After coming out of Erya's house, I felt like a new life. The pressure and crampedness on my body vanished in an instant.

Erya was going to keep me drinking porridge with her, but I told her that the editor-in-chief was urging the manuscript and that I had to go back to the office to work overtime.

The editor-in-chief did urge the manuscript, but the manuscript urging is only the work of the editor-in-chief, and it does not constitute a necessary condition for me to work overtime.

So it's just an excuse to leave. Originally, I was happy to stay with Erya. Even after she and Sijie got married, I was still happy to appear on occasions with her, even if Sijie was there every time.

……

I am willing to appear wherever there is a second place, and this habit can be traced back to junior high school.

Staying away from the four precepts in the seat does not affect our communication and feelings.

We would still go to the cafeteria and the toilet together, go to the river to look out at the occasional passing boats, and go to the playground to play rubber bands with our female classmates. Unlike many people, with a new table, forget the old one. Got close to new friends and alienated old acquaintances.

Ha ha.

When I entered junior high school, everyone's gender consciousness began to appear. Therefore, the behavior of playing rubber bands with female classmates after class like me and Sijie is still despised by most boys.

They will think we are not manly enough. But their masculinity often ends in a fight, so they don't like teachers and female classmates.

At that time, in relatively simple rural areas, because everyone's family conditions were similar, they were all the second generation of farmers, and there was no so-called rich second generation and second generation of demolition, so in addition to absolute strength, academic performance was an important capital for you to walk on campus.

Sijie and I were the first or second among the boys in our class in terms of academic performance, so we would throw a contemptuous smile at the other boys in the face of their strange eyes. The smile is full of hidden, wait for you to do me in the exam, and then laugh at Lao Tzu's meaning.

They won't do it with us, because doing it with a good student will always be the fault of the poor student with the teacher.

I am willing to play with girls completely because of Erya, and Sijie is willing to play with girls, at that time he said it was because of me, and later I found out that it was also because of Erya.

After the midterm exams, it's time for the school's winter sports day. Our physical education teacher, who is also our Chinese teacher, is also our homeroom teacher, told us before the opening of the sports day that the school's sports meeting focuses on participation, friendship first, competition second. Winning a prize can't add points to the high school entrance examination, so it's good to participate casually, and the focus is still on studying.

Due to poor infrastructure, many competitions are not available. The most popular ball game is table tennis.

Although my body has just developed, my strength has not yet grown, so running, long jump and the like are not suitable for me, and I can only participate in some technical events, such as table tennis.

Sijie, like me, also reported table tennis. There were three men's singles spots in each class, and I don't remember who the other one was, I just remember that my opponent in the first round was Sijie when the draw was drawn.

Sijie and I summed it up, we can make each other's wedding dresses, come to a few beautiful smashes, and attract the attention of a wave of girls, especially the cheers of Erya, and then the winner enters the second round.

We agreed that we had been drawn to the top of the lottery.

The problem was that we had a dispute over who would be out in the first round. Erya was watching the game on the spot, and none of us wanted to take the initiative to get out.

Sijie suddenly slapped his head. "With the strength of the two of us, why does one of us have to be out of the first round?" Sijie raised his proud head.

"So?" I looked at Sijie and thought he had a way to make it both to the next level.

Sijie pulled a boy from another class and quickly completed the signing and swapping.

In this way, Sijie and I avoided perfectly in the first round. The two of us clapped our hands excitedly, looking like we were going to be in the finals.

I was the first to play and hit the opponent 4-0 as soon as I came up. Some classmates next to him talked about the champion of the previous session was nothing more than that, and this time there was a dark horse to kill. The indulgence and pride in my heart sprung out like a wild horse, and by the way, came a smash with a beautiful posture!

Then, buckle off.

11:4。

11:5。

In a best-of-three format, I was eliminated.

can only stay on the scene to cheer for the upcoming four rings.

"Brother, we must fight for a spot for our class to enter the next round."

Because another classmate competed before me and was eliminated before me, the four rings became our only hope. I slammed my fist into Sijie.

As soon as Sijie came up, he adopted a strong offensive tactic, but all the attacks were either out of bounds or under the net. Soon, the first inning was over. Sijie scored 1 point for the opponent's service error.

Before Yibian fought again, I cheered up Sijie. "Don't worry, you can do it!"

In this game, Sijie changed his tactics and switched to defensive counterattacks. It really worked, and the number of shots per round increased significantly, and the spectacle increased.

This kind of defensive counterattack tactics is not in line with the temperament of Sijie, and he can't stand it before he has played three balls and Sijie.

"The big husband can die standing up, but he can't live on his knees!"

Then, with the opponent's several beautiful defensive counterattacks in a row, Sijie stood...... He's dead.

Erya left before the game was over.

I climbed on Sijie's shoulders and walked towards the classroom.

"Don't be sad, fight again next year!" Although I lost, I still wanted to comfort the four precepts.

"No, no, no," Sijie shook his head, "I shouldn't change signatures with anyone, so that one of us will always make it to the next round." ”

We returned to the classroom with our heads down, but the homeroom teacher was as happy as the leader waiting for the warriors to triumph.

"Friendship first, competition second." The homeroom teacher smiled and said to us, "Let's go to self-study." ”

In my memory, our junior high school homeroom teacher is a person who values learning the most. There is no need for these sports meetings and open-air movies, the only thing necessary is to study!

He didn't care about the results of our class at all, and the sooner everyone was eliminated, the happier he became. This means more time to dedicate to studying.

Therefore, our class's sports day results are always at the bottom of the school. However, there was a skinny girl who won the 400-meter race at that year's Games, and I still remember her name, Li Na, who had the same name as the tennis star.

Li Na is not tall and has little athletic talent. Her 400m registration is all about making up the numbers, and someone must sign up for each event and each class.

On the day of the competition, many students in the class went to watch the game. Li Na started behind the big team and ran in last place. Seeing that some of the students had finished the run and started to celebrate, but Li Na was still far from the finish line, the students in the class began to leave one after another.

Sijie and I were also two of the classmates who quit early.

Unexpectedly, the final champion of the women's 400m was Li Na!

When the students who did not leave the class early returned to the classroom to announce the good news to everyone, everyone did not believe it.

"Really! Each lap is 50 meters, and 400 meters is 8 laps. The group of fools ran 7 laps and then didn't run, and Li Na insisted on running 8 laps. Later, the referee reminded the fools, and they realized that they couldn't catch up with Li Na anymore, and she had already hit the line. ”

The student who reported the news patiently explained to us, which made us suspicious.

During the evening self-study, the homeroom teacher talked to us about life with a smile on her face.

"I said that learning is the most important thing, right?" The homeroom teacher's eyebrows fluttered, "Although Li Na runs slowly, she has been silently counting the laps, unlike those students who ran fast at the beginning, who only knew how to run with their heads buried and didn't know how to think, what was the result?" ”

Once again, the homeroom teacher blamed the mistakes of others as the result of her own learning. None of us, though, refuted it.