Hunter and Hussar

Chapter 3 Military training football and inspection

When the instructor gave an order, the boys on the table stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the vegetables almost at the same time, but they were still orderly, and they didn't scramble into a group, turning the dining table into a gang fight with chopsticks.

"Did you know? The UEFA Champions League has drawn lots, and it's the group of death again!" Ye Ruiyang said while chewing the root of the vegetable, "This year's Europa League is also packed with powerful players, it's much more beautiful!"

No one responded to him.

After all, there are not many people in China who really pay attention to football. Most of the "fans" just come out to watch the excitement on the national team's match day. The competition doesn't matter anymore.

But everyone who pays attention is passionate about it. After all, not everyone can stay up late to watch football.I'm just a pseudo-fan, except for the national team and the World Cup, I haven't watched many club games.

Ye Ruiyang was somewhat embarrassed, and stirred the soup with a public spoon.Round and round, it just doesn't come out.He's a fat (or stocky) boy, taller than me, with a square and fair face, although he's been a little tanned by the sun these two days.His large, beautiful eyes, usually bright, were staring dully at the stirred-up leaves as if they were a swaying pool of duckweed.

"I bet fifty cents that Real Madrid will defend their title this year." Finally a voice rang out, it was Li Baichuan from Mi Le's class.He is a boy with small eyes and dark skin. He is taller than Ye Ruiyang and has a "burly" figure. He likes sports at first glance, but his back is a bit hunched—who is not a bag that weighs more than ten pounds? A crooked little tree?

He and Ye Ruiyang seemed to be classmates in elementary school, so he probably said this to save Ye Ruiyang, without even raising his head.Sure enough, Ye Ruiyang was not very enthusiastic, so he muttered a few words.

"Why are you in a daze, eat quickly. If you don't eat any more, the food will be gone." Mi Le poked my arm with the bottom of the chopsticks, and I came back to pick up the rice.

"I heard that the physical activity class in the new semester will organize football and basketball class games, and the school team coach will come to see it, in order to select candidates." Ye Ruiyang, who was silent for a while, spoke again as if he had made an important decision.But everyone is either gulping soup or swallowing food in a muffled voice.

"Basketball games have one team for each class, and football games have one team for every four classes, that is, classes one to four, and classes five to eight." He is still talking.No wonder he wanted to mention this, we are all the boys from Class [-] to Class [-], and Ye Ruiyang is looking for his teammates.

For some reason, I suddenly asked how many players the football game was played in. He immediately beamed and told me that it was a five-a-side system and the game was played in a small field.I asked again if I would bring a goalkeeper, and he said of course.

"Okay, then there are three of us." Ye Ruiyang looked at Li Baichuan proudly, "And the goalkeeper has been found."

I haven't told them I'm a goalkeeper yet.

"I can't tell, Ke Ke can play football, and he's a goalkeeper." Mi Le put his head on my shoulder, "I thought you were the kind of person who would be scared to death when the ball flew over!"

I shook his head off.

"You are here, I have been looking for you for a long time." A girl's voice rang behind me, and when I looked back, it was my cousin.

"What's the matter?" I reckoned that she had seen all the movements of shaking her shoulders just now, and she was obviously suppressing her smile, so my tone was not very polite.

"You come to the playground in front of the girls' dormitory later, and I'll give you something."

She went first.When we saw each other again, she gave me a whole pack of seaweed, my favorite and only snack.Before I could say thank you, she handed me another package of blue things.I looked down, my face was completely red, and my hand seemed to be exposed to a rapid current.The bag fell on the ground, and I didn't want to pick it up at all.

"Why did you give me this? Isn't it for girls..."

"You take it and put it in your shoes, it won't hurt your feet when you kick like this."

"But...is this what you use, sister?" I still didn't dare to look up.

"What are you thinking about?" She pinched my face without exerting any force, "I bought it at the canteen, isn't it because you, a big man, would be embarrassed to buy it?"

I thanked her, and she said she would come to her when it was finished.

"By the way, what's the name of the boy sitting with you today?" Before I was about to leave, she stopped me again.

"Why do you ask about this?"

"Aren't you always alone? I'm quite surprised. New term, new atmosphere?"

