Chapter 302: Lost and Gained
The captain's mother died of illness when she was two years old, and it was her father who took care of the captain and her sister all the time.
At that time, because of the difficult life of the captain's family, the father could not support the tuition fees of his two children, so he had to let one of them drop out of school.
Originally, the captain's sister planned to drop out of school and let the captain continue to study, but later because the sports school came down to pick seedlings, the captain was selected by the swimming team and went to a sports school that does not charge tuition and provides free accommodation, and this big problem was solved.
By coincidence, the captain later began to get in touch with basketball, and the more he played, he got better and better, all the way from the municipal youth team to the provincial team, and later entered the national team.
Her sister also graduated from the most well-known comprehensive university in China with a bachelor's degree and got the opportunity to study for a master's degree and a doctorate. Later, my sister also married a classmate and had a child.
The conditions of the family are getting better and better, but the captain's father is getting worse day by day because of overwork in his early years.
Some time before the Olympics, his condition deteriorated and he had to be hospitalized.
At first, he didn't plan to tell Captain SΓΉ about his situation, but the captain's sister knew that her father's time was running out, and she was afraid that the captain would not know anything and leave regrets, so she called the captain.
At that time, the captain was in great pain.
She planned to go home to visit her father regardless of it, but after her father learned that his eldest daughter had told the captain of her illness, he called the captain and made it clear to her that she didn't need her to come back, and only hoped that she could perform well in the Olympics, win a medal, and win glory for the motherland and his father.
His last wish is to survive the Olympics and watch his daughter's Olympic competition and see his daughter on the podium.
It's a pity that the old man couldn't survive in the end and left with regret.
The captain always remembered his father's words and played hard all the time. In the end, he finally won the Olympic medal, which was a wish in his father's heart.
After this incident, the captain began to replan his life.
But in the end, what finally made her decide to retire early was a tragic thing!
The captain's sister, who was two years her senior, was suffering from terminal cervical cancer and would die soon.
A few months before my sister was diagnosed with cancer, she had just divorced her cheating husband, and now her husband has remarried.
If her sister leaves, her children will have to be raised by her ex-husband. And the ex-husband's current wife is pregnant. The ex-husband did not want to raise the child.
"So, you stepped back and planned to take care of your little niece wholeheartedly?" After listening to the captain's narration, Qiao Mingle, who didn't know how many times he had sighed, asked.
The captain wiped his tears. sniffed, and muttered: "The hospital called me just now, my sister's current situation is very bad, just a few days." The child is now at her grandmother's house. The old lady has mental problems and can't take care of herself well. I can't take care of the child at all, and when the matter is dealt with here, I will rush back and take her to me."
"How old is the child?" Qiao Mingle is a mother who has become a mother. The most unbearable thing is the suffering of children.
"Five-and-a-half-year-old, but sensible," he said. The captain also took out his mobile phone to show Qiao Mingle the photos.
The little girl was very pleasant, and her appearance was five or six points similar to that of the captain.
"Remember what I told you before. That's exactly what I thought, too. I've been playing basketball for so many years, and I have everything I need except for the Olympic gold medal. But these honors can't be exchanged for my father's life, my sister's health, and the time of companionship that has been lost for so many years", after a pause, the teary-eyed captain smiled bitterly again, "But if you want to say regret, I don't think so." There are gains and losses, but I have lost too much. My sister is gone, and I only have one relative left, so I can only choose this, do you understand? β
Qiao Mingle, who had been holding back without crying just now, finally couldn't help it, and tears fell down her eyes.
She hugged the captain tightly and hugged her for a long time before she held back her tears, choked up and said, "I understand, if it were me, I would choose it this way."
The captain patted her on the back and smiled with tears in his eyes, "No, you will definitely not encounter so many tragic things." You are Qiao Mingle, the hardest-working, most daring, and luckiest Qiao Mingle in the team. I hope you will always be so lucky, always know what is most important to you, and stick to what you believe in."
This is the captain's most sincere wish to Qiao Mingle before he stepped down.
After the retirement ceremony, the team members held a small farewell party for the captain.
In the basketball hall where the training was held, the players hugged the captain tightly in the middle and cried bitterly.
Before the farewell party ended, the captain left an envelope for everyone, which contained the words that the captain wanted to say to everyone the most.
She told everyone to wait until she left to open it.
The letter to Qiao Mingle, Qiao Mingle opened it when he returned to N City.
Her tears fell almost from the beginning of the salutation, and after reading the letter with teary eyes, she cried for a long time holding the letter.
The captain's handwriting is not good-looking, it should be said that these athletes who have been practicing sports almost since they were young and have not read much books have few good-looking words, and the language is not gorgeous.
But it was this crooked font and plain language that gave Qiao Mingle a huge shock.
From the perspective of the captain, the letter reviewed the big and small events that Qiao Mingle experienced from the first time he joined the national team to the World Championships, and some things Qiao Mingle didn't remember herself, but the captain remembered it clearly, and even some conversations she remembered.
The captain is a delicate person, and it is precisely because of this that she can become the captain of the national team and become the spiritual leader of the players.
And this is exactly what Qiao Mingle should learn.
Why Study Captain?
Because, in the letter that the captain gave her, there was also the armband of the captain of the national team.
The captain of the women's national basketball team was originally just a name, and he did not need to wear an armband logo during the game, like in football.
I don't know which previous captain was dissatisfied with this, so he sewed an armband by himself, and since then this armband has been retained, and every old captain will leave the armband to the team leader after leaving office, and then the team leader will hand it over to the next captain.
Now that the captain has just retired, the team has not yet announced who the next captain will be, and the captain gave her the armband at this time, which can only show that the team has reached a consensus, and she Qiao Mingle is the next person to take on the heavy responsibility, and the team will probably announce the news when the time is right.
At night, Qiao Mingle had insomnia.
Holding the red armband in his hand, which had faded a little, his heart was extremely disturbed.
The captain of the national team is not as easy as the captain of the Bayi team, she has more responsibilities and more pressure.
At the press conference after every match in every heavy event, no matter whether she wins beautifully or loses miserably, whether she is in a good mood or a bad mood, the captain must be present, and must restrain all her personal feelings, and be dignified, because she does not represent an individual, but the whole team, and even the image of a country. (To be continued.) )
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