Return to the top of the road to champions

The training and uninterrupted training made Tao Wei and Wan Xiaodong forget the time and couldn't remember that it was the Spring Festival. In the quiet sports team compound, except for a few children whose homes were particularly remote, everyone who could go home had already gone home.

January 1990, 1 is the 26th day of the Lunar New Year, which is commonly known as New Year's Eve.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the alarm clock rang on time. Tao Wei opened his eyes after sleeping all night, blinked vigorously, turned over and jumped out of bed, put on his slippers, walked to the door and pulled down the light cord. With a click, the light turned on.

The glare of the light caused Wan Xiaodong, who had gotten used to getting up early, to rub himself against the bed before getting up with his little butt pouted, rubbed his face hard, picked up the sweater and trousers that were placed next to the pillow, put them on his body, and put on a sportswear cover. Wan Xiaodong, who was just about to tie his sneakers, felt something was wrong, and rubbed his feet hidden in the shoes.

Wan Xiaodong, whose face suddenly became twitching, took off the sneakers on his feet, turned over and saw a hole in the sole of his feet, "Erba, why can't I wear these shoes? How long has it been since the soles of the shoes are exposed?" .”

Wan Xiaodong, who was a little dumbfounded, couldn't figure it out and didn't do anything. Why did the shoe break? Tao Wei couldn't help but roll his eyes at Wan Xiaodong's muttering, what did he do?I don’t even look at training for more than nine hours a day. Apart from running or running, the sneakers on Tao Wei’s feet are better than Wan Xiaodong’s. After all, Tao Wei, who is currently receiving endurance training, is more about long-distance running at a constant speed and variable speed. Running, but Wan Xiaodong is different, the terrain is sloping and sandy, so shoes must be very expensive.

The expected result Tao Wei didn't say much, took out the sneakers painted the day before yesterday from the window sill and handed them to Wan Xiaodong, and then took the one in Wan Xiaodong's hand to look at it, feeling that it was worth repairing, Tao Wei But put the shoes aside.

"Xiaodong, Erwa." The shout from outside the door made the two of them speed up their movements.

When they walked out of the room and saw Wen Tian standing at the door, Tao Wei and Wan Xiaodong smiled, "Why are you here, coach?"

Wan Xiaodong's curious inquiry immediately let Wen Tian know that the two children had forgotten about the New Year. After thinking about it, Wen Tian, ​​who was afraid that the two children would be homesick, didn't remind him, smiled and rubbed the burr on Wan Xiaodong's head and took the two brothers to relax. Go downstairs.

Tao Wei, who was used to warming up as soon as he stepped out of the dormitory every day, stretched his two arms behind his back and stretched each other.

Just walked downstairs and pushed open the door, a dazzling white light flashed, and Tao Wei whose eyes lit up looked at the large snowflakes floating in the sky, couldn't help stretching out his hand, the piercing palm made Tao Wei narrow his eyes with a smile .

Goose feathers and heavy snow kept flying in front of his eyes, and the whole world turned into a piece of snow. This kind of beauty made Tao Wei's mood suddenly changed. He rushed to the training ground with brisk steps, and the empty training ground was covered by snow.

After signaling the two to start warming up, Wen Tian led the two brothers to run for two laps before slowly retreating to let the two brothers start the first stage of training in the day.

At this time, Tao Wei and Wan Xiaodong, who were running on the snow-covered playground, did not know that in L County, hundreds of miles away from Brother Yuan, the small restaurant closed two days ago was brightly lit.

The entire kitchen was covered in thick fog, and pot after pot of sticky bean buns and fried dried fruits were continuously taken out of the cauldron, "His father, it's almost time, let's see if Guodong is here."

Geng Erfeng, who cooked the last pot of croquettes, was sweating from work. Thinking that he would be able to see the child today, Geng Erfeng, who hadn't slept all night, pulled out all eighteen martial arts, meatballs, fried fish, sticky bean buns, fried dried fruits, Large pieces of pork belly were rotten, elbows, trotters, and even ten smoked chickens were specially commissioned, and one after another was piled up at the door.

"Erfeng, did you pretend to pack the pickles you brought for Erwa?"

After returning to the house and changing clothes, Wanerlu suddenly remembered the pickled cucumber Tao Wei likes to eat, and quickly reminded Geng Erfeng not to forget.

Geng Erfeng, who was about to go back to the house, patted his forehead, "Forget, Dad, you are filling a Chinese cabbage. Let's spend the New Year with the children. Why don't we miss the dumplings stuffed with cabbage. I packed all the stuffed meat. We are all reconciled, Erwa likes to eat dumplings, and I don’t know if the child has eaten a meal of dumplings in such a long time.”

