The lively lunch lasted until after two o'clock in the afternoon. The cups and plates in the west wing were in a mess, but everyone was chatting enthusiastically and did not want to leave.
After noon, the wind began to pick up outside, and the north wind blew loudly, but the fire inside the house became more and more prosperous, making it warm as spring.
Friends talk freely and talk about everything, so happy.
There was a hot bed in the north room of the west wing. When they were tired from chatting, some people ran to lie down on the hot bed and continued chatting. Everyone followed suit and ran up. Five or six grown men were crowded on the hot bed.
"Let Tiesheng have some rest," Tao Yushu said.
"After all, lesbians are careful." Li Tuo said as he picked up Shi Tiesheng's tall but thin body and put it on the kang.
Shi Tiesheng stayed on the kang for a few minutes but couldn't lie down anymore. "Hurry up and help me up. I'll sit in the wheelchair."
Lin Chaoyang asked: "What are you doing up? Just rest."
"No, no, it tastes too bad! I'm going to fall into the pit!"
Shi Tiesheng screamed with disgust on his face, but was pinned down on the bed by everyone. Li Tuo said viciously: "We are missing you, the black maggot, in this cesspool!"
A group of people were playing vulgar shit and shit openly, which made Tao Yushu couldn't help but frown.
You have to take off your shoes to get on the Kang, which was not obvious just now. Now your sweaty feet are covered by the warm fire, and the sour smell permeates the room, comparable to a biochemical weapon.
"I'll go out first, and you can chat with them." Tao Yushu said.
Lin Chaoyang kept up with her, "If you have anything to talk about with these stupid idiots, I'll go with you to have a rest."
The couple came out of the house, took a big breath, looked at each other and smiled.
Everyone was thrown into the side room by the host, but they didn't feel left out. Instead, they gathered on the kang and chatted animatedly.
As evening approached, Li Tuo was chatting about the movie when he suddenly thought about it and said, "Is there a women's volleyball match today?"
"It's not just a competition, but also a final." Shi Tiesheng said.
He is a die-hard sports fan. He used to love sports when his legs were good. Now that he is in a wheelchair, he devotes all his enthusiasm to watching games.
"Then let's not leave. Let's wait until we finish watching the game. Let's all watch the game together. It's fun!"
Li Tuo's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone.
"What about dinner?" Zheng Wanlong asked.
Lin Chaoyang and his wife had just entertained them warmly at noon, and everyone couldn't bear to have another meal in the evening.
"This is easy!"
Li Tuo pointed to the messy mess of leftover cups and plates on the lunch table, "Aren't there still dishes? Go out and buy some noodles, simmer them in the pot, and we're all done."
"Okay, okay! I happened to eat too much at lunch, so let's have something vegetarian in the evening."
Zheng Wanlong went out to buy noodles and met Lin Chaoyang who was about to enter the house.
"Why go?"
"Buy noodles."
Zheng Wanlong explained everyone's plans, and Lin Chaoyang came in originally wanting to ask everyone if they wanted to stay at home for dinner.
However, he really couldn't afford to have a feast like that at noon. After listening to Zheng Wanlong's words, he said: "Okay, let's do it like this."
Zheng Wanlong went out for almost half an hour and came back empty-handed.
"Where are the noodles?" everyone asked him.
"Forget it, they are all closed! Food stores, vegetable markets, supply and marketing cooperatives, and shops are all closed!"
"Good guys! Have you all gone home to watch the game?"
Everyone sighed and looked at the time again. Today's game was held at six o'clock in the evening. It was already five twenty now.
"Anyway, I ate a lot at lunch, so I shouldn't eat anymore. It's more important to watch the game."
"Alright!"
Everyone ran to the main room and stood by the TV waiting for the game to start, chatting about their predictions for the game and comments about the players.
At this moment, not only the small courtyard in Mianmian Hutong, but also the entire Yanjing city seemed to be quiet, with people nervously standing in front of the TV and radio.
