The next day, Gan Guoyang woke up early, but he didn't expect that his father on the bed next to him was gone.

"Daddy is already up?" Gan Guoyang was very surprised, he thought that his father was drunk, and he would inevitably have a hangover and headache the next day, and he couldn't get up, but he didn't expect him to get up earlier than himself.

Gan Guoyang immediately went to the bathroom to wash up and prepare to go downstairs for breakfast.

When he got downstairs, he found that the restaurant had already been busy.

Doing the catering industry, especially the catering business of the Chinese, highlights a hard work. Four seasons a year, three hundred and sixty-five days, every day to get up early and go to bed late, to prepare three meals a day for guests. No way, people have to eat every day.

And Gan Guoyang saw that Gan Youwei was also involved in the busyness of the restaurant at this time.

Although he was drunk last night, it was mainly because he drank a lot rather than a lot, so he had no problem waking up in the morning. What's more, today is his real first day in the United States, and he wants to start working hard and fighting for his son.

"Up, Guoyang? Come down and have breakfast! Gan Youwei saw his son go downstairs and said to him.

He was busy wiping the table and setting up the benches at this time, and the Ganjia restaurant not only provided lunch and dinner service, but also morning tea, and the restaurant was about to open.

"Dad, I'll do it." Gan Guoyang went downstairs and stepped forward to take Gan Youwei's rag, "You are the chef here, how can you wipe the table?" I've got to help, too. ”

"Hehe, what kind of chef, you haven't officially started work yet."

Although Gan Youwei is the heir of Gan's cuisine, a new chef must have a transition process when a restaurant comes to a restaurant, otherwise the taste will suddenly change and many old customers will be lost.

Therefore, Gan Youwei started with some simple work, and at the same time did some chores in the kitchen, and he could make some side dishes along the way.

"Come, let's have breakfast!" At this time, my cousin Gan Bingguang brought a pot of porridge and some steamed fried dough sticks to the table, and the old man also drank a lot yesterday, but today he still looks full of energy, and it seems that his body is very strong.

The four members of the Gan family, plus some waiters and kitchen handymen, ate traditional Chinese breakfast in the store - porridge, fried dough sticks, steamed bread and soy milk.

This is really good for Gan Youwei, who is used to living a hard life, and it also makes him feel that it is really good in the United States.

"Grandpa, Abba!" At this moment, a boy's voice came from the door, and a tall and chubby boy came in.

"It's Guohui, come, come over for breakfast. Meet your uncle and cousin again. ”

It turned out that this was Gan Bingguang's grandson, Gan Youtang's son, Gan Guohui, a 1.85-meter-tall boy.

The people of the Gan family are very tall, which is relatively rare in Chinatown, and the Chinese are all thin and small in the impression of Americans, but the Gan family is beyond their common sense.

However, Gan Guohui and Gan Guoyang don't look like each other at all, with round faces and some baby fat. The facial features are not like Gan Guoyang, who is square, but round and not slippery.

It is no wonder that although they are all surnamed Gan, they are actually cousins, and their ancestors all live in Ganjia Village, and every village has the surname Gan. Eight generations up, the whole village is a relative.

So it's normal for the two to look alike.

"Uncle, good cousin." Gan Guohui greeted him very obediently.

"Hello." Gan Guoyang also smiled at him and looked at this chubby cousin. But what attracted Gan Guoyang the most was not his cousin's disc-like face, but the round ball he placed under the table - a basketball resting in his net pocket.

"Guohui, I got up so early to play basketball." My cousin also saw the basketball that his grandson was carrying, and thought that he usually got up late, and it was rare to be so early today, so he was probably going to play.

"Yes, some time ago, I went to play electric every day, but I didn't play basketball, and I want to play again recently. Yesterday, I made an appointment with Chen Xing to play ball in Union Square! ”

"You know what kind of electric play is, it's just a mess! How good it is to play! ”

In 1980, Namco released the Pac-Man, or street console. This new gadget quickly became popular in the United States. Gan Guohui, who had a summer vacation at the end of May and the beginning of June, had to go to the game center every day to play for a day.

"Cousin, do you know how to play basketball?" Gan Guohui saw Gan Guoyang sitting there, as if he was taller than himself, so he asked.

"Well, I like to play basketball."

"Good! You'll come with me later! Just teach Chen Xing's kid a lesson! ”

Gan Guoyang readily agreed.

And as soon as he thought of being able to play later, he became excited, and he ate a lot faster.

