[Short track speed skating] From academic master to Winter Olympic champion

Gu Ran looked up at the house number, there was no mistake, it was the one Jiang Yan sent him.

But why is this person wrong? ? ?

He looked up again, and then said to the person in front of him blankly, "Sorry, I went wrong."

After speaking, he turned away without hesitation, as if a dog chased him after him.

After running out for two steps, he was dragged back by the collar on the back of his neck: "Was wrong, what was wrong, it was not wrong."

This person was Cheng Sen whom Gu Ran had only met in the morning.

Gu Ran thought she saw a ghost, the legendary ghost hit the wall.After walking half of Beijing city, I came back again.

He certainly didn't come back, he just saw the same person.

While carrying him into the room, Cheng Sen asked, "I left early in the morning, why are you here now?"

Gu Ran raised the things in her hand a bit: "I... went to the supermarket."

He bit his lower lip, but still asked, "Director Cheng, why are you here?"

Cheng Sen raised his eyebrows: "This is my home, why can't I be here?"

Gu Ran opened her mouth wide enough to put down an egg: "You you... your family?"

While talking, he had already been carried into the room by Cheng Sen, put down his things, Cheng Sen took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and threw them to him: "Take off your coat, come in quickly."

Gu Ran is still at a loss, not knowing what happened.However, he suddenly remembered something. Chi Lang once said that Director Cheng, like him, is also from City C, so he is also an apprentice of Director Jiang?

No, no, the address here was sent to him by his master. After his master retired, he came to Beijing to live with his son.Director Cheng said just now that this is his home.

So... Could it be that Director Cheng is his master's son? ? ?

Gu Ran was still immersed in the shock and couldn't recover. She changed her shoes in a daze, took off her down jacket, and followed Cheng Sen to the living room.

Xu Qing was coming out of the kitchen with a plate of cucumbers. When he saw Gu Ran, he raised his chin with a smile: "Here?"

Gu Ran: "..."

He looked Xu Qing up and down: "Director Xu, this isn't your home, is it?"

Xu Qing put the cucumber on the dining table: "Of course not, I'm just like you, I'm here to eat."

Gu Ran raised her forehead, and then remembered to ask: "Where is my master?"

Jiang Yan heard his voice coming out of the kitchen, still wearing an apron, holding a spatula in his hand: "Xiaoran is here!"

Seeing Jiang Yan, Gu Ran came back to his senses, and walked up to him happily: "Master!"

Jiang Yan was happier seeing him than seeing his own son, his eyes were full of joy, he looked Gu Ran from top to bottom, and kept saying: "Grow taller, grow taller..."

Jiang Yan freed his hand and made a gesture: "I was so tall when I first saw him, and he looked about the same size as those ten-year-old children. I didn't expect to see him in two years, and he has grown into a big boy."

Cheng Sen raised his eyebrows: "I don't feel anything when I look at it every day."

At this time, the people who were busy on the balcony heard the movement and rushed out to greet her.Gu Ran turned her head and saw a woman about the same age as his master, whose appearance was at least five or six points similar to Cheng Sen.

The man said, "It's Gu Ran, I often hear your master mentioning you."

Gu Ran had already guessed her identity, and obediently called out, "Hello, Master."

This made his teacher's wife very happy, and she kept praising him for being smart.

Only then did Jiang Yan remember to introduce to Gu Ran: "That's right, this is your teacher's wife, Cheng Lan." He pointed at Cheng Sen again, and smiled, "This is my son, that's his junior brother Xu Qing, you shouldn't use it." Let me introduce you more."

Gu Ran nodded again and again: "No need, these two are too familiar."

In fact, he still has a lot of questions in his mind, but it is not easy to ask them.

"Dad!" At this time Cheng Sen reminded Jiang Yan, "You are still frying vegetables in the pot."

Only then did Jiang Yan remember: "Oops, I burned a rib in the pot." He returned to the kitchen in a hurry with the spatula in his hand.

Gu Ran looked at his back, and his mind was full of images of Jiang Yan teaching him to skate and emphasizing technical movements with him.This was the first time he had seen Master like this at home.

Although it was the first time for Cheng Lan to meet Gu Ran, it didn't prevent her from finding this clean and beautiful kid very attractive at first sight.

She dragged Gu Ran to sit in the living room, and asked him if he was used to studying so far away from home, whether he had eaten well in the past six months in Beijing, and lived well: "I just said that the athlete's apartment over there is too old. I lived there back then, and decades have passed, why do you guys still live there?"

Cheng Sen interjected from the side: "Quickly, I heard that it will be redecorated."

