November 1, 1995.

Jingmen is more than 100 kilometers away from Yichang City and is a city surrounded by mountains on three sides. Cheng Fei and his companions were born here, but they never thought of themselves as Jingmen, and the Gezhouba Cement Factory where they lived was like a paradise, separated from Jingmen, and in a safe corner.

The cement factory was a large factory with 3,000 employees, and the cement produced was also used by the Three Gorges Dam, which was considered a large local enterprise at that time. Due to the abundant funds, the various facilities in the factory are very well built, not only the equipment in the production area is imported from Germany, but also in the living area, swimming pools, clubs, dance halls, cinemas, hospitals, these facilities are also readily available.

At this time, Cheng Fei was staying in the inpatient department of the factory hospital, where although the windows were bright and clean, and there was no noise of the dormitory and the pressure of studying, Cheng Fei was very unhappy. The chicken soup that my mother had specially stewed was also set aside. He didn't have the slightest appetite.

The infusion bottle above the bedside was dripping with potion little by little, and Cheng Fei watched, feeling indescribably flustered.

The familiar sound of a motor came from downstairs, his parents were coming in a car, and today was the day he was discharged from the hospital.

He has been here for almost a week, and after careful treatment by doctors, he has recovered most of his illness, but his body is still very weak due to the severe fever before. The doctor advised him to recuperate for a longer period of time, and if he was in a hurry to go to school, he was likely to relapse due to the harsh environment, which would be even worse for his health. Cheng Fei's parents insisted that he live at home for a while.

As the father of the deputy factory director, he couldn't take a break from work, so he could only go to other places to talk about business. Although the mother's sales task is also very heavy, out of order to take care of Cheng Fei, she tries to come back once a day and prepare Cheng Fei's food for the day. The rest of the time, Cheng Fei stayed alone.

He has never felt such loneliness, although his parents were often not at home when he was a child, but his friends can often come to his house to play, and now, his childhood friends have mostly studied high school or technical secondary school, and this time is not in the factory.

After being discharged from the hospital, Cheng Fei stayed at home for a day, watched TV for too long, felt bored and panicked, and wanted to go out for a walk. It was evening, the houses were lit up, there were not many street lights on the streets, and most places were dark. He walked and walked, and somehow he came to the field of lights.

Cheng Fei had hardly been here before, but he only remembered that he came here once when he was a child when the Lantern Festival party was held, which was very similar to a general gymnasium, consisting of two open-air basketball courts, surrounded by more than a dozen layers of stands. It is said that a staff basketball game will be held in the factory every year, which is very lively.

As soon as I approached the course, I saw that the strong lights inside reflected a piece of the sky above, and there was a "pounding" sound of hitting the ball, and it was obvious that there were many people playing in it.

Cheng Fei was interested and walked into the court.

A group of young men were playing on the pitch in full swing, and it was late autumn in November, and the breeze was blowing, but most of them were shirtless, sweating profusely, running tirelessly back and forth. Almost all the balls were fast-breaking, thrown over on one side and thrown over on the other, which dazzled Cheng Fei. On the field, there was a constant stream of "This way! This way! "Ahh Yikes! There was a shout, and the sound of a thick body banging.

These are young workers who should work in the factory, and their style of play is almost brutal, the physical confrontation is very fierce, the shooting percentage is not high, but the defense and offense are quite aggressive. Although technically it may not be as good as the students, if it does fight, this momentum alone is enough to choke.

There were also a number of individuals standing on the sidelines, and there were also people who helped count the goals.

One of them saw Cheng Fei, walked over, and suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind, and said, "Isn't this Cheng Fei?" Why are you here? "The voice is deep and familiar.

Cheng Fei turned his head to look at it, and hurriedly responded: "Hello Teacher Wu!" ”

The man in front of him, who is 1.76 meters tall, is Wu Zhongmin, a physical education teacher in the junior high school of the children's school. He had a ruddy face, a burly build, about forty years old, wearing a sky-blue tracksuit, and because of his frequent sports, although his temples were already a little gray, he still looked very young overall. In fact, Cheng Fei rarely attends physical education classes, and he rarely meets this teacher.

"Aren't you in the upper sixth? How is it here? Wu Zhongmin asked.

"I'm sick and need to rest at home for a while." Cheng Fei scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Oh, then why don't you go out at night, be careful of catching a cold."

