He would rather his aunt beat him and scold him than this relatively wordless silence.

It was as if he could not be seen at all.

Dou Tianxiao knew that his aunt was angry because he lied, so he knelt on the ground with a guilty conscience, trying to beg for mercy, but his aunt avoided him when she swept the floor.

"Aunt." Dou Tianxiao tugged on his aunt's trouser legs, "I know I'm wrong, please talk to me."

"What are you talking about? Did you take what I said seriously?" Aunt raised her broom as if to hit her, "Get up! I'm doing hygiene!"

Dou Tianxiao's mouth twitched, his grievance broke.

Seeing this, Ye Xi couldn't bear it, "Mom, he knew he was wrong, isn't it just a game, why not scare him like this?"

The aunt glared at him angrily, "You know what! Why don't you go home and do your homework!"

Ye Xi rolled her eyes angrily, "It's time for you!"

Dou Tianxiao saw that his aunt refused to eat oil and salt, so he had no choice but to apologize to his uncle and admit his mistake. The uncle was soft-hearted, and turned his elbow out in a few moments. Well, we won't fight anymore."

My aunt still didn't say a word, she went upstairs to sleep after packing up her things. Seeing this, Dou Tianxiao quickly followed up to the second floor, knelt by the wall and thought about it.

The uncle tugged at his T-shirt, "Okay, okay, get up, the floor is cold, stop kneeling, your aunt knows."

Dou Tianxiao stubbornly twisted twice, and broke free from his uncle's hand, "Don't worry about me, go to sleep."

The child was kneeling in front of her, and the aunt was naturally tossing and turning.

She was wondering if there was really something wrong with her education method, why the children in other families were so obedient, but the children in her own family became more and more disobedient as they grew older.

How old are you now and dare to lie to others, what will you do in the future?

What if in the future, like his father, he did something bad outside and kept it from his family?

If it was Ye Xi, she would have already beaten people to death.

But that was Xiaoyue's child, and she still couldn't do it.

Looking back on these long eight years, she felt that she had not treated this child badly. The food and drink at home were all eaten by her brother at the expense of her younger brother. She also spent more time, energy and even money to train Dou Tianxiao. As an aunt, I have done my best.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hits it, she really can't think of a better way to make the child obedient.

Is it so difficult to read well?

In the past, her family was so poor that she didn't even have the opportunity to study. Now that all the conditions are given, why doesn't she want to study hard?

Why lie?

Is punching that important?

The moonlight outside the window poured down, and through the screen window, she saw the dim alley.

For some reason, she suddenly thought of the matter of finding that blind man to tell his fortune many years ago in order to keep his teeth in check.

She also remembered that she had been happy for several days because of the "noble man".

How sensible was Xiaodouzi at that meeting...

She vaguely remembered what the blind man said: "A child can't force what he likes or doesn't like. If he likes it, he will naturally fight for it. If he doesn't like it, he won't be grateful even if you send it to him. Good can become bad, Bad can also become good, everything is predestined..."

Is it really?

Are you forcing yourself?

Because the government wants to rectify the appearance of the city, all the dilapidated houses in that alley have been demolished. If the blind man is still there, she would like to ask someone to figure out whether this child is a blessing or a curse.

At around three o'clock in the morning, my aunt, who hadn't slept all night, got up to prepare the soup base and ingredients. When she saw Dou Tianxiao leaning against the wall and falling asleep, a wave of waves rose in her heart.

She pushed Dou Tianxiao's arm, "Climb on the bed and go to sleep."

Dou Tianxiao woke up suddenly, straightened his back and widened his eyes, and raised his voice in the tone of reporting to the chief, "I'm not sleepy!"

My aunt chuckled, "It's alright, it's alright, let's get on the bed and sleep, the halazi is almost dripping down my neck and I'm not sleepy."

Dou Tianxiao looked at the aunt who had completely changed her face in surprise, and almost suspected that she was possessed by something.

He tentatively asked, "Auntie, are you not angry..."

The aunt said angrily: "Don't you always say that you get wrinkles and shorten your life when you are angry? I am too lazy to be angry with you. What should I do if my life is shortened by you?"

Dou Tianxiao chuckled, and when he wanted to get up, he found that both his legs were numb from kneeling, and his kneecap was as stiff as a rock, and he couldn't move at all.

