Chapter Thirteen Merry Christmas
Zhou Yi earned 100 euros for his father and mother, this 100 euros was almost one-third of their respective salary income.
I also received a kiss from a beautiful woman, even though the beauty was just acting.
But no matter what, after this bar trip, Zhou Yi's depression caused by homesickness finally improved.
Young people are always easy to divert their attention. Even if they are depressed, they will not be depressed for too long, otherwise they will become depressed.
Zhou Yi is obviously not a person who will suffer from depression.
On Christmas Eve, Zhou Yi called his parents who were far away in China, reported on the recent situation, and greeted his parents with a happy holiday.
On the phone, my father was still talking nonsense, but my mother was still not talking much.
Listening to his parents' voices, Zhou Yi's restless heart completely calmed down.
During the month when I was away, Zhou Yi had an unprecedented understanding of the concept of "home".
In the past, home was a very book-based concept. When it comes to "home", it will not have any other meaning except the dictionary explanation.
But now, Zhou Yi’s understanding of “home” is more real and profound.
Whenever he feels depressed and depressed, whenever he thinks of his parents at home, he will regain the motivation to continue to struggle.
I saw the saying in books before that "home is a safe haven."
But Zhou Yi felt that if the "home" was a port, it was not used to shelter from the wind, but to replenish fuel and supply.
Home is the starting place for every journey and the return after every journey is over.
Home is the starting point and the end point.
Home is the brightest star in the night sky. Whenever a wanderer outside gets lost in the dark and looks up at the night sky, the brightest star always guides him to find the direction of his progress and gives him the courage to continue.
After finishing the call with my parents, on the evening of local time, the Mark family had a very sumptuous Christmas Eve dinner together.
Even Konata, who rarely goes home, rushed back.
The girl who looked arrogant and aggressive outside put away her sharpness at home, looked like an ordinary daughter and sister.
Seeing her like this, it was really hard to relate her performance in the bar that day.
After seeing him, Connata acted very normally. Whether it was her eyes or expressions, Zhou Yi could not see any embarrassment. It seemed that she had forgotten that she had such a passionate scene with her.
However, Zhou Yi was a little embarrassed when he saw Cortana. His eyes would always fall on Cortana's lips unconsciously, savoring the feeling he felt at the beginning.
Zhou Yi had some fantasies about his first kiss, but none of them happened between a foreign bar with dim lights and noisy music and a woman who saw that she was not delayed.
Seeing that Cortana seemed to care about kissing at all, Zhou Yi had to sigh that foreign women were really relaxed, and at the same time they couldn't help but wonder if Cortana was very experienced in that aspect? Otherwise, why would she be so relaxed?
When Zhou Yi thought about this, he felt a little confused.
Such a proud woman would be someone who is very relaxed in that aspect?
Zhou Yi felt that it was too split, and he really couldn't understand and imagine...
"Zhouyi, Zhouyi!"
Mark was calling him, calling him back to his senses.
"ah?"
"Merry Christmas!" Mark's mother, Mrs. Wagner, came a box of wrapped gift bags on the ground. "This is your first Christmas in our house, Zhou Yi. I hope you can enjoy this little gift."
Zhou Yi saw the gift and hesitated: "But I didn't prepare a gift..."
"Hey, you don't need to prepare a gift." Mark said quickly, "Please accept it!"
Zhou Yi wrote about Mrs. Wagner and took the gift.
He remembered that foreigners seemed to be polite to dismantle gifts on the spot, but just when he was about to dismantle the gifts, Old Wagner came up with a gift box on the ground: "Merry Christmas, Zhou Yi!"
"Thank you Uncle Wagner." Zhou Yi took the gift.
Mark also handed over a gift: "I have a gift, too!"
"Thank you Mark! But I didn't give you a gift, so I had to give you a kiss!" Zhou Yi joked to kiss Mark.
"Thank you, I'm not interested in men!" Mark hurriedly avoided.
The two live treasures made Wagner's parents laugh.
But after Zhou Yi and Mark had a fight, they saw Cortana's smiling face: "I have a gift, Merry Christmas."
When he saw Cortana, Zhou Yi's expression on his face was a little awkward.
He always felt that the faint smile on Cortana's face seemed to have some other profound meaning, was it a mockery or teasing him?
Because he joked with Mark before about "kiss", which happened to be the keyword between him and Cortana.
Did Cortana misunderstand something if he was joking?
He quickly accepted Cortana's gift and said thank you.
All the gifts are collected, and the next time is the time to dismantle the gifts.
The person who gave the gift seemed to be more excited and more looking forward to it than the person who received the gift. Mark and his mother kept urging Zhou Yi to dismantle the gift.
Zhou Yi dismantled it according to the order of receiving gifts. The first one was given by Mrs. Wagner. It was a scarf with a very good texture. Zhou Yi wrapped it around her neck and suddenly felt that the circle of her neck was hot and very warm.
