When he heard it was Aunt Zhang, the man stood up suddenly, turned around, and said with a ferocious face: "Five yuan, what five yuan, I have paid it off a long time ago, what else does she want from me?"
Ma Xiaoquan was frightened by the man's ferocious expression and took half a step back. He stuck one foot outside the door and planned to run away if something went wrong.
But the next moment, the man suddenly became quiet. He reached into his trouser pocket, took out a box of cigarettes, took out a crumpled cigarette from the box, then lit it and took a deep puff.
"You are already the fifth person here." The man looked at Ma Xiaoquan and said leisurely.
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and asked: "What fifth one?"
The man didn't hide it, he exhaled and said: "Zhang Cuilan said that I owed her five yuan, so she asked different people to come over and ask me for money. I did give it to me at first, and I paid it three times.
But the fourth time, I didn’t give it.”
"What? You gave it three times, so didn't you already give me fifteen yuan?"
The man smiled bitterly, took another puff of cigarette, and said: "Yes, I admit that I once did something outrageous to Zhang Cuilan, but that was a few years ago, and I drank too much. She can't always hold this
This thing makes me sick."
Ma Xiaoquan became interested upon hearing this and said, "Uncle, please call me Wang Li. Then I'll call you Uncle Wang. If you don't mind, I can listen to your story."
The man was stunned, looked at Ma Xiaoquan with some surprise, and asked: "Aren't you sent by Zhang Cuilan to disgust me?"
"Zhang Cuilan? Oh, you're talking about Aunt Zhang. No, my name is Ma Xiaohu. I just came from out of town to join my cousin Zhao Shanhe. Well, that's the old Zhao from Fengbei Police Station."
"Oh~~" Wang Li seemed to know Uncle Zhao, he hummed and said: "I see, but why do I have an impression of your name? Do you have an older brother?"
Ma Xiaoquan was surprised, but he still said yes: "Yes, my name is Ma Xiaolong."
"Ma Xiaolong? Are you Ma Xiaolong's younger brother?" The man suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Ma Xiaoquan's shoulder very quickly.
The man was very strong, beyond Ma Xiaoquan's expectation.
The man was stunned for a moment, then quickly let go and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm a little excited."
Ma Xiaoquan became curious and asked: "Uncle Wang, do you know my brother?"
Wang Lin said: "More than just acquaintance, that guy is a nice guy and has saved me several times. But I don't know what happened and he suddenly disappeared."
Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and narrowed his eyes, thinking that he just mentioned Ma Xiaolong casually, but he didn't expect that there really was such a person, and judging from the people he had come into contact with during this period, Ma Xiaolong seemed to be a person.
"Don't you know where your brother has gone?" Wang Li asked.
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head with a wry smile and lied: "If I had known, I wouldn't have come here to look for him from other places. He hasn't written to home for a long time, and I'm the only one at home, so I
I came here to join Uncle Zhao."
"Yeah, that's right~ That's okay, Xiaohu, Uncle Wang will also let you know. If anything happens to you in the future, or if you have a quarrel with your cousin, or if your cousin dislikes you, you can stay here with Uncle Wang."
, Uncle Wang, I am alone, you can come anytime."
Ma Xiaoquan got curious and asked: "Uncle Wang, why are you so enthusiastic about me? It shouldn't just be because my brother has saved you a few times, right?"
Wang Li chuckled and said: "That's not entirely true. Anyway, when you have time in the future, you can come and let's talk slowly. Well, if you come today, you must give Zhang Cuilan an explanation, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and hummed.
"It's easy!" Wang Li turned around and took out a five-dollar bill from under the bed and handed it to Ma Xiaoquan: "You can use this money to pay for the business."
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment and said: "Uncle Wang, this is a lot of money. You just gave it to me. Aren't you afraid that I won't give it to Aunt Zhang?"
"You can't do that~" Wang Li chuckled, "Zhang Cuilan is a thief. Even if I'm not afraid, she will keep chasing you for it."
"But you said it, you have given it three times, so it stands to reason that you have paid it back in full."
Wang Li smiled bitterly and said: "A few years ago, I was drunk and happened to meet Zhang Cuilan. The two of us got involved together somehow. Later I found out that her husband died early, and she has been alone all these years.
Having two children, she is also a miserable person, but whenever she sees me, she always pesters me to do that, and I really can't stand it anymore..." After Wang Li said this, he smiled bitterly again, "
They say a woman is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty, and at fifty she sits on the ground sucking dirt and is like a leopard. I have seen it."
"Pfft~~" Ma Xiaoquan laughed, nodded and said, "Uncle Wang, I finally understand. It turns out that you are deliberately hiding from Aunt Zhang."
"That's not entirely true. Hey, I'll talk to you in detail when I have time in the future. Just take these five dollars and go pay the errand."
Ma Xiaoquan hummed and put the five yuan away.
