Chapter 65: Ideological Imprisonment
Fortunately, the Indian people also had to eat and rest in the evening, and there were not many cars on the road, except for the animals that still had to be careful along the way, it took less than 2o minutes for Fan Ju and Rembrandt to return to the airport again.
After getting on the plane, the plane was not delayed for more than an hour, and it was only half past 1o when I arrived in Lucknow, and it was in Shanghai, the city that never sleeps, where Fan Ju lived, and for many nightlifers, the night may have just begun.
But in Lucknow, at night there are no bright lights of the big city, and there are no young people walking on the road, and there are few people in the dark streets, except for the sound of insects, as if it were a large uninhabited village, and the silence makes people feel a little scary, and the occasional animal that emerges from the night will startle the two people sitting in the car.
"It's horrible, I don't dare go out alone in this city, who knows what will come out of the corner and eat myself." Don't think that the big fat man Rembrandt is well-informed, and the attributes of the coward of the night when he meets Lucknow are exposed.
With the bumpy road, occasionally you can see some lights in the houses in the distance of the road, until you arrive at the hotel booked by the two, you finally have the feeling of returning to the civilized world, this road is not seen at all the places of interest in India, but the two do not feel pity at all, those dark roads along the way and the car lights that can flash the eyes of dogs, enough to make them feel a little after the catastrophe at this time.
Arriving at the hotel, the two did not have any extra communication, Fan Ju here is to seize the time to rest and adjust the time difference, as for the registration of the game and the draw he does not have to worry about it, the only thing to do now is to meet the game in 4 days in the best condition.
Rembrandt, on the other hand, has not yet reached the time to rest, he has to deal with the problems of other young athletes on the other side of the world, he is afraid that he is not around, and everything needs to be arranged.
The continuous flight and journey has made Fan Ju very tired, as soon as he arrived at the hotel lying in bed, he didn't even bother to look at the surrounding environment and fell asleep, but he got up very early the next morning, and this is not because of the time difference, but the morning of the city is too lively, and its silent night presents a huge counter-examination, even more lively than the East African savannah where Fan Ju stayed!
Scratching the stupid hair on his head, Fan Ju, who was still a little confused, squinted his eyes and cleaned up, then took his racket and found a place to practice, although he had just arrived in India, but the sooner he adapted to the state, the better, if he had a day off today, relax tomorrow, and wait until the game I am afraid that I don't even know how to play.
Compared with Fan Ju's diligence, Rembrandt was not lazy, although he got up a little later than Fan Ju, it was also because of yesterday's work, as a professional professional agent, when Fan Ju came back from morning practice, Rembrandt had already told him that the matter he reported had been done, and even the venue and sparring for afternoon practice had been solved.
I couldn't take a good look at the city at night, and after breakfast, Fan Ju finally had time to look at this place, Lucknow is actually quite a famous city in India, it can be said that it is the music and dance capital of North India, life is very decent, and at the same time very cultured.
"Well, if those guides and introductions are not lying, then why do I think this is more like a big village?" Fan Ju looked at the chaotic streets and mottled old buildings on the side of the road, and he couldn't feel that kind of decent and civilized feeling.
Of course, if it weren't for those ancient buildings that could make people shine in the city, it would be difficult for Fan Ju to feel that the place where he was was had any cultural heritage, and of course, the ticket prices for foreign tourists were dozens of times higher so that he didn't choose to enter, after all, he was here to compete, not to be slaughtered by the Indians.
What he didn't know was that the only buildings that made him feel good were not for ordinary people, the shiny walls and the splendid buildings were not mosques, they could be some aristocratic mausoleum, and perhaps the only decent looking buildings in the city were the buildings left by the city government and those colonists.
In addition to the halal-style buildings, there are also many statues left over from the British colonial period, but this qiē is difficult to attract Fan Ju, for whom it is better to enjoy the natural scenery of the African savannah than to enjoy this lifeless man-made structure.
For lunch, I had a local specialty meal "Tully", which is actually a meal composed of vegetables, rice, and Indian cakes mixed with seasonings, some chili sauce, onions and some mixed side dishes, which is not much different from other Indian meals, but the sour, spicy, and sour dishes are quite appetizing.
However, the overall feeling for Fan Ju is still a bit like liquid food, not as "hard" as domestic dishes, although the stomach is full, but the teeth are not very laborious.
