Chapter 496 House Viewing
"... In an AFC Champions League group match that ended yesterday, Anton Flash Stars played well at home. They scored the first goal in the second half and took the lead... Sydney Coast then equalized the score... But the young Flash Stars The players were not affected by this conceding goal. They played steadily in the subsequent games, withstood the fierce offensive of the Sydney coast, and in the 74th At the minute, a successful quick counterattack was launched, and Hu Lai scored his first goal in the AFC Champions League... In the end, with the goals of Qin Lin and Hu Lai, the Stars defeated 2:1 at home. Sydney Coast helped the team win the first AFC Champions League victory in history... At the same time, Qin Lin also became the oldest player to score in the AFC Champions League..."
The morning sports news from CCTV Sports Channel was playing on the TV.
Qin Lin sat at the dining table, enjoying the breakfast made by his wife while listening to the news broadcast from the TV.
His wife Wang Yuan sat next to him and turned to look at the TV.
When she turned back, she had a smile on her face: "Oh, I finally won...otherwise I wouldn't even be able to mention this to you."
"What's going on?" Qin Lin asked.
"Didn't we talk about buying a house before? I thought about it and felt that I am quite happy living in this community. Instead of going out to look for a house, I might as well just buy it in this community." The wife supported her chin with her hand. He said to Qin Lin, "So I took the time to look around and found a few houses. I was thinking about taking you to see them when I could... but your team never won, so I didn't dare to mention this to you. ”
"What's wrong with that? I won't get angry at you just because the team didn't win." Qin Lin smiled.
"No, I'm worried that after word spreads about us going to see a house, the media and fans will know about it, and they will scold you for having the team lose two games in a row and still thinking about going to see a house..."
Qin Lin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly, having to admit that his wife was thoughtful.
Although he personally didn't take this seriously, his wife's concerns were reasonable.
Even if the fans' emotions are currently stable, they cannot resist some media who want to make big news.
If you really use the fact that you are looking at a house to hype it up, saying that the Stars are losing consecutive games, but as the captain of the team, you take the time to look at the new house, if you take a few more pictures of yourself with a happy expression and post it on the Internet, then that's not Will public opinion explode?
After all, there are always some people who really think that when players lose the game, they should be sad all day long and forget about food and drink. When they win, when can they have the right to laugh.
At this time, if you buy a house by yourself and look cheerful, isn't it just looking for trouble?
Thinking of this, Qin Lin said to his wife: "You are very thoughtful, but that is really not good."
"Yeah, so now I think it should be fine. After all, the team has won, and you have the right to breathe, ha!"
Qin Lin was amused by his wife's "right to breathe" statement.
The team had lost two consecutive games in the league and the AFC Champions League before. Although it was not a very serious problem, he could still feel that the low pressure in public opinion was slowly forming. If they continued to lose, I am afraid that everyone would not be happy with the team. So tolerant.
Fortunately, in yesterday's AFC Champions League game, the team withstood the pressure and won in the end despite being equalized.
You can indeed breathe.
"Your team's training will wait until the afternoon. Let's go check out the house this morning, right?" the wife asked further.
After getting a positive answer from Qin Lin, she picked up her mobile phone and started to find the salesperson at the residential rental and sales center on WeChat to arrange a house viewing.
The news about Flash Star on TV had passed, and Qin Lin began to concentrate on eating breakfast.
Because there was an AFC Champions League game last night, even though it is now a double match a week, head coach Zhao Kangming still gave the players who participated in the AFC Champions League a half-day off and allowed them not to participate in training in the morning.
For the veteran professional player Qin Lin, he especially enjoyed this half-day of quiet time, which could relax his tense nerves and body.
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"Sister Wang, Brother Qin, this small townhouse has a small area, which is very suitable for your needs. At the same time, as the outermost unit of the townhouse, there is a large single-family house next to it, which is far away. The privacy here can be guaranteed. …”
Rental and sales center staff in suits and leather shoes led Qin Lin and Wang Yuan into the townhouse.
“Although it is a second-hand house, the previous landlord still has good taste. It can be seen from the decoration of this house that it is not a dull and old style..."
Qin Lin's wife Wang Yuan took a look at the living room of the villa. It has a transparent layout from the front to the back. The living room opposite and the back garden are separated by a huge floor-to-ceiling glass door, which is soundproof but not lightproof.
Although it is cloudy today, you can completely imagine how bright and warm the room is when the sun shines into the living room from the south-facing glass door.
To be honest, compared with the previous house, this townhouse is indeed not large in area, but why do the three of them need such a big house?
The current two-story townhouses perfectly meet their needs.
"There is also a large terrace outside the master bedroom upstairs. It is a complimentary area. The view is very broad and unobstructed. You can overlook the mountains to the west from here and fully experience the thousand-year-old scenery of 'Xiling Qianqiu Snow in the Windows' , you can also go to the terrace to enjoy the sunshine when the sun is shining..."
