Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 352: Do you think you are better at this?

The two returned to the compound. At this time, most of the people in the compound were back, and various families were cooking there despite the heat.

The eldest sister is still busy there.

"You're back? Why so late!"

The eldest sister asked while she was busy.

"Oh, something happened!"

Yang Xiaole muttered something and glanced at Aunt Zhao who was busy there.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided not to cause any trouble for her.

Paper wrapped fire.

As the saying goes: Sparrows don't eat pebbles, they have food in their bellies.

I act like a hungry wolf every day, and suddenly one day I come back and I don’t want to eat anymore. It’s normal.

And after eating it, your mouth will taste better.

Their family basically eats it at night. If they go to bed after eating it, it won't taste like the next day.

In the midst of his thoughts, Uncle Wang rode back from get off work.

After a while, the large troops behind slowly got off work and returned to the compound in batches.

"Mom, sister-in-law! Where is the eldest brother? Are you busy again?"

Looking at my mother and Ding Ruolan who came back together, I asked curiously.

Since the eldest brother said before that he would be transferred to the security department, he has succeeded.

It's just that since I went to the security department, I couldn't come back on time after getting off work every three days.

Fortunately, so far they are all small cases, nothing major. They will basically be delayed by an hour, and this is subsidized.

Ding Ruolan said with a smile: "The security department has something to do. I'll be back when I'm done."

Yang Xiaole nodded and went directly into the room.

Ding Ruolan said hello and returned to her room in the backyard.

After the old lady came back, she went into the house, packed her things, and watched her take a pack of candy, a pack of cigarettes, and two bottles of liquor from the house.

Yang Xiaole knew that this was what the eldest brother would bring when he came home tomorrow.

This was prepared beforehand.

After finishing it, I went out to chat with the people in the compound.

Hearing the sound of surprise outside, Yang Xiaole knew what was going on without even thinking.

Now I am a famous person in the compound.

Make sure the local sweet potatoes are on the market, or the sweet potatoes from other places have arrived, and inform these people to go to the store to buy things at the right time.

As long as I'm here, I can match it however I want.

Even if we calculate according to the ration of 18 kilograms, if we save a few kilograms to buy fine grains and coarse grains, and replace the rest with sweet potatoes, we can have dozens of kilograms.

It is comparable to the poor days in the countryside in the past, but at least people will not starve to death.

Unlike other compounds, I wanted to buy sweet potatoes, but the news was slow, and everything I went to the grain station was sold out.

It is also impossible to wait in all directions.

It's just that there are too many sweet potatoes in the compound now, and the fart sound can be heard anytime and anywhere.

If you see someone doing something and suddenly stop moving, it means that they are getting angry.

Of course, this is a thin-skinned person.

Thick-skinned people don’t matter now.

"Damn this!!"

Suddenly there was a roar from the courtyard.

This is the sound of Aunt Zhao getting angry.

Yang Xiaole took a curious look and saw that Liu Jiefang had just separated from Zhao Jianjun and walked towards his home.

Liu Jiefang still had a resentful expression on his face.

"Liberation! What's going on?"

Yang Xiaole shouted curiously. Ever since Wang Xuewu left, Liu Jiefang was the only man in the compound who had been a classmate.

Fang Mengmeng and Li Haitang are women after all.

But he might have guessed what it was.

Liu Jiefang looked at the Zhao family and came directly.

He whispered: "I was playing outside and saw Jianguo going to a restaurant. Hey, I also saw you and Qu Ying! Didn't you see it?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole suppressed laughter.

But he still nodded: "Yes, I saw it, but I didn't mind that business. After a while, Zhao Jianguo will know that it was you who said it, so he can't settle the score with you!"

Liu Jiefang chuckled: "I didn't say anything. I just happened to see this neighbor. What's the point of mentioning it! He still dares to hit me!"

While talking, he looked towards the Zhao family and saw Zhao Jianjun running out angrily.

"Tsk, tsk! You are too weak."

Yang Xiaole muttered with a smile.

Liu Jiefang rolled his eyes: "What's the matter? By the way, Xuewu asked me to ask you, when are we going to catch fish?"

"Don't you still have one at home?"

Yang Xiaole was confused for a moment.

"Hey, I'm not allowed to eat it! I don't know when the ration will be restored now, so I'm keeping it for emergencies."

After Liu Jiefang finished speaking, he complained: "We eat every day, each person has a bowl, and we eat as much as we want, according to the ration."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole hummed.

Then he said: "You do this. Go dig some koji, I will give you some bait, and you can catch it yourself."

"Really!"

Liu Jiefang felt happy for a while.

