Chapter 11: Two Different and Same Stories
"Chen, you have done a good job of dribbling now, dribbling is the foundation of basketball, learn to dribble, you can play, but basketball games are not only about dribbling, now you can try to learn some basketball rules, watch more NBA games or NCAA games, it will help you a lot."
"I know Brother Ro, but where am I going to watch NBA games and NCAA games?"
“……”
Is Chen really so poor that he can't even pay TV or viewing fees?
This made Ron Howard speechless, and finally Chen Xiao appeared in Ron Howard's dormitory after training.
This is the first time Chen Xiao has come to Ron Howard's dormitory.
It feels like you've stepped into two different worlds.
It's next door!
"I didn't expect Brother Luo and I to be neighbors."
"Hehe, neighbor."
At this time, Chen Xiao, who was curious about Ron Howard's dormitory, did not notice the slightly unnatural smile on Ron Howard's face.
Of course, Ron Howard's somewhat awkward laughter was also fleeting.
"Whatever you want to drink, whatever you want to eat, you're welcome."
"I know, thank you, Brother Ro."
It's hard to imagine that Brother Luo, who is so unruly in front of the rest of the team, can be so warm in front of him.
If the rest of the team who were swept by Brother Luo's domineering power knew, they would definitely knock their eyes off the ground, right?
I have to say that Brother Luo is really a good person.
He is also a good teacher.
As soon as he became proficient on the dribble, Rogo began to teach him some things about the game of basketball.
Seriously, he's grown so big that he has barely seen a full basketball game, let alone the NBA.
Therefore, Chen Xiao is still looking forward to it.
Speaking of which, this time to study in the United States, Chen Xiao feels that she has two major luckies.
One of the lucky ones was that he got a basketball system that fell from the sky, which gave him a chance to change his fate.
The second lucky one is to be able to meet a friend like Brother Luo.
Because my parents went to sea to find a way to live for the people in the village, I didn't have the experience of coming back in the end.
Although Chen Xiao usually doesn't say anything in the village, she jumps out every day, and she lives a little heartlessly, and she can't see any sadness about not having parents since she was a child.
But this doesn't mean that Chen Xiao is really heartless.
He was very young when his parents left, and he had almost no impression of what his parents looked like.
It seems that the affairs of his parents have nothing to do with him.
But Chen Xiao has always been very concerned about this matter.
He has always wanted to get through the path that his parents didn't take.
He felt that it was his responsibility.
Although no one in the village put the ideals of his parents on him.
But I don't know why, Chen Xiao just wants to carry up the ideals of her parents.
Maybe that's the resonance of the bloodline.
Although his parents left early, he didn't know what to say about his parents' feelings.
But one thing Chen Xiao is certain.
That is, when his parents left, when they finally hugged him, they must have cried very sadly.
I have mixed feelings for my parents.
But my parents' feelings for me were simple.
I am the person my parents love the most in the world.
This is what Chen Xiao has known for a long time.
Because in the only photo of his parents holding him in the family, the smiles on his parents' faces are so beautiful and unforgettable.
When he was a child, he wanted to look at that photo for half a day every day.
Others just think he's always making stupid mistakes.
But Chen Xiao knew that he was thinking about the problem himself.
Is the ideal of parents really just their own selfless selfishness?
Chen Xiao never felt that way.
He never resented his parents because they sacrificed the happiness of the small family for the sake of the village, making him an orphan since he was a child.
It is always played on TV, and the children are dissatisfied with the selfless sacrifice of their parents for their small family, and there are all kinds of plots where parents and children turn against each other because they don't have a small family.
But Chen Xiao felt that his parents wanted to change the fate of the village, so why didn't they want to change his fate?
But God didn't get their wish, and the parents finally failed.
"When Mom and Dad leave this world, the last thing in their minds must be me, and they must be dead, right?"
Chen Xiao has never seen how his parents died, but he can always think of such a picture in his mind.
My parents were not able to change the fate of the village and themselves, nor were they able to see their last face.
When they left, they must have thought of themselves in their minds, and they left this world with regret, self-blame, and grief and indignation, and they couldn't leave this world blindly.
It's miserable.
Every time I think of this picture, Chen Xiao's heart hurts.
Therefore, since she was a child, Chen Xiao did not feel that she was the most miserable person.
The worst people have always been their parents.
Therefore, Chen Xiao wants to make her miserable parents blind, can turn into a Buddha with a smile, and go to heaven with satisfaction, if they can go to heaven.
If they can fulfill their parents' ideals and commitments on their behalf, they will definitely go to heaven instead of having their tongues cut out and go to hell, right?
Since childhood, Chen Xiao has never hidden such thoughts.
The grandparents, uncles and uncles in the village all felt that he was too tired to live.
But Chen Xiao didn't think that he would feel very happy to let the two people who love him the most in this world die.
As long as he thinks of the day when he will complete the change of the fate of the people in the village on behalf of his parents in the future, the clouds in the sky will change the appearance of his parents and smile at him, and the picture of his parents and the young people who went out with them and did not come back look at the changes in the village, crying and laughing......
Chen Xiao really didn't feel tired at all.
He would even be tired from memorizing English dictionaries all night, and then suddenly he would be satisfied with silly fun.
Surpassing his sister always laughs at him for being stupid.
The English dictionary that was so thick that it was so thick that it made people feel sleepy actually looked at it and giggled contentedly.
It's not stupid, what is it?
Beyond my sister doesn't understand at all, little girl, this is called optimism!
Chen Xiao has always felt that he is an optimistic person.
But no matter how optimistic he is, he has thought about many dark things after he came to the United States.