Cheng Lan added: "The food of the national team is much better now than it was back then. We had to drink milk with milk powder back then."

Cheng Sen smiled and said, "What era is this? Are they still short of milk?"

Gu Ran sat on the sofa for a while, and then heard the mother and son bickering, but she couldn't get in a word.

Finally, Cheng Sen annoyed his own mother.Cheng Lan kicked her son's leg: "Go to the kitchen and help your dad."

Sitting on the single sofa, Cheng Sen said that he moved in a different direction, but didn't get up: "Isn't Xu Qing helping? The kitchen is so small, if I go in again, I won't be able to turn around."

Cheng Lan glared at him: "Xu Qing is a guest, and it's a big holiday, you let him come to work at home?"

Cheng Sen sneered: "What kind of guest is he? I won't even kiss a wife when I come back from my marriage."

Cheng Lan slapped him on the leg angrily: "Believe it or not, I'll smash your mouth."

Gu Ran felt like sitting on pins and needles beside her, but she was actually relieved.Normally, Cheng Sen is the only one who scolds others. I didn't expect to see him being scolded by others today. This is so relieved. Gu Ran can't wait to take out his phone and record the episode just now.

Probably because he was so happy in his heart that it surfaced at the corner of his mouth unconsciously.Cheng Sen half-closed his eyes and looked at him: "Why are you laughing, why don't you go?"

Gu Ran stood up: "Okay, I'll go."

Cheng Lan grabbed Lazhu's hand and pushed him back on the sofa: "What are you going to do? I haven't finished chatting with you yet. Let your brother go."

Cheng Sen was unhappy: "Mom! Brother, I'm his head coach!"

Cheng Lan said: "This is at home, not in the national team. Your father often said that this is his closed disciple, so what are you if you are not a senior?"

Cheng Sen sighed and stood up: "Okay, okay, I'm senior, I'll help in the kitchen, you guys are chatting."

Gu Ran: "..."

Cheng Lan took him to chat a lot, and at first it mainly revolved around the life of the national team.Gradually, we talked about training again, and asked very specific questions, such as the score, training method, and training time.

Later, he even taught him experience, what muscles to use, how to observe the opponent, and under what circumstances should start speed.

Gu Ran asked curiously: "Master's wife also practiced short courses before?"

Cheng Lan sighed: "That was more than 30 years ago."

She looked at Gu Ran, and she seemed to see herself when she was young.She asked softly, "Do you want to be a world champion?"

Gu Ran opened her mouth, but the word "think" has not yet come out.But he found that Cheng Lan might not be asking this question to him, but to himself.

So, she said: "If you want to be a world champion, you have to shed blood and sweat."

Gu Ran: "..."

Cheng Lan patted the back of his hand: "Don't be afraid, kid, the national team is in good condition now, and the team doctor will follow you all the time."

Gu Ran asked curiously, "Did you not have a team doctor at that time?"

Cheng Lan said with a smile: "We don't have a team doctor when we go abroad for competitions."

This really surprised Gu Ran, going abroad for training without a team doctor, isn't this just a joke about the health of the players.

Think about it, that was decades ago, when the Winter Olympics was still in its infancy in China, and the training conditions can be imagined.

But Gu Ran still asked: "What if there is an accident during the game?"

Cheng Lan said with a smile: "Then bear with it, think that you are fighting for the honor of the motherland, there is no pain that you can't endure."

Gu Ran: "..."

Cheng Lan said this lightly, but Gu Ran knew that this was not just a casual sentence, but a real belief.

At this time, all the dishes were on the table, Cheng Sen told them to wash their hands and eat.

Today Jiang Yan prepared a large table of dishes, Cheng Sen said to Gu Ran: "Open your belly to eat, it's all specially prepared by your master for you."

Since he said to let Gu Ran open his belly to eat, then the source of food is reliable.Jiang Yan's craftsmanship is good, and it tastes like his hometown. This is probably the most appetizing meal that Gu Ran has eaten since he came to Beijing.

Seeing that he likes to eat, Jiang Yan is also very happy: "In the future, I will come to my house more often when I have holidays, and Master will cook for you."

Cheng Sen said: "After the new year, he will start the competition, there is no holiday."

Jiang Yan picked up a rib for Gu Ran: "Then I'll prepare it and send it to him."

Cheng Sen added: "The food for the national team is pretty good, so don't worry about it."

Xu Qing also echoed: "Director Jiang, don't worry, this kid has a good appetite, and he won't be hungry."

