Chapter 61: Diary [9]
Friday, October 1 is fine
Today is the 34th anniversary of the founding of our great motherland, the school is closed, the streets are full of red slogans to celebrate the National Day, the school, the factory gate has long hung up red lanterns, everywhere is a joyful scene. My mother took my younger brother to my grandmother's house in the suburbs early in the morning for the holiday, but I didn't go because Hu Bo and I made an appointment to go rollerblading at the ice rink in Zhongshan Park in the afternoon.
I have been to the ice rink in Zhongshan Park no less than five times, but I still haven't learned how to roller skate, Hu Bo said that I am stupid, I can't help it, as long as I tie the heavy roller skates, my feet will not obey the call, always spread out in a zigzag, can not be recovered. Every time I skated, it was a collection of wrestling highlights where I fell, got up, fell again, and got up again, and the posture of falling again and again was enough to make Hu Bole three days, and the fall was so painful that he couldn't recover for a week. So I haven't been to Zhongshan Park for more than a year, and if Hu Jun hadn't promised me how to skate today, I wouldn't have go.
Zhongshan Park is a stop in front of the bridge, Hu Jun rode out his father's 28 bicycle, Hu Bo sat on the crossbar in front of the bicycle, and when Hu Jun pedaled the bicycle, I followed behind and ran two steps and jumped lightly and sat on the seat frame behind, so a bicycle carried a total of three people in the direction of Zhongshan Park. To be able to go to the park on such a sunny and crisp autumn day, the three of us were very excited to sing all the way. Maybe it's because of the National Day, the dirty and messy scene on both sides of the road today is gone, the board cars parked indiscriminately, the briquettes at the entrance of the briquette factory, and the messy vegetable leaves piled at the entrance of the vegetable market are all invisible today, and the clean and tidy road surface is beautiful even if the potholes are uneven.
Just when I looked at the street obviously more bicycles than usual, suddenly in the traffic I saw Huang Cheng wearing a blue and white striped navy uniform, the corner of the clothes with a brown belt tied in the loose green military pants, energetic riding a 28 bicycle from less than a meter away from us whistling by, I thought Huang Cheng would be followed by a group of his little brother where to fight, I didn't expect that today there was a very beautiful girl sitting in the back seat of his car, I was startled by a look, wearing a white knitted sweater, as if out of the water hibiscus beautiful girl is none other than my favorite teacher Xiao Zeng。
I haven't been to Zhongshan Park for more than a year, except for the four big red lanterns hanging on the archway, and the iron railing at the entrance is coated with a new layer of green paint, the entrance of the park is still the same, selling melon seeds, selling balloons, selling maltose, selling steamed cakes, so lively. The park ticket is 2 cents per person, and the ice rink ticket is a dime per person, but the deposit for the skates costs 2 cents, so I gave Hu Jun a total of 3 cents and 2 cents. At first, Hu Jun didn't want it, but I still forced it into him.
After buying the tickets, we entered the park, as soon as we entered the park, we saw a flower bed facing the gate with yellow chrysanthemums in the four big words of "Celebrate the National Day", we bypassed the flower bed, crossed a stone arch bridge across the artificial lake, stepped across a large lawn, and saw the skating rink hidden in a willow forest, and before we arrived at the door, we heard the sound of the roller skates rubbing against the concrete floor from the skating rink, the sound of collision, and I didn't know why my reflexive butt hurt when I heard this sound.
This skating rink is an open-air skating rink, with an artificial lake on the left, a rockery and a flower pavilion on the right, the area of the skating rink is not large, it is the size of a basketball court, and roller skates that need to be tied to the shoes and a note with a time stamp are exchanged at the entrance of the rink with a ticket, because skating has a time limit, and a dime can only skate for an hour.
There are a lot of acquaintances in the rink today, I not only saw Huang Cheng and Xiao Zeng, but I also saw the figure of "Big Wave" and Li Liling, they are very skillful in wearing roller skates and circling around the edge of the rink.
