Chapter 062: Aunt Susan's Story
Rigberton Training Base.
End of training. The players are resting in the dressing room.
Yang Fan received a call from Michael Baker.
"Young, Newcastle have agreed to send you on loan to Wolfsburg. ”
Baker's words were tantamount to a natural sound for Yang Fan, and he waved his arm vigorously, which caused strange eyes from his teammates. He got up, covered the microphone, and went outside to answer the phone.
"The lease is for one year. ”
"Wolfsburg covers your salary. ”
"As for the treatment with Wolfsburg other than salary, that's what we have to talk about with Wolfsburg. ”
Yang Fan nodded, and he asked, "What about the new contract with Newcastle?"
"£10,000 a week. Baker said casually.
He said it casually, looking very indifferent, but Yang Fan swallowed his saliva, when Baker said that he should be able to help him get a weekly salary of 10,000 pounds, although Yang Fan nodded in agreement, but he didn't take it too seriously, obviously didn't think it was possible.
But, now, the German sued him, and it was done, with a salary of ten thousand pounds a week. Do you think Yang Fan can not be shocked?
"Michael, you mean, 10,000 pounds, it's over?" Yang Fan asked again, no wonder he had questions. You know, his previous salary was only 500 pounds a week, which is 20 times his current salary!
"I say, boy, don't make such a fuss, it's only 10,000 pounds!" Baker was visibly dissatisfied, "I said I could get you 10,000 pounds, and I would be able to do it." Okay, I'm going to get in touch with Augenthaler, that's it. ”
Hearing the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Yang Fan smiled, Michael Baker is deliberately showing off, meaning, boy, now you know my strength and energy!
However, Yang Fan does have to admit that Baker, as an agent, is indeed a very good agent, and he has done a really good job, not just a matter of 10,000 pounds a week, but to be able to operate him to Wolfsburg to play, which is the embodiment of great energy.
Of course, Yang Fan knows more that the qiē he has obtained must be based on his own strength and performance, and if he wants to live a better life and pursue his own glory on the road of football, he must work harder!
Oyer!
Yang Fan shook his arm again!
On loan at Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, he was able to play real professional football in the first team, and his salary rose to £10,000 a week, which was a real start to his career!
Yang Fan is more cautious, because he has not officially signed a contract with Wolfsburg, and he has not signed a contract renewal with the club, and it is not a foregone conclusion, and he has not disclosed these news to his teammates. To read the latest chapter of this book, please go to () Anyway, you don't need to leave Newcastle immediately, and there is still time to say goodbye to everyone.
After returning to the locker room and taking a shower, Yang Fan changed his clothes and rode his bicycle back to his residence.
He didn't practice today because he was so excited that he couldn't wait to call home and let his parents share his joy together.
"It's back, kid. Aunt Susan, the landlord, greeted Yang Fan, "I made a shepherd pie today, and I will come over to eat together later." ”
Shepherd's pie is a popular delicacy in the UK and is made with vegetables, beef, and mashed potatoes.
"Okay, thank you, Susan. Yang Fan said happily.
"I'll go see if the coffee is ground. Aunt Susan said hello and walked over to her kitchen.
Looking at Aunt Susan's back, I thought that I was about to leave Newcastle. Yang Fan's good mood faded a little, and he suddenly felt a little sad.
Aunt Susan was his landlord, but before that, "Aunt Susan" was a regular in the stadium bar where Yang Fan worked, and she would always come to the stadium to cheer on the team every time she played. Unlike other fans, "Aunt Susan" never drinks when watching football, and is very kind, and every time she always throws the leftover change from buying coffee or snacks into the charity donation box set up at the bar. This made Yang Fan feel very strange, but Westerners don't like people to ask about their privacy, so Yang Fan can only put away his doubts.
Once, Yang Fan went out to buy things and passed by the stadium, and accidentally saw "Aunt Susan" squatting in front of the commemorative bricks of Newcastle club fans, carefully wiping the bricks with a cloth, and gently placing the bouquet in his hand on it.
After coming to Newcastle, Yang Fan was most impressed by this. The ground outside Newcastle Stadium is neatly lined with square black bricks with different names or messages written on them, and this brick is the "Newcastle United PersonalisedHeritage Stones" set up by Newcastle FC for fans.
These commemorative bricks were purchased from the club at the expense of the fans. Each piece is priced at £59.99. The 20cmx20cm brick allows fans to engrave their names or the names of their friends and family, and the club will keep the commemorative bricks forever.
In a sense, these commemorative bricks convey the fans' love for the team, and even people's mourning for the deceased.
From the face of "Aunt Susan", Yang Fan saw a sad look, and he was afraid of disturbing her, so he quietly bypassed behind her. It's just that he has a deeper impression of this 'quiet aunt fan' who never drinks.
A few days later, it was time for Newcastle United's home game, and Yang Fan, who was working in the stadium bar, saw "Aunt Susan" come in, so he took the initiative to say hello.