After saying goodbye to Wang Li, Ma Xiaoquan did not go back. His original intention was to cross this road and go to the stadium that Aunt Zhang mentioned.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Ma Xiaoquan finally arrived at the stadium that Aunt Zhang mentioned.
There were some young men and women on the court, but most of them did not play ball, but gathered together in small groups to smoke and chat.
Ma Xiaoquan looked around and found that under the ball rack in the backcourt, a man and two women were practicing shooting with a basketball. It could be seen from their movements that they should have some basic skills.
Now that they are here, Ma Xiaoquan also wants to warm his hands. As for the group of men and women smoking and chatting, they don't seem to be bad people.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan walked to the backcourt.
The default rule of the basketball court is that as long as you want to play, you can just go up and pick up the ball and shoot it. If other people are interested in forming a team, they will naturally form groups to compete.
Under the rack, a tall woman shot a ball with a beautiful arc. However, because the ball frame was slightly tilted, there was a bang, and the basketball hit the ball frame and missed the shot, and bounced out.
Ma Xiaoquan quickly stepped forward and jumped up, clasping the basketball that popped up with one hand. With a bang, he pressed it firmly with the other hand, and then landed with both feet. The whole movement was smooth and smooth.
After landing, he simply dribbled the ball twice, jumped high, and made a standard jump shot.
After seeing Ma Xiaoquan's shooting action, the tall woman was stunned for a moment. After seeing the ball he shot go in, a glint of appreciation flashed in her eyes.
Ma Xiaoquan landed, smiled at the tall woman, and said politely: "Hello, sister, I also want to play basketball."
The tall woman looked at Ma Xiaoquan, then turned to look at the man and woman behind her.
A man and a woman came over and picked up the basketball. The man looked at Ma Xiaoquan carefully and asked, "Young man, where are you from?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Lantian Community!"
"Lantian Community, yo, we have to walk for a while," the tall woman said.
"Why are you here to play basketball? Isn't there a basketball stand in the factory near Lantian Community?"
Ma Xiaoquan said with a wry smile: "I just came from out of town to join my relatives. The nearby factory wouldn't let me in, so I had no choice but to come here to warm up my hands."
The man hummed: "Seeing as you can fight, okay, how about we go two on two?"
"Two versus two?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned, "How to divide?"
"Hmm~~" The man dragged his chin and looked at the tall woman and another woman behind him. In fact, the two women were about the same height. Ma Xiaoquan visually inspected them and found that they were both over 1.7 meters tall.
"This way, you and my third sister will team up, and I will team up with my second sister!" the man said.
"Okay!" Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his hands.
The man nodded and motioned for his third sister and Ma Xiaoquan to stand together.
Women are taller than men. Although Ma Xiaoquan is now seventeen years old and only 1.72 meters tall, standing next to the woman always gives the impression that he is half a head shorter than her.
The man smiled slightly and took the ball in his hand: "Okay, kick off!"
After that, he started dribbling the ball.
The man dribbled the ball very steadily. Ma Xiaoquan tried to steal the ball, but failed twice. Then the man relied on his back to hit the basket and score the ball.
...Five minutes later, the opponent had scored five goals, but Ma Xiaoquan had not scored a single goal.
"Eh?" Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and called his teammate's woman over.
"Sister, are you worried about hitting the ball?" Ma Xiaoquan said, "On the court, you can hit the ball only if you let go. For this ball, you listen to me, I will open it for you, and you just shoot."
The woman hummed. Although she didn't trust the serious preaching of the little brother in front of her, their side was already five goals behind. If they didn't score another goal, it would be unjustifiable.
The game started again. Ma Xiaoquan dribbled the ball around the half court looking for opportunities. He deliberately opened up the space and forced the man opposite him to step out.
Within the three-second zone, there were only two women of the same height left.
The man's defense is very stable, and since he is taller and stronger than Ma Xiaoquan, Ma Xiaoquan will definitely have no chance of using his body to break through.
Without stopping, Ma Xiaoquan started dribbling in fancy ways. He wore his left crotch and his right crotch, dribbling behind him, and lifting his legs to dribble. It looked like his dribbling movements were very dazzling.
The two women in the three-second zone were also stunned when they saw Ma Xiaoquan dribbling. They all knew that this kind of dribbling was very beautiful, but they only saw foreigners doing it on TV in the courtyard, and they had been playing for so long.
, this is the first time to watch someone dribbling like this at such a close distance.
"Dong dong dong~~" Ma Xiaoquan suppressed the rhythm of dribbling, and suddenly stood up to rush forward, trying to get rid of the man's defense.
The man's reaction was quick. He followed up quickly, turned around and stretched out his hand to steal the ball. At this moment, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly made an emergency stop.
The man's reaction was still fast enough, but when he made his second move, Ma Xiaoquan once again disguised himself and broke through the man's defense with a lunge.
With a squeaking sound, the man's feet slipped due to excessive force and he fell to the ground.