The two cousins drank all the porridge in the bowl after a while, said hello, and went out one after the other, running towards Union Square.

Walking in San Francisco in 1981, Gan Guoyang had a dreamlike feeling, feeling as if he was in a movie. For example, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", this movie tells the story of a father and son in San Francisco in 1981.

Although the United States was already very developed at that time, it felt similar to China in the 21st century, except that the houses were more old and quaint, and there were more parks and green spaces. However, there are still some places where you can feel the difference from later generations, such as the old-fashioned billboard, which is full of oil paintings.

In American cities, street courts are everywhere, and people playing basketball are everywhere.

The two walked for twenty minutes, chatting all the way, and the two distant cousins who had never met before actually chatted very closely. Probably because I am in a foreign country, I can better appreciate the value of family affection.

Finally, I arrived at a stadium near Union Square in San Francisco, where a Chinese boy was already waiting.

The court is small, tucked away in a building, and is more of an open space with hoops than a court. Because there are no lines drawn on the field at all, there is only a basket.

"This is it! My friends and I usually play here, and the rest of the place is black and doesn't take me to play. Gan Guohui said and took out the net pocket and threw it towards the boy in the clearing.

The boy saw the brothers too, and when the ball was thrown to him, he jumped up lightly and grabbed the ball in the air, but before anyone could land, he threw the ball back at the basket. Ball in, an aerial relay!

"That's good, Chen Xing! Will you be alley-oop? Gan Guohui praised?

"What is 'Love Slippery'?" Gan Guoyang didn't understand the word very well.

"It's alley-oop, which is to throw the ball in the air, and the other player receives the ball in the air and throws it directly into the basket."

"That's the air relay!"

"Aerial relay? Hey, that's a great translation, air relay! Chen Xing, another air relay! ”

At this time, Gan Guoyang remembered that the NBA had not yet entered China, and there was no clear Chinese translation for words like alley-opp. In this way, it was Gan Guoyang who invented this new word.

"What air relay?" The boy named Chen Xing also walked up and greeted the two brothers.

"It's alley-opp, how about it, right? The words that my cousin brought from China! ”

"Really? Your cousin is really tall, are you all so tall in the Gan family? "Chen Xing is about 1.75 meters, which is not too short. But compared with the fat man Gan Guohui of 185 and Gan Guoyang of 190, it is much smaller.

"Hehe, how is it, are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid, you fat man is not my defeat?"

It can be seen from the air relay just now that Chen Xing's bounce is very good, and his waist and abdomen strength are also very strong, not a mediocre hand.

“You‘resomething！ (You're amazing!) Without further ado, let's practice first. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the ball and passed it to Gan Guoyang first.

Gan Guoyang got the ball and looked at the basket, he was really a little emotional. A few days ago, he passed out due to a heart attack caused by an impulse to shoot basketball, and now he has started playing basketball on the streets of the United States.

He followed his memories of the past and what he saw on TV, and threw the ball.

"Phew!" Knocked on the neck of the basket.

The three of them just had a moment and started to shoot and warm up.

Gan Guohui was a little disappointed to find that his tall cousin's basketball level did not seem to be very good. Although his shooting posture is quite standard, his shooting percentage is quite pitiful, and he can basically score one by shooting five.

And Gan Guoyang was enjoying shooting, as if he was desperate to shoot that night, but now he doesn't have to worry about his body.

Soon, Gan Guohui discovered that Gan Guoyang's progress was quite amazing. After shooting for more than ten minutes, Gan Guoyang seemed to have found his senses and began to score goals in a row, and the distance from the basket was getting farther and farther away.

This venue is not a standard venue, it is much smaller. And at that time, the three-point line had just been introduced to the NBA, and it was not popular on the streets, and few people shot three-pointers.

Gan Guoyang has already stood on the grass outside the court with the ball, which is about the distance of the national standard three-point line. Bend your knees, raise the ball, bend your arms, shake your wrists, and in one go, the ball makes a perfect arc.

"Brush!" Hollow into the net.

Gan Guohui picked up the ball and passed it to Gan Guoyang, the same position, the same posture, the same arc, and the same "brush".

This scene was repeated six times before the ball came out of the frame.

"Hidden in the depths, cousin! With such a long shot, you're going to catch up with Maravich! In his final season and the first season in which the three-point shot was introduced to the NBA, Pistols Pete Maravich made 10 of 15 three-pointers from 1979 to 1980, a 67 percent shooting percentage.

"It's nothing, it's just a feeling." Gan Guoyang said this, but he was very happy in his heart, he didn't expect that he was still quite talented, and he felt very good after voting for a while.

