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In the morning, Hao Ai went to the bulletin board to put up posters when there were still few students coming and going. When school was about to leave at noon, Hao Ai glanced at his phone, and there was a message from Chen Rao half an hour ago.

Chen Rao: I saw the poster on the bulletin board. You founded the skateboard club, right?

The last chat record between the two was still in the days of the Chinese New Year. Chen Rao sent out a lot of red envelopes in the group, including a red envelope of 190 yuan. Hao Ai got lucky and got [-], and the remaining people shared it equally. Four dollars.

Chen Rao scolded him in a private chat, jokingly told him to spit out the money, Hao Ai replied, thank the boss for the red envelope!Chen Rao uttered a lot of swear words again, most of them were complaining, Hao Ai replied: I'm off to work, I wish the boss a happy new year!

After that, there is no more content, because Hao Ai was busy drawing manuscripts and dating in those few days.

Hao Ai: Yes, how do you know?

Chen Rao: You can tell just by looking at the style of the poster, why didn't you tell me?

Hao Ai was a little at a loss, what should I do?

Although Chen Rao never said he liked her, Hao Ai knew that a proud person like Chen Rao couldn't bear to take the initiative to speak out. She didn't bother to take the initiative, and she had to let the other party express his opinion first.But Hao Ai didn't mean that, so the two spent a long time without embarrassment.

Now Hao Ai deliberately distances herself from her. It didn't matter before, but now that she has a boyfriend, she has to keep a distance from others.

Hao Ai thought for a few minutes, looked up at the back of Zhong Xiu who was sitting upright in front of him, and finally replied: I thought you should be very busy when school starts.

Chen Rao also went down the steps: I'm quite busy.Add me, member.

Hao Ai: All right.

The skateboard club set up a recruiting tent in front of the teaching building for a long time in the afternoon, and Hao Ai sat in the tent on duty.

Zhong Xiu also came to help, distributing leaflets to passing students.

It wasn't until the evening self-study was about to start that Zhong Xiu finished distributing the leaflets and went to the small supermarket to buy water.He took two bottles of Coke, and suddenly remembered that Hao Ai drank too much Coke recently, basically one bottle a day, no matter how much he likes it, he can’t drink Coke as water every day, and he can’t be used to him like this, so he put the Coke back on the shelf I went up, picked and picked, and finally got two bottles of peach juice instead.

After paying the bill, there were too many people at the entrance of the small supermarket. Zhong Xiu turned around and decided to go out through the back door. The back door is far away from the teaching building, and few people would go out from here.As soon as he walked out of the door, a puff of smoke hit his face so that he could barely open his eyes, and then he saw a familiar person.

Behind the stone brick wall of the small supermarket is a hidden corner. Several people, men and women, are squatting on the ground, smoking together.

Chen Rao noticed that someone was coming out of the back door, raised his eyes and saw Zhong Xiu, but Zhong Xiu wanted to go around them as if he didn't see her.

"Zhong Xiu." Chen Rao called his name.

She casually threw the unfinished cigarette on the ground, crushed it out with her feet, patted the non-existent ash on her hands, and stood up.

"Come on one?"

Zhong Xiu refused, "No, what's the matter?"

Chen Rao lowered her eyes, as if she was really thinking seriously.

"It's nothing."

"..." Then why did you call me? We don't know each other very well, do we?Zhong Xiu felt that she was sick, so he turned around and wanted to leave.

A boy who was squatting on the ground got up, "Don't go, I can't call you if I have nothing to do?"

Want to fight?Zhong Xiu frowned.

"Don't make trouble," Chen Rao smiled, and said, "I remembered, Zhong Xiu, there is something, really something. I wanted to go to your class to look for you in a few days, but I happened to meet you today."

"Say something."

Chen Rao noticed the peach juice in his hand and asked, "Is it for Hao Ai?"

"Otherwise? Can I still buy it for you?" Zhong Xiu was impatient. He actually had no patience with anyone except Hao Ai. His good upbringing did not allow him to do this, so he could pretend to be very good at ordinary times, but now Facing Chen Rao, he didn't even want to pretend.

"..." Chen Rao didn't expect Zhong Xiu to be jealous, so he smiled in surprise, and then deliberately said, "He likes to drink Coke, but not this."

They reached a dead corner behind a stone-brick wall, avoiding the others.