Geng Erfeng, who was worried in his heart, thought of the two children who were hundreds of miles away, his eye sockets were a little sore, he pulled up the skirt of his clothes, touched the tears and hurried back to the house to change clothes.

No matter how they are at home on weekdays, this trip must not embarrass the child. For this, Geng Erfeng even gritted his teeth and asked Qin Xiao to bring a coat that he could handle for the whole family from the city.

After changing into navy-blue trousers, putting on a brand-new cotton-padded coat and a blue coat, and combing her hair well, Geng Erfeng, who looked in the mirror and felt okay, walked out of the room.

Standing in the yard watching the snowflakes falling continuously from the sky, Geng Erfeng was a little worried about what to do if he couldn't make it to school at night because of the heavy snow.

Wan Yonggui, who had been squatting at the door from four o'clock in the morning, looked up and down in the direction of Zhang Guodong's unit again and again, and waited from four o'clock to five o'clock until he saw the faint light coming from the courtyard of the County Public Security Bureau, and his eyes lighted up. Wan Yonggui knew that Zhang Guodong, who was on duty last night, had returned.

Sure enough, the slowly approaching jeep appeared in sight, "Erfeng, Dad, the car is here, hurry up and move things outside."

The excited shout spread far in the quiet early morning, and it also made Wanerlu and Geng Erfeng who had been waiting for a long time show joy on their faces. Before the car came, they started to carry things out in a hurry.

One big bag after another was carried to the door, and when Zhang Guodong parked the car at the door and got off the car, he was startled when he saw the luggage, which was half the height of a person, "Sister, what are these?"

Zhang Guodong who exclaimed made Wan Yonggui laugh, and pushed the brand new forward hat on his head, "Is it a little too much?"

Some hesitant Wan Yonggui suddenly made Zhang Guodong laugh hahaha, he picked up the largest glue bag on the ground and walked to the back of the car, "Not much, the children are away from home for the first time, so they don't take much, brother, things Load the car, let's go early, it's not easy to walk on the snowy road."

Zhang Guodong's words pierced the worry in Wan Yonggui's heart, and he agreed to quickly follow Geng Erfeng to put the things in the trunk, and put them in the car for fear of being overwhelmed, Wan Yonggui who pedaled backwards for a long time before finally loading everything into the car , Geng Erfeng locked the door and got into the car and sat down. Hearing a bang, the jeep drove away from the entrance of the small restaurant.

The light fog and the glare of the snow made the speed of the car very slow. Originally, it only took more than two hours to reach the city and drove for nearly four hours. Along the way, Geng Erfeng was afraid of disturbing Zhang Guodong, who was driving carefully, and endured it again and again until The jeep drove into the city and stopped at the entrance of Qin Xiao Hotel for the convenience of the big guys. Only then did Geng Erfeng hesitate to ask how long it would take to reach the provincial capital.

Slightly frowning and looking at the heavy snow in the sky, Zhang Guodong calculated the time, "Ten o'clock."

With a thud, Geng Erfeng, who put his heart back in his stomach, smiled, "It's fine if I can make it today, I'm afraid it will be hard for the child if I can't make it."

The simple request made Zhang Guodong feel a little sour, he twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled without saying anything. At this time, Tao Wei, who was far away in the sports team in the provincial capital, saw the couplet posted on the door at breakfast and suddenly remembered Today was New Year's Eve, subconsciously looked at Wan Xiaodong who was standing beside him in a daze, and moved his lips, Tao Wei, who was extremely uncomfortable in his heart, pulled Wan Xiaodong, who was staring at the couplet in a daze, into the cafeteria.

Came to the seat silently, cooked food silently, and even ate the somewhat crowded breakfast in silence. The two silent to each other made Wen Tian, ​​who had been quietly observing the two of them, sigh silently, raised his big hand and rubbed Wan Xiao Dong Mao's prickly head said, "Xiaodong, this is the holiday, let's rest for half a day in the afternoon, do you have any coaches you want to buy to take you out."

Wan Xiaodong, who was silent in the soft questioning, slowly smiled, raised his head and looked at Wentian, "Coach, sell me a small whip. When I was at home, my father would buy me a whip every Chinese New Year. I... ...."

As he was talking, Wan Xiaodong's tears fell down, and Wan Xiaodong, unable to continue, raised his arm to cover his eyes and the deep miss in his eyes, but soon, he sniffed his nose and coughed hard Wan Xiaodong wiped away his tears before putting down his arms, trying to squeeze out a smile, and looked at the worried Wentian, "Coach, I'm fine, but the tears are shallow. Look at these old people in the team. I don't want to go home. I really don't want to go home." Yes, I don't want to."

