Episode 14 People in the rivers and lakes (5) Football player
The best primary school in City A, the best 'youth football team' in City A, and the smallest 'football player' in primary school, these terms are all placed on Guo Xiaogang's body, which makes Guo Kaixin proud of him, and he is the continuation and hope of Guo Kaixin's life.
It is close to the end of school, many parents are waiting for their children at the school gate, Guo Kaixin saw Shao Linlin at a glance, at this time she was outside the iron railing of the school, watching Guo Xiaogang on the playground playing football, every three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the training time of the school's 'youth football team', they are often more than normal children, more than half an hour later from school, looking at Guo Xiaogang's brave appearance, Shao Linlin, as a mother, don't mention how excited.
No matter what a mother does wrong, but her feelings for her children are selfless, as long as she is free, Shao Linlin will come to the iron railing early, and carry a pot of 'white dry water' in her hand, as long as Guo Xiaogang is thirsty, he will run to his mother and take a sip, which aroused the envy of his classmates, and those teammates who are several years older than him will laugh at him 'oh oh', in fact, they are jealous of Guo Xiaogang, he not only has a mother who usually loves himself, but also a father who is for the peace of the Iraqi worldHis father went to work abroad to build Iraq, and most of the parents earned 'unity', and others earned dollars. ’
"This little guy is playing really well, it's really like our 'Liao Xiaohu'," Shao Linlin was not the only one who came to see the children playing, the nearby residents, the parents of classmates, and many people surrounded them, and the people around Shao Linlin pointed to Guo Xiaogang, who had just finished drinking water.
"That's my son, who is only in the second grade of primary school," Shao Linlin said in a loud voice, afraid that others would not hear her.
"Second grade? Isn't it only the third grade that can play on the football team? What's wrong with someone in your family? ”
"Where is there anyone in our family, it's because the school sees that my son is a seedling, what's the matter, it's greedy. Envy, he was selected in the first grade. At the same time that Shao Linlin was proud, she found Guo Kaixin in the suitcase, and he was also at the iron railing on the other side, watching Guo Xiaogang play football.
Guo Xiaogang, also known as Shao Xiaogang, before going to elementary school, his name was Shao Xiaogang, in order to change the surname back to Guo on the issue of school name, the sixth brother Guo Kaiying also had a big quarrel with Shao Linlin. After the last Shao Linlin, she didn't say Guo Kaiying, and with the help of Guo Kaiying, she changed her name to a new household registration book, and the name of the head of the household is still Shao Linlin, but the name of the eldest son Shao Xiaogang was changed to Guo Xiaogang, and the relationship between them is 'mother and son'.
It may be that there are too many onlookers, Guo Xiaogang has not found Guo Kaixin, although there are always wedding photos of his parents hanging at home. But since he can remember, he is not very interested in this father, and Guo Kaixin is going to 'liberate and build the people of the Middle East', where would he think of it. He'll come to school to watch him play.
"You're here too," Shao Linlin's clothes today are very plain, and in front of her son, she can show the image of a loving mother as much as possible. She didn't wear makeup, just a very ordinary dress.
"Oh, I'll take a look. When will it be over, I see that the other students have already finished school. ”
"It's going to take half an hour, for the sake of Xiaogang joining the football team, I don't have to worry about it," Shao Linlin's nonsense, she didn't have to go home to pick it up, obviously Liu Sheng played a role in the school, but Liu Sheng was not present at this time, or he had to make his nose crooked.
"I'm bothering you, this kid is okay, he has the style I had back then, but he's a little shorter."
"They are all a few years older than him, but you think about it, you think that you are born taller than others, and you will grow up in two years."
"I still feel shorter, by the way, is his nutrition not keeping up," a sentence 'nutrition can't keep up', this is the most fashionable word in the eighties of the last century, Guo Kaixin doesn't know where he heard it.