The bait given by Yang Xiaole is very powerful, but I heard it's not that easy to get.

"Well, but you should pay attention to your own safety. Don't run too far, just stay on the other side of the moat."

The water in the moat is not deep and the fish are not big, but this also has the advantage that it is not so dangerous and the requirements for fishing rods are not so high.

"Hehe, okay, I'll dig up earthworms with them in a while. I'll go find Guangnan and Xuewu."

Liu Jiefang smiled and ran away after saying that.

Next I saw children in the compound turning over bricks.

While chatting, my father came back after a while.

Xiaomai and Xiaoli were doing homework there. When it was almost time to eat, the elder brother and Xizi, who didn't know where to go to play, came back.

Yesterday's wedding doesn't count.

Today is the first time everyone has dinner together since Ding Ruolan came over.

At the dinner table, Ding Ruolan watched curiously.

After all, we were getting married yesterday, so forget it. Logically speaking, it’s so difficult now, so we shouldn’t be careful about our daily meals!

But the reality seems to be that no one cares about who eats more and who eats less, just eat as much as you can!

Several people didn't know what Ding Ruolan was thinking.

Because in the past, the eldest brother gave Ding Ruolan only chicken, fish and eggs, and the amount was very small. Except for the eldest brother taking her out to eat, he basically never gave her food stamps.

The meal ended with a family chat.

After dinner, it was still early, so Dad ran to play chess.

Others were there to watch the fun.

The excitement of the Zhao family.

At this time, there was a lot of excitement over there, and Zhao Jianguo's wailing voice could be heard from time to time.

This is a beating.

People in the compound guessed from the shouting and cursing that Zhao Jianguo had secretly taken food stamps from home to spend money.

I shook my head when I heard it.

……

At this time, the eldest brother and Ding Ruolan had gone back.

After Ding Ruolan washed herself and went to bed, she thought of something and asked her elder brother about today's doubts.

Hearing this, the eldest brother hesitated and said, "Oh, Xiao Le got the food at home. His master has a way to get some food!"

"Ah, his master? Who is he?"

"That's right! I just heard what Xiaole said. I haven't seen his master before. He is near Xidan Shopping Mall. But my sister and Xiaomai know each other and they have been there."

After the eldest brother finished speaking, he muttered: "By the way, don't talk nonsense about this matter!"

Naturally, Yang Xiaole said this in advance.

Otherwise, if someone who is not particularly familiar comes in, it will not be good to spread the word.

Ding Ruolan nodded: "Well, I understand, who can I talk to?"

She also guessed that it might be food obtained by reselling.

"That's good!"

The eldest brother nodded after hearing this.

"Oh, by the way, can you tell mom that I will get a towel tomorrow, and can we share the towels for washing dishes in the future?"

Ding Ruolan thought of something and said something to him.

The eldest brother was surprised for a while: "Divide it? Why do we need to divide it!"

"I see that the rags at home are used for wiping the table, washing dishes, wiping the corners of the table, and wiping the cutting board. I am going to get an old one for washing dishes and wiping dishes. Use one cutting board. Use separate ones for wiping the table and other things, okay?"

Ding Ruolan explained.

Hearing this, the eldest brother muttered, "What's the point! Haven't we been like this since childhood? We didn't even get sick from eating. The rags are washed every day. Isn't this the case in the compound!"

Ding Ruolan touched her forehead when she heard this: "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

The eldest brother smiled when he saw this and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll talk to Xiao Le when I have time and let him talk about it."

"What are you telling him for?"

"Xiao Le has said it before. He said it was unhygienic and even after being scolded by his mother several times, he didn't bother to say anything."

"Oh, that's it! Your brother knows quite a lot!"

"He knows a lot. He likes reading, as you will know later."

Ding Ruolan was thoughtful when she heard the man's words, and once again refreshed her understanding of this home.

……

The liveliness of the Zhao family in the evening became a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner, but no one intervened in such matters.

Those who went to work the next morning went to work and those who went to school went to school.

Yang Xiaole returned to school and continued classes.

After the last physical education class in the afternoon ended, everyone swarmed to the basketball court.

Because Li Baoguo brought basketball here today.

Basketball, in this era of lack of entertainment projects, once became one of the favorite sports of young people.

Since the National Class A Basketball League was held for the first time in 56, it has not stopped every year. There was also a basketball competition at the National Games last year.

But now it has been replaced by table tennis.

Reduced to a secondary sport.

As for basketballs, they are not particularly expensive. A leather basketball costs 7 yuan and 3 cents each, but most ordinary families are reluctant to buy this thing.

It’s not that I can’t afford it.

Most of the children have gone to high school and have to bear the pain to buy one.