Teacher Xiao Zeng saw me holding on to the railing and didn't dare to move, so he slipped to my side and asked me if I wouldn't slip, I nodded, Teacher Xiao Zeng smiled slightly and said I will teach you, after speaking, he came over and took my hand, slowly led me to the middle of the slide, and gently told me to slowly move my feet forward in a figure-eight shape, keep my body slightly forward, and pay attention to balance! Before the balance was finished, I lost my center of gravity and fell to Mr. Xiao Zeng, instinctively pulling her hand, Mr. Xiao Zeng next to me was pulled by my hand and was about to fall down heavily, saying that it was too late and that was fast, suddenly Huang Cheng didn't know where to come out, grabbed Mr. Xiao Zeng's arm with one hand, and put the other hand against her shoulder to prevent Mr. Xiao Zeng from falling to the ground because of my inertia. Later, no matter how Hu Bo and Hu Jun pulled me to slide, I held on to the railing and didn't let go, so angry that Hu Bo stomped his feet and said You are really promising!
Saturday, October 2 is fine
Two days ago, I knew that this Saturday would be held in the school auditorium to welcome the National Day performance, and the program of our class was a three-person dance organized by Zhou Jing, a member of the Literature and Art Committee, "The Girl of Dabancheng" and a poem recitation by the class leader He Liwei - "I love this land".
As soon as I entered the classroom today, I felt the joy of not going to class, and the classmates were chatting in a group, and Hu Bo imitated me yesterday in the skating rink holding the railing and not letting go, so angry that I rolled my eyes, how could I ruin my image like this in front of Chen Jianguo! I just don't have very developed motor nerves!
By the way, Hu Bo gossiped about Teacher Xiao Zeng and Huang Cheng like discovering a new world, she said that she saw that during the hour at the skating rink yesterday, Huang Cheng followed Teacher Xiao Zeng closely like Teacher Xiao Zeng's flower messenger, stopping any strange man who wanted to talk to Teacher Xiao Zeng. Hu Bo said that you didn't see the "big waves" and Li Liling's eyes, weird!
As soon as the class bell rang, we returned to our seats, and after a while, the Chinese teacher Zeng entered the classroom and organized us to take our respective benches to the auditorium located at the back of the teaching building in an orderly manner. It is said that this place was a former brick factory that had closed down, but it was converted into a cafeteria after the merger of our school, and it became an assembly hall with a capacity of more than 1,000 people by stacking tables, chairs, and benches in the corners during major events.
After we sat down in the designated position in the auditorium, we turned heads to ears from front to back, left and right, my tablemate Huang Cheng did not sit next to me but sat in the last row, and the head teacher, Mr. Zeng, helped the young teacher in the next class to maintain order, and there were always some disobedient students who made some small movements to attract everyone's attention, which made everyone laugh!
As the principal announced the start of the performance with a loudspeaker on the podium, the audience gradually quieted down, but I didn't expect the host of the performance to be Xiao Zeng teacher, I saw that she was wearing a white gauze skirt that mopped the floor, and her black hair was combed to the top of her head and pulled into a beautiful bun, revealing her slender neck white and glowing, and her face was like a peach blossom in the light of the podium that looked scorching。
Teacher Xiao Zeng was very shy on the stage, and announced the start of the National Day theatrical performance in a soft voice, introduced the next class and the list of performance programs, and then hurriedly stepped down from the podium. I don't know why I glanced back at Huang Cheng, then at Chen Jianguo, and He Liwei, and found that they all looked at Teacher Xiao Zeng intently, today's Teacher Xiao Zeng is so beautiful, think about it, Teacher Xiao Zeng is only 21 years old this year, not a few years older than me, only three years older than repeater Huang Cheng, if a boy likes her, it's normal!
There are 15 classes in the three grades of junior high school and 12 classes in the three grades of high school, and each class has one or two programs, including singing, dancing, musical instrument performances, poetry recitations, and the whole class singing. Although the students' performances were very jerky, it seemed that everyone was working hard. It is gratifying that Zhou Jing of our class led the dance "The Girl of Dabancheng" won the first place in the performance, and when she came to the stage to accept the award, she was still wearing the costume of the performance, wearing a red dress with a black vest over it, and a hexagonal flower hat on her head with a small braid, so she looked like a Xinjiang girl, so envious of her.
Unexpectedly, He Liwei's poem recitation "I love this land" also won the third place, thanks to his subdued and emotional recitation, although the recitation was very short, but his performance was really touching!
If I were a bird,
I should also sing with a hoarse throat:
This storm-stricken land,
This eternal river of our grief and indignation,
This wrathful wind that blows endlessly,
and the incomparably gentle dawn from the woods......
- and then I died,
Even the feathers rotted in the ground.
Why do I always have tears in my eyes?
Because I love this land so much......