The number of TV sets today is far less than that of later generations. People who have TVs have three floors in their homes, and the three outer floors are full of people.
The attention of this women's volleyball match has reached an unprecedented level. Even on the day when the men's volleyball team entered the Volleyball World Cup more than half a year ago, the public's attention had never been so high.
This is the first time that the Chinese team has won the world championship in volleyball, one of the three major sports!
At six o'clock in the evening, the words "The Third Volleyball World Cup Women's Final" appeared in the upper right corner of the TV screen.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team, which had a winning streak, showed a strong offensive momentum and completely overwhelmed the Japanese team, which had the advantage of playing at home.
Before the game, all spectators predicted that today would be a difficult game. After all, the opponent, the Japanese team, is known as the "Witch of the East" and has been at the top of Asian women's volleyball for two decades.
No one expected that the Chinese team would take a 2:0 lead with its strong playing style.
Lin Chaoyang's home was filled with cheers and shouts. Through the walls and courtyard, shouts could be heard from outside. It must be that the surrounding residents were also cheering for the Chinese team.
"This is so smooth! I thought it would be so difficult."
"The Japanese team is not good at it. How dare they be called 'Witches of the East' at this level?"
Everyone was talking about the game and criticized the Japanese team with unanimous opinions.
"Don't be too happy. It's only 2:0 now. There's no chance they can make a comeback!" Shi Tiesheng said.
"Bah, bah, bah! Crow's mouth!" Everyone quickly covered Shi Tiesheng's mouth.
Even if the person is black, his mouth is so black!
The game continued and entered the third game. The Japanese team seemed to have gradually regained its game status, smashing the ball and scoring consecutively with great momentum.
In comparison, the Chinese team's offense and blocking were a bit weak. Watching their opponents continue to score, everyone couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Lang Ping, buckle it!"
"Sun Jinfang blocks the net, blocks it!"
At the critical moment of life and death, the Japanese team seemed to burst out with unprecedented strength. Under the cheers of the home audience, they gradually recovered the score and tied the score at 2:2.
In the crucial fifth game, perhaps the two consecutive draws by the opponent affected the mentality of the players. The Chinese team had a bad start and lost 4 points in a row to the opponent.
At the critical moment, coach Yuan Weimin called a timeout. After some encouragement, the women's volleyball players finally adjusted their state. Although they were still beaten by the Japanese team in the next game, they finally managed to hold on to the score.
In the last two minutes, the Chinese team fell behind 14:15 again, and the commentator Song Shixiong's voice on the TV was high-pitched and excited.
"The Chinese team passes the ball!"
"The main attacker Lang Ping jumped high and dunked hard! The iron hammer equalized the score!"
"16:15"
"17:15!"
"The Chinese team won! The players all hugged together! The Chinese team defeated the Japanese team with a score of 3:2 and won the championship of this World Cup with an outstanding result of 7 wins from 7 games!"
On the TV, the commentator Song Shixiong's voice was hoarse, and he was shouting powerfully with choking.
People in the room had already hugged each other, cheering and excited!
"The Chinese team won!"
"Win! The Chinese team is the world champion!"
The loud cheers seemed to tear down the roof, but the even louder sound came from outside. The sound was like an overwhelming force of thousands of troops rushing in from a distance.
"Someone went outside to celebrate so soon?" Zheng Wanlong asked puzzled.
In today's international competitions, as long as the Chinese team wins, the audience will go out to parade at every turn. This is nothing new.
Shi Tiesheng said quietly: "The competition system of the World Cup is based on small points. With the advantage we established before, we have won this game 2:0. Even if the Japanese team makes a comeback, the championship is ours."
Everyone complained together: "You didn't tell me earlier!"
Shi Tiesheng's face was full of grievances, "I didn't even finish what I said just now, and you guys covered my mouth!"
"Don't say this, don't say this." Everyone interrupted him, "Let's go, let's go out and celebrate!"
