Chapter 639 How will you spend this year?
"Uncle Yong, the boss came to see me today and told me that I will be included in the squad for the next round of the league."
Hu Lai suddenly said before starting to eat dinner.
This made Yong Jun suddenly raise his head and stare at him.
"I'm not kidding, it's true." Hu Lai added.
A smile appeared on Yong Jun's face: "That's great, Hu Lai. The next step is to seize this opportunity..."
"It's just a matter of being put into the squad. It's unclear whether he can play or not."
"If you are not allowed to play, why are you included in the match roster? Are you going to perform 'To tease you' for fans and audiences across the country on the first day of the new year?"
"It's not impossible, how about you let me greet the national audience from the bench?"
Yong Jun glared at him hard: "Then do you want to tell the name of the dish again?"
"Uncle Yong, do you still remember?" Hu Lai became embarrassed.
"Okay. I know you've never been shy about getting down to business..." Yong Jun lowered his head to eat again.
Hu Lai looked at the fragrant plate of braised beef with rice in front of Uncle Yong and swallowed: "Uncle Yong, actually I can eat beef too..."
"Really? But I saw in the recipe Ms. Schmidt gave me that you should eat chicken today."
Hu Lai looked down at the fat and white things on his plate: "Then what is this, Uncle Yong?"
"Dumplings. Filled with cabbage and chicken breast." Yong Jun pointed to the small plate next to his plate, "This is the vinegar plate and minced garlic. Don't worry, I chopped the meat into minced meat. It's not as difficult as I thought. Eat.”
Hu Lai sighed, picked up one, dipped it in the vinegar dish, then stuffed the whole thing into his mouth, chewing it mechanically and numbly.
It has to be said that Uncle Yong worked hard every day to ensure that he could eat well. He did not violate the requirements of Ms. Mia Schmidt, the team's nutrition expert, and tried his best to take care of Hu Lai's mood.
But there are only a few ingredients, and eating too many flowers will make you tired.
"By the way, have you told your parents about your selection into the squad?" Yong Jun asked as he was eating.
"No."
"You didn't tell them immediately?" Yong Jun was a little surprised.
"I wanted to give them a surprise."
"What's so surprising about this? Everyone will naturally know about your selection into the squad the day before the game."
"Then we'll find out later - that day happens to be New Year's Eve, so it's a Spring Festival red envelope for them."
Yong Jun thought for a while and felt that Hu Lai was right, so he stopped talking.
Hu Lai continued to eat chicken breast dumplings with abandon, and at the same time picked up his mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to Li Qingqing: "I am on the big list!"
Li Qingqing's reply soon came over: "Really?! Aren't there still a few days until the competition?"
"The boss told me in advance today, maybe because he was afraid that I would be anxious because of the wait?"
"Haha, that's great, congratulations! I'll wait to see you compete then!"
“I just made the squad, I don’t know whether I will play or not.”
"You can definitely get on! Come on, Hu Lai! Try to get off to a good start!" Li Qingqing also sent him an emoticon of a child clenching his fists.
Hu Lai laughed when he saw the expression picture Li Qingqing posted. He felt so childish...
Yong Jun, who saw the change in Hu Lai's expression from the corner of his eye, asked: "What? Do you think the dumplings taste good again?"
"It's okay if you're used to it..." Hu Lai raised his head and said to Yong Jun, "Uncle Yong, I'm serious, why don't you open a restaurant in China that specializes in various fitness meals. With your creativity, in Before they get tired of it, it can really scare many urban white-collar workers. It not only satisfies their desire for health, but also caters to them. They are unwilling to exercise their lazy mentality, and it can be regarded as a creative food. If you open it in a first-tier city and find some Internet celebrities to hype it, it will definitely become a hit! I tell you, Uncle Yong, it will be a hit! I have never seen anyone eat like this before you..."
Yong Jun rolled his eyes at him: "I think you are scolding me."
"That's not the case. How is it possible?" Hu Lai shook his head as he stuffed the last dumpling into his mouth and put the fork away.
"Uncle Yong, I'm full."
He got up, took his phone and went to his room.
Yong Jun smiled and shook his head as he listened to the ding-ding-ding-ding new message notification sounds.
It was said that he wanted to give his parents a surprise, how could the young man be able to bear it?
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"Why don't you go to the New Year market tomorrow so that we can buy some things for the New Year? It's the last day off before the holiday, and the New Year will be over in a few days."
Hu Lixin went to the kitchen to smoke a cigarette and returned to the bedroom to ask his wife Xie Lan who was lying on the bed looking at her mobile phone.
Xie Lan ignored him and continued to look at her phone.
"Hey, let me ask you something..."
"No!" Xie Lan replied stiffly.
"Why don't you go? Didn't you go there in previous years?" Hu Lixin wondered.
"This year is not the Chinese New Year!"