The salesperson's eloquence made Wang Yuan even more excited. However, she secretly glanced at her husband and saw that his face was expressionless, so she had no choice but to suppress her inner impulse and follow him upstairs.
After looking at the second bedroom and master bedroom on the second floor, the salesman took the two distinguished guests to what he called the terrace.
There is a glass door from the master bedroom. When you open it, you can enter the terrace next to the master bedroom. In terms of location, this terrace is directly above the living room on the first floor.
"Wow, the view is really wide!" When she came to the edge of the terrace, Wang Yuan looked to the west. As far as her eyes could see, there was no tall building, only a park like a natural forest. Looking further into the distance is the gray horizon.
Based on Wang Yuan's experience of staying in Jincheng for more than a year, she believes that the sales did not lie. As long as the weather is good and the visibility is high, you can indeed see the towering snow-capped mountains to the west of the city if you look in this direction.
"Honey, look quickly..." She wanted to call Qin Lin to come, but she called out but got no response.
She turned around strangely, only to find that her husband was staring in another direction.
"Is there a football field in the community?" He pointed there and asked the salesperson next to him.
"Ah, this... Brother Qin, this football field was renovated by the tenants of that house... Since it didn't change much to the original appearance of the garden, our community agreed... It's almost completed, and the project has entered the final stage. , there is no noise, and it does not disturb the residents..." The salesperson quickly explained, "And it is said that this single-family villa has been rented to several players from your team, but I don't know who it is. We all have to protect our guests. Information cannot be disclosed casually..."
Wang Yuan walked to her husband and without looking, she saw a large independent villa diagonally opposite their townhouse. A corner of the large villa faced them diagonally, exposing the garden behind it.
It's just that... Wang Yuan has never seen such a villa back garden. There are no flowers and trees, and no vegetables are planted. Instead, a barbed wire wall is erected to surround a... football field?
She looked at the white line in the middle of the green rectangle and determined that it was the football field she was familiar with.
Just looking at the size, it seems smaller than a regular golf course.
"A nine-a-side football field." The husband next to her gave the answer before she could express the question in her mind.
Then he laughed and said to the salesperson: "Okay, that's it."
The sales was a bit unexpected: "Huh? This is just the first house we are going to look at today..."
Qin Lin shook his head and confirmed again: "No, that's it."
Of course Wang Yuan also liked this house very much, but she also knew what made her husband make up his mind. With a woman's intuition, she had already guessed the reason.
She continued to look at the stadium.
A large garden was turned into a football field.
And... I didn't even think there was anything wrong when I looked at it.
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Hu Lai sent a photo to a WeChat group called "Friends" that included him, Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi, Xia Xiaoyu and Morikawa Junpei.
Junpei Morikawa's WeChat account was applied for by Hu Lai after he came to China. Although he can't type Chinese yet, he can send voice messages and then use WeChat's own translation program to translate it. It's pretty much the same, anyway. The meaning won't deviate too much.
"Sent from the agency, our stadium is almost completed!" Hu Lai said in the group after sending the photo.
It is the football field in the photo, surrounded by a barbed wire wall. The white line inside is half-painted. The goal frame is in the correct position, but there is no net hanging on it.
In addition, there is a lamppost at each of the four corners of the stadium to provide night lighting.
However, the base of the lamp post was not completely installed, and the wires were still exposed.
"Wow, handsome!" Xia Xiaoyu immediately sent a thumbs up emoticon.
"Awesome, when can we move in?" Wang Guangwei asked.
"The agent said that it will be almost in one week. In fact, we can move in now, but the stadium will not be used for the time being." Hu Lai replied.
"Don't worry, we'll move it together when the stadium is ready, and then invite our teammates to have a party!" Zhang Qinghuan said.
Chen Xingyi: "People hold parties for big girls who have barbecues in the swimming pool. Let's hold a party and ask our teammates to come to our house to play group competitions? Brother Huan, you are tricking people into coming in and killing them!"
Junpei Morikawa sent a Japanese voice message, and everyone used the translation function to see what he said: "Hulesan is so awesome!"
Hu Lai: "The party is no problem. It's settled. After the stadium is completed, we will move in. Then choose an auspicious day to move..."
Zhang Qinghuan: "Wait while I check online to find out which day is suitable for moving..."
Hu Lai: "You still need to search online? Can't you just pinch your fingers and figure it out?"
Chen Xingyi: "Hey, Hu Lai didn't expect you to understand this?"
Hu Lai: "I understand a little bit."
Zhang Qinghuan: "Stop talking nonsense, when do you think your day will be better?"
Hu Lai: "As long as we can win, every day is a good day!"
Everyone: "Ouch!" (End of this chapter)