038 Blue Lotus
"Nothing can stop you,
Your yearning for freedom,
A whimsical career,
Your heart is free of concern......"
When Xu Zhe picked up the billiard cue, he listened to the song in the store, and was slightly distracted.
Although it has been almost half a year since he was reborn, the popular hits still often give him some different feelings.
Gao Xuefei kicked off the ball and urged: "Don't be stunned, come and play." ”
Xu Zhe: "Did I tell you that I wouldn't fight." ”
Gao Xuefei patted his head: "Oh yes, I'll teach you." Playing billiards is very simple, you take the stick and aim at the white ball, match the ball you want to hit, hit the shot, and you're done! Let's try it first. ”
There is a white ball on the table, as well as balls of various other colors. Although he has never played it, Xu Zhe also knows the most basic way to play this thing, that is, to poke the white ball with a rod, let the white ball hit the colored ball of other colors, and send the colored ball into the hole.
Xu Zhe looked at the playing posture of the other people around him and tried to stab it.
Like most novices, this first shot went straight away. The white ball did not follow the direction he was aiming at all, but tilted in the other direction and touched the other ball weakly.
Gao Xuefei scratched his head: "It's okay, it's the first time you fight, practice your hands." ”
Xu Zhe: "Why don't you hit two shots first for me to see?" ”
So Gao Xuefei made a shot. Although there was no goal, it was obviously much better than Xu Zhe, a novice - the white ball hit the target ball, and the target ball hit the hole twice before popping up.
Xu Zhe carefully observed Gao Xuefei's posture and immediately discovered a key point. He played with a low center of gravity and almost the whole person lying on the table. Why did this happen, Xu Zhe quickly figured it out.
Only if you lie low enough that your eyes are close to the club. It's like firing a gun with the reticle as close to the barrel as possible.
But at this moment, a voice sounded not far away: "If you want to learn, don't learn from him." His posture was wrong. ”
Xu Zhe turned his head and saw the girl who was at the counter just now. She was standing outside the counter at the moment, not far from the table, looking this way.
Gao Xuefei suddenly stood up straight, with a look of disbelief: "Why do you say I'm wrong?" ”
"Because it was wrong."
"You played better than me?"
"Yes."
"Then let's play two shots and try it!"
"Yes."
In a few words, the two decided to have a plate.
So the girl rearranged the ball on the table, and Gao Xuefei kicked off the ball vigorously and scattered the ball again. He was lucky enough to score one from the tee.
"The full color is mine. Xu Zhe, you see, there are two kinds of balls on the table except for Black Eight, full color and half color. I scored the ball in full color, and the half color was hers. Gao Xuefei explained with a smile and began to lay down a ball.
The second one dangled around the mouth of the bag and bounced off again.
It was the girl's turn to play the pole.
She also lies low on her stomach, with her left hand in front of her club and her right hand in the back gripping the back of the club. At first glance, the posture is exactly the same as Gao Xuefei.
But for no reason, Xu Zhe felt that her posture seemed to be really better.
Sure enough, she scored a hole-in-one. The target ball is not even next to the mouth of the bag, and the hollow goes in, and the sound is very crisp.
Gao Xuefei's face suddenly froze.
The basic rule of billiards is that if you score one, you can move on to the next one.
One, two, three...... After the short-haired girl got started, she scored every shot, and she didn't give Gao Xue a chance to fly out of the pole at all.
Looking at the situation on the table, Xu Zhe asked, "What if she scores all the half-colored ones?" Isn't it winning? ”
Gao Xuefei turned his head: "No, I still have to fight for the black eight." ”
Xu Zhe: "That's about to fight the Black Eight." ”
Gao Xuefei: "I...... Depend on! ”
In the time of these two sentences, the girl scored three more goals. So when Gao Xuefei's attention returned to the table, he found that the opponent had really hit all the half-color balls, leaving only the black ball marked with No. 8.
And while she scored the first goal, she also controlled the movement of the white ball, so that it was convenient to play a ball. So when it was time to hit the last black eight, the white ball stopped at a perfect angle that was almost straight.
With a "bang", the black eight entered the hole crisply.
The girl put down the club, looked at Gao Xuefei, and asked, "Do you want another game?" ”
Gao Xuefei shook his head vigorously.
She looked at Xu Zhe again and said, "The posture I played just now ......"
"I've seen it all, the posture should be steady, especially the left hand, not shaking. Keep your center of gravity low and your eyes as level with the club as possible. When the right arm is strained, the shoulder does not move, mainly from the elbow down. The rod poked out in this way is almost a straight line, and it is very accurate. ”
Hearing Xu Zhe say this, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up: "You have good observation." So, do you want me to teach you? ”
Gao Xuefei protested: "Hey, I paid for this table." ”
Xu Zhe simply said: "It's okay, I'll pay." I'll learn from her and then I'll fight you. ”
Gao Xuefei: "...... Yes? ”
The girl smiled slightly: "Okay, then I'll teach you." But first of all, I have to charge an additional fee, and I also need a coach's fee outside the table. ”
Gao Xuefei slapped her thigh: "I knew how she would be so kind!" Xu Zhe, you see that you have been fooled, right? ”
But Xu Zhe just asked, "What is the standard of coaching fees?" ”
The short-haired girl's gaze first moved upwards, thinking for less than a second, and then her gaze returned to his face and said, "Thirty dollars an hour." ”
Gao Xuefei was about to complain that the price was much more expensive than the table fee, but Xu Zhe simply agreed: "No problem." ”
The short-haired girl's smile was even more pronounced. She smiled, and the cold neutral style was like mixed with sugar, and it became much sweeter.
Gao Xuefei was even more about to protest: "Then what should I do?" ”
The girl pointed to the empty table next to her: "You can play here, if you don't turn on the lights, you won't be charged." ”
Seeing that Xu Zhe insisted on learning from her, and that they had just cleared the stage, so that they could not find the slightest excuse for failure, Gao Xuefei could only reluctantly light a cigarette and fight casually on the empty table next to him.
On Xu Zhe's side, the short-haired girl set up white balls and a few colored balls on the table and prepared to start teaching.
She asked casually, "Your name is Xu Zhe, right?" ”
"Yes. What about you, what do you call it? ”
"My name is Shen Lan. It should be a little older than you, you can call me Sister Lan. ”
"Okay, Sister Lan, are you the daughter of the owner of the billiard hall, or your niece or sister?"
"It's the boss's daughter."
"No wonder ......"
"What do you mean?"
"No wonder, it's very clever to earn pocket money in this way."
After Xu Zhe finished saying this, he saw a trace of surprise on Shen Lan's face.
She said, "You can see I'm making extra money?" How can you tell? ”
Xu Zhe pointed to a bulletin board in the corner: "Because your store has already marked the price of coaches, sixty for one hour for beginners, eighty for intermediates, and one hundred for seniors." ”
And the price proposed by Shen Lan was only 30 yuan an hour.
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