"It seems that you are reconciled again," Chen Rao said to himself, "So... are you together?"

"Ah."

Chen Rao smiled and said, "Haha, congratulations."

"But it's not counting as you winning. Hey, are you treating him very well? Do you think that if I treat him better, maybe he will be with me."

Who wants to compete with you?In terms of winning or losing, what is Hao Ai, a trophy?Zhong Xiu said coldly: "You have no chance."

"Hao Ai, he likes whoever treats him well. To be honest, you can't last long, it won't last more than a year, and you will definitely break up after graduating from high school at the latest."

Zhong Xiu sarcastically said: "Actually, I don't quite understand what kind of mentality it is to belittle the person you like. Does this make you happy?"

Chen Rao seemed to have heard a big joke: "Belittling? I'm telling the truth."

"I like a person. Even if I can't be frank, I will never say a bad word about him in front of others."

Chen Rao was silent for a moment, and said, "Do you want to make a bet?"

"I'm not interested, you'd better put away your so-called liking," Zhong Xiu said flatly, "What he needs is not this kind of liking."

Chen Rao never seems to care about other people's feelings, she can get whatever she wants, it is your honor that I see you, I treat you so well, you should be grateful to me as a matter of course.That's ridiculous.

After Zhong Xiu finished speaking, he left without listening to Chen Rao's rebuttal, that's not important.

Zhong Xiu went back to the recruiting tent, put the peach juice on the table, and said, "I met Chen Rao just now when I was buying water."

Hao Ai was playing games with his mobile phone, when he heard this, he raised his head: "Huh?"

Zhong Xiu continued with a blank expression: "She said you like to drink coke, but not fruit juice." She really understands you.

Hao Ai took a sneak look at his face, he looked normal, and his tone was quite normal, but Hao Ai somehow felt that he was angry.

"Actually..." Hao Ai spoke hesitantly.

"As long as you buy it, I like it." He unscrewed the bottle cap, took a big sip of peach juice, and said, "It's delicious."

Zhong Xiu couldn't get angry anymore, he suddenly felt that he was angry for no reason.

After recruiting, the skateboard club has recruited more than 80 members, which is quite a large number of clubs in the school.80.00% of the newly joined members know Hao Ai, most of them are boys, and half of the remaining girls are also here for Hao Ai.

Not all the girls who join the skateboarding club really want to learn to skateboard. Some of them have long admired the name of the school bully, and the boys who play skateboards look cool and handsome, which is attractive enough for them .

This Saturday is the first official event for the skate club.There is no playground in the school, so they can only play outdoors.

Hao Ai asked them to gather at the Wanchi near Wanda Plaza. It was the old place. Not many people came this time, most of them were familiar faces.

There are also a few strangers, holding a skateboard in one hand and holding a mobile phone in the other to adjust the angle to take pictures. After taking pictures, they take pictures of themselves and others.

Zhong Xiu whispered in Hao Ai's ear: "Is this a tourist? It's been filming all afternoon."

Hao Ai has seen this kind of situation a lot, and he took it easy and said: "It's going to be hot for 3 minutes, and I probably won't come after that."

It’s not uncommon to see this kind of people in the skateboarding circle. After showing off enough to pose for a photo, the novelty is gone, and the skateboard is left unused to collect dust in the corner. This kind of person is commonly known as a “board jerk” in the circle.

Hao Ai has no prejudice against this kind of people. After all, not everyone skates for the love of skateboarding. Everyone has their own way of playing. As long as others don’t affect you, there is no need to worry about how they play.

"It's not slipping anymore." Zhong Xiu jumped off the skateboard, and lightly stepped on the tail of the skateboard with his toes to let the skateboard fall into his hand.

"What's wrong?" Hao Ai asked.

"Look at my shoes."

Hao Ai looked down, and it turned out that the edge of Zhong Xiu's shoe was a little worn out.

A boy next to him who often comes here to play skateboards said, "Go back and make up for it."

Hao Ai took another look at the shoes on his feet. There was a circle of wear marks on the edge, which was not far from being worn out.

The biggest consumable for skateboarding is not the skateboard, but the shoes.It takes a lot of time to practice movements and tricks. Basically, after practicing a few times, obvious wear marks will appear on the edge of the shoes.A pair of skateboard shoes is not cheap. It doesn’t matter if the shoes are worn out, they can still be worn after repairing them. Most people will choose to mend their shoes. This is the basic skill of the board boy.

