At noon, in a community in Anshan City, Liaoning Province, Chen Yiting wore a sweat-soaked hurdle vest and had a messy hair tied into locks, climbed up to the third floor in three steps and two steps, and rushed into the room like a gust of wind. He threw off his sneakers, replaced them with a pair of old black plastic slippers, opened the refrigerator and took out a large bottle of Coke, and drank it wildly.

His mother, who was cooking in the kitchen, yelled at him: "Chen Yiting, hurry up and throw your stinky sneakers to the balcony!" Put the ice cola down for me! You sweat all over and drink ice water, looking for a disease! Warm boiled water is cooled on the table! ”

Chen Yiting wiped his sweat with his vest, and said to his mother with big eyes: "Mom, are you so fierce? After I'm gone, see who you quarrel with! As he spoke, he slipped headlong into his small, dimly lit room.

Mom continued to yell: "Stinky boy, did I beat you too little!" Now why don't you turn your stinky problem over and make you embarrassed outside? When you come to the dormitory, you put stinky sneakers in the house all day long, and foreigners will hate you in three days, but people eat bread and drink milk and perfume every day, be careful to blow you out! ”

At this time, my father walked in with a worn-out brown paper bag and said to my mother in the kitchen: "Lifen, the ticket to the United States at the end of August is expensive, and it is said that it is the beginning of the school season for international students, one price a day, and the money is finally ready!" In the afternoon, I asked for a leave of absence and asked his second brother-in-law to quickly ask someone to buy a ticket, otherwise, the money that I finally scraped together was not enough. ”

Mom wiped her hands on her apron, pulled Dad into the grease-stained kitchen, pinched him on the arm, and winked at him. Dad screamed in pain, and while dodging, the second monk asked confusedly, "Lifen, what are you doing here?" ”

The mother finally couldn't help it, and said in a low voice: "The child is back, didn't I tell you, don't mention money in front of the child?!" ”

"I didn't know he was back, didn't the stinky boy say there was still training in the afternoon?" Dad rubbed his arm that was pinched and reddened, and said with a face full of grievances.

Chen Yiting strode out of the room, and the heartless expression just now was gone, replaced by cramped and awkward, which looked a little funny. He muttered, "Dad, Mom, I'm not going to the United States anymore, wouldn't it be nice to train, compete, and attend classes at home?" We don't have that much money......"

Mom strode over to Chen Yiting, poked his head with her fingers, and said, "What are you talking about?" Son! The vice president of the International Tennis Federation recommended you to Coach John, but the American high school gave you a full scholarship, and if you don't go, you won't go, okay? This doesn't make people say that we Chinese don't count! Having said that, do you know how expensive the tuition of other schools is, more than 60,000 US dollars a year, a real aristocratic school! Son, if you go there to school, it is equivalent to earning money for such a house for our family every year," said the mother, gesturing with her hand and pointing to the cramped one-bedroom apartment, "Son, we have earned it!" Such a good deed, who is not rare! This is the green smoke coming out of the ancestral grave of your old Chen family! ”

"But the air ticket money alone is quite expensive every year......" Chen Yiting frowned with two thick eyebrows, and his face was full of pain.

Dad said angrily, "You don't need to worry about this. Isn't this just in time for the tight money now, and when the province sends out your prize money for this year's championship, you can buy two or three tickets to the United States. ”

Chen Yiting said: "However, our family's money can't all be spent by me alone!" Dad, Mom, I promise to practice hard, and strive to get you a national award every year, and get the bonus, in addition to the rest of the money handed over to the team, our family of three will be able to live a comfortable life! I don't want to go to the United States, it's so far from us, I'm only 14 years old, are you willing to do it? ”

Mom, who had always spoken loudly, sounded like she was yelling, if not in a tantrum, and she interrupted Yi Ting, saying, "What's wrong with being fourteen? Still young, huh? Your dad left home at the age of 14 to go to the national team. Speaking of this, my mother sighed, and her voice was obviously a lot lower: "Hey, although your father has also won a few awards, and now he is in his forties, he is not just a coach, and he can't earn a few dollars in his life, and my mother doesn't want you to be like us in the future." The outside world is big, obedient! Son! Let's go out and break in. ”

Chen Yiting's big black and white eyes turned out of big tears, and her mother couldn't help but feel sad when she saw it, she wiped a handful of moist eyes, and her hoarse voice was choked, and said: "Call you stupid, you are not smart!" You won't settle accounts either. With your current meal, you are still clamoring to eat beef every day...... Every time I come back from training and competitions, I have to make up for this class, make up for that class, and these expenses at home every year alone are much more than two American air tickets. It's better to go to the United States, where the high school is in charge of eating and living, and the steak is delicious, your father asked, and the make-up training is not only charged, but there is no extra expense. Worthwhile! ”

As soon as Chen Yiting spoke, the tears that had just been wiped off flowed down again: "But I just don't want to leave your ......"

Mom reluctantly made a smile while shedding tears, and said, "You are stupid." We're not seventy or eighty anymore, and we still need you to take care of us! Besides, you come back to see us every year, why don't you want to? ”

Chen Yiting said humbly: "But, Mom, I don't speak English well...... I'm afraid I won't understand what they're saying, I'm ...... How do I take classes? ”

The father patted his son's strong shoulder and said, "Son, don't worry, when you get there, everyone will speak English, and it will be a year and a half." ”

The mother wiped away the tears on her face, nodded and agreed: "Yes, son, don't say anything else, you know English, and in the future, you will be a coach in a foreign country, and you may earn much more money than in our hometown." Your parents are both engaged in sports, and they know that it is not easy to eat this bowl of rice now, like Mom, who was injured when she was young, and her life is over, and the cultural class is not good, there is no other way out. ”

Chen Yiting listened to his mother's words and seemed to have made up his mind, he nodded with tears in his eyes, and said, "Mom, I know, I will study hard when I go out, practice hard, and strive for better results." ”

My mother said lovingly, "Son, my mother and father just ask you to go to college in the future, find a good job, and live better than us, just ......"

Chen Yiting nodded heavily.