Lin Youxi was pushing her bike at the intersection of the community when she ran into Mei Fang and Xia Yuan riding their bikes. Xia Yuan waved and greeted Lin Youxi, and Mei Fang slowly stopped the bike and parked in front of Lin Youxi.
Lin Youxi also smiled and gestured to the two of them. Her eyes fell on the bike Mei Fang was riding. "Yuanyuan, is this the new bike you bought?"
Xia Yuan nodded. She kept rubbing her butt as she got out of the car. "It's so uncomfortable to sit in the back seat! My penis is about to be broken."
"That's because your new bike doesn't have a cushion. Fang's bike is very comfortable for me to ride on."
"My mom used this bicycle to pick up Xiaoya to school, so she added a cushion to it."
Xia Yuan came closer to Mei Fang and said, "Then let me take a ride in your car later. I want to see how comfortable Youxi is talking about, okay?"
Mei Fang tapped Xia Yuan's head gently, "Don't keep thinking about whether my back seat is comfortable or not. Are you two here to learn how to ride a bicycle today?"
"It won't hurt to sit down for a while, you cheapskate."
Xia Yuan made a face at Mei Fang, and then they all pushed the cart to the small park in the middle of the community. This was the gathering place that Mei Fang, Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan often went to, and it was also a place full of memories.
Mei Fang rode his bicycle over to the parking lot. At this time, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were already riding on their bicycles, pedaling in the opposite direction to get a feel for the ride.
"Have you ever ridden by yourself before, Youxi?"
"Auntie Liang took me on a bike ride a few times at home, but I couldn't hold onto the handlebars."
"Me too! I just bought a bicycle and my dad insisted on teaching me how to ride it. I ended up falling and getting hurt. I saw that he had never ridden a two-wheeled vehicle before, but he wanted to teach me how to ride a bicycle. It was really funny."
"He just wants to spend more time with you."
"I know this..." Xia Yuan smiled slightly, "but sometimes my dad is really annoying."
"Are you ready?"
Mei Fang clapped his hands and said, "Teacher Mei is going to start giving you cruel devil training now!"
"Hey, come on, just come on!"
Xia Yuan cooperated very well and responded to Mei Fang's words by shouting.
"The most important thing in learning to ride a bicycle is to master the sense of balance. This cannot be learned with theoretical knowledge alone. It requires repeated practice. Don't ride yet. Try to put one foot on the pedal and use the other foot to push the bicycle forward."
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi pedaled the cart forward for a short distance, went around a small circle and came back.
"Is it like this? It's quite simple." Xia Yuan said.
"This is the process of training your sense of balance. When you hold the handlebar, you sway from side to side. Isn't it serious? I think Youxi is about to fall over just by pushing the cart."
Lin Youxi nodded, "That's why it's so hard for me to maintain a sense of balance."
"It doesn't matter, just practice slowly."
Mei Fang then explained the second step of training, "Then you sit on the bicycle again, put one foot on the pedal and leave the other foot in the air. When moving forward, use the other foot to push forward, and make sure to hold the handlebars firmly. Yuanyuan, you are sitting too upright, lower your lower body, otherwise you will fall."
"Is that so?"
Xia Yuan leaned over the bicycle's horizontal bar, "It feels like the posture of those speed racers on TV..."
"This is too much! Come, let me teach you."
Mei Fang held Xia Yuan's shoulders and back to help her adjust her posture. Lin Youxi imitated Xia Yuan's movements and tried to adjust her own movements. After Mei Fang adjusted Xia Yuan, she looked at Lin Youxi and said, "Oh, Youxi! This is the standard way. You understood it as soon as I told you. It's amazing!"
"Ah Fang, you are so biased. Youxi was clearly imitating me just now."
Xia Yuan pouted to express her dissatisfaction, but Mei Fang ignored her and continued teaching, "Keep this posture, and then you can try to ride forward, but you still have to pedal to move forward."
The two of them slowly pedaled forward according to Mei Fang's instructions. Xia Yuan was relatively stable when holding the handlebars of the bicycle, but Lin Youxi's hands were shaking constantly and the handlebars kept shaking back and forth.
Xia Yuan rode faster because she could master it easily and arrived at her original position earlier. Mei Fang followed Lin Youxi all the way for fear that she would fall. Xia Yuan saw from afar that the two of them were still some distance away from returning, so she tried to ride in circles on the spot for a short distance, and the feeling of imbalance was not very obvious.
Xia Yuan immediately became excited when she discovered that she had a talent for riding a bicycle. She focused on holding the handlebars steady while she also started shouting.
"Ah Fang, look at me, look at me! I can ride by myself now!"
Mei Fang happened to follow Lin Youxi back at this time. Seeing Xia Yuan's progress, he nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. After all, you have learned dancing, so your sense of balance should be much better. You saw that you were just as fast when you learned roller skating before, which also requires a certain sense of balance."
"I learned from my dad, but he would just let me ride straight, and then he would run behind me holding my pillion. He would let go before I could ride a few steps, causing me to fall several times."
Xia Yuan smiled and said, "Afang will teach me step by step. He is much better than my dad."
"I just taught you a few moves... There's no way you can see results so quickly. Don't brag to me. You should practice more."
