Chapter 1 Where Dreams Begin

The mountain city in July is unusually hot, the scorching sun shines on the loess basketball court of Chengxiang Middle School, and occasionally a breeze blows and stirs up a wisp of yellow sand. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAt 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the senior students who were still tutoring had already arrived in the classroom, and the playground was empty.

At this time, a teenager appeared at the gate of the campus, with a thin face, dark and deep eyes, wearing a loose white Umbro sports T-shirt and navy blue sports shorts to make him look even thinner.

Wu Qi, carrying a schoolbag on one shoulder, looked at this unfamiliar environment, and felt a little resistant in his heart. Wu Qi's grandfather is a retired soldier who has been working at Sanming Railway Station since he retired. Since his parents have been busy with business in his hometown, Wu Qi and his sister Wu Di have been under the care of their grandfather. But in recent years, Wu Qi's grandfather's health has deteriorated, so the two sisters and brothers have successively transferred back to the mountain city. Sister Wu Di is 15 years old this year, she is already slim, and she has a cheerful personality, and she has the style of a big sister, as if she is already a sister in school. The younger brother Wu Qi is very introverted and taciturn.

"Ali, don't go to the classroom to report yet. You should arrange a dormitory in a while, and come and grab a bunk early when the report is almost over."

Wu Qi looked to the right, it was his sister, who was walking towards him with several sisters.

"Sister, why haven't you gone to class yet?"

"Chinese class, the first period of recitation, it's okay to go late. Wu Di got closer and closer.

"Adi, this is your brother, oh my God, so thin, not like you, haha," Wu Di's sisters were surprised.

"Hehe, you can't raise fat cubs" Wu Di looked at his brother.

Wu Qi was already embarrassed, said "I'm too late, let's go first", and walked briskly towards the classroom of the first (1) class of junior high school. From time to time, you can still hear the laughter of the elder sister and sisters behind him.

Class 1 is a two-story school building next to the Office of Political and Educational Affairs. The school building for the senior students is directly opposite them. Walking into the classroom, it was so lively. These strange friends seem to have already completed the ice-breaking journey, and they are in groups of three or five, some are discussing the upcoming new course - English, some are discussing the tricks of the Xiaobawang game, some are playing with each other, and some can quietly study this math Olympiad problem on the side. Wu Qigang came back from a transfer from other places, and he didn't know any friends in his hometown, and his introverted personality quietly walked to the corners of the penultimate rows to find a place to sit down, and his friends didn't notice him at all.

The scorching heat of midsummer seemed to be on top of a steamer, and the air was filled with endless scorching heat, and the only thing to be thankful for in this old classroom was the lychee forest on the side of the window. The breeze moves through the woods, slowly bringing coolness to the classrooms. It was this burst of coolness that aroused Wu Qi's sleepiness, and due to his resistance to the unfamiliar environment, Wu Qi had not rested well in recent days. "I didn't expect the class to start so soon, so it's better to be comfortable at home alone......" Just as Wu Qi's eyelids were fighting with each other, there was a sound of adults talking outside the door, and the classroom was suddenly a lot quieter, and the friends were all sitting in their places nearby.

Entering the door were a young male teacher and a young female teacher.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Su, I am everyone's math teacher, and I also serve as everyone's homeroom teacher. This one is Teacher Guan, and she will teach everyone English knowledge in the coming days!" Mr. Lin introduced himself in a deep and rich voice that was different from his age, and the whole class was shocked by his seriousness.

"Hello classmates, my surname is Guan, everyone will call me 'missguan' in the future!" Teacher Guan seemed much kinder.

"Then we started the roll call, and asked the students who were called to shout 'yes'. Teacher Lin's voice was still low.

"Lin Long" "to"

"Zeng Cheng" "to"

"Chen Gao" "to"......

The sound of "Xue Gang" and "!!" was very loud, startling the sleepy Wu Qi. He couldn't help but look back, this Xue Gang was very burly, his temples had even grown a beard, he sat upright, and he couldn't tell that he was a thirteen-year-old middle school student at all. The square face and short flat head make the whole person look more resolute. The Xue Gang in front of him reminded Wu Qi of his grandfather who was recuperating in the hospital, and his impression of his grandfather since Wu Qi remembered was that he was sitting and standing, and he had been training Wu Qi militarized since he was a child. It's a pity that Wu Qi has always had average physical fitness, and his body is still very thin until he is thirteen years old. Xue Gang saw Wu Qi and smiled at him. Only then did Wu Qi realize that he was distracted, and he also smiled at Xue Gang.

"Okay, students, you are all very lucky, only outstanding candidates with a total score of 180 points in both subjects can enter the key classes of our Chengxiang Middle School and participate in the summer cram school. There are two classes in this cram class, Mathematics and English. There are two tasks in the next step, one is to get textbooks and workbooks, and the other is to go to the dormitory with the student manager to go through the procedures for living in the dormitory. At this time, a young teacher came in and made a smile for everyone, he was wearing a cap, and his movements looked very funny. It turned out that he had been on the phone outside and didn't know what he was communicating. His name is Wang Jian, and he is the school's student management teacher.

"There is no evening self-study tonight, and the rest of the time students will contact their parents to prepare the necessities for living on campus, and students can move around the campus freely, and they must go back to the dormitory before 8 o'clock in the evening to report!" Teacher Lin Su added in Mandarin with a very Shancheng accent.

Soon, everyone finished receiving their textbooks and went to the dormitory under the leadership of Mr. Wang Jian. Wang Jian graduated from university three years ago and has been working at Chengxiang Middle School since graduation. He has a great sense of humor and is quick to get along with his students. The boys' dormitory is a converted old classroom in the southwest corner of the campus, and more than 30 boys need to be squeezed into this dormitory where only one person can pass sideways between the beds.

