bamboo drift beauty

Chapter 7 Preparing for Battle: Practice with Energy Drinks

Li Xiao's stomach was growling.

It goes well with bamboo fungus hot pot on rainy days.

At this moment, he felt that life in a big city may not be as good as that in a small town, at least the delicacy of bamboo fungus is not something you can buy immediately.

"Then... how dare you?"

He said go with his mouth, but his body was extremely honest and resolute.

Zhu Sheng came out of the room, still holding the cold medicine in his hand.

"Hey, is it for me? Thank you, Shengsheng." Li Xiao took the medicine, "Shengsheng" called out very smoothly, as if he had practiced many times.

"Shengsheng, please come in and sit down, and have hot pot at night."

Grandma is a god assist.

Zhu Sheng: "..."

What's the matter with holding the medicine in your hand and not wanting to let go?However, she is not a stingy person after all.

Dictyophora is dried and needs to be soaked.It is especially tasty when used as a base.

Grandma slaughtered a black-bone chicken, shed its feathers and removed its internal organs on the spot, like a butcher cutting a cow, Li Xiao was dumbfounded watching it. "Grandma, let me chop it for you."

"Young man, you sit in the room and you will be fine soon."

Li Xiao chattered, and ran to the small vegetable garden to watch Zhu Sheng pick vegetables.The small green vegetables are very green, very fresh, full of high-quality organic taste.

Zhu Sheng raised his hands and grabbed a handful. There were raindrops on the leaves and mud on the roots.

Li Xiao listened to the occasional dog barking in his ears, and a few words came to mind, "The road is narrow and the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew stains my clothes", "The dog barks in the deep alley, and the rooster crows on the top of the mulberry tree".

Because Li Xiao was not feeling well, Zhu Sheng also boiled the folk prescription decoction from Chishui.

When the pot was served, Li Xiao felt that he was about to fly into the sky with happiness.

During the dinner, grandma talked about Zhu Sheng's childhood, but she looked confused as she talked, as if she had forgotten something.

Li Xiao saw Zhu Sheng's forbearance and sadness, and felt more pity and compassion for her.

"Grandma, thank you for your hospitality. This is the best delicacy I have eaten this year. I wish you good health and a beautiful Shengsheng forever."

The words reached grandma's heart, and the old lady smiled from ear to ear, "Yes, my granddaughter will always be beautiful."

Zhu Sheng lowered his head and ate vegetables in small bites.Grandma is happy.

After eating, the rain still hasn't stopped, but Li Xiao has to go.

Zhu Sheng saw him off under the eaves, looking at the crying sky.

"Thanks to your help today, otherwise I wouldn't know how embarrassed I am."

Li Xiao's heat faded a bit, and he felt much more comfortable, "You're welcome, bamboo fungus is so delicious, I earned it."

The words have come to this point and there is nothing to say. "Be careful when you go to the inn, the road is slippery."

Seeing that Zhu Sheng couldn't figure out the idea for a long time, Li Xiao got straight to the point. "If grandma...is useful to me, send me a message, and I can come over anytime. Also, I can shoot tomorrow."

Zhu Sheng looked at him with a ruddy complexion, "Take a rest and take pictures after you recover from your cold."

The two sentences in succession were all about concern, and Li Xiao's heart warmed even more, "It doesn't matter if you have a little cold."

**
The next day, the two made an appointment to meet on the river bank.

Zhu Sheng was wearing clothes similar to swimsuits, but wrapped tightly.I brought a big canvas bag full of stuff.

Li Xiao took them for her, glanced at them, and found tissues, water cups, functional drinks, whistles, red and yellow balls...there were a lot of things. "I'm well-prepared today, what's the change of clothes underneath?"

"Dancing clothes." Zhu Sheng said concisely, exuding a confident and calm brilliance. "Many folks know how to dance alone, but I should be the only one who can dance on bamboo. When you shoot a documentary, you must have something unique. But before that, I still practice the competitive part first."

Li Xiao rented the boat, set up the tripod as usual, and put Zhu Sheng's bag on it. "What are the rules of the game?"

Zhu Sheng jumped on the long bamboo, supported the short bamboo, and paddled towards the center of the water. "There are several events in the competition. The short course includes 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters for a single person. The test is speed and explosive power. In addition, there are I signed up for the [-]th, [-]th and tricks for the team relay and tricks."

Li Xiao thought of the [-] Olympic Games and watched the live broadcast of sailing and swimming by himself.At this moment, there is actually some blood.

"Isn't it just like synchronized swimming?"

