Children were playing all over the empty ground outside the classroom.

  Boys in groups squat on the ground playing marbles, and there is always a large crowd of onlookers beside them.

  There are also boys playing cards, the hard cards with patterns are roughly the size of a deck of cards. The side with the pattern is the front and the other side without the pattern is the back. The rule is that one boy plays a card, then they play "rock, paper, scissors" to decide the order of slapping the cards. Whoever can flip over a card from the front to the back wins a card.

  This game is extremely popular among boys, its popularity is no less than marbles.

  The bulging pockets of a boy usually contain half marbles and half green cards. The common feature of these two games is that they are all played by squatting on the ground.

  At that time there was no cement floor, and once you started playing, dust would fly everywhere. Which boy could still be clean? At a glance, it was really a group of muddy children.

  The second favorite toy of boys is the spinning top.

  The small shop sells very beautiful five-colored ones. The boys who can't afford them find a piece of wood and carve one themselves with a small knife.

  Nothing complicated, just the top of the bottom cut sharp and rounded with a sturdy rope. Wrap the rope around several times on the ground, suddenly pull the rope to make the spinning top spin, then use the rope to pull hard in the direction of rotation, making the spinning top spin faster and more urgent. Those who play well can let the spinning top spin for half a day without stopping.

  Dabao is an expert at playing spinning tops, and the ones he makes himself may not be as colorful as those sold in small shops, but they spin just as well.

  Girls love playing jump rope the most.

  At that time, the rubber band was a very elastic and round rubber band. Many times it was used to make children's pants and sewn into the waist of the pants. It was very cheap, one cent could buy several feet, every family bought a long bundle and put it at home. Many children cut off a section from the bundle at home, tied a knot and became a rubber band that every girl loved to play with.

  The biggest advantage of playing jump rope is that it can be played with any number of people, three people can play, two people stand opposite each other and hold the rope with their legs while one person jumps. If there are many people, four people can hold the rope in an irregular quadrilateral shape and have four people jump at the same time. It's very convenient to play, just take out a small bundle of rope from your pocket, untangle it and you're ready to go, when class starts, quickly gather up the rope into a small bundle and put it back in your pocket.

  Doesn't that girl like jumping rope?

  Zhou Xiaoyun was tall and had long legs, and she was always good at jumping rope. At this time, seeing a group of people here and there all jumping rope with great enthusiasm, she also became interested. Wang Jingjing found two other girls in the class to play with Zhou Xiaoyun together.

  Those two girls, one was a bit chubby, nicknamed "Chubby", full name Zhou Qianqian, who is actually the elder sister of Zhou Xiaoyun, living in the same village. The other one had a relatively short stature and was a bit dark-skinned, nicknamed "Little Dot", named Sun Min.

  Zhou Xiaoyun was not only excellent in her studies and served as the class monitor, but also had a good temper, was capable and willing to help her classmates with their homework. She was very popular among her peers, and all the girls liked playing with her.

  Pang Ni and Xiao Bu Dian were delighted to hear that Zhou Xiao Yun was willing to play jump rope with them, and they both rushed over, arguing over who would be in a group with Zhou Xiao Yun. In the end, Zhou Xiao Yun suggested using rock-paper-scissors to decide.

  Four girls stood in a circle, counting "one, two, three" and simultaneously putting out their palms. Two of them had their palms facing up and the other two had their backs facing up. As a result, Pang Niang and Zhou Xiaoyun both put out their palms, while Wang Jingjing and Xiao Budi both put out their backs. Pang Niang looked somewhat complacent and stood to one side with Zhou Xiaoyun.

  It was decided by a game of scissors, rock and paper after skipping rope.

  Two groups each sent one person, Fat Girl and Wang Jingjing stamped their feet and swung their hands hard, Fat Girl made scissors and Wang Jingjing made cloth, seeing that she won, Fat Girl excitedly jumped up.

  Wang Jingjing and Xiao Budi each held a rubber band on their calf, while Pangniu and Zhou Xiaoyun jumped up together. The rhyming chant they recited while jumping is unknown who invented it. Pangniu usually can't even memorize a few sentences of text, but she recited the long chant from start to finish without any pause, which is really admirable.

  As long as you jump without error, you can raise the position of the rubber band a bit higher. If not, switch to the other side to jump the rubber band. Whoever jumps the rubber band to waist level first wins.

  Before long, Pangu jumped incorrectly.

  Pang Ni felt a bit embarrassed and feared that Zhou Xiaoyun would complain about herself, but Zhou Xiaoyun wouldn't do such a thing. After comforting Pang Ni with one sentence, she propped up the rubber band to swap with Xiao Budian and Wang Jingjing to jump rope.

  After playing for a long time, the school bell finally rang "Dong Dong Dong", which was the signal to start class. The children who were reluctant to leave reluctantly dispersed and gathered their things to rush into the classroom.

  Wang Jingjing quickly wrapped her rubber band around herself, her hands moving so fast that it was breathtaking. In just a few seconds, the long rubber band had turned into a small ball. She whispered to Zhou Xiaoyun, "Let's come back and jump again later, you have to listen carefully then."

  Zhou Xiaoyun smiled and agreed, and went into the classroom with Wang Jingjing.