After dinner, Jiang Yan called Cheng Sen: "You and Xu Qing took Xiaoran out for a stroll, it's cold outside, your mother's legs can't stand the cold, so we won't go."

Gu Ran immediately interjected: "Then I won't go either, I'll stay and talk to Master and Mother, let Director Cheng and Director Xu go."

Xu Qing reached out from behind and rubbed Gu Ran's neck: "If you don't go, why are we going out?"

He had just washed the dishes, and his hands were cold. Gu Ran shrank her neck and joked with him: "You two can go to the world of two."

Xu Qing snorted and laughed: "With you, we will be a family of three."

Gu Ran: "..."

Director Xu is thick-skinned, invulnerable to all poisons, and can take any joke.

So, this afternoon, they didn't go out, but stayed at home, chatting with Jiang Yan and Cheng Lan.

Gu Ran said: "By the way, master, do you know that my figure skating practice is very good. Now I can choose a week and a half or something."

Jiang Yan frowned: "Why are you practicing figure skating?"

Cheng Sen said with a smile: "He is not old enough, we didn't bring him in the previous few competitions. He left him alone in Beijing for training, and he went to the figure skating team next door to learn skills."

Xu Qing added from the side: "You can still learn well."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "I also bought a pair of figure skating skates."

Jiang Yan turned serious: "You can play, but you can't delay training."

Gu Ran quickly waved her hand: "No delay, no delay, I am now within 500 seconds of 41 meters, steadily."

These words are somewhat bragging. Short track speed skating is not a purely racing event like swimming, track and field, or avenue.

The test results in training are different from the results in competitions with added confrontation.

Everyone here is an expert, and no one exposed him. Cheng Lan still thought he was cute, and kept praising him, asking him to come to the house to play more.

After chatting and chatting, it was time for dinner. It was better at night than at noon. Jiang Yan stewed chicken and steamed a fish.Gu Ran ate so much that he was satisfied, and Jiang Yan and his wife were very satisfied watching him eat, so Cheng Sen almost thought that there was actually a real young master in their family who had been lost for many years, and now he finally found him. This fake young master should cooperate and blacken him into a villain.

So, Director Cheng thought about the training plan after the holiday in his heart, so Gu Xiaoran should not be tormented.

After dinner, Cheng Sen was sent by his father to wash dishes in the kitchen, and he became more and more convinced of his identity as a fake young master in his heart.

Xu Qing went to the kitchen to help him, and almost died laughing when he heard him complain about the real and fake young master just now.

"You two are so far apart in age."

Cheng Sen thought for a while: "Could it be that they gave me a younger brother during the years when I competed?"

Xu Qing scolded with a smile: "Crazy."

Jiang Yan saw that Gu Ran liked to eat his braised pork ribs, so he brought out a lunch box to serve him.

Gu Ran pointed to the next few dishes: "Master, decorate these for me too."

Jiang Yan said yes: "I'll put on a little more for you."

At this time, Cheng Sen washed the dishes and came out of the kitchen. He saw Jiang Yan filling a box full of vegetables, and glared at Gu Ran who was beside him: "You treat my house as a restaurant, and you have to pack it up after eating."

Gu Ran smiled at him: "Master's cooking is delicious, I'll take it back for Senior Brother Xiao Gao to taste."

After hearing this, Cheng Sen turned to look at Xu Qing: "When you were his age, you never thought about me, senior brother, when you had something delicious to eat."

Xu Qing said, "You are not worthy."

Gu Ran didn't expect that Director Cheng, who had a serious face during training and verbally attacked male and female players indiscriminately, was so funny in life.

Jiang Yan asked them to sit in the living room, and went to the kitchen to cut some fruit.Cheng Lan even took out the photo album to show Gu Ran.There are photos of herself winning awards when she was young: "This is the world championship champion, this is the World Cup champion, and this is the runner-up in the Winter Olympics..."

Gu Ran noticed that his wife had won many medals when she was young, but she lacked a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

At Cheng Sen's place, he started winning gold medals at the age of seven or eight, and until he retired, he also lacked a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

Seeing that the time was getting late, Cheng Sen reminded Gu Ran: "It's time for you to return to the team."

Gu Ran looked at him in astonishment: "Aren't I with you?"

Cheng Sen immediately put on an old face: "So what, the discipline is there, dare to disobey..."

Gu Ran said, "Fired!"

At this time Xu Qing stood up from the sofa, touched Gu Ran's head: "Let's go, kid, we should go back."

Gu Ran was surprised and said, "Are you leaving too?"

Xu Qing looked at him with a look of caring for the mentally retarded: "This is Director Cheng's home."