Everyone walked out of the yard happily as they talked, only to see residents pouring out of the alley towards the street.
This was the first time Lu Yao saw such a scene. He sighed and said, "The people in Yanjing are so enthusiastic!"
"Stop sighing, let's go and see the excitement!" Li Tuo urged everyone.
Everyone followed the flow of people to Di'anmen West Street. There were more people here than in the alley. It was obviously dark and the cold wind was howling, but the torrent of people was like a flame under the dark sky.
Make the people in it excited.
Lin Erchun and his wife couldn't help but feel slightly absent-minded looking at the scene in front of them. Zhang Guiqin murmured, "Where are we going?"
It seems that only by getting there can this grand celebration have a perfect ending.
There are more and more people on the street. Some people don’t know where they got the national flag, and they are shaking and waving it desperately in mid-air; some people are also holding up placards with rough workmanship and illegible handwriting.
It was made on the fly, "Learn from the women's volleyball team and win glory for the country" and "The spirit of the women's volleyball team will never stop."
People cheered, shouted, and moved forward excitedly on the road. Husbands and wives held hands, brothers stood side by side, and children rode on their father's shoulders, looking at this great victory.
Tao Yushu stood among the crowd, with tears in his eyes and a surging heart.
She held Lin Chaoyang's hand tightly, "This victory is so wonderful!"
Being among thousands of people, Lin Chaoyang was also infected by this exciting atmosphere and felt excited.
The basis of national self-confidence is comprehensive self-confidence in the economy, military and culture, but for the Chinese at this stage, these are still too far away. A world champion is enough to make hundreds of millions of people cheer.
Lin Chaoyang did not dare to underestimate such a victory, because he knew clearly that strong national self-confidence was built up by winning one victory after another.
"The Chinese people have been looking forward to such a victory for too long!
Today's victory is just the beginning, and we will achieve more and more victories in the future.
The heroic Chinese people will pick up the national self-confidence that has been lost for more than a hundred years and stand firm among the nations of the world again!"
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Tao Yushu looked at him with admiration and admiration in his eyes.
"Well said!" Lin Chaoyang's words also aroused loud applause from the people around him.
The parade continued to move forward with a lively atmosphere.
After walking on the street for almost half an hour, Lin Chaoyang and his group's inner passions finally calmed down. Considering Shi Tiesheng's health, they decided to go home.
On the way back, everyone could not hide their excitement and talked enthusiastically about the women's volleyball team's victory and the celebration just now.
After returning to the courtyard and chatting for a while, everyone felt hungry.
Lin Chaoyang kneaded the dough, rolled it into sheets, cut it into noodles, dipped it in flour and put it into the boiling water.
The leftovers from lunch were stewed into a pot of toppings, and after the noodles were out of the pot, each person was served a spoonful of the stew.
Everyone sat down in rows and buried their heads in their rice bowls. A light grunt sounded in the room.
Lu Yao is from Shaanxi and has a special liking for noodles. After eating a bowl of hot noodle soup, he felt sweat on his forehead. He felt warm inside his body and his limbs felt extremely comfortable.
“Chaoyang’s craftsmanship is so good, even the noodles are so delicious!”
Lu Yao's words attracted the echo of others, perhaps because of the blessing of such a hearty victory just now. After everyone finished eating the noodles, they praised each other, almost praising this bowl of noodles as a rare delicacy in the world.
"Get on the bus and get the dumplings off. The bowl of noodles tonight is just in time. It's a farewell to Lu Yao." Lin Chaoyang said.
Lu Yao's task of coming to Yanjing to revise the manuscript has been completed. After visiting Lin Chaoyang's house today, he is preparing to return to Shaanxi.
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Lu Yao felt warm in his heart.
"When I come to Yanjing from now on, I will still have to eat your bowl of noodles!"
"What's so rare about noodles? If you want to eat them, you have to eat some delicacies from the mountains and seas. It will make him, a rich landowner, bleed out!" Li Tuo exhorted.
After he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!