Cheng Fei said with a smile: "It's too stuffy at home, come out for a walk." Do you also play? ”

Wu Zhongmin glanced at the young workers, "No, they want me to guide, the factory is going to play a league." ”

"They fought so fiercely...... Cheng Fei muttered as he looked at those fleshy young men.

Wu Zhongmin smiled, shook his head and said, "Mess up, mess up...... By the way, did Wang Zhiwen join the school team? ”

"Not yet," Cheng Fei said, "but he is very showy, and he is not inferior to the masters of the school team." ”

"Really? He can play ball," Wu Zhongmin said suddenly, "You, it's better to do a little exercise, and playing with Wang Zhiwen and them more will also be good for your body." ”

Cheng Fei blushed and said, "I only played in the school's basketball league last week......"

"Oh!" Wu Zhongmin asked in surprise, his eyebrows curled, "You still participate in the competition, it's not easy!" ”

"Where," Cheng Fei said embarrassedly, "I played too badly, but I ended up and mixed up for a few minutes." "After all, it's a great satisfaction for him to let people know that he's in a basketball league as well.

"Not bad, not bad," Wu Zhongmin happily said two "yes" in a row, "It's good to go out to study, even you have changed so much." You know, how many times have I told your parents that you want to participate in exercise, you know what your mother said, she said that you were born in poor health, and she wants me to be more considerate and let you take less physical education classes...... Alas, as our teachers, we are anxious, but there is no way, even the parents do not cooperate, what can we do? ”

Cheng Fei said: "Teacher Wu, if I start learning to play basketball now, can I still play well?" ”

"Of course you can!" Teacher Wu immediately said, "However, playing ball is not mainly about winning or losing with others, and exercising well will be good for you for the rest of your life...... Hey, go play two times and show me, there's a ball there. ”

Cheng Fei walked under the basket and picked up the ball, came to a half court next to him, and shot a basket with some restraint. He found that after lying in bed for a week, the strength of his arm was no longer needed, and the ball hit the basket crookedly and bounced back.

He didn't want to be embarrassed in front of his teacher. Picking up the basketball, Cheng Fei returned to the free throw line, took a deep breath, raised his heels, stretched his arms forward, and the basketball crossed a beautiful arc and passed through the hoop silently! A beautiful hollow ball!

Wu Zhongmin ran over to catch the ball, threw it back, and shouted, "Good ball!" Again! ”

Cheng Fei changed his position, aimed at the hoop, shot again, and still hit!

Wu Zhongmin let out an "oh" in surprise, picked up the ball, and threw it to Cheng Fei.

Cheng Fei made a big circle around the basket, and even shot at a zero-degree angle, and the ball hit, and there was no miss in the bullet!

He gasped with excitement and flushed his face, and after this serious illness, it seemed that even the feeling of shooting had improved a lot. It's a magical feeling, as if before he shoots the basketball, he knows that the ball will hit, and he will never miss it! It would have been nice to have that feeling when I was playing!

Wu Zhongmin shook his head and sighed: "It's really three days, you should be impressed!" Cheng Fei, Cheng Fei, you voted well! ”

"It's a pity that I couldn't shoot any of them during the game......," Cheng Fei said gloomily.

Wu Zhongmin smiled and said: "It's normal, you shoot so accurately, who will let you shoot easily?" ”

Cheng Fei smiled happily: "Teacher Wu, can you teach me?" ”

Wu Zhongmin nodded: "I am so happy, looking at your shooting posture just now, you are a talent that can be created." What you used just now is the upside down shot you used when you just learned to play basketball, which generally takes a long time to prepare, and the shot point is low, which is easy to cover. I think you can learn how to shoot jumpers, and if you can jump shots, it's easier to shoot in the game. ”

Wu Zhongmin said, threw the ball to Cheng Fei, faced Cheng Fei, turned his back to the basket, and said, "Pass the ball to me!" ”

Cheng Fei passed the ball over, as soon as Wu Zhongmin received the ball, he suddenly took a big stride to the right and turned around, then jumped up, straightened his body in the air, paused slightly at the highest point, his arm bounced out beautifully, and the basketball spun in the air and fell into the basket!

Perfect shot! Textbook standard pose! Cheng Fei was so shocked that he didn't dare to breathe. How did he know that this physical education teacher named Wu Zhongmin was one of the top shooters in the city, and all his scoring points near the three-point line were his points. His shooting is a masterpiece.

"See," Wu Zhongmin said, "this is the jump shot, almost all the preparatory actions are completed in the air in a split second, with the usual practice, you can do it as accurately as the flip shot, or even more accurate." ”