"Susan, good afternoon!" Yang Fan said with a polite smile.
"It's nice to see you again, kid. Susan smiled in response.
"I saw you outside the stadium a few days ago, when you were wiping a commemorative brick, is it for whom?" Finally, Yang Fan couldn't suppress his curiosity, and still asked.
"Yes, the brick was bought in honour of my son, his name is Clark, he's a huge Newcastle fan and he comes to the stadium every time he watches a game. Susan said.
Yang Fan didn't speak, he vaguely realized something, perhaps, he asked a stupid question, and he saw the sadness in Aunt Susan's eyes.
One day five years ago, Clark was driving home from watching a game from the pitch and was in a car accident and left at the age of 23. At this point, Aunt Susan choked up.
"I'm sorry to upset you. I'm really sorry, Susan" Yang Fan quickly apologized.
"It's okay, kid, don't take it personally. ”
Aunt Susan is a kind aunt, probably afraid of Yang Fan's embarrassment, she continued: "I don't really like football, the reason why I watch football is to fulfill my son's wish, he wants to see the moment when Newcastle United win the Premier League, so I watch the game for him every time. ”
Hearing this, Yang Fan was a little silent. He knows where Newcastle are right now, and maybe they won't be able to reach the top of the Premier League in a decade, or even a few decades. In other words, Aunt Susan's wish is destined to be impossible to come true. This mother, with the longing for her son and the worry about Newcastle's results, will live like this.
'I was really worried that one day I saw Clarke again and he asked me if Newcastle had won the title and I couldn't answer him. Aunt Susan said sadly.
She's not a fan, just because her son is a die-hard Newcastle fan, and her son has one of the biggest unfulfilled wishes, this ordinary mother, who has been watching the game for five years, cheering for Newcastle, the team wins, she is happy, the team loses, she is sad. Breathe with this team!
Yang Fan felt that his nose was sour. He turned his head to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Aunt Susan took out a tissue and handed it to him, and Yang Fan took the tissue silently. Then he saw Aunt Susan smile again. "Child, in fact, when the sadness has faded, it is more about missing. Aunt Susan changed the subject, "I tell you, son, I'm still in college." Seeing Yang Fan's surprised expression, Aunt Susan said, "Of course, this is also for Clark." ”
"Newcastle University?" Yang Fan asked. He knew about this university, a very famous university.
"No, at the University of Leeds, Clark was a student there when he was alive. ”
At this time, Yang Fan was not particularly busy with work, and he chatted with Aunt Susan.
It turned out that "Aunt Susan" had reached retirement age in order to help her deceased son fulfill her wish, but she resolutely chose to return to college to study. Through Guò's hard work, "Aunt Susan" finally got an admission letter from Leeds. However, one difficulty after another followed. First of all, there is the question of how to attend classes, because Newcastle is so far away from Leeds, almost every time there is a class, "Aunt Susan" has to get up before seven o'clock and drive to the school to go to class. As the oldest student in the class, "Aunt Susan" had a hard time starting the class and had to relearn a lot of basic knowledge.
In order to complete her studies smoothly, she not only listened carefully in class, but also actively discussed problems with classmates who were dozens of years younger than her after class. In order to guarantee enough credits, she took as many courses as she could. In this way, after more than two years of hard work, "Aunt Susan" has gone from being the worst in her class at the beginning to reaching excellent and good in almost every homework now.
It can be said that the story of Aunt Susan, Aunt Susan's love for Newcastle, her love for her son, and the spirit of this elderly aunt who studied hard, worked hard to study for a bachelor's degree, and completed the studies that her son failed to complete, also moved Yang Fan and inspired him.
Later, Yang Fan looked for a place to rent a house, and after Aunt Susan found out, she took the initiative to find Yang Fan and rented a small house of her own to Yang Fan. Of course, this was not the house where Clark lived, it was in another place, where Aunt Susan's soul now depended.
Yang Fan returned to his room, his mood was affected, he didn't know how to tell Aunt Susan about leaving. When she first learned that he had entered the Newcastle U19 youth team, Aunt Susan was very happy, to be exact, she was Yang Fan's first fan, and Yang Fan's first signature was signed on an old Newcastle shirt that Aunt Susan was holding, which was Clarke's treasure. There are a lot of signatures of Newcastle's players on it.
"I'm sure if Clarke was here and he would be happy to know that he had friends in the Newcastle team and he would be the first to ask you for an autograph. Aunt Susan said happily, she seemed to see the shadow of her son in this young man from China.
And Yang Fan was alone, and he also felt the care of a mother from this kind aunt.
A kind mother who has lost her beloved son, and a young man who is working hard outside the home, is not a mother and son, but a mother and son.
Although both Michael Baker and Beardsley have told Yang Fan not to reveal any more information to others until the agreement to go to Wolfsburg is officially signed.
However, Yang Fan decided to go to dinner later. He's going to talk to Aunt Susan about it.
For this young man, this kind mother is not 'someone else', but a relative of his.