Turning his head away, he didn't dare to look at Wan Xiaodong's face full of wry smiles and red eyes. Tao Wei, whose eyes were moist, swallowed back the soreness in his throat again and again, New Year, the day of Wan's family reunion.

The extremely sensible Wan Xiaodong made Wentian's nose sore, he closed his eyes to block the warmth in his eyes, and nodded vigorously, "Okay, the coach will buy it for you in a while, go back and take a shower and put on clean clothes, don't worry." Let the family remember."

Wan Xiaodong, who said yes, put down his chopsticks and walked out of the cafeteria quickly. Just after rushing out of the cafeteria, Wan Xiaodong ran to the training ground, tears kept falling as if he was out of control.

Slowly retracting the raised arms, Tao Wei, who lowered his head silently, slowly put away the lunch boxes for the two of them, washed them silently, and walked out of the cafeteria slowly.

Without looking for Wan Xiaodong, who was dodging away, he went back to the dormitory and sat in silence for a while. In the quiet space, the suffocation feeling that had disappeared for a long time came back again, and the tightly clenched hands became tense due to the force. Bai, panting heavily, stood up with a huff, rushed to the cabinet, opened it, took out his skates, and Tao Wei, who rushed out of the dormitory, ran all the way to the indoor skating rink.

The quiet skating rink was so empty that it made people panic, but Tao Wei, who was feeling suffocated at this time, seemed to be unable to feel it. He rushed to the sidelines and put on his skates with trembling hands. Spinning, continuous steps, swallow-style steps, and making ice for a circle, with simple movements one by one, Tao Wei, who is dancing rapidly, spins rapidly in the field.

In the lonely dance, Tao Wei, who was always dancing in the center of the field, suddenly rushed forward, leaped high, spun around for a half and fell heavily on the ice, gasping for breath, blah blah blah, big drops of tears flowed down the ice. The corners of his eyes flow down, Wanjia is reunited, Wanjia is reunited, where is his home?Where is Xiaodong's reunion?

At this time, Wan Xiaodong, who ran to the playground, couldn't bear it anymore and hid directly on the slope and squatted on the ground crying bitterly, holding his eyes tightly while crying, and muttering in his mouth, "I'm fighting for my strength, I'm a man, I won't cry I'm a man, I don't cry..."

It seems to be able to find the much-needed strength from the whispers, and it seems to return to the hometown hundreds of miles away to return to the parents in the whispers. Wentian, who ran out with Wan Xiaodong, felt very sad and fell silent. He walked to the other side of the slope and silently accompanied this simple and honest silly boy.

Looking up at the sky, the snowflakes flying all over the sky are constantly flashing in front of your eyes. Athletes, we gather less and leave more all the year round. The bitterness is more than the honor and sweetness. How many athletes spend their lives in obscurity? Weeping sadly, leaving home at a young age to receive cruel training, walking alone on the road of growth, the short golden age has to be supported by long-term dedication, but once the age is over, the athletes in their prime can only leave with tears The field leaves the beloved sports competition.

Wen Tian, ​​who couldn't help but wryly smiled, didn't know where the crying Wan Xiaodong would go, but if possible, Wen Tian really hoped that this simple and honest child could go farther and farther.

I don't know how long it took, when the sobbing finally stopped slowly, Wen Tian sighed and got up slowly, walked to Wan Xiaodong's side, pulled up Wan Xiaodong, who was squatting with numb legs, stretched out his big cold hand to wipe There were tens of thousands of tears on Xiaodong's face, "Xiaodong, go back."

Under the thick nasal voice, Wan Xiaodong gave a sigh of grace, and tightly held Wen Tian's cold fingertips and walked towards the dormitory building on the thick white snow.

The listless Wan Xiaodong was lying on the bed staring blankly at the white wall of the roof, thinking of his home in the distance. Zhang Guoqin, who had finished his work at four o'clock in the afternoon and rushed to school, saw his eyes lying red and swollen. Wan Xiaodong, who was in a daze on the bed, and Tao Wei, who had disappeared, sighed and comforted Wan Xiaodong softly. When the silent Wan Xiaodong stubbornly refused to go home with Zhang Guoqin with red eyes, Zhang Guoqin knew what he was most worried about. Still here.

While comforting Wan Xiaodong, Zhang Guoqin was also worried about Tao Wei, who had disappeared completely. Zhang Guoqin knew that Tao Wei was thinking hard, so he might hide there and feel uncomfortable, but Zhang Guoqin couldn't get rid of the stubborn tiger egg with red eyes in his arms who refused to shed tears. Opening his hand, he could only look at the door and signaled Wen Tian, ​​who was full of worry, to go out and look for it.

Wen Tian, ​​who nodded slightly, put down the firecrackers he bought specially for Wan Xiaodong and Tao Wei, turned and left the room, and just ran downstairs when Wen Tian saw Tao Wei, whose head was wet and holding his skates, slowly approaching the dormitory building with his head lowered.

