"Old Naughty Boy on Ice" is finally on fire! This is "Master Treasure"
Text: Xing Rui Li Peiyun
Photography: Li Peiyun
Uncle Ji is no longer the old Uncle Ji. Since he went on fire on the ice, many people have called him Lawrence.
He said: "I don't know Lawrence, and I don't like those foreign things either, Lao Ji! Just call me Lao Ji."
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A story about Treasure Grandpa Lao Ji
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Lao Ji is 75 years old this year.
For the past 21 years, regardless of wind or rain, every day at noon, they will appear on the ice rink on time.
In the past, he lived in Daxing, and it took 3 hours to drive back and forth, but even so, he never stopped.
A few months ago, Lao Ji attracted media attention.
After the report went online, he became an internet celebrity on the ice rink.
The media will come to "survey, chase, and intercept" every three weeks.
Although he didn't like to be disturbed, he still showed up on time immobile.
Always wearing a white jersey vest, tied in gray pants, carrying a blue travel bag with heavy skates inside, bending his back a little.
Old Ji said that she was used to being alone and had no friends, but when she walked into the ice rink, she arrived at her own site, and no one of the staff here did not know him.
In the past 21 years, the employees of the ice rink have changed one crop after another. Only Lao Ji, like an evergreen tree, stands on the ice.
"Uncle Ji didn't like to skate when there were few people, he likes more people" The manager of the ice rink is already familiar with Lao Ji's thoughts.
Put on skates and wear headphones, the guys are all ready, Lao Ji is not in a hurry to get on the ice, and no one knows what he is waiting for on the bench off the court, probably because of emotions.
"Walk in a Cool" is a set of movements he recently learned. It has not been fully organized yet. The paper in his hand contains the essentials of each movement.
After putting on the earphones, Old Ji's world was only himself, and the intoxicated expression made people unbearable to disturb.
To be honest, Lao Ji's sliding skills are not outstanding.
Pushing on the ice, pressing steps, turning upright... Some simple movements seemed a bit clumsy under his interpretation.
I started practicing speed skating at the age of 8, but speed skating and figure skating are two different things after all.
Especially after getting old, Lao Ji didn't have enough physical strength to pursue speed, so she changed to figure skating.
In this way, he can indulge in his dance.
This feeling of self-appreciation made him very satisfied.
Lao Ji doesn't care that he can't do those difficult moves. He always says that he doesn't like those skills.
For him, skating is just a way to exercise.
Many people came to the ice rink after seeing his report, hoping to see the true face of "Grandpa Lawrence".
Xiao Wu, who came from afar, was one of them. From Wuhan to Beijing, before she could put down her luggage, she rushed to the ice rink to see the true face of "Lawrence" in her mind.
Knowing that she is her own fan, Lao Ji is very enthusiastic and can't wait to teach her all her life's learning.
When parting, give her the fan she practiced.
There are many ice fans like Xiao Wu.
According to the description of the ice rink staff, many people came from other places.
There was once a mother and daughter. After seeing Laoji’s report, the mother sent her daughter to learn to skate.
"Is this a help for our Winter Olympics? If that's the case, I'm really good." Lao Ji is so confident.
But speaking of her popularity, Lao Ji couldn't understand it.
He repeatedly asked people around him: "Is it too evil for me? It's too earth-shaking and unnecessary." But knowing that many people appreciate his perseverance, Lao Ji deeply agreed: "How much rain, how big I’m here to skate. I’m really not easy."
Look, Laoji is so confident.
He is really not simple, in addition to skating, there are many hobbies that have persisted for a long time.
Moral education, art and labor, has developed very comprehensively.
I have been skating for a lifetime and playing the flute for a lifetime. I can speak Russian, swim, and play table tennis... I am still learning to paint.
In normal times, Lao Ji's life is regular and fulfilling: drawing at home in the morning, skating at noon, cleaning up housework in the afternoon, and watching TV at home in the evening.
During the epidemic, the ice rink was closed for a period of time, but he was suffocated and could only change to skip rope.
Lao Ji, who was rushing to attend the art class, hurriedly left the ice rink. What kind of car should an old man wearing a loose vest have? The answer is: big red SMART.
Speaking of the color of this car, Lao Ji was a little worried, "My wife had to buy this color at the time. I am 5 years older than her, so we have to let her be right." Last year, his 44-year-old wife left him. Go, only this car is left to accompany him to and from the familiar streets and alleys.
Both his wife and mother are Lao Ji's supporters of skating, but they are no longer there.
My favorite son also passed away 30 years ago due to congenital heart disease.
At the ice rink, there is a collection of Lao Ji's photographic works, and a bunch of medals won in previous competitions.
When he was young, he worked as a photographer for a period of time, and countless moments from 1972 to 2019 were treasured by him in the album.
But in this, there is no family photo.
The staff member said that every time a loved one leaves the house, Lao Ji will destroy his belongings: "It will be sad to see it."
People never seemed to read sadness on his face.
Sometimes, Lao Ji would also talk to the people around her about her dead wife, her tone was calm.
In life, no one can escape the natural laws of birth, old age, sickness and death.
As long as he stood on the ice, there was only a smile on his face.
Squinting and circling in the middle of the ice rink, Laoji felt that she was the protagonist of the audience, as if flowers and dolls were about to be thrown in from the outside, and there might be thunderous applause.
Sometimes, he would stop suddenly and take out the note in his trouser pocket, the note full of action essentials.
Time took away his memory and his physical strength.
When he first started to learn figure skating, he could stay on the ice for 3 hours, and now this number is getting shorter and shorter.
Changed out the skates and put on Lazy (a kind of comfortable cloth shoes) loved by the old Beijing man. Lao Ji's training that day ended.
"I like to be with you young people, and I also think I am young." After all, I'm not addicted, I jumped on the spot, opened my arms and rotated, "I'm okay? Right, do you think I'm okay? "Lao Ji at this moment is a child who needs affirmation and praise.
In recent years, he has started to study English by himself again, he loves to say a few words when he meets people, and then asks with concern, "Do you understand what I said?" "Happy and lucky" is his mantra. He thinks skating has brought him Spiritual enjoyment, to have this kind of happiness, is happiness and luck.
Lao Ji doesn't have a mobile phone, so she gave her 6 mobile phones to her sister. When she sees young people playing with mobile phones, she also likes to remind: this thing destroys eyesight.
There are gains and losses in life. After a lifetime of ups and downs, Lao Ji can still live unrestrainedly.
Just like the song in his earphones sings: The world is leisurely and the passengers are rushing up and down, the life and death of a few people can see through it, and the years and years do not know how much sadness in the world, why not go for a time?
Written at the end:
At parting, Lao Ji said goodbye to everyone. When she walked to the fan Xiao Wu, she suddenly rose up to show off her Russian skills. Before everyone recovered, he said a long sentence. No surprise, everyone followed suit. Asked what this sentence meant, Old Ji waved her hand and left.
Later, I asked my colleague who majored in Russian and learned that Lao Ji said: I speak Russian very well. Today is a great day.
Now, Lao Ji is still so confident.