What is courage, courage is when you see the truth of life and still love life.

Liang Chen sometimes lives like a philosopher, constantly thinking about life, and constantly overturning his own definition of life. He said that life is about seeking, believing, doubting, disillusionment, destroying, rebuilding, just to avoid becoming a multitude.

This set of rhetoric is the gibberish he used to write a review in his office after falling asleep in English class for the third time.

After nine consecutive defeats in the first-year basketball game, Liang Chen was a little depressed, and he felt more and more that he saw the shadow of Ross and the most miserable depression of the "Windy City Rose". Dignity, questioning, ridicule······ The first battle was shocking, and then there was no victory.

Successive injuries destroyed the hope of high school 17, against the English teacher's fifth class of high school, Zhou Sang was hit while grabbing a rebound, and his naked knee drew a blood-red mark along the cement floor, not an exaggerated description of Chinese class, the basketball court on the cement floor, without knee pads, the fragile skin is like foam, and it will break at the touch. Zhou Jun's knee was injured, and the seventh class of high school lost 28 points in the half, and in the second half, relying on Lao Zeng's relationship, the score difference was "deadlocked" at about 28 points, and it did not break 30.

In the third high school eleventh class, Liang Chen's left wrist was injured, and it was useless to hold out for half the game! When he got off the field, he took the water handed by Xue Ji, and Liang Chen didn't even say thank you, bowed his head and said nothing. And Gao 1736 points lost.

In the fourth high school first and second class, almost all the fox friends and dog friends in Liang Chen's junior high school were in this class, and after ten minutes of the first half, both teams were no longer defended, and finally the high school 173 points "tearfully" lost in a row.

In the fifth high school class, the art and sports class of Shihe Middle School, the main force was all rested, and at the beginning of the game, they were tormented by Liang Chen, the inside line of one meter and nine meters was in the penalty area, Tang Song looked like a child, and they only grabbed nine rebounds in the whole game. And the friendly match of Shihe Middle School broke 100 for the first time, and the first year of high school became a joke.

The sixth high school class nine, the same liberal arts class, Liang Chen didn't want to lose again, his wrist was bandaged, and he endured the pain, and Zhou Sang also barely made a comeback, but the will was defeated by the pain, and Liang Chen and Zhou Jun had to rest after half of the game, and in the second half, Gao Yiqi collapsed again as if it were taken for granted.

In the seventh class of high school 10, Du Ruo became a "traitor" on the opposite side, constantly giving Gao 17 points, and finally Liu Hao missed three points, Gao 17 failed to kill, and lost to Gao 10 by two points.

The car selling rock sugar gourd on the playground has eye-catching warnings, and the setbacks in life, like rock sugar gourds, have been pierced into the body with bamboo poles, but they have become the backbone of life. But one failure after another has pierced the heart of the seven boys in high school.

In the eighth game, the people who were high 17 before the game seemed to be hermit masters who were beyond the object, swept away the haze of the first six defeats, and returned to the confidence of the first game when facing the high school 16, but this time it was not the score that caused anger, nor the ridicule off the field.

At the end of the first half, Gao Yiqi relied on his overall performance and barely lost by two points.

"Liangzi, do you want to vote for a few?" Zhou Sang asked with interest.

"Forget it, take a break, maybe you can recover when you play the eighth shift!" Liang Chen replied with a smile.

"Then I'll go by myself!"

Liang Zi waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, practice the basket, don't run blindly, you hurt your leg again." ”

Zhou Sang took the basketball and joined Liu Hao's team to shoot the basketball, which was originally a game, but caused a confrontation. Zhou Jun, who was playing under the basket, felt that it was not enjoyable, and dribbled the ball to the three-point line, the basketball smashed to the edge of the basket and popped up, and a high arc fell, impartially hitting the back of another referee who was outside the court.

Zhou Sang just walked over, touched his head and said, said sorry with a smile, bent down and just picked up the ball.

Liang Chen didn't know the teacher's expression, but he could never forget his words.

"Don't come out and be embarrassed if you're crippled."

Probably his expression was extremely disdainful at the time! There are mocking eyes hidden under the thick lenses, maybe! Liang Chen doesn't remember it either, he can't hold such an unpleasant thing in his head, unlike the loss after a losing streak, it is a kind of disgust from the heart, as if he was forcibly poured three bowls of rice after eating - disgusting.

Zhou Sang straightened his waist, his face gradually became gloomy, Tang Song, Liu Hao and others surrounded him in an instant, Liu Hao grabbed Zhou Jun's hand, Zhou Jun shook it off at once, Liang Chen and Tang Rui saw that the situation was wrong, and came to Zhou Jun through the crowd.