After his reminder, Gu Ran suddenly realized: "I forgot if I didn't say anything, I almost thought you were a family."

Xu Qing calmly pinched the back of his neck: "Pick up your lunch box and leave."

Cheng Lan quickly slapped his son on the back: "You drive them back."

Xu Qing had already reached the door, and quickly turned around and said, "No need, Mr. Cheng, I'll take my brother's car back."

As he said that, he picked up the car key that Cheng Sen left at the entrance, and Cheng Sen shouted at him, "You took it away, what should I do if I go to work?"

Xu Qing raised his hand at him: "You take the subway by yourself."

On the way back, Gu Ran couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Xu Qing curiously: "Guide Cheng, why..."

Gu Ran asked halfway and then stopped, Xu Qing glanced at him: "Why is it right with Mr. Cheng's surname?"

Gu Ran nodded: "When he opened the door, I was dumbfounded. I never knew that my master said that he would come to live with his son after retirement, so it turned out to be Director Cheng."

Xu Qing sighed silently: "It's not easy for Mr. Cheng. When you were your age, you had an old injury to your cervical spine - lifting a barbell. Later, you experienced several serious injuries, including a fractured ankle joint. , the ligament ruptured, and the bones in the knee were broken into more than a dozen pieces. It is said that in the worst case, several tubes of blood can be pumped out of the joint cavity."

"!!!"

Gu Ran opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.The appearance of Cheng Lan emerged in his mind, the old lady with a kind face, but with determination in her eyes, told him that if he wanted to win the world championship, he had to shed blood and sweat.

It turned out that she had experienced so much.That's why Jiang Yan said that her legs are not good, and she won't go out for a walk in such a cold day.

This bad leg is not the kind of degenerative arthritis of the elderly, but the most painful price I paid for the honor of the motherland when I was young.

Seeing the shocked and apprehensive expression on Gu Ran's face, Xu Qing suddenly asked, "Little friend, if it were you, would you be able to do it?"

"..."

Gu Ran didn't answer, and Gu Ran also asked herself this question in her heart, if it was him, would he be able to do it?

When his mother saw a big blood blister on his foot, she was so distressed that she shed tears. If he also experienced such an injury, I really can't imagine how sad his mother would be.

At this time, Xu Qing happened to drive the car to Chang'an Street, Gu Ran turned around and saw *** Square.The wind is very strong today, and the national flag is flying in the wind and snow.

Gu Ran suddenly wanted to see how it looked when it was raised, so she said to Xu Qing: "Director Xu, can we come and see the flag-raising ceremony next time?"

Xu Qing thought for a while: "I have to discuss this with Director Cheng. After all, he is the head coach and he has the final say."

Gu Ran suddenly said: "Yes!"

"Huh?" Xu Qing thought he was talking about the flag-raising ceremony, and smiled, "You dare to be the leader of your mentor Cheng."

Gu Ran's tone was firm: "If it were me, I could do it too!"

Only then did Xu Qing realize that he was actually answering his own question just now: "Even so, Teacher Cheng has not retired. In order not to affect the training, if the injury recurs and she can't bear it, she will give herself an injection."

"After retiring, she spent a few years in a wheelchair, and then I got my senior brother. Director Jiang loves her so much, so my senior brother takes my mother's surname."

Gu Ran's eyes turned red when he heard this, although he knew that this happened many years ago, but he still felt like being grabbed by a hand in his heart.

He turned his head to look at Xu Qing, and said firmly again: "If it were me, I could do it too!"

Xu Qing freed up a hand and touched his head: "I know you can, but I hope you will never have to experience such pain, and I hope you will go well and be safe."

Gu Ran looked at him, and suddenly remembered that he also had to choose to retire at his most glorious age because of serious injuries.

As athletes, they suffer unimaginable pain and pain.Some people finally climbed to the top of the Olympics, and those pains became a kind of experience, which can be shared with the world on talk shows, saying with emotion, hard work will eventually pay off.

However, there are more people in this world who have suffered a lot and finally missed the Olympic champion due to various reasons.They come back as much as anyone and suffer more injuries than anyone else.But they may never have the opportunity to stand on the highest podium of the Olympic Games and enjoy the flowers and applause of the world.

Cheng Lan is like this, Xu Qing is like this, maybe Cheng Sen is also like this...

Who said that those who stand in the light are heroes? 【1】

Gu Ran raised his hand, covered his eyes with the back of his hand, and asked, "Director Xu, do you trust me?"

Xu Qing replied without thinking, "I believe it."

Gu Ran said: "One day, I will fulfill all of your unfinished business for you."

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