“Chenghuizi Sports Goods Store”

(PS: It is the shop where Sakuragi bought shoes in the original book. The store name has a Roman sound printed on the store manager's enclosure list. The literal translation is Chieko Sports, so I directly translated it in Chinese. In addition, I have a personal guess. The store name may be the name of the bearded store manager's daughter or wife.)

Soon Sakuragi took Haruko to a store.

"Sakuragi, is it here?" Haruko glanced at the store and said in surprise.

This Qianhuizi sporting goods store is a bit different from what she imagined. She thought that a store with rare sneakers such as AJ-1 would be a big store. Unexpectedly, it was just a small store with only a few dozen square meters.

"Yes." Sakuragi nodded affirmatively, and then said, "Haruko-chan, don't underestimate it, there are many good things inside."

After Sakuragi said that, she pushed the door open and walked in first. Haruko immediately followed him when she saw this.

When the two entered the store, they looked around and saw all the basketball shoes, all of which were in sight. They were all dazzling. At this time, they were the only ones in the store.

"Welcome, do you want to buy shoes?" Seeing Sakuragi and the others enter, greetings immediately sounded in the store.

The one who walked over was a middle-aged uncle, dressed very ordinary, but he had a small beard, which made people shine.

"Oh, yes, uncle, you have AJ-1 here, right?" Sakuragi said directly.

"Yeah." The bearded store manager said strangely. "Yes, yes, but I didn't put it outside. How did you know?"

"Ah haha, I heard from others." Sakuragi found a reason to make excuses and said directly. "It's good if there is, I want a red and black color combination."

"Oh, wait, AJ-1 is my own collection, I won't sell it." The bearded store manager said speechlessly. What's wrong with this guy? He talked to himself as soon as he came in.

"Don't do this, uncle. You don't wear it anyway, so basketball shoes will be lonely. It's better to sell them to me. I'm a basketball player." Sakuragi begged.

After all, he is not the original Sakuragi. If it were the original Sakuragi, he would probably directly threaten the bearded store manager.

"Yes, store manager, Sakuragi really likes those sneakers, so you can sell them to us." Haruko also asked from the side.

Sakuragi just mentioned to her that she wanted to buy AJ-1, which moved her very much, so she also hoped that Sakuragi could buy those sneakers as she wished.

"That's it..." The bearded store manager looked embarrassed. After all, it was Haruko's cute girl who also asked, and what Sakuragi said was very much in his appetite. So after thinking about it, he spoke and said, "Okay, sell it to you, what size of shoes are you wearing?"

"Thank you, uncle, you are such a good person. I'm wearing No. 28." When Sakuragi said happily when he heard the bearded shop manager agreed.

"Twenty-eight? You guys are waiting here." When the bearded store manager heard this, he pondered for a while, and then turned to the back of the store.

Seeing the bearded store manager with a strange look, Sakuragi and Haruko immediately looked at each other. Could something unexpected happen?

Two minutes later, in the expectant eyes of Sakuragi and Haruko, the bearded store manager walked out from the back of the store, and at the same time he was holding a pair of basketball shoes in his hand.

"So beautiful!" Haruko said in surprise when she saw the shoes in the store manager's hand.

“NikeAir

Jordani's "high top, red and black color combination, with NIKE hook logo on the side, and is also the only pair of Jordani shoes with hook logo on the side.

Take the shoes from the bearded store manager, Sakuragi took them in his hand and stroked them carefully, feeling the touch.

To be honest, this pair of shoes is actually very simple in this era, just from the perspective of setting, with air cushions built in and sewn with genuine leather. However, the meaning it represents is unique, and it is even more so in the minds of SD fans.

Sakuragi is actually not unfamiliar with these shoes. After the AJ-1 red and black replica version was launched in China in 10 years of his previous life, he also bought a pair. Until now, he still remembers the excitement he was when he bought the shoes, which was simply beyond words.

Now the pair he has is the original one released in 1984, and he doesn’t know how to express his current mood!