As the child of a cadre, Li Baoguo has naturally played before. Not only him, there are several people in the class who have good family conditions and have basketballs in junior high school.

"Who wants to play? Let's play half time."

Li Baoguo pretended to spin the basketball in a circle in his hand and looked at everyone with a smile.

"I!"

"let me try!"

"And there's one for me!"

For a time, several people raised their hands, including Feng Aijun, Yu Wenbin, Lin Hai, and Feng Shaohua.

But these people all have one characteristic, that is, these people are basically the children of cadres.

As for ordinary people, most of them have seen it, but again, most of them have never played it, and they occasionally missed two goals by chance.

As for students from rural areas, they only saw basketball after coming to the city.

And my physical strength can’t keep up.

Upon seeing this, Li Baoguo said, "I promised Yang Xiaole that I would take him to play for a while. There are still four people left." Yang Xiaole looked on and smiled.

This guy brought the basketball at noon and wanted to teach him how to play basketball.

Of course he agreed.

Haven't played in a long time.

Although my skills were not that great in my previous life, I still have no problem beating these little losers.

"Then Xiaole and I must be in the same group!"

Feng Aijun said with a smile regardless of whether he agreed or not.

Li Baoguo nodded upon seeing this, first come first served, "There are still three people left."

Lin Hai saw this and said directly: "There are three of us, just right, you three. This way we can play half the game, and the rest will form a team and take turns. Ten goals."

When speaking, he pointed at Yu Wenbin and Feng Shaohua.

Upon hearing this, Li Baoguo immediately agreed: "Let's go, grab a seat first."

Because there are already people playing half-court on the basketball court.

Because there is only one basketball court, at most two groups can play half a court.

Others can only watch.

When Yu Wenbin and others saw this, they picked him up and followed him.

Seeing this, most of the others went over to watch the game.

"Hey, Xiao Le, you said you were good at it, right? You are the tallest, and soon you were occupying the backboard, blocking anyone who came over. If you stretch out your big hand, most of them can't get past. Don't hit other people's hands or Just people.

Just leave the score to me. Aijun, let’s work together! You have to stop people! "

Walking on the road, Li Baoguo arranged "tactics" there.

Yang Xiaole's mouth twitched.

How much you look down on him!

When we came to the basketball court, there were already many people there, and cheers and cheers could be heard from time to time.

Judging by his age, he must be in high school.

After arriving at the place, I was not in a hurry to play, but just threw a few balls there to warm up and get a feel for it.

In early October, Sijiu City was neither cold nor hot, and people were accustomed to wearing thin coats.

Take off your jacket and warm up there.

The basketball hoop has no net, and the back baffle and overall frame are all made of wood.

When Yang Xiaole was free, he also picked up the ball and threw it away several times.

Okay.

It was a little unfamiliar, but after touching it for a while, it returned to that familiar feeling.

The main thing is to test the strength.

Didn't pay attention to the hit or miss.

After all, the intensity is different now and before, otherwise it would be inaccurate.

But the probability of three out of five still made everyone raise their eyebrows.

After warming up for a while, Li Baoguo came over: "Okay, get ready! Let's jump ball. Come on, Xiao Le. Where are you here? Lin Hai?"

Lin Hai is the tallest on the other side.

Not surprisingly, it should be him.

Sure enough, Lin Hai came.

As for the person who throws the ball, he is from another team.

Yang Jian, the naughty guy who used cocklebur seeds to mess with people's hair that day.

I saw the opponent taking the basketball and hitting it a few times, and said with a smile: "I'm starting! Everyone, get ready."

After saying that, he made an upward motion.

"One, two, three, start."

As he finished speaking, the ball was thrown high into the air.

"Xiao Le, this way, this way."

Li Baoguo clapped his hands vigorously there, shouting, and kept moving his body to prevent others from blocking him.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole bounced hard and hit the ball towards the moving Li Baoguo.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

People were interspersed on the field.

The sounds of clapping hands and shouts came and went.

Without plug-ins, Yang Xiaole could analyze the general level of the people present.

All I can say is...a rookie!

In other words, he is relatively proficient in dribbling, and it is limited to regular dribbling. He has not seen any fancy dribbling at all.

Li Baoguo jumped up and shot a ball gracefully.

But...he missed.

Yang Xiaole bounced under the basket and pushed Feng Aijun to the outside.

All three people gathered around, and Feng Aijun on the outside naturally did not stop him. After getting closer, he took advantage of the delay of these people's return to shoot a ball.

Yang Xiaole: “…………”

How can we not come in at such a close distance?

Nima!

Why do you remember playing with these people?

