At the end of the trials, there is no doubt that both Ji Hao and Ruan Mingchi will get the precious places in the "Youth Training Team".
The two met in the locker room. When they got dressed, their eyes met. Before Ji Hao could figure out how to tease him, Ruan Mingchi pursed his lips and showed a very faint smile. Then he lowered his head and walked away quickly.
"What's the hurry, let's go together." Ji Hao shouted from behind.
Ruan Mingchi who had already reached the door stood still, looked back at him, and was indeed waiting for him.
Ji Hao quickly put on his shoes, closed the door of the locker, and walked over quickly.
Seeing that the two of them were about to disappear, Yin Xuelin raised his eyebrows and shouted weakly: "Hey! Did the two of you lose something? The baby is still here."
Ji Hao remembered, turned his head and said, "I have already abandoned this baby."
"Don't~ Daddy~ don't abandon me." Yin Xuelin rushed towards Ji Hao with a swing on his back, and plunged into Ji Hao's arms, "Don't abandon me~"
Ji Hao wanted to push away the octopus in disgust, but was hugged tightly, and the giant baby's powerful arms strangled him almost out of breath. He sighed unbearably and gave up struggling.
Looking up, I saw Ruan Mingchi's uncontrollably smiling face, and a trace of envy that I couldn't hide in time.
The trials are over and the places have been determined. Ji Hao and Ruan Mingchi each get one, and the remaining two places go to Zhang Jin from the youth group and Kuang Yuan from the youth group.
At noon that day, a few children were given three days off to go home to see their parents, and then they were about to enter an intensive training period.
Ji Hao originally thought that Ruan Mingchi would not go back. His family was in the next city, and the fare was a hundred yuan for a round trip, which was a big expense for Ruan Mingchi today. But unexpectedly, Ruan Mingchi started to pack his backpack when he returned to the dormitory, and then left soon.
When Ji Hao went to bed, Yin Xuelin asked him if he wasn't going home? He vaguely agreed. After waking up at noon, guessing that Ruan Mingchi should have gone far enough, a magic mist appeared in his eyes again, and soon he "saw" everything that happened around Ruan Mingchi.
He didn't forget what he was doing here.
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Ruan Mingchi had already returned home at this time, he put down his backpack and wiped and tidied up the room without taking a break.
The house was in a mess, the desktop was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the sheets and quilts hadn’t been changed for a long time. He took out the changed sheets from the bedroom, and before he got to the washing machine, he heard his father shout: “Go to the washing machine. It’s been broken for a month, and it will cost one hundred and eighty dollars to fix, so I didn’t fix it, you wash it by hand.”
Ruan Mingchi gave a "hmm" and walked out the door holding the quilt.
My father was splitting bamboo strips in the yard, and the hair-thin bamboo threads were woven into exquisite handicrafts by my father's skillful hands. My father had a good handicraft, but unfortunately these bamboo products could not be sold at a price, and he barely made ends meet.
The father who heard the movement looked back and complained: "You have to spend money on the way back. If you need money, just call your second uncle and ask your second uncle to transfer the money. It's too wasteful."
"What kind of money are you transferring?" Suddenly a loud voice rang out, and as the door was pushed open, a fat man with a bald head walked in, and said loudly, "Why is Ming Chi back?"
Ruan Mingchi stopped to dry the clothes and called out, "Second Uncle."
The second uncle waved his hand, went straight to his father, and said, "I heard that your washing machine is broken? I called the trash collector to come over, and I'll help you carry it later."
Father was stunned, and said in a low voice, "It can still be repaired."
"Then you should repair it. If you don't repair it, it's broken." After finishing speaking, the second uncle said carelessly, without looking at his elder brother's sad expression, he looked at Ruan Mingchi again, "Why are you back?"
While speaking, the second uncle walked in front of Ruan Mingchi, surrounded by shadows, Ruan Mingchi's face turned pale instantly.
Ji Hao, who saw this scene from afar, narrowed his eyes.
Ruan Mingchi’s father fell down a ravine and broke his leg when he was riding a tricycle to deliver groceries when he was six years old. A lot of medical expenses emptied the family, and the rural family who lost their labor force suddenly fell into poverty. The adults quarreled endlessly, and finally The mother, who really couldn't bear this kind of life, left without returning on the grounds that she went out to work.
Ji Hao, who was still young, had to be handed over to his second uncle to take care of him temporarily.
The second aunt is a hardworking and kind-hearted woman, but his second uncle is fond of wine, and has a bad temper after drinking, so he often lectures Ruan Mingchi as an elder. Once, a drunk man hit Ruan Mingchi on the head with a mop stick, resulting in a concussion Ruan Mingchi ran home while vomiting, but before he could cry, he was coaxed out of the door by his father without paying attention.
After that, Ruan Mingchi inquired everywhere where he could live on campus. It was not an accident that he got into swimming. He took a two-hour car ride to the city swimming team and recommended himself, begging the swimming coach of the city sports school to accept him, who was short and thin at that time. .
Fortunately, he is very talented.
Now even though Ruan Mingchi has joined the provincial team and even been selected into the "Youth Training Team" with a bright future, he still instinctively fears when he sees his second uncle.
That stick cast out the shadow in his heart.
Ruan Mingchi's second uncle saw the child's fear, but he didn't intend to ease the relationship at all. Instead, he instructed: "Since you are back, go to my house to clean up. Your second aunt has been inconvenient for the past few days. She said that her stomach hurts after getting wet. , you mopped the floor, cleaned the windows, and by the way, swept the ceiling too."
