It's a Langley Paul hasn't seen before.
Without elegance and calmness, without indifference and calmness, and without maturity and wisdom, the sunny temperament of a big boy comes to us. It's like jumping into the Emerald Lake in the hot summer. The sound of "Hua La" comes from our ears, and then the noise and chaos of the whole world disappear, Instead, it's pure midsummer.
Cool and clear.
Full of laughter from the depths of the soul bit by bit overflowed, lit up the whole face, but also lit up the whole world, it seems that even the wind has become light and cheering up, sent a cheerful laughter and colorful joy.
They don't have mobile phone, they don't have luxury swimming pools, they don't have top cars, they don't have elaborate toys, they don't have cool air conditioning, they don't have enough snacks, they don't even have new clothes or shoes, they have only a simple surfboard made of white foam, but at this moment, they are the happiest children in the world. I'm enjoying my childhood.
Involuntarily, Paul's smile burst out from the corner of his mouth.
"Look, look, there's a big octopus. Be careful!"
In the midst of laughter, Langley's voice rang again. The next second, Paul saw that all the children were scattered, far away from themselves, and began to clench their little fists and put on a counterattack posture. Then he realized that he was the big octopus.
So Paul began to wave his hands and yell, "Ouch!"
A little doubt flashed in my mind: how should Octopus shout?
But in a flash, then Paul began to open his arms and dive toward the children. Hula, all the children began to run quickly, their young smiling faces blooming wantonly, and the flying dust outlined a gorgeous rainbow in the golden sun, which was gorgeous and dazzling.
A minute ago, Paul lost his way in this strange small village. The hot weather made him sweat and wet his T-shirt. His mood was inevitably irritable, and his mind was full of confusion.
A minute later, Paul became the most popular child king in the square. All the children surrounded him and said, "octopus! Octopus Beating Paul with small fists, the scene was "bloody" for a while.
Standing beside him, Lan Li burst out laughing. There was no etiquette, no mask, no elegant reserve. In this way, Lan Li laughed wantonly and freely. The hearty laughter broke through the shackles of his chest and was surging vigorously.
"Shark! Come on, let's attack the shark! We must unite In the crisis, Paul finally grasped the straw, and then led the children's army, flocking to blue.
But unexpectedly, Lan Li did not dodge, so he stood in the same place and let the children surround him completely; In the group attack of the children, he made a gesture of giving up resistance, as if the shark was really defeated in general, and finally made a heroic sacrifice.
The crude and exaggerated performance was too pompous. It didn't look like the top actors in the world. It seemed that it was the childish and brilliant imitation of primary school students. Paul was stunned, and then clapped his hands and laughed wildly. His abdominal muscles were stiff, like hard rocks.
If reporters or film critics see "shark death" performed by lanli just now, they should spit blood shamefully and die of blood avalanche.
Paul laughed to tears.
"Miguel! Miguel
"Angel, home, ready for lunch!"
"Miguel! Don't you remember the lunch time? Get the hell out of here! Otherwise, don't eat today! "
"Anthony, Anthony, Anthony..."
"Every time! Do I have to shout at lunch time? When you come back, I'll pinch your ear for sure! "
One after another, the cries, loud and clear, pungent and fierce, reverberated in the crisscross alleys. It was the call from the mother. Then all the children scattered and ran in different directions in response to the call of the chain link.
All of a sudden, one of the children stopped, turned around and yelled, "Sir, can we continue the afternoon surfing practice?"
In a word, most of the children stopped, and all their eyes were swarmed towards the blue ceremony. Then they saw that the blue ritual that was picking up the foam surfboard did not turn around, but just shouted, "I need a nap." Three o'clock. I'll see you on the beach of the dock. Remember, three o'clock! Who comes in advance to wake me up for a nap? I'm going to throw it down for a date with shark in the afternoon
"See you in the afternoon, sir."
"See you soon, sir."
"Goodbye, sir."
One after another, the children were shouting and retreating. After a while, all of them disappeared in the alleys. The whole square was quiet in an instant. If it wasn't for the countless dust in the air, it reminded us that all the scenes just now were real, Paul is about to have the illusion that this is a dream.
Turning around, Paul once again saw the foam surfboard scattered all over the place, reminding what had just happened, and now blue rite is tidying up.
Without asking about the cause and effect, Paul also bent down and began to help clean up, and then piled up all his surfboards in front of an old shop on the east side of the square. It's a yellowish brown gate. It's just a few pieces of wood. It can't stop any gangster or storm at all. It just needs a little effort to break down.
Langley went in and called out, "Antonio, I'm going to town. What can I do for you?"
"Climbing rope." There was an old and hoarse voice, "in addition, you go to the wine shop to urge when our goods can be delivered. I called the old guy twice, both of them are voice mail. If that old guy gets stuck, you can just pull the goods back. "
"No problem!" Langley answered simply, turned to greet Paul, and then walked straight on.
At this time, Paul, who did not understand what happened, could only follow suit and look back. Then, just above the door, he saw a rickety plaque, "Antonio's Tango". It turned out that this was today's destination.
"Lan Li, do you need a car? I rented this car from Miami Paul quickly followed.
"No, Antonio's old pickup truck is parked on the street outside. Let's drive it by." Lanli said briskly, and then walked briskly, "come on, you've come at the right time today. The children need to practice in the water for the first time. I can help them. Now we need to pick up the goods in the town. I ordered the surfboards for 15 children, and they should arrive today."
In a daze, Paul quickly followed.
Although he didn't understand what happened, he could vaguely feel that Lan Li seemed to have taken off all his guard, which was unprecedented reality.
Paul could not help but think back to the shooting period of "tomorrow's edge". Lan Li, known as "the devil of pranks", is always full of youth and vitality. The endless stream of ghost ideas make everyone complain; Under the elegant mask, there is a burning heart of a child, which seems never to be old.
It's the same today.
"Those children are all your students?" Paul did not ask about the whole story, the topic directly fell on the vivid faces.
"No, it's not." "They're just passing the time. I've offered another choice. For their parents, there is no difference; But for them, it's enough to let them find a way to vent, instead of following strangers and then stealing, eating and drinking. "
Behind the understatement, people can feel the tenacity and sadness of grass-roots life.
This is a remote town, located in the south of Florida. The town has no resources. It is a dilapidated fishing village. However, there are a large number of reefs and corals on the offshore coastline, forming a natural barrier. Whether you go out or come in, you have to take great risks. The so-called fishermen have given up fishing early.
Now, smuggling is the main source of income here. From drugs to people, smuggling from South America has chosen this gateway, which can break through many times, and then stay in the small town for a short time, taking this as the starting point to enter the North American continent.
One after another, most of the residents of the small town have left their hometown, and only a very small part of them have stayed; Gradually, the impossibility and illegal immigrants have fallen behind here, secretly doing dangerous illegal work here, trying to have their own life.
But they gradually find that the "American Dream" publicized on film and television is just a bubble after all. Even when they came to the United States, they still lived at the bottom of the society, struggling.
Those children are children of illegal immigrants, mostly from Cuba and a small number from Mexico and Colombia. Most of their parents are working illegally, and they don't have to go to school. They hang around the town all day and all night, even dealing with drug dealers.
Langley is not the Savior. He has no way to help these illegal immigrants, and he has not been able to change their lives, but at least he can keep the children away from those dangers.
After the "detached" shooting, lanli realized that knowledge is the key to change the future and life. Therefore, he held a small surfing class, so that children's exuberant energy can find another way to vent; Besides surfing, he also teaches some simple reading skills.
Now it's only been carried out for a short period of ten days, and there is no effect yet, but at least more and more children are gathering to learn how to surf.