After hearing these words, Hu Lixin came back to his senses and asked: "What's wrong?"
Xie Lan said with a straight face: "People have family reunions during the Chinese New Year, and it's so lively. Our family is just the two of us, and it's deserted. What's so good about it?"
"...Isn't it like this in previous years?"
Xie Lan was stunned for a moment. It was indeed like this in previous years. It was just her and her husband during the Chinese New Year, so it was not really a lively event. In fact, she has to get used to this kind of silence.
But how can you admit that your husband is right at this time?
"Our son went to Leeds City. It's been almost a month and he hasn't even made the squad. Do you still have the heart to celebrate the New Year?"
Hu Lixin:? ? ?
At this moment, Xie Lan's cell phone suddenly rang.
Xie Lan took a look and saw the caller ID:
Mom
She didn't know why, but her heart suddenly tightened.
It's almost ten o'clock, why did my family suddenly call me?
Could it be Dad...
In her wild thoughts, she was a little afraid to answer the phone.
"Whose call is it? Answer it..." Hu Lixin turned around and looked at the caller. After seeing the caller, he looked at Xie Lan's stunned expression and guessed it.
So he took out the mobile phone from his wife's hand without saying a word, walked out of the bedroom and answered the phone: "Hello, Mom..."
Xie Lan looked at her husband's leaving figure and didn't say anything to stop him. She just stared blankly, with all kinds of thoughts running through her mind, and she couldn't care less about being angry that her son didn't show up.
Soon, her husband came back and handed the phone back to her: "Mom asked us if we wanted to go to Jincheng to spend the Spring Festival this year."
"Ah?" Xie Lan hadn't come back to his senses yet, "My dad..."
"You are in good health. Mom said that Hu Lai is not around, and she is afraid that the Chinese New Year will be too deserted for the two of us, so she might as well let us go over so that we can all be more lively together."
Xie Lan's body relaxed and he exhaled: "That's it?"
"What else?"
"Oh, you scared me to death..." She patted her heart gently.
"Let me tell you, stop thinking randomly. If you make too many blind associations, you will scare yourself." Hu Lixin took the opportunity to educate his wife, "Now there is no need to go to the New Year's market. On New Year's Eve, we can take the high-speed rail directly to Jincheng."
"You agreed?"
"What else? Or are you still embarrassed to see your dad now?"
Xie Lan thought for a while, then shook his head: "That's not true."
"That's alright. When you used the parent-child relationship to educate me and Hu Lai, didn't you and your dad do the same..."
Xie Lan said angrily: "You are so annoying! Don't talk about me!"
Hu Lixin smiled so hard that all the lines from the corners of his eyes were squeezed out. It was not easy to see his wife deflated.
But Xie Lan quickly frowned and sighed.
"What happened again?"
"Isn't he that careless son of yours? Originally, we were celebrating the New Year together. If he really didn't make the squad, forget it. Now it's better. We will go to Jincheng to celebrate the New Year. In front of so many people, let's forget it. What should I do if my elder brother asks about Hu Lai?”
Hu Lixin really didn't expect that his wife would think so much and so far...
"You... are thinking all day long!" (Note 1)
He was completely speechless.
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"I won't tell you anymore. I'm still out shopping with my teammates."
After Li Qingqing sent this sentence on WeChat, she put away her phone.
The blonde Lilith Raza next to her made an exaggerated expression: "God, you are finally done talking, Qingqing."
"Sorry, Lilith." Li Qingqing apologized quickly.
"It's okay, Qingqing." Lilith waved her hand, "I understand, you can't ignore your boyfriend... Just like if I chat with my boyfriend, if he dares to reply to me even one minute late, I won't let him go! ”
Li Qingqing: "No, Lilith. It's a friend."
"Friend?" Lilith looked at Li Qingqing with wide eyes.
"Yes, very good friends." Li Qingqing replied seriously.
Lilith frowned: "Friend, why do you want to chat for so long? Am I not your friend? No, Qingqing, this is not fair, you came out to go shopping with me... I am angry, and you want to treat me to dinner! Of course, if you are your boyfriend, just pretend that I didn’t say anything just now.”
Looking at his teammates who were smiling slyly, Li Qingqing sighed: "I'd better treat you to dinner..."
This time it was Lilith's turn to be surprised: "You're really not your boyfriend?"
Li Qingqing shook his head: "Really not."
Lilith exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Oh my God! I really can't imagine that a beautiful girl like you will be single... Or are you actually LES? Ah, Qingqing, do you want to consider me? In fact, I don't know anything about LES either. Acceptable..."
"Go to hell!" Li Qingqing slapped his teammate on the shoulder hard.
Lilith screamed and jumped away, and then Li Qingqing chased after her.
Two tall young girls were playing on the streets of Paris, attracting the attention of many passers-by and tourists, who all smiled at this beautiful scene.
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Note 1: Dialect means random thoughts. (End of chapter)