The sky is empty, and the layers of forest are dyed with ink.

An old-fashioned urban and rural bus slowly drives down a winding mountain road.

The headlights pierced through the dense rain curtain and illuminated the lush forests and bamboos and steep ravines on the Leiming Mountain.

There were only five or six passengers, most of whom looked out of the window and watched a live basketball game.

From time to time, the two whispered, occasionally making "sneering" laughter.

Long Xiaochuan sat alone in the last row, holding his hands on his chest and closing his eyes, originally not caring about everything around him.

It wasn't until he vaguely heard the two of them repeatedly mention the word "Lei Zhai" that he couldn't help but open his eyes and ask: "Brother, is it a game between Lei Zhai and Yucun?" How many to many? Who is ahead? ”

Today is the lunar calendar "March 3rd Shangsi Festival", Qiandong City, as one of the birthplaces of "Village BA", the practice is that all towns and villages organize friendly basketball games between villages on this day, and this has been the case for decades, rain or shine.

The two young men turned their heads at the same time, and one of them had an exaggerated expression, as if there was earth-shattering news: "Damn, you may not believe it when you say it, fifty-six to zero!" Haha, the game is almost over, and Lei Zhai still hasn't scored a point! ”

Long Xiaochuan's eyes widened in astonishment: "How is it possible?!" ”

The other person on the other side clapped his hands and laughed evilly: "Hahahaha, really, really!" Lei Zhai is estimated to be shaved by Yucun, this time it will be a shame! ”

Their conversation immediately attracted the attention of the whole car, and the people in front of them turned their heads to inquire about the situation.

This is worthy of being a folk basketball mecca with a solid mass foundation, and even the fat aunt who seems to be the most irrelevant has to comment on two sentences: "Basketball game, how can you not shoot a ball?" Lei Zhai is really the only scorpion this time! ”

The old man next to her stroked his mustache and pretended to be deep: "Anyway, I've lived a long time, and I've never heard of a village basketball game that went back with a big egg!" ”

The others chimed in: "Yes, yes, we haven't heard of it." ”

Long Xiaochuan couldn't help but leave his seat and stepped forward: "Let me see, is there a wrong score?" ”

In the live broadcast screen, there are at least thousands of onlookers at the scene, and the results of this game will definitely not go wrong.

The live camera switches back and forth between the court and the referee's bench, the score of "60:00" on the scoreboard is eye-catching and dazzling, and Yumura scores two goals in a row as he speaks.

At this moment, the referee suddenly blew the foul whistle.

The unique smoke voice of the anchor "Shi Lang will not pass" sounded outside the picture, and his voice was hoarse: "Brothers, it's crazy!" Have you ever seen such an enjoyable game? There is still one minute left, and the referee gave Lei Zhai two more free throws, do you think this goal can be scored? Come on, brothers, I hope Lei Zhai will get out of the way, and 0...... will be deducted from the comment area"

The voice has not fallen, and the "0" in the comment area has been swiped.

Only then did everyone in the car notice that a village-level basketball game attracted 6,000 onlookers on the Internet.

Long Xiaochuan frowned, staring intently at the court, Lei Zhai's No. 7 player in a dark blue team uniform was panting towards the free throw line.

This is a short, black, thin, bearded, middle-aged man in his fifties, his hair wet with rain and sweat beads, strands sticking to his forehead, and the hanging needle lines between his eyebrows seem to be filled with depression and sorrow that cannot be dissolved.

For the first penalty, he first turned his head to look at the scoreboard before he began to dribble to find his touch.

"Bang!"

The basketball landed on the plastic field, bouncing back between his trousers he pulled up, the yellow rubber shoes he wore for farm work, and his calloused hands.

"Bang!"

He knew that even if he scored these two goals, he would not be able to restore his self-esteem, but he had to do it.

"Bang!"

He took a deep breath, looked up at the basket, and made a pretty standard free throw pose.

At that moment, there was a sudden silence around the stadium, and all the noise seemed to cease abruptly.

All eyes were on the basketball, watching it tumble and spin in a graceful arc in the rain, and some even forgot to breathe......

"Bang-"

It's really evil!

The basketball is out of the box again!

There was an uproar in the audience, followed by boos and laughter from the mountains and tsunamis.

The same is true on the bus, the faces of the young man, the old man, and the fat aunt are smiling, obviously happy that they have found something to talk about for a lifetime.

Long Xiaochuan's face was very bad: "There is one more free throw!" ”

Everyone disagreed, and the fat aunt muttered: "His teammates have all left, why is this person still voting?" ”

The young man holding the mobile phone also shook his head: "Yes, the game is like this, I would have stopped playing a long time ago, so what if I threw it, it's not shameful enough." ”

Their cynicism was like a hammer hammer hitting Long Xiaochuan's eardrums.

He only felt that the evil breath in his chest was turning over the river and the sea, and he couldn't suppress it anymore, and finally turned into anger and rushed straight to his head.

So this kid stood up suddenly and roared at everyone in the carriage: "He will definitely vote, and he will definitely hit, because this is the last face of the whole village of Lei Zhai!" ”

Everyone looked up at Long Xiaochuan, whose face was flushed and trembling with excitement, and felt that this person was inexplicable.

The fat aunt glanced at him and pouted: "Vote, vote, why are you so excited?" ”

Long Xiaochuan smashed his fist on the back of the saddle: "Because I am from Lei Zhai, the person who is shooting on the court now is my father!" ”

There was silence in the carriage, and everyone looked at each other awkwardly before returning to their seats.

The two young people also put away their mobile phones in a playful way, which caused the next drive to become very long, and everyone was not good at discussing the ball game, but they were worried about whether the last free throw was thrown or not, whether it was scored or not, it was really five spines, six beasts and a hundred claws......

Long Xiaochuan also returned to his seat, still his chest was heaving and it was difficult to calm his emotions, what the hell is going on today, how can he play like this in a friendly match? Yucun people, this is a good scar, forget the pain, and owe it to clean up?

At this time, he only had chagrin in his heart, if he had returned to the village a day earlier, he would have been able to catch up with this game, and even if he lost on the field, he would not lose so ugly.

He looked down at his hands, the big hands that had been practicing for many years and caused the knuckles to be deformed, and suddenly gritted his teeth again: "With me here, I won't necessarily lose, no, I won't lose!" ”

The bus stopped one stop at a time, and the passengers on the bus gradually decreased, and finally when Long Xiaochuan was left alone, the mobile phone prompted a new message.

Under the WeChat avatar of his girlfriend Chen Qian, who is smiling like a flower, there is anger between the lines: "Long Xiaochuan, your uncle, did you really go back?" Break up and never see you again! ”

The corners of Long Xiaochuan's mouth flashed with a hint of bitterness, but he did not respond.

I had already said, discussed, and quarreled last night, so I was only one day late to return to the village, so I missed the game in the village, so I caused this situation...... What else is there to say?

Chen Qian was obviously angry, seeing that Long Xiaochuan ignored herself, the messages of blame and questioning were one after another:

"You said your family is poor, I don't care, we can work together in the big city!"

"I really don't understand, why do you have to go back to the poor ravine?"

"There is nothing in that broken place, what can you do except farm?"

……

"Put away your unrealistic basketball dreams! Don't forget, you were expelled from the school team, and Coach Liu said that you are too short and not talented! ”

Staring at the three words "Coach Liu", a proud stinky face instantly appeared in Long Xiaochuan's mind, as well as many bad memories.

He clenched his fists, looked at the stilted buildings in the drizzle outside the car window, gritted his teeth and muttered: "One day, I will make a name for myself to prove it to you!" ”