Zhu Sheng snapped his fingers, and this temporary partner learned by analogy, "There are a few standard moves, like lying flat on the bamboo, push-ups on the bamboo, kicking on the bamboo, etc., which have a certain degree of appreciation."

It turns out that there are so many tricks in the single-bamboo floating competition. Thinking of the thousands of bamboo competitions on the great river, Li Xiao couldn't wait to witness it with his own eyes.

"I thought of one thing. Since the simulation practice must strictly follow the rules of the competition, the training is meaningful. Where do you choose the starting point and the end point? What determines the passage of the track?"

"Practice 60 meters first."

About half an hour later, the red and yellow balls of the buoy were set up, with a distance of four meters between each.And the starting point and the ending point are inserted with short bamboo poles.

Li Xiao's boat sailed to the center of the river, he used his mobile phone as a stopwatch, held the whistle between his lips, and blew it.

Zhu Sheng stood up on the pole, like an arrow off the string, and slashed towards the finish line.

The first time I was too nervous, I fell into the water after only half of the stroke.

Zhu Sheng climbed back onto the bamboo, turned back, and returned to the starting point.

Li Xiao recalled the few fellow villagers that day, his speed was obviously faster than Zhu Sheng's, and he had mixed feelings.Taking out a tissue from the bag, he asked: "Compared to falling into the water halfway, it is more important to play steadily. Don't pursue speed first, and make sure you don't fall into the water during the whole process, and then improve a little bit."

Zhu Sheng also understands the truth.One month is not long, and there is still a lot to practice. "Come again."

The whistle sounded, and Zhu Sheng set sail again.

Li Xiao stood behind the camera, watching the girl on the screen, each time faster than once, and fell into the water five or six times in half an hour.

"The best time was 14 seconds six." Li Xiao looked at the stopwatch and said softly. "take a break?"

It was close to four meters per second, slower than the [-]-meter sprint in college physical education class.Zhu Sheng smiled easily, his peach petal eyes curved, "I feel that competition is completely different from normal practice. Oh, give me some Red Bull."

Li Xiao froze for a moment, remembering that the drink that Zhu Sheng brought earlier was to replenish energy.He took out a can, opened it, and handed it to her.

"But there is always a way, and if you find it, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhu Sheng drank most of the can, and the girl next door who still had drops of water on her face showed a bit of heroism. "Well, I'm still groping. Next, let's shoot the dance part."

She knew that he wouldn't stay for a long time, so she wanted to help him finish the film first.

"No hurry, you practice first, I hope you can win the championship right now. By the way, can I pat with trembling hands? Many netizens want to see your wonderful performance."

Zhu Sheng waved his hand from behind, "Well, we need to indicate the shooting location, Honghe Town, Chishui City, Zhenyi City, it should be an advertisement for my hometown."

After practicing for another two hours, Zhu Sheng's stomach growled, this thing was too exhausting.

"I'll take you back." Li Xiao volunteered. He noticed that when he got ashore, Zhu Sheng's legs were weak and he almost knelt down.

Zhu Sheng didn't try to be brave either, she had no strength left.

Back home, Grandma Zhu was sitting under the camphor tree at the door, waiting eagerly.Seeing the two of them together, the old lady grinned 270 degrees.

"Grandma, I'm back."

"Are you hungry? I made your favorite bean curd and stewed pig's feet with tube bamboo shoots in the pot. Let's go together, Xiao Li."

Li Xiao has already tasted Grandma Zhu's good cooking skills, and he has no doubt that if he is fed like this, he will definitely become Li Fatty.But he is also embarrassed to eat every day.Besides, Zhu Sheng's family background, he saw it in his eyes.

"No, thank you grandma. There is an event at the inn today, and I'll be back in a while."

Grandma Zhu took her granddaughter's hand and gave her a wink, "Are you going to stay?"

Zhu Sheng remained calm and shook his head.

The old lady didn't know what to do, and said: "Shengsheng, Uncle Chen is going to go to Hushi tomorrow. I was thinking, you and Xiao Li will go with you. Your bamboo has been used for many years, and it is time to change it. Besides, you The size is also wrong, so it’s not easy to practice.”

Grandma Zhu's words contained too much information.

In the solo bamboo drift competition, the standard size of bamboo is seven and a half meters, but Zhu Sheng's is nine meters.

Li Xiao doesn't know where Hushi is.

"Hushi is a small town in Chishui with beautiful scenery," Zhu Sheng explained, "There are two very famous scenic spots there, Bamboo Sea and Cymbidium Nature Reserve."

"Bamboo Sea?" A very domineering name, Li Xiao's first reaction, how does it compare with Anji from Jiangnan?
(End of this chapter)