Ruan Mingchi wanted to nod, but for some reason he clenched his fists and said, "My house hasn't been cleaned yet, so I can't go there."
"You child!" The second uncle was about to slap Ruan Mingchi on the head, but Ruan Mingchi dodged it. He slapped empty-handed, and became more and more annoyed, "Hiding? Go out for a while, and your temper grows?"
Ruan Mingchi hid three meters away, tense all over, like a hedgehog. Being looked at like this, the second uncle widened his eyes in anger, and scolded: "What's wrong? I think I can handle it after learning how to swim. ? Have you made money to go home these years? Your father is disabled, you are not at home to take care of it, just like your mother, you will not come back after running away! What are you doing when you come back suddenly? Did you come back to get the money? "
"No... I'm not..."
"Every time you come back, what else can you do besides get money?"
Ruan Mingchi's eyes turned red when he was told, but amidst the man's loud voice, he had no chance to refute.
The man with broken legs behind him lowered his head, trembling his lips, with a look of despair on his face.
The sound of the second uncle's reprimand almost spread throughout the village, and many households opened their doors and came out, and some even took a handful of melon seeds and stood outside the door to probe their brains.
The man got attention and became more public: "Who takes care of your dad these days when you are not here? Is it me? You don't thank me, why are you still hiding? What's wrong with me asking you to help with some work? What kind of look is this? I told You, you don’t learn swimming as soon as possible, you spend money all day long, you think you can make a fortune by swimming? Save yourself!”
In the end, it was his father who "stabbed" Ruan Mingchi the last time.
The man's legs were broken, and when he turned around with a wooden block, he said disappointedly: "If you come back to get the money, the family will have no money for you. Why don't you watch swimming and stop practicing. After graduating from junior high school, go out and become a swimmer." Xiao Gong, if you really can’t do it, you can help me at home.”
Ruan Mingchi looked at his father with red eyes, and finally pursed his lips and said, "I... don't take money, I just want to go to City A for a training camp, and I'm going to go for a month..."
Before he finished speaking, the second uncle yelled: "City A? How expensive is that place? What kind of training camp are you doing? You won't go if you pay the money, you know?"
"No money." Ruan Mingchi just looked at his father, "I just want to tell you personally that I have been selected for the training team." I just want you to be proud of me.
But the father, who had lost his mind for a long time, would only follow the second uncle's words: "We will not go if we give the money."
What are you proud of
What pride
In this impoverished and stupid family, all unnecessary feelings were wiped away by the dime and dime money.
Ruan Mingchi took a deep breath.
Then he smiled with difficulty, "I'm going back to the team to report tonight, and I'll be leaving in a while."
"What do you mean? Are you going back and forth by car?" The second uncle suddenly became even more reluctant, "I'm not in a hurry to go back tomorrow, just help me with the work."
Ruan Mingchi looked at his second uncle who was blocking him, and at his father who was still nodding in agreement, and knew that he couldn't leave today. He was not afraid of working, but simply afraid of being with his second uncle, afraid that he would laugh at him with his values, and afraid that he would be beaten violently again.
He was afraid of his second uncle, just like a rabbit meeting a snake. The fear carved into his body by this man has never dissipated.
"Ring ring ring..."
Suddenly, the cell phone rang in the second uncle's trouser pocket.
The second uncle stopped to answer the phone and rescued Ruan Mingchi from the overwhelming fear.
The second uncle looked at the unfamiliar phone number, frowned and connected: "Who are you?"
A deep voice came from the phone: "Hello, is this Ruan Mingchi's family? I am a staff member of the Provincial Swimming Association and I want to inform you that Ruan Mingchi was selected for the National Youth Training Team. This training is organized by the National Those who recognize, encourage, and support the sponsorship are precious. They not only include food and accommodation, but also a graduation subsidy after graduation. However, because Ruan Mingchi is underage, we need a guardian’s bank account, and the graduation subsidy will be transferred to the account. Hello, are you still there?"
The second uncle's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Yes, I'll go back and get the card right now, by the way, how much is it?"
While speaking, the second uncle turned and walked out the door, only then did Ruan Mingchi slowly recover from the extreme fear.
But the second uncle who walked out of the gate came back at this time.
Ruan Mingchi tensed up all over quickly.
The second uncle said: "Mingchi, go to city A to train well, you have to listen to the coach, you know? Hurry up now, and there will be no cars later, hurry up."
Ruan Mingchi didn't know why the second uncle suddenly changed his attitude, but he didn't want to stay in such a depressing environment for a moment. He went into the room, put the backpack on his back that hadn't been opened, and went out.
In the yard, Ruan Mingchi met his father's eyes, and he saw himself in those muddy and confused eyes, also so cowardly, inferior, sharp, and simply hateful.
At this moment, he wanted to stand up more than ever before, to rush out, to live openly, like... just like... Ji Hao, fearless and flamboyant.
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Ji Hao walked in from the door with his mobile phone in his hand, with a sneer that couldn't be concealed from the corner of his mouth.
Yin Xuelin, who just got off the bed, was stunned: "Huh? You haven't left yet? What time is it? It's late coming home, your parents should be in a hurry."
The smile on the corner of Ji Hao's mouth disappeared, and then he had a headache.
parents
He really didn't have the habit of recognizing his parents casually, so he had to think of a way.
The author has something to say: Ji Hao: "It's so pitiful."
Ruan Mingchi: "It's convenient for you to play."
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