"Now everyone line up in the order I called and go to the dormitory in turn to choose a bunk. Wang Jian seemed to have some helplessness in his eyes when he announced.

Soon, Wu Qi realized that this was based on the results of everyone's entrance exams. In fact, just now, there were a few naughty boys who were close to the raw pipe sleeve, hoping to choose a better bunk, but Mr. Wang Jian giggled with them, which did not hurt the friendship between teachers and students, and rejected them very tactfully. About a dozen people have passed, and it is Wu Qi's turn. Wu Qi walked into this cramped and old dormitory, the beams of the room were already old, and he could faintly smell the musty smell in the room. Because the beds by the window were all selected by others when Wu Qi went in, Wu Qi had to lean against the window as much as possible and put the books under the second row of three beds. At this time, I saw a big man walk in and throw his schoolbag on Wu Qi's top bunk, in the dim dormitory, Wu Qi looked at it for a while before he recognized this as Xue Gang who was thundering when he was named just now.

"My name is Xue Gang, and I'll bunk on top of you!" Xue Gang's voice was still hearty.

"Hello, my name is Wu Qi. Take care of it in the future. Wu Qi looked more restrained.

"There is no evening self-study tonight, what are you going to do in a while? Why don't we play football together?" Xue Gang invited.

Wu Qi usually loves sports, and his home is full of posters of Michael Jordan, especially basketball. Because of his hobby of sports, Wu Qi is also involved in football, but Wu Qi is relatively thin, and he usually watches more and plays less in confrontational sports like basketball and football, and theory is greater than practice. I wanted to settle into the dormitory, find a place to be in a daze, and then sleep after dark. However, I didn't have any friends when I first came, but now that I have friends, let's play together!

"Well, okay, but I'm not very good at kicking," Wu Qi quickly convinced himself and agreed. Despite his introverted appearance, Wu Qi himself has a positive heart.

The playground was dusty, and many students were playing basketball. Wu Qi and Xue Gang found an open space near the long jump tunnel, and because it was just the two of them, they felt quite bored after passing a few balls back and forth.

"Let's play the game, and if you lose, drink soda. Xue Gang said.

"Then you've won," Wu Qi said with a smile. Wu Qi looked at Xue Gang's posture of playing football, and knew that he must have played football often and had a good sense of the ball.

"But it's okay, I'll fight with you" Despite this, Wu Qi, who has a competitive personality, still accepted the challenge.

"It's okay, give you two chances. Xue Gang was full of confidence.

Although Wu Qi usually doesn't play much, he loves to watch sports programs, and he loves to watch all sports, such as sprinting, long-distance running, tennis, table tennis, basketball, football, ....... At this time, he remembered that he once watched a video on the sports channel about Beckham's childhood playing at FC Barcelona, and the young Beckham gave everyone tips on how to play well. "Relax and make sure the ball lands on the front of your foot to keep your balance. Wu Qi thought silently in his heart and began to juggle the ball. Facts have proved that theory alone is not enough, Wu Qi struggled to turn the ball seven or eight times and fell to the ground. Xue Gang was smiling on the side. Although the first time was very bad, Wu Qi found a feeling in it. The second time he bounced the ball, Wu Qi obviously felt better than the first time, and it took 18 consecutive bumpers before landing.

"It's progressing fast, but it's a little more stable. Xue Gang picked up the ball as he spoke, only with his left foot as support, and his right foot did not land on the ground for twenty or thirty consecutive times, just like someone slapping the ball on flat ground, the ball fell steadily on Xue Gang's feet and bounced up steadily. Then he switched to another way, alternating between his left and right feet, at least a hundred times, and finally stopped the ball at his feet.

Wu Qi was dumbfounded, he couldn't imagine that Xue Gang had such good basic skills. Wu Qiyuan gambled and lost, and said, "Let's go, drink soda." ”

The two bought sodas, sat down on the basketball court, and talked while drinking. It turned out that Xue Gang was a special student in sports, and won the first place in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and shot put in the just-concluded Chengxiang District Primary School Student Games, and was an all-round athlete. He will continue to train in the future, and strive to enter a key high school in the high school entrance examination. His only hobby is football.

"How about we say that we should start a league in our school? Like the five major leagues, each class has a team, and everyone usually competes with each other, not only to exercise but also to improve their skills, how about it?" Xue Long had a whim.

"That sounds interesting. Wu Qi has watched the Bundesliga, Serie A and the Premier League, and when he thinks about the passionate atmosphere on the pitch, he also yearns for it.

"It's just that there are very few people who play football, and no one will respond to us..."Wu Qi expressed his concern.

"Let's lead everyone, we can call as many people as we can!" Xue Gang became more determined in his thoughts.

Wu Qi hesitated for a moment, since he was a child, he was reluctant to take the lead in doing things, afraid of trouble. But now that he was being infected by the peer in front of him, for the first time he felt he could do something.

"Well, okay! Let's do it together!" Wu Qi gave his own answer.

"Haha, it's okay!" Xue Gang still laughed heartily.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the basketball court full of yellow sand, and the two friends sat on the edge of the court and continued to discuss the ideas just now, imagining everything that needed to be prepared next. The teaching building, the stadium, the woods, the sunset and the sunset in the distance have all become the background of the two ambitious teenagers at this moment.

In the distance, Wang Jian was wearing a peaked cap, and although he looked careless, his eyes kept staring at Wu Qi and Xue Gang, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.