It's not interesting for the three of them to shoot all the time, but they can't play in groups, so they have to fight one-on-one.

Chen Xing and Gan Guohui, the two rivals, must fight first.

"Here, give you a chance, you serve first!" Chen Xing was very "generous" and gave up the right to serve to Gan Guohui, which also showed his full self-confidence.

"Humph! Watch me score a hat-trick today so you can't even touch the ball! The bull said that he would play three balls, and Gan Guohui wanted to score three in a row to repay the "deep hatred" that he had always lost under Chen Xing in the past.

Although Gan Guohui is taller than Chen Xing, he also weighs more. However, one-on-one bullfighting is more about physical speed and flexibility, otherwise how can you start attacking from a distance away from the basket?

Gan Guohui naturally has his way, that is, to give full play to his advantages and run all the way in.

I saw him use his broad back, leaning on Chen Xing, who looked a little thin in comparison, little by little, arching inward like a fat pig arching the soil.

However, although Chen Xing looks thinner than Gan Guohui, he is very strong, and his tendons and flesh are exposed under his small sweatshirt, and he is obviously a person who exercises regularly. And Gan Guohui is a little fat in comparison.

Sure enough, after a long time, Gan Guohui didn't get too close to the basket, but was very uncomfortable by Chen Xing's hand, and he couldn't control the ball, so he could only turn around and throw the ball to the basket with his hand, and eat by the sky.

It's a pity that the ball didn't even touch the frame.

“air－ball！ (Three do not stick)" Chen Xing shouted out loudly, with a hint of mockery.

Gan Guohui shook his head, "Damn! ”

"Gan Fatty, patronizing video games, how long has it been since you played? I do it every day with the blacks. ”

Chen Xingke didn't go to play video games with Gan Guohui, but always soaked in the street basketball court in San Francisco, played with those birds and beasts, and developed a strong physique.

Next, Chen Xing started to attack, and Gan Guohui had no chance. The duel between the two is like Sun Wukong fighting Zhu Bajie, and before it starts, it will end - Zhu Bajie wilted as soon as he saw Brother Monkey.

Of course, Gan Guohui still resisted, wanting to use his height and weight advantage to cover Chen Xing and prevent him from having space to shoot. However, compared to Gan Guohui, Chen Xing was too sensitive, and easily broke through Gan Guohui's defense line and easily sent the ball in. Triple in a row

“Shit！ You kid has made progress, Lao Tzu, I will go against the current, and if I don't advance, I will retreat! Gan Guohui looked very depressed, although he had always lost in the fight with Chen Xing before, he had never lost so thoroughly.

"Hehe, it's really not going to go or retreating. Come on, big cousin, let's both try it. The eldest cousin has to be merciful. Chen Xing was a little proud, it seemed that he was abused by those old blacks every day, and it was not without effect.

Although he was very polite, he didn't attach much importance to Gan Guoyang. Although Gan Guoyang's back shot was very accurate, hitting six long-distance shots in a row, Chen Xing knew that shooting unguarded was completely different from shooting in confrontational situations.

Some people shoot very accurately in the open space, and if they add a little more defense, the shooting percentage will plummet.

“Star！ Cousin kill him! Gan Guohui couldn't do it himself, so he pinned his hopes on his cousin.

And Gan Guoyang was very confused with the ball.

The previous shot gave him a lot of confidence, but when facing the opponent's defense, it seemed that the ball had become different all of a sudden, and it was not so easy.

Because he is not very proficient in even basic dribbling, he used to play in Chinese high schools purely by his height, and the high school students in their school played blindly.

It's different here, it's the United States, and there are countless basketball masters. Chen Xing in front of him now is definitely a master in Gan Guoyang's eyes.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang's height is not useless. As soon as Chen Xing, who was 1.75 meters tall, reached his chin, Gan Guoyang lifted the ball above his head, and Chen Xing was out of line.

Sell! Gan Guoyang, who just got the ball and didn't dribble a few times, made a move, and Chen Xing was not fully prepared to be in place, and he didn't even move the ball.

"Huh!" Another hollow into the net! 1:0, Gan Guoyang leads.

"Good shot! Cousin is so good! Gan Guohui, who had just been wilted, came alive again.

"Go on," Chen Xing picked up the ball and handed it to Gan Guoyang, and said without being salty. Apparently, he was caught off guard and decided to get serious.

This time, Chen Xing stuck it up at the beginning, and pressed his right hand against his waist, constantly pressing.

