"That's it, I let go, you keep this posture and stab out." These are relatively basic postures, and Chris actually knows them, but they are not standard. In addition, because there is no special person to teach him, his steps and hands The movements are not uniform enough, including the coordination of breathing and how to exert force in each part of the body, which cannot be learned by watching fencing competitions.
Chris is extremely talented and like a sponge. Lin Yifei remembered that when he first learned fencing, some bad movements were corrected by the coach after a lot of effort.
But it was only an hour, and some of Chris's irregular stabbing and chopping basic movements have been corrected.
Lin Yifei sat on the grass, watched Chris repeating the few movements he taught him, and then looked at the watch on his wrist, it was already 5:40.
"Oh my god, I'm going home!" Lin Yifei got up, and Chris stopped and looked at him.
"Oh, how should I go back..." Lin Yifei scratched his head. Some people say that men have a better sense of direction than women, but in fact, as a man, Lin Yifei's sense of direction is very average. Usually there are buses and subways everywhere, but Chris drove him here by bicycle, and he really didn't know where he was.
"Get in the car, I'll take you back." Chris pushed his bicycle, as if he used to drive the drunk Lin Yifei from the PUB back to school in a Porsche when he was in college.
"Okay, ride steadily, don't fall on me!" Lin Yifei half-jokingly followed Chris to push the bicycle onto the road.
Same as when he came, Lin Yifei supported the rear frame, when Chris sent him to the door, he could already smell the strong aroma of rice.
Lin Yifei waved to Chris before going upstairs, "Goodbye, see you at school tomorrow!"
"Yeah." Chris paused, then rode away on his bike.
From this day on, KK discovered a small change between Lin Yifei and Chris. Especially the situation where Lin Yifei sat on the back of Chris's bicycle to go home after class, it stimulated this little girl even more.
"When did you get so good with Chris?" KK punched Lin Yifei with a pencil, his expression and eyes were filled with the kind of "I am your friend, you can't betray me", it was really cute.
"It's nothing." Lin Yifei blinked, "Actually, Chris isn't that bad, he just doesn't know how to communicate with others. We are all classmates, so don't be so stiff."
"Ah... what's the point?" KK looked confused.
"This is the Chinese way of the mean." Lin Yifei turned around and watched the math teacher walk in with his glasses raised.
And Lin Yifei still has other things to consider. Of course, fencing has to start from a baby, not to mention that Chris is about to be twelve years old. If you don’t learn a lot of basic things, even if he is really a rare genius in decades, If you lose too far at the starting line, it will not work.
But he certainly can't just practice with Chris in the canal with branches, at least have a sword and protective gear... Where can I get it? Lin Yifei was a little distressed.
Even if there is a second-hand shop, with Lin Yifei's pocket money of one dollar a week, it is impossible to buy it.
"well… "
Just when Lin Yifei was depressed, the math teacher walked up to him, his glasses flashed coldly, and he asked a very difficult question, but this question was still a little childish for Lin Yifei, so he cleared his throat and answered, Instead, it made the math teacher feel a little bit embarrassed.
A week passed quickly, and it was the weekend again. Lin Yifei thought of their unfinished wooden house, and the garden party would start next Tuesday.
As usual, Lin Yifei went to see Chris early in the morning, and the two sat on the ground and began to glue the boards together. Chris is a very meticulous person. He is also very careful when applying the super glue on the edge of each board, no more, no less, and even the gaps can only be seen carefully when glued. On the other hand, Lin Yifei...
"Oops... My fingers got stuck with super glue..."
As soon as Lin Yifei finished speaking, Chris dragged him to the kitchen and washed him with water, but it was too late...
Looking at his stuck thumb and index finger, Lin Yifei asked helplessly, "What should I do..."
Chris picked up the fruit knife in the kitchen, and the imposing Lin Yifei staggered backwards, "You... what do you want to do..."
"Use the tip of the knife to scrape off the stuck place bit by bit." Chris pulled Lin Yifei to sit down on the spot, "Your right hand is stuck, so you can't scrape it off, let me scrape it for you."
"Ah... what if I get scratched?" Lin Yifei was a little worried, he didn't want to get tetanus... although he was overthinking all this.
"You'll break it by scratching yourself." Chris snorted.
Lin Yifei thought of how delicate Chris was when he was glued just now, and suddenly felt that he was more at ease than himself.
Just like that, Chris sat across from Lin Yifei, lowered his head, held his hand, and carefully scraped away the glue stuck between his fingers. The fine dust fell down, making a rustling sound.
