Pure Love Chapter 32 Five Pairs of Yellow Rubber Shoes
The five members of the basketball team worked on the terraces for several days in a row, and won unanimous praise from the neighbors of Leizhai. Long Zaitian nodded and sighed: "Country ball is an entertainment project organized by farmers like us during slack periods and festivals. We still have to work normally.
Looking for a living."
Long Xiaochuan knew that Abba was talking about the past and present, but not the future.
From its origin, "village ba" is a mass movement participated by a group of ordinary people from rural areas or small towns, engaged in all walks of life.
However, in the past two years, with the increasing popularity of "village basketball", the impact of football games on the economic vitality of villages, and the rise of short video and live broadcast platforms, rural basketball will also undergo drastic changes.
Not to mention the distance, take Shi Lang from Yucun next door as an example.
Shijiajian Basketball Hall opened a video account and posted some basketball teaching videos every day to attract parents of children to sign up. It was easy to make the first pot of gold.
With the original capital, he can provide Yucun young people with far better training opportunities than other villages in the form of recruiting coaches, turning them into semi-professional "non-professional players" who play basketball as their profession.
With the help of such a group of high-level teammates, Shi Lang has a high probability of getting a better ranking in the national "village ba" competition, and thus growing into an Internet celebrity anchor with the "village ba" label.
Being an Internet celebrity means that with the blessing of traffic, you will get more income, which will further promote the improvement of Yucun's basketball level, thus forming a virtuous cycle like a snowball.
This is also the development path Long Xiaochuan dreams of. He believes that "village basketball" will develop into a mature business sooner or later, and a large number of rural basketball anchors will emerge in surrounding villages sooner or later.
If Leizhai wants to rise, it must make a name for itself before Yucun. Just practicing hard in this small village is not enough.
Therefore, after the spring broadcast, Long Xiaochuan proposed an idea to his father: "Dad, I want to take the team to have a try outside."
Long Zaitian knocked off the ashes from the pot of the pipe: "What? Do you think Lei Village is too small to accommodate you?"
"Basketball is, after all, a team sport that requires training and honing in confrontations. You and Uncle Pan don't play anymore, and we can't find any sparring partners. Besides, you keep asking me to find my uncle to come back to play, and I always stay there.
I definitely can’t contact him in the village.”
"Um...where do you want to go, the county seat?"
"Instead of going to the county seat, go to Qandong City."
Long Xiaochuan tried his best to explain his plan as calmly as possible. Leiming County is not a big place, and there are only a few small venues where people can play basketball. It is difficult to meet high-level folk masters. Going to the county seat will not be of much help to the team's actual training.
Qiandong City is the largest city near Thunder Mountain and has a very good environment for playing golf. If Long Zaiyuan had not traveled too far, he would most likely have lived in this area.
To take a step back, even if Long Zaiyuan cannot be found in Qiandong City, Long Xiaochuan can still contact some of the children of Leizhai who live there, and probably can expand the depth of the bench and meet the registration conditions for "village ba".
Long Zaitian pondered for a while, then reluctantly agreed, and took out the 20,000 yuan in cash that Long Xiaochuan had previously returned: "We are poor and rich, and everything in the city requires money. It is not easy for the five of you to stand firm.
I can rest assured if you take the money."
"That's not okay. You have worked hard to save this for a year, and I can't have it!"
"Silly boy, what is yours and mine? I am your father, and sooner or later this money will be yours!"
Long Xiaochuan insisted and pushed away: "This money is reserved for my sister's wedding. She sold her wedding dress. You buy a new one for her. It must be beautiful and cannot be worse than the previous one!"
He explained that he had funds from the Youth League Municipal Committee in his card, and that the five of him had hands, feet and strength, so it would not be difficult for them to settle down.
But Long Zaitian showed the majesty of a parent and forcefully stuffed it into his hand: "Your sister just graduated from high school this summer. She is not in a hurry to get married. This money will be used by you first. Now our village's local honey has become famous.
Now, when I go to the mountains to cut another crop in the winter, my father will be able to save several thousand yuan."
The father and son pushed back and forth, and Pan Lei shouted from outside the door: "Brother Chuan, we are here."
The four of them were exhausted from working at the farm for several days. When they heard that they were going to the city for a change of environment, they immediately went home and packed their luggage.
Long Xiaochuan also went out with his luggage.
He only carried a backpack and two handbags. The backpack contained several sets of changes of clothes. The left hand was an old basketball he brought back before, and the right hand was the brand new basketball shoes bought by his sister.
This pair of expensive basketball shoes has never been worn on his feet yet, and he is reluctant to wear them.
Now he wears yellow rubber shoes that are exactly the same as his father's. A pair of them sells for 18 yuan at the canteen in the village.
Not only does he usually wear it like this, but Pan Lei and Luo Gaozhan also do it. They are cheap, convenient, wear-resistant and non-slip, so they are very comfortable whether they are working in the field or training on the court.
However, since they were going out today, Pan Lei and others were afraid of being looked down upon by outsiders, so they all put on their original sneakers.
Long Zaitian noticed this and asked his son to also change out of his yellow rubber shoes: "No one in the city wears these shoes. You will be looked down upon by others."
But the clinker Long Xiaochuan laughed: "Abba, when did you care about this? I wear these shoes and walk on the street. People don't know me, and I don't know them either. Whoever wants to laugh can just laugh. But when
I walked onto the basketball court and made sure no one dared to laugh at me."
"Kid! You don't care about other people's opinions, and you can't drag everyone down to be laughed at. You are a team, and you should consider everyone more in everything."
As Long Zaitian said this, he was going to snatch the pair of yellow rubber shoes and force his son to put on new shoes and leave home.
Long Xiaochuan smiled and ran away: "No, no, my new shoes will get dirty if I walk on the dirt road in the mountain. I can't bear to do it..."
The father and son chased and escaped in the yard, which was very similar to the scene when Long Xiaochuan first came back that day.
Sun Changxing stood up and stopped Long Zaitian: "Uncle Tian, we are too small. Ogawa is right, basketball is the talk on the court. If you play well, you will be respected even if you wear slippers.
If you don't play well, wearing the best shoes is still a joke. I'll go back and change my shoes right away. I also wear yellow rubber shoes when I go to the city."
Pan Lei, Yu Zhongyi, and Luo Gaozhan also expressed their opinions: "Yes, we also change shoes."
Long Xiaochuan smiled bitterly: "What are you doing? My old shoes are broken and I have no choice but to wear these. Why do you have to?"
Pan Lei grinned: "We are a team. We are united. We will wear whatever the boss wears."
Yu Zhongyi waved his hand: "Yes, we will wear whatever the boss wears."
"nerve!"
Long Xiaochuan laughed and cursed, but did not stop them.
Not to mention, when only one person in a group wears yellow rubber shoes, it really looks like dirt.
But if five people are wearing these yellow rubber shoes, walking on the street with their heads held high, and everyone has a charming and confident smile, it really seems like a retro trend that has traveled through time and space.