The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 127, Skating

Looking at the huge crowds of people on the ice of Shichahai, Li Weiguo asked Zhou Can: "Fat man, have the soldiers told me where to meet? How can we find this huge crowd of people?"

"Don't worry, I made an appointment with him to meet at the main ice rink. Let's go." With that, Zhou Can took the lead and led everyone to the main ice rink.

There are many unwritten rules in the Shichahai Ice Rink. Ice skating is divided into areas, including the main ice rink and the secondary ice rink.

Only those who wear regular skates are eligible to go to the main ice rink, and those who wear homemade skates or play self-made ice carts can only play in the secondary ice rink.

The main ice block is also divided into two paths, one for knife skating and the other for figure skating.

At this time, the ice skates are very different: the trick knife is double-edged, and the knife is short; the running knife is single-edged, and the knife is long.

One plays tricks, the other plays speed.

People who play these two things on the Shichahai Ice Rink will look down on each other from time to time, and when they can't get along, they will stage a youthful drama and fight straight away if they disagree with each other.

Not long after, the five arrived at the main ice rink.

Zhou Can and Li Weiguo glanced around and found Zhao Guobing on the edge of the ice rink.

That kid was leading a girl in a floral padded jacket, chatting with someone there.

"Guobing, here!" Zhou Can shouted at Zhao Guobing, and then waved his hand.

Zhao Guobing turned his head when he heard this.

"Hey, you guys are here, I've been waiting for a long time." Saying that, Zhao Guobing led the object over here.

When he came close, Li Weiguo lightly punched him in the chest: "Okay, Guo Bing, this is your partner, and it's well hidden, so you don't want to introduce it?"

"hey-hey."

Zhao Guobing smiled sheepishly, and introduced to everyone: "This is my partner, Yuan Manxia. It's not that I kept it hidden, and we only recently established a relationship."

As he spoke, he moved the object behind Zhao Guobing a little to the front, so that everyone could recognize him.

This Yuan Manxia looks quite tall, almost 1.7 meters. She is wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket with two braids. She has a good appearance and figure, and she seems to be a good match standing next to Zhao Guobing.

The girl was quite shy, and when everyone looked over, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she greeted shyly.

"Hi, I'm Yuan Manxia."

"Hello, brother and sister, I'm Li Weiguo." Li Weiguo greeted with a smile.

"Hello, brother and sister, I'm Zhou Can, you can just call me Brother Can."

Zhou Can on the side also squeezed over with a smile, and shamelessly raised his seniority first.

When Zhao Guobing heard this, he was unhappy: "Hey, isn't that right, fat man. I know that Li Weiguo is two months older than me, but you are one month younger than me. You should be called sister-in-law, you know?"

"When did you become my brother? I'm two days older than you. You're on November 11th and I'm on the 8th." Zhou Can quibbled.

"Fart, why don't you compare the new calendar with my lunar calendar?"

Zhao Guobing glared at him. He had seen shameless people before, but he had never seen anyone so shameless.

"What about the new lunar calendar? Let's just talk about body shape now. Who is bigger, who is the brother, is it Weiguo?" Zhou Can continued to talk nonsense, and did not forget to make an ally for himself when it was over.

Li Weiguo rolled his eyelids and said speechlessly: "Fuck you, considering your body shape, doesn't your dad still have to call you brother?"

"Hahaha" everyone laughed.

After everyone laughed, Zhao Guobing took Yuan Manxia's hand and continued to introduce Shazhu brother and sister and Zhou Bo to her.

We are all young people, and we can chat well. After we got to know each other, we didn't bother to stand up. We went to find a place to change our shoes and went to the ice rink to play.

Zhang Guobing and Yuan Manxia had already made preparations. One brought a pair of skates, and Zhou Can also brought three pairs.

The five pairs are all single-edged skates, the ones for speed, but apart from brothers Zhao Guobing and Zhou Can, Li Weiguo, Yuan Manxia and Shazhu have never played much, so they are considered rookies.

Although there are not enough skates, everyone can take turns wearing them.

After all, skates are a luxury item. They cost dozens of pairs and require special tickets. Not everyone is willing to buy them, even if they are the children of the big courtyard.

Many people at the scene did not have skates, and it was not shameful to get together in threes and fives to play together.

There were only five pairs of shoes, and Zhou Can and the two brothers were not in a hurry to play in the first round. Let Li Weiguo and the other five play with them, while the two brothers watched the fun from the sidelines.

Zhao Guobing is a veteran of the ice rink. As soon as he put on his shoes, he took Yuan Manxia aside and taught her how to skate.

Li Weiguo didn't know how to skate at all, so he didn't learn it at all, but his body's nerve reflexes and balance are excellent. At the beginning, he just staggered awkwardly, but soon stabilized his figure, and then imitated other people's posture , and gradually became familiar with it.

On the other hand, Yu Shui and Sha Zhu are real skating rookies. They are skating for the first time in their lives, and they don't know it at all.

No, as soon as the two put on their shoes, they stood on the ice shivering, unable to find their balance for a long time.

Suddenly, Yu Shui staggered, his body was unstable, and he fell directly behind.

"Ehhh"

Just before it fell, the rain slapped it indiscriminately, bringing down even Shazhu.

"Ouch" × 2
The rain was not bad. Before falling down, I pulled Shazhu to cushion him. It was only a slight fall. However, Shazhu was completely unprepared. He was caught off guard and was pulled by the rain, and his butt fell hard on the spot.

"Oh, Yushui, you're really good. You didn't forget to take me with you when you fell. You're such a pit brother."

Sha Zhu rubbed his butt in pain, and after a while he slowly climbed up. Fortunately, he was wearing thick clothes in winter, otherwise his butt would suffer a great crime if he slammed it suddenly.

"Who asked you to interfere with me beside me, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen." Yushui argued unconvinced.

Hearing her words, Silly Zhu became very angry: "Hey, you see that you can't even stand firmly, so why do you need others to interfere with you?"

"Hmph~ You are also a dish." Yu Shui pouted, dissatisfied.

Skating is actually a matter of physical coordination and balance. As long as you have good physical fitness and a little skill, you can skate smoothly.

While the Shazhu brothers and sisters were bickering happily, Li Weiguo had basically mastered the technical essentials.

After all, he is practicing martial arts. His physical condition is good, his coordination and balance skills are good, and he can play decently soon. No, when the Shazhu brothers and sisters were still learning to balance, he had already started to play backwards .

"Brother Weiguo, how did you learn so fast? Teach me quickly."

Li Weiguo stopped in front of her when he heard Yushui's greeting, and said with a smile, "It's very simple, give me your hand."

Hearing the words, Yu Shui stretched out his hand obediently.

Li Weiguo grabbed Yushui's hand and taught: "Relax, don't be nervous. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart naturally, bend your knees and squat halfway, move your center of gravity down, lower your hands and draw your abdomen in, feel the center of gravity of your body, and place it on the soles of your feet."

Rainwater nodded and did as he said.

(End of this chapter)