"How about it? Are you good shoes? Don't I have two pairs of them in my collection, I will never sell them to you." Seeing Sakuragi Masao touching the shoes with a affectionate look on her face, the bearded shop manager said proudly.

"Well, it's so perfect." Sakuragi said in a fascinating way. He was already completely addicted to the charm of AJ-1.

"Haha, just like you, but these shoes are size 29. I only have two sizes 29 and 30. You can try it. Twenty-nine should be fine. Basketball shoes are originally a little bigger." Seeing Sakuragi so intoxicated, the bearded shop manager couldn't help but smile.

"Well, okay, I'll try it." Sakuragi immediately came back to her senses, sat down and tried it on.

At this time, Sakuragi and Haruko also understood why the bearded store manager was a little strange before, it turned out that it was because of the size of the shoe.

"Dong, dun, dun~"

After putting on the shoes, Sakuragi stood up and stomped her feet hard a few times. She felt that the shoes fit just right, so she smiled and said, "Haha, it's just fine. Maybe it's because she wore thick socks in winter."

"Haha, that's good." When Sakuragi said it was just right, the bearded manager laughed, and then asked again: "Is this pair?"

"Well, I'm going to want this pair, uncle, how much does it cost?" Sakuragi carefully looked at her new shoes and replied without raising her head.

Of course he was going to pay, so he specially followed Yangping and the others to do part-time jobs several times in order to buy these shoes.

"In this way, you'll be cheaper, 22,000 yuan, I'll be patronized." Seeing Sakuragi's generous look, the bearded store manager said happily. (PS: Why is it at this price? I'll PS in the end.)

"Okay, give it, this is the money." As soon as he heard the price, Sakuragi said that it was still within the scope he could accept, so he paid directly.

"Well, 22,000 yuan is just right, I'll help you wrap your shoes." After collecting the money, the manager of Xiaomouzi was also very happy and took the initiative to help Sakuragi wrap the shoes.

After the store manager packed the shoes, Sakuragi took the shoes and said goodbye to the bearded manager with Haruko; "Goodbye, the manager."

"Well, come again next time." The bearded store manager also waved goodbye.

"The store manager is such a good person." Haruko said happily when he came back to the street. "Next time I will introduce my brother to come here to buy things."

After just a short while, Haruko felt that the store manager of the beard was a good person.

"Well, he is indeed a good person." Sakuragi agreed. If he weren't a good person, how could he give Sakuragi two pairs of valuable basketball shoes in the original work?

"Let's go buy some condolences and then visit Xiangbei?" Sakuragi continued.

Since I have bought the shoes, of course I am going to Xiangbei. Sakuragi is really curious about what Xiangbei looks like now.

"Yes, OK." Haruko agreed.

So the two set out to buy condolences directly.

"By the way, Haruko Chan, why is Shonobo still training now?" Sakuragi asked curiously while walking on the road.

Logically speaking, the Winter Cup is over. On weekends like this, Xiangbei shouldn’t work so hard?

"This..." Haruko was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Because Xiangbei was eliminated in the first round of the Winter Cup, my brother took advantage of the fact that everyone was still in school to do intensive training, otherwise it would be difficult to have the opportunity to train together after the holiday."

"Uh... OK." Sakuragi said awkwardly.

He said it was really embarrassing. Although he knew that the Xiangbei Winter Cup qualifier was another round of tour, he didn't expect that this result would make Akagi train so "crazy"ly. The current Xiangbei team members are really tragic. Sakuragi could only watch silently for them in his heart.

But after thinking about it, it was true. After all, Akagi was about to usher in his last year, and he was a good student again, so he would only fight until summer. If he didn't work hard now, he would really have no chance.

"Then let's hurry up. I happened to buy new shoes. I will also go on the court to help Shokube train later." After thinking through the reason, Sakuragi immediately expressed in front of Haruko.

"Really? It's so great. Sakuragi, you are so powerful that you can definitely help the Xiangbei team." Haruko said happily when he heard Sakuragi's words.

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Chapter completed!