The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine: Chapter 36 national champion
"Okay, let's see, how's it going?" After the story was finished and her hair was cut, Qiao Yuchu untied the towel wrapped around her neck.
Jian Changnian looked left and right in the mirror.
"Wow, Miss Yuchu, you cut it really well, you can go to the level of a barber!"
Qiao Yuchu was also very satisfied with her work, so she scratched her hair again, always feeling that there was room for improvement.
"Ah, by the way, wait for me, I'll go back to the dormitory to get a curling iron, it might look better if I perm it."
As soon as the voice fell, the person slipped out of the dormitory, and it was too late for Jian Chang to stop.
Not long after, the man came back with a curling iron and a hair dryer.
Jian Changnian's face was deformed by the hot wind.
"Really, no, problem, is it?"
Qiao Yuchu also shouted loudly: "Just wait and see!"
Jian Changnian's originally plain head was tossed by her like this, her hair was trimmed to the position a little below the shoulders, the front was short and the back was long, and it was slightly curved with a curling iron, and her bangs were also beaten thin and beautiful , took a hair dryer to blow it a little, let it scatter on the forehead naturally, the whole person looks clean and neat, full of youthful vigor.
Qiao Yuchu looked around at the person, and sure enough she still depends on clothes, so her eyes fell on her face again.
"The lips are thin, so they are very suitable for lipstick."
Jian Changnian was trembling all over, but he didn't dare to let her torment him anymore.
"No, no, that's it, I think it's fine."
The last time she wore a miniskirt at Cao Rui's for a day, it didn't overwhelm her, and she didn't even know how to walk.
Seeing her like this, Qiao Yuchu burst out laughing.
"Okay, okay, I'll let you go today."
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When Qiao Yuchu returned to her dormitory, Xie Shi'an was doing plank support, with a yoga mat on the floor, and a mobile phone in front of her, playing a video of a badminton match.
Hearing the door knock, she looked up.
"Why did you go and take so long to come back?"
Qiao Yuchu smiled mysteriously.
"You'll find out tomorrow."
Seeing that she was holding a hair dryer and curling iron in her hand, she knew she was going to be a stylist again, Xie Shi'an slightly curved her lips.
"Come on, I have cut my hair badly before."
"Hiss, you are getting bigger and bigger, and your mouth is getting more and more poisonous." Qiao Yu made a gesture and was about to step on her buttocks.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xie Shi'an rolled sideways and escaped perfectly, but accidentally knocked off the mobile phone on the bracket.
Qiao Yuchu picked it up and saw it was a singles video.
"Are you going to apply for two more this year?"
The schedule of this year's national competition is long and tight. In the first week, the team qualifying competition will be held first to determine the qualifying team. The second week will be followed by individual individual competitions. The single-elimination competition system is adopted. Only the top 16 players in each category can join Beijing. final.
If she signs up for doubles and singles at the same time, it means that Xie Shi'an hardly has any rest time during the half-month-long schedule, which will put her physical, technical and psychological factors to the test.
Xie Shi'an made a diving leap and bounced off the ground.
"Well, Coach Yan has handed over the registration form to the competition organizing committee."
Speaking of badminton, the boy's eyes are full of spirit.
"The Zhejiang team has a national player. I want to touch her."
I don't know why, seeing her like this, Qiao Yuchu felt a little emotional, a little envious, and also slightly disappointed.
She knew that Xie Shi'an was going to leave her sooner or later, a square inch of land couldn't hold the eagle that spread its wings day by day, and she just walked on with love and clumsy hard work these years, in terms of talent, she was neither as good as Xie Shi'an is not as good as Jian Changnian.
Even so, she was also very happy to see Xie Shi'an's continuous progress, and finally reached the pinnacle that was beyond her reach.
"I've beaten Qin Yang before, so there must be no problem."
"What is Qin Yang? He is a national player. National players are world champions."
Qiao Yuchu picked up a towel and threw it at her.
"I know, I know, the national players should go take a shower, it stinks to death, accompany me out to eat after taking a bath, if you're starving to death, you want to."
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After Qiao Yuchu left, Jian Changnian took a nap in the dormitory. These days, she used a chair to sleep on. She hadn’t slept in such a comfortable bed for a long time. When she opened her eyes, the sun was setting, and the alarm clock on the table It was half past five, and she quickly got up to pack her things and prepare to catch the bus.
He opened the schoolbag and saw that the lotus lamp was still in the schoolbag.
Jian Changnian slapped his forehead suddenly, oh, by the way, I almost forgot about this, I have to send the things to someone quickly.
She went out with her schoolbag in her arms, and when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped in her tracks, hey, why don't you give it to her after the competition is over, counting the time, the national competition is almost the end of the Lunar New Year.
If you can win the championship, it will be better, double happiness, if you can't win the championship, with this lotus lantern, Xie Shi'an will not be too disappointed.
I don't know why, after listening to Qiao Yuchu's story about her in the afternoon, thinking of Xie Shi'an, she always had a sour feeling in her heart, and unconsciously wanted to make her happier, happier.
Jian Changnian looked down at the lotus lantern in her schoolbag, then turned back, put it in a locker with a lock, put the key in her pocket, and then turned and left.
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When she returned to the hospital and passed the director's office, she saw that the door was ajar. She knocked lightly on the door, but no one answered.
