Pure Love Chapter 4 Four Tall, Short, Fat and Thin Brothers
People's hearts are fickle, and some people become completely different after being away for three to five years.
Long Zaitian had already seen through it, but was unable to save Leizhai from its declining predicament, but Long Xiaochuan was full of confidence.
The next day happened to be the weekend, so Long Xiaomei followed her brother to the county town for nothing.
The first person they were looking for was Pan Lei, nicknamed "Big Butt".
Long Xiaochuan described to his sister: "This guy is tall and strong and has brute force. He can push people out three meters away when he sticks out his butt. Let me tell you this, when he stands next to the basket, he is like a mountain.
People can steal rebounds from him. Do you know what it means to control the rebounds?"
Long Xiaomei tilted her head and smiled: "Tsk, who hasn't watched "Slam Dunk"? Controlling the backboard means controlling the game!"
Long Xiaochuan laughed heartily and looked forward to the future.
He is very confident in his scoring ability. He only needs to find a few partners to serve as passing and rebounding tools. It should be enough to beat a weak team like Yucun.
The address of Pan's family is easy to find. They opened a small restaurant near the county station, specializing in Leiming Town's special dish - fish in sour soup.
But when he walked to the door of the store, Long Xiaochuan felt a little nervous. Pan Lei followed his parents to the county town to work hard after graduating from junior high school. The two hadn't seen each other for seven or eight years. He didn't know if the other party still remembered him or acknowledged it.
He is from Lei Village.
The restaurant has a small facade, only about ten meters in depth, and there are several sets of tables and chairs placed against the walls on both sides.
Because there was no business in the morning, there was no one waiting at the counter.
Long Xiaochuan put his head towards the kitchen and shouted: "Is there anyone there?"
Then I saw a dark, round figure coming out with a fish-killing knife: "Who is it? Our store is closed in the morning. Come back at noon."
This man is short and fat, with a dark face and thick lips. He looks like a walking pile of pork belly, or a local black pig...
Long Xiaochuan looked up and down at the person in front of him and hesitated: "Are you Pan Lei?"
"Hey, Xiaochuan? Long Xiaochuan! Haha, which gust of wind brought you here."
Pan Lei quickly threw away the fish-killing knife and rubbed his hands on his apron. He wanted to shake hands but felt it was unclean and impolite, so he was at a loss.
Long Xiaochuan didn't take it seriously and hugged him warmly.
But his heart felt cold: "This guy hasn't grown any taller since he graduated from junior high school?"
He himself is 1.78 meters tall, which is equivalent to a second-class disability in the basketball world. Pan Lei is even shorter than him, only 175 centimeters at most. How can he expect to grab rebounds and dominate the inside with such a height?
Therefore, in the subsequent conversation, Long Xiaochuan never mentioned the matter of recruiting people for the Leizhai basketball team. He only said that he and his sister came to the county town to buy things. I heard that his home was nearby, so he stopped by and chatted about the current situation.
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Pan Lei was very talkative: "Now that you're here, don't leave. Stay at my place at noon to try the craftsmanship. Let me tell you, our fish in sour soup is famous far and wide, one of the best in Mi County!"
"No, no, I still want to see a few other old friends again."
Tang Xiaochuan mentioned a few people's names casually, but to his surprise, Pan Lei slapped his chest and trembled: "This is not easy. I just called them all. All we need to do is sit down and have a couple of drinks together."
Pan Lei's parents were also very enthusiastic. They talked with the Long brothers and sisters about a lot of old things in their hometown, and also talked about their plan to return to the village in a few days to catch up on the spring sowing.
Although the Pan family settled in the county town for most of the year to run a restaurant business, they did not abandon the terraced fields in their hometown. They always remembered that they were from Leizhai.
These words made Long Xiaochuan feel a touch of warmth. He believed that as long as the roots remained, people's hearts would still be there.
Pan Lei went out and called six or seven people to make appointments, but only three were willing to come and reminisce about old times. Long Xiaochuan was a little disappointed, but he also understood that this is the reality of human relationships.
According to Pan Lei, the best among the three was Sun Changxing, who contracted a courier station and recruited several couriers to become a small boss.
This man was shrewd and talkative. As soon as he entered the door, he and Pan Lei exchanged business blows. They talked about making money. He joked that if Long Xiaochuan didn't have any connections, he could follow him first: "Let's make a transition and wait for you to establish a foothold in the county. Then we can look for you later."