"Maybe, I might..."

"Don't interrupt!" She grabbed my face again, "Tell my sister, what's the name of that kid?"

"What kid, you sound like a teacher. Are you still in military training?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

I had to tell her so that she could be put back.

When we returned to the dormitory, everyone was snoring like thunder.I kicked off my shoes and was about to go to bed, but was kicked on the thigh by Mi Le on the lower bunk.

"What are you doing?" I was a little annoyed by the sudden attack, probably because I was bullied by my sister for a long time.

"Is that your girlfriend?"

"Where did I get a girlfriend?"

"Liar!"

"You're a puppy! That's my cousin, from Class [-], surnamed Zhao. If you don't believe me, ask Li Baichuan. Didn't he say he knows everyone in the school?"

"Okay, just kidding. I don't think you dare to fall in love early. By the way, do you like eating seaweed?" He changed into a smiling expression, which made me swallow my anger.

"That's it."

"What else do you like to eat?"

"Gone."

I climbed up, opened the big bag of seaweed, thought about it, and threw a bag to the lower berth.Soon there was a sound like crunching and gnawing grass on the bed.

Before the reveille sounded, I got down and put that thing on my shoes, and it was soft when I stepped on it, like walking on clouds.Mi Le fell asleep on the bed wrapped in a quilt like a little rabbit. He seemed to have only eaten one piece of seaweed, and the rest was neatly rewrapped and placed on the bedside.I also padded his shoes.

After the training in the afternoon, Ye Ruiyang pulled out a football like a magic trick.I asked him where he got it, and he said he had it with him.He asked me if I would skip dinner and go to the stadium of the base to play for a while, practice coordination in advance, and treat him to instant noodles when I come back.I somehow agreed.He also brought Zhang Taotao from our class, a boy with dark skin and prickly hair, who shared a dormitory with me at school.He was the first to come to the dormitory, and his parents were about to leave when I walked in.My parents chatted with them for a while, and they spoke Chinese, but they didn't understand.Zhang Taotao's parents have a very strong accent, which sounds like Korean or Japanese. In the end, Zhang Taotao helped "translate".

My dad thinks it's good, saying that too many children don't know the dialect anymore.My cousin and I are such representatives. After all, my parents are not from the same province, and Jiangyuan City is not their hometown. We can only communicate in Mandarin at home.

Zhang Taotao's family are all dressed plainly.He is very diligent. When we arrived, he had swept and mopped the floor, wiped every stool, and the sink was brushed so brightly that it was doubtful that it was new.It can be seen that he hopes to make a good impression on the roommates who have not yet arrived, and let everyone think that he is a clean and willing to do things.

Without sneakers, we kicked with military training shoes.Gloves are hopeless, but fortunately, they didn't let me keep the goal - there was no net in the goal, and we didn't bother to pick up the ball, so we didn't shoot.It's four people passing back and forth on the court at the base.After a while, a classmate stopped on the sidelines and asked if he could join in.He has a baby face, which doesn't match his height of at least 1.7 meters [-]-this height is considered outstanding among the first-year junior high school students.Ye Ruiyang asked him which class he was in, and when he heard it was class four, he almost jumped up, saying that he had finally made up five people, and immediately dragged that classmate into the court.

His name is He Mingming, he usually plays as a central defender, and his father is a fan of any Serie A team.

The five of us played for a while, and found another figure standing on the sidelines. Ye Ruiyang didn't look up, and asked which class he was from from a distance.The answer is continuous.Ye Ruiyang said it's great and he's his own, so hurry up and practice together at the start of school.The visitor said that he might not be able to go to school when school starts. Ye Ruiyang snorted, "It's impossible, I'm covering him, and he turned around and asked us if that's the case."None of us answered, he just didn't understand, and suddenly found that the military uniform that the man was wearing was not the same as ours.

That was the instructor of our company.

The result was that during training at night, the five of us were carried to the front of the whole company.The instructor said that it is necessary to take a good rest after training, but it turns out that someone is very energetic and playing football on the court.He went to ask, and someone told him that playing football is resting.

I really think Ye Ruiyang's answer at that time was too stupid.

