The height of more than 2 meters makes the "giant" old moustache stand out from the crowd.
Everyone in the village calls him "Yao Ming", and every time I see him, I feel sorry.
Because Lao Zhou was originally the main force of Henan basketball team, but now he is willing to live in the village and be an ordinary old farmer.
The height of more than 2 meters has brought great troubles to the life of Kuaizhichen, and also brought many incredible opportunities.
Facing the troubles and opportunities brought by height, how does Kuaizhichen calmly deal with them?
1948, a baby cried in the northern mountainous area of Yanshi, Luoyang City, Henan Province, and a lanky boy was born at the head of the village.
This child has been different from others since he was a child. He was very strong when he landed from the womb, as big as two little babies of ordinary people. The villagers jokingly said, "This child must have been born by a lucky star in the sky."
Parents named their child Kuaizhichen, hoping that he would become a big official in the future.
Kuai Zhichen has shown his outstanding side since he was a child, especially his height.
When he was four or five years old, KuaiZhiChen was already the same as other 12-year-old boys. When I was ten years old, I jumped directly to 1.8 meters.
This can scare my parents, but I know that there is nothing wrong with my health, and everything I eat grows taller.
Although parents are used to it, they are still worried that he is too tall to find a partner in the future.
Time flies, and Kuaizhichen has grown into a big boy.
People of the same age around him have begun to find objects, get married and have children, but he has become a problem.
Just as the family members were worried about the minister's marriage, a distant relative's visit completely solved their urgent need.
This relative introduced KuaiZhiChen to a girl named Xu Ruixian in the next town. Her height is 1.85 meters, which is very rare among rural girls.
The two men looked at each other for a long time, and Xu Ruixian took a fancy to Kuaizhichen's intelligence and ability, and did not dislike his "giant" height at all.
To build a house more than 2 meters high, you need more bricks and eat twice as much as ordinary people.
In order to marry Xu Ruixian, Kuaizhichen took out all his savings, rummaged through the old house and built three bright Dabei houses.
The house was specially built high, especially the door head was half a meter higher than the ordinary door, which was convenient for two people to get in and out. Neighbors said, "What pot has what cover ..."
Xu Ruixian crossed her waist and said softly, "We just spent a few more bricks, just be fair!"
Because of his tall figure, Kuaizhichen was laughed at by the villagers, and nicknames such as "Giant" and "Stupid Big Man" greeted him one after another.
Not to mention, because of his huge size, he consumes a lot of calories, and his food intake is more than twice that of ordinary people. People in the village often laugh at him for not eating leftovers. He knows nothing.
Honest officials are too lazy to dispute with them and work harder every day.
At that time, I worked in a club to earn work points. Kuaizhichen is tall, strong and capable, so his family earns the most work points in the village. Xu Ruixian is particularly proud of mentioning this matter.
A few years later, Xu Ruixian gave birth to a son and a daughter.
The life of the Kuai Zhichen family is getting better and better. Besides working hard every day, he also educates his children well.
In winter, there is nothing to live in the countryside. Kuaizhichen used his winter leisure to go out to do odd jobs to make money to supplement his life.
Tall people get up early every morning and come back at night. He goes in and out of restaurants in town and does all the dirty work.
At first, the restaurant owner didn't want to use fast Chen Zhi. After all, he ate too much, but he was really capable, so the boss turned a blind eye and stopped caring about how much he ate.
After the New Year, KuaiZhiChen never came to do odd jobs.
Because the countryside will open up wasteland to grow grain in spring, the restaurant owner regretted it for a long time, but Kuaizhichen said that he would never work in a restaurant again.
Xu Ruixian knows him very well. Although I don't like to talk about it, I am actually a very proud person.
But in her eyes, it is a blessing that Zhichen can grow to 2 meters high.
1978 One day, after Mr. Kuaizhichen left, two guests came to the restaurant where he worked.
They just heard the boss complain that the new coolie was not as diligent and capable as the former "giant"
On hearing the word "giant", the guest immediately entered a mental state and quickly asked the boss about the news of "giant".
Under the introduction of the hotel owner, they soon knew the identity and family background of Kuaizhichen.
"Although I am a little older, I rarely see a height of 2 meters. It's a good seedling! " They secretly made up their minds to find KuaiZhiChen and persuade him to join the provincial team.
At that time, the two guests were the head coach and assistant coach of Henan basketball team, and just received a notice from the province that they wanted to find people everywhere to form a new team.
Excited by the appearance of Kuaizhichen, they got on the train overnight and ran to the northern mountainous area of Yanshi, Luoyang City.
At the end of the mountain, two people walked around the town, asking for news of KuaiZhiChen.
Fortunately, the title of "Giant" is famous, and it didn't take long for the head coach to find a home.
At first glance, Kuaizhichen's hill-like body made them shine: "This is our striker!" "
Two people with KuaiZhiChen explained their future plans, and actively do the work, hope KuaiZhiChen can follow them to the provincial capital.
The news that two city people came to Tun's house spread all over the four townships and eight neighbors like wings, and many villagers looked around Tun's house.
Everyone was shocked when they heard that they were from the provincial basketball team. The big "giant" was chosen and wanted to go to town to be a city dweller.
At that time, the son and daughter of Kuai Zhichen had already gone to primary school.
Xu Ruixian is diligent and smooth, and keeps the house in good order. They live a rich life without asking the minister for any attention.
But if someone is selected for the provincial team, it is necessary to conduct closed training. He can't go home to see his family for a year or so, let alone pick them up together.
Both the head coach and the assistant coach hope that Ji Zhichen will devote himself to the training after joining the team.