"It's easy for me to take care of the child alone, now it's okay, you're back, you can take care of it, if you have money, I don't care if you give him dragon meat," Shao Linlin felt that Guo Kaixin must have heard something, so she thought that she usually didn't care much about her son, which caused Guo Xiaogang's development to slow down by half a beat.
"You're Guo Xiaogang's mother," a man who looked like a physical education teacher walked over with a large stopwatch on his chest.
"Yes, I am, you are?"
"I am the team counselor at the school and the coach of the football team."
"Oh, it turned out to be the coach, I often heard our family Xiaogang talk about you, saying that you retired from the provincial team, and you played the ball well."
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I saw you coming, so I came back to see you, by the way, Xiaogang didn't say anything when I went back to you, our team is going to participate in the provincial competition?"
"No, by the way, he stayed at his grandmother's house these days, and I was a little busy, so I didn't take him home to live."
"No wonder, here's the thing, Guo Xiaogang's child is in good health in all aspects, our school decided to recommend him to go to a football school to study, and the primary school students who participate in the provincial league must be a football school in principle."
"Okay, let's go."
"However, this football school is private, the annual tuition fee is 100,000 yuan, and the first batch of enrollment is 20 students in each grade group.
"One hundred thousand? Why are there so many? Shao Linlin was stupid, the tuition fee of 100,000 yuan a year was simply too much.
"100,000 all-inclusive, including specially invited Chinese, mathematics teachers, they are famous teachers in the city, and accommodation is also all-inclusive, to ensure that your children eat well and live well, but in principle, they are only allowed to go home twice a month, and they have to live in school at other times."
"With so much money, my family can't afford it," although Shao Linlin gets a double salary in Liu Sheng's company, but she only has a few hundred yuan a month, which is a fraction of the boss compared to 100,000 yuan a year.
"The conditions of your family, we still understand, the child's uncle and uncle are all leading cadres of the city police department, not to mention anything else, let's just say that Mr. Liu Sheng, who has a good relationship with our principal, their company is a well-known enterprise in the city, Guo Xiaogang also said that his father is now working in Iraq, and he earns all dollars, I think this money, your family is still out of it, you go back and consider it with your family, this is a good opportunity, our football school is directly counterpart to the provincial team, After graduation, he will be a member of the second team of the provincial team, and if he is a little older and has good grades, he will be transferred to the first team, so that he can play in the national competition. ”
The football coach's words continued, not only Shao Linlin's eyes lit up, but even Guo Kaixin on the side was fantasizing, as if many years later, Guo Xiaogang became a football star, running on the vast green field, and bringing honor to the country.
"That's it, you reply to me as soon as possible, the rest of the students in the school are waiting, if it really doesn't work, we have to change people, in fact, Guo Xiaogang is really a good seedling, it's a pity not to play."
Shao Linlin didn't say anything more, watching the football coach leave, in her heart, 100,000 yuan is simply unattainable, even if Liu Sheng sees Guo Kaixin's face and pays Guo Xiaogang's first year's tuition, but what to do in the next few years, this is '100,000 yuan a year'.
After the football training, Guo Xiaogang carried his schoolbag and ran quickly towards the school gate, Shao Linlin immediately opened the lid of the kettle and offered the loving 'boiled water'. ’
"Mom, do you see my progress today?"
"Mom doesn't understand, anyway, I saw you pass two people."
"They're all upperclassmen, three or four years older than me." Guo Xiaogang is very proud of his own 'footwork', in the team, he belongs to the short, but in terms of skill, he is not inferior to any teammate, often after school, he will do his homework, ask his mother for leave to go downstairs to practice, his love for football, has reached its peak.
Guo Kaixin didn't come over, he was still standing in place and didn't move, at this time he kept thinking about the words of the football coach, holding 300,000 yuan in his hand, he was confused.
Shao Linlin thought that Guo Kaixin had something else to do, so she didn't look at him, so she took her son away. (To be continued......)