Mrs. Wagner smiled when she saw Zhou Yi wearing a scarf and said, "It's quite good, but fortunately, I'm afraid that the color is not worthy."
"Thank you, Mrs. Wagner, I like it!"
Old Wagner gave a pair of sneakers. Zhou Yi also tried it, it fits well and is very comfortable to wear.
Mark gave a pair of...PS3 handles.
"The limited edition is exclusive to you!" Mark said proudly.
Zhou Yi looked at the black handle in his hand. No matter how he looked, he looked ordinary, without any limited edition appearance. As for how he was exclusive to him, he couldn't tell at all.
"Flip over," Mark said.
Zhou Yi flipped the handle over, and then he found that the Chinese character "Zhou" was engraved with a knife at the back of the handle... A good handle was scratched by a knife.
"Made by Mark, Zhou Yi's exclusive limited edition handle! There is only one in the world!" After seeing Zhou Yi discover this, Mark raised his hands and announced proudly.
Zhou Yi suppressed his eyes rolling and said, "I thank you!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome, hehe!" Mark really didn't hear the antonym in Zhou Yi's tone at all.
In the end, only the gift from Cortana was left.
After Zhou Yi opened the simple packaging, a book appeared in front of him. The title of the book is...
"How to get rid of being single. Study hard, Chinese boy." Cortana blinked at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi looked at her smile, listened to her tone, and looked down at the book in his hand. He felt the deep... malice from Cortana!
Is this ridiculing myself as a junior brother?
Damn, what's wrong with Brother Chu! Brother Chu also has human rights, and Brother Chu also has dignity!
So Zhou Yi glared at Cortana fiercely, and Cortana, who was glaring at him, still had a faint smile on his face, as if he was mocking Zhou Yi.
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Christmas is the most important festival in the West, and its importance is similar to the Chinese Spring Festival.
Therefore, during Christmas, the Bundesliga will be suspended and holidays will be held.
German football is different from English football. There is a saying of winter breaks in Germany.
The winter break usually starts from mid-December until the end of January and early February. Players can enjoy a half-month vacation, relax and rest, and then gather in early January next year to start training to prepare for the second half of the season.
On Christmas Eve, the most important thing in German football is the ownership of the winter break champion.
This year, the winter break champion unexpectedly belonged to a small team, a very, very small team - Hoffenheim, a small town with a population of only 3,000.
This team has only been promoted from the Bundesliga to the first level this season. When they just entered the Bundesliga, no one took them seriously or thought. Analysts' judgment on their future is that they will be reduced to the second level after one season. The Bundesliga is not a game that small teams like them can afford.
But after the league began, Hoffenheim shocked the entire Germany and even Europe with an incredible performance.
They won 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the 17th round of the league, and finally won the winter break championship!
This made Germany stunned.
You should know that in the Bundesliga, the winter break championship is of great significance. With statistics, the teams that win the winter break championship have a 70% chance of winning the league championship. In the 45-year history of the Bundesliga, thirty-one winter break championships have finally won the championship.
Around Christmas, whether it is TV, newspapers, the Internet, or radio stations, they are discussing whether Hoffenheim will repeat the "Kaisslautern Myth".
Kaiserslautern ranked last in the Bundesliga in 1995-1996 and was relegated to Class 2. In the second season, they returned to the Bundesliga with the first place in the Bundesliga, and won the league championship in their first season when they returned to the Bundesliga in 1997-1998.
However, if Hoffenheim could win the Bundesliga title, their magicality would be even more than that of Kaislautern.
Because Kaislautern was actually a strong team before being relegated, they won the Bundesliga championship in the 1990-1991 season. This is a team with background.
But what about Hoffenheim? In 1989, they were still a small team that was entertaining themselves, mingling in the seventh league in Germany, and were also downgraded to the eighth league that year...
They then started a seven-game jump and shocked the world this season.
This incident has a great impact, and even the city of Dortmund can be discussed everywhere in Hoffenheim.
A grassroots team was able to win the Bundesliga half-time championship, and they became inspirational role models.
It also brought considerable touch to Zhou Yi.
In his opinion, Hoffenheim is his role model, and they can do what they can do.
Hoffenheim won the first place in the Bundesliga, why can't he complete the triple jump in the Dortmund youth team?
From U17 to U19, and then to the first team!
So even if it was a vacation, Zhou Yi did not forget to insist on his physical training.
His biggest problem now is his poor physical fitness. Physical coach Bartlett told him that jogging at a constant speed in the park will not improve his physical fitness. The most important thing about physical fitness is his ability to recover during the intervals.
So he changed his strategy and no longer jogged at a constant speed in the park, but after a sprint, he changed to jogging. After jogging for a distance, he continued to sprint for a full sprint for a distance.
Chapter completed!