Liang Chen asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Tang Song whispered in Liang Chen's ear: "The teacher with glasses scolded Zhou Sang for being 'crippled'. ”

Liang Chen nodded, slowly pushed Zhou Jun away with both hands, and said unhurriedly: "It's okay, we are just physically disabled, but some people are different, he is crippled in his heart." ”

Zhou Jun squeezed out an ugly smile on his face, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, some people are crippled in their hearts, crippled in their hearts, hey!" Why don't you go to the cure! ”

The bespectacled teacher's face changed a few colors, gritted his teeth, and scolded loudly: "The book has reached the belly of the dog, and you Teacher Mu taught you to treat the teacher like this, something." ”

Liang Chen turned his head, stared at his brows, an irrepressible passion jumped in his heart, and the blood in his veins poured into his brain, arousing Liang Chen's anger, he stared at the teacher with glasses, his eyes were as cold as a blade, but there was a calm taste in his words: "Our teacher taught us to treat me as a countryman, and I will repay him as a countryman!" You treat me as a passerby, and I repay you as a passerby! If you treat me with a coward, I should repay him with revenge! What does the teacher think. ”

The teacher with glasses was angry, his chest continued to rise and fall, his teeth were clucking, and the people around him kept gathering, Liang Chen and the referee on their side hurriedly grabbed him, wanting him to say less, the teacher with glasses said angrily, and a Sichuan dialect burst out: "Are you worthy of being a national soldier?" I don't know what Teacher Mu taught, and taught a group of bandits and hooligans who insulted the teacher. ”

The anger gradually burned out the last reason in Zhou Jun's mind, he couldn't help it, pointed at the teacher and scolded: "Hey! Chinese people without virtue are your teachers! A person in his thirties and forties, with no morality, no morality, no faceless character, scolds a student in public as "crippled", you are eating too many small vegetables for five cents in the vegetable market today! The face is so cheap. ”

However, Liang Chen's face was still as plain as water, but a shallow mocking smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"Do you have the strength to be respected? If I don't want to make progress, if I play basketball like this, how can I still have the face to be embarrassed, and I am also a group of bandits and hooligans who were originally wandering in the mountains. As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Chen drowned in the cursing of other classmates.

Gao Yiqi mixed up with some people who were involved for some reason, and gradually surrounded the two teachers, friction gradually rose, and the two sides pushed each other, and Liang Chen couldn't squeeze into the center of the conflict, only until the teachers from the political and educational office and several security guards from the school arrived, and then pulled the two teachers out.

In the office of the Political and Educational Department, I don't know if it was the effect of the electric heater or the scorching atmosphere that made Liang Chen a little hot, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead from time to time.

"Let's talk about it! What's going on. Director Wei, who was sitting in a large black office chair, said.

Teacher Mu didn't speak, turned his head to look at Tang Rui, and motioned for her to go up and say that she was really afraid that Liang Chen was provoking something.

Tang Rui is not as calm as Liang Chen, she is a girl after all, she has never caused anything since she was a child, and she entered the political and educational office as a big girl on a sedan chair - the first time, she spoke in a slurred voice, and she barely made it clear.

"What do you think, Mr. Mu?" After listening to Tang Rui's words, Director Wei looked at Teacher Mu and said.

Teacher Mu thought for a moment and replied, "Since both sides are at fault, I personally think that everyone should take a step back, so forget it." ”

"Humph! Teacher Mu just forgot it, if you don't teach them a lesson, you may have to turn the world upside down in the future, and then it will be even more difficult for you to manage. As soon as Mr. Mu finished speaking, the glasses teacher, who had just disappeared and disappeared, walked in from outside the door, and his tone was full of residual anger.

Director Wei on the office chair took a sip of tea, and saw that Teacher Mu on the side wanted to speak with his mouth open, and hurriedly said, "Then what does Teacher Liu want to do?" ”

"After all, I'm also at fault, a few of them write a check, and just apologize to me at the all-school assembly on Monday." Teacher Liu smiled and said with a magnanimous appearance.

Liang Chen, Zhou Jun and the others were furious after hearing this, and just wanted to come out to debate, Teacher Mu glared at them, and Liang Chen and the others grinned and retreated.

"So what do you do about it!" Director Wei stood up and stared at Teacher Liu with a serious face.

"Ahh Teacher Liu was taken aback, his face was full of questions, he didn't expect Director Wei to ask this question.

"Ah what, I asked you that people do what you say, what about you?" Director Wei's voice suddenly raised an octave.

