When Ashan was in middle school, he became fascinated with basketball after he stopped fighting. Older basketball fans might remember that it was the golden age of the Tri-Army Stadium, with idols like Chen Zuolie and Huang Guoyang. The boys in the village were no exception. Everyone was crazy about basketball, often playing until dark after school and on holidays, returning home sweaty.
One Sunday, the group went as usual to play basketball at a school for the deaf and blind (now known as Taipei School For The Hearing Impaired) near the village. During a vigorous drive to the basket, Ashan was pushed by an opponent, causing him to scrape his left elbow on the basketball post and forcing him to sit out and rest.
Just then, a girl in a white shirt and black skirt approached, and Ashan found her familiar. To his surprise, it was Wang Jingmei. After the initial joy of recognizing each other, they began to communicate by gesturing with their hands and writing on the ground.
It turned out that Jingmei's father had sent her all the way from Sanxia to Taipei's school for the deaf and blind to get a better education. Despite being apart for so long, they unexpectedly met again here.
Ashan asked about their neighbors and mutual friends from Sanxia and told Jingmei that he lived nearby. The village children, already familiar with students from the deaf and blind school, naturally accepted Jingmei as a new friend.
Since Jingmei boarded at the school and Ashan played basketball there almost every week, Ashan got to know many blind and deaf students through her. He played chess with the blind students, listened to their music performances, played basketball, and listened to the deaf students sing.
Ashan greatly admired these students. Despite their physical challenges, they had impressive learning abilities. He especially found it remarkable that he could never beat the blind students at chess, even when he tried to cheat.
Of course, Ashan would sometimes invite Jingmei home for dumplings. Everyone learned quite a bit of sign language from Jingmei, with Ashan learning the most, including how to ask, "Would you like to go to the movies with me?"
唸初中的阿三自從沒架打以後，迷上了籃球。老球迷們都該記得那時是三軍球場最紅的時代，陳祖烈、黃國揚都是球迷的偶像。村子裏的男孩子也不例外。大家都迷上了籃球，常常在課外及放假的時候，打到天黑，才帶著一身臭汗回家。
有一個星期天，大伙兒們如往例，到村子附近的盲啞學校 (現在稱為啟聰學校) 裏打籃球。阿三猛個帶球上籃的時候，被對方推了一把。左手肘撞上了籃球架，當場就去了層皮，只得下場休息。
此時有一位白衣黑裙的女生走近，阿三正覺得奇怪，怎麼有點眼熟。沒想到來的這位亭亭玉立的女生，竟然是王靜美。一陣驚喜之後，雙方用手比劃，用指頭在地上寫字，交談了起來。
原來阿美的爸爸為了阿美能受更好的教育，把阿美遠從三峽送到台北盲啞學校來上學。沒想到分開了這麼久，居然會在此地相遇。
阿三打聽了三峽鄰居及好朋友們的消息，也告訴了阿美自己就住在附近。因為村子裏的孩子，對盲啞學生早已熟悉，也就自然地接受阿美這個新朋友。
由於阿美是住校，阿三又幾乎每個星期去打球。於是透過阿美，阿三認識了不少盲生及聾生。他也和盲生下象棋，聽他們演奏樂器，也和聾生一起打籃球、聽他們唱歌。
他非常佩服這些盲生及聾生。雖然身體有缺陷，但是學習的能力卻這麼強。尤其每次下棋都下不過盲生，連作弊都被逮得正著。
當然阿三有時會請阿美回家吃餃子。大家也跟阿美學會了不少手語，其中阿三學的最多，包括了「我請妳看電影好嗎？」