The boy said enviously again: "Your shoes... I'm sore."

This brand of shoes on Zhong Xiu's feet is quite famous, it is a joint model, and this model is a new product, sold in limited editions, and sold out as soon as it hit the shelves in China.

"I don't know how to mend shoes." Zhong Xiu said.

Hao Ai was surprised: "What family conditions... have you always been like this, throwing away when it's worn out?"

Zhong Xiu nodded embarrassingly: "Ordinary family, there is no mine at home."

Hao Ai said: "I have a little pain...how about I make it up for you?"

"Okay."

The two went to a nearby hardware store with their skateboards in their arms. The store was narrow and backlit, and the lights were not turned on. It was dark inside.

Hao Ai got in first and shouted: "Boss, I want a bottle of glue, the kind that can mend shoes."

It was the first time for Zhong Xiu to visit a hardware store. He looked at the equipment hanging on the wall and at the light bulb sockets and various small parts on the shelves, and found it quite novel.

After buying the glue, Hao Aixian and Zhong Xiu went to a shoe store in the business district to buy a pair of new shoes, and then brought Zhong Xiu to the door of an old shoe store, the kind of handmade shoe store that makes shoes for the elderly.

Hao Ai and the boss looked very familiar.

"Uncle, have you eaten?" He asked as soon as he entered the door.

The boss greeted warmly: "Hey, Ai Ai is here, I've eaten and eaten."

"Uncle, can you find me a suede fur?"

"Okay, did you use up last time?" The boss dug out a large piece of suede from a row of boxes, and cut a palm-sized piece from it.

"It's over."

The boss gestured to him and asked, "Is this big enough?"

"Enough is enough, thank you Uncle."

"Is the shoe you made last time comfortable for your grandma?"

It's grandma, not grandma, Hao Ai thought, but didn't correct her.

"Comfortable, she even praised you for doing a great job."

The boss leaned on the door frame and proudly said: "That's not true, you order a few pairs of her from me every year, and the shoes I make are absolutely good."

Hao Ai kept nodding.

The boss handed him the suede, and pointed to the small table outside for repairing and mending shoes, "Go, if it's not enough, you can cut it yourself."

"Okay okay."

After the boss finished speaking, he entered the store again.

Hao Ai put the shoes on the small table outside, and explained to Zhong Xiu: "My grandma's feet are not very convenient to buy shoes, and I can't buy the size she can wear outside, so I come here to make them for her."

"Oh, so it is."

"Look, I'll teach you how to mend shoes."

Hao Ai first smoothed the area that needs to be repaired, then carefully applied some glue on the worn area, stuck it with the suede, and pressed it hard until he felt that the suede was stuck firmly, then let go of his hands and let it dry for a while , and finally sand the edges of the shoe evenly.

While mending the shoes, he explained: "Remember to grind it after sticking it well, so that it won't fall off easily."

Zhong Xiu nodded: "It looks quite simple." After seeing it, it means knowing it.

"It's quite simple, but I can also show you a difficult one."

"for example?"

Hao Aibi gave a non-standard orchid finger, and said with a smile, "For example, embroidering flowers on shoes."

Zhong Xiu almost couldn't hold back his laughter: "Then this one is really difficult, it's not easy to learn."

"I'll mend your shoes next time, and I'll embroider a little red flower on your shoes."

Zhong Xiu said solemnly: "Okay, I will study hard."

After mending the shoes, Zhong Xiu put the shoes into the bag given by the boss, raised his head and said to Zhong Xiu with a smile, "Do you think I'm a bit powerful?"

Zhong Xiu also laughed, and deliberately said: "It's not bad, it's just so-so."

"Huh," Hao Aite said shamelessly, "I see that it was clearly written on your face just now: Fuck me! My boyfriend is amazing!"

Zhong Xiu took the bag in his hand, with a smile in his eyes: "Yeah, it's very powerful, I've made a lot of money."

This person in front of me is so good, why would anyone think he is not good.

The author says:

It’s really expensive to use shoes. If you practice often, you will wear out a pair in half a month... Banzi’s essential skill is to mend shoes. Unless you have a mine at home or need to pose for a photo, you will wear thousands of shoes when skateboarding. It's really distressing to be broken... Our Ai Ai is very diligent and thrifty in housekeeping!