Teacher Liu had a bitter face for a while, frowned and said, "Director Wei, I just made a slip of the tongue!" ”

"Slip of the tongue?" Director Wei pointed at Teacher Liu and scolded loudly: "You are insulting to the teacher's morality and ruining the image of all the teachers in our school. Director Wei's anger surged up suddenly, and he continued to scold: "What is a slip of the tongue? First, you are insulting a student, others are hurting their own class competition, this is for the collective honor, this is the sportsmanship of hard work; Second, insult your colleagues, what is Mr. Mu taught a group of bandits and hooligans, you look at the results of the class you bring, and then look at the others, I think you are the hooligan bandits; Third, you are insulting yourself and apologizing to you, Liu Ping, Teacher Mu has already taken the steps for you, and you have tore your face off. ”

"You go back and write me a check-up and give it to me next week." After Director Wei finished speaking, he returned to his desk and took a sip of tea.

"Director Wei, there's no need for inspection!" Teacher Liu said with some pleading.

"Okay! Then I'll tell Principal Tang and deduct your performance salary. ”

"Then I'll write a check!"

Zhou Jun, who was standing on the side, saw that Teacher Liu was being trained like a grandson, and couldn't help laughing.

Director Wei looked at Liang Chen and them for a moment, and said, "What are you laughing at, didn't you hear what Teacher Mu said!" You are also wrong, so the 2,000-word check will be read in your class. ”

"Okay, let's go back! The meals that should be eaten, the classes that should be attended, all remember this time for me, and go back to reflect on it, especially you, Mr. Liu, this time the examination is more profound. ”

Liang Chen and the others said goodbye to Director Wei in turn and left the Political and Educational Office.

Walking to the door of the classroom, Teacher Mu suddenly stopped and stared at Liang Chen, his throat moved, as if he wanted to say something, he swallowed it back, sighed, and entered the classroom.

Teacher Mu first announced the school's handling of this matter, and then began to appease everyone, routinely instilling chicken soup, and the central idea was summarized as correcting mistakes if there were mistakes, and encouraging people if they didn't.

Liang Chen was nibbling on the bread he didn't know who bought it on his seat, thinking about whether he lost this game again? Sort of! After all, they lost by two points at half-time. Thinking of this, Liang Chen completely lost the happiness after "justice" defeated "evil". I took a sip of milk, and swallowed the sweetness of bread with the loss and sadness of another defeat.

In the ninth high school class and eighth class, Liang Chen and Zhou Jun did not come back, everyone reported the concept of happy basketball, no defense, no clear offense, no obsession to win, very relaxed, everyone in Gao Yiqi didn't seem to care anymore, every time they scored a goal, Liang Chen and Zhou Jun seemed to use all their strength to applaud, he actually knew that everyone's heart was a little lonely.

When Xue Ji was behind by a big score, her eyes were a little red; Tang Rui would sigh dullly from time to time; When the opponent shoots, Liu Bingjian's left hand will be clenched unconsciously; When Lao Maozi doesn't enter the vacant seat, he will beat his leg; And Liang Chen covered up the sadness in his heart with laughter.

In the tenth game of the 19th class of high school, in the last game, Mr. Mu came to the court unexpectedly, but it was still difficult to stop the decline, and the 179th year of high school lost in a row!

At the last minute of the finale, Mr. Mu called the last timeout for us and brought all the boys together.

"What is courage?" Teacher Mu looked at everyone and said.

Liu Hao touched his head and replied, "Courage is guts!" Watch horror movies in the middle of the night, walk at night or something! ”

After Liu Hao finished speaking, everyone lowered their heads and did not speak, and was silent.

"Tang Song, you are the squad leader, you can talk about it."

"Hmmm! Courage is probably to continue to work towards the goal after failure! ”

"Liu Bingjian, what do you think?"

"I think Tang Song is right! Courage is the strength to stand up again after failure. ”

"Zhou Jun, you can talk about it."

"I think courage is never admitting defeat in the face of powerful evil forces."

Tang Song pushed Zhou Jun and said with a smile: "You are Ultraman, you have seen too much!" ”

Mr. Mu also smiled, he said: "I read such a passage in Youth Digest, the author said, 'What is courage, courage is when you see the truth of life, still love life'. In fact, as Tang Song and Liu Bingjian said, after failure, you can still work hard for it. Actually, you know what I want to say, and I want to tell you that I hope you can love this sport, just as you still love life, no one loses a few games and wants to jump off a building! If you have this idea, you must tell me as soon as possible. ”

Liang Chen They all laughed, laughed very happily, Liang Chen was really happy, the villain in the left atrium was very happy, he liked this sentence, basketball on the court in his world is life, he will eventually love basketball just like he loves life, his faith is still there, the number one of the red bull, the rose will never wither!

THIS IS WHY WE PLAY

Gao Yiqi still lost, the scar left by basketball will always grow on them, sting them for three years, at some point this scar will always be torn open by others, Liang Chen They are bleeding and accept unbridled ridicule, but those boys, every physical education class, will always pick up the basketball and appear on the court.