Siheyuan: Starting from the driver

Chapter 663 Playing basketball like a soccer ball, throwing shuttlecock like a beanbag

"Brother Li, look! My brother gave me a fun toy."

Bai Chi from the back building ran over carrying a ball, holding it up as he boasted, "Soccer!"

"football?"

Li Kailang looked down and saw a basketball. "Do you think I'm blind?"

Li Kailang almost laughed until he cried, and corrected her, "Xiaobai, this is a basketball, not a football."

"No, if my brother says it's a football, then it's a football!" Bai Chi stubbornly retorted.

"This is football!"

Basketball was introduced to China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, but it was only a toy for foreigners.

It will not have a significant impact domestically.

Back then, people couldn't even get enough to eat, so they had no interest in playing basketball or soccer, and it's the same now.

It's perfectly normal that people don't know basketball because it's not widely known!

Bai Chi stomped his foot in rebuttal, then suddenly slammed the ball to the ground and unleashed a powerful shot: "Big brother, catch the ball!"

The basketball was kicked towards Li Kailang with a "thud".

Li Kailang lifted his foot and stepped firmly onto the basket.

"Brother Li, you're amazing!" Bai Chi clapped his hands with a smile.

"I have something even more amazing to show you, want to see?"

"think."

Li Kailang's smooth and flowing bicycle routine, including the rainbow-like dribble, left Bai Chi wide-eyed and her little hands clapping until they were red.

"Wow!!!"

"Amazing!" Bai Chi's cheers attracted the Yan brothers, Yan Jiefang and Cui Gang.

With his exceptional kung fu skills, Li Kailang possesses remarkable agility and coordination, making him clearly a top-tier athlete.

"Look how good Brother Li's soccer ball is!" Bai Chi said excitedly to Yan Jiefang and the others.

These words immediately made Li Kailang realize that he had gone in the wrong direction.

"Xiaobai, this is a basketball, not a football."

With that, Li Kailang flicked his toe, and the basketball landed steadily in his hand.

He immediately executed a crossover dribble and a crossover.
Finally, he started with a leap of faith followed by a fadeaway jump shot.

The basketball traced a beautiful arc through the air and landed precisely in front of the white pool.

Bai Chi wasn't afraid of the basketball coming towards him; he even reached out to try and catch it.

"bump!"

Unfortunately, Bai Chi was too small and missed the opportunity to catch the basketball, but it still affected the game.

"Thump!" The basketball landed on Bai Chi's head.

"what!!!"

Instantly, Bai Chi burst into tears.

"Oh no!" Li Kailang immediately sensed something was wrong, took a big step forward, picked up Bai Chi and touched her head: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt!"

"Ah~"

Cui Gang and his group looked at Li Kailang with schadenfreude and couldn't help but chuckle.

You went too far with your cool act!

While Li Kailang was comforting Bai Chi, the younger children immediately picked up basketballs and tried to dribble them.

But no matter how he tried, he couldn't get a steady hand on the ball, unlike Li Kailang who seemed to have it all under control. He had to use both hands to control the ball.

"Hehe, I must say, this ball is actually quite fun," Yan Jiefang said happily.

He lost his footing and the basketball rolled to the ground. Cui Gang kicked it at the right moment, and it rolled to Yan Jiekuang's feet.

Yan Jiekuang immediately kicked back.

The three of them kicked the ball back and forth like that. "To be honest, it was actually quite fun."

After being comforted for a while, Bai Chi finally stopped crying. Watching the three of them kicking the ball with great enthusiasm, he excitedly pointed at them.

“Brother Li, look! This is how my brother taught me to play, that’s soccer.”

"Yes, yes, whatever you say." Even after making Bai Chi cry, Li Kailang didn't dare to argue with her.

"Hmph~" Bai Chi hummed happily twice, kicking her little legs: "Brother Li, put me down quickly, I want to play too."

Li Kailang quickly put it down, and Bai Chi immediately ran off to play with Cui Gang and the other two.

"Brother Guangtian, give it to me, give it to me! I want to play too!" Bai Chi exclaimed excitedly.

Knowing that Bai Chi brought them, the three of them naturally dared not refuse.

"Come on, go on!"

Yan Jiefang imitated Li Kailang's movements and gave a light kick.

"Haha~" Bai Chi didn't sense any danger, excitedly opened his arms and kicked hard.

"Whoo~"

The basketball was kicked away with great force.

"Haha, this is so much fun!"

Yan Jiecheng had no choice but to retrieve the ball and gently kick it back to Bai Chi.

Having had experience before, Bai Chi watched the basketball slowly rolling towards him, then slightly stepped back with his right foot, ready to pounce.

This looks like it's going to go all out.

"This is bad!" Li Kailang sighed inwardly.

"Ah!" Bai Chi shouted, delivering a powerful flying kick.

"boom!"

crackling-

The glass window of the Yan family's house shattered with a crash.

"Who did this?!" Yan Bugui's roar froze the children in place.