"These two are local professional sparring partners in India, and they have been working as sparring partners in Lindapest, and they can communicate directly in English." Rembrandt introduced the two to Fan Ju, and Fan Ju smiled politely at the two.
The first thing I felt when I saw the two of them was that their skin was very dark, unlike those Bollywood stars on TV, the skin of the two revealed a thick black, more like the poor people in tattered clothes that Fan Ju saw on the street.
The two of them didn't talk much, they just asked about Fan Ju's training requirements, and Fan Ju himself was only doing adaptation training today, and he only needed to start with the feeling of returning the ball and adapting to the field, and the changes needed were not big, so it didn't have to be too complicated.
The work of the two sparring partners is actually very simple, nothing more than to hit Fan Ju to the left and right sides of the court and then play back, as for the angle and strength, you don't need to pay too much attention to it, as long as you control the landing point, don't let Fan Ju practice running back and forth on both sides of the court.
However, at the beginning of the training, Fan Ju felt the difference between the two, their return accuracy was very good, and they were also comfortable with all kinds of return balls of Fan Ju, and even Fan Ju deliberately added some spin and strength to the return ball, and there was not much change in the accuracy control.
Fan Ju can't find this level of sparring partner in China at all, and what makes Fan Ju puzzled is that the asking price of such a sparring partner is actually not high, the sparring partner is on call within a week, and the venue rent is only 5oo US dollars, this price may not be enough to hire a professional-level sparring partner in European and American countries, not to mention the cost of bringing the venue to the venue.
"You're very good and you're not very old, so why didn't you go to the pros? I guess if you participate in the competition, you should have a good chance of getting points, right? Fan Ju asked curiously during the break.
The two of them had good English, at least much more authentic than the driver, and when they heard Fan Ju's question, they all shook their heads, and their faces did not reveal a trace of expectation.
"We are only slaves born into the Buyia caste, and it is a great blessing to be able to serve the gentlemen, and thanks to Mr. Lindapest, we were able to learn tennis, a sport that only nobles can play."
Caste? Servant? Fan Ju is very unfamiliar with these two words, or he only learned the vocabulary when he refreshed a little India-related literature before coming to India, and Fan Ju of India's caste system has also heard a little, but he didn't expect that there were two living examples in front of him.
Although they did not endure hunger and sickness, they had the strength and talent but could only be willing to work as sparring partners, and it was obvious that the liberation of India did not completely change people's thinking, and the class system only turned from the bright side to the dark place.
The situation of the two is indeed very regrettable, but Fan Ju is not a saint, even if the two take the initiative to ask Fan Ju for help, unless it is a matter of life and death, Fan Ju may not help the two people who have just met.
What's more, Fan Ju only saw happiness in the eyes of the two, although they have the skills of tennis players, but they do not have the glory of tennis players, such players are not good at playing in Fan Ju's eyes, even if they will work hard for money, but once they get enough money to survive or be rich enough to live in their own country, they will inevitably lose the motivation to move forward.
Maybe they will seek more glory after having money and status, but it's not a love of tennis, it's just a side product of tennis.
After the break, it was still boring practice, but Fan Ju is gradually regaining the feeling of being on clay, according to Nick Sr. and those who have practiced with him, Fan Ju's special downspin attack is actually not terrible on clay, but the difference is that side spin and topspin are completely different.
The elusive angle of the bounce and the depressive delayed bounce can almost make opponents who are not used to hitting the ball want to leave the court.
Sometimes, even if some students in the online school want to use the only clay court, as long as there is a fan to practice there, they will subconsciously choose to avoid it.
Even those players who have entered the middle and lower rankings of the profession would rather run to the inferior sand and gravel courses than go to the kind of bottom-line training with Fan Ju that makes them depressed.
Not to mention Fan Ju's steady underhandicap, which makes the pole steering and emergency braking ability of the feet even better, even if it is not as good as the top fast-legged players in pure hard court movement, but on pure clay courts, there are few players who can fall back faster than Fan Ju after running across the court.
With the advantage of running and batting, Fan Ju is actually not worried about the results on the clay court, and he doesn't even care too much about whether he has adapted to training, if it is not for the three full weeks of competition after that, Fan Ju is not even bothered to spend the 5oo dollars.
Without the interest of traveling, and without having to worry about the schedule, he finally waited for the arrival of January 6 in the days of the hotel and the driving range.
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