Other high-end jobs.”
Long Xiaochuan responded with a smile, thinking about Sun Changxing's position on the basketball team.
This person is 1.85 meters tall and is undoubtedly the "No. 1 in Leizhai". Unfortunately, he is a bit thin. His weight of more than 130 kilograms is spread over the large frame. He feels like a telegraph pole. He is too soft to play the 5th position and can barely be counted.
He's a power forward at the 4th position, but I don't know what his shooting ability is.
"It would be great if his big ass could even weigh thirty to fifty pounds..."
He was muttering in his mind when a sound of vigorous stamping came from the door of the restaurant, followed by a high-pitched cough.
Pan Lei quickly ran to the door to greet him.
Long Xiaochuan first saw a tattooed arm pushing the door open, and then a face wearing sunglasses, oiled hair, dark red skin, and raised veins on his forehead.
He was a little confused and couldn't remember who this was: "Hello?"
"You're so stupid, it's me, don't you recognize me?"
The other party spit out the fragrance in a cheeky voice, took off his sunglasses, and revealed those slitted eyes that could make Li Ronghao feel inferior.
"Luo Gaozhan!" Long Xiaochuan instantly activated his memory, looking up and down at the other party's T-shirt, suit, armband bag, and beanie shoes: "Oh, we haven't seen each other for several years, how come you are considered the big brother in society?"
Pan Lei took the opportunity to brag to the side that Brother Luo was now so powerful that the entire Station Street was protected by him.
Luo Gaozhan put some oil on his hair and smiled proudly: "You can't talk nonsense. I am a law-abiding and good citizen. I can only help my brothers because of the face given by the big brothers I met during the game."
When he heard the word "playing basketball", Long Xiaochuan's eyes lit up: "Do you also play basketball?"
"Hey, who in society can play that thing?" Luo Gaozhan looked disgusted: "Billiards!"
According to him, after coming to the county town and playing around for a while, he discovered that he still had some talent in playing billiards, so he hung out in various gyms all year round and gradually developed a unique skill in playing billiards: "If my elder brother wants me to win, I can win it all with one stroke."
Accept it. Big brother wants me to lose, but I can do it without revealing my secret, you understand."
Long Xiaochuan was slightly disappointed and politely complimented him, but was reluctant to have a close relationship with Luo Gaozhan.
On the one hand, he doesn't like this kind of social worker very much, and on the other hand, Luo Gaozhan is too short, less than 1.6 meters tall by visual inspection, and he should stay away from the basketball court by nature.
There were all human beings here, and Long Xiaochuan's subtle expression could not be hidden from them. Pan Lei quickly changed the topic to Long Xiaomei, asking her how old she was, how her studies were, and whether she had ever made promises to others, and used her to make fun of her.
They joked about the nickname "Little Pepper" and so on, but the conversation was lively.
The Pan family's parents took care of the business in the store, served them wine and food early, and warmly greeted the juniors to eat and drink well.
Long Xiaochuan wondered: "Didn't you say there is another person? Let's start eating before they arrive, okay?"
Everyone said in one voice: "It doesn't matter, he won't care."
The last person who arrived late was Yu Zhengyi. As soon as he walked in the door, he exchanged pleasantries and took the initiative to drink three glasses of wine before sitting down. As expected, he didn't have any temper and was willing to act like a younger brother.
In Long Xiaochuan's impression, Yu Zhengyi used to be a little kid who always ran around behind everyone's butts with snot in his nose. He didn't expect that he would still be so virtuous when he grew to be as tall as himself.
Probably because his career was in a mess, Pan Lei didn't introduce much about Yu Zhengyi's career. He only said that he was just as his name suggests, and he was upright: "He really does it when something happens."
Yu Zhangyi also patted his chest, which was thin to ribs: "Yes, Brother Xiaochuan, if you have anything to say, I'll be here when you call."
However, at this time, Long Xiaochuan's mind was filled with tragic images of the brother falling down after a collision on the basketball court, and accidentally being injured and unable to take care of himself.
He then looked at the other three, a "big fat man", a "telephone pole", and a "little short boy". The four strange brothers, tall, short, fat and thin, gathered together, which made him even more reluctant to tell the true purpose of coming to the county.