Moving his lips, Wen Tian, ​​who was about to say something, swallowed the words that came to his lips, stepped forward and touched the top of Tao Wei's wet head, "Go back, go back and change your clothes."

After being silent for a while, Tao Wei, who gave a thank you, slowly walked upstairs across Wentian. His back that was straight in the past had already bent. It's frustrating.

Standing at the door of the dormitory, Tao Wei closed his eyes from the occasional choked sobs from the half-covered door, blocking the strong sense of powerlessness in his eyes, competitive competition, cruel and full of thorns, no matter what kind of hardships he experienced in the middle, the first It is patience, enduring the unbearable cruelty of ordinary people, enduring the longing for getting together less and leaving more, and even enduring any unfair treatment. Tao Wei let out a long breath, straightened his waist again, pushed open the door and stood by the door.

The wet hair was tightly attached to the forehead, and there was a faint warmth and inexplicable firmness in the quiet eyes, "Brother, wash your face and go to eat later."

Although the hoarse voice still retains the innocence of childhood, but the calm atmosphere can no longer be concealed. Looking at Tao Wei's warm eyes in a daze, Wan Xiaodong, who nodded vigorously, raised his sleeves and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. He put on his shoes on the bed and walked out of the room with a basin in his hand. Tao Wei's heart paused for a moment when he passed by the warmth. When the figure gradually disappeared, Tao Wei took a deep breath, smiled at Zhang Guoqin and put down his skates to chase after Zhang Guoqin. out.

The two figures that disappeared one after the other made Zhang Guoqin, who had been watching silently for a long time, be silent for a while and then suddenly smiled. It was not until this moment that Zhang Guoqin knew that Tao Wei, the child who was very thoughtful in her impression, was more than she imagined. Also be strong.

After washing his face and changing into clean clothes, Tao Wei and Wan Xiaodong looked at each other after taking care of themselves. At the same time, the smile on his face made Zhang Guoqin finally heave a sigh of relief. He patted the little brother again to ask for their opinions, and at the same time, the sound Zhang Guoqin, who laughed out of the refusal, patted the tops of the two children's heads, and after admonishing them, he left in a complicated manner.

Not wanting others to see his cowardice at this moment, and also unwilling to reveal the loneliness in his heart, Wan Xiaodong walked out of the dormitory door again with a smile on his face, a bright smile facing the fluttering snowflakes, pure and persistent.

Clap, clap, dismantled small whips were thrown out of Wan Xiaodong's hands one after another, the hahaha laughter spread far and far, far enough to make passing pedestrians smile knowingly and far away to make running Geng Erfeng and Wan Yonggui who were on the way to visit their relatives were full of miss.

Playing poker, posting notes, and even singing, only ten people held a small welcome party under the leadership of Wen Tian. Out-of-key singing, notes full of faces, and loud laughter kept coming from the cafeteria with flashing lights .

The light shining obliquely on the snow exudes a faint fluorescent light, which is quiet and peaceful.

When the time slowly reached [-]:[-], a group of people who had been driving for a day finally came to the gate of the sports team. Outside the closed gate, Zhang Guodong, who jumped out of the car, stretched out his hand and touched the bolt hanging on the door. After locking the lock, he grinned, quickly took off the lock, and pushed open the door. Creaking, the somewhat stagnant door finally opened, and with a bang, the dirty jeep drove into the sports team compound.

At this time, Geng Erfeng and Wan Yonggui in the car were stretching their clothes and touching their hair, looking at each other with nervous and eager smiles on their faces.

Looking around at the dark dormitory building and the brightly lit cafeteria, Zhang Guodong pointed to the cafeteria and motioned Qin Xiao to drive over directly.

The headlights of the slowly parked jeep flashed indoors, and Wen Tian, ​​who was sitting facing the gate, had a flash of doubt in his eyes. He stood up and looked outside. A 212 jeep stopped at the dim door, and Wen Tian let down the gray front of the car. Walking towards the door with the poker in his hand, a figure suddenly jumped out of the car. Wen Tian was taken aback by the familiar yet unfamiliar figure, and then turned around in surprise, "Tao Wei, Xiaodong, hurry up and see who's here."

The voice of surprise caused Wan Xiaodong, who was still counting cards, to raise his head in a daze. Geng Erfeng who appeared at the door stunned Wan Xiaodong, and even Tao Wei, who was calm in one item, was stunned, "Tiger egg, Erwa. "

The trembling voice brought Wan Xiaodong, who was stunned, to his senses immediately, and rushed out of his seat to Geng Erfeng with a cry, and hugged Geng Erfeng, Wan Xiaodong burst into tears.