This is Handcheck's defensive technique, which uses your hands to sense the opponent's movement and block the opponent's movements, which is a practical and very annoying way of defending.

Gan Guoyang was very uncomfortable like this, and his dribbling was not good, he couldn't break through after dribbling back and forth a few times, and he was stuck to death.

He could only repeat the old trick, the ball was raised above his head, and he shot at a height that Chen Xing couldn't interfere with.

But this time, there was no pleasant sound of brushing the frame, not even the sound of hitting the basket or rebound, an air-ball!

Because Gan Guoyang couldn't complete the shooting action at all under Chen Xing's defense, he was in a hurry to accumulate strength and exert force, so he threw such a stinky ball.

"Damn! Three do not stick! Gan Guoyang also felt very depressed, how could he be so uncomfortable to be pushed by this little man.

"Three don'ts? It's air-ball, right? Hey, cousin, your Chinese is so broad and profound! No frames, no boards, no nets, it's appropriate. ”

Although the ball did not score, Gan Guohui admired his cousin's Chinese level, a "relay in the air", a "three non-sticks", and the image was smooth. Gan Guoyang also did not expect that he would become a master of Chinese basketball vocabulary creation in the future.

The bullfight continued, and this time Chen Xing attacked.

Gan Guoyang also has no defensive skills, only knows how to keep up with Chen Xing as much as possible. And he was a big defensive and small man, and he didn't even know how to lower the center, so he watched Chen Xing pass through his armpit like a mouse and score an easy layup.

Chen Xing relied on a breakthrough to score two in a row, 2:1.

"Lower your center of gravity, cousin! Don't get too close to him, stay a little farther away! Prevent him from breaking through, let him shoot! Gan Guohui still understands basketball, and reminded Gan Guoyang on the side.

Gan Guoyang immediately understood what he meant, and he could often hear it when he watched TV broadcasts in later generations, which was a gambling defensive tactic that sometimes worked wonders.

So, he lowered his center of gravity, two steps away from Chen Xing, and focused his attention on Chen Xing's steps.

Seeing this, Chen Xing did not shoot easily, but after adjusting his pace, he suddenly accelerated and broke through with his left hand. Gan Guoyang immediately moved sideways to the right, and because he was far away, he had plenty of room to move, blocking Chen Xing's breakthrough route.

At this time, Chen Xing's left foot was retracted, with the right foot that stepped out as the axis, and he turned left and back against Gan Guoyang's body, throwing Gan Guoyang behind, ready to end the bullfight with a pick-up.

However, he overlooked Gan Guoyang's reaction speed. Gan Guoyang saw Chen Xing turn around, and subconsciously stretched out his left hand to catch his ball.

And because Chen Xing was picking up the basket, the shot point was very low, but he was touched by Gan Guoyang's left hand stretched out backwards, and was slapped out, and the ball went out of bounds.

“Niceblock！ (What a risk!) Gan Guohui, who had given up a little and was ready to go up again, roared again.

And Chen Xing is still very flat, but from his calm but somewhat stiff face, it can be seen that this ball makes him feel very embarrassed, he thought that he could easily win, but he didn't expect to continue.

Gan Guoyang gained confidence from it, and he will be more energetic in the next defense. finally relied on his height, forcing Chen Xing to make a quick stop jump shot, but the ball knocked out of the frame under Gan Guoyang's interference.

Switch between offense and defense!

In this way, the two went back and forth, and in the end, Chen Xing won 3:2. In the future, this has also become a big capital for him to brag about, "Lao Tzu won the heads-up against Forrest Gump!" ”

Now he is not very happy, and his contempt for Gan Guoyang has been swept away.

Although Gan Guoyang lost, he was also very excited, on the one hand, he could finally play basketball happily; On the other hand, he found that he seemed to learn things very quickly.

For example, when it comes to the pace of defense, I always react slowly at the beginning, and I can only rely on my height and defensive strategy to make up for it. And after the two of them fought each other for two or three rounds, he found that he could judge Chen Xing's breakthrough route, because Chen Xing's small action of tiptoeing before breaking through was particularly obvious, and he could quickly block it.

In this way, the three of them fought all morning on this small basketball court near Union Square until it was time for lunch. After playing, Gan Guoyang was able to win the game a few times with a good hand, and his shots under defensive pressure gradually got used to it.

Only Gan Guohui, who shook the fat all morning, didn't win a game, and lost weight.

And from this bullfight, Gan Guoyang's basketball career officially began.