The instructor asked us to run ten laps around the playground, a 400-meter playground.Fortunately, they quickly stood in a row and ran in an orderly manner.I can only follow behind.

I'm the worst at running.

"Brother, your physical fitness is a bit weak, but you will definitely be able to improve slowly."

"I really don't want to run. I thought you pulled me to play football just to shoot and pass the ball. Why do you have to run so much after a game!"

"Oh, you really need to have good physical fitness to play football, and the faster the better."

"I'm not you!"

"Don't say that! It'll be all right."

After running around, my mouth smelled fishy, ​​but the four of them were full of energy.Ye Ruiyang looked fat, and he didn't struggle at all when he ran, and Zhang Taotao, the leader, couldn't even breathe.

I was thrown away by them, and my eyes were a little dark.

"Brother, you run, the coach said, the last runner today will do push-ups."

"You help me run! I can't run anymore!" Although I was furious, I couldn't get angry.

I saw Xianxian gasped for breath suddenly, and his speed was much slower, as if passing a plum blossom pile, each step would take a year.This acting is too exaggerated, he can't lie at all, adults can see through it at a glance.

The coach was staring at me and him, his eyes were like cold water pouring down his head and face in winter, it was frightening from top to bottom, from inside to inside.I don't know if he is angry at me for being useless, or angry at me for dragging the water on purpose, maybe both.

It wasn't me or him who did the push-ups in the end. The team member named Zhao Rui ran last.After he finished, the coach announced the end of get out of class without saying anything.Xianxian helped Zhao Rui into the dressing room.

I'm waiting for him outside the door.

"Brother, are you okay? Why do you feel a little unhappy?"

"Go away."

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Am I so pitiful that I want you to act like this?"

"No, I'm afraid you'll be too tired and fall or something..."

"You are so good at pleasing people! Please please your parents at home, please your teachers and coaches at school, even your sister! Yes, you are a good boy, you are so strong in everything, what about me? I am not sensible, I can do everything not good……"

"No way, brother, you look great to me..." He came over and patted me on the shoulder.

"Pull it down, you just want me to be inferior to you in everything, and then come to pity me and please me, right?" I pushed him away violently, and hit the wall at once.

"What are you doing?" His tone was exasperated by the push.

"Why? Want to fight? Am I afraid of you?" I became even angrier when he was upset.

Then we both fought, but more precisely I hit him.He didn't fight back.

When we were young, we used to fight and fight. I couldn't beat him, and I was often pressed to the ground and hammered.But I also have a way, which is to cry.As soon as he was pressed to the ground, he wailed loudly and attracted his mother, so he was the one who was scolded.

But if it was Dad who called, they would basically each hit [-] boards.I can't fool him.

Later, when I tried to fight him again, he stopped pushing me to the ground.But today his parents are not here, so he has no reason not to fight back.

"Fight back! You trash! Come and hit me? Don't you dare? Aren't you better than me in everything? I hate you!" Angrily, I kept provoking him.He just put his arms over his head.He is good or bad, so I let me beat him, but the more I beat him, the more I lost my confidence, and I gradually felt so guilty that I couldn't do it.

"Um... did I hit too hard?" I finally stopped trembling.

"Go away."

He pushed my arm out of the way and walked away.There was a moment when I felt abandoned, that he would never want me as an older brother.I cried aloud, ran forward, hugged him from behind, and hugged him tightly.Beg him not to go, beg him to forgive me, beg him not to leave me alone.He can do whatever he wants, and I can let him hit him, let him hit the ground as many times as he wants, and I will never fight back.

"Actually, you didn't hit hard at all. I wasn't angry. I was teasing you on purpose. Well, I've got something wrong. How about we go to the supermarket to buy seaweed later?" He smiled unexpectedly, revealing Proud to have taken the bait, he took out 20 yuan from his pocket, "I invite you, okay?"

You are so cunning, bear with me first, let me die with shame, it turns out that you are playing hard to get, and finally you want to bribe me.But I was obediently led into the supermarket by him, like a pitiful puppy following its master.

After I got home that day, I hid in the room alone and ate seaweed, and he didn't come in until late.

"Brother, are you afraid of balls?"