After all, Ji Zhichen hasn't scored yet, so it's not good for the provincial team to make an exception for him.
Xu Ruixian didn't say much, just let KuaiZhiChen decide for himself. Anyway, she wouldn't mind suffering or being red with Kuaizhichen in the future.
KuaiZhiChen looked at his wife, and then at the two children who are in primary school. He felt a whisper in his heart: this trip is only one and a half years. What if the child is too young to be bullied?
In addition, although the countryside is very bitter, isn't it a kind of happiness to have a wife and children hot on the kang?
After making up his mind, he turned down the coach of the provincial team.
Even though the two coaches offered him jobs many times, he didn't make Kuaizhichen change his mind, and even found Xu Ruixian to persuade Kuaizhichen to seize this opportunity and not to waste his talents.
After all, he was the tallest man in Fiona Fang, and maybe even one of the tallest men in China at that time.
But KuaiZhiChen refused, and Xu Ruixian acted like a woman. The coach saw that he really didn't want to go and didn't force him.
After returning to the city, the coach was really talented and recommended Kuaizhichen to the basketball teams of other state-owned enterprises.
Without exception, those enterprises took a fancy to his height talent and extended an olive branch to him.
Not surprisingly, all ministers who love families refused.
In this regard, the villagers who are watching the excitement envy him and secretly laugh at him as a fool.
But Kuaizhichen knows what he wants, and a healthy family is a blessing.
Because of this, Kuai Zhichen was also called "Yao Ming in the countryside" by the villagers.
As I said before, Kuai Zhichen is more than 2 meters tall, with long hands and big feet and greater strength.
Having finished his farm work, he has nothing to do. He often goes to the field to move stones, and he can move hundreds of pounds at a time without any effort.
In the local countryside, every household must grind rice and soybean milk with a stone mill.
A few decades ago, stone mills were relatively common, but with the development of science and technology, stone mills were gradually eliminated.
So it is rare to see this simple stone mill now, but people can see it at any time in the fruit tree field of Kuaizhichen.
Because of his great strength, it doesn't take any effort to move a few hundred kilograms of stone mill, and because he has been eating by stone mill since he was a child, Kuaizhichen has different feelings for stone mill.
Especially when children grow up and get married, Kuaizhichen gradually finds life a bit boring.
Once when passing by the village head, KuaiZhiChen inadvertently saw the worn-out stone mill half buried in the soil, and suddenly became interested.
He cleaned the dirt on the graphite with a shovel and took the stone mill home with his big hand. He was surprised to meet the villagers on the road.
Kuaizhichen, the "giant", holds the stone mill as easily as holding a big dog. He put the stone mill in the yard and washed it with clear water.
The next day, he went to another village and wandered around looking for a stone mill.
Since then, Kuaizhichen has developed the habit of harvesting stone mills while farming.
The stone mill is huge and particularly heavy. If villagers don't need it, they will throw it in the fields and villages at will.
After the busy farming, Kuaizhichen can always find some well-preserved stone mills.
Gradually, I found that there were more and more stone mills, which could not be put in the yard. Xu Ruixian asked him to put them in the apple field.
Kuaizhichen was worried about losing these "treasures", but Xu Ruixian smiled and said, "Who else can move the stone mill in one breath except you?"
Many years have passed, and more than 2,000 stone mills have been hidden in the apple fields.
Kuaizhichen suddenly became a famous collector.
Xu Ruixian was very helpless, but his life was better. He didn't need to farm to make a living, so he let KuaiZhiChen go.
Kuaizhichen, who is in his seventies this year, is very proud of the stone mill in the orchard. He knows these stone mills like the back of his hand, and it is more important for Kan Kan to talk about them.
In 20021year, collection experts in the province saw more than 2,000 stone mills, and were even more enthusiastic and amazed, calling Kuaizhichen a real "famous stone mill collector".
In this regard, Kuaizhichen always looks at his collection with great interest: "I am not a famous artist, I just want to have fun."
This joy is not important. Collection experts directly bid 2 million yuan to buy these millstones.
Stone mill is an important stone tool set in ancient and even modern China. Mainly used for processing cereals (including wild species), nuts and tubers.
The ancient stone mill is full of nostalgia, and there are many stone mills with ancient patterns and complete appearance collected by Kuaizhichen.
In recent years, the collection experts in the province have systematically analyzed the surface micro-marks and residual starch grains of some stone mills in apple fields, and found that more than 2,000 stone mills collected by Kuaizhichen are rare in Henan and even the whole country, which have high academic research value and artistic collection value, and can be described as extremely rare first-class products.
At that time, Kuai Zhichen's home was very lively.
Who would have thought that ordinary stone mills would become collectibles one day? Others bid millions for it.
The villagers praised it, but to their surprise, Kuaizhichen refused to sell it.
Because he thinks these stone mills are precious and he doesn't have any expenses, he wants to leave them to his children as family heirlooms in the future.
Kuaizhichen's open-minded attitude towards money is admirable. Just when he refused to join the provincial basketball team, he made a puzzling choice again.
But this time, no one laughed at him, because the old minister saw a lot of life.
The unusual height has brought a lot of troubles to Kuaizhichen, and also brought a lot of "unexpected joy".
Most troubles in the world are asking for trouble; In the face of God's blessing, you can see clearly and think clearly, and even an ordinary life can be wonderful.
[1] A Hong Kong businessman, Henan Qingfeng, invested 2 million yuan to collect the old dock stone mill and build a stone mountain to let future generations know about history.
[2] Henan men suffer from "gigantism", which is 29 cm higher than Yao Ming.