The protagonist of my story today is my comrade-in-arms, not the so-called crooked Guoren. It is a real person who exists in a corner of my memory.
Although it has been some years since this incident, whenever I see the basketball court or the person running on the court, his image will immediately appear in my mind.
Lao's surname is Yu, and I joined the army in the same year as the provincial military district guard company. The hometown is Zhumadian Runan County, and at first glance it is a typical simple person in rural Henan. Originally, people had names and surnames, in addition to the round face, the size was not too tall, there were not many words, no matter from which point of view, they did not match foreigners, but I did not know who it was, when it began, I called him Yu Laowai.
Because the foreigner was very simple, in the second year of the company, he fell on a good errand: he served as a sergeant in the cooking class. The sergeant mentioned here does not refer to the rank, but specifically refers to the procurement personnel of the company's grain, oil, meat and vegetables and other daily necessities at that time. Dealing with money every day is not only popular with the grain, oil, meat and vegetable vendors in the Weisan Road Bazaar, but also a very important person for the company commander instructor and the director general.
Don't look at the foreigner is not tall, but he is a sports enthusiast. According to normal circumstances, foreigners are in the countryside before they become soldiers, and it is more convenient and common to be table tennis, but foreigners prefer to play basketball.
At that time, we had a multi-purpose court in the courtyard, which could play both basketball and badminton. Because it is open-air, based on the wind, there are still more people playing basketball in normal times.
Since the foreigner's job is to be a company sergeant, there is basically nothing to do except to purchase the day's meat and vegetables in advance. More time, it is a person running and jumping on the court to play. Sometimes, the company commander passed by and saw him, and said that he, Yu Laowai, and the ball was tricked, can your coherent walk call the three-step basket? But every time he gets here, the foreigner just smiles, which is still the same old routine.
In the spring of the following year, the instructor announced at the all-company military meeting that in order to enhance its physique and enhance the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the company, in May, the company used a week to hold a spring sports meeting. Individual events: parallel bars, long jump, 100m, 400m running, sit-ups, push-ups; team events: row-based, basketball and tug-of-war.
Individual projects aside, as far as group projects are concerned, the company's military strength is actually three platoons, but when the logistics personnel such as the company squad, the cooking squad, and the sideline squad are counted, they are also accustomed to seeing it as a platoon. Therefore, there are four participating units in the team project.
Yu Laowai, who loves basketball, naturally became a member of the logistics volleyball team.
I am a company clerk and a member of the jury of the company games, mainly responsible for the coordination of the referees on the scene of the game and scoring records, so I do not participate in the logistics platoon competition.
Let's not talk about the specific whole fiery and fierce verbal debate competition process, let's say that Yu Laowai's impression on me is still very deep.
At that time, it was the last game of basketball, and the logistics platoon played against the first row. The foreigner is absolutely unreserved on the court, jumping up and down, he is not tall, for grabbing rebounds, it is not weak at all! The secretary general is also a member of the competition, running on the field while shouting at Yu Laowai, Yu Laowai, you run blind ball, find your own position!
Toward the second half, the secretary grabbed a ball from the opposing rebound and dribbled the ball while looking for a passer. At this time, the foreigner ran along the border from the front court and clapped his hands eagerly at the secretary general. After the secretary saw it, he should judge the position of the foreigner, just a long pass, the basketball drew an arc high, and flew straight to the foreigner. In the last part of the arc, the three squad leaders of a row of tall men jumped hard, and although they did not intercept the ball, they gave the basketball an acceleration. Therefore, in the eyes of all onlookers, the ball is definitely going to go out of bounds, so that the logistics platoon can get a serve. Who knows, at this juncture, in the stunned eyes of everyone, the foreigner rushed past, in the moment when the basketball went out of bounds, he tried his best to grasp it with both hands, unfortunately, the ball was not caught, but it completely and completely got the basketball out of bounds! Naturally, the right to serve was also given to the other party in a friendly manner.
This can make the team leader secretary angry, in the past to the foreigner's ass is a kick, the ball is out of bounds, you still grab a ball ah?! The foreigner replied with a look of grievance, and made everyone present funny: Director, I don't go to grab it, isn't it more out of bounds? [Crying is silent]
Writing this, the face of the foreigner at that time was as wry and confused as yesterday! [Laughs]
After retiring from the army, foreigners worked on construction sites in Beijing for many years. During the period, I contacted a comrade-in-arms in Beijing who specializes in greening projects and asked him to help the foreigner, he was very happy, and said, rest assured, no problem, my comrade-in-arms, use it at ease. Soon, he arranged a job for the foreigner to look at the construction site. But less than a year later, for some reason, the foreigner left and went to the original construction team.
A few years ago, when I was working in Zhumadian New Rural Construction and Support, I specially went to attend the wedding of my foreign daughter. When we met, I felt that his speech and demeanor had basically not changed much, and he was still smiling and not talking much, but he looked much older than in the past.