Jian Changnian opened the door and saw that the room was empty, but the white coat hanging on the wall was gone. The director probably went to see a patient.
She thought for a while, then took out the internal ticket from her schoolbag, pressed it under the pen holder on the desk, tore another page from the notebook, borrowed the director's pen, and wrote a line of words, the same Press well.
After doing all this, Jian Changnian closed the office door for him, and walked to the ward in a bouncing manner.
The director came back from the outpatient clinic and found that there was an extra piece of paper on the desk. He picked it up and saw a line of delicate handwriting.
"Hello, dear Director Luo, I am Jian Changnian, a family member of Fang Huaiying in bed 15. A drop of water should be repaid by a spring, let alone a life-saving grace. There is only one ticket for the national badminton competition to give away, I know you are busy with work, so the tickets are redeemable, and you should relax properly after work, I wish you good health and happiness for your family!"
— Sincerely, Jian Changnian
The director took off his presbyopic glasses, looked at the ticket and smiled sincerely. This was more gratifying to him than any pennant.
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Grandma was also awake when Jian Changnian returned to the ward. She saw her coming in. Although she couldn't sit up, grandma still had a happy smile on her face. At the same time, she was a little surprised to see her new hairstyle.
"Grandma, how are you feeling today?" Jian Changnian walked to her bedside and gently held her hand.
The old man was still with a feeding tube inserted, unable to speak, but nodded slightly to indicate that he was fine, and kept his eyes on her.
Jian Changnian walked around in front of the hospital bed wearing the new team uniform, and pointed out to her the words "Binhai Provincial Team" on the back.
"How about grandma, is it pretty?"
The old man's eyes overflowed with relief, and he nodded slightly.
After Jian Chang had finished reciting bad words, she moved a stool and sat in front of the hospital bed, holding her hand, and chatting with others.
"Tomorrow I will go to the game. I don't know if I will be nervous or if I can perform well when I play for the first time."
Grandma moved her fingers.
Jian Changnian spread out her palm, and grandma wrote two words crookedly in her palm:
come on.
Holding this encouragement, Jian Changnian smiled sincerely, and gently leaned over her grandmother, acting coquettishly.
"Grandma, you must get better soon, and then go to watch my game live. You haven't seen me play a game yet, right? With you, I feel that I am not afraid of anything."
The night outside the window was getting darker, and a full moon hung on the treetops.
When the moon rises on a winter night, tomorrow must be a fine day.
Before Jian Changnian fell asleep, she thought this way in her heart.
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At ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, Jian Changnian arrived at the training base on time to join her teammates, boarded the bus together, and set off for the competition venue.
As soon as she entered the Jiangcheng Gymnasium, she couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow, it's so big!"
The gymnasium is a ring-shaped building with three floors. They are standing in the corridor on the second floor. Looking down, the stands are already full of people. For several cameras, the staff is nervously adjusting the equipment.
Yan Xinyuan led him to the door of the locker room.
"Okay, go and change your clothes, go downstairs and gather in the athletes waiting area in five minutes, I'll wait for you there."
After he finished speaking, he went to submit today's list to the competition organizing committee.
Coach Liang followed beside him.
"Do you really want Jian Chang to read the first order? I'm afraid that she has no experience in major competitions, and her performance may be unstable. Otherwise, it's better to move back and let her see how others play first."
"The purpose of raising a soldier is to put her in the single position to hone her training, sit in the audience and watch what others can see when they play. This is the first game of the group stage. Find out the problem early and make adjustments early. If we wait until halfway through the race to discover the problem, it will be too late.”
That being said, Jian Changnian was still a little taken aback when he heard the referee pronounce his name, and the hand holding the racket began to tremble subconsciously.
Xie Shi'an, who was preparing for warm-up, also stopped, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes, and went to ask Yan Xinyuan.
"Coach Yan, didn't you agree to let me go first in the first game..."
Yan Xinyuan gave her a stern look.
"Obey the arrangement and get ready for the next doubles match."
"But the first victory..." Xie Shi'an refused to accept, and wanted to say something more, but was pulled back by Qiao Yuchu.
"Shi'an, Shi'an, forget it, once the roster is exchanged, it can no longer be changed. Let's go prepare for the game, huh?"
Yan Xinyuan also knew how important the first victory was to a team's morale, but he still handed over this vital blow to Jian Changnian for no other reason than that their opponent today was the Zhejiang team. One-time world champion, national player Yin Jiayi.
Because the playing list can only be exchanged before the game, neither of the participating parties knows how the opponent will line up today, and it will be announced on the day of the game. Once the playing list is exchanged, it cannot be changed, otherwise it will be regarded as a waiver .
If he guessed correctly, they want to win the first victory, and the opponent also wants to win. In the women's team competition, a player can only play one singles and one doubles at most in one match, and they cannot play consecutive games , which also means that after the national player Yin Jiayi has finished this singles, she will not be able to play in the next doubles.
Invisibly relieved a lot of pressure on Xie Shi'an. He didn't want his seed player to reveal his strength prematurely and let other participating teams find out. It's not a good thing, either.
As for Jian Changnian.
Yan Xinyuan cast his eyes on her. It was the first time for the young man to stand under the spotlight and be watched by so many people, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Even if she fails, if she can learn something in the match against the national players, that would be a great thing for her.