The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 127, Skating

Looking at the huge crowds of people on the ice of Shichahai, Li Weiguo asked Zhou Can: "Fat man, have the soldiers told me where to meet? How can we find this huge crowd of people?"

"Don't worry, I made an appointment with him to meet at the main ice rink. Let's go." With that, Zhou Can took the lead and led everyone to the main ice rink.

There are many unwritten rules in the Shichahai Ice Rink. Ice skating is divided into areas, including the main ice rink and the secondary ice rink.

Only those who wear regular skates are eligible to go to the main ice rink, while those who wear homemade skates or play with homemade skates can only play in the secondary ice rink.

The main ice block is also divided into two paths, one for knife skating and the other for figure skating.

At this time, the distinction between ice knives was clear: the figure knife was double-edged and short; the running knife was single-edged and long.

One plays tricks and the other plays speed.

People who play these two roles on the Shichahai ice rink will look down on each other from time to time. When they can't deal with each other, they will stage a youthful drama and start fighting directly if they disagree.

Not long after, the five people arrived at the main ice rink.

Zhou Can and Li Weiguo glanced around and found Zhao Guobing on the edge of the ice rink.

The boy was holding a girl in a floral cotton-padded jacket, and they were having a lively chat with someone there.

"Guobing, here!" Zhou Can shouted to Zhao Guobing, and then waved his hand.

Zhao Guobing turned his head when he heard this.

"Hey, you guys are here, I've been waiting for a long time." With that said, Zhao Guobing led his subjects this way.

When he came closer, Li Weiguo lightly punched him in the chest: "Okay, Guobing, this is your partner. He's well hidden. Don't you want to introduce him?"

"hey-hey."

Zhao Guobing smiled sheepishly and introduced to everyone: "This is my partner, Yuan Manxia. It's not that it's well hidden, but our relationship was only confirmed recently."

With that said, Zhao Guobing moved the person behind him slightly forward to let everyone know him.

This Yuan Manxia looks quite tall, almost 1.7 meters. She is wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket with two braids. She has a good appearance and figure, and she seems to be a good match standing next to Zhao Guobing.

This girl was quite shy. When everyone looked over, her cheeks turned slightly red and she said hello shyly.

"Hello, I am Yuan Manxia."

"Hello, brothers and sisters, I am Li Weiguo." Li Weiguo greeted with a smile.

"Hello, brother and sister, I'm Zhou Can, you can just call me Brother Can."

Zhou Can, who was on the side, also squeezed over with a smile, and shamelessly gave himself a boost of seniority first.

When Zhao Guobing heard this, he was unhappy: "Hey, isn't that right, fat man? I know Li Weiguo is two months older than me, but you are one month younger than me. You should be called sister-in-law, do you understand?"

"When did you become my brother? I'm two days older than you. You're on November 11th and I'm on the 8th." Zhou Can quibbled.

"How dare you compare the New Calendar with my Lunar Calendar?"

Zhao Guobing glared at him. He had seen shameless people before, but he had never seen anyone so shameless.

"What's the new lunar calendar? We're only talking about body shape now. Who's bigger, who's the older brother, and is it Weiguo?" Zhou Can continued to talk nonsense, not forgetting to find an ally for himself.

Li Weiguo rolled his eyelids and said speechlessly: "Fuck you, considering your body shape, doesn't your dad still have to call you brother?"

"Hahaha" everyone laughed.

After everyone laughed, Zhao Guobing took Yuan Manxia's hand and continued to introduce the Si Zhu brothers and Zhou Bo to her.

We were all young people and we could chat easily. After we got to know each other, we didn’t just stand around, we just found a place to change our shoes and went to the ice rink to play.

Zhang Guobing and Yuan Manxia were well prepared. Each brought a pair of skates, and Zhou Can also brought three pairs.

The five pairs are all single-edged skates, the kind used for speed play. However, except for the two brothers Zhao Guobing and Zhou Can, Li Weiguo, Yuan Manxia and Silly Zhu have never played skates before, so they are considered rookies.

Although the skates are not enough, everyone can take turns wearing them and play.

After all, skates are a luxury item. A pair for dozens of people requires a special ticket. Not everyone is willing to buy one, even for a big boy.

Many people at the scene did not have skates. It was not shameful to get together in groups of three or five and play together.

There were only five pairs of shoes. In the first round, the two brothers Zhou Can were not in a hurry to play. They let the five of them play with Li Weiguo first, while the other two brothers watched the excitement.

Zhao Guobing was a veteran of the ice rink. As soon as he put on his shoes, he pulled Yuan Manxia aside and taught her how to skate.

Li Weiguo originally didn't know how to skate and had never learned to skate. However, his body's nerve reflexes and balance were excellent. He just stumbled awkwardly at first, but quickly stabilized his body and then learned other people's postures. , and gradually became familiar with it.

On the other side, Yu Yu and Sha Zhu are indeed novices in ice skating. They are skating for the first time in their lives and they don't know how to do it at all.

No, as soon as the two put on their shoes, they stood on the ice shivering, unable to find their balance for a long time.

Suddenly, Rainwater staggered, his body was unstable, and he fell directly backward.

"Eh eh eh"

Before falling down, Yu Yu pulled at random, bringing Silly Pillar down with him.

"Ouch" x2

The rain was not bad. Before falling down, I pulled Shazhu to cushion him. It was only a slight fall. However, Shazhu was completely unprepared. He was caught off guard and was pulled by the rain, and his butt fell hard on the spot.

"Oh, Rainwater, you are really good at it. You didn't forget to take me with you even if you fell. You are really cheating me."

Silly Zhu rubbed his butt painfully, and after a while, he slowly got up. Fortunately, he wore thick clothes in winter, otherwise his butt would have suffered a big blow.

"Who asked you to interfere with me next to me, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen." Yuyu argued unconvincingly.

Hearing what she said, Shazhu was very angry: "Hey, you see that you can't even stand still, why do you need others to interfere with you?"

"Humph~ You are also a loser." Yuyu pouted and said unconvinced.

Skating is actually about physical coordination and balance. As long as these two physical qualities are good and you master a few skills, you can skate smoothly.

Just when the Shazhu brothers and sisters were bickering happily, Li Weiguo had basically mastered the technical essentials.

After all, he is a martial arts practitioner. He has good physical condition, good coordination and balance skills, and he can play decently quickly. No, while the Silly Zhu brothers and sisters were still learning to slide forward and balance, he had already started to slide backwards. .

"Wow, Brother Wei Guo, how can you learn so fast? Please teach me."

When Li Weiguo heard Yu Yu's greeting, he stopped in front of her and said with a smile: "It's very simple, come and give me your hand."

Hearing this, Yuyu obediently stretched out his hand.

Li Weiguo grabbed Yu Yu's hand and taught: "Relax, don't be nervous. Stand with your feet naturally open, shoulder width apart, bend your knees and half squat, shift your center of gravity downward, lower your hands and tuck your abdomen, feel the center of gravity of your body, which should be placed on the soles of your front feet."

Rainwater nodded and did as he said.