He jumped sharply, grabbed the ball, and dribbled out in an instant.

With him here, as long as the opponent is not shooting from a long distance, the opponent will basically not be allowed to score.

Playing basketball requires a team. The problem is...it feels like there is no team. At this level, you still have to teach him how to play?

He ran out of the outer circle and was instantly stopped by Lin Hai.

Yang Xiaole made a fake move to the left, and before the opponent came back from his left swing, he dribbled past from the right in an instant.

Take off.

Pitch.

bingo.

The people on the court didn't feel anything yet, after all, they were all paying attention to the ball.

Li Baoguo laughed; "One goal."

It's like he scored a goal.

Then the losing side serves.

Yang Xiaole stood in front of Feng Shaohua who was serving because the opponent was the shortest.

After two rounds, Feng Shaohua had no choice but to throw a high ball in the general direction.

This time it was snatched by Li Baoguo.

Instantly dribbling the ball and scoring a point while no one was around.

Seeing this scene, Yang Xiaole breathed a sigh of relief. It would be really tiring if he had to rely on him to score goals all the time.

The third game...

Yang Xiaole held the backboard to prevent these people from getting to the ball.

Li Baoguo entered again.

At the beginning of the fourth inning, they realized they couldn't continue like this, so they pitched outside.

Luckily, I hit the target.

But these people's luck is over.

The next long shot failed, allowing Yang Xiaole to score 9 points in a row.

At this time, shouts also came from the venue.

"Yang Xiaole, come on!!"

“Come on Yu Wenbin!!”

On one side, they cheered for Yang Xiaole, and on the other side, they cheered for whoever lost.

After all, they are classmates, and there is no hatred!

Even Yang Xiaole is not that hostile to a few people. To put it bluntly, no one has ever been young and energetic.

Who hasn’t been competitive?

As long as you don't make him sick, it'll be fine.

For the last ball, Yu Wenbin and others discussed the tactics and then started again.

This time Yang Xiaole was targeted. Two people surrounded him, and the remaining one wandered between the other two people and the backboard.

Looking at the two people blocking him in front of him, he subconsciously dribbled the ball with his hips.

This scene surprised people outside the venue.

After interspersing several times, he got rid of Lin Hai and looked at Yu Wenbin in front of him. He made a fake move.

Several people have suffered several losses from this action.

Yu Wenbin stopped being fooled and paid attention to both sides.

However, Yang Xiaole changed his tactics this time and instead of passing through the other one, he continued to move forward.

But when Yu Wenbin blocked him with both hands, he turned over with one hand and wrapped Yu Wenbin around him.

A dribble.

Take off.

Shoot!

Hit again.

"what!"

This set of actions caused the people on the periphery to scream.

If you don't win, everything will be in vain, but after you win, you will look particularly handsome.

An end. Lin Hai's face didn't look very good.

10:1 is really embarrassing.

"You said you are better at calling?"

Li Baoguo wiped the sweat from his head and looked at him with a resentful look.

Feng Aijun's eyes shone: "Who did you learn this from? Teach me! How do you dribble with your crotch?"

Yang Xiaole also wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "The stadium! There are so many people playing there, you can't help but go and see it more!"

There are many training venues in the stadium, and naturally there are basketball facilities.

And apart from a small number of people playing loose balls, there are often professional teams training and competing there.

After this era, will playing basketball be worse than in later generations?

Not necessarily.

There was a report in the newspaper that the basketball team played several games when they visited France in 58. The women's team won all the games, while the men's team only lost one game. In the same year, they went to Switzerland and returned with another victory.

The current team and size are definitely not as prosperous as later generations.

But the current professional level is not much worse than that of later generations.

At his level, he has no problem beating up children.

I can’t say it’s compared to professional standards.

Wiping the sweat from his head, he looked at the next team that was about to take the field and said, "I'm going to take a break. I can't win this game if I'm hungry. You play while I watch."

It's okay to fight against the high school club opposite.

I have no interest in fighting the few people in front of me.

It's so boring to always win.

Li Baoguo took the words seriously and didn't care. He pointed at Yang Jian who had just served and said, "Yang Jian, come here!"

"Hey, okay, here you go!"

Yang Jian came over with a smile.

Continue with the next scene.

Yu Wenbin and others sat together, looking at the man playing ball in front of them, and then at Yang Xiaole.

Feng Shaohua muttered: "Why is this guy so powerful? Why didn't I see it before?"

Yu Wenbin was a little unwilling to see this: "It's so embarrassing. Yang Xiaole is here. We have to win a game later. I discovered that without Yang Xiaole, we have no chance of winning."

Several people nodded slightly when they heard this.

(End of this chapter)