Chris's fingertips are very round, and his fingers are even more beautiful when you look at them closely, and there is a faint strength to hold everything.
The tip of the knife came between his fingers, which made Lin Yifei a little nervous.
Chris seemed to notice it, and said softly, "Don't be afraid."
Just such a sentence made Lin Yifei's heart overflow. I remember that when I participated in the national qualifying competition for the first time, the tip of the sword was shaking nervously, but Chris held his hand and said "don't be afraid" in his ear. Then, he played without hesitation.
It turns out that I was once so loved and cared for by you, and I didn't realize it until now.
Suddenly, his fingers loosened, Lin Yifei looked at his thumb and index finger and laughed, "That's great, otherwise I won't be able to hold chopsticks when I go home, and my mother will definitely scold me!"
And Chris just took the board and continued to glue it.
That evening, their log cabin was completed, and there were two skylights, which looked very delicate.
"Ah, when I think about selling it on Tuesday, I feel a little reluctant." Lin Yifei hugged the cabin with a very precious look.
"Two-thirds of it was glued on by me." Chris's words were slightly unsightly, and Lin Yifei glared back at him.
Thinking of something, Lin Yifei said to Chris, "Don't go to the ditch after class tomorrow, come to my house."
"Why?"
"I want to teach you footwork, but the concrete floor and grass are not suitable. My room has a wooden floor." Lin Yifei smiled lightly, "Remember to protect our house, and I will sell it for a good price!"
Chris snorted softly.
The garden party on Tuesday came, and there were clouds in the sky, which blocked the sun, and it seemed that it was not as hot as usual today. Lin Yifei and Chris were on the seventeenth, in the afternoon, and they were tourists in the morning.
But just as Lin Yifei thought, Chris didn't come. Forget it, as long as he brings the little house in the afternoon, Lin Yifei has no objections.
All the booths are desks, and the children are excited to decorate them.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and Lin Yifei suddenly felt that returning to childhood was also a happy thing. Children in the United States are really very creative, such as small volcanoes, model airplanes, and some weird things. Lin Yifei looked over carefully as if he had never seen it before. In comparison, the small house he and Chris made is a bit old-fashioned, but it is more exquisite.
Finally, I went to KK’s stall. No wonder the little girl was so proud. It turned out that she and Mi Gao made a small car, and even the track was done. Although it was not remote-controlled, the track circled from high to low. It can be directly rotated and slid down from the top. It seems that the production of this track has to be carefully calculated. When they were demonstrating, there were quite a few people around, and even the strict math teacher kept nodding while holding his glasses.
In the end, KK and their works sold for 20 dollars, which is the sky-high price in the whole garden party.
Seeing KK's proud look, his nostrils almost turned up to the sky.
"Let me see what you and Chris can do this afternoon!" KK squeezed Lin Yifei's shoulder.
"Farewell, what I did with him is very ordinary."
"That can't be helped, who wants your partner to be Chris!" KK looked sympathetic to Lin Yifei, "I will cheer you on in the afternoon!"
In fact, Lin Yifei was also very fortunate that the first friend she made after her rebirth was KK. After she and Mi Gao took over the stall, they left Lin Yifei with the well-arranged location.
When it was lunch time at noon, Chris didn't show up. KK sat next to Lin Yifei, propped his head and asked, "Lin, Chris won't let you go, will he?"
"No." Lin Yifei looked at his watch, "It's not one o'clock yet, and that guy doesn't like to have lunch with everyone."
Sure enough, when the garden party started again at one o'clock in the afternoon, Chris came to the booth with a cardboard box in his arms.
"Ah, you're here, just now KK said you abandoned me!" Lin Yifei opened the paper box with a smile on his face, then was slightly taken aback.
When the cabin was taken out, KK gave a small sigh of relief, "It's so beautiful!"
Some broken glass was glued to the roof of the cabin at some point, colorful, and more beautiful than crystal when illuminated by the sun.
"I don't care, you can sell this cabin to me..." KK couldn't put it down, "Mi Gao and I split the twenty dollars I earned just now, if no one can afford ten dollars to buy this cabin, you can sell it to me Bar."
"No problem! But the premise is that no one bids higher than ten dollars." Lin Yifei laughed, glanced at Chris inadvertently, and found that the other party seemed not very happy.
Although Chris always looked expressionless, Lin Yifei could always detect his emotions from his brows and eyes.
During the period, many people passed by their stall. When someone offered eight dollars, KK was obviously very nervous.
Lin Yifei looked at Chris at the side, and felt the air pressure getting lower and lower. In fact, isn't it a good thing that some people appreciate their works