"Uh-huh!"
After the pedaling practice, it is the formal double-pedal forward practice. The difficulty goes up a level. Mei Fang did not let the two people pedal a full circle, but asked them to pedal in small half circles, and then pedal a full circle.
As mentioned above, Xia Yuan learned quickly and could soon ride at a faster speed around the open space in the park. However, Lin Youxi was as clumsy as if she was learning roller skating. Mei Fang could only follow her and teach her patiently, helping her to straighten the handlebars and jog along the way.
"Afang, Afang, look, now I can ride my bike without looking at the handlebars—"
Xia Yuan shouted excitedly behind her and found that Mei Fang was not near her, but was following Lin Youxi at the other end of the open space.
She saw Mei Fang leaning against Lin Youxi's back, as if teaching her how to hold the handlebars tightly to keep from shaking.
"Emmmm—"
It’s like that when you’re learning roller skating, and it’s the same when you’re riding a bicycle.
Ah Fang always likes to take good care of Youxi.
Although I also know that Youxi is not very good at sports...
But we clearly agreed that we would study together, but Afang didn’t even look at me for such a long time. This is so infuriating!
The more Xia Yuan thought about it, the more emotional he became.
Forget it, I can ride by myself. I don’t want to wait for Afang to teach me. Once I learn it, I will teach Youxi myself.
Xia Yuan was riding her bike towards Mei Fang and Lin Youxi angrily. She had just increased her speed when a child from the neighborhood suddenly jumped out in front of her. When he saw Xia Yuan's bike rushing towards her, he just stood there motionless.
"Woooooa ...
The frightened Xia Yuan yelled and swerved to avoid the child, but she lost her balance while riding the bike. Just as she tilted sideways and fell toward the green belt, Mei Fang, who had noticed the situation early on, suddenly appeared and stopped Xia Yuan's bike with her body.
"Phew... I'm scared to death!"
Xia Yuan got out of the car safely. Although Mei Fang was not knocked over by her, the impact she felt was very strong. Xia Yuan went up to check on Mei Fang's situation immediately.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Were you hit anywhere?"
"You're so brave that you're thinking about going to heaven just after learning to walk!"
An angry Mei Fang knocked Xia Yuan on the head, then pinched his hands with a slightly painful expression.
Xia Yuan held Mei Fang's hand and immediately felt distressed: "There is such a big bruise on the back of your hand! We need to go back and deal with it quickly..."
"It's nothing. The swelling will go down quickly. I can just go home and apply some medicine later."
"How do you run so fast..."
Xia Yuan's voice was a little aggrieved, "I saw that you were only focusing on teaching Youxi and didn't care about me at all."
"How could I possibly only care about Youxi? I would also pay attention to your riding condition. You couldn't see the child from that angle. I was about to tell you to be careful, but you suddenly increased the speed. I knew you were going to have trouble..."
Mei Fang was mumbling, Xia Yuan held Mei Fang's hand close to his chest with concern, "This bruise is so big, if you don't treat it now, it will affect your homework and pen. I'll take you home and apply ice first."
"Oh, I told you not to..."
"Yes."
Xia Yuan raised his head and looked at Mei Fang firmly. At this time, Lin Youxi also pushed the cart over to check the situation. Seeing the bruises on Mei Fang, she also gave the same opinion as Xia Yuan.
"Look, Ah Fang, the score is now two to one. What else do you have to say?"
"Okay, okay... I'll listen to you."
Mei Fang, "I'll go home and apply the cream, you guys continue practicing."
"I'll go help you!" Xia Yuan shouted.
"Let me go." Lin Youxi said.
"I was the one who hurt Ah Fang, so of course I should go." Xia Yuan argued.
"You don't know where Afang's medicine box is, so I'll just go there." Lin Youxi's argument was very convincing.
"You two, are you trying to be lazy? Just stay here and practice driving. I'll handle it when I get home."
Mei Fang said seriously, "If I come back and find that you two haven't made any progress, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
"Hmm..."
"How could this happen!"
Mei Fang left Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan behind and trotted home to treat the bruises.
In fact, in some recent events, he has already smelled a strong bad smell and began to actively interfere or get involved in some issues.
Moreover, Lin Youxi, who had always obeyed Xia Yuan's words, has now gradually begun to have his own ideas.
What happened to the promise to focus on studying? One by one! Stop arguing over me!
Mei Fang did not enjoy the feeling of being fought over. He felt it was best to remain innocent as before.
However, his mind has matured, but Yuanyuan and Youxi both have to go through a long process of growth, which is an inevitable and necessary transformation.
Just like ordinary people learning to ride a bicycle, it is difficult to truly learn to ride a bicycle unless you fall a few times and learn your lesson.
If we always over-protect them like we do when they are learning to ride a bike, isn't it actually of no benefit to them
But at least... there are some issues that really shouldn't be brought to light right now.
call…
I don't know how much longer I can hold on.
I watched the Argentina match until 6pm yesterday, sorry for the slow update today! It's still 18:30 in the evening.
Although the second half of the game was a bit ugly, congratulations to Messi and Argentina for advancing to the semi-finals!
Today I stand for Mei Xi (West)!
(End of this chapter)