He stormed out and looked around.

Bai Chi immediately hid behind Li Kailang, clutching his pants tightly and not daring to show his face.

Yan Jiefang and his two companions were no better off, pretending to be chickens pecking at rice while keeping their heads down and refusing to look.

Li Kailang smiled helplessly and said, "Third Uncle, I'm really sorry, I kicked it a little too hard by accident."

"I'll pay for the replacement of the glass; I'm really sorry."

Upon hearing that it was Li Kailang who kicked him, Yan Bugui's anger subsided by a third, and he questioned, "Little Li, I'm not trying to be mean, but you're not a kid anymore, why are you still causing such a ruckus?"

"Let's just let this go today. Just pay for the glass, and be more careful next time."

"Yes, yes, Uncle is right. I promise I won't do it again next time."

Seeing that Li Kailang had actually taken full responsibility, Yan Jiefang and the other two felt relieved, especially the two Yan brothers.

If they knew they were involved, they might go hungry tonight.

Bai Chi felt both grateful and guilty, and lowered his head, pouting.

"Brother, I'm sorry!"

"It's nothing, it's just replacing the glass. Just be more careful next time."

"Hmm~" Bai Chi nodded in response, then looked up at Yan Bugui.

Li Kailang quickly patted Bai Chi's head: "Alright, I admit it. If you say you did it, you'll ruin your brothers Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang."

"Huh? Why?" Bai Chi didn't understand why her apology had hurt them both.

Despite not knowing, Bai Chi still obediently said so.

"Okay, Uncle, could you please clean up the glass? I'll go buy some glass right now."

Yan Bugui nodded, not thinking too much about it, and turned to go home to get the basketball.

"Is this your ball? Be careful." Yan Bugui tossed the ball back.

"I know, I know."

The ball hit the ground and bounced back less than half its height, clearly indicating that the ball was broken.

Sure enough, when I caught the ball, I saw a shard of glass bead on it, and it deflated even faster after I pulled it out.

After checking the basketball for broken glass, Li Kailang handed it to Bai Chi, saying, "Your soccer ball is broken."

"Ah?" Bai Chi hugged the "defeated" soccer ball and cried his heart out.

The new football is broken.

"Waaah~" Immediately, Bai Chi burst into tears, hugged the ball, and ran home.

The three Cui brothers looked at each other, and finally followed to comfort Bai Chi.

Li Kailang went to buy glass.

"Haha, send it to me, send it to me!"

Laughter rang out from the back room.

A group of children were playing basketball, passing it around and making quite a racket.

Bai Xiuwen repaired the basketball, but only superficially; it couldn't be bounced, and since no one knew how to bounce it, it could be kicked.

Basketball has completely become like football. I never thought basketball would come to this.

Several children stood around, forming a circle, and kept kicking the basketball to the next person, having a great time.

"Brother Guangtian, push harder!"

Bai Chi stood with his hands on his hips, shouting loudly from the side.

Because she kicked and broke the glass, Bai Xiuwen forbade her from playing this "dangerous" game.

They could only stand by and watch the other children, acting as cheerleaders themselves.

Although I couldn't play, I still managed to participate.

"You should take better care of my younger sister when you have time."

Bai Xiuwen watched as Bai Chi stood aside playing unwillingly, and said to Xu Sinan beside him.

Xu Sinan rolled her eyes: "You don't even care about your own sister, and you still come to me."

"What are you saying? My sister will be your sister-in-law in the future. How can you, as her sister-in-law, not take care of her?"

Xu Sinan blushed as soon as the words "sister-in-law" were mentioned.

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's all still up in the air."

"What do you mean by 'it's all going to happen'? This is destined. What, you don't want to admit it? It's no use not wanting to admit it. We've already slept in the same bed. If you don't marry me, who else can you marry?"

Bai Xiuwen's heart immediately tightened.

"Pfft! Look how scared you are." Xu Sinan smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I'll take care of it."

Having said that, he got up and went out to find Bai Chi.

"Huh~ I'm scared to death."

Bai Xiuwen breathed a sigh of relief and picked up newspapers to make shuttlecocks for Bai Chi.

Use two common copper coins, plus a handful of chicken feathers, and secure the feathers with glue, rubber bands, etc.

"Brother Li, what brings you here?" Bai Xiuwen immediately ran over.

The children, who were having a great time, did not stop just because Li Kailang arrived.

"boom!"

Suddenly, Liu Guangfu kicked him with a big foot, and Li Kailang dodged to the side.

"Brother Li, I'm sorry!" Liu Guangfu hurriedly came over to apologize.

"It's okay, just be more careful next time. That's not how you play football."

"Yes." Liu Guangfu lowered his head in apology, picked up the ball, and went back to continue playing.

"See, I told you this is football!" Bai Chi said, hands on his hips.

"This little girl." Li Kailang smiled helplessly.

"You little brat, have you forgotten about kicking and breaking Uncle San's window?" Xu Sinan said, feigning seriousness.