"Hey, I can't even get up." He simply fell to the ground and slowly recovered.

My aunt pretended to be surprised and raised her voice, "Oh! This is not kneeling!"

"Ah?" Dou Tianxiao was nervous for a while, but his legs felt as if they were being bitten by thousands of ants, the pain was beyond words.

"Let's ask a doctor to cut it off." My aunt said coolly, and patted his knee, "Start here, cut it off!"

"Ah!—" Dou Tianxiao curled up crying and laughing, his calf numb to death.

After the uncle heard the movement, he slowly got up from the bed, "I told you that my aunt's anger is like a tornado, and it disappears after being swept up. I don't believe it. I can't move my legs after kneeling all night, right?"

Dou Tianxiao slowed down for a long time, and finally burst into a smile, "Uncle, what do you have for breakfast? I'm so hungry, I can't walk."

Uncle scratched the bridge of his nose, "You son of a bitch! Just wait, I'll bring you a bowl of noodles."

He thought that this "crime of deceiving the emperor" would cause his status in the family to plummet, or he would be kicked out of the Ye family, but it turned out that nothing happened.

Dou Tianxiao lay on the bed happily, shaking his two calves, and the dangling fan blew the broken hair on his forehead.

After a while, my uncle went upstairs with a bowl of three delicacies noodles, "The big row has not been marinated yet, let's just have three delicacies."

Dou Tianxiao was hungry all night, holding the noodle bowl in his arms, he drank all the noodle soup in less than 3 minutes.

The uncle held an empty bowl and looked at his nephew, "Xiaoxiao, can you tell me why you have to box? It's so hard, can't you pick another hobby? Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which one do you like?" , Uncle will help you enroll in the training class."

"I don't like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, none of them are suitable for me." Dou Tianxiao said, "I used to learn boxing to avoid being bullied, but now I want to make money."

"Why do you want to earn money at your age? Is it because you don't have enough pocket money?" The uncle immediately took out his wallet, "Tell us if you don't have enough money."

"No, no, no!" Dou Tianxiao hurriedly pressed his uncle's hand and said, "Actually, there are bonuses for this competition, I think, if I can earn money, can my aunt allow me to fight? I can pay the tuition fees by myself, and I can support myself, so you don’t have to worry so much..."

These words really moved the face of this tall and thick man.

He finally knew that the child was still as obedient and sensible as when he was a child, but in a different way. When he knelt on the ground last night, how wronged the child was...

Uncle touched his head, his eyes were red, and many words came to his mouth, but because of his stupid mouth, he didn't know how to speak, so he only changed it into one sentence, "How can our Xiaoxiao be so sensible."

Dou Tianxiao looked at his uncle's graying temples with a sore nose, "Grandpa said it was hard for you to keep the shop, I don't want to be a burden to you."

The uncle looked up at the ceiling and blinked a few times to prevent tears from falling, "You are our youngest son, and you will never be our burden. Don't think about it. We are still worried that you think the conditions at home are not good enough. , afraid that you will envy others outside."

When Dou Tianxiao heard the words "little son", his throat choked up, "I don't think so, I swear I will study hard in the future... I will earn a lot of money, and I will let you all live If you live a good life, when you get old, you can walk the dog and play with the cat in the park with a cattail fan to enjoy the happiness..."

The uncle smiled gratifiedly, and stretched out his little finger, "Okay, then we've made a deal."

Dou Tianxiao also stretched out his finger and hooked it.

I thought it was a monstrous wave that could drown people, but I didn't want to leave only beautiful waves after the turbulence.

Dou Tianxiao finally realized that only the love of his family and the bottom line can be extended infinitely.

Because it is family.

There are still more than three weeks before the start of school, and Dou Tianxiao rushes to do his homework like a chicken blood, and then digs out the old textbook that Jiang Ran left him, underlines the key points, and memorizes the formulas. Stab.

But... the brain is not working well, even the stimulant is useless.

One day at noon, he finally compromised, biting his pen and dialed Jiang Ran's phone number.

"Brother—help me! This is difficult to understand!"

"Look up the English you don't know in the dictionary, and get to know them slowly." Jiang Ran said.

Dou Tianxiao's face was full of melancholy, "No, I knew them when they were separated, but when they are put together, it's like fucking plastic surgery, and I can't recognize them at all."