"What do you mean?"

"I think you might be able to play as a goalkeeper? Although you pass the ball very well, like Iniesta, if you play as a midfielder..."

"Who?"

"Oh, you don't know. It's nothing... A goalkeeper doesn't need to be particularly physically fit, just concentrate and not be afraid of being hit by the ball. You have always been brave, and I am sometimes afraid."

"I'll try." Anyway, I don't think I have a place in the team anymore.

"Really?" He hugged me happily, "Then can you wait for me for a week?"

"why?"

"I'll give out pocket money next week. I'm going to save it up and buy you a better pair of goalkeeper gloves. Actually, I really want to play with you on the field, just like the twins in Captain Tsubasa. But whatever position you play, I will support you! As long as we can play football together, then it is decided, I am the sharpest spear, you are the strongest shield, and we are the best combination! "

"Kepwe! You run! You still play football with your physical fitness?" The instructor shouted loudly from the sidelines. I was almost four full laps behind them, and it was estimated that they would overtake me from behind in a while.

But I couldn't run anymore, the smell of blood was in my throat, and my internal organs were all mixed together.When the wind blows, I can't help but retch.

"Instructor... Kopeway and the others went to play football, I knew it too. But I didn't stop it. So, I think I should be punished too?" A somewhat timid voice said, "Shall I run?"

I don't know what the instructor's reaction was, but soon someone ran beside me.

"Ke Ke, hold on, the run is almost over." Mi Le said to me with brisk steps, "If you can't run, just walk for a while, and then we will continue to run."

I wanted to say something, but I couldn't.

In the end, I finished the run. I don’t know how much I was ahead of the other four. Anyway, everyone was standing in a military posture and waiting for Mi Le and me.

The instructor asked us to take a break and think about how to write the review, five hundred words each.Miller was also allowed to rest with us, and the instructor said he didn't need to write a review.After a delay of about 10 minutes, the instructor asked us to return to the team, saying that there was no need to write anything else in the review, just write about why we played football and how much we like football, just leave it to him, he will not let us read it publicly.

Ye Ruiyang dared to speak, and asked the instructor if he was a fan.The instructor sneered and said yes.He also said that we should write about the teams we support.

"Think about it, if you support a team that I hate, you will continue to run tomorrow."

It sounds threatening, but it doesn't seem that scary.

In the dormitory that night, we had to burn the lights and fight at night.What Ye Ruiyang meant was that we must not write that we are fans of a certain European giants, which offend many people. If you write about Manchester United and the instructor is a Liverpool fan, then you can declare your death in advance.Li Baichuan meant to write about the local Chinese Super League team, but Ye Ruiyang objected, saying that you don’t even know where the instructor is from, and if he hates our hometown team, wouldn’t he die again?

There was also a Chinese Super League team in our hometown that year.

He Mingming said that he would only write about the team supported by his father, at worst, he would run ten more laps.

Zhang Taotao and I stood aside.It seems he doesn't watch the game much either.

"I said, can you just pick a few small teams and write about it?" Mi Le heard Ye Ruiyang and Li Baichuan arguing on the bed, turned over, "I'll search for you, I don't believe the instructor and watch the Brazilian league .”

He picked up the names of several teams with his mobile phone, wrote them on a piece of paper and threw them to us, and took my pen and paper away.

"What are you going to do? Give it back to me." I chased him to the side of the bed.

"Let me write it for you. I can see that you have never written a review." He shook his head at me proudly.

"Actually, this isn't a review, is it?" I spread my hands.Indeed, I rarely get into trouble, but I have written reviews.However, if I hadn't played with this group of unreliable people today, I guess I would not have written an article in the three years of junior high school.

"That's even worse. I can tell you don't watch the ball."

"Do you see it?"

"I won't tell you. In short, you gave me your favorite food, and I still want to repay you."

I saw him write on paper. "My favorite team is Chapecoense in Brazil, also known as the Chapecos, their logo is green..."

A football club I've never heard of.During that summer, I thought I'd just heard its name and I'd forget it in a few days.The same is true.But it won't be long before I'll hear about this team I've met by accident, and that's a sad story.

(End of this chapter)