After five years away from home, this Yi boy still remembers his grandfather's advice when he left home

Luo Kangcai (No. 11) and captain Ashur Duha

Reporter Nan Nan reported from Wuhan "The cold in Wuhan is not the same as the cold in Liangshan. The wind blows cold in Liangshan, and there is no wind in Wuhan, but when you stand on the side of the court for a while, your feet are like freezing. Luo Kangcai always likes to dress very thinly, his hands are cold, and under the thin clothes, he already has some strong silhouettes. Born in a village in Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, he has a fighting spirit in his eyes. In the game with the Kashgar team, Luo Kangcai, who was at a disadvantage, was full of energy, and Zheng Zhuxia, a member of the Yanbian team who had fought against Liangshan, was deeply impressed by Luo Kangcai and said that his skills were very good. Captain Ashu Duha said that Luo Kang has the ruthlessness of Yi children, "We have to fight for the first place since we were young, no matter what, as long as we participate, we must fight for the first." ”

Luo Kangcai went to school in the county seat, and the school was five or six hours' drive from home. The village to Yanyuan County is a mountain road, a few years ago the road was still potholes, in recent years the road has been repaired better, but the time on the road has not been shortened much. "The bus in my hometown is not as good as the ones we take in Wuhan, it is a very old one." Because he was too far away from home and had to train in school, Luo Kang did not go home at school for many years, and only on big festivals like the Spring Festival and winter and summer vacations, he would go home for a few days. This time he came to Wuhan to participate in the first "Western Youth Training Cup" football match is the second time Luo Kangcai has walked out of Sichuan, and the last time, he crossed most of China and went to Jilin Province to play.

Luo Kang, who started playing football at the age of 9, considers himself lucky. When he was in third grade, there was only a basketball court on the concrete floor of the school, and he didn't know what football was. A coach went to the school to pick seedlings, tested some running and long jump events, and took a fancy to Luo Kangcai. Luo Kang left his grandfather's phone number to the coach, and he couldn't understand what the coach said to his grandfather. Grandpa told him that he had been chosen, and told him to follow the coach, eat well, and listen to the coach. Hearing that he was going to leave home, Luo Kang immediately cried, at that time he had never left home except for going to school, he was not willing to give up his grandfather, he was not willing to go home.

When Luo Kang walked out of his hometown and saw the bigger world, he understood one thing - football can change fate. Luo Kangcai always practiced hard, and "you must kick the ball well" is what he often says.

The captain of the team, Ashu Duha, is a member of the Sichuan provincial team and has been exposed to high-level training in the provincial team. Every time he returned to the autonomous prefecture team, Ashu Duha would always share the training of the provincial team with his teammates, and every time, Luo Kangcai was the child who practiced the hardest. "Eat well and listen to the coach." This is his grandfather's advice, Luo Kang didn't dare to forget it at all, in his eyes, Ashu Duha is half a coach, and his words should be listened to.

Luo Kangcai also wanted to play in the provincial team like the captain Ashu Duha, he went to the Sichuan provincial team for a trial, but the result was a pity. In the face of failure, he was very calm: "I have to continue to work hard." Luo Kang, who is in the second year of junior high school, has his own goals, he already knows very well that most of the echelon players in Chengdu Rongcheng are in Liewu Middle School, and many high-level players in Sichuan are studying in Tanghu Foreign Chinese School, and he wants to enter a favorite high school in Liangshan, and then be admitted to university. In his memory, it seems that the children in his hometown have not yet been admitted to university, and he may be the hope of the whole village.

Ashu Duha wants to win a medal in this competition, and so does Luo Kangcai. They know that on the stage of the "Western Youth Cup" football exchange match, there are strong players, but they are not afraid of any opponent. Life always likes to play tricks on people. In the final game of the group stage, Luo Kang missed a penalty that would have allowed them to progress to the last four. When the children of Liangshan had not yet come out of their loss, the opponent quickly scored and gave them a heavy punch.

When the opponent scored, Luo Kang covered his head with his jersey. missed the semi-finals, no one in the team complained about Luo Kangcai, and the Yi children who were not good at expressing themselves had tenacity and hard work in their bones that urban children could not understand. They still have their own goals, and they also have their own dreams. Luo Kangcai also wants to go to more places to play games, see more of the strengths of others, and be more aware of his own shortcomings.

Leaving the village of his hometown is the first step for Luo Kangcai to change his fate. In the future, there will be more children in the mountains who will walk out of their own future through their own efforts.