The weather in October has gradually come to an end, summer is gradually far away, autumn is approaching, five o'clock in the morning, the morning is piggyback with dew, the sky is just bright, the old man wears a baseball cap, wearing a gray long-sleeved hoodie to go out.

Lao Fu has the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, going to bed regularly at ten o'clock every night, getting up at five o'clock in the morning for morning exercises, running, pressing legs, and even playing tai chi, but he didn't go out for these today, he was going to inspect a player, no, it was not that he was asked to inspect him today, but that Lao Fu would inspect him every day, but today he came to check the results.

That person Lao Fu didn't know, he didn't know anything about his situation, ability, physical fitness, only knew that every day when Lao Fu got up for morning exercises, he was already holding the ball, practicing three-point shooting on the field court in the community, Lao Fu had seen his practice, very planning and purposeful, arrived at the court on time at five o'clock, first half an hour of warm-up, including jogging, sliding, sprinting, switchback running and frog jumping, and then a lot of three-point practice, five points on the three-point line, a point projection ten times, if not thrown, It is to do ten push-ups as a punishment.

He only shoots three-point shots, and other offensive skills, Lao Fu has never seen him practice.

The old man found it by chance during the morning exercise, and at that time he thought that this young man would not persevere, but this time the old man was wrong, he could see him every morning exercise, a practice, it was a year and a half, more than 500 days, and he was never absent in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Lao Fu has always believed that the skills of basketball players can be made up for the day after tomorrow, but the spirit is natural, this young man met in the morning exercise has successfully passed the long test of Lao Fu, and then no matter what the reason is to find a player, Lao Fu will leave him a place to investigate.

The old man stretched out his left hand in the pocket of his hoodie, looked at his watch, and at half past five, in the distance, the old man heard the sound of the basketball and the basketball net rubbing against the basketball in the court.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

The sound is as good as a coin falling into a pool of water and splashing it.

It was a pitch surrounded by barbed wire, the ground was only rubberized, and the lines on the pitch were not clear.

The old man pushed open the barbed wire door, walked in, and sat quietly on the bench under the court.

The young man on the court smiled lightly at the old man, said hello, and then continued to practice his own.

The young man definitely didn't know the old man, although the old man knew him, but this was the first time in a year and a half that the old man walked into the court when the young man was practicing.

When the young man smiled at the old man, the old man felt very comfortable in his heart, basketball has such a charm, whether you know someone or not, as long as you open the wire door and walk into the basketball court, everyone will fight side by side, and the relationship between each other will be inexplicably closer.

The young man has a handsome face, there is a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, his height is nearly two meters, his body is relatively thin, he is wearing an inferior basketball uniform that looks like a set of twenty yuan in the night market, the basketball shoes under his feet are also worn, his left knee is tightly covered with a knee pad, his shooting posture is almost exactly the same as that of Lao Fu, very standard, right hand holding the ball, left hand holding the ball, chest and right hand arm, right hand arm and forearm, small arm and back pressure of the right palm, three ninety degree action abnormal standard, The downward pressure of the wrist after throwing the ball is also very beautiful, and the arc of the ball in the air, the direction of rotation, and the angle when landing the frame are all just right.

Judging from the young man's training program and shooting posture, he should have been trained by the professional basketball system, but what puzzled the old man was why this young man was so obsessed with three-point shooting, except for three-point shooting, Lao Fu never saw him practice other offensive skills.

The old man sat on the court and didn't speak, just quietly watched the young man throw in one three-pointer after another, "Huh! ”

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

The ball didn't go in, the basketball bounced a long distance in the air, and it fell to the feet of the old man, who gently picked up the ball, stood up, and walked towards the court.

The young man also did ten push-ups as a punishment, but the old man found that he did push-ups, not with one palm, but with only the thumb, index finger and middle finger, three fingers for support, which shows that the young man not only has an extremely soft touch, but also has good strength.

After the young man finished his push-ups, clapped his palms, and stood up, the old man handed the basketball to the young man and asked, "Young man, what's your name?" ”

"Wang Jing." Wang Jing smiled lightly at the old man, his face was full of youth, and after receiving the pass from the old man, Wang Jing projected again outside the three-point line.

"Huh!"

Hollow again!

"How old are you?"

"25 years old."

"You're 25 years old?"

There is a trace of hesitation in the old man's heart, the age of 25 years old means that the player's technical system has been completely finalized, and the space for development is relatively limited.

"Yes."

"You're so accurate, you're a professional basketball player." The old man walked to the basket, picked up the ball, and passed it to Wang Jing, Wang Jing received the ball and shot three points again!

"Huh!"

"It used to be, but not anymore."

"Oh? How to understand this sentence? ”

Lao Fu played the role of Wang Jing's caddy, Wang Jing shot a three-pointer, Lao Fu picked it up, and passed it to Wang Jing.

"I'm injured," Wang Jing pointed to his left knee with a knee pad and said in a slightly low voice, "The meniscus is torn, and I can't play now." ”

"Huh!"

Another three-point shot.

"The injury can be treated."

Wang Jing shook his head, a little bitter and a little helpless, "Once, I was the ace of that team, so they could give me free treatment, but I didn't expect that the meniscus injury was not healed, and there was a bone spur in the knee, and the team no longer had my place, they didn't need me anymore, no one would treat you anymore, there was a fire in my heart, it kept burning, but no one added a handful of firewood to him." ”

The old man nodded lightly, what Wang Jing said was not wrong at all, the current society is such a realistic society, and there is no trace of sympathy and pity.

"I see you're here every day to connect with three-pointers." The old man said, "I think the fire in your heart has not only not been extinguished, but is burning more and more!" ”

"Yes! Because I'm not reconciled! The old man saw Wang Jing clenching his fists, and said word by word, "Because I am unwilling, I am unwilling to be defeated by injuries like this!" Unwilling to go with the flow! I'm sure God will bless me one day! I'm sure I'll make it! No! I have to succeed! ”

"Huh!"

After shooting this three-pointer, Wang Jing slowly walked to the chair on the sidelines, then sat down, took the accompanying water glass, twisted it, and drank it in a big gulp.

The old man sat beside him and said softly, "Young man, I can see you every morning when I exercise. ”

Then the old man heard Wang Jing holding his left knee with both hands as if he was talking to himself, and the crystal sweat dripped down the ends of his hair.

"In fact, in my heart, I don't know if I can last until that day, my family has spent all my savings in order to treat my leg, or for my dream of basketball, yes, you see me come here every day to practice, in fact, you don't know, I regard this time of day as the last practice in my life, every time I leave here, I will look twice, afraid that I will leave today, I will not come back...... My parents wouldn't say anything because they couldn't afford it at home, but I could read the frustration in their eyes. ”

The old man lowered his head and was silent on his face, but his heart was as turbulent as the tide on the coast.