In the dictionary, in English sources, there are so many dark sides of America on the front and side.
The United States, a paradise that many people in China fantasize about, is not friendly to poor people like him and foreigners.
He was ready to be bullied in the United States.
Unexpectedly, in the end, he would meet an atypical black American like Brother Luo.
Standing in front of the double-open refrigerator, Chen Xiao, who was observing Ron Howard's dormitory, kept sighing.
Compared to his simplest dormitory, this dormitory in Luo Ge is really incredible.
A brand new refrigerator, a brand new oversized color TV, a brand new microwave oven, and even a computer on the windowsill!
Laptop!
Chen Xiao saw a bitten apple on the white laptop cover.
The light that radiates......
It's so beautiful!
Chen Xiao couldn't hold his eyes when he saw it.
I want it so much!
The rotten apple, the computer, the whiteness, were full of indescribable temptations for a young man like him.
"Brother Luo, you, how much does your computer cost?"
"Well, the Apple Macintosh PowerBook G4, Apple's latest laptop, $3,499."
“……”
3499…… Dollars?!
More than 30,000 RMB?!
Can the whole village make so much money raising pigs for a year?
Hearing this number, Chen Xiao's eyes looking at the computer instantly changed from looking at a peerless beauty to the eyes of a high-ranking monk with empty aggregates.
That look, that temperament, is simply flashing with the light of a poor Buddha.
It's not really a Buddha who is empty, it's because of poverty, and I have to be a Buddha.
Seeing Chen Xiao's transformation, Ron Howard next to him wanted to laugh a little.
He didn't laugh at Chen Xiao's poor temperament.
I just thought it was fun.
Although Chen Xiao reveals a poor temperament with empty pockets......
But he could feel Chen Xiao's envy, but he couldn't see any inferiority.
That's good.
He loved it.
This makes him get along with Chen Xiao, and he won't have any pressure.
The Ron Howard family should be rich!
Even if Chen Xiao is blind, he can feel the strong atmosphere of local tyrants in this dormitory.
Rich blacks.
And also rich and cultured blacks.
This kind of golden thighs have been encountered by me.
This luck is probably not much worse than being hit by the system.
It's just that......
"Brother Luo, your family conditions are so good, your temperament is good, and your academic performance is good, why did you choose basketball?"
Chen Xiao is really curious about Ron Howard now.
Rogo High School is in the top five public high schools in the United States.
With excellent academic performance, good family conditions, plus he can play basketball in one hand, and he is black, such a background is really any university in the United States, and he has the opportunity to enter.
But in the end, he actually chose Marquette University, which is equivalent to the emperor's son choosing to go to the imperial examination.
This is not to say that the imperial examination is bad.
It's tiring and unnecessary.
Brother Luo chose to play basketball, which was almost a sacrifice of all his social connections and network advantages.
He doesn't play basketball, his life, his social relationships, can make his future seem like a hanging.
But choosing basketball, his family, and his family's social relationships can't help him much.
It can be said that he was originally born at the end of someone else, but in the end he chose to start over like others.
It's really weird.
"If Brother Luo thinks it's hard to say, it doesn't matter, I'm just a little curious."
"Actually, there's nothing bad to say."
Ron Howard said with a smile after recovering from his stupor.
It's just that Ron Howard's eyes at this time are not looking at Chen Xiao, but at the poster hanging on the wall.
The poster features a white Duke No. 22 jersey holding aloft a championship trophy, the highest honor in the NCAA.
"I want to beat this guy."
"I want to stand on the NBA stage with him and beat him!"
"He said we don't deserve to play basketball."
"I want to tell him again that we can!"
Ron Howard wanted his voice to sound calmer.
However, Chen Xiao still heard Brother Luo's heartfelt anger that could not be concealed.
Although Brother Luo has been in the team in order to become the boss quickly, he has been acting like an unruly villain in the team.
But Chen Xiao knows that Ron Howard is not a villain.
He's actually a nice guy who is quite exquisite.
Someone who can make such a good person feel such anger that must be killed......
"Who is he?"
"Jay Williams."
Hearing this name, Chen Xiao was a little dazed, as if he had heard it, but he didn't seem to have heard it.
Seeing Chen Xiao's expression, Ron Howard felt normal.
Chen is a beginner after all, and it is normal that I have not heard his name.
"He's a genius, a real genius who is better than anyone on our team, a true genius who is destined to be an NBA All-Star in the future."
A true genius destined to become an NBA All-Star?!
NBA?
Also all-stars?
This is who Brother Luo wants to beat?
Jay Williams ......
Chen Xiao felt that he should not forget the name and the arrogant smiling face on the poster.
"Is he in the NBA now?"
"Nope."
“……”
Ron Howard knew what Chen Xiao was going to ask, so he didn't wait for Chen Xiao to open his mouth and continued: "In the NCAA, my team and I don't have any chance to beat him. ”
"We can't even stand in front of him and Duke."
“……”
Brother Luo, you're too presumptuous, aren't you?
Our team doesn't seem to be as weak as you might think.
Facing Chen Xiao's unbelieving eyes, Ron Howard didn't care.
Chan didn't know what Jay Williams, Duke and Coach K represented in the NCAAA, especially now.
"So Chen, we all have dreams of having to get into the NBA."
We all dream of getting into the NBA......
Thinking of the 'we' in Ron Howard's mouth before, it seems that Brother Rogo is also a very storytelling person.
Could it be a similar story?
Chen Xiao didn't know.
Chen Xiao now only hopes that both stories can have a happy ending.
Probably so, right?
Hopefully, the ending of these two stories will be as sunny and bright as the smiles on my and Brother Ro's faces right now......