Before you know it, the earth has been covered with a golden sunset. The number of pedestrians on the road www.biquge.info gradually decreased, and people who had worked all day dragged their tired bodies home, first took a bath, and then ate the food made by their beloved, full of hope for life.

When Xiao Ling returned home, it was already half past five, and even the last touch of the sunset had already hidden behind the mountain. Xiao Ling had just finished celebrating with his teammates on the basketball team at noon, but he didn't expect to meet a few friends from junior high school, and a group of people were willing to go home until now.

The room was quiet, and there was no "crackling" stir-fry sound that should be made at this point in time. Opening the door, Xiao Zhe sat at the dinner table with an expressionless face, and opposite him, Xiao Ling's mother also sat quietly.

Xiao Ling frowned, feeling that something was going to happen?

Sure enough, when he passed by Xiao Zhe's side, Xiao Zhe stopped him, "Wait a minute." ”

Xiao Ling turned to look at Xiao Zhe, if he guessed correctly, it was estimated that there were a lot of reasons for him not to play basketball in the future.

After a long time, Xiao Zhe still didn't say a word, which made Xiao Ling a little impatient, and when he was about to leave, his mother stood up and rounded the field, "Have you forgotten? Today is your birthday, your father has already ordered a cake for you, and ordered a few side dishes, and it will be delivered later, you come here first and sit here and wait for a while." ”

Xiao Ling has always listened to his mother, but since his mother said so, he can only obediently sit down at the dinner table.

Xiao Zhe looked at his son and wanted to speak several times, but finally took it back. Xiao Ling's mother looked at the father and son in front of her, and she didn't know what to say. The atmosphere instantly became very awkward, and Xiao Ling could only play with his smartphone boringly.

There was a knock on the door, and the cake and dishes were delivered.

Xiao Zhe carefully dismantled the cake and placed it in the center of the table, poured the dishes into the plate, and arranged them neatly around the cake.

After doing all this, Xiao Zhe put seventeen candles on the cake, lit the candles one by one with a lighter, and said, "Today is your seventeenth birthday, make a wish." ”

For Xiao Zhe's sudden gentleness, Xiao Ling was a little caught off guard. He closed his eyes, made a wish, and blew out all the candles.

"Do you wish that I will stop caring about you in the future and let you play basketball as you like?" Xiao Zhe asked.

A hint of shock flashed in Xiao Ling's eyes, indicating that Xiao Zhe had guessed correctly.

Blood is thicker than water, and no father in the world understands what his son is thinking.

"Come on, eat the cake. Xiao Ling's mother cut a piece of cake and put it in front of Xiao Ling.

"Thank you. Xiao Ling said.

Xiao Ling has been taught to be polite since he was a child, so saying thank you has become a habit, no matter who the other party is.

"Now I'm giving you a chance to make your wish come true. Xiao Zhe said: "Let's make a bet, if the Chinese middle school can make it to the national competition, then I will no longer object to you playing basketball in the future." But if the Chinese middle school can't make it to the national competition, you have to go back to study hard in the future, and you are not allowed to play again. ”

Xiao Ling's eyebrows tightened, indicating that he was thinking about it.

didn't hear Xiao Ling's reply for a long time, Xiao Zhe picked up the wine and took a sip, and said, "Do you want to ask me why I haven't allowed you to play basketball and force you to study every day." ”

Xiao Ling remained silent.

"Your dad and I were poor when I was a child, and I didn't have money to go to school. Xiao Zhe's voice became a little bleak. Like most parents, Xiao Zhe said a lot of how painful it is to not study.

Xiao Ling listened quietly, and he suddenly noticed that the wrinkles on his father's face had become more and more. As Xiao Zhe himself said, he was illiterate and could only do some rough work in the factory, and his originally straight shoulders were slightly bent.

"How about it, do you want to bet?" Xiao Zhe asked.

Listening to Xiao Zhe's tone, Xiao Ling knew that this was already his biggest concession. After going through some ideological struggle, Xiao Ling finally nodded and said, "Okay." ”

"Good. Xiao Zhe finally showed a shallow smile. He made this decision because he heard from a friend that as long as the school's basketball team could make it to the national tournament, he would immediately get admission to some universities. And the farther you go in the national competition, the better the colleges you will be admitted to.

Of course, Xiao Ling knew what his father was thinking, and in the final analysis, he hoped that he could go to college, and since this was the case, he fulfilled his father's wishes. He believes in his own strength, and he also believes in the strength of the Chinese middle school.

With such a simple move, the ice between father and son is slowly melting.

Both sides made concessions, and the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly eased, and Xiao Ling hadn't eaten with Xiao Zhe for a long time.

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The next day, at the same time, in the same place, the second day of the lower bracket was held on time.

Today's first game is Chinese Middle School vs. Hongyang Middle School, as long as there are no accidents in this game, Chinese Middle School will definitely win easily.

A statistic can prove this, the Chinese middle school bloodied Caolian Middle School yesterday, and Hongyang Middle School was beaten into the loser group by Caolian Middle School.

Faced with this stress-free game, Li Hua decided to rest the main team, and his starting lineup sent Xu Zuoming, Li Jie, Shao Sa, Li Zhihao and Xiao Ling.

As expected, at the beginning of the game, Shaosa took the lead. He first turned around and hit a jumper in the low post, and then received a pass from Xu Zuoming in the counterattack and made a layup to make it 2 plus 1, and one person scored 5 points in a row.

Not to be outdone, Inspirational Hao gave the opponent a volleyball cap when defending under the basket. Xiao Ling grabbed the ball and advanced quickly, made a sharp stop outside the three-point line on the right wing, and the ball hollowed into the net.

So far, the Chinese middle school has played an 8-0 start.

"Toot!"

Two minutes into the game, Hongyang Middle School called the first timeout.

After returning from the pause, although Hongyang Middle School strengthened its offense, it was still a mess defensively. Instead of narrowing, the difference has been further widened.

"Huh!"

After Xiao Ling threw in his third 3-pointer of the day, the score had become 23-10, and the Chinese middle school led by 13 points, with only one minute left before the end of the first quarter.

In this minute, Hongyang Middle School not only narrowed the score gap, but was also expanded by 2 points.

With a score of 27:12, the Chinese Middle School ended the first quarter with a 15-point lead.

In the first quarter, Xiao Ling's desire to attack was very strong, shooting 3 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 3 two-point shots, plus 2 free throws, and one person scored 15 points.

After the first quarter, the only remaining worry in Li Hua's heart disappeared.

In the second quarter of the game, Li Hua didn't even play Xiao Ling. With Ren Yan taking the place of Xiao Ling, the terrifying army of bad boys in the Chinese middle school gathered again.

The brutal and brutal attack, the fierce and brutal defense, the Hongyang Middle School that fought dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

Young people are energetic, and the bad boys of the Chinese middle school directly crushed the whole game, and finally won easily with a score of 90:60, and won the second victory in the lower bracket.