CHAPTER XXIX

On December 4, although it was close to the "heavy snow" solar term of the winter lunar calendar, the temperature in Nanxiu City, located in South China, was still not low.

"The urban area of Nanxiu City is very sloping, and many houses are built on the hills."

"It seems that the people from No. 1 Middle School came yesterday, and I don't know when people from other schools arrived."

"Can we go out for a walk later?"

"Don't walk around, what if you get lost......"

"How many times have I been to Nanxiu City, how could I get lost."

Leaning on the window of the bus, Ye Qin looked at the winding national highways and the rolling hills and mountains on both sides, listening to the sound of chattering in the carriage, his heart also swelled with a little excitement, as well as a little expectation and restraint about arriving in a strange city.

This is the first time he has left Xiushui County, and before entering high school, he has only been to Xiushui County a handful of times, let alone leaving Xiushui County to go to the urban area of Nanxiu City.

The speed of the bus on the highway is not fast, although Xiushui County belongs to Nanxiu City at the administrative level, but because it is located at the junction of three provinces, coupled with the natural landform of "eight mountains, one water and one field", the journey of more than 100 kilometers takes three or four hours.

The venue of the 7th Nanxiu City Middle School Games is Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School, and the county middle school games are jointly organized by the Nanxiu City Education Bureau and the Sports Bureau, and hosted by Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School.

Excluding some township middle schools that only have junior high schools, a total of 36 teams from various counties (cities, districts) and municipal schools participated in the competition. The competition lasted for three days and mainly included track and field and basketball.

The number of participating teams in Xiushui No. 2 Middle School was finally 18 people, because the school did not organize a basketball team, and the participation was all track and field events. In addition, in addition to Yan Ning, the team leader, there is also a physical education teacher surnamed Wang and a teacher surnamed Zhang to lead the team.

When he got out of the car, Ye Qin looked at the buildings around him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to feel a little out of place.

At this point in time, there are not many high-rise buildings in Nanxiu City, but after all, it is a regional city, and the infrastructure and some landmark buildings, compared with Xiushui County, are still eye-catching to the outside, and have brought a certain impact to some young people who have not yet stepped into the city.

The accommodation place arranged by the Xiushui No. 2 Middle School team is a youth hotel not far from the first middle school of Nanxiu City.

"The hotel room is one room for two people, and you will follow Mr. Wang to find your own room, don't be mistaken. Then we will gather in the lobby on the first floor and go to the cafeteria to eat. In the afternoon, we went back to Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School to see the venue, and I emphasize again, without my permission, no one is allowed to leave the team alone, do you understand? ”

"Got it, Teacher Yan!" The crowd rang out with sparse answers.

After eating in the canteen of the Youth Hotel at noon, and returning to the hotel to rest for more than an hour, the team of 20 members of Xiushui No. 2 Middle School left the hotel and went to Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School.

Today is Thursday, and Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School has given students an early holiday in the afternoon, but from the arrival at the school gate, it has been crowded, and representatives from other middle schools in various counties and districts have also appeared in Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School.

From a distance, you can see that at the gate of Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School, the huge banner of "The 7th Nanxiu City Middle School Student Games" was pulled up, and there were slogans welcoming all students from all counties and districts to come to the competition.

Entering the playground of Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School, many students gathered around the track and sand pit at this time to conduct simple training and adapt to the venue.

The scale of the city's middle school students' sports meeting is not small, and I heard that there are also leaders from the municipal government and the municipal education bureau, and some schools want to make a lot of effort to lose face.

Standing in the team, Li Jianchao gently touched Ye Qin with his shoulder, and pointed to the large playground of Nanxiu No. 1 Middle School, "Ye Qin, this runway looks good." ”

"This is the plastic runway!"

Ye Qin is the first time to see a plastic runway, and for things that many people are used to, this time seems to him to be particularly fresh.

The December sunshine is quite warm and warm, sprinkled on the orange runway that surrounds the entire playground, giving people a particularly neat and clean feeling.

Ye Qin first stood on the runway and jumped lightly, then leaned over and pressed his fingers on the runway. The plastic runway looked slightly different from what he imagined, he thought that this kind of runway with the word plastic might be softer, and people might run slower on it, but after the tentacles, he found that it was hard and solid, similar to the cement floor.

There is a plastic runway in Xiushui No. 1, but after Ye Qin entered Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, he has not been to No. 1 Middle School to see it. That's really good, and your white pull-back sneakers won't have to run a few times to get dirty.

"Okay, you guys will warm up first, and then you can change into spikes and run for a run."

Yan Ning looked at the performance of Ye Qin and a few other students, and smiled so that they could prepare to try to run. In fact, for the team members participating in this competition, none of them are professional athletes, and adapting to the venue before the game is dispensable, but her previous experience has always inevitably made her follow the process.

"Xiao Yan, are you bringing students over to compete this time?"

was Yan Ning directing the team members to start warming up, and suddenly a figure walked over from the playground in the distance.

"Coach Nie, why are you here?"

After Yan Ning turned his head to see the person coming clearly, his face suddenly showed joy.

It was a man in his mid-fifties, slightly short and stocky, wearing a jacket with a receding hairline, revealing a bright brain.

"The city asked our sports school to help in this sports meeting, and I came to be the referee, whatever, and see what good seedlings there are."

Nie Fangping smiled all over his face, looking at Yan Ning with a little embarrassment, "When I heard that you came back to be a teacher, I thought about inviting you to the sports school, but later I heard that you went back to Xiushui, so I dispelled this idea." ”

"Coach Nie, I didn't expect it either." Yan Ning stood in front of Nie Fangping, her expression was a little unnatural, the middle-aged man in front of her was the coach she used to be when she was still in the sports school, and she was the leader of her in sports, but then something happened, she didn't stay in the sports school for half a year, and then went to the professional team, and then because of the injury, the contact gradually decreased.

"Well, are any of the students you led this time particularly outstanding?" Nie Fangping stood in the middle of the field, glanced at a few students who were squinting at him from time to time not far away, and asked with a smile.

"Coach Nie, the people I brought are already high school students, even if there are good ones, you can't bring people back." Yan Ning said with a smile.

"Haha, Xiao Yan, your temperament is much more cheerful than before." Nie Fangping smiled and didn't continue to answer the conversation, but Yan Ning was right on this point.

Nie Fangping belongs to Nanxiu City Sports School, and more mainly screens seedlings from primary and junior high schools, and at this stage of high school, only those who transfer out of the sports school to study in high school, and those who enter the sports school from high school, this is gone.

Just like taking track and field as an example, the training time of an excellent track and field athlete is basically six or seven years, starting from junior high school and primary school, the time is quite right, which is in line with the natural growth experience of athletes.

Older high school students, even if they have talent and potential, the time to enter a sports school has passed.

Sports schools are a relatively closed group, and the training of athletes is relatively pure and in line with the association of coaches. At this stage of high school, the age is relatively old, plasticity is one thing, whether it is good or not, whether it is a sports school or the students themselves, they rarely make choices between each other.