"Sister Xu".

"You never learn your lesson, stick your butt out."

"No, Sister Xu, you're the best to me." Bai Chi threw herself at Xu Sinan and shook her hand.

"No!" Xu Sinan shouted sternly, restraining her, and then slapped her buttocks a few times.

His voice was dull; it was clearly just an act.

The little guy immediately pretended to cry, but didn't shed a single tear.

"Brother Li."

"It's okay, I just came over to take a look."

Li Kailang came to the back room for no particular reason other than to watch the children play.

He wasn't the only one; many people from the front, middle, and back yards came to watch the children play, and watching them play made them feel much better.

Sometimes, they can even help kick the ball back when it's kicked over, giving them a sense of participation.

Seeing this, Bai Xiuwen didn't say anything, but his hands moved even faster.

Before long, a shuttlecock was made.

"Little sister, come on, let's play shuttlecock."

Looking at the brand-new shuttlecock, Bai Chi was overjoyed.

"Thank you, brother."

Then, she happily took the shuttlecock and went to play with other children.

Several little girls are playing a game of "throwing shuttlecocks" in the yard.

Seeing this, the adults could only shake their heads helplessly.

The kids in Compound No. 95 are just naturally gifted in sports.

Basketballs are for kicking, shuttlecocks are for throwing.

Even Yao Ming would have to say: Absolutely amazing!
Just then, Yan Jiekuang ran over and shouted at the people kicking the ball.

"Add me one, add me one!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the ball was passed to him.

As Yan Jiekuang, pulling up his trousers, ran to join the battle, someone shouted, "Hey, the Crotch-Opening Hero is back!"

"Hahaha~"

It turned out that Yan Jiekuang had kicked the ball too hard and kicked his crotch open, causing a huge embarrassment.

Fortunately, he was young and didn't have a strong sense of self-esteem, so he didn't care.

A group of children were playing happily in the back building.

Aside from the joke, he could only watch alone, unable to join in even if he wanted to.

The lesson of Jia Zhangshi was still fresh in everyone's mind; who would dare to play with him?

While the children were playing, Bai Xiuwen and Xu Sinan approached Li Kailang.

"Brother Li."

Seeing their serious expressions, Li Kailang became serious and put away his smile: "What is it?"

"It's about repaying the money, let's go inside and talk."

Li Kailang nodded and followed the two inside.

Almost a month has passed since the two last discussed repaying the money, and he thought they planned to pay it back slowly.

After entering the house, Bai Xiuwen went back to get the money.

"Brother Li, here's an ambulance, please keep it safe."

Upon seeing so much money, Li Kailang was puzzled, as he usually only returned amounts of ten or twenty yuan.

"Why are you suddenly paying back so much money? Did you sell your assets? You really don't need it. I'm not short of money. You can pay it back later."

"No, no, I didn't sell my property. This is what I earned from Brother Cui, a full 100 yuan."

"100 yuan? That's a lot! You guys didn't rob Brother Cui, did you?" Li Kailang joked.

"No, no, how can I be sure? We're all from the same courtyard, neighbors. Besides, Aunt Cui has helped me so much, why would I do that? Think about what else Brother Cui has at home?"

"What's right? I don't know."

Bai Xiuwen excitedly explained, "I got a new bicycle. I just picked it up this morning. I repaired it at the junkyard and sold it to Brother Cui."

Upon hearing this, Xu Sinan couldn't help but excitedly celebrate with Bai Xiuwen.

"Brother Cui has a bicycle now!" Li Kailang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Yes." Bai Xiuwen was very excited, after confiding in stationmaster Wang Chengcai last time.

They completed one of the cars Wang Chengcai wanted, and managed to cobble together the remaining half.

After all these days, I've finally managed to get all the bicycle parts in place.

Bicycles now cost one or two times more than the 50 yuan that Yanbu bought back then.

Li Kailang nodded: "Congratulations, congratulations. I'll get the IOU when I get back."

“No need for that, we trust Brother Li,” Bai Xiuwen quickly replied.

“One thing at a time. You trust me, and I can’t fail in my duty.”

"No rush, there's something else."

As they spoke, Bai Xiuwen and Xu Sinan exchanged a glance.

"We've paid back the money this time, and we only have 100 yuan left to pay. We're planning to pay off the last debt next month, but I don't know if that's okay?"

"Sure, of course! Congratulations to you two! After you pay back the money, you should get married. I congratulate you both in advance."

"Thank you!" Bai Xiuwen said, turning his head to look at Xu Sinan, his eyes filled with joy and excitement.

An excited heart, trembling hands, and a restless body.

Bai Xiuwen never dreamed that he, who had fled from war, would one day get married and pay off his debts in just one year and one month.

Xu Sinan was the same; she never expected that she would actually encounter love.

Seeing the two gazing at each other affectionately, Li Kailang couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.

"Being single is so miserable!"

With a sigh